Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 27

SPORTS. 27 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1928 d Round, Is Seen as Almost a Joe Gans SPORTS. Thompson, Who Stops Dundee in Secon Gene Tunney at St. James' Palace to-| Tunney last night enjoyed his first ¢ . day. The meeting was purely informal. | roaiie quiet s b il - 4 L e ) i The Prince heard that the retired | night since arriving in | g r England. | > [ champion was staing in London and | e made tha suggestion that Tunney drop | Divorced fiom the ringing of tele- | S in for a few minutes’ talk | phones. constant influx of visitors and i B lblon wh Ll necessity of answering stacks of | University A. C. nine wants to book a game with an unlimited class team —— Ty | e il : il B , : | aunteo. wares srowe s wo| 1N 15-MINUTE GHAT ‘ o pivy e 3 Gene took the opportunity today and | the : answ cks o the ex-champion passed the | for Labor day. Call Cleveland 2792 o ~ . Task Cadets Face This Season BY I K VI | as Aadets ace 11§ Jeason e accept an invitation to play { &3 LONDON, August 31 (P).—The Prince | talked with the heir apparent on a|lcit | t in a downy bed at the temporary | the West Coast Army foot ball eleven \0( Weles had a 15-minute chat with ' variety of subjects. nig Colored Boxer From Frisco, V\/ G R G |at San Francisco on December 22, it Take the Labor Out of You i However, Does Not Gain r Labor Day Trlp ties this coming season for cadet stars|as the Leathernecks play the final game | % > s o to sit on the side lines and watch their | of their schedule against Loyola College, mer e e i einG | less gifted comrades carry the burden. | December 8 at New Orleans, it would Hudson were swakened| Gme after game will demand as much | not be worthwhile to hold the team to- . & of ths full strength of the cadet team |gether until the proposed West Coast aiving regulars a_complete rest has been announced. EST POINT. N. Y. August|, rhere will be few enough opportuni-| It is felt by Marine authoritics that | o 31.—Echoes which all Sum-| Welter Title. he Associated Press HICAGO, Auzust 31 The closest approach to the immor- tal Joe Gans flashed menacing- he pugilistic horizon P oung Jack Thomp- son. sleek looking voung San Francis- o negro. who last night causad a star- tling upset by knocking out Joe Dundee of Baitimore. the world welterweight champion, in the second round of their scheduled 10-round battle in the White Sox Park. Thompson is the welter- weight titleholder in fact. if not official- I¥ only because of & weight technicality The only reason Thomson is not pro- claimed champion today was because Dundee forced him to weigh 148 ounds, one pound over the welterweight tmit. Thompson. whose best fightnig weight is 142 or 143 pounds. weighed 148'x pounds when they jumped on the seales Wednesday afternoon for their battle. which was postponed until last night because of rain Dundee barely moved the beam at 147 pounds. but in the meantime, with h elapsing. Thompson managy slough off the extra poundage, sending him into the ring near his best weight Makes Fine Impression. Thompson, in conquering the welter- weight king, made A tremendous im- pression. He seems to have inherited the £ skill of his famous fellowman Gans. He possesses a sterling combina- tion of a perfect boxer and a terrific two-handed puncher. His style is strik- inzlr like the old lightweight master The San Prancisco negro proved that he is fast and clever as was Gans and that he can punch like the famous light- weight king of two decades agn. He re- vealed these sterling qualities when he knocked Dundee down twice in the second round and stood there walting to deliver the finishing punch when Ref- sree Eddie Purdy mérciful stepped be- ;ween them and stopped the unsven bat- tle. Purdy's action gave Thompson a technical knockout victory. but actually Dundee was out on his feet when Purdy carried him to his corner Young Jack. boxing cautiously and deliberately, used up the first round in feeling out the champion. There were meveral exchanges of blows. with honors about even. In the second Thompson swarmed all over the title holder. A right-hand shot to Dundee’s chin sen’ him reeling across the ring. Thomeern, cool as an iceberg. followed his advan- tage with a relentless two-fisted attack Another terrific right cross knocked Dundes sprawling across the ring and stretched him flat on his face. PDundee Is Sorry Sight. The champion got up at nine, but he was a helpless. sorry-looking fighter. “Thompson charged in again with both hands flashing to Dundee’s chin. Dun- dee sought shelter from that rain of fists on' the ropes. but Thompson step- ped back. measured him, banged over another fury of punches, and Dundee went down again—this time on his back. He pulled himself to his feet at the count of nine, but his arms hung 1imp. his eyes were glassy and his legs #tiff as he stood there reeling and wait- | ing for the advance of his conqueror. | He was defenseless, and Referee Purdy | waved the n=gro to his corner. Young Thompson comes from fighting #tock. His father, who used to be a fighter and trained with Gans among others, taught young Jack a lot of his ring craft he picked up from the “old master® of the ring. The gpectacular negro has been in Chicago for two months, winning his three matches with case. He came to the Middle West after failing to get matches on the coast because nobody g@!lfld to be tossed into the ring with m. abruptly last night when the Army foot | son was opened by the cadet which traditionally marks this as can be sent into piay and the show- ing of the outfit in ail its games will | depend greatly upon the supply of ex- cellent reserve material and the good fortune of star players in the matter of injuries 1 Yet. on the other hand, some impor- tant clevens will not face the cadets in an underworked —condition—Nebr for instance. The Cornhuskers cam | the Plains after h--ing played Pitts- burgh the previous Saturday and th .incoln not later than No one ever regarded rally event From now on foot ball spirit will grow cumulatively on the Plains until it rises to a high crescendo appropriate to the | greatest intersectional battle ever held | in the East, the game in Now York on December 1. between th* Stanford team and West Point By that time the cadet plavers will know that they have played a lot of foot ball. Any team which engages to meet Southern Methodist, Yale, Har- 2 o against Pitt as & bed of roses, Vard. Nebraska. Notre Dame and Stan- | compstitively speaking. ~Besides, there ford in a single scason may be set down | is the long railroad journey. as ambitious. if not a bit {oolhardy | stanford plays Washington one Satur- As 1o this there are two schools of | day—always a rugged game—Califor- thought, Some coaches believe that nia the next and then lcaves on the games against strong opponents are no more punishing for players than w outs against minor clevens- ~which they probably are not: but they overlook the opportunities which easy contosts give to frequent substitutions, or. in fact, of INTERNATIONAL POLO | START IS POSTPONED Open- So what with one thing and another, the soldier outfit may weather its m‘\mlh\;." scason better than now appears. And in any case the foot ball loving public | will profit GEORGE MASON GRID OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT| ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 31.—The usual gloomy foot ball prospects at George Mason High School holds good for the impending season, graduation excreises last June robbing the team of all but four members of the varsity ad The entire backfield and the bulwark of the forward wall have been lost by | the Orange and Black Robert Utterback. quarterback; Gar- nett Francls and Owen Keves. half- backs: Roy Clarke, fullback: James Broaddus, center: Thomas Wood, guard Edward Butier, tackle, and Paul Peter- silia, end. have passed from the George Moson ranks. John Rawlings, tackle Robert Gary, guard: Robert Foote, end. | and Claude Nixon. halfback. are the | tetter men who wil be available The loss of Butler and Francis is verhaps the most severe the George Mason eleven has experienced in sev- eral seasons. Both were considered the most dependable plavers on their cut- fit and their play throughout the year was of a high caliber ; As a reward both were selected for | the All-Northern Virginia _scholastic team by sports writers in Alexandria. Clarendon and_ Fredericksburg John Timberlake and William Brown, | tackles: Norman Brenner, center, and | Allen Fordham. halfback. are the only substitutes refurning for the new, season. | PROCTOR TO SHOW WARES. Joe Proctor, local heavyweight boxer, 'Sid Terris, who announced his reure- '3 to meet Charles Jared, boxing in ment_after he w-sl:n.-ck.-d out in structor of the Baltimore Y. M. C. A round by Jimmy McLarnin and then b¥ | jn the six-round semi-final of a ca Ray Miller, meets Phil McGraw, the| g : . card DAy o ficelt tn's Maround maton at |iac Sierynd, Baee Ball Park, Balmore | the Coney Island Stadium tonight. I* is | their fourth meeting. Terris hoids two | decisions over McGraw. The third bout | | saw the Detroit slugger awarded the de- cision on a foul. | DEVITT SCHOOL SQUAD WILL TRAIN AT HOME | Devitt School's foot ball squad will prepare for the coming sceson on its | own field behind the school on Upton | | street and has abandoned the proposed | training trip to Charlestown. W. Va.. it | has been announced by J. Leighton | Cornwell, in charge of athletics at the | <chool. It is felt "that a training trip such | | as was proposed would give the Dcvitt squad an advantage over other prep schools of the section. and it is desired to meet them on an even basis, Corn- | well said. W YORK. August 31 v 2 of play between the United Sf and Argentina for the polo champion- thip of the Americas has been posi- poned The fi will be staged September 15. on September 19 and the third essary, on September 22 An epidemic of colds among the Ar- gentine ponies was the immediate cause of the postponement The series had been start September 8. SCHWARTZ BATTLES FILIPINO SCRAPPER By the Associatsd Press NEW YORK. August 31.—Izzy Schwartz, the New York State Athletic | Commission’s flyweight champion of the world. takes on Frisco Grande. the Buf- falo Filipino, in a 15sround titular match at Long Branch, N. J., tonight Schwartz has appeared in a number of championship matches since he won the title. so far as the State commission is concerned, by defeating Newsboy Brown at Madison Square Garden last December. Grande, himself. alreadv has had one crack at the title. Th2 Fliipino. | however, spoiled his chances by fouling Schwartz. rst match in the series of three the second | nee- seheduled to Ri Hansen Gets Rickard’s Eye As a Heavyweight Prosp2 BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK. Augus' Rickard is than a promoier's interest in the affairs of Knute Hanscn and the boys in the fight racket #re wondering when and where he i going to stop. Rickard's latest move was to induce Billy Gibson, late manager of Gene Tunney, to forego retirement in order to take over the direction of Hansen Tt will be recalled that Tunney once remarked that Rickard has a flare for managing fighters and has had more 1o do with the rise and fall of Jack Dempeey than the publi= knows Rickard's hold on the boxing game ennsists of control of the heavyweight title holder. Tex has cpme out in th» open and declared tha® he considered Hansen the best of the current lot #triving for the right to step into Tun- ney's brogans. This move is tvpiczl of the desparate measures Rickard ha employed to retain his grip on the Hig fellows According to the znnouncement. Joe Wondman and Georz> Lawrence will be paid off so that no legal trouble awaits Hansen, Gibson. et al. Woodman and Lawrence are Hanven’s original man- sgers Gihson 15 to get 25 per cent for ha ling Hansen, four other moneyed men from Wall Gtreet cut in for 35 per cent and H§Psen geis what is left. Ac- cording 1o rules of this State, on one-third of a fighter’s purse can taken by the manager. Hansen being docked 60 per fng commiss say about the matter 31.—Tex ' Auto Accessories—Radio $34.00 $2.05 37¢ 45¢ 59¢ 45¢ 9¢ 25¢ 49¢ 98 89¢ 39¢ $1.39 $55.00 Crosley Set $2.75 Eveready 45-V Duce, touch-up size Duco body polish Duco top dres Whiz body pelish Whiz top dressing Whiz nickel polish Renol body polish Seat cushions L Alemite, 1-lb. can Alemite, 5-1b, can e carriers exhibiting more | O [likely that the papers filed with the commission will be approved The commissioners take the ettitud= | that they are not concerned with th» outside affairs of the men under their | | control. Hensen's claim to the title is height weight and a willingness to back pecal | when the going is hottest. 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