Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1926, Page 47

e . : 4 £ : £l ) . SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER ‘1, 1926. SPORTS. NG A, A e Fight With Greb Proved Tunney’s Mettle : Richard’s Pro Step Hits U. S. Tennis While with-, light, along with professional golf. | FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. | e may not be the last R - A . i by holding further announcement of his|foot ball, base ball and boxing. The | TON A, c_ NlNE & | By the Associated Press. & |~Id_13~1. Pyle sald he mf‘]\m‘hw'!v to add|promoter's plans have progressed so | NEW YORK.—Tod Morgan, Seattle. l ] \.4‘1:11 (v:lh('l,\ of the “top flight” to| far that he will hold an open n-nnm] To PLAY FORT MYER e L successfully defended his junior light- | F T b championship in January or Februars ik |weight champlonship against Joe | ittle Bill Johnston, famous Califor-|vither in New York or Los A > | Glick, Boston (15). Teddy Baldlock. | nia veteran, is understood to have|yith prize money aggregating $50.000 - Engl =ity e B o4 s been approached by Pyle, but to have|as an attraction. Amateur stars will| An ait e s S Wos s e turned w deaf ear to the promoter’s|he invited to compet A dbinad i av: H el ! 2 over Arthur de Champlaine, French- Te . . S o o bl o S|be invited compete as they do in{day for A 1 2 “l Displayed Punching Power and Heart of a Champion |25 din ) ot m;,;\;th Tilden and Johnston Aging, Young Star Was overtures s far. ©C T sseq|OPCT B0 Ctourmamencs, peciving | whon Fort Afver LS H = A . beat Al Tripoli, New York (10). S e . o Big Bill Tilden also has discussed | egals for their winning efforts, while | northern Vi P ate oS | | 3 A 2 professional prospects with Pyle, but |y iy Ot mdes o the profes: | ALibigton That Later Led to K. O. Victories Aver Ermino | CLEVELAND. Tammy _Freeman Counted Upon as Main Hope of America, proftessional prostects with Pyle, Bt | the prise mones goes (o the | Ariington ) ) s Cleveland welterweight, won decision . time champion, who yielded his title |~y . . ekl : ralla and Georges Carpentier. over George Levine, New York (10) Needed Money, Player Declare me champion, who vielded his titl| ' With Richards out of the amateur | Lean will pitch & Bal i B s Bil o to Rene Lacoste this year, prefers ol o, America's I of keeping the eil for |astbe ar, “Clevetnd, - heat o — — pugsue a stage career before giving |yt SCEEICS OO e e h Mears, Akron bantam (). Battling rerious thought to the advantages of | Lo i CUP HEXt ¥ ear E e Lallinl Morris, Chicago lightweight, 10st to | By the Associated Press turning pro. fiinthes Aifithea. Tiiden ana Jon Jimmy ‘Tannett, Cleveland. Phil] N ? | s rae S ot The names of Harvey 4 i ed. Tilden and Jo Al i s Cvaiad sewon Teom By EW YORK, October 1.—Vincent Richards, youngest of America’s | (" i\ lprook, who ‘leven if they remain ama big i heretofore led as the e of S Hnowles, Chicago (8). hig four of tennis, and heretofore regarded ‘as the corner stone of | pave become profesional tennis in-|Mitted 3 BY ED VA ERY. w NEW YORK, N. J.—Phil future Davis Cup hopes, has turned professional, joining the pioneer { structors, likewise have been linked areer while the vounger crop of | fin season St EW YORK. Oetober 1.—Five times Gene Tunney fought Harry Greb, *Detroit, defeated Johnny group headed by Suzanne Lenglen and sponsored by Charles C [with Pyle's organization, but the pro N"‘"}’;:"""‘hl':f;\' et ”'"‘r":::’ it ; and these matches, if naught else, should have convinced the stu- | Rocco, New Rochelle (10). . Pyle. | - 2 e had reached | ational standards. i il dents of boxing form, at least, that Gene Tunney must be accepted | MEMPHIS—W. L. (Young) Strib-| . chards, departure from amateur ranks, announced last night at a [no definite understanding iR ST ™ Richards, now only 23, and seasoned |afternoon.. i a very serious contender for Jack Dempsey's title, ling, Atlanta light-heavyweight, won | dinner given in Mlle. Lenglen’s honor on board the liner Paris, marked the | of these &we (ermr D arna. | in four of the last five Davis Cup Four years ago, when Gene had his first meeting with Greb, the Pitts- [ techmical knockout over Frankie | completion of an infernational quartet attracted to the Pyle professional fonqyyy rxr:nn'us.plu ers, however, has | tournaments, had been looked upon as h boxer was a great fighting man. About that time he was besting Busch, Norwich, Conn. (6). #| banner. The others are Mlle. Lenglen, Paul Feret, fourth ranking star of |agsured Pyle an allstar cast for the | the bulwark of future teans DALY IS TRANSFERRED such men as Tom Gibbons, Jack Renault, Kid Norfolk and_other stars of D Johnny Risko, Cleve- | France, and Mary K. Browne, former American champion. opening of his transcontinental tour - . | CAMBRIDGE the pugilistic world then in their prime, and who outweighed Greb by Jand. ‘v‘gll‘,‘"“‘_“‘ g and George| i had two alternatives,” Richards| profit legitimately by my tennis abil. |4t Madison Square Garden October 8| o oo (Bl @ —Maj. Charle il st e e SRR e e i ). |geclared in explanation of his move. | ity. Furthermore, I am convinced that {and 10. becides creating a shake-up in e Octobe James | QA rifiiery, 17 ; g B ‘l by .‘ e - lassed all contenders for = ey s “Bither T had to quit amateur tennis| professional tennis has a sound fu-|the entire tennis outlook rrison of the New York Times |duty with the that raiscd havoc with all his opponents. He outclassed afl contencers 19 HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Octo-|and make a living for my wife and|ture and that its influence on the[ Pyle, as well as the players who | has been selected an official scorer f | ing Corps at Hav his title of world middieweight champion, and was feared by practically all | yor | —The Potomac and Shenandoah | child or seize the oppertunity to turn| game will be for the best.” have uttached themselves to his ban-| the world series by the New York |spare tir assisted of the heavies and light heavyweights, Rivers were very muddy this morn-|professional. I accepted the latteg be- Richards is the first of America's|ner, believe that pro tennis will take | chapter of the Base Ball Writers' As. Harvard foot ba B! 3 . " p 5 ¥ And this was the mar ainst whom In the Evening World of April 28.]ing. cause I felt it gave me a chance to male stars to turn professional, but a permanent place in the sports spot- sociation isferred to Honolul ne Tunney, with only eibout three | 1925 I analyzed Tunney's chance vears of professional fighting under ;. L D L e & i e YT MeNd WL W B HBER S 175-pound championship. which he had [ only beat Gibbons, but that he would won only u few months previously | also prove too good for Dempsey. On from Battling Levinsky. What Greb | pie [agt point T wrote: “It is hard to did to Tunney in their first meeting |jegt a man who has courage. condi would have heen enough to kill the | ¢fon and purpose.” , t of most any boxer and confine | ryppey made his debut as a heavy him to the pubilistic scrapheap for [ weight in the Summer of 1924, and de the rest of his days. feated Ermino Spalla, the It | In the very flrst round Tunnes Wit | heavywelght, scoring technic butted and had his nose broken. Al in seven rounds. Then round or so later another butt of the | gramatic battle with Georges Carpen head severed an artery over Gene's |ijer at the Polo Grounds. Georges left eve. Both of these wounds bied | came up helpless for the fifteenth continuoysly all through the contest: | round, and Gene was credited with a every desperate effcrt failed to Stop | technical K. O.. but as Dempsey had the flow Practically blinded and | only taken four rounds to stop the weak from the loss of blood, he was |flashy Frenchman, Gene's victory at the mercy of the rough and busy | gver Georges was regarded as no Greb. boost for his heavyweight ambitions. Managed to Weather Storm. Talking of his fisht Jecently, Gun ; . Wilson, Carpentier’s trainer, conce R it managed to live through | b el nev was a far more danger- wwse awful 15 rounds is beyond be- : x L lief. But he not only staved in there|OUS puncher than was generally and fought back to the best of his | credited. 3 i Sbility right 1o the end, but was nev-| “Gene may not be o deadly hitter, | hut he is a most_punishing one,” de er even knocked off his feet e e how he managed to weather th er. | claved Gus. “After that fight with rible minutes, (o cross the rin; Tunney. in which Carpentier was hit freely about the head, Georges didn't finish and congratulate his victorious foe. to climb bravely through the|have caulifiower ears; he had ele . . 3 roy But once he had passed the|phant's It's a fact, his ears ’ door of his dressing room he fell over | flopped downward just like an ele e % have broken N N~ in a fai phant’s: Gene must lot of the cords in both ears Following is the fifth of a serics of sir articles dealing with the life ©f the new heavyweight boring champion of the world. mittedly have passed the peak of their | o pastimers many pounds There have heen few hoxers wors ba heaten than was Tunney on that| SUIL few gave Tunney a chance - pirht. He had lost @ great quantity of | with Gibbons when they met at the Trouble o ) 5 : - 59¢ %% 1LPlate 5@.99 Winddbield Q)6 Tire Locking Q0 Rear Curtain 39¢ blood and his body was so swollen Polo ounds on the nxl::hI\ of Jmu:v Light @ fr the relentless pounding that had [ > of last year, Tom had gone 13 et R # o Py 4 Dempoey the ory moterisc SRS L . lsy porgs DNRERY. .. Wiper. ... propb gt NN ..o T R With 3« old _ba . Easlly installed. (pa clavarest 1hief. pforcad framas. been inflicted that it was even neces. [ rounds with the great o sary to cut the tights from his body. | previous vear. —But he lasted only This Comes with 10-(C Complete with wil oo | NI 3 g5y Works efficiently. and & with fine grad . : , T g { xtension wire and ecquip oF ¥ Nou i o cien nd Covered with fine rade STl And one of the first things Gene mur- [ 12 with Tunney. extension r 4 hedlate Satal 6% Voll. Rubber the greatest safeguard oather. With lock and whicn oy Jom cam hevelFlriian’ ey, curtains, side curtaics mured when he came to was | “wourteen months ago. through | SR came. Guaranteed for ne = year 1 ther. SPECIAL, o ““Greb couldn't knock me out. though | the efforts of Bill McCabe. the mun me e o he had me helpless.. The next time [who had inspired Gene to hecome a | = atters, $13.99. France, Gene was x F 2 4 we meet I'li beat him." champion over in And some months later. undismayed jught together with Tex Rickard by his fearful experience, (Gene did [ The meeting took place in an apart | v e A i Tie | Sonth wer, . i -'9-"”—"-’ The best things always come last! In a movie, it's Americ t \t title. | Fourteenth street, owned by Jimmy Tow o R o iy, ehespsme thire s S0 | el el L cE T S1d9 e the feature film; in baseball it's the World Series, and [ ine 39¢ Pukive 406 0 Minuse and defeated the Pittsburgh contender | for that right? suaranteed to be ab. inforced tramen Ees | pleappiasine | 1yt SUPER-VALUES in everything you need for your car! e cusider: MaRyone bruk %0 decisively that Tunney’s superiority | “All 1 want_is the chance.” an oISl SWESLNETDTOBL. iprotectn o against AIRKt When not in ue 4} 5 & was settled beyond question wered Gene PECTAL. sun, wind For all cars. Tomorrow night our Second Anniversary ends in & for all emergencies. cars. sale price. i | Showed Heart of Champion. Gene's Views on d Bouts. | blaze of glory. We've purposely saved many of the Right here Gene Tunney displayed | Tunney does not think it is for the i ¥ v { qualities that should have convinced et e o 1D as chat wortenits most important, values for the last—and now, here's the skeptical ax 1o the former Marine's{ chall be waged between white and . \ . 1 . , numn.\;‘hi W n'., |l1.- had Dbeaten : negro heavyweights. He had never Gulf goichaee Tire Pump Slsx?x':::‘ great fighter when he was great anc @ 1 never has had v ’ o Cor i g ed i N & TR e R el SR ol b S G Supreme > If we don't have another record-breaking crowd in f Piiver Motor Oil ; our store tomorrow—then neither will the Cardinals in 39c Ciitiivaton I:Ijnl_ml'i«'" - ; . | theless, if it was necessary to meet 'wice more Gen fought Greb in|\Wills for the chance at the heavy: N i i i decisionless 10-round contests and it | yeight crown, he was ready. | i ; their first World Series game in St. Louis! was Harry himself, shortly after their | Rickard offered Wils $130,000 to c Gal i i . . Strong steel 5 H’vlm‘lhl.-evflnm. ]\\m, 1:’“\ s at St I'ul]l'!.“:m Tunney, but the negro heavy o g 4 cylinder with ab- s on dlarch < vz S reb himse! weight found an excuse for dodgi b o § > . € 0 ! o put me wise to the fuct that the next | the ixsue Tkl o S G RG] oade o ‘e, NN < e {1“4210% S e |l RS, peavywelght champion of the world [ And so GGene Tunney, former A. E Sndoua hit £ yosTp e R A e T, e 3 wgo || | Pire Prices Smashed?| | ol T ki 5 . i . o everywher . ox Stk VT never fight ey again.” | the world heavyweight boxing title. Tobricant tha't g - > ; e Greb told me. hat guy has gotten Rl s Lobricast it = 1B - f n " we to be much better than most of you | ki 6 | any car. SPE- _ 3 § 4 fellows realize. He does things to - CIAL, ? = - t r vour body with those short drives $1. - % Clamp-on his that may not look so much from | Cigar the outside of the ropes—but, boy! | i vt lonte ont of vou utd allace Motor Co Eigisss has gotten to be too strong and tool . smart for me, and in another year or | two he is going to be in there azain means \ ‘ ] ’ . = auired 1o attach this lighter to Tack Dempse and when Harry Greb is going to have a bet onf . ) —— i [ The ragulng ; i | ; 44 dashboard arry did, and it was a pre . t . s b And Harry did, and it pretiy | | erice o this iy D himn and’a Yoiclea: igiess otoriat o ek light for sigable bet that he collected after the ‘ contest at Philadelphia one week ago 8 S e s o ] —= ; - i| Sales and Service Conien e - R "2 | Last. Call ! Anniversary Prices ! IR (it it ast night N, Up until then I must admit that 1| 1709 L s = Signed and add 3 ‘ fy car, an e E st | with tloat. 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