Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1927, Page 37

SPORTS. DF FOREST SNORTS AT MODERN TREND Cites Palatial Tunney Camp in Likening Pugilism to Parlor Sport. BY JIMMY DE FOREST. Famous Conditioner of Boxers and Former Trainer of Jack Dempsey Coprright. 19 Ame rican Newspaper Alliance HICAGO, September 13.—This the soft era in | Take Gene Tunney's Crest Country Club, at Lake Villa. Sumptuous! Soft! Can you imagine in your wildest dreams what John L. Sullivan, Bob Fitzsimmons or any of the old-time champions would have said palatial “training quarte “You can’t get tough in lah-de-dah surroundings,” Sullivan once said, and he spoke what the boys nowadays would call a mouthful. Rut toughness seems to have pass ed out of the fight game. Look at the way these fellows are training the heavyweight championship. than 10 rounds of boxing—some less than 10 rounds of work when you include rope skipping, punching and calisthentic the time the day’s work consists round of golf or a couple of hours of fishing. And for what? Here we have the world's heavyweigh: championship bhe ing decided in a 10-round sprint, and the purse runs into well over a mil- lion dollars. Soft! say it Much To-Do Over Cut. Here, a weck or so & Tunney gets bumped over the right eye by Chuck Wiggins in one of their spar- ring settos and suffers a little cut. There’s much to-do about this, and the heavyweight champion lays off for a couple of days. T'll say this for Gene, however. He's one champion who disdains to wear the protective headgear while spar- ring in training. In the old days the fighters often got bloody noses and black eyes, and even sometimes cauli flower ears and broken noses in their training bouts. But those were the hard days of boxing. of these When Jack Dempsey passes it looks | as if the fight game would lose the |} last type of Now boxing of the romantic, battlers nobody blood tingling happier to see the game rise to a genteel leve! than I am. But I contend that y cannot get a fighter into the best fighting condition unless you put him through a siege of hard training and make him live in a manner that will toughen him. If you have two fairly-matched men toughened and seasoned in this man- ner you get a real battle when they clash. That is what made the fight game what it is today. But it is my opinion that the more the fight game flourishes the nearer it approaches a decline. It is getting away from fight- Ing and coming closer to boxing. It is losing its romantic appeal and de- veloping into a parlor game. Need a Little Roughing. I'm not trying to moralize. I'm merely pointing out the difference he- tween the training_ methods of today and those of old. Both Dempsey and ‘Tunney would be better fighters if they roughed it a bit more, and ac-| to hardships | customed themselves rather than live in ease and luxury, even while training. They're not building stamina this way. ‘There is an aexcuse for Dempsey taking these “rests” in his training. Jack is comparatively old for a fight- er. But I can't say I can excuse Tun- ney’s lay-offs. Gene is young, strong and well able to stand the gaff of real training. He has a big advantage . over Dempsey in this, because a siege of real tough work would put him in such fine, powerful condition there would be no chance for the Dempsey of today to cope with him—even over the short 10-round route. But Tunney is not putting in any hard, strenuous efforts. He's train- ing, to be sure, and he's getting him self into excellent physical condition, certainly, but he is not whittling him- self into the tough, hard, rugged fighter who could withstand Demp- sey’s hardest blows and smite back until the older man would be forced to_crumple. No. Tunney is doing just as he an- nounced he would do—he’s training to outbox and outpoint Dempsey, and if fortune smiles, strive for a knock- out when and if the wide-open oppor- tunity presents itself. It is the safe and sane policy of the ring today. SIX PRELIMINARIES ON BIG FIGHT CARD By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 14.—Six bouts between heavyweights will provide preliminaries for the world champion #hip heavyweight match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in Soldiers’ Field. Septembe: Promoter Tex s card to the d has submitted hi tate Athletic Com- * mission, These will be the preliminaries: Big Boy Peterson, New Orleans, vs. Knute Hanson. Racine, Wis. Chuck Wiggins, Indianapo Jimmy Byrne, Louisville. Martin Burke, New Orleans, vs. Billy Vidabeck, Jersey City. George Manley, Denver, Okum, New York Jack McCann, St. Paul, vs. Wyom- ing Warner, Cheyenne. Armand Emanuel, San Francisco, vs. George La Rocco, New York. Each will be at six rounds. CHICAGO TO HOLD INDOOR vs. Yalo BOUTS BEFORE BIG FIGHT| CHICAGO, September 14 (A).—The indoor boxing season in Chicago will be opened this year two days before the outdoor season reaches its prand climax in the Tunney-Dempsey scrap. Promoter Jim Mulien annount day of September 20, topped by a 10-rornd match between Tod Morgan, junior cight champion, and Stanislaus My Sullivan, St. Paul middleweight, who has been working out with Demp ®ey, will box Morris INDIANA WILL HAVE TWO CAPTAINS IN EACH GAME BLOOMINGTON, 14 UP).—Indiana team will have twe defense and one foi for each game this nounced by Z venger, ath- letic director, and Pat Page, head foot ball coach. When Indiana has possession of the ball, a backfield man will be in charge of the team. and when the team is on defense, a lineman will be captain. foot ball captains, one for Douglas A. C. tossers are setting a fast pace, having won 15 of their last 17 game 14 to 8 over Engine Company, No. at Alexgpndria. = -~ Their latest victory was by | in all countries by North | | [ | i i to-| card for the Coliscum the night | { offense, appointed | it has been | September | AR and DEPARTMENT low goal Fall ments, s ptember Park oval, bring into p hoth civilian tions. tion will he of high order. Besides me, v increasin and military combina numbers an opportunity to see in of the cleverest civilian 4 section, the tournament o get action some players of 1* will give them opportunity line on one or two Army whose playing may the ranks of the Army’s within a season or so. Among tho: whose stars now are in _the cendancy are Capt. Winfred ton, 3d° Cavalry, Fort Myer, playing since he came to the Virginia station last year has been exceedingly gressive, and Capt. Frederick D. arp and Lieut. Mark McClure, both of the 16th Field Artillery Fort Mye: ATl th hig ‘old timers” Washingtonians will action, including Lieut. Margetts, Maj. Adna R. allop 1. Nelson Chaffee, Maj. high | Rene E. polo | landt Parker, all of the War Depart- eduled to|ment general staff, as well as Lieut. 4 on the |Col. Willis V. Morris and Ma). Henry will | W, nine teams, including Indications are that competi- prospects advance them to Hough- | whose so of so familiar to into ; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1927 Boxing Has Grown Soft, Oldtimer Wails : Dempsey Speeds Training, Tunney Loafs NINE POLO TEAMS LISTED FOR TOURNAMENT HERE De R. Hoyle and Maj. Cort- Baird, Cavalry; Maj.> Robert S. | Thomas, Engineers, ‘and Maj. Willlam | R. Woodward, Field Artillery. |, Competing in the tournaments wil be the Maryland Polo Club of Balti- rding local lovers of the imore; the Middleburg, Va., team; 3d steadily Cavalry and 16th Field Artillery | both of Fort Myer; Winston-Salem, N. | ., combination; three War Depart- m fours, 6th Field Artillery of 'ort Hoyle, Md., and the Engineer School's quartet of Fort Humphreys, Va. Polo in local Army circles will re- cive Impetus with the arrival in Washington of Maj. George S. Patton, ., for duty in the office of the chief ‘avalry, Maj. Patton, an experi- enced polo player, has just returned from Hawall, where he trained and led the Army team that won the title frim the fast civilian m there. Several years ago Maj. Patton was a member of the team that represented the Army in the junior | championship tournament and his play here will be watched with interest. EIGHT AMERICANS LEFT IN 16 TENNIS SURVIVORS By the Associated Press EW YORK, September 14.—Six- greatest the | win- teen of the world's tennis -players four French I a Belgian including vis cup and a Cana ned in the running| o the championship of the United States, now held by the Frenchma Rene La Coste. To resis the title out of the country for second time in two years, there s vived a group of eight Ame ; headed by William T. Tilden and two players from other lands who now make the United States their home. All but two of the cight third round matches are international in char- acter, Henri Cochet of France, fac ing John Hennessy of Indianapoll playing Jerry Lang of :ques Brugnon opposing former Yale captain. taking on Takeichi anese, now living in New who ranks third in the United the ur 4 Jone: nd Rene Lacos States Other international tilts pit Francis T. Hunter, Tilden’s Davis cup doubles partner, inst Jean Washer, Bel- gian champion: and little Bill John- #ton against Jack Wright, Canadian ace. Tilden’s match against Elmer Grif- fin of New York is the only strictly domestic battle on the program, as in the other match, John Van Ryn, Princeton No. 1 man. meets Manuel Alonso, who lives in Philadelphia and is ranked second in the United States, but learned his tennis in Spain. A foreign attempt to take | | While these 16 were advancing yes- | terday, the second of two seeded Japanese stars was eliminated. Yo- hiro Ohta, member of Nippon's Davis am, was downed by Elmer Grif- Ryki Miki, Ohta's team mate, went out in the opening round. Second-round results: William Tilden, 2d, Philadelphia, i“l‘rlu‘k'y Bell, Austin, Tex., 6—2, John Van Ryn. East Orange, N. J. cated He; Bowman, Bronxrille, Manuel ~Alonso, _Philadelphia. _defeated atson Washburn, New York. 8—2. 4—0. . ¥rance, defeated Edward W. ew York. 6—4, 8—6, 5—1. n Washer. Belgium. defeated Harris Coggeshall,” Des’ Moines, lowa, 6—4, 6—0. 6—3 . w_York, defeated Al- 3, 6—3, 6—2. defeated Takeiichi New York; defeated Kenneth Orange, N.J., 8—0, 7 ontreal, defeated C. W —5. 6-—1. 6—-1. Japan. 62 62, Rene Lacoste, ‘France. defeated Gilbert % 4—0, 0—2, 6—4 . B—d, 7 Arhold W. Jones, Providence, R, I.. defeat- o Dr. Carl Fischer. Philadelphia, 6—1, 6—L. John Hennessey, Indianapolis, defeated E. T. Herndon. New York, 6—4, (—1, 6—2. Jean Borotra, France, defeated Samuel B. Gilpin, Philadelphia, 6—4. 8—8, 6—8, Francis T. Huntér, New Rochelle. 'N. Y., defeated FEdward G. Chandler, Berkeley, Calif, 6. L 6t STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HE biggest golf tourney of the “all season swung into being when the first pair t> in the Bannockburn Golf Club's invitation affair drove off the elevated first tee at the Glen Echo course. Although George J. Voigt of the host club and several stars of other clubs have not entered the event, the winner of vear's event is an entrant, along with many others who should furnish the keenest kind of competition. John C. Shorey won the tournament last year, holing a lengthy putt on the eighteenth green to beat Voigt. He was then a member of Argyle, but has since joined Bannockburn. , Post entries received yesterday brought the starting list for the twi qualifying d: well over the mark. insuring ample compotition for the five flights to qualify today and tomorrow. Among those who en- tered yesterday was Gordon Stone, junior champion of the Washington Golf and Country Club, who is paired to play tomorrow with E. C. Alvord of Bannockburn, The Bannockburn course has been carefully groomed ior the event and is in tip-top condition. The tourney will be concluded Saturday. Dorothy White, women's District start To Gain Results Study Your Wood BY SOL METZGER. The average gblfer, looking over “his three wood clubs—driver, bras- sie and spoon—has a general idea when and where to use each. At the same time it might be well to consider these three clubs from a somewhat technical standpoint. The driver is used from the tee and the ball is teed up for it. You can't hit any harder with it than with the brassie or spoon, but you can get g ter distanses. The reason is that the face of the driver, if it s contact with the ball, has less slope than the other two. Tommy Armour’s driver slopes 85 degre Consequently, when it makes contact it sends the ball off the tee at lower angle than would brassie or spoon. Further- more, such 2 ball has more over- spin to it because contact with the ball is made just below its center. A spoon is sloped at 75 degrees, hence its contact with the ball is much farther below the ball's cen- ter, Result is more elevation and far less run than is the case when the ball is hit with the driver. The brassie, is the half-way wood club, its slope being 80 degrees. You can pick up the ball on the fairway cleaner with the spoon than with a driver, but if the lie is good you use a brassie because you get a bit more distance than with the spoon Figure it out for yourself from the drawings above and you will have a better idea of what club to use when a wood is permissible. MARLBORO SEPT. 12 TO 17 M.—Special traln :05. Chesapenko title holder, has decided not to make the trip to Cherry Valley, Long Island, next week to play in the national women’s championship. Three lead- ing Maryland players will make a bid for the women'’s title. They are Mrs. Boyd Morrow, women's Middle At- lantic title holder; Virginia Holzderber, Maryland State champion, and Effie B‘nwers, former Maryland State cham- pion, Junior tournaments . are being played at two local courses today. Co- lumbia juniors were to compete in the qualifying round and the first match play round for the junior champion- ship of the club. with the semi-final round scheduled for tomorrow and the final round carded for Friday. At the same time public links ju- niors swung into action in the first match play round of the District_ju- nior public links championship~ at Rock Creek Park. ' Don Wrenn led the fleld in the qualifying round, which was concluded yesterday, with a card of 78, leading Danny Burton, erstwhile Chevy Chase caddy, by one stroke. Wrenn shot brilliant golf on the second nine of his round, regls- tering a 33, after playing the first nine in 45. The first match play round is on today, with the second round tomorrow and semi-final and final rounds scheduled for Friday. Mrs. E. R. Tilley led a small fleld of woman members of the Indian Spring Golf Club in the qualifying round of the club championship yes- terday, with a card of 93. The first match play round was scheduled to- day, with the following pairings: Mrs. E. R. Tilley vs. Penelope Wood, Mrs. C. 1. Putnam vs. Mrs. L. L. Steele, Mrs. Perry B. Hoover vs, Mrs. Wb L. Heap, Mrs. J. B. Gross drew a bye. INTERCITY SHOOTS TO OPEN SATURDAY Saturday has been set for the first of the intercity series of shoots among Washington, ‘Baltimore and Gettys. burg, Pa., Gun Clubs, at Gettysburg. Firing will begin at 1 o’clock. - There are 100 sixteen-yard targets and 50 doubles carded. Eight prizes will be awarded in the singles and three in the doubles. A spoon also will go to each member of the win- ning team. Though there will be no regular trophy events at the Washington Club traps at Benning Saturday, shooters may practice there, SOCCERISTS WILL HOLD Important meetings of the Wasi ington and Southeastern District Soc- cer Association and the Washington Soccer League will be held tonight in the playground office, room 2, Dis- trict Building, Officers and_directors only will be admitted at the association meeting. Each club should send two represen- tatives to the league session that will follow the association meeting. SERIES FOR FIVE-STATE TITLE NOW IS ONE ALL Chambersburg evened the serles with Parksley in the Five-State series yesterday by winning %the second game, 6 to 2. A 6run rally in the eighth saved the Maroons. “The game was played at_Chambersburg. : The third ‘game was scheduled for Hagerstown today, with the scene SN 3 Your OLD FELT MADE NEW Again et g o B Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street JACK IN LONGEST, FASTEST WORKOUT Second Secret Session for Challenger Held Under Harvest Moon. sociated Pre OLN FIELDS., CRETE, I, September 14.—Under the rays of. a beautiful harvest moon, Jack Dempsey went through his second secret workout Ly floodlight last night, his longest, and some said hig fastest, since he settled down to intensive training. For seven full rounds, flve with sparring partners and two with the heavy bag, Jack hammered away. Dave Shade, California middleweight, made the occasion impressive by facing the former champion for the first time in the preparation for the Tunney match. Shade gave Jack the speediest workout he has had with any spar- ring partner here. Rocky Adams. a 200-pound Iowan, gollowed Shade, but was on the receiving end all the time. Big Boy Peterson, a rangy New Orleans heavyweight with a powerful right hand, was third in the list and Jack rushed into Peterson's upright ance, similar to Tunney's, whaling away with both hands. Gans Closes Program. Whitney Allen, Boston 1 a newcomer, was the next opponent, and fared about as well as Adams A round with Allentown Joe who has been on the sparring program with Jack almost every day sinc camp was opened, closed the evening performance about 10 o'clock. Throughout the five rounds Man ager Fiynn followed his pupil around the ring, calling for speed and more speed, and Jack responded with the fastest stepping he has shown in three weeks, ‘While the mercury stood around 95 vesterday when Jack took his after- noon exercises against the heavy bag, it was comparatively cool, with a com- fortable breeze, when the moonlight workout began. Jack seemed to en- joy the action so much that Manager iynn has about decided on a similar program for tonight, with a gradual tapering off thereafter until Sunday when the former champion will start resting up for the night of Septem- r 22, this By the Associated Press. —Andy i Vodi, Brook- Iyn, cefeated Tommy White, Hous- ton, Tex., (10); Lew Hurley, New York, and ~ Billy Humphries, England, drew (10). BOSTON—~Jimmy Sacco, East Bos- ton, won from Sid Barbarian, De- troit, (10). NEWARK, N. pa, Fla., won Texas, (10). INDIANAPOLIS—Red Uhlan, Los Angeles, outpointed Jack Chief EIk- hart, Pueblo, Colo., (10). PORTLAND, Ore—Harry Winnipeg, knocked out Harry Lee, Los Angeles (6). SAN JOSE.—Buddy Saunders, New York, beat Young Carmen, San Jose (10). DENVER.—Frankie Levar, Deriver, knocked out Pal Shoaf, Memphis (7); Ernie Mussick, Denver, knocked out Kid Dennis, Omaha (2). GODFREY AND MUNN TO BATTLE TONIGHT By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, September 14—In a weight battle which has been regarded by some as likely to de- termine a_logical contender, George Godfrey, Philadelphia giant negro, will oppose Monte Munn of Lincoln, Neb., over the 12-round route at Eb- bets Field tonight. Godfrey arrived in New York yes- n Francisco after four ain. He rigged up his asium equipment in a baggage car en route, boxed daily with parring partner, and stepped s rounds with two trainers shortly fter his arrival. He weighed pounds, the same as he scaled the time he knocked out Jimmy Ma- loney of Boston, Munn is one of the few fighters who have been willing to meet G frey, whose position in the heav. weight ranks is somewhat sin that of Harry Wills when the * Panther” was in his prime. Munn is under the management of Dan Hickey, who coached Paul Berlen- bach from &n amateur wrestler to the light heavyweight title. Munn, who forsook the gridiron and Legislature for the ring, weighs 2165. J.—Pete Nebo, Tam- WILL PLAY BEARCATS. Douglas A. C. will mix with Chevy Chase Bearcats Saturday on Friend ship Field at 3 o'clock. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER HREE golfers tled for the low net score in the first Army ‘War College handicap tourna- .ment yesterday, Mrs. Frank Keefer, Helen Fay and Mrs. 0. H. Saunders each netting 37 strokes on the nine-hole round. Three. golf balls were awarded each of the trio. Mrs, Keefer had the low gross card with a 41. Second honors also were split, Mrs. Paul Streit and Mrs. O'Rear each hav- ing a net count of 40. A fleld of 23 golfers turned out for the event which was the inaugural of a weekly series to be held each Tues- day morning at Washington Barracks. Play was followed by a luncheon at the Officers’ Club during which plans were discusseq for the future ®vents. It was decided to follow the plan of the first tournament which went off without a hitch. Mrs. Charles Bundel will continue to handle entries and reservations; Mrs. Everett Hughes will be in charge of the actual run- ning of the events and Mrs. Condon McCornack will handle the finances and arrange for prizes. Perhaps the outstanding play yes- terday was the mashie shot of Mre. H. B. Hird on the ninth hole. Lying about 25 feet beyond the green, Mrs. Hird executed a shot that dropped her ball within a few feet of the cup, into which it rolled, giving her a par 5 on the longest hole of the course, Net scores were as follows: Frank Keefer (4). 37: Helon Fay 3), 47: Mrs. O. H. Saundérs (8). 37+ Paul Streit (4). 40: Mrs. O'Rear (&), 40: ra. L. B. Hedrick ' (3). 41: Mrs. Rodney Smiih '(5). 41: Mrs. Herbert Crosby (11). 1: Mra. H, B. Hird (4). 42: Mrs. H. Steelep (6} d4: Mre; Conger Pratt, (10)." 45 ro. BB, Gagle (H). 40: Mra Condon Mc Cornack (9). 47: 47: Mre, T W. 2). L Mrs. James ¥ (12), 50: Mrs. Cl Parker (14). 53: Mrs. Jérome TWIN-MEETINGS TONIGHT | Anne Eloise Sweeney (12), s . T. W." Hammond (12). 47: Mra. George Halloran ( Johnston “(8).50: Mre. Evan Humphrey H Charles Bundel (11). 52 Bilowr vaTe AR (4 5% Y M illow (8). 54: 3 5T M 3B Woolhough (145 65° Capitol Athletic Club activitles for the coming year were planned last night at a reorganization ineeting, which resulted in the election of an entire new roster of officers and some hlnfporunt revisions of the constitu- tion. The program as outlined at the ses- sion will include swimming, track, limbering and stretching classes, basket ball, golf and camping. Officers and committee chairmen, under the revised constitution, will serve as the executive body to act upon club busi- ness. Hazel Davis was elected president, succeeding Florence Skadding, who offered her resignation recently in order to affiliate with the Washington Swimming Club. Olive O'Hern was chosen ‘for - vice president, Lillian Hoffman, secretary, and Gail Nicker- son, treasurer. Chairmen of committees appointed include: Olive O'Hern, swimming; Frankie Ross, track; Lilllan Hoffman, instructor in limbering and stretch- ing; Kay Jones, basket ball; Gall Nickerson, camp, and Viola Trappe, publicity. Chairman of tennis will be named later. Y. W. C. A. officlals have announced =XV 0 A cltliinate dnncuncia RADIO SETS Tune-in for The Big Fight! You can hear the en- tire fight, as broadcast from the ringside, with one of these new, im- proved Crosley, $55 Up Atwater Kent, $65 Up R. C. A, $69.50 Up The Hecht Co. Budget Plan makes it easy for you to own one of these fine sets. Music Store, 618 F St. that the Summer schedule for the swimming pools will terminate on September 30. With the adoption of the regular Winter schedule, classes in senior Red Cross life-saving in- struction will be inaugurated as one of the special features. Full informa- tion concerning these classes will be announced within a few days. TWO D. C. RACKETERS IN PRO-TITLE EVENT ‘Washington will have two entries in the first tennis professional champion- ship of the United States to be played Scptember 23, 24 and 25, it was an- nounced yesterday. They are Otto Glockler of Chevy Chase Club and Paul Heston, an unat- tached pro. Albert Cullum, Baltimore pro, also will compete, NEW YORK, September 14 (#).—A tennis tournament announced as the first ever held for the professional championship of the United States is to take place September 23, 24 and 25, on the Notlek Courts, Riverside drive and 119th street. Entrants include Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey. Preliminary plans of C. C. Pyle, pro- moter who induced Suzanne Lenglen, Mary K. Browne, Richards and Kin- sey to turn professional, called for use of the West Side Stadium, Forest Hills, N. Y., sanctuary of amateur tennis, but these plans have been abandoned. WINS TENNIS HONORS. Defeating Clifford Greene of Barry Farms, , 6—0, Joseph Sewell of Howard playground, yesterday won the colored playground tennis crown. Both will receive medals from the playground department. over Frankie Fink, | Dillon, | SOCAL ACTNTES Gene Still Absent From Camp Workouts. AKE VILLA, Tll, September 14 (). —Most people would natu- rally belleve that the hea of Chicago. For the first time since Tunny came history—his $3,000,000 title battle with Jack Dempsey at Soldier Field—the champion today had no one minding Rim. visit with tuation had not changed for Gene still was visiting and rgeant still was spinning his ards Have Nothing to Do. And Bill was not the only member of " A miniature fire de- igned from headquarters three the | for the istants, guarding ine mascot from | protect. slight peevishn | Jiggs' disposition in the past two days. { The husky young bulldog, who cele- tes his second birthday September the night Gene fights Dempsey, place the original Jiggs, a victim of teo mamy delicac The squad of firemen, detailed solely for Tunney's protection, has been slightly handicapped by the non- appearance of their hose lines. Life also has become rather vapid for the score of policemen who guard every approach to the camp to ward off all persons without definite business with- in the grounds. Three More Boxing Days. ‘With the champion absent, not even people with business on the grounds are appearing at the camp. Gene was due at the country club tonight for dinner after his three-day absenc: Satisfied that his condition is such ths only three more workouts will fit him perfectly for the 10-round title defense, Gene will box Thursday and Friday and probably Sunday before putting aside his training togs. ‘Weighing 192 pounds or thereabouts, Tunney, according to the consensus of newspaper critics, is faster than when he whipped Dempsey last Fall, stronger, and is boxing and punching better than at any time in his career. The added weight, some of which Gene intends to remove before the battle, has crept into the punching equipment about his back and shoul- ders. The champion is noticeably slimmer through the waist and hips. Tunney may visit Tex Rickard, pro- moter of the show, in Chicago today before returning to camp. A slight difference of opinion exists between the promoter and the champion on the ticket question. Like some others, Gene ordered 500 tickets to the big show and received only 200. HEALTH BETTER THAN WEALTH, SAYS STAGG CHICAGO, September 14 (#).— Coach Alonzo Stagg, the “grand old man” of the University of Chicago, does not want to live to be more than 80 years old unless he can live “well and to capacity.” He made the statement in an ad- dress to the Collegiate Club of Chicago in which he declared that health and not wealth ds the achievement of the greatest success 4n life. “I am 65 years old,” Coach Stagg said, “and I'am an exception to the accepted rules of life that 36 men out of every 100 never reach that age and that 54 out of every 100 who Who do are unable to support them- selves.” EAGLE QUINT IS PLANNING. Anacostia Eagles basket ball team is making plans for a big season. A benefit dance will be held tomorrow night at Congress Heights Auditorium. a “Wow"! The name fits it, as the shoe fits your foot—like a glove. Just the shoe for young fellows getting ready for school or college. Just the shoe for in and out of classroom or on s of a foot ball field. Black " calf. Full double sole, 'sad half leather lined, Fall blucher oxford. On a speedy, soft toe, brogue Inus! “WOW”! st, with stitching. How it will wear— The “Wow” One of Our Fall “Hahn Specials” 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. “Man’s Shop”—14th ot G ‘\ I I CHAMP CONTINES and Plans But Three More ‘3 | today | tending the trophy weight champion of the world, of all people, is best able to take | care of himself, but not the citizens | | the iene’s protective forces left “hold- | in Chicago, as well as Sergt. Smith's | regular police | about the grounds, and Jiggs II, | The situation was complicated by a (@il of whom will get into : ess that has crept into | Msht. | 10op misses his original master, who gave | Lim to the Marines last Winter, to re- | ¢ SPORTS:T U. S. POLO TEAM PICKED TO AGAIN BEAT BRITONS By the Associated Press. TBURY, N. Y., I Septem- ber 14. ‘With odds heavily against them the British Army-in-India challengers for the International Polo Cup were determined on a last ditch fight against the American big four at the Meadow Brook Club. ing a complete reversal the United States team, it won in 1gainst the British Bg form, de- 9 nd retained llenge in 1924, was expected to|could score. | one add to its 13-3 victory invaders last Saturday. The one element of doubt that ave rise to British hopes was the bolstering of their line-up that sent pt. Richard Geors 63 cored against ‘West 10 days ago to complete training | place of Capt. Claude for the most expensive fistic display in | John | ing P. Dening to_ No Maj. Austin Williams. changes were made last Sunday with | a view to adding weight and aggres- | siveness so obviously lacking in the Gene left his personal bodyguard, |first match. Bill Smith of detective headquarters, | B spinning yarns of the stock yards and | ever, that any change in tactics by the bold Chicago gunmen when he de- | the British would be able to cur- parted the training camp Monday to | tail the effectiven friends at Lake Forest, 20| now that it has Polo servers were doubtful, how- eached the top of EALTORS Bowling League will open its season tonight o'clock ing Pin drf James Schick, v of the Washington ate Board, es. Real E: A dozen teams will compete tk “tion to- But eight teams comprised the Tonight's sc Boss & . G Middleton V&, Joseph . Jarrell & Co. vs ady. B. Shapiro. William H. Co in an Construction Co. vs. M. & R. B. Warrer. A duckpin league, composed of wom- en's teams, representing the various Government departments, probably will be formed Friday evening at 5 o'clock at a meeting at Tumble Inn, Nineteenth and B streets. President A. F. Koch of Federal Bowling League, has called a meeting. havir,, previously gained the support of the fair bowlers in the various de- partments. Teams have been prom- ised from the following departments: Navy, War, Shipping and Agriculture. Other departments are invited to send rep- resentatives, is planned to open the season October 6. Matches will be rolled on King Pin No. 1 alleys each Thurs- day at 8 o'clock. An entrance fee of $12 is required. Four new franchises were awarded in National Capital League, as only 4 of last year's teams have entered. King Pin, Meyer Davis, H. B. Den- ham Co. and Columbias, the latter team representing K. of C., are the hold-overs from last season. Owens & Bauer, Arcadia Lunch, Federline’s Stars and Charles H. Tompkins teams are the newcomers. September 26 has been set as the opening date. It is hoped to securs two more teams before that date. Officers are : E. W. C. Krieger, president; J. immons, vice presi- dent, and W. Charles Quant, secre- tary-treasurer and official scorer. Team membership applications should be directed to the secretary. Lorraine . Gulli, outstanding star among the woman bowlers of the Dis- trict last season, was elected president of Washington Ladies Duckpin League last night. Other officers elected are: of | ec These | George, No. 1; C: executive | ¢ vill roll the first | | Virginia, all were left with nothing to | Pall. marking the official start ! vear, | out | Manl l:md Arcade. its game. With Tommy Hitchcock playing better than any time during his career and Devereux Hilburn in the form of 15 years ago, the Amer- icans right now are considered in- vincible. Denin, weighing 180 pounds, is a hard rider and hitter, and his assign- ment is that of “mixing it.” riding off the husk in the hope . the brilliant No. the British, Roark is regarded as of finest players in the world. The line-up: United States J. Watson Webb, Thomas Hitchcock. No. 2: Malcolm Stevenson, No. 3; Devereux Milburn, back. Great _ Britain the Capt._ Richard John P. Dening, . T. I. Roark, No. 3; . Atkinson, back. itutes: United_ States—Capt. C. A. Wil- kinson, Winston Guest, J. Cheever Cowdin, Robert E. Strawbridge, jr. Great Britain—Capt. Claude Pert, s of the hig four| Maj. Austin H. Willams, Lieut. H. Guinness. | L. Frieda Yaggie, vice president, and 8| Rena Levy, secretary-treasurer. Ten teams again comprise the uit. October 4 was set for the opening on Coliseum alleys. One more team is needed to round the new Laundrymen's Bowling League. Nine teams have entered as follows: Page, Elite, Bergman's, Home, attan, Dupont, Home, Tolman Final business will be transacted at |a meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock lat the Northeast alleys. Representa- tives of teams wishing to join are asked to attend. Business Men’s Bowling League has a team berth vacant. Any team wish- ing to join should communicate with Manager Powell at Franklin 8062. FORMER EPISCOPAL STARS AT VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA, Va,, September 14, —Hunter _ Faulconer.” Bill Moncure, Garland Daniel and Gus Kaminer, all former Episcopal High School foot ball stars, are on the University of Virginia squad. Old Dominion Boat Club’s basket ball meeting will be held Monday night at 7:30. All players from last year's team and new candidates wishing trials are requested to report, Julian Barkley has called a meet- ing of the Virginia Athletic Club for tonight at 7:30 o'clock. No. 5 Motor Company junior grid- ders will drill on Haydon Field at 5 o'clock this afternoon. All candi- dates are asked to report. St. Mary's Celtics and Washington Red Sox will provide amusement for local base ball fans Saturday after- noon. They clash in Dreadnaught Park at 3:30 o'clock. SERVICE GAME AT C. U. Fort Benning and Quantico Marine elevens will again meet at Catholic University this Fall in the annual All-Marine-Army foot ball classic, om November 19. 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