Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1927, Page 23

SPORTS T'HF EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY, A UGUST 24, 1927. SPORTS. " Nats Hope o End Slump in Cleveland: Tunney in Great Condition, Leonard Fi inds TACKLE TRIBE FOLLOWING | SEVEN STRAIGHT DEFEATS Pilot Harris Optimistic That Acquisition of First Baseman Eddie Onslow of Rochester Will Aid in Ending Griffmen’s Jinx. New BY JOHN B. KELLER. hase temporar ind LEVELAND, August 24 —Rait that prevented the playing « a game vesterday in Detroit was more than welcomed the Nationals taking meven lickings in a row Harris horde was quite glad to brief respite from such rough freat ment. In fact, fro Manage Stanley Harris ren formed of the postponement game until September Tigers will be in Washinztor would have thought it was just W the doctor ordered Any kind of rest prohably for the Nationals right now though their pitching staff is tioning well, they are not so 2o any other department and 1 been so good in their last 17 er ments. All they can show string are four victories tie, Twelve defeats have ! against them in the 17-2: a walloping that has left them gasp- ing for breath in third place and just ahead of the Athletics. And not so long ago the Nationals were vidir along in second place. seven full games ahead of the Tigers before whom they recently fell four times. Ed Onslow May Help. The pilot has a that Onslow, brother of Coach Jack On slow, who was to join the club here today, will help get the tionals out of the slump that has engulfed them for more than two weeks. Eddie is no youngster, but according to those who are in close touch with the In ternational League. where the plaver has been for a dozen vears, he is a clever man around the first sack and can sting the hall at bat. And that is what the club needs, now that Joe Judge, the regular first sack guardian, is out of commission and the hitting is weak all down the line. | It Onslow can fill the hill at the LEAGUE WINNERS TO OPEN TITLE SERIES TOMORROW [ Ch «l St e 1l 11 the kward e And the club T After The v be his <pe has hurt th any thin We Repeate < at ax much Western around W N Bt It turing thi performances th s striv the hiil. but of lack of ex showir that station by wholly heca s, perience to make reat meas trouncin vespe is good A 1in tha have unner-up position Will Aid Outfield, Too. The addition of Onslow to th also will make Nationals more cure in their outf too. With either T McNeely foreed to the first base only for zarden led Sammy nd return of his tating seemed strangl r this squad and one en chalked teh, . is Speaker or Earl me str 1 a i three West to get out of action to Washington for’ treatment leg Any_ accident Speaker or MceNeely would have fore Manager Harris to send an infielder or pitcher to the pastu had Onslow been procured from the clnb as a fill-in. Having lost so far played in the the Nationals must sweep the series here and in Chicago to get an even break in the contests away from home. That's a big job for a club going at fine speed and a terrific task for a |club that has been performing as have the Nationals recently However, should they manage to take four of the six engagements listed for the remainder of the tour they will return to Washington next week in a position strong enough to make a great fight for the second place in the American League race. were availahle iy comp men duty sines ineapac m Rochester an Eddie Pi seven of ei West ames trip, 1st B, S N G lc Iw |a { e th w setback in Boston last week certainly | da f a Commercial ise(’l Teague. The losers’ run fon an error. With Colliflower ing well and also weilding a potent |bat, Corinthians hung a 13-5 pasting ion Royals in another league game, Judd & Detweiler, League champion, and Treasury, De- partmental League _titleholder. will | face tomorrow on South Ellipse at 4:45 pm. in the first game of the week-day league city championship series, The game carded today between Government Printing Office, Govern- | ment League victors, and Riggs Ban which copped the Bankers' League flag. has been postponed. All teams competing in the seri Walfords were fo miec dewisn Com: lists at a meeting of representatives, Teague, insect i et of the nines tonight in the Post |noam on Plaza at 1 o'clock. W sports department at 8 o'clock. alone can tie Russells, loop | but a defeat for them today | Russells the flag. came hurl- t ol Practice for the Peerless Juniors, | who are topping section B in the Cap. ital City League, will be held Satur- day at 2 o'clock on the Fifth and K |street. diamond. All players are |asked to report. h le e t s In the opening game in the play will givé off series to determine the Federal League champion which will compete in the week-day title competition, Nav; yesterday swamped Public Buildings and Public Par] 15 to 1. Pounding out 15 hits, Navy rolled up a big early lead. Allowing not a single hit and fan- | ning 10, Quigley pitched National to a |w 91 win over Colonys in French In-! SIX TEAMS ARE INVITED TO PLAN COUNTY SERIES An important meeting of T. T.|© Keanes, who are setting the pace in the Petworth Senior League by one | game, will be held tomorrow night at the home of Manager Mike Freschi at 7:30 o'clock and a full attendance is asked. Keanes are after Saturday games h stronk seniors or unlimited teams. | Call Franklin 2807. ny & 1 a h: | wi B in IX Prince Georges County teams | Bowie Motor nine, which claims a Lave been asked to send repre- | forfeit over Southeast Expressmen sentatives to a meeting Friday |last Sunday, seeks unlimited foes. Call at 8 p.m. on District Heights|Bowie 43. fleld. to consider plans for the county championship race. Marlboro, Croome, Hyattsville. land A. C., District Heights Trianzle A. are expected represented. Those not having present will be considered vut title series. it Corinthian Midgets want games in | b zet and junior classes. Call Mana- Mary- X - r Ridgely at Lincoln 4005-W. and be o in w c to r and Midget nines an unusual game Diamond, at St. Stephen’s Se are scheduled to play Sunday on Naval Hospital 11 o'clock representatives of the k Jennings” Tnsect’ plavers | ¥ oel House tonight at are wanted. Call Coleman are to meet at 8 o'clock. Game | Lincoln 6999-7. After engaging Wesley Bille Cliss of Hyattsville Methodist Episcopal Church South nine tomorrow after- noon, Henry Hiser will lead his All Stars against Annapolis A. (. at the Maryland Capital on Saturday, and will entertain Ku Klux Klan on River dale diamond Sunday at 3 o'clock eventh teward Alepas Pee- 5- | Vi N I b I | b Ahera Insects scored their straight win by defeating Peewees vesterday, 50 to 1. will be known as Goose Goslin wees in the future. Call Franklin 26: busy period. J for games seh~duled thi is in a ternoon | Takoma A. C. Walter Reed nine day, and Friday trict Firemen are Spring diamond at day zame is sought Cola. Shepherd 2812 Willie Andrews for National Circles Sunday. Call Lincc September his charge lows: 3. Severn: 4 Junior Order. two Grove; 11, Berwyn Hiser's All-Stars After a battle with &tronz nine tod: ¥ on mond A part of the program. the 14 innings for Senator In Lazzeri Insects yester- 1o Dis Silver A Sun It took sects day, Booke > t0 1. uel Peewees, who 10-t0-8 game iay, mes, copped an ex from Cardinals Call Adams citing [ w veste 561 - want is for eeline Satu 9892, Durir will play as fol Cabin John cames: 10, Cedar 4, Cedar Grove two games gumes iay and £ Corinthian Midgets scored an ning win over Alligators vesterds Johns and Wills starred to 6 no trouble de tossers vester A. St. Peter’s nine feating Diamond v Cherryda 1o Arlington dia |a Arlington day Jearcats will towr 38 BULLS’ E.YES IN ROW | ARE MADE IN PRACTICE " CAMP PERRY August 24 (). Apt. Ge rder, of Blan Ohio. 147th Infantry, National Guard, rifle team, put ¢ Sconsecutive bull'seves i the | fi 1.000-vard in practice for the : fi ield da¥ | national and pistol matches, |a fle, Md a bl > that place the Arlington prime for their clash with Ge A. C. on the same diamond Sunday 3 o'clock a2 Ohio. W, of e i the ! are for ahead Saturd: Americar Libert das Three Otte's meet Liberty Park in one gomes, and il be pl with the teamn represer Kennedys prev Marylanders t games Kennedy A.( at target rifl " two i P ions of the continue Jo arrive ‘x.m for the matches. rifle Engineers Pont, Delaware The team carries ams from United States hunibled DA United States Fort D vesterday. a0 team, ar 1 fron fuled to | (100 Corby Bakers, who are schie meet diamond k. are teams men. W aftetrioon ither conditions permitting quali work on the firing line in rifle corps matches will v today. Rain vester outdoor work the Call Fr A § aturday his city will be entert diamond at 3 Mitchellsville 1 tained on the same field at 3 Nate Sauber will A. C. tossers to McLean day to meeet the outfit the nearby town at 3 o'clock Takoma Tigers have canceled their game with Freers for -Ulldn | Sparky O'Brian is requested t Manager Waters at Columbia today. An unlimited opponent is sought by Brodt's nine for Sunday. Call Man- ager Powell at Franklin 8063 anklin a'eloc Incal fi the t 1357 junior ler pped is planning Hartfordssof rinted Re wiay ter hus u Berwyn end 5 shooters, Work on the ranges een confined to practice United States Infantry and Ohio National 1\ s0 far has shooting by avy, Cavalry Guard teams BOXERS AND MANAGERS GET LONG SUSPENSIONS | e Associated Press i OPEKA, Kans., August b0 | Bepsion of Roy (Hoot) Burger 590 { City, Kans., and Jim (Tiny) Herman ‘l’nrll.uui Oreg., heavyweight hoxers {and their managers has been ordered by the Kansas Boxing Commission The fon was taken as the | sult of a recent bout at Kansas City, Kans.,, which was declared |u's( * by the referee after Herman had | Ilu)u-n the count in the second round The hoxers were charged with faking The periods for which the boxers a|and their managers were suspended Burger, six months; Sam Kramer, Burger's manager, one year; Herman, indefinitely, and J. R. Basco, Her- man's manager, one year, wyn e i y i ¥ renresenting | { By ¥ Sus- Dodge 3 Alexandria Firem wen defeated their hrother smokeaters from the Dist in a good ball game across the river yisterday, 4 to 3. have hooked Moose Juniors double-header for September 4, when they will entertain Hoffman A ervack Baltimore junior nine. on Navy Yard Diamond, starting at 1 o'clock. W st New Br CARDS VERY MUCH ander the the Bi the Cubs went the s the box with di them the But when we return to St. 'HEILMANN IS GAINING By | League. SMITH AND RILEY HELP Wilson { Neun, Tigers. Hoyt, Meadows, Pirates RBenton, Ruether, Halnes, Cardinals. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS LARDb ‘GIVE DUE NOTICE THEY STILL ARE IN RACE AMERICAN LEAGUE. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS, fon.Deteoit 1ot seh Washi Othe STANDING OF is to the 19 out re of the if cround earlicy 1ts have won it in YUR home runs in one the St. Louis Cardinals, impressed fans with the fact that the world champions are | still in the race for the Nation \gue championship. By pound out a 133 vietory over Philadel yesterday, Bob O'Farrell's Red within three wames Chicago Cubs was played in the major ather contests on the rained out Sherdel and ind three of fifih I | must caryy trieve lost | son. The ¢ their last 2 While th would appear Chic and Giants, since Polo € road ta has toams Ch chubel these game by have prid zames remainde to favor Pittshurgh ew York the sptember 6 for a long ¥ to the advan elub. Pittsburgh with first division schedulec linst ind New York up at home, must teams 21 tim their stron schedule Lonis t of the St aver leaves worIuLYRIA aavauasing | Vork - troit o 1187 1208 18 13665 ounds & trip, it m of MeGraw's tewer zames with only St Lon », windin 8 moved to work leadir the two bheing ades, Hufey the circuit came in th were on th Ha and N Louis put over fifth frame, driving mound and continuin Decatur, his successor. In the National Leazu ittsburgh play double- meeling the Phillies Pivates tackding the Braves. A doubl lefeat for the Cubs and brac of wins for the Pirates will put the Pitts burghs to within one-half ame of the top. A twin defeat for Pittsburgh | will put the St. Louis Cardinals in sec nd place by one-haif game St. Louis will »t a real test when he tenm starts its next series against New York. MeGraw's games ont of st Mww birds f the the only leagnes chedule h'ton hila. o 166 evel Chica face first division vhile the Giants mes competitors 18 times. St 1 wimes with second division ind 18 with those of first division must play the Giants times, and they have two more Pittsburgh and nine more with Cubs Although temporarily oft oaly club’ that periodical slumps Eastern inv days th consistent ball Yesterday s NATIONAL R H 0109808001817 00006807 00— 311 Decatur 405 A08 Louiy oston Lost R tou Two when ubel conne St eight runs in_ the Jack Scott off the the attack on inning paths Louis has club: st ven with the GAMES hton TODAY. GAMES TOMRer 1t Clevel'd Wash'ton at Clevel York at Deteoit. N, York at Deteoit. hila. at St Louis. Phila. at St Lonis! oston at Chicago. Boston at Chicago. Louis s NATIONAL LEAGUE VESTERDAY'S RESU Chicago and iders, the and the | ba the into Cub bali has appear to they are fallen their list started 11 played fairly & the 1 Cubs o not 3arri wsion, which (Cubs have Wl along me: {rain). STANDING OF THE C(LUBS, | LEAG 3 E 3 1 and aauiuwasiag Lonis telnhia and Schulte O Donnell Pl= Sherdel ints in five 6 R Scott, 1210 R hicago Xl York m bl 108 SEATS IN FIRST ROW - FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT I =) 811 okiyn GAMES TOMO n Pittshureh at Boston. neinmati at Bklyn. TODAY ittsburgh at Bost | the country in the seats. The be asked to consider \ssignment of these sm making no recom [ imagine that these 108 be used to fill the orders State governors who have tickets, members of the k board, which controls the | stadium: mayors of the largest cities prominent citizens, such as John J Mitchell and P. Morgan, and sev eral other notables from abroad “The second row seats will soctions of to be 108 spectators id all other “Ther first row committee will carefully the While mendations will HICAGO, August 24.—One hundred and eight distinguish 1 individuals will form the select inner square about the fight in Soldier Pield next month There are just 108 seats in the first spectators’ row and those who get them will be distinguished for that if no other reason The mysterious committee of five, which has the task determinir who gets those choice seats, is | meet Friday and undertake _yn'r‘i {(ieorge F. Geiz, nominal promoter of 'lottad to persons just as prominent | the classic fc Rickard, made public affairs, and so on back to ¢ | known today. edge of the withheld band Getz gave h “We want the country to know that [that thera would be *no funny busi ST ot toavet rafles Vo eht [ness” in the ‘distribution of the|caco only to find our matlye sons ih hoicest seats. Meanwhile, the ordinary | 411 the choteost seats. But the Chi- | fight fans formed long lines before the | cagoans will get a good break, too.” windows at the Palmer House to buy | |tickets “sight unseen” wiih the assur lance oniy that their seats would be | somewhere inside the stadium Change May Be Necess “We have the tentative plat of the Tub itself. | stadium seating arrangements drawn,” Take the first game of the double- |said Getz, “but when eader that the Cubs tossed away to |put up the engineers may find it ne Press arrangemsnts provide for aves—that 6t0-5 defeat after |essary to alter some of the arrange-|telegraph instruments and approxi K into the ninth frame | ments. Therefore, we are holding out | mately 330 writers in the four rows eading by three runs and with their |large blocks of the cheaper seats to |against the ring. e, Root, on the hill. The Braves see whether there will be a change Rain or shine, ounded out a win. And don't think | *“We want to give everybody a clear | hard workout today, A dreary dr hat doesn't hurt a machine. Carl-| view of the ring., Because of the|yesterday restricted his activities to on lost a game in Brooklyn much | angle at the north end of the stadium | three miles of jogging on the “tread me way when he stepped into | this is a difficult thing to do. That's|mill,” a mechanical walk Today b comfortable lead in the | why the neers are going at nwh,u“um, road work, shadow hoxing ghth, only to lose out. Such defeats | task with the greatest care. These|.nd several rounds with the punching or a club of the Cubs’ type mean | seats will not go on sale until we are [ bags were on his program, to loosen isaster. When they find that other | sure they are 0. K him up after a 10-day layoff en route | lubs can come from behind and beat | > of my friends have expressed |to the camp from Los Angele they will lose their cocksure- crable anxiety about the Madi-{ Some day next week the public will ess—and then look out for the tobog- 'w)n Square Garden ‘Millionaires’ Club’ | he permitted to view Dempsey in ac- | an. allotment. The New Yorkers' con-|tion against his sparring partners, | “We have nine more games with } tract order will be included with all| Manager Leo P. Fiynn anhounced, | Cubs, six of them on our:own | the other orders and will be meted|but the public sessions will be re:| rounds, and the Cubs have not won | 0Ut in graduations just the same as|stricted to one or two a week, prob- | ame ' in St. Louis this y | will_the apportionments for Chicagolably without any admission charge. | e S ;.i:‘.;:f:“;:;&“uTUNNEY TO GO TO CHICAGO. BEFORE CLOSE OF MONTH andicapped us or we would have | stepped away from the field long ago. Louis just | our smoke. How do 1 feel? | T feel great and ready to step n the box any time." | By the Associated Press Prior to a week ago, PECULATOR, N. Y. August 24| hibitions were free, hut the cham- Gene Tunney expects o leave | pion now is charging for his = his training camp here for Chi- |inees. The money is given to chari: cago near the end of the month, Catholic church, a Methodist and he will travel either by |{church and the Speculator Wintér automobile or train. The exact date of | Sports Club being the recipients. the champlon's departure is uncer- | Four sparring partners are in camp, tain, but he doesn’t intend to desert [but Harold Mays, one of the men in the ‘mountain country until the lat-|the champion's camp last yea est possible date. leclined an invitation. The sparring Asked if he had considered the trip | partners and trainers are quartered to Chicago by airplane, the means ! quarter of a mile down the road | by which he reached Philadelphia | \from Gene's cottage last vear, Tunney said there was no| Kddie KEagan, former amateur | need for that. e ) | heavywelght champion, is te rejoin “This fight isn’t important enough,” Tunney and share his cottage. he added. | 26 s o et Gihe toL e ikt FIGHT TICKET SALE REACHES $1,500,000 {in a few days, but that request was Br ave seats | F i its 1 of the 16 pplied for South Pa PHILADELPHIA, Louis Cardinals itional League pennant race— rover Cleveland Alexander, ardinal hurler and hero of the orld series, knows his base ball. Here with the world champions for series with the lowly Phillies, Alex the Great unburdened himsel oncerning his team’s chances to lead he Cubs or the Pirates to the flag “Don’t count us out yet,” said Alex The Cubs are out in front now, but | e are right after Assor August 24.—The e not out of the not if star last | 1 | be al in the rsonal assurance” | visitors them. That triple id them | Blueprints a Secret. no good. mny thing about pparently minor ans the day urning point in You_ know a ball game loss, forgotten after, may be the race with it's a Getz intimated the stadium inother secret that the blueprints probably will remain vight up to the mo. ment of the fight. Ticket buyers will {hot know until they xo to the the seats are | stadinm just where their seats will be. by the the | planned a zle Dempsey | | atch Why, Tunney's ex ON BATTING LEADERS | the Associated Press. Harry Heilmann seems determined | retain his laurels as “odd-year” | atung champion of the American | o The veteran Detroit slugger has | ome forward with a rush of base hits last few weeks and now ithin striking distance of the top. If Harry crashes through, it will eep intact an unusual streak that he | tarted by crowning himself batting ing in 1521, 1923 and 19: 1 the 4 turned down flatly. Tunney likes the | mountain air with its pine tang from | the thousands of trees that dot the surrounding countryside. The cham- pion never has liked to work before crowds, and that has influenced his decision to stay in seclusion as long possible. Gene put on NORFOLK WIN-HARD GAME | A Washington and an Alexandria, a., hoy, plaving with Norfolk in the irginia State League vesterday, had | ig parts in that team's 2-1, 12-inning ictory over Portsmouth, loop leaders, ack Smith of this city socked a omer and his sacrifice fly scored the ther tally. . Leon Riley, former Alexandria High itcher, in addition to pitching the | hole game. led both teams at bat | ith three hits. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 2 sale for the Soldier F Tunney and Dempsey, September 22, is now around $1,500.000, Tex Rickard said today. This is approximately half the anticipated gate. Only two fights in history have n in excess of a million and a half -dollars—the Dempsev-Carpentier |and Dempsey-Tunney batile Within a fortnight, kard be- lieves, the return match of Dempsev and Tunney will have passed both these in advance sale, three weeks before the night of the fight. The Dempsey-Tunney battle of the Sesqui drew more than $1,700.000 and the Carpentier fight about $100,- 000 less. /LA BARBA WINS BOUT WILL VACATE TITLE| The ticket ' 2 1d battle rounds of hox- ing yesterday, five with the light bags and four with his partners. Although he withheld severe punish- ment to Paul Cavalier and Billy Vi- dabeck, both were victims of a rapid fire of punches that sent them reeling round the ring. The champion was like a flash in his hitting, accurate and strong. Cavalier stung Gene at the start of | their mix-up, but the title-holder went right on after his man, hooking and | crossing and landing series after series >f blows before his sparring partner could even set himself for the at- tack. Although Cavalier was careful he was speared at will, and in the half-clinches Tunney drove force- fully to the hody with bhoth fists. His for the Rex Athle speed was so hewildering that it was ball team will hold their |almost impossible to keep track of Saturday morning at Rex | the blows. 10:30 o'clock. Al aspirants| Tunney was studying his punches ve asked fo report. George Crane|more when he faced Vidabeck. He il _coach until a permanent tutor |did not set out after his opponent in in he secured Ithe same manner that marked his i | workout with Cavalier. He would nine dr: PARK VIEW SEEKS GAMES. Park View Walter Reed n the Walter diamond at clock, are after ptember ith strong unlimited teams having iamonds, preferably out-of-town ines. Main branch 84, efore o'clock . who meet School Sunday 0, REX GRIDMEN TO MEET. Candidates b font st drill eld at By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 24.—Fidel | Lu Barba today remained the un-| disputed ruler of the flyweight ranks as the result of his convincing ho | vound vietory over Johnny Vacca of | Bridgeport, Conn. here last night a twice hefore had defeated the | hit and counter, with the result that Vidabeck was wholly unable to pene- trate Gene's defense. A lightning left jab and a right cross stunned Vidabeck in the second round. The jab was used high to the head and the cross lower to the body. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS layer—Club. G. AB. rons. Athletics 89 251 nann, Tigers 104 364 86 142 irates 115 477 03 182 Yankees.. 120 45% 171 172 380 | is, Pirates... 91 278 43 101 HOME-RUN SLU RS, S, d)mlmnl\ The consensus of La Barba wide | ringsiders gave Vac only one | round, with three even. The title | was not at stake in the bout. La Barba will abdicate his 112- pound pugilistic crown next month for a freshman's skull cap at Stan- ford University. The champion has | been accepted for entrance at the experts gave a margin. Most Fights Last Night‘ By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, P: cranton, won on a foul ians, Allentown (8). | UTICA, N. Y.—Frankie York, knocked out Pal Pete Laizo, Yankers from Joey Phillies ehrig, Genaro, New Moore, Utica RUN SCORERS. Yankees. . Yankees. .. .. wer, Pittshurgh Hornshy ants. . ombs, Yankees STOLEN BA! Cardinals. . ler, Browns Hendrick, Robi Adams, Cubs.. ehrig, tutl \NEAPOLIS.--"Big Boy" Peter- Mississippi, defeated Otto Von Porat, Norway (10). Mike Mandell, St. Paul, knocked out Jack Hayes, Chi cago (5) L.OS ANGELES.—Fidel La Barba, fiyweight champion, won from Johnny Vacca, Bridgeport (10). Britt Gorman, | Minneapolis, defeated Alfredo Impe- rial, San Francisco (6). FIGHTS TONIGHT. CLEVELAND. — Mickey middleweight champion vs. Yarbo (12). Non-title. i NEW YORK.—$id Terris vs. Phil McGraw (10). on, 1 PITCHING. & % Yankees Walker, ‘Wilson nts. ankees. . | Newark | ably others, Chambersburg expects to IN TRIM NOW TO DEFEND HIS TITLE, BENNY THINKS Ww. T, 8046 84 51 7 61 o4 Buffalo Nowark Toronto Gene, Who Tips Scales at 193 Pounds, Has Been at Work for Some Time and Already Has Boxed Baltimore Biftalo Devin L 000010000—1 10003011 rell and Freitag: Hollingsworth and 000000003311 000010003—4 8 and Skiff: Thormahlen Rochester Davies Zubr zby and Hea i Dozen Rounds at Top Speed. Reading ST Watson Styles 000000000—0 0 B3018004x—141% Hansen and Hill Prudhomme and 1 : f “I. too, will be psychology that better will make will go in with He will have to urge him an improved T beat any, time T fore 1 conld heing BY BENNY LEONARD. Lightw moion of the Wo EW YORK. August 23.—T toc run up to Speculator the other | day to get a look at the world's | heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney. Gene had been hid ing away in that cottage up there next door to Bill Osborne, his wartime | bim once. 1 have not gone bac buddy, but from ar has [and T h wroved. This been anything but idle woks | know Dempsey. Be to me as if he is re only and believed 1 the ring at a wmoment There's a lot in | defend his champions self.” And when I say think, be | defend Jack Dempsey L* Cane ever saw. He doesn’t ‘I‘V‘ and Ily”- he champion the least move nor an but it is in ev mean to infer that he "“\ g h "“"' be in tiptop condit caref vavs to to some folks how re than se tain such super without going st simple. Good condi Gene Tunney Needs Little Training. champion does not ha to get rid of an accum tion te., that the ordinary athltee in this business ot professional boxin I collects during “off’ after he has reached affl ney leads as “simple” a life WL Pt | When the going was 4YGE 445 | pursen were lean 871450 | to chew tough a8 tack. Also he floor it oceasion ar next morning refre 1 was surprised lthe full swing of | four husky sparring partners on joh nd Lou Fink trainer, as busy as he ever as during period of prep: on for the | fight with Dempsey. What with all the ba accom | panying the opening of training quar ters by Jack Dempsey, 1 couldn't help | | but remark at Tunney’s “silent method of getting under way. The champion’s ing I betokan | better savs Gene. 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Debe 1ence. rough and knows how eat hard hard ip and sleep on and nd strong, to fipd Tunnes training. He me ca a hed R Tennyson in had W. L. Pet. | 19 20 487 14 33 378 13 23 351 BLUE RID LEAGUE. Pet was the first 549 | Frederick Wayn sh'o 514 | Hagerstn geratown. e, Wi SHORE Chamb'b'z Mactinsh g Hanover Hanove ‘neshoro vhoo W1 P Ty ot gl 38| EASTERN L W, 1 0. Easton Cambrr'ze North'ton (pton. 1 13 innings) explanation was inter Crisfield Cambrid; Has Its Serious e. AR T0-vant ¢ hizh 1153-pound . runnin 0-vard dash. hroad inmn of '100-pound th This business defending heavyweight echampionship of world no sinecure, Benny,” said| | Gene. “You know, whether they real- | ) ize it or not, the public set you up on | | SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Wayeross, 0 Selma. 3. Montgomers. 3 Savannah 4 (10 inn is class. 80 13 ¥a ksonville. Jac 5 ‘ " Semi-finals, 83-pound. 50-vard dash 1%:43—Semi-finale. 60-yard 100-pound. 2 pedestal and then try to pick flaws | in your make-up, your actions, every-| & thing. They think you belong to them. They might knock you if you're not ASSOCIATION. 5. SOUTH ATLANTIC Knoxville, f: Augusta imbin. 60 Greenville tanbiirg. 5: Charlotte. B Maco 83-notnd. £ 100 nound 100-yard o nin. 1002 Finals. % 70-ponnd class r o pornd. funnine broad 1:45—Semi-finals hail fellow well met,’ but believe me, way down in their hearts they resepet vou, and they want you to be an ‘ex ampl 5 He paused sing. | Yep.” he finally continued. “They'll expect me to be in the finest physical | condition. w, with Dempsey it's | different ‘ould go in there and it he lost the fans would make ex cuses for him. He's the type that ap peals to the fans that way ow mn‘ vou imagine what would happen if I | e e | not in condition? Why, the fight world would be flabbergasted. They never imagine Tunney could be out of condition. That's the difference.” Gene Tunney has no illusions about the heavyweight title. Tunney him- self, a handsome, finelooking speci- men of manhood, realizes that the title is a thing that draws the imagination It makes him an imaginary thing in the minds of many people. If Tunney should lose the title he knows full well that people he met and never knew |qi; ‘0. 2 plaver, it developed to he had held the championship woi '4|F",',“'"I No2 elavery 1 esignege like bim better than those who know | 'S, anxious are those in charge of him as the “man who held the world’s ‘American team to conserve Hitch- championship and lost it.” strength for the hig series that Ts Taking No Chancy has bheen devised whereby he - be left out of all the remaining And so Tunney is taking no c 1 ance | practice matches except one. of losing the title. He has been strong | While Hitchcock’s recent perform- enough to forego all the pleasures that |ances hardly indicate that he is not have been held forth to him, and has | enjoying the best of health, he had to buried himself up in the mountains in | he helped out of one contest with Speculator, on shores of L.dmh.nn\fin: salts, and virtually exhaust- Pleasant, a lonesome spot at best, and | ed himself in others, friends declare. has put himself to the tedious task of | _Observers have taken it for granted grinding himself to fightinz edze. that the American defense committee Dempsey will have nothing on Tun- |is pr eparing for a possible substitu- ney when they step into the ring in |tion of Winston Guest for Hitchcock Chicago so far as training is con- | Friends of Hitchcock believe he will cerned. The champion has not per-|play at any cost, on his nerve if mitted the former champion to steal | necessary. and they doubt that he a march on him by his work in|will consent to a practice schedule preparing for the fight with Sharkey. | with himself on the sidelines Men like #m Siattery, the young| Hitcheock has not enjoyed his usua® Buffalo light heavyweight. a fast, | health since the war, when he was clever boxer; Frank Hunskie, Harold | shot down behind the German lines Mays and Billy Vidabeek have been |taken prisoner from one camp to an pitcher, has been ordered to immedi- | working with Tunney, and they've | other, and then escaped throusl ately join the Yankees. Birkofer is | combined to keep his eve sharp, his | enemy lines to Switzerland. vecognized by sport writers as the | judgment of distance accurate and his s best pitcher developed in Cincinnati | fighting blade keen. ]DCKEY 1S PUNISHED. amateur circles in recent years. Tunney has been boxing anywhere CHICAGO, August 24 (®).—Jockey =i Sl |from 8 to 12 rounds a day. That's| SHARKEY IS TRAINING. Leslie Pichon today was the victim of | something like the old boys used to the most severe punishment imposed BOSTON, August 24 (P).—Jack ldo in the old days. Tunney has not | trained for a 10-round fight. He has | since racing was legalized in Tilinols Sharkey has begun training in this ispended for 30 days for cut- propped himself so that he can go in | He was City in order to be in first-class shape | there and reel off any number of | ting across in front of the field with as an alternate for either principal of | rounds at top speed. Thirteen Sixty, winner of yesterday's the Tunney-Dempsey championship| “Dempsey will be much better this | fourth race at Hawthorne. The horse bout at Chicago September 22 time than he was when I met him | was disqualified 4444444444444444444: »* S x e e * lmune { » - k ¥ The Star’s Rural i— * ; Box Is a { Definite Guide O OO nnlimited wo.mile 11 G0—Finais of 1 10—Relay heats st and 115 pound and unlimited clas All contestants are requested to he on the field at 9:45 o'clock. Four ten's | have been erected for dressing quar- ters for the contestants. _Hollywood. Francisio. jento. Seattle Portland. 1 and appeared to be m TEXAS LEAGUE. Fails, 1: Datlas. 0. 4: San_Antomo 5 Shrevepart, 70 Fort Worth, Wico, 10° Beaumont. 3 10 DMONT LI Raleigh HITCHCOCK U. 8. POLO TEAM MEMBER, ILL By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, spite the recent America’s big four of polo, the Na- tion's chances in the international series with Great Britain have suffer- ed a rude jolt by the continued ill health of Tommy Hitchecock. sensa- AGUE. a0 irham. 11 Hugn 1 aint [ 4 Salishury = Rocky M Winston-Salem MANAGER KELLIHER IS BUSINESS MAN Mickey Kelliher, former Washing ton sandlot star, has proved himself not enly an able manager and player with Chambersburg in the Blue Ridge League, but a good business man as well. His team copped the first half| series flag and is leading the second half by a one-game margin. Yesterday he sold his third base- man, Whitey Bowman, to the Chicago Cubs for $1,250, the same sum that his club received for Rusty Saunders, | who was purchased by Connie Mack. As a result of these sales and prob- [} 5. August 24.—De- reassembling of | | woul finish the season with cash on hand for the first time in the history of the club. Bowman, who is leading the third basemen of the league with a .360 average, would have gone to Cincin- nati last season had he not broken a finger. The Reds called off the sale after it was learned that Bowman's finger never straightened out prop- YANKS SIGN YOUTH CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 24 (@) _Ralph Birkofer, 18 yvears old, 220- pound southpaw Cincinnati amateur KOOI NN \, On the far—rca;hiug roads, radiating in all directions from Washington into the great 25-mile area constituting the “Washington Market,” which The Star covers so com- pletely, the familiar metal boxes provided Star sub- scribers are fixtures in front of practically every home along these rural routes. "Each of the Star Boxes is numbered and in this way serves as a definite guide to individual homes that could not otherwise be easily located. In giving her address recently to a local store for the delivery of a purchase, a lady, living on one of the rural routes, located her home by saying, “My Star Box is num- ber so and so.” Thus the delivery department of the store was relieved of any uncertainty, making her home as easy to locate as that of any numbered house in the city. x x x x x x X x x x x x x x x X X x x x x x X : « x x «k PP TSRS PN RN YNNI NN RN RN