Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1926, Page 38

38 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 1926. SPORTS. Jeers Mean Nothing to Him, Declares Dempsey in Discussing a Recent Episode took to produce the fight on the cord. He pulled and puiled, but ther S T | — - DAE BFES TR 7 - N 4 iy 5 A ! 4 icles of agreement sizned in In came no sound of a bell. 1 knew (| 92 : [‘.iJilfi.l@ j X sl diana never made good. S hing had gone wrong with it. b 9 1y gain. T thinke Wills would be T it T wamibalf| m e @btnl"g tar Al ‘{-; 2 1\% A F \LEQ HOSVFILITY easier for me than Gene Tunney. nm[ way into the ring as it was. yelling | % Fs L £ | in any event. neither jeers for me nor | instructions to Dempsey, who stood | ALPs O & £ ~ S cheers for the other fellow can win FROM 'I‘HE INQIDE off four or five feet from Willard pugilistic battles. If they could. 1 = Again and again Barbour tried to wouldn’t be champion tod: The title - e make the bell ring. Then this thought | : 3 o . . ' ) would he held by George: ‘arpentier | flashed on me Here's the spot to - Points 10 Recent Incident in Which He Ran Across | of France on the vocal noise made in ARTICLE XXXI. steal the fight! Willard was still on | his behalf at Boyle's Thirty Acresi | the floor. Pecord had just said . e 3 . 1 4 N. i N/ 5 [ ia o T P ; some years bac BY JACK KEARNS. Eight” as 1 was in the ring and had BY JACK HENDRICKS, Wills at Fight Show—Reiterates That Harry e ’ O SAVED s e lEptee o iy bis)cotesaion, | 1iftea Dempsey’s hand into the air. | e o8 A Slaciansth Mo | Before I started these articles a newspaper friend said to me: Barbour Still Jerking at Bell. "ESTION: How did Christy Mathewson throw the “fadeaway”? Would Be Easicr Than Tunney. “Kearns, you know there are two important el ts i s i “Jack, you win the world title!” T ) arns. you know therc are two i i elements in a man's life| “Jack, vou w Answer: He gripped the ball looscly, with tips of first and : story—evasion and confession. And don't forget the confession!” |yelled. Pecord’s back was to me. s0, LG : 2 ' P i = RING SHOW PJT OFF i Wil to/date T don't thinkleven my critics'éan say Dhave evadediany= | LDAtiN€ dionieisee neygives the agh- | second fingers above the ball and thumb tip below it. B arms BY JACK DEMPSEY. | UNTIL TOMORROW thins: 1 mean anvthing that properly helongs in a story of the fight game. Rl ;};m":",|;;§:;,‘;";;:';‘;‘[‘,,.L' - high. When pitching arm started it went out at ag angle of 43 EFORE explaining my preparations to whip myself into shape for | On the other hand, many of my friends have turned critics, especially re- | omomiE b on Eaneon sat and. where | degrees. instead of straight over. The batter probably thought he was the coming championship with Gene Tunney | want to say | garding a number of statements in this story which they fecl have been | Barhour was still jerking at the bell, | getting a drop. for the motion was quick. With his arm directly in front a few words about 4 recent ot been so widely dis-| Untavorable weather conditions needlessly trank for my own personal reputation. Maybe so, b 1 guess | trying to make it ring. 1 knew, of | of his chin, he gave the hand a arp twist to the ]'rn, which brought cussed Ly sporting writers ¢ ¥ Own views concerning | today B tome | cven among my readers there are few who did not make mistakes in their | course. that he had intended that the | the back of the hand on top. and the loosely held ball slipped out sideways it will interest the readers of my articles. | 't the i o nged for lcenil. | carlicr days. And of all the hard things you hear about Jack Kearns you | £0n€ should have rung o _'1' oount | As the ball Teft the hand the palm faced outward Harry Wills and 1 met the other evening at the ringside at Madison | worth arenn Tuesday night. The | never hear it said he's afraid to “come clean. | Bnockont in (Hat: rounds As hergnve e e e e o a0 Square Garden and shook hands. | et 15 et the: prosram headlined | I'm coming “clean” in this story. and even if it hurts my credit at the | noGeout In that fok 1 velled. ~Dont TISTATOIERT M | 1 i and second Gecqiapand “How are vou, Harrv 3" I asked. | by -'h‘- I »‘n\; I‘nvl‘\-l‘tu!w Ruth [ B. lk of Popularity, folks will, at least. admit I'm on the level with my | ring that be It isn't necessary. | Bt tor etis. bovs: .1.::.:‘“' & thiidi . s lariis"ihie mvewared. | match will be presented tomowow | readers. Pecord has stopped the fight and | tance in each case is 82 feet, anc And that wa ail there was to the meeting that Harry's friends prob- | MEht starting at §:15 | T've made statements in previous| Jlere’s what happened. Willard | Siven it to Dempsey. See2’ As 1 from_ home ]p ate to the :n(m::: ably thought was going to embarrass me, except that Harry looked a Vietla | The card, which includes the main | chapters. but now for the confession | had been floored for the seventh time | said this Pecord had finished count- 28 Ivox is 50 feet B Kt 51k and BEohaIs wa s the ohe Wihor tarry looked a B11e | o of 12 rounds. three cizht-rounders | I've saved for seven years. Dempsey |in that first round. My corner time- | ing Willard out and was just lifting Lt it she 1. and probably was the one who was really embarrassed by |and a four-round appetizer, remains | himself knows about it and one or |keeper had given me my “10” sec. | Dempsey’s hand into the air as a Question—What is the hest loca- the situation | practically intact. The oniy shift {#wo close friends, but it's never been | onds cue and I knew just where I |Signal that a new champion had been tion for home plates? Harry i too old in the hoxing game. and too well versed in the ethics [ Will be made In the Phil Ruymond | in nrint before |Was ot The referee, Ollie Pecord, | cTowned. Jack O'Brien of Ihiladel- | Answer e home plate should of the Oueensbury realm not to realize that he waswbeing used as a catspaw | match. Charley Barber has been | T tried to steal the heavvwelght |had come into the corner to count |Phia. the first man to follow me into : | be'in the northeast corner whera pos in an awkward attempt at a managerial coup. | booked to face Sylvan Bass instead |(itle for Dempsey from Wiilard at |over Willard, who was sitting on the & thdianlyzone who Riialy | sible. The next preference s =o T had gone 1o Madison Square Gar-| It has that way since the | ©f Ravmond. The other ApPers | Toledo. And if it hadn’t been for the | floor looking up to get the count ame wi 3 | east. then northwest and southwest den as the guest of Tex Rickard, the | heginning tie time. It will |#re Juck Turner. Willie Curry, Bud |joise and nervé of Warren Barbour. | from Pecord. Ollie had just velled Rl 4 i in that order. The sonthwest corne promoter. to ses some bhantamweight {alwiys When I was | Nolan, Stovall, Paul Healy and {the official timekeéper, my stampede | “seven” and would have gone right et neinell with Wit ant for the home plate should be uvoided bouts, anil the tenjor awelseithoumind { dlimbing to the ipionship 1 used | Ired Englert stiategs would have won. G tor “tom: BOL OF EHG truen b e [ e e Ton—(an & boy dearn to | 1f that be possible fans & d 10 he crowds jear Jess Willavd Frankie Fink went throush a 1 cussed Basbour Hie & sailor gone | cldent that ever toak place i cham: | res LoD flreads counted 2ot throw the “fadeaway™? | there gave me « and T wonid lo myscits My, ¢ at the i imad. ' trled o browbeat him, | pionship bbut, Now et this correct. | wmppon aver o Dempsey, and. shov-| Answer—Pessibly. ~But mo man | Pt ! cception as what an unpopuiar fellow? Tl take sium \\:m 1)11,1‘;‘ Ahearn. Phe | thycaten him. ridicule him, while Wil [y, 1 must run back to the source x“n-‘-"“\::: e i et taid him | hns ever mastered it excepting |3 (L AN 0 I T beat g hl\ v \ Lo ;1]'1’;:1 e e S R e TR e e :;.m ‘(V".!hfilt”" ";e vgm ¢ '1:‘” Sl 10 get outside the ropes and stand by | Mathewson ture of clay and Toan secor . vere i | 'mchampio back to Y Lour stood pat and after a lapse of | Those who P sside wil e . r (it % Phir sty some jeers among .| But it wasn't long before I realized | taver off for the bout | soven RarT BV vant Bl x.-(:"a;.‘fn‘,f';n;?f”‘ s Ll e h:;:‘r::“;\:::v‘.h,;" Tttt | Queatlon—What is the distance be- |and clay "‘:“”'{ ';‘" = the cheers, but the hoos were not for the {canfess my attempted steal. To Bar- | P . You're the champion, but it e St A R L X Sk Ll i ok as & ce. require some talking. Don't oo et 11 - not as many as 1 5, vidual. but for his title, A few vears | iy hour my apologles and congratula- | - Y vou see, [ know lnrd, who rarely heard anything There have heen many versions | 1 k. There's hee s 'S & o % 4 5 4 X any sions | The ring itself was hot as a furnace. | And there he stuck. There's been| o 11 give the fight to Willard and ihe psychology of ;| |boos durink his title cureer, told of that famous first round, nore | ' i e isten - | stories of his leaving there to &tart disqualify Dempsey [ the crowd as well 2 | [into the ring at old Madison i of which has been right for aceura he canvas was going to blister the | g5, hiq dressing room. He did not. T[° 1'\0/eQ he meant business. My lit- | Question-—What i< the hes tween the b | By the Associated ¥ & 1.OS as any man liv Garden for an introduction, and nhd, Anaide, detall feet. I knew that, so 1 had asked|,,n pack to Barbour and insisted that 7 Terre know s | crowd atmost rais o 1y = 3 at o i e Sy it {lo scheme, a wiid, one, T admit, had | Terr E ways certain 3 i couple of months. then the nigh | B the, Asacated Press Btited, 10/t naniuit | CPNSC RN € S ORG LnE e | maTCRE s just as emprate tos | but whyitake alchance af blowing it | 0 'y ooy Al eraint dn every § 16 fonght Tnie A Ea Biv Roties | NEW YORK. August 19--Tiger been for Barbour | oyickiy th | o e ninan e | Do netlon in that diecction had 2R | nows We bl dhe chiamplon licked to| Jimmwy Mateus. Loo e ANt 1 | Thirte Aeros e wwas hlown out of the | Flowers. Atlantu negro, tonight keeps RlEticking o) whitt [ e L coa R NT St piice pefora HATIBATOMCATIs N g 00 | a stanastil wuld only have | dleweight, defeated crowd [that | | Thirty” Acres he was blown eut of the | Flowors, Atlanta negto, tonieht keens L [RuenE 0 oYMl [over the other, but in their rush to | bell or had tried to ring it. Pecord | { Sy to win, so I ran |brook York. (#) again. he fellow | picture for all time by a blast of hous. | & DIOIUSE o6 MECE WACH, 06 WOT T right Dempsey | MAke a quick job of it the canvas|hent over and Barbour told him_the | | L5 tha Billy | e on top. AcK pEMPSEY. | The man hasn't vet heen born wh | middleweizht E cHampicho RN havebseY lmen accidently “fouled the timekeep- | same thing. Al this time Joe Ban- | ({ico %nd a lot of other fellows hold- | Tt makes no dif & |bas been able to attain and h ()‘\'1‘ ; e = e ‘l» o L"x i champion of the | €58 bell. which was placed in front (non, my of timekeeper, was yell- | rner outside | RADIATORS, FENDERS ference who or what he b mhe :\'\::-'|m:rn’|.nw\ the crowd )(hv'nn- Tl e R i D i firaq [0f Barbour. Nobody noticed that, in e that I';n-l»ul had stopped it and | hE ope. | BODIES MARE AND REPAIRED ment wants to see him pulled do out his active career, and that goes U . piEnoutdih 3 1 | fastening the canvas down tight the | given it to Dempsev. Barbour was as A O NEW R l!' so they can jeer the fellow who takes ' for sport and politics and everything {8 chance to win back the crown. | : . round instead of | 10 “had wrapped the cord around | firm as a rock, He just wouldn't be “.\'1::}:" (’,‘.:‘gr::;l;fl:n T v town. | WITESTATYSR. & E. WKS. his place. The “razz’ goes with the |else Moreover, Flowers' munager savs } the third. as it |pe trigger and clapper arm of the |fooled. Yl nanted to carey the new cham-|.SI0 IHRSIC L 1438 . REAR weight championship title. John ut understand 1T have no quarrel | that if the champion retains his title turned out. | bell. | Rules Bell Saved Willard. pion through the main str Spirs an got it in his time. o did [with the crowd. It has been ver: | Ihe will go to Europe and attempt to 1 always have a 1 " | 3 el . 3 t was sc ) cord that | v “lar i E Bhontde T oK Corbett, Rob Fitzsimmons, Jim {good to me. and 1 make all allow- |SWim the English Channel. ~The timekeeper in m_v[”,N.c“\"Hm‘l‘f“‘,l‘l‘;“ff‘f‘;:""‘lfp‘\ e diie, bell ,!‘fl‘lt’d_, ;\"2“-’,{" foien i At e it looked that | w “ M TJeffries, Jack Johnson and Jess Wil |ances for the jeers. knowing that they | DeET0 something of a reputation corner to wateh ||\ s : i e OB R o s £l Akt ' R aliace otor Lo. lard. N d 101 SCent e tilond o, |in the water. £ the count and to |"make it ring by pulling the trigger. | _Pecord looked around for Dempeey Let go that champion. Let go of Sl L S i e R " T 5 Barbour had not noticed it, as the | They had carried Willard to his corner [ him. Tle's got to get back in the ring . < - | ince ' e Cro th A 3 ive 2 a 1 - Caae I Not at All Surprised. [ G ool forihe Gnne: ARt haalbets oU oL e Blksy okt give me M20tand | canvas men had made the’ blunder |hodily and were working lke fleuds | The fight isn't over. i JEO— s A second Warn- | ypqer the edge of the ring where on him. He was a horrible-looking | Rilly didn't let go fast enough to| So T wasn't at all surprised to hear | 44 SR - (U lior e & h L S0 v | | Siddeddec e el L e L B D e I, oetd ReePS | Barbour nor anybody else could see | ght for he had taken a beating that | suit me and I et fiv with a kiek that | and catcalls, some of them probably | cpowd that heats up interest in the | try without damage. Greb, who used KEARNS, l‘_""_ W““l a8 1ol vphere was no attempt at delib- | has never been equaled in a heavy-| Billy blocked else his head would have | fior: & who had shaken my | pogine ot b bl Scals o BT anontT Siesy Avetl IhaSiiven]| : O I"‘_‘ ch time | o ate tampering with the bell. Just | weight first round. 1 think that|landed back on Broadw: I got| hand and told me wl great guv | pothing but cheer e T e =ot left. You alwavs know |, “.oyple of fatheads who. balled | statement goes unchallenged. Dempsey back finally and had just | Iam. Oh, ves, I know the crowd. | iniac it wouldn Ltil e | its nevenae. e “'{;":‘*“ D what the | {pinge up, that's all Seeing Dempsny_atanding outside | time enough to tell him what to do. 3 i ; ge. officia keeper is doing. Lt : 2 F Pa e Jellad forane to ikl : o hiseae | Th *,"[\1,',‘])‘,,’3\,}‘“:f:“',,'"f{\;"""" himself without i market for | Refore the 15round contest, starts. | * Segides this e JXo then. " Willard s on the flvor, the repes, Pecord yelled for me to get ‘*‘4',"'.‘:“;‘;“,"F‘("‘(“lxfl“\';{“‘\‘(: CLIGRS Sales and Service fHing aomewherecin ithe melEh: | e L e A i1 -io | Ihad| Jos| Bannon), New Yokt néwe | ws\vedord yella(“Sevent 1 know tiiué | rCefinimbgciinto/tisicorniery TA(B| Donit ose i ¥ou can shove ins borhood for that particular moment. | gime. Gk b Elimpionshis Hitom m:‘, Re: 1S | paper man. as my official timekeeper | the end of the round has come. My |fight is going on. We've got to take|over and the title vours. You've 1709 L street N w - It had been announced in the papers | *“THS (lairman of the New | St Asclation of New Yore ME land he sat at the ringside at Bar-|corner timekeeper tells-me that the |the timekeeper's word for it.” | worked hard in that first round. Now |} « o ¥V . that T would be there. State Athletic Commission would Greb wins he will be ATl at | Fours elbow. Tt was his duty to pro- | bell would save Willard “Why, you robber, vou stopped that [rest this round. Move round and | Just East of Conn. Ave. The crowd gave him a hearty cheer, | permit my introduction from the ring | his next hout here. & : At | teet my interests at that point. He| As Pecord called “Seven! I looked | fight and gave it to Dempsey. What |feint him. Just ake him mis: M . 7612 | 3 | ki lconid keep an eve on Barbour'c watch | toward the timekeeper, and saw Bar- | do you mean, get back in the ring?"|and nothing more.” am as Harry deserves. RBut Harry, too. |t Madison Square Garden that i H knows the crowd, and has heard his | because I didn-t have A license in New 'as well as his own. Thour jerking frantically at the bell | ‘“‘Just what I say. Get back in there (Copsricht. 1026.) =5 = boos in his day, even without holding | York, as I understand it. Nor would - a champlonship title, and T doubt that | e permit the introduction of Ha BOUTS TO BE STAGED he was deceived by his reception. He | wills, i Knew' the oceacion and the meaning. | T iirodu ant notning, or| AT BEAVER DAM CLUB He walked up to the ringside, sald | course, but 1 would have been glad to | adiine b e ; a few words into the microphone. | stand there in the ring with Wills and | i hGadline bout. three el then, as he turned, I was out of my |assure the crowd of 1y willingness to | &g o & ERE RS T 00 PORRE seat holding out my hand in gteeting. | fight Harry, a willingness 1 have | SAEbn it Beaver Diin Hikk He looked greatly surprised at my|{manifested by signing articles of | = 8 9 ‘ cordiality, but sheok hands. then |agrecment in New York several vears s . quickly faded into the crowd behind | ago, and again in Indiana since then. i B e o iy e Willing to Fight Wills. the construction of an arena Harry's appearance, - because *I think no one will question my sin: | Eeaver-Dam that will seat F ] half-expected it. T know all the tricks | c Sn RRIsLhc L. S (cannot suy |ftater [ of the game I follow. 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