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SPORTS. 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D . C, WEDNESDAY, -SEPTEMBER 15, 1926. SPORTS. 4y CRAIMS A BETTER RECORD /THAN ANY PREDECESSOR ImDefending His Crown Six Times in Seven Years| Jack Asserts He Will Have a Better Mark Thus Sullivan, Corbett, Fitz, Jeff or Johnson. [ BY JACK DEMPSEY. HIS article has two purposes. One is to show that a world champion did come back at the age of one of the greatest battles of of| being a “ 31, after years of loafing, and fight his carcer. And the other is to_prove by the record books that instead fightless champion,” I've defended my crown oftener in actual championship battles than any title holder in history. John fought Charli in an hour of training. L. Sullivan, who won his title at the same age that I did—24— - Mitchell in 1888 and was held to a draw. thereafter Sullivan never put on a box In his own reminiscences about his career he con- For nearly a year ng glove and perhaps never indulged fessed that all during that time he broke all the training rules—and a few in addition. In 1889 he was matched to meet jake Kilrain in a finish fight—a year when Sullivan was 31, the same age as I am now. But whereas 1 was only about eight pounds beyond fighting weight when 1 signed to meet Tunney, the great John L. was ahout 45 over- weight, and where I had & year of mard and sincere ‘vaining behind me, Sullivan was = flabby and regarded by many as a hopeless “comeback” pros- pect. Yet Sullivan, at i1, went 75 furi- ous rounds with the huge and powerful Kilraln—and finally punched and pounded his way to victory. If Sullivan, at 31, could win ov Kilrain: if he could make a wonder- ful comeback from the physic depths to which he had slipped, why do some folks get so skeptical about my ability to display championship form at the age of 31, especially when it would seem that in meeting Tunney I'm not taking on & man as Sullivan found in Kilra When I climb into the ring a Tunney it will be my sixth battle in defense of a championship won seven vears ago. And, although some critics have labeled me a ‘‘fightless champion,” my record would seem to make me the fightingest champion. Sullivan won his title in 1882, and was titleholder for 10 years. In all that gap of time John L. although appearing in many exhibitions or handicap matches, actually defended his crown only against AIf Greenfield, P’addy Ryan, Charlie Mitchell, Jake Kilrain, Dominick McCaffery and Jim Corbett. JACK DEMPSEY | Griffin seven fights In ten years, against my six battles in seven years. Dope on Other Champs. Jim Corbett won in 1892. In 1894 he defended against Charlie Mitchell. In 1897, fighting the second time in fiv he was beaten by Bob Fit . And Fitz, who won in 189 fought again until 1899—a tw vear lapse—when Jim Jeffries beat him. Jeft's championsh 1899 to 1910—an 11-vear stretch. In that time he fought Jim Corbett (twice), Bob Fitzsimmons? Jack Mun- roe, Tom Sharkey, Jack Johnson and Gus Ruhlin, in addition to exhibition or benefit battles against Joe Ken- nedy, Jack Finnegan and Therefore, Jeff’s total of real d from , the winner in 1910, met , ¥Frank Moran in illard in 1915—three fights in five . exclusive of two workouts, one with A. Sprowl, and the other with Jim Johnson. Jess Willard, the 1915 winner, met and won fr ank Moran in 1916— and then I " Jess in 1919, which 1914 and Jess V! | meant that in four years he fought but twi Wi My record nan, Carpent iibbons and Firpo— and on the 23d the name of Tunney will be added to the list. It isn't my fault that it has not been bigger. Be- yond the men above—and Harry Wills—there has been no one the promoters would toss in with me. I was willing to give any in that list a nd shot, but no promoter wanted to take the gamble. And no promoter ever made a real offer for me to tackle Wills. And_vet with six fights in seven years I've made good on the promi given to the public in Toledo on that July night in 1919 when 1 said: “T'll be a fighting champion.” | And that gave Sullivan a total of (Covyright. 1926.) THE FIGHT GAME FROM THE INSIDE CHAPTER LVIIL BY JACK AMON RUNYON, a writer him: love letters sent to Jack Dempsey were actually brilliant. KEARNS. f, will tell you that some of the Jack stirred up the beauty in their thoughts, perhaps, and in despera- tion they just had to jot it down and send it to him. You known from the beginning women never held anything back. 1f it's on their mind, it comes to the surface. Joe Benjamin and Teddy Hayes mail them to them: s just to show When we visited the big cafes of would go in ahead and v Halligan, Dempsey.” Well, ‘that would start them. The women would make a concerted rush for him like a swarm of dressed-up bees. Some of them would manage to get a neck hold on him and plant kisses on his cheeks. He would have to fight desperately to break away. We never were able to stay in one place any length of time, for they wouldn't let the champlion have a moment’s peace. Fails to Upset 1t was on our first night's the cafes that Dempsey met defeated by the undi vamp of the world, gor Joyee. Peggy was ever so glad to see a celebrated American so far from home, arf she told him so. Jack cop per plated the compliment and re- turned it word for word. As the two stood mutually admiring each other the crowd boomed confetti at them, popped balloons in their fa and cut 11p didoes in high glee. Ican’t remem- her Dempsey ever getting a reception that get him all over Pai It Was staggering, flattering, won- derful, enough to turn the head of sione man. Dempsey handled the hero- acels and as su as he did sparring partners. He was hard hit by Peg. No mis- take about that. She had John with | her, but he was in the out in Chilcoot Pass right off the reel. In half an hour Jack was hooked good. He came back after each dance with her saying, “She’s a pippin. No wonder they all lay_their blo. the railroad tracks for her. She's a wonder.” That proves that Peg is the ~hamplon of her class, doesn't it? She | peared his nibs without half trving. | He appeared to be in a trance over | the famous blond. I suppose that Peggy liked him, too. Peg !s in the tremendous, fmpetuous class herself when it comes to kicking hearts all over the lot. Goes to Sleep Waiting. Jack came back to the table in the | end and said that Peggy was going to play the duck on her John, and would | n him later in the evening so that | could de “>» Paris line together. | cheme was this. Jack was to-go | k to his room at our hotel and | awalt Peg's orders. She was to 0 t0 | chase her John, when she had run | him she was to call Jack, he would | come back, pick her up and off they'd =0 to see dazzling Paris. He dragged | he reluctant Teddy Hayes away with \m and left our party flat. Jack and Teddy went back to our apartment and after waiting some | time Jack callel Peggy on the tele-| phone. She had got rid of Sammy | Sleepingsickness, she told him, and| Dempsey, still in his tuxedo, remained | rooted near the telephone. Every half | hour or so, he'd get Peg back on the telephone and each time she'd tell him | that she hadn’t tied a can to the John, | but was on the high road to do so. | All of this was getting rather um[ ~ome to Teddy and finally at 3 in the morning he stretched out for a little <nooze, leaving Dempsey still sitting | it the telephone. Occasionally he | Wwould be awakened by Dempsey'sq velce, still asking about the John and | asked Teddy. 1y {ir used to copy some of them and re- them to their gals to burn them up. Paris that irrepressible cut-up, Bill ¢ll, “Here comes zee great Zhack | Joyee. It was world's record “stick- | up.” A “What's _th Hayes. You s All Night. matter, Jack?” asked just getting up and ressige? “Drédss hell! I've been waiting here all night to hear from Peggy.” “You don't mean to say you've sat there the whole night long waiting for that gal to call up, do you, champ?” quess she couldn’t | id the cham- at's me. T of the fellow.” P | 0. T guess wot.” said Teddy, try-| hard not to laugh in Dempsey’s | tace. T mention_this little yarn only to prove that Dempsey was a man of intense moods. He had made up his mind that he and Peggy would ramble around Paris and he just wouldn't give up. After that we decided to go to Ber- lin. While there we got a paper and aw where one of Peggy Joyce's in- tended husbands had bumped himselt off. Peg had given him the runaround and the fellow did a Dutch, blew out his fool brains. - laughed and said that per- e you kill you ampion met a little lady: cz st sight it seemed to be fall harder and faster t 1 ever knew. If it happy faculty of falling right out of lov s quickly as he feil in, I suppos he would have heen married, y when _the make t for them, the « He vorth We came back to Amer wonderful experience abrog lowing a short whirl on the cireuit, we went back to ¢ make a picture for Universal. while Dempsey was on the lot making this picture that he met Estelle Tay- lor, his present wife. ht »' Pantages (Cony 1926.) {DR. RUSH NOW MEMBER OF HOLE-IN-ONE CLUB Dr. Arma Rush, oral surgeon and member of the Congressional Country Club, a first-year golfer, made a hole in one Sunday at the Sherwood For- est course in a match game against Frederick Ward Roege and Edward C. Boyce. Needless to say, Dr. Rush won_the match. W. E. Dunt, the club pro, stated that only one other player had suc- ceeded in equaling Dr. Rush's per- formance since the inauguration of the course 10 years ago. His clubmates will tender a com- plimentary dinner at the Congres sional Club Friday evening. BETTER THAN IN SHELBY, | SAYS GIBBONS OF JACK| ATLANTIC CITY, No'J., Septem-. | Hank | | but after I Tuly day they took it all back. I would never do, they said. Now here 1 Famous Battles for Heavyweight Title NUMBER 15. By the Associated Press. Jess Willard found it very hard to relax in the bout in which he was knocked out by Jack Dempsey at Toledo, July 4, 1919. The only respite the champion was able to gain was when he was knock- ed down. This was often enough, but the minutes in between were so filled with action that the big fellow could not rest when he went to bed on the canvas. ‘When Willard was felled for the seventh time in the first round, Dempsey thought that he had won and left the ring. However, the bell saved Jess for the moment, and the agony was prolonged until the bell sounded for the fourth round, when a towel was tossed in as a token of defeat. ‘Mrs. Willard, seeing a fight for the first time, did not like it. She said afterward that she was sorry that her husband had been defeated, but glad that he was no longer champion. Jack Kearns, then Dempsey's man- ager, said that his protege was a real champio; ey will prove a popular " was a prediction made by Kearns immediately after the cham- plonship was won. The weather for the bout was sea- sonably hot. BiG SCRAP TO HAVE SIX PRELIMINARIES By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 15.— Twelve heavyweights and light- heavyweights will engage in six six- round bouts as prelimineries to the contest between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney here on September 23. The preliminaries will be: Monte Munn, Lincoln, Nebr., vs.s Hugo Clements, Boston. George Godirey, Philadelphia, vs. Bob Lawson, Oklahoma. Martin Burke, New Orleans, Yale Okum, New York City. Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia, vs. Jimmy Delaney, St. Paul. Knute Hansen, Minnesota, vs. Johnny Risko, Cleveland. Harry Persson, Sweden, vs. Jack Adams, St. Louis. The first bout will start at 7 p.m., standard time. TUNNEY'’S CONDITION GRATIFIES GIBSON By the Associated Press. STROUDSBURG, Pa., September 15.—Gene Tunney professed to feel great today from a day's rest yes- terday. He looks for snappy work- outs with Jimmy Delaney, St. Paul light-heavywelght, who is making his Stroudsburg debut. Tunney is pleased that his man- ager, Billy Gibson, has hired Jimmy Bronson as a second for the fight with Dempsey. The challenger and Bronson were friends in France. Manager Gibson has ceased worry- ing over the possibility of becoming to_fine. Frequent perlods for reaction are taking care of that. Tunney works only when he feels he needs it. “Dempsey may knock Gene down in the early rounds, maybe more than once,” says Gibson, “but he can't keep him down. Tunney has the will to rise, and if the champion does floor him, he will get up again, and will ultimately knock Dempsey out.” TWO D. C. GOLFERS FACING IN TITLE TOURNEY TODA MacKenzie and Stevinson, Only Capital Players to Qualify, Meeting in First Round—Others From Washington Are Well Down List. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. ALTUSROL GOLF CLUB, Sho: heavily on Washington’s twin hopes for a_victory in the National Amateur Golf Championship ‘Walker Cup star, and Miller Robert T. Jones’ amateur title. A weird quirk of the “seeded” MacKenzie and Stevinson ‘playe son at Columbia. And Roland, judged Mackenzle had no trouble making the grade in a qualifying _round which again brought visible r&newal of the superiority of Bob Jones in medal competition, for the great At- lantan started yesterday in defense of his title by again winning the qualifying round, this time with a 36-hole score of 143, only one shot back of the qualifying round record made by D. Clarke Corkran two years ago. Wins in Play-off. Roland qualified with six shots to spare, with a_36-hole total of 156. Stevinson won his place in the match play rounds in the play-off of a six- man tle at 163 for five places. A Stevinson passed into the match play rounds in his second attempt to qualify, Francis Ouimet of Boston, Eddie Held of St. Louis, Watts Gunn of Atlanta and W. L. ngil of ces. They i were all bracketed at the 163 figure, with Stevinson and Frank Dyer of Memphis, who will be remembered by Washington golfers by his play in_the Columbia tourney of 1 Ouimet, Held, Gunn and Massingil all secured on the first hole and were in. Stevinson and Dyer took 6s and had to go another hole, with the Columbia_star victorious when Dyer shanked his second shot. Stevinson should have won the right to play on the very first hole, but dropped his second shot into a bad lie in a deep bunker. George Voigt of Bannockburn, add- |ing an 82 to his 84 of Monday, finishe; | with 166, three shots too high Houghton of Manor took an 87 day to add to his 85 of Monday, and tied with Silas M. Newton of Burning Tree at 172. Page Hufty of Congres- sional, who had 91 on Monday, took 87 yesterday, to finish with a total of 178 in his essay at the big champion- ship. Maurice J. McCarthy of Flatbush N. Y., a student at Georgetown Uni versity, the son of a well known pro; fessional, is among the qualifiers. He is not attached to a Washington club. The draw for the match play rounds today, aside from the the break that threw Mackenzie and Stevinson to- gether, finds the favorites well scat- tered, with another good chance for at Merion two years ago. MacKenzie Starts Badly. MacKenzie started vesterday as it he would toss away his chance to qualify at the first hole, where long iron second left him short of the green and he chipped boldly past the pin, taking three putts for a 6. But from then he did not make another mistake until the seventh, even though he rang up a 5 on the the poorest exh Dempsey-Georges than five years ago. Newspaper men had said T was atching me flounder thros am, fighting the man who was the h weight champion. That match with Jones was my first bout in six months. I had not been boxing very long at that, time and knew little about the art of hitting properly. As a result, I broke my hands in every fight in which I engaged. It seemed my ring days were limited. Then I went up into the Maine woods to engage in the business of logging with an eye to strengthen- ing the tools of my trade. For six months I hewed great trees, wielded an ax until the palms of my hands | became as calloused as the féet of a barefoot farmer boy. My maulers hecame larger and stronger, too. Ang they seemed to me in good enough shape to make me confident I would \ever hurt them again as I hurt them in my previous matches. So I re- turned from the woods. Returned to fight Jones. Although my normal welight at the time was 170 pounds, I wéighed 158 pounds that day, having accumu- lated much excess weight while liv- ing in the woods. I won't weigh 188 pounds when I step on the scales in Philadelphia next week. -“You can imagine, therefore, how fat I must s [have been five years ago. In sorry shape, I made a mess of that bout. I couldn’t get out of my own way, couldn’t punch with force or speed. I finally knocked out the ldier, along about the eighth round. But I was lucky to do it. How the old anvil chorus rang out then. I might as well go get a job driving a truck, the boys said, pay- out of shape and very likely would box better after a few weeks of hard training. Well, I didn't go back to driving {a truck. Instead I went back to the gymnasium, a little discouraged but with the idea firmly implanted in my | mind T'd show the boys they were wrong in writing me out of the pic- ture because of one fight I put up. I think I've done it. It's been a hard, rough road, but’ the five years | f study and application have brought me from a preliminary spot on a bill ‘featuring Dempsey to a match with the man himself. DOCTOR FINDS TUNNEY FIT IN EVERY RESPECT PHILADELPHIA, September 15 (P). —Gene Tunney is a “precocious phy- sical machine’ and of “extraordinary® ing no attention to that fact I was | TUNNEY FOUGHT POORLY WHEN ON DEMPSEY CARD TROUDSBURG, Pa., September, 15—It is an interesting fact that ibition I ever gave was in a prel 1 Carpentier contest at Boyle's Thirty Acres more liminary to the Jack a promising vouny light-heavyweight, ugh the bout with Soldicr Jones that eadliner that day—the world’s heavy- DEMPSEY STARTING FINAL GRIND TODAY By the Associated Prees. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 15.—With the gates closed to the pub- lic, Jack Dempsey started on his final stretch of training today. Guards were stationed at the en trances of the greyhound racing track with instructions to permit nobody to enter with the exception of newspaper correspondents. Dempsey will work out before the critics again tomorrow and on Friday he will take another lay-off. Then, on Saturday, the workouts will become strictly private, with even the news- paper men barred. While there are rumors that Demp- sey intends to perfect some new mys: terious punch or defense, he says he merely desires to go through his paces unhampered by prying eyes. The camp has been disturbed by ri ports from the coast that Demy health is none too good. Demps laughs these reports off. His appear- ance and playfulness -indicate pe fect health. Tom Gibbons thin the champion is in as good shape a he was when he fought Tom. Two additional guards have been stationed at Dempsey's bungalow to prevent trouble. Two detective serzeants from New | York are aiding two detectives from | Chicago. | WOMEN WILL CONTEST FOR CLUB GOLF TITLE Entries for a woman’s champion- ship of the Indian Spring Golf Club close tonight. The qualifying round of 18 holes starts tomorrow at 10 a.m. The fir: round of match play will be Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The second round will be Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, and the final Sunday at 12 o'clock. The present club champion is Mrs. E. R. Tilley, who will defend her title against such expert players as Mrs. H. A. Knox, Mrs. L. B. Chapman, Mrs. Tom Moore and Mrs. A. von Steinner. | | | Club champion, faced in the first match play round today in the chase for stars together in the first round to furnish a repetition of the many friendly struggles they have had over courses around the Capital City. where four other Washingtonians and a brace of former title holders failed. The odds today, naturally, favor MacKenzie, not alone because of his un- questioned fine record in this championship for the last three years but for the fact that he usually comes out on top in friendly matches with Stevin- has found the form that won the medal for him last year and placed him eighth on the ranking list of American amateurs. | tral a Bob Jones-George Von Elm final at? rt Hills, N. J., September 15.—Fate fell as Roland R. MacKenzie, youthful B. Stevinson, the Columbia Country draw brought these two Columbia ed well enough yesterday to qualif; alone on the game he has shown here, fifth, where his extreme length off the tee put him in a trap. He skidded again at the twelfth, where an iron shot found a. bunker and he took three putts at the thirteenth, where a 300-yard tee shot left him but 90 vards to go, and he shanked his run up into a trap. Three birdies graced his card and on three other occasions long putts for birdies brushed by the lip of the cup. His card also showed three three-putt greens. Otherwise Ro- land’s game was flawless. Splitting the middle with his tee shots and putting boldly for the pin, the Co- lumbia lad_drew one of the largest galleries of the day to watch two shots that stand out among the most brilliant he ever played. These were his spoon shot from a close lie at the seventh to the green, 260 yards and an iron tee shot at the 11-yard ninth that nearly hit the pin, stopping but 2 yards away. Roland missed the putt and a chance to add another deuce to his card, for he had previously sunk a rder for a 2 at the 126-yard He ended the round with a birdie 4 that came within an inch of heing an eagle. Voigt Putts Poorly. George Volgt's failure came about through five 3-putt greens and the knowledge that he had to shoot a brilliant round to be certain of qual¢ fying. Voigt thought he had to shoot a 77 vesterday to be sure to get in and went out with that idea dominat- ing his game. He took chances, but those that did come off did not neu- ze the efforts that failed. Usually one of the finest putters that ever hit a golf ball, Voigt was upable to get his touch on the keen Baltusrol 3-pitt greens were not all, for several putts for birdies failed to droy, a 6 crept in at the eleventh, where the Bannockburn star put a tee shot under the cop of a bunker, nd he thished with a brace of 6s where a pair of 4s would have left him in. Playing the seventeenth, although George didn’t know it then, he needed two 4s to qualify. He felt sure 164 would not make it, and went after everything. Two crashing wooden shots left him a pitch and a putt for 578-yard seventeenth. But f topped his pitch. It found a - and he took a 6. That left him a 3 at the par 5 eighteenth for 163. But again George found trouble and again he took a 6. Stevinson Is Steady. Stevinson’s round of 77 yesterday was a_brilliant bit of golf and vastly more indicative of the true game of the Columbia star than his 86 of Mon- He finished 6. 5, getting in a ‘!rill\ at the seventeenth, and hooking an iron shot at the eighteenth, where he stretched a driving iron to home against the wind. The bright spot of Stevinson's round of vesterday, intermingled with a lot of steady golf, was his brilllant stand over the first nine, after a ghastly 7 at the very first hole. Here he put his second shot in a trap, just as he did in the play-off, lost a shot getting out and took three putts. The re of his game up to the seventeenth ‘as steadiness personified, and he 1y felt he would qualify when he | sank a 20-footer for a 3 at the ! purteenth, o tricky of 398 ds. i Have Lots of Trouble. | Houghton, Hufty and Newton were | never able to get started. Hufty | said he played some of the best goif | of his life vesterday, but he ran | into an 8 on the second hole, where he put his second shot out of bounds, and had three 6s in a row, beginning with the thirteenth, Houghton, putting poorly and find- ing no end df trouble around the greens, ran into real disaster at the seventeenth, where too close ac- quaintance with the sandy wastes of Baltusrol's bunkers cost him a 9. Newton, virtually out of the run- | ning after an 89 on his first round, | 2 a brace of 7s at the sixth a vesterday, to put him get i Scores of the sterday follow: MacKenzi out ‘Washington players 543—37 354—38—75—81—156 | 453—38 { 465—39—77—86—163 4 544—40 366—42—82—84—166 544—41 495—46—87—85—172 473—43 356—40-—83—89—172 .. B85 245 $53—43 - 443 666 465—44—87 . AND L. GETS STAR. | - MARTINSBURG, W. Va., S - ber 15.—Gustave B. “'fltshil’:?te;: hefty center on the high school foot bn}l team last year, has left for ‘\\ ashington and Lee University and will be a candidate for a place on the | vearling eleven. | | HAWAIIAN FOUR FAST. OSAKA, Japan, September 12 (). — A Hawailan relay team ran 400 meters in 412-5 seconds in an inter- |national track meet with Japan. | | This mark is within 2-5 of a second | | of the world ‘record set in 1924 by an American team in France. Japan won the meet. Wallace Motor Co. NASH LIST OF QUALIFIERS By the Associated Press. SHORT HILLS, N. J., September 16.—Thirty-two qualifiers for the national amateur golf champlonship with their scores for the two days follow: T. Jones. Atlanta. 70—73--143, bert iph_Ki r, Chic . TT—T0—147. J. Wood Platt, Philade rhnl; 78—76—154. el F. Storey. England, 81—73—154. Eoftac® Mackonsie. Washinston, ' SI—7, Goor wson, Chicago, e i Day 74—83—157. Sese B, Guilford. Boston: 80—77—167 Ellsworth Augustus, Clevel: . 77—81. 158. 1sEoul Haviland, Bridgeport, Conn., 76—83— D. Clarke Corkran, Philadelphia, 81—78— 159, x George von Elm, Los Angeles, 83—76— w. Va. z zg_'ez;;mo;e“ Shute, Huntington, E. M. Wilde, Cranford, N. J. 81—78— “‘eefe Carter. Oklahoma City, 80—79— i ; McCarthy. ir. Springfield, Charles Evans, jr., Chicago, 79—81—160. g1 E0fgne Homabe, ‘Englewood, N. J.. 7 o Bichard A. Jones. jr. New York, 83— Max Marston, Philadelphia, 82—78—160. Fred J. Wright, Boston, 78—81—160. ':;lx. Mos. Portiand, Ores.. 7H—81— 60. Parker W. Whittemore, Boston, 82—79— William C. Fownes, jr.. Pittsburgh, 82 79—161. : Dexter Cummings, Chicago. 77—85—] oV illiam M. Reekie, Montclair. . J. Jack Westland, Seattle, 78—84—162. Watts Gunn, Atlanta, 80-—83—163. M. B Stoveison. Chevy Chase, Md.. 86— Eddie Held, St. Louis. 86—77—163. Francis Ouimet, Boston, 80-—83—16: M. L. Maseingill, Forth Worth, Tex. 85163, BOBBY JONES EASILY SETS PACE WITH 143 By the Associated Press. SHORT HILLS, N. J., September 15. —Two Joneses—youthful golfers of the North and South—were among 32 players surviving for today’s first round of match play in the national amateur golf championship at Bal- tusrol. Robert Tyre Jones of Atlanta is seeking to win the title for the third consecutive year. Dick Jones of New York in the 1925 tournament beat Roland MacKenzie, the medalist, and Lauren Upson, and reached the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Bobby's Atlanta chum, ‘Watts Gunn. Bobby won the qualifying medal adding a 73 yesterday to his opening round of 70. Next came Rudy Knep- per of Chicago, four strokes behind. Restoration of the qualification fleld to 32 players saved many of the stars yesterday, but Bob Gardner, Walker cup captain, was left out in the cold. Today’'s matches are two rounds at 18 holes, which will leave eight men to start 36.hole match play tomorrow. The draw for match play offers the possibility of a final between George Von Elm and Bobby Jones, also of Chick Evans gratifying his desire to play Bobby. The draw follows: George von Elm vs. Ellsworth A Max Marston vs. Maurice 1 162. a— uguetus. McCarthy. tland. . Eugene Homans. . Eddie Held. va. Roy Moe. Densmore Shute vé. Roland MacKenzia M. Jeime Guilford E. M. Wild Hobh Bill FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. READING, Pa.—Alex Hart, Cleve- land, beat Pep O’'Brien, Scranton (3). NORWALK, Conn.—San Sanchez, Mexico, defeated Jim Bones, Bridge- port (12). NEW YORK. -- Bud Gorman, Kenosha, w defeated Franz Diener, German heavyweight cham- plon (10). ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Battling Finch, 166, Savannah, Ga., knocked out Frankie Murphy, - 158, Brook- Iyn (). ——— A new system for stronger amateur golf teams is to be developed in Eng- land by encouraging young players to enter in competitions. E. Popper & Co., Inc., Manufacturers BEN LEONARD FINDS JACK FAST AND PUNCHING HARD BY BENNY (Undefeated Lishtweight TLANTIC CITY, N, A another day,” and I wanted plenty of LEONARD, Champlon of the World). , September 15.—Before going into my workin, with Jack Dempsey yesterday, I thought over our approachin: battle and concluded that I would rather have it outside. he is a friend of mine, “he who fights and runs away, lives to fight Although room. Jerry yelled time. Jack and I looked at each other and smiled. “Come on Jack, let’s go to it,” I said. He replied, “Yeh, you come ahead.” ‘That struck me funny. I never saw Jack wait for his opponent to come to him, so I skipped up and let one, a left jab, fly. He slipped his head low and got under the punch, sending two short hooks to my body. 1 stepped back and sald, “Oh, come on, let your punches go.” “Mean it, Benny?” he asked, as T flicked him’ a left and I crossed over 9— | a right. Jack rolled with the punch, taking the force out of it. He was Jjust boxng. But I wanted a sample of the real Dempsey. We were stepping around pretty fast, but I said, “Listen Jack, no one has a right to get you with a left jab like that, and they will as long as you try this boxing. Fall into your stuff.” Just then Jerry yelled “Tim Jack to cut loose a bit, Jerr: and I guess he did. The champion came forward with that old Dempsey rush in the second round. I had figured that I would try to emulate Tunney and see what would happen, but seeing Jack come at me that way made me fall back into my own style. The way to meet Dempsey when he comes in this way is to go after him and take a chance. I did and I ran into a hornet’s nest. I moved in with a left feint and planted a hard right on the champ’s nose. Jack him- self says I am no light hitter. “Boy, oh, boy,” he yelled, and be- fore I knew it I had gotten three stiff jolts to the wind and a sock from his right that raised a bump on my left cheek bone. 1 can feel it getting sorer every minute. I slung a right uppercut, but Jack was looking for just that and although I sent it in with speed, he made it glance off his jaw without landing full force. If it had been a trifle slower it would have missed altogether. That punch on the nose was just what the champ wanted to make him cut loose, and, believe me, he had me stepping faster than I've ever been forced to step before. All this took only about 15 seconds, but it seemed longer than it takes to tell you about it. It was a good thing I had plenty of room to move around in, for Dempsey wasn't able to get me on the rope: ‘There were no ropes there. I started to box, but Jack simply wouldn't have it. He was taking my word and had forgotten all about it being his day of rest. I tried my best to box, but you can't keep Dempsey off with any kind of punch once he sets in with that great tidal wave rush of his. Dr. Pierce called time twice before Jack heard it. I heard the first gong, but I heard it the first time. ‘We were bhoth breathing hard at the | finish, and Dr. Pierce said that Jack was breathing normal in 39 second: while I was normal 10 seconds later. Now I want to say this Dempsey is fresh, as he noon, you cannot box him. fight his style, your style or any style. He forces you to fight and you do nothing but try to battle him. Its like finding yourself in a maelstorm. You are handled and all to do the things you ordinarly can do. You are handled as he wills and all you try to do is to grab or swing or shoot punches wildly at a rapidly moving target. Of course, Dempsey punches hard. Even when he was landing lightly on me his blows carrled weight and force. They fell a good deal like a heavy log that is being propelled on a wagon. Even his light blows would throw me off balance if I didn’t use foot work. Oh, mamma! When he lets go, they just numb you. Dempsey is faster than he looks to the observer. ‘I found that out today. 1 figured that it wouldn't make any difference how hard I Rjt him, but I went in thinking I was a bit faster. ‘Well, I want to tell you that he had me stepping at top speed. After I have had a little tilt with Gene Tunney I'll be able to give you a fair and true line on their respective fighting. SWEENEY IS WINNER OF FEATURE BATTLE Despite three substitutions in the bbuts at Kenflworth Arena last night. the fans got their money’s worth and then some. Buzz Saw Sweeney, the Quantico Marine slugger, buzzed long and loud In his 12-round go with Ray Mitcheil of New York, who substituted for Billy Draeko of Germany. Draeko had an {njured hand and arm. “or the first three rounds Mitchel pasted Sweeney with everything ex cept the posts around the ring, and it seemed only a_question of how lons the Leatherneck would last. But the Buzz Saw still came ripping in and carried the fight to his man through- out. After the third round Mitchell was content to use a left jab to the face, which proved somewhat distrct ing to Sweeney but not particularly harmful. Sweeney's aggressiveness throughout earned him the deciston. Wee Willie Woods, champlon fiy welght of Scotland, must have left all he knew about the game on the other side of the pond, because he showed absolutely nothing in his 10-round go with Young Dencio. Denclo was « veritable streak in comparison with his opponent, who absorbed plenty of punishment. Had Denciq possessed a real honest-to-goodness punch it would have been all over as early as the second round. \Woods substi tute for Harry Murton. The best fight of the night was the six rounder between George Leslic, substituting for Harry Groves of the Mohawk A. C.. and Eddie De Simon the Fort Myer batler. Both hoys weni |at it hammer and tongs and swapped punches to their hearts content. De Simon weakened and Leslie came on to_win handily. _Sammy Braunstein, Quantico Ma rine and holder of the Army, Nav) and Marine Corps lightweight title, failed to put in appearance, and Bobby Hayes, introduced as from Brooklyn. took his place. Hayes hardly knew what it was all about and his oppo- nent—Phil Raymond of Baltimore- mereltully hung one on the old but ton after 30 seconds of the first round Jack Skinner left fabbed Billy Wes! to pieces for three rounds. West's round house swings fafled to land on the more experienced Skinner. One of those “here it comes"—*hope to good ness it lands” swings of West cut skinner’s left eye in the second round and at the expiration of the third the referee refused to permit Skinner to continue. * MARLBORO RACES Sept. 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 Srecial Trais Tooves Tt e Deaks: Beach . K. ks 1185 Tpater First _Race 2 Wire and Disc Wheels W. S. Kenworthy & Co. 1617-19 14th St. N.W. 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