Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 34

t« SPORTS/ . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 1929. SPORTS." Dempsey Fails to Clear Ring Muddle in Discussing Heavyweight Situation. TALKS OF FIEHTING, * BUT JACK IS HAzY Thinks Stribling - Sharkey Winner Will Be Champ and May Meet Him. By the Associated Pra ACON, Ga., January 4—En route to Miami, Fla, to talk it over with Tex Rickard, Jack Dempsey is issuing & one- man consensus of the heavy- weight situation, and as interpreted by his interviewers along the line, it runs + something like this: “The winner of the Stribling-Shar- key fight at Miami Beéach February 27 will be the next champion of the world. “I am willing to meet the winner of the Stribling-Sharkey fight, but I will have no Announcement to make until I sée Rickard “I'm not sure yet that I want to box again. “I will not referee the Miami Beach figh! ght. “I belirve George Godfrey, the ne- gro, is the best among the crop of heAvyweights just at present.” These contributions to fight ballyhoo left the scribes in cities through which the former champion has passed in the last 24 hours dazed and somewhat [ . The gong will ring on the next round of the scribblers’ battle with Dempsey at Miami Beach tonight, and it appears that Dempsey's mighty right has been bolstered with rhetoric that will carry & knockout punch. Chats With Stribling. His last ofcial contribution was made last night when he passed t th Macon. Young Stribling, back from Kansas City and a New Year day bout, had just arrived and was at the station when the Dixie Fiyer came through with Dempsey aboard. “Hi, Strib.” was Dempsey's greeting young Georgian, whom he has never seen in action. Dempsey said he was in a hurry to reach , where Rickard is ill after an a) pendlclllfls onderluuoo‘n, fllml Young bfin‘,u censed pliot, offered to i him down. i T'd better go on,” would have béen glad to have stayed over with you for a while if Rickard had not been ill. Thanks for w; Offer and for coming down to the To' interviewers the Mauler said he e the wii Sharkey setto would be the next cham- n. At Atlanta earlier in the evenin, M% he would not referee thg ;Allmh 7 mtmxum;‘ert as h‘nd Ic”m 1ann Cnlfl,, ul i drawn out. B s hter,” he told “Shark 4 sports wfl%:l wmfi his o) n as to the Miami Beach fight, “but I haven't % & powerful sock ’;ro mt‘r;&hih hand now, mnu has im- ways." While 5 many in Atlanta Dempsey said he '“and.lx Was removed. e earlier still on the trip Y Saying he thobght ight Was the best heavyweight just now, and that he would meet the winner of the ‘Stribling-Sharkey fight, or, at least, he was “willing to do s0,” —. TO RUN RACE TRACK AS CIVIC ENTERPRISE —_— By thé Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 4—A coterle of business leaders has purchased | control of Arlington Park, Chicago's largest and most ‘ashiobable race track, with the expressed purpose of conduci- 18 solely as a civic enterprise. ¢ sale was made through subscrip- tion of $2,500,000 by the group. Under the announced plen 250 mem- berships will be sold at $10,000 each to & carefully sel list. Each mem- ber will receive $10, in preferred H'A;cfll“ which will be “retired from first profits. o When this stock 18 retirad the cor modious Northsi the announcement stated. stock will be issued only for purposes and not for profit. While Chicago business leaders will havé the major share of the member- & number of promihent Eastern financial and business leaders will be allowed to become members, and the park will work in close harmony with Belmont and Saratoga. Corruthers, well known in the Eastern turf world, will be executive director of the mew club. Whether it will change its name from the Ameri- can National Jockey Club, former own- er of the track, is not decided. B MILLER WILL REFEREE COLLEGE RING EVENTS Pive intercollegiate boxing meets have been assigned Capt. Heinie Miller, District referee and central board offi- cial of the Intercollegiate Boxing Asso- ciatior by Dr. Prancis C. Grant of 5hlllflelnhu. secretary of the associa- jon. Miller will . officiate in the George- town.Western Maryland meet here Janury 26, and at the competition be- tween Virginia and either Navy or Syraguse at Charlottesville February 16. He also will handle Georgetown meets here as follows: bruary 22, New York University: Mareh 1, Penn State, and March 8, Dartmouth. CARDS FARM REINHART TO THEIR HOUSTON CLUB ST. LOUIS, January 4 (#)—Arthur R. Reinhart, left-hand pitcher, has been released on option by the St. Louis Cardinals to their Texas League farm at Houston. He is the third pitclier and ninth member of the pennant-winning club released by the Cards this Winter. ‘The 'addition of Reinhart to the Houston pitching staff is expected to compensate for the loss of Bill Halla- whom the Cards recalled. Rein- has been with the Cards since 1938 and will be 30 in May. In the four years Reinhart has won 50 and logt 18 and 1928 was his only year to fall below .500. STADIUM IN CLEVELAND. A giant horseshoe stadium, seating 88,000 spectators, is to be erected on the lake front of Cleveland, Ohio. The $32,500,000 sports structure will be com- pletéd by July 4, 1930. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats MOVIE OF A MAN BOI ON ACCOUNT oF wWiFE BeinGg AWAY, GETS OWN BREAKFAST AND DECIDES T BoIL 266, LOoKS AT cLock To Time 1T BECOMES ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION FORGETTING T ©1998 nyrawune \»cl — Pz S LEWIS-SONNENBERG TO GRAPPLE TONIGHT By the Associated Press, BOSTON, January 4—Ed “Strangler” Lewis, world heavyweight wrestling champion, and Gus Sonnenberg, former Dartmouth foot ball player, meet in a thampionship match 2t the Boston Gar- West’s Fieldi est’s f'lelding. Is Record for AM WEST, the brilliant and fast- S qoing_ outflelder of the Washing- ton club, according to the official figures giving the fielding aver- ages for 1928, wiped out the rec- ——7 den tonight. Lewis, who tipped the scales at 235 unds, had a 35-pound weight advan- ige over Sonnenberg. During their training this week both men have concentrated on the holds which have given them their present position in the wrestling world. The champion has worked on his deadlock, the hold that won him his nickname, and Sonnenberg has further developed the flying tackle, which he borrowed from his college foot ball training. Last year, Sonnenberg, then a rank outsider, had his first chance at the title, and won the first fall from Lewis with this hold. A few minutes after- ward, however, the champion dodged him, and Sonnenberg landed head first on the concrete outside the ring. He was in a hospital for the next week. Lewis has shown that he respects the flying tackle by spending much time hardening his abdomen. Sonnenberg is confident of success, but most of the experts are agreed that Lewis has too great cxperience to lose his title to a man who has wrestled hardly as many months as the champion has years. g 160 TRACK CANDIDATES REPORT AT TECH HIGH A squad of 160 candidates, 100 more than have ever reported for the Tech High track squad, were on the job when Coach Elmer P. (Hap) Hardell looked over his McKinley aspirants yesterday for the first time. Many of those reporting do not ex- pect to do a whole lot in track, but want conditioning work for foot bail or base ball. Despite that Tech is occupying a new bullding, it is without facilities for taking care of so large a track squad indoors and Hardell has a real problem to_handle his candidate: | | Sweep Away Tire Troubles End Tire troubles for a Year; clean up big on mileage. One dollar down starts the New Year right; puts R Cords on your car while you wait. new No em- barrassing questions, no red tape. Simply bring your card. auto registration Guaranteed Batteries On Credit 1234 14%t.N.W. 2250 SHERMAN AVENW. 634 PA.AVE.SE. » ESEMAN'S, 7th & F ords made by Louis Duncan of the Cincinnati club of the National League and also that of Bib Falk of the Chicago Americans in outfielding. Duncan had an average of .993 in flelding his posi- tion, whfie Falk, in 1926, recorded an average of .992. These marks stood as the best ever made in outfielding until the Griffman appeared the scene. Last season Sam West accepted 223 out of the 224 chances offered to him, which means a fielding average of .906— a world record for a major league out- fielder working in 100 or more games. Heinfe Manush of the 8t. Louls Browns equaled the American League mark when he came through with an average of 092, which equals the former best reccrd, established by Bib Falk in 1926. o Sam West, the present leader, was @ clever outer gardener throughout his days as a minor leaguer. ith the Sulphur Springs club in 1924 Samuel, We Take Pleasure in eAnnouncing to our friends and customers that we have been appoint- ed distributors for ADMIRATION CIGARS & Your pfitronage on this famous brand of mild Tampa Cigats is cordially solicited. taion WASHINGTON TosAacco Co. WASHINGTON, D.C. AFTER Ten MINUTES SUDDENLY REMEMBERS| EGG s X4 W —BY BRIGGS | Mark of .996 Major Gardener in the 106 games he played, had a fielding average of .996. He always showed unusual cleverness in fielding his position. Cy Williams of the Phillies stepped along for 69 games without making a bobble. This in itself 18 a record, for no uther glavrr ever in major league base ball holds a similar one. Many players in major leagues had and have records of finishing a season with a perfect mark in fielding, but the num- ber of games played by them ranged from 10 to 40. There never was a perfect fielding record save the one registered by Johnny Bassler in 1026, when he caught 63 games without making an error. Back in the Sllurian period of the pas- time a first baseman by the name of Chub Sullivan is said to have gone through an entire season without an error. o FOUR CHESS CHAMPIONS. In the past 80 years of chess history, there have been only four holders of | the world championship title ILOMSKI ON WAY EAST TO BATTLE BRADDOCK By the Associated Press. ABERDEEN, Wash, January 4. Leo Lomski, the “Aberdeen Assassin,” was on his way to New York to meet James J. Braddock, conqueror of Tuffy QGriffiths, fn Madison Square Garden, January 18. Eddie Eicher, Lomski's manager, who accompanied him, expressed the opin- jon that Lomski would fall heir to the light-heavrveight crown without again meeting Tommy Loughran. Eicher said Lomski posted & chal- lenge and $2,500 forfeit with the New York State Boxing Commission nine months ago, and that since Loughran has shown no inclination to return from the heavyweight ranks, precedent would indicate that Lomski was en- titled to the crown. He ecited the similar instance of Jack Delaney's de- parture from the division and the passing of the title of Mike McTigue. Lomski has been training here, and his manager said that he would enter the ring in fine trim at 174 pounds. Cecil Harper, middleweight protege of Lomski, is accompany! the ;Assumn" to make his debut in the ast. For the'greatest enjoyment in smoking thereis nothing.to equal finecigar. Expert hand-workmans: ship, plus 100% Havana fillers,createsthatsmooth- er smoking quality and pleasing mildness found onlyinAdmirationCigars. " Priced from 10¢ to 3 for 508, “The Cigar. thal e ARSI AR Danigopisithe S vy 3 o ADMIRATION | Probe of Boston Sunday Base Ball Bribe Charges Continues By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 4—City Council- lor Willlam G. Lynch was expected to appear today before the Boston Finance Commission, which is investigating charges that 13 councilmen sought $5,000 each from the Boston National League Base Ball Club for permitting bii league base ball on Sundays. ynch was named by Emil E. Puchs, president and manager of the Braves, as the one who approached him in his hotel suite last November to lay before him the demands of the other council- men. Fuchs, who told his story at the first day of the inquiry, was followed on the stand yesterday by Charles F. Adams, vice president of the club, president of the Boston Bruins Hockey Ciub, and the man who made the original charges. Adams corroborated in a general way the testimony of Fuchs and declared that before the sports bill had come bhe- fore the council for action he received | a telephone call from anonymous person warning him that ertain mem- mers of the Council were trying to get $5,00 each and if they didn't get it they would delay until the bill had cobwebs on it.” He testifiled that the voice sounded like that of Counciitnan Robert C. Wil- son and sald that as soon as the con- versation ended he attempted to reach Wilson by telephone to compare the voices, but that despite frequent calls to Wilson's office he was unable to get into conversation with him. Wilson, one of the 13 councilmen named by Fuchs as those who Lynch sald constituted the hold-out bloc, char- acterized Adams’ story as “too thin even for my worst enemy to believe.” He alleged that Adams attempted to offer him money to work for the defeat of a State Senator who had opposed th. Sunday sports bill in the Legislature. Olympics to Retain Women’s Events Despite Opposition| By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 4 —Opposi- division of the National Ama- teur Athletic Federation to participation by women in the that part of the program from being carried out in full according to Olympic and A. A. U. leaders. of the woman's division yesterday, Ethel Perrin, chairman of the division’s executive committee reported that her tion expressed by the women's 1932 Olympic games will not prevent Addressing the fifth annual meeting committee had indorsed the launching of a campaign to educate girls in schools | and colleges and other girls of school and college age not to train for competi- tion in lE:e next Olympic games to be held in Los Angeles. Most Olympic and A. A. U. officials thought the woman's organization's opposition would have no effect on the program. “I do not think it will have any effect in the least,” said Gustavus T. Kirby, past president of the American Olymple committee. “There are tens of thou- sands of girls who demand the right of competition and they are going to get it. The matter was discussed very care- fully by the International Amateur Ath- letic Federation at Amsterdam. Some thought thai the events were perhaps too strenuous but statistics show that the competition of girls and women had no bad effect, with due consideration to their condition at the time. he said, “depends upon the women | themselves. Of course they are limited | to certain events and must pass a phy- sical examination. It was on my mo- tion that the 800-meter run was elim- inntfd from the 1932 Olympic program for women.” Frederick W. Rubien, who was secre- tary of the American Olympic commit- fee during the last games, and Daniel J. Ferris, secretary-treasurer of the Na- tional A. A U. both said they believed the organization's opposition would have no effect. “This is a reiteration of what they sald before,” Ferris declared. “They did not give us any assistance in the past and perhaps we can't expect it this year. They have no control over anybody. The United States will be represented as it always is.” HAYES AFTER MORE COIN, BUT HOLDS TO CONTRACT No time is being lost by President Clark Grifith in oflerl‘(y terms for the 1929 base ball season to, his Nationals, but thus far only one player has affixed his signature to a contract. He is Garland Braxton, leading pitcher of the American League last season. The prexy, though, has had a letter from Jack Hayes, in which the young infielder asked for a more substantial ameunt SCMELLING GETS ANOTHER RING TEST German, Who Showed Well in First U. S. Bout, Meets Sekyra Tonight. NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—Max Schmelling of Germany, who looks like Jack Dempsey until he gets into the ring and starts to fight, makes his second American appearance at Madi- son Square Garden tonight, meeting Joe Sekyra, the Dayton, Ohio, light- lgga\‘y“‘(‘lght, in the 10-round feature ut. Schmelling made quite a hit in his American debut some weeks ago when he stopped Joe Monte of Boston, but Sekyra is no Monte. He Is a clever and thorough boxer who has campaigned Successfully not only among the light- heavyweights, but the heavyweights as well. Although he has been beaten by both Leo Lomski and Tommy Loughran, he has rolled up victories over James J. Braddock, Cuban Bobby Brown, King Solomon, George Gemas, Italian Jack Herman and Emmett Rocco. Schmelling, who looks enough lke Dempsey to be the old Manassa Mauler's brother, also depends upon his punch to carry him forward into pugilistic prominence, but he is no Dempsey, at least, not yet. In his fight with Monte, Schmmelling's punching prowess seemed to be in his right arm. Dempsey used ooth arms with about equal effectiveness and Schmmelling will find that punch- ing ambidexterity is an accomplishment dear to the hearts of the fans who pay the freight. In the semi-final, johnny Dundee end Charlie Phil Rosenberg, ex-cham- plons both, will battle for 10 rounds or less. Dundee was former king of the featherweights and Rosenberg of the bantamweights. SHEA TESTS ‘NEW’ HANDS IN BOUT WITH MANDELL CHICAGO. January 4 (#)—Eddie Shea, Chicago featherweight contender, will tesi out his “new” hands tonight when he clashes with Tony Mandell, Boston, in a 10-round match at the Coliseum. Shea fractured several bones in both hands several weeks ago and underwent o complicated operation designed to make them less brittle. Success of the operation probably will be tried tonight, as both he and Mandeil are hard punchers. ‘The winner has been promised a title match with Andre Routis of France, featherweight champion. MUST PLAY GOOD CRICKET. MELBOURNE, Australia, January 4 (#).—England must make 332 runs to win the third cricket test match from Australia. The Antipodeians’ innings were concluded here this morning for 351 runs. They had scored 397 in the first inn le England scored 417. INO PROFIT SALE] Prices are from 145 to 1/ off! SHIRTS TIES Y, PRICE Y, to Y off Fashionknits Included $1.95 Shirts ........$1.35/$1.00 Neckwear . ......50c $2.45 Shirts ........$1.65]8$1.50 Neckwear .......75¢ 62.95 Shié!ss S[kSh 3 s=’§ $2.00 Neckwear . ....$1.00 Y, to V4 off ’gn‘:cse:hnc :l;hinslir:;;z«ism g(s)g g::rv::: g}é: 50c Sox ..............35¢]all prices. 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