Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1927, Page 34

34 SP ORTS THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. Challenger Dempsey Likely to Enter Arena Favorite Over Champion Tunney 'EX-CHAMPIONS CLASHING SENTIMENT M AKES JACK | | CHOICE ON EVE OF F IGHT: Drift in Opinion Among S by Ex-titleholder Wit Pronounced as S Br the Associated Pro HICAGO, greatest time astonishi spectacle of witness title ent ing the ring a favorite over the cham pion 1r faveritism is hased wagering odds and on popular senti- ment it seams likely that Jack Tempser will he the choice to conguer Gene Tunney and regain the heavy weight crown in match tomorrow night conerete crater of Soldier F Although a majority sports ers apparently favor ‘Tunney's chances of victory, the drift in opinion among th toward a Dempsey triumph has heen almost as pr nounced within the past few days the shift in betting from where the champion was favorite four days today of wagers Dempsey the vorite at 6 1o 5 The first concrete evidence of this unusual switch in betting sentiment was disclosed by the Chicago Tribune in repos famons | aced onTunney 1t followed a general trend of reports. ecircu'ated everywhere fight gathered, that heavy financial inz was being accorded Dempsey's chances. It is beeause of such underey such on n the pi 1d. e and wr <h ent d and such | ily suppress. | campaign_ against raisin ues over their 1926 battle in Philadelphia, that newspaper experts have displayed a strong hesi- taney to put down their opinions Few battles in heavyweight title history have developed as sharp | lit of opinion or as many side- | It is just as easy to find a Tunney can't lose” | scate one who believes “knock the champion | | money” is being is to will 150,000 Crowd Likely. It is the combination of this divergent opinion and the person wing powers of the -volorful ex: ampion, plus the show- manship of Tex % that has “built up” this record-breaking event. The fond hopes of the New York pro- moter that he will stage his first $3,- ©00,000 battle does not seem likely to be realized, but an_attendance of probably 150,000 and receipts _esti- mated ely to reach $2,750,000 will shatter all previous records for boxing or any other sports spectacle ©of modern times. Not only will Soldier Field afford from $5 to $40 worth of eye-witness- ing to its spectacular assemblage, but a radio hook-up of record-breaking proportions, involving 56 stations in one national chain, and six others, operating independently, will® carry the blow-by-blow story of the battle to perhaps 50,000,000 listeners in this and other countries. Millions nrore will get the story over nearly 200 tele- graph wires, located at or near the Fingside to carry press assoclation and hewspaper reports of the fight. FAIR, COOL WEATHER PREDICTED FOR BOUT By the Associated Press. ‘CHICAGO, September 21.—Fair and kool weather for the battle of Soldier Field, was the forecast today by Prof. Henry J. Cox of the United States ‘Weather Bureau. “The cold wave which swept down from the North Monday night sending the mercury to 44 degrees will con- tinue to prevail for at least two days more,” Prof. Cox said. “There is no warm weather Bight,” Prof. Cox announced, “and there is even a possibility of frost, put it does look as though we may expect fair and cool weather here Thursday night.” SEXTON, CAPITAL PLAYER, WITH THE TORONTO CLUB HAGERSTOWN, Md., September B1.— Sexton, young Washington, D. C., sandlotter, who broke into organ- jzed ball for the first time this sea- ®on with the Hanover, Pa. club of the Blue Ridge League, plaved regu- Jarly with Toronto of the Inter- national League the latter part of the season. Sexton, one of the most promising youngsters developed in the Blue Ridge League this season, finished mmong the first five heaviest hitters in the circuit. CUBS SIGN McCARTHY FOR THREE MORE YEARS| CHICAGO, September 21 (#).—Joe | icCarthy will boss the Chicago Cubs or the next three years. He has sign- ®d a contract covering 1928, 1929 and | 1930, William Veeck, club, said that M complete co-operati bwners in the s team. RAILWAY EXPRESS NINE ELIMINATES PULLMANS| American_ Railway Express nine | eliminated Pullman A. C. from Ter- | minal Y League championship play yesterday by winning 11 to 0. Hudson allowed hut 1 hit while | his mates accounted for 9, aided by '4 miscues, to score an easy shutout. Pullman’s loss also eliminates that team from the City Weekday League's championship. FISHEHMEN'S. EXCURSION WILL BE GIVEN SUNDAY H. A. French Co. will conduct a fishing excursion Sunday. Leaving here at 8 am. by bus, the party will board motor boats at West River. Prizes will be awarded for the larg- , the largest string and the biggest trout Expenses of the trip will be $3 a person. Those wishing to go must register at 424 Ninth street today. president of the | arthy would have | n from the club engthening of the ALLTREADS LEHMAN’S TIRE SHOP 923 H St. N.W. Main 464 ports Writers Toward Win hin Past Few Days as hift in Wagering. attend at the in boxing last September when 130,000 saw Marime and “Man unney. whip Dempsey. paving £1,800.000 to view the bout through a ouring rain Tunney the “Man of Destiny," heavyweight crown is concerned handsome champion. pronounced by experts at his camp to be boxing with we speed and accuracy than a year when he mastered Dempsey in v department of the game, hopes move all doubt about his ruler- ship by scoring a knockout. | Dempsey in Fine Form. Dempsey, also declared 1o be at the peak of condition, from 50 to 75 per cent improved over his 1926 form, is equally of putting the touch to a come-back that impion of the heavyweishts chieved. Dempsey and dherents ave confident that he ined his oid punch, and the usher” of his Firpo battle. T! declare him on tng edge. as result of his vietory over Jack ey two mo; \d faster afoot, well as me te in his punch- than he gainst the Boston | York. no question _that and physically, is better condition than in 1926, But whether, at his age, he has come back far enough to battle on even terms or turn the tables on the man who whipped him so de- cisively 12 months ago remains to be seen. 1t Dempsey has improved, so has Tunney, many critics contend. Even though Gene has .been out of form has high mark < reached o far as the eva ever has seems mentall action, while Dempsey’s had the sharpening benefit of the Sharkey fight, the champion has been | constantly in’ training, leaving noth- ing undone to be at his best. It will take the battle itself to de- termine how far Dempsey has called | back the old smashing endurance, to ettle whether his surging rushes ca penetrate Tunney's shift defense or retain their momentum and punishing power in the face of a jabbing, coun- ter-punching defense that continually jarred or threw Dempsey off balance a year ago. Jack Has Nothing to Lose. It seems certain, at any rate, that Dempsey, free of the harassing af- fairs of last year and the sluggishness that marked his appearance in the ring. will throw all his once mightly teared weapons into the conflict. The bronzed challenger has mothing fur- ther to lose and everything to gain, most of all the title that he prized so greatly and, possibly in 1928, an- other million-dollar purse. These two modern gladiators are fighting for stakes that were not dreamed of even a decade ago. Tun- ney, win, lose, or draw, will collect the ‘first million-dollar purse in prize- ring history while Dempsey will get $450,000. Each will have received $1,200,000 for the two most spectacular bouts— from a business viewpoint—in ring history. Dempsey got the big end of the purse a year ago, $750,000, while Tunney got only $200,000. PLAYGROUND NET TITLE GOES TO RICHARD KELSO Richard Kelso of Garfield play- ground is the city playground tennis champion. He won the title yester- day, when he dowmed Albert Ogus of Twin Oaks, 6—4, 6—3. Kelso was the representative in the final of the eastern section of the city and Ogus was the victor in the western end. Thirty took part in the tournament, which was the biggest ever staged by the Municipal playground department. VIRGINIA POLY CHOOSES TEAM FOR FIRST CLASH BLACKSBURG, Va., September 21. —Petty and Nutter, ends; Bailey and Gray, tackles; Capt. Miles and Jones, guards; Hubbard, Brown or Von Erickson, center; McArthur or Mc- Ever, quarterback; Mattox and Peake, halfbacks, and John Looney, fullback. This will be Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s starting line-up when the Gobblers clash with the Roanoke College Saturday. HAGEN MAY JOIN GANZEL TO BUY ROCHESTER CLUB TORONTO, Ont., September 21 (). —The Toronto Globe says Walter Hagen, noted golfer, has told friends he will shortly become part owner of the Rochester club of the Interna- tional League, John Ganzel, long interested in the league, will be associated with Hagen in ownership of the club, the news- paper says. | CUBAN STARS TO PLAY BALTIMORE NINE HERE Baltimore Black Sox and Cuban | Stars of Havana will clash in a three- game series Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Clark Griffith Stadium. The games will be started at 4:15 o'clock. LEAGUE TO BE UNCHANGED. OMAHA, Nebr., September 21 (). — Following a six-hour conference be. tween eight Western League club owners, President Dale ar an- nounced early today there would he no change in the 198 circuit. This announcement _dispelled the rumor that Tusla and Oklahoma City were to withdraw in favor the Texas League SHREVEPORT, La., (®).—A demand that Ed (Strangler) Lewis of Kansas City, prove his claim to the world's heavyweight wrestling championship s been made here by Federal District Attorney Phillip H. Mcecom, announced that his office is investigating advertisemen sent through the mails, of Lew! match here Monday with Alexander Garkaweinko, of Ukrainla. HAWKINS eptember 21 MOTOR CO. Desti- | still is convinced that he is The his Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 11333.37 un..s:. Main 5780 » “TEX” USED TO RI\DE THE TEXAS RANGES ON A GALLOPING CAYUSE TWO USHERS ARE SICK- GET THE ReSULT. OF THE LATE ST ROUND- e $ree SEATS ARE (SERIOUSLY) ABOUT THREE o @ITY BLoCKS AW RICKARDS JOB ISNT ALL HUNKY-DORY FROM TEX” ALWAYS HIDES AWAY A FEW DAYS BEFORE A BouT= BY THORNTON FISHER. ved for many it takes two to make a fight.” It requires three, however, 1f the principals expect to make any money out of it. Add a hundred thousand potential pay- ing customers, mix well with a por- tion of publiciyt, pour in the heated prognostications of experts and let boil for several months. There are few chief cook: though, capable of preparing such pugilistic dishes. Occasionally a genuine artist appears who knows not only how to insure an appetite, but how to so mix and season the ingredients that the customers re- turn for more. One does not ac- quire the culina; t of fisticuffs by seeking for a X in the back of a te book. It is a tedious process, studded with pitfalls and menaced always by possible finan- cial loss. Even George L. Rick: duced some fistic fias by any means, of his promotions ve been su sful, but then George L. is a “good gambler” in the snappiest sense of the term. “Tex” Rickard is a man nobody knows. Taciturn, poker-faced, suave, immaculate, centle-voiced lently aggressive. Rickard in- s the imagination. He is not as picturesque these days as when he was riding the Texas ranges astraddle a galloping cayuse or prospecting from Nevada to Nome, but he can easily be marked in any fight crowd with his inevitable cigar and cane. Started 21 Years Ago. Rickard’s first coup de maitre oc- cured just 21 years ago, when he and a small group of Nevada miners" put the gold into Goldfield and guaranteed $30,000 for the Nelson- Gans fight. The scoffers laughed and pooh-poohed the idea of a motley outfit of whiskered prospec- tors loafing and gambling in Rick- ard’s *Northern” saloon offering such a fabulous sum to Nelson and Gans. The scoffers, however, didn’'t know those men *from the great open spaces” who jingled and tossed $20 gold pieces around with reck- less abandon. It was an interest- ing rendezvous “The Northern,” with its heterogeneous mixture of characters, faro outfits, roulette wheels and poker tables. There were no pikers among the crowd of galoots that attended these nightly games with admirable fidelity. And Rickard was the proprietor of this gambling palace. His first venture as a boxing im- presario proving a success and hav- ing won the attention of the fistic fraternity, “Tex" decided to follow through with other promotions. Let us span the interval between 1906 and 1910. Jeffries had retired in 1894 and was living quietly on his California ranch, apparently through as an active ringman. Upon resigning the title Jim had presented it to Marvin Hart, who was not qualified to receive it. He lost to Tommy Burns, who in turn was defeated by Jack Johnson, who, to all intents and purposes, thereby became the logical heavy- weight champion of the world. Again Startled Industry, In the meantime well meaning if foolish friends sought to induce Jeffries to re-anter the ring against Johnson. The big boilermaker finally succumbed to their argu- ments and Rickard once more flabbergasted the cauliflower in- dustry by offering a purse of $101,000 for the match. The com- plete debacle of Jeffries resulted, the contest being refereed by Rick- ard, himself. Irom this point on “Tex” hegan to flash across the sky as the greatest money-shooter in the game. Shrewdly calculating that the densely populated urban com. munities of the Iast offered a more fruitful field for his future activi Rickard bought a ticket to York, where the quiet, black eyed man from the West caused much speculation. “Tex” did not ttempet _to_mysti nd Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY & 0. nd Dining R. R. train of steel Unlon tion irect {0 course. g Car attached. jard Time. ADMISSION — Grandstan: v, k. $1.63, including ment tax. FIRST RACE AT 2:15 immedately engaged Fr to meet the champion J at old Madison Square Gard as Rickard’s premiere nk Moran s ard . in Moran, apparently i match for the gigantic Willard, contrived to go the limit with Jess in a no-decision contest. Next day when freckled Frank called at “Tex's” office for his check, the promoter handed him an extra $3,750. Moran nearly fainted when he received more than the price agreed upon. Space does not permit the enumeration of the famous fights which followed at the Garden. It must be remembered, too, that the boxing situation in New York was in an exceedingly fragile condi- ticn at the time Rickard began operatons in Gotham. Moreover, the country was on the threshold of war. Add to that the fact that the permanent overhead expense of Madison Square Garden amounted to something like $1,000 daily and vou can comprehend the colossal courage of Rickard. Job Is No Sinecure. The job of promoting prize fights is no sinecure. There is consider- able genius required. It is no task for a muddler, A successful pro- moter must be something of a diplo- mat, financier, architect and builder, business manager, dreamer and a glutton for punishment. Above all he must be a showman. Rickard ds all of these. Literally buried under a mass of detail, “Tex"” seems never to bhe disturbed. If he is, certainly his inssrutable poker face does not in- The lumber, labor, pre- main bout, moving pic- icity, ushers, private po- lice, complimentary tickets, invi- tations to political leaders and a thousand other details are among’ the problems confronting him once apers are signed. ird has a host of assistants, but the responsibility is his. As the day of a fight approaches “Tex" ariably goes into hiding. There always is a crowd of “Annie Oakley” or free ticket chasers on his heels and he avoids them by the simple expedient of dodging into seclusion. And yet he has been known to slip a ticket to an unfortunate who prabably hadn’t the price of a meal in his jean One of the most marks credited to Rickard was made to Hype Igoe. Te: aid, to Thursday night's fight greatest show ever promoted this earth. There have been other ‘greatest show on earth’ but I only wish old P. T. Barnum could drop in here and see what we have going on.” Looking upon the diagram of ®eats, Mr, Barnum might say, “Well, Tex, you're a better man than I was. I never could have made them come across with $5 for a seat three blocks away. I see that the Bureau of Vital Sta- tistics still is running true to form only there are more of them."” No wonder George L. Rickard, late of Goldfield, can pay the cham- pion $1,000,000 good at any bank. amusing re- the reticent STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE WO of the four contestants in the biggest professional money match of the year will be at a distinct disadvantage when the quartet moves down to Con- gressional on October 2 to play the last 36 holes of a 72-hole contest for a big wad of pelf. Johnny Farrell, partner of Tommy Armour, the Congressional pro who has put up half the $5,000 prize money himself, and MacDonald Smith, part- ner of Gene Sarazen, the other half of the combination, have never played Congressional, and in such an impor- tant match as the-forthcoming exhibi- tion a_knowledge of the course, how ever slight, may turn the tide of vic- tory. The course is an open book to Armour, who has twice played it in 68, 5 under par. Sarazen also has played the Congressional layout sev- eral times, although he has never scored particularly well over the long reaches of the course. But the advantage accruing to Armour through his superior knowl- edge of his home course may be neutralized by his lack of knowledge of the course of the Lakeville Goll and Country Club on Long Island, ‘where the first half of the match is to be played October 1. The match will be played just two days before the opening” of the wom- en’s championship of the Middle At- lantic Golf Association, and the Con- gressional Country Club is making ar- rangements to handle it in the same excellent way two other big exhibi- tions have already been handled this | year. The two men who will represent the Washington district in the na- tional Army championship at Rock Island, 1L, in October are Maj. R. R. Glass and Capt. W. J. Reed. They won the right to go to Rock Island in qualifying rounds played Monday and yesterday at Congressional. Hlass led the first day with a card of to 87 for Capt. Reed, but Reed maintained his 87 pace yesterday and Glass dropped back to 89 to bracket the pair for the lead at 174. They played off the tie for prizes offered by Maj. Gen. Barnhart and Reed won on the elighteenth green. The Army tourney at Rock Island will start Oc- tober 3. Nearly a score of ex-caddies of the old Columbia Golf Club are practicing over the Argyle course for the Bright- wood Ex-caddies’ Association tourna- ment, to be staged at Argyle next Sunday. 1t is hoped that George J. Voigt, who toted bags for members of the Columbia club in the old days, will play in the tourney, along with R Clff McKimmie, M. . Shipley, the Cox brothers, ¥ G. Plitt, Leo Mc Ermany and several others. Peking a four-team base ball league which plays a season of 48 games. They are the United States Marines, United States Infantry Japanese Army team and a ci sine. Q,\\i Your OLD FELT MADE NEW Again Cleaning, Blocking and Remodeling by Experts Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street TUNNEY - DEMPSEY FIGHT ROUND BY ROUND SEMMES MOTOR CO. Maintenance Building 613 G St. N.W. Also Display of Full Line Dodge Brothers Passenger Cars Graham Brothers Trucks FOURS AND to Report Throuzh O rteny Mt. Ple SIXES Shop By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, September 21.—Sa- fient facts of the Dempsey-Tunney pugilistic spectacle tomorrow night: Principals—James Joseph (Gene) Tunney of New York, 29 years old and defending heavyweight cham- pion; William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey of Los Angeles, 32 years old, champion from 1919 to 1926 and now the challenger. Place—Soldier Field, go's lake (ront. Time—Approximately 9:30 p.m., Chicago daylight time; pre bouts start at 8:15 p. time in Washington, standard.) Match—Ten rounds to a by two judges. The referee to ¢ a deciding ballot only in case the judges disagree. Identity of offi- l“‘il"‘lt not revealed until just before g on Chica- mated attendance — 150,000; capacity, 110,950, Estimated ~ receipts — § sell out would mean $3,200,000. Tunney's share—Flat guaran- tee of $1,000,000. Dempsey's’ share—Flat guaran- tee of $430,000. Price of tickets—$5 to $10. Promoters — George L. (Tex) Rickard of New York and George F. Getz of Chicago. Probable_weights—Tunney, 191; Dempsey, 196. Seconds—For Tunney, Billy Gib- _som, Jimmy Bronson and Lou Fink: for Dempsey. Leo P. Flyn Rill Duffy, Jerry Livadis and Gus Wilson. Radio—36 stati Broadeasting Co. hook-up. National de in country- WRESTLER IS ARRESTED FOR FIGHT WITH WIFE LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 21 ().—Jack Reynolds, claimant of the world lightweight wrestling champion- skip, was arrested today when he at- tempted to engage in an unadvertised bout with his wife on a downtown street. Police stopped the contest and ar- rested both participants on a charge of_disorderly conduct. Reynolds made bond and started after his wife again, but was finally induced to, return to his hotel. FIGHT TICKETS GIVEN AS WEDDING PRESENT CHICAGO, September 21 (#).—Ring- side seats to the Tunney-Dempsey fight were wedding gifts last night when R. R. Scott and Janet McMur- rin, both of Salt Lake City, were mar- ried here by Mayor C. Clarence Neslen of their home city, who is himself in Chicago for the fight. They prove that a satisfy- ing cigar can be really mild. FINE AS ANY . TODAY IN WOMAN’S GOLF By the Associated Pr GARDI CIT between {21.—A clash two N. Y. September former | heat Bea .5 and | champions headiined today’s second | mund of match play for the nation: women's_goll championshi Cherry alley Club. i Fraser of Ottawa, (s of the title fn 1916, 1919 drawn against Glenn: pion in 1922 and 1925 Miss Collett came through the fir round after a breath-taking finish « the last hole of her match with Mr | Anderson, who was playing « er had r al A Collett, cham- vlCTORY at bk h difficulties in eliminating Mrs. H Arnold Jackson, also a former chan is the second time Mr and Miss Collett have met the national tournament. In the n- in | championship at St. Louis Miss Col- lett won by 9 and § Other second-round matches are: Ada MacKenzie, Toronto, v on, Portland, Me. Virginia Van Wie, Ch Quier, Reading, Pa. Maureen Orcutt, vs. Rosalie Knapp, Marie Jenney, New ago, vs. Bdi glewood, N. J. Miriam Burns Horn, Kan all, Oshkosh, Helen th T, York, vs. Jane i N 3. | Mrs. Harley Higbie, Detroit, vs. Mile { Simone Thion de la Chaume, One _forel threat was when Miss klleen Pattison, champion, was deefated by Brooks in the first round, 2 and 1 Mile. de la Chau troiter, Mrs. Stewart Hanley, 4 and in order to progress to a match wi | anothe; | Mrs. Pressle | was impressive othy Campbell Hurd, three times n. tional champion, with a par 3 at t eighteenth hole. Paris. Teiov Mi Western played the best golf of the day. Mrs. and 6. E. P. Harwood of Chicago, Ada Mackenzie. Fitler. Philadelphia ey P ginia_ Van beat Benjamin Briggs, Pelham, 3 and 1. Edith Quier, Reading.’ Pa.. beat Mrs. D. Woodfin, Boston. 1 up (20 hole Maureen Orcutt. ~White Beeches, Mrs. . Harwood, Olympia. 8 and Rosalie * Knapp, WeAtbrook, beat Wattles. Buffalo. 1 up. Jenney M Mari son.”Chicago. 1 up. | Jane Brooks. Enklewood. beat tison, Bermuda, % and LOWER HALF. Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn heat Dorothy Page. Wisconsin Kaneas Ci up. Capitols {oil wrapped 2 for 25¢ "\"1‘|\1‘||’I il i New Yark Distributor be: od Bermuda s defeated one Do th champion, n defeating Mrs. Do he | | Miss Orcutt, Metropolitan champion, | 1 She did the first nine in 38 and defeated 8| rs =) Pegey onkers, beat Virginia Wil- leen Pat- ty. 10 i el IMPORTED CIGAR «Consolidated Cigar Corp, Gresnw Cianna® Colleit b Valte L. Anderson Cherey Mile Mre. Stewart Hanley 4 and 2. FOR TUNNEY SEEN BY FAIRPLAY BY FAIRPLAY. CHICAGO, Tunney is picked Dempsey when Soldiers’ Field on Thursday. writer expects (iene to repeat his Philadelphia triumph by a convincing September 21.—Gene to win over Jack the pair battle at And Gene haen slow accept him as a real champion. The deluge of words released by Dempsey and Leo P. Flynn has not helped matter So Tunny is out to win and pr =ht to hold the own. In science, ring generalship 1 versatility, Tunney has an edge Dempsey. This will count in his a 10round bout. Tunnev's mehtodical ways in the ring do not a peal to the populace while De i ways and his | knows that the public hits hard down any man he really connects with. A hitter always has a chance, and it is here that Dempsey may shine to upsat the dope. When it comes to a question of courage, both men possess this es- sential attribute in abundance. Demp- | s2y’s relentless march under a bar- e of blows is too well known for omment. On the other hand the eral public has been slow to credit champion with special stamina. his punches. enough to bring the FOREMAN SCORES K. 0, CHICAGO, September 21.—Al Fore- man of Washington, D. C., knocked out Armondo Shaekels of Belgium, in the seventh round of their bout here last night. Foreman was superior from the start. “TROUSERS Fancy Tales e I il il Capital Cigar & Tobacco Co. 602 Pennsylvani; Phone Main 830 ia Ave. N.W., Washington, D, C.