Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1929, Page 29

STARTED WORKING ATTHE AGE0F 1 Saw Fatal Shootings in Tex- as and Contended With + Wolves as Mere Lad. This ds the only autoblography written by Tez Rickard. It was pre- pared in collaboration with Boge- ‘man Buiger, for publication ezclu- sively by The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. Shortly before Rickard’s death he discussed with Bulger plans for pub- lcation_of these memoirs in Jorm. Following is the second in- stallment of the autoblography, which is appearing in daily chapters. BY TEX RICKARD. (In Coliaboration with Bozeman Bulger.) Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. Copyright, 1029, by the North American Newspaper Alliance. DID not live in a big city until I had reached middle age. There, the fact that I always have worked alone, never have sought counsel in my operations, is a subject of frequent comment. To me this is not strange. Always I have had to work out my problems alone. The hard side of life, the tragedies $hat leave their imprint upon the faces of city dwellers, were old stories to me Jong before I had become 21. I never had any boyhood in the sense that the ordinary boy does today. Circum- stances forced me into cutting out my own way when mmcb]buys are flying kites and playing marbles. Though’; may not show these thi in my face, memories of those early days can never be erased from mind. 1 lived the life that most boys imagine they want to live when they read e novels. When I was only 4 or 5 years old my father, who was a millwright, picked up the family and moved to Sherman, Tex. That was a wild section of the country then. It was not easy to earn a living for & wife and five children. He heard of prospects further West, and in a covered wagon we migrated to Henrietta, Tex. There my life really started. All my recollections date back to Henrletta. Worked at Age of 10, In 1880, when I was 10 years old, my father took sick. It was n for me to go to work. I went to live with a big cattleman named Jim Curtis at Cambridge, Clay County, Tex. That was not far from Henrietta. In fact, Cambridge soon thereafter practically ceased to exist. The two towns were bitter rivals. One night & band of cowboys rode down on_Cambridge and stole the post office, which they brought back and established_at Henrietta. My mind is hazy on the details of this, but for vears I remember the fact of Henrietta taving stolen the post office from Cam- bridge being a matter of bitter contro- versy. Jim Curtis was big-hearted and kind and so was his family. I did the chores and ran errands for the ranch. It was there that I faced my first tragedy. One of my duties was to go down to the town and tell Mr. Curtis whea dinner was ready—dinner was served at 12 o'clock. At that hour the cowboys usually were in town and always in or lmua: the“uloon.s. They were rough, shooting fellows. lown - g d’fin table. 1 band that er was on the went to the regular saloon gathering place, but he had just left. I just missed him in two or three places, leave ing word at each. . “He was around here a while ago with Van Rlne.‘l;n cawboy‘mld me. “You better get on home, son.” Even at that age I recognized some- thing ominous in the man’s tone, Hears Shots Across Road. Just as I was turning toward the ranch Ihhurddsome shots in a saloon across the road. Jim Curtis and Van Rice, both cattle- men, had been standing at the bar. A disagreement arose over the branding of some caitle. But a few words were spoken. _ Van Rice, a dead shot, as was Curtis, drew his gun in a h and opened. Before Curtis could get his six- shooter from its holster three bullsts had gone through him. “Don't! For God's sake, don’t shoot— don't kill anybody!” a cowboy called to them, but too late. He actually leaped toward the two men, holding his hand between them. So quickly and deadly was the aim that two bullets went through his hand and wrist and into the body of Curtis! My boss tumbled over behind a stove in the center of the room, dying. With his last gasp, though, he pulled him- self up on one elbow, took deliberate aim and fired a bullet squarely through his assailant's heart. Both men dropped dead. Those are not pleasant recollections, but it was the atmosphere in which I started life. I stayed with the widow, Mrs. Cur- tis until the Fall, when I joined a group of cattlemen and started on one of the most momentous journeys in his- tory. We drove an immense herd of Jonghorns all the way to Honeywell, Kans., then considered a strange and foreign country. Duplicated Pioneers’ Feat. Though we did not grasp its mean- ing. we were really helping to knot to- gether the north and south of the West. Just a few of the herds had been driven north of the 36th meridian. In fact, we were duplicating the feat of the Red River ploneers, who went 1o Abilene, as told in Emerson Hough's great historic novel. The reason for driving these herds ! north was to reach a new market, the Texas market having been killed by| the Civil War and the political troubles following it. It may seem odd that a boy of 11 years, little more than a baby, should be out on a rough expedition like this, actually working for a living. Nothing was thought of it then. I was a little man, just as the others were big men. ‘We each had our job to do. On that long drive we didn’t see a single house, not the slightest sign of | civilization, until after 'we had swum | the herd across the Red River. We| followed the route of the previous herd, | although we kept a little west of the | Chisolm trafl. Buffalo were a common ! sight in those days. In fact, I have helped my father hunt buffalo over| what is now Wichita Falls, Tex., an| important city. Longest, Lonesomest Night. On a like journey I spent the lone-| somest and longest night in my whole life. It may indicate how my youthful mind grew hardened to tragedy. Two of the cowboys got into an badly. As they brought the wounded man to a little tent, one of the cowboys recalied that a doctor lived in a little village 40 or 50 miles away. It was suggestod that I be left with the wounded cowboy while the riders went for the doctor. testing. We didn't complain in those days. I sat with the wounded man and listened to his moans, bringing water and waiting on him as best I could. Betweeh his moans I could occaslonally hear the shriek of a coyote or wolf. It t'u;n!d out to he a whole pack of 1 never thought of pro- | SPORTS.. ickard Early Saw Life’s Hard Side : Drive Is Most Important, Says Macfarlane THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, WONDER WHAT THE JANUARY BILLS THINK ABOU WATAS 800, LEGGER, BLLY ANDYoUse 'GUYS ARE NS oM™ LcHear STIFFS Yow -H00+ i~ HIGH SCORER ISTRIBUTION of prizes won in The Evening Star individual champlonship duckpin tourna- ment, recently ended, will start Saturday night at 8 o'clock at Lucky Strike alleys. No formality will mark the presentation of the awards. All prizes will be avallable at the Lucl Strike office after the hour mentioned. The winners may procure their respec- tive awards there any time after that hour. Bettlement of the only tie which re- sulted among the leaders was made yesterday when J. F. Doyle conceded {fenth place to Oscat J. Ochler without a roll-off. Doyle and Oehler each totaled 602 for the five games and as different prizes were offered for tenth and eleventh places & roll-off was sug- ted. Doyle settled the matter him- self by accepting the eleventh prize. The complete list of prize winners, their scores and their prizes follow: Men. 1. ‘Ehrme W. Taft, 654, $40 wrist wato 2. Glenn Wolstenholme, 627, $30 S i 753, 320 stiver 3. Bradley cigarette case. 4. Burton Parsons, 621, $1% sports- wear set. 5. James McCurdy, 611, $12 sports- wear set. . 6. Oliver Pacini, 606, $12 sports- wear set. 7. Ted Miller, 605, $13 sportswear set. 8. Ctxrlcl Lyons, 604, $12 sports- wear sef 9. Jack Wolstenholme, 603, $12 sportswear set. GARDEN LOST $235,000 IN LAST HALF OF 1928 NEW YORK, January 9 (P.— Madison Square Garden suffered a net loss of nearly $235,000 for the six months ending November 30, pub- lished financial reports reveal. The actual loss was $233,121, compared with a net profit of $381,008 for the same period of 1927. For the guarter ending November 30, the garden showed a net profit of $75,327, compared to a net profit of 9323’19,312 for the same period in 1 The losses can be attributed to the Mandell-McLarnin bouts to arouse the popular interest that the Demp- sey-Tunney and Dempsey-Sharkey bouts did in 1927, CANAL ZONE SWIMMERS PAY TRIBUTE TO RICKARD PANAMA, January 9 (#).—The Red, White and Blue troupe of Canal Zone juvenile swimmers has cabled instruc- tions to the United States for a wreath to be sent to George L. (Tex) Rickard’s funeral. All activities at the Balboa Swimming Pool will be suspended and the flag flown at half staff during the funeral hour in tribute to the memory of the troupe's host in June, 1921, when the swimmers appeared at Madison Square Garden to open the swimming pool there. and I began to feel lonely. Unless the stars shining so brightly as to look like electric light bulbs, and heard the piercing scream of a wolf, you have no idea how it can make your hair stand on end. No sound carries such teiror as the shriek of a wolf on the hunt. Hair Tingles at Roots. As T sct there with a tingling at the roots of my halr, realizing my utter loneliness, the poor cowboy died. Then I had to sit ug with his body the live- long night. The nearest to company I got was the occasional moo of a cow whose calf was being sought by the wolves. Toward midnight the wolves came closer. I set the lantern in the door of the tent, now really a morgue. In a semi-circle I could see the gray forms of the wolves, and occasionally the light reflected in their eyes. 1 grew into an old man that terrible night. I can g1 ent byer. b bAEte SEnABORS of | 51 OTkevNYICHRRGION N dong fah them shot the other, wounding him| I live. I did what any other cattleman would have done, though. I got a rifle |and sat waiting, ready to protect my- self. Mind you, I was only 11 years old. The thought of the now dead man with me was almost as horrible as the presence of the wolves outside. ‘The cowboys did not return with the | doctor, no longer needed, until after 6 | o’clock in the morning. - | With a childhood jolt like that it is not strange that I have failed to find ! anything nerveracking in promoting | boxing. But I am leading into my next { chapter, (Next—Why Prw Fights Is Real You AREN'T FIT To BE SOCIETY= You Dean you have sat alone on a prairie, with | Got He‘fl'o aP=N US UP, d D \F wa PILE yp MUCH HIGHER iPoLrTE S WILL GET THE STAR DUCKPIN MEET PRIZES NEXT SATURDAY 10. Oscar J. Oehler, 602, $12 wear set. 11. J. F. Doyle, 602, $8 silver belto- gram set. 12. Harold A, Neft, 601, §8 silver beltogram set. 13. Ernest Miller, 596, $8 silver beltogram set. 14. Alfred Souder, 595, $8 silver beltogram set. 15. Myer Weinberg, 594, $8 silver beltogram set. 16. W, F. Smith, 594, $8 silver beltogram set. 17. Ellsworth Moyer, 593, $8 silver beltogram set. 18. Robert E. Rawlings, 593, $8 sil- ver beltogram set. 19. J. &'m Nevius, 593, $8 silver beltogram se R 20. Charles Barnard, 591, $8 silver beltogram set. ‘Women, 1. Margaret Miltner, 344, $40 wrist watch. hl. Elsie Fischer, 334, $30 week-end mf.' Rena Levy, 323, $20 sliver bread Florence Rembold, 322, $12 hnnflhnj. 5. Helen Clair Sullivan, 316, $13 lunabuf; bt:‘ Helena Kohler, 312, $12 hand- 7. Lorraine Guili, 311, $12 hand- May Perry, 309, $12 handbag. Marjorie Bradt, 308, $12 hand- bag. 10. Bronson Quaites, 306, $12 handbag. DEMPSEY TO FIGHT AS TEXHAD ASKED Ex-Champion Feels It His Duty to Respeot Plans Made by Friend. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 9.—Jack Dempsey is expected to an- nounce definitely tomorrow_he has decided to carry out Tex Rickard’s wish that he return to the ring this year in an attempt to regain the heavyweight championship of the world. At first perhaps inclined to give up all thought of a comeback, as a result of the shock of losing the man who played so big a B:rt in shaping his fighting destiny, mpsey NOW seems to think that he could do nothing more appropriate than carry on as the pro- moter would have wished. His feeling perhaps is that with Rickard's passing it is more binding upon him than before to carry out the promoter's de- sire that he fight once more. Unless there is a shake-up in the program, this means Dempl:i‘a next and probably last fight will take place at the Yankee Stadium some time in September, more than 10 years after he iwon the heavyweight title from Jess Willard and three years, to the month, after he lost it to Gene Tunney. His opponent will be selected, if Rickard’s well laid plans go thro\‘:fh. from an elimination process involving four men. Two of them, Young Striblin and Jack Sharkey, will fight the firs! test match at Miami Beach February 27 in a bout which will find Dempsey in a promoter’s role for the first time. Paulino Uzcudun and Tom Heeney, unless the latter decides not to com- pete, will meet in a second elimination contest in May, the winner to box the victor of the Sharkey-Btribling match to decide Dempsey’s opponent. ailFF SELLS PARTRIDGE, INFIELDER, TO BARONS Jimmy Partridge, second base- man, is to get no big league trial in the Spring with the Nationals, President Clark Grifith of the Washington club this morning an- nouficed the sale of Partridge to the Birmingham club of the Bouthern Association. It is an out-and-out sale, with no price mentioned. Part- ridge was bought from the Atlanta club only last Fall for $5,000. He has had trials with the Brook- | lyn club of the National League, but ‘never served with the Washington club. Manager Walter Johnson sanc- tioned the disposal of Partridge, be- the Nationals will find » second sacker in either *ywi're ( BIGEER 'N t1AM ts o SIGN YoU CAN BULLY_RAG ME] " g : B ALTC | HEARD THE Ll MRS. SAY THAT WE Don'T HAavE To BE Pa1D TiLk FEBRUARY e WE —BY BRIGGS Wi seT,) LHE Wow'T BE CUT oPBEN L TILL The VERY / LAST THER NOW BOYS AND GQIRLS LET'S HAVE ‘RE BOLD UNS ‘RE BAD UNS You Folks 'LL P B THE SPO By Grantland Rice. E SAD UNS — .y RTLIGHT Champions and Their Chances for 1929. NO. 1—JOHNNY FARREL, U, OHNNY FARREL, the slender you J champion out to defend & crown. . 8. OPEN GOLF CHAMPION. ing golf professional from Quaker Ridge, beyond all argument faces the hardest assignment that sport slips to any ‘The open golf champion of the United States must repeal the at- tack of 40 or 50 great golfers capable of winning the title out of 1,000 entries. While other champlons, year after year, have defended their thrones, it has been 17 years since any United States open golf champion bagged two in a row. No one has turned the trick since Jack McDeérmott arrived on top in 1911 and 1912. Even the remarkable golf of Bobby Jones has not been good enough to win two in & row against a fleld that knew Armour, Hagen, MacFarland, Cruickshank, Mac Smith, Von Elm, Farrell, Sarsen and so many others capable of taking par apart to sce what makes it tick. Farrel will defend his title at the Winged Foot course, in Westchester County, the county that started him on his way as a young caddie more than a dozen years ago. He will be at home, playing over a course that gives full reward for championship skill and demands on‘!.he side iron play control and the ability to scramble out of bunkers, closely cut into smaller types of greens. Johnny Farrell is a great golfer, but even as open champion the odds will be 7 to 1 against his winning. Can you imagine any such odds laid against any other champion at the] peak of his career, still well under 30? Can you figure any other champion who has to face such competition as Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Mac Smith, George Von Elm, Tommy Armour, Bobby Oruickshank, Craig Wood and possibly 15 others can offer? Farrell will make a desperate attempt to hold his place and he will be up among the leaders, whatever the final result. But he is in the toughest spot of the championship parade for the year ahead. (Tomorrow—Henri Cochet). The South and the Far West. The Far West may have proved its foot ball domination over the East but there is a different story to relate when it comes to the South. The South still has a percentage of 1,000 against the Pacific Coast with two victories and a tle. If that isn’t & 1,000 in the way of percentage you can add it up again. Alabama and Georgia Tech have faced Washington University, Stanford and California when these three were riding the crest of Pacific Coast foot ball. ‘The margin is extremely slight, but it might also be remembered in this connec- tion that the SBouth was the invading pa: means more than a point or two. rty, not the home defenders, which often I offered the opinion back early in November that Georgia Tech was stronger than any Eastern'team I had seen, inclug although N. Y. U. against Carnegie Tech team in the land. ding the Army and New York University, was about as strong that one day as any In these post-season affairs the Far West has literally riddled the East. ‘You can’t prove anything by one season, but you can prove it by several seasons. ‘Where the East has failed on the Pacifi ¢ Coast the South has yet failed to meet a defeat. Which would seem to indicate that Southern foot ball has not quite received its just due. The argument ha. the strongest team on the Coast. Well, Stanford and never loet a game to a col prove something. Stanford men write s been advanced that Oalifornia was not California tied Southern California and llege team, That showing at least must me that Stanford was two touchdowns better than Southern California, but Southern California beat Stanford 10 to 0 and that score still stands. And you can’t laugh »ff final results. 1 still contend there is no such thing as a national foot ball champion— and there probably never will be again. But if any one starts any claiming, Georgia Tech at least has the best rebuttal. This team won every game in the South. Stanford. It beat Notre Dame. It beat the team that tied Southern California and Small But Mighty. Dear Sir: Speaking of powerful hitters, how about Jack Tavener, the for- mer Tiger shortstop, now with Cleveland. In 1928 the tittle 140-pounder batted only 260. Yet he made 24 doubles, 13 triples and 5 homers. More than one-third of his hits went for extra bases. They say he hits the ball harder than any small man ever in base ball. Mental Dear Sir: Artists and Writers' Club quite soon. WAYFARER, Hasards. I see you are going to defend your title of champion of the It's lucky for you the organization does not include such sturdy players as Mr. Warren W, Brown of Chicago, Mr. H. G. Salsinger of Detroit, and Mr. Roundy C Trumbull is & competitor you are sunk, well on the seventeenth fairway at Br: start you off well in defense of your title. ‘oughlin of Madison, Wis. 1t Mr. Walter for you must remember that he trained acburn, Just a few mental hazards to SUNSET SLIM. “Don’t forget,” writes Bystander, “that Georgla Tech beat California minus the services of Speer, her star tackle, an ing from the flu. In the face of this, th: d with two of her best men just recover- at one astonishing play by the California center, running the wrong way, isn't as important a factor as it might have been otherwise.” “It begins to look,” writes Easterner, “as though nearly every section is playing & lot of foot ball except the East. And yet it was the East that started and bullt up foot ball. to wag. (Copyris] RICKARD MARRIED THREE TIMES, TEXANS RECALL By the Assoctated Press. HENRIETTA, Tex., January 9.—Facts concerning the late Gieorge Lewis Rick- ard's first marriage, generally unknown to the public, have been recalled by friends here, where he spent his early life as a cowhand and later as city marshal. Tex Rickard's first bride was Leona Bittick, whom he married in 1804, while servin, then was 23 years old. Mrs. Rickard and an infant died about a and were buried here, near the graves of his father, Robert W. Rickard, who died in 1881, and his grandparents. Rickard visited the graveyard when he paid his first visit to his old home town in 1926. Years before the promoter had sent funds to & friend here to pay for upkeep of the ground, which is no longer used for burial. i alt.;'karu's s!:cduri‘u“ wife dl‘ed l'dno 19&5. nd he marr! resent widow following year, pr ‘ rear later as marshal, The promoter | 5 Which is one of the peculiar ways this world happens ht, 1920 GRIFFITHS SCORES K. 0. IN HEAVYWEIGHT DEBUT CHICAGO, January 9 (#).—Tufty Griffiths, Sloux City boxer, who climbed from the bantamweight ranks to be & light heavyweight contender in two years, has successfully invaded the heavyweight class, Making his debut with the heavies, Tuffy, who won 56 bouts as a light heavyweight before being stopped 'hy Getins of PRaeiphin st pat o e le] second round of tgflrn 1:;?.13.}:‘%1;33’ TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F JANUARY 9, 1929. On the Side Lines | With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON HEY are casting about for a successor to Tex Rickard. I They’ll look & long time. It has been said, and rightly so, that no one man is indispensable, but prototypes of the firm-lipped, keen -eyed and agile - brained sportsman, who made fortunes for others while building his own and who proved that “leveling” is a paying policy, even in so maligned a racket as that of prizefighting, are so rare they may be classed on a par with the Dodo bird. Dempsey has been mentioned for the post of president of the Madison Square Garden Co! tion, which was Rickard's o title. ‘Those who have their money in- vested in the enterprise—one of whom is Dempsey himself—un- doubtedly believe that with the astute Tex removed by the Grim Reaper their best bet for some one to carry on in his place is the fig- ure with the biggest name and most appealing personality now connected with flstlana. Dempsey is that man, of course, and for the purposes of enlisting the confidence of the fans and obtaining the greatest possible advertising value from the position, he would serve the purpose to a nicety. But so far as picking “logical contenders,” importing colorful foreign caulifiower and adroitly directing the delicate building-up processes that contributed so largely to the success of Rickard's manipulations is concerned, Presi- dent Dempsey would compare in status with President Rickard about like a flyweight does to a heavyweight. But, for that mat- ter, who would? Of men with executive ability there are a number among the stockholders of the Garden who have proved their caliber by piling up fortunes far in excess of that amassed by Rickard, but in differ- ent lines of endeavor. Of good judges of fighters there also i8 no lack among the corpor- ation’s personnel, and this ap- plies also to matchmakers and trained publicity men. It was a very efficient and smooth-running organization that Rickard established for the con- duct, not only of boxing, but of hockey, six-day bike races, mara- thon talk-fests and almost every conceivable enterprise suitable to be housed and calculated to at- tract paying customers at the turnstiles. None of them, however, combines in anything like the degree pos- sessed by Rickard the vision, re- sourcefulness, initiative and courage of the man whose mortal remains today lie in state in the arena of the sports temple he conceived and erected in order that thousands may pay a last tribute to the regenerator of the boxing game. It is doubtful whether there is a single person among those re- garded as friends of the in- scrutable, poker-faced man, with the hard exterior and soft heart, who was as genuinely and deeply moved by his passing as Dempsey himself. Dempsey's business relations with Rickard extended over a dec- ade, in which time he made a mil- lion or so for Jack and as much for himself in boxing. But they had other mutual interests aside from the fight game, the latest of which to come to light being the substantially aPpnimed dog-rac- ing track at Miami Beach, which opened New Year eve, the day Rickard was stricken with what proved to be his fatal illness. In addition there was a strong personal attachment between these two men of such widely different characteristics, the pas- sive Rickard and the impulsive’ Dempsey. Naturally Jack is badly cut up, and what effect Rickard’s death will have on the ex-champion’s in- tention to essay a comeback re- mains to be seen. It was divulged yesterday that Rickard had planned to spring the announcement of Dempsey’s re- turn for a final fling at boxing next Summer. The loss of his “pal,” as Dempsey puts it, may result in the latter los- ora- | cial SPORTS. ing all taste for the ring racket. This would render the prospective “sliminations” scheduled to get un- der way, with Stribling opposed to Sharkey and with such unimpres- sive performers as Heeney, Uscudun and Risko in the background, & sad spectacie at best On the other hand, the fact that Rickard had made arrangements for his return to the ring may cause Dempsey to regard the agreement he made to do so as a pledge—the fulfillment of the wish of his departed big brother and counselor. Fight fans of all degrees In every sector naturally will hope the latter proves to be the case. It is assured the game needs figure as the Manassa Mauler to breathe new life into it, for it pos- sesses none other—not in the heavyweight class, at least. 15,000 PAY HOMAGE AT RICKARD'S BIER For Three Hours Néw York Public Files by Body at Great Garden. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, January 9.—Silent as a tomb, Madison Square Garden stood today a tempo- rary sarcophagus for its dead leader, Tex Rickard, prior to burial this afternoon. Carried into the huge sports arena yesterday, the famous sports promoter’s body lay in a costly bronze casket all through the night while two attend- ants kept a guard of honor. Champions of many a sport have had their hour of triumph or pair at the house that Rickard built; turbulent ex- citement has been its almost daily lot; never before has it sheltered the dead in solemn dignity. Under the floodlights which usually illuminate the Garden's boxing ring the dead promoter lay in his casket aimost directly orposue his own private box, somber with black draperies. At each side were huge palms. Behind were massed hundreds of floral tributes. After relatives and close friends had been given their hour or two alone with the dead yesterday, the doors of the sports palace were thrown open to the general public. In three hours some 15,000 men, women and children passed by the bier to pay their last respects to the dead. In single file that cosmopolitan cross section of New York citizenry filed into the Garden, slowly passed the half- opened casket and proceeded into the streets again. £ It was a solemn, orderly throng that sang a silent requiem for the dead. At 9 oclock the doors of the big arena were closed. More than a hun- dred special police guards left the arena. Two attendants at the Garden took up their all-night vigil beside the body of | their dead chieftain. Orders were given for the general public to be admitted again today from 10 am. to 2 p.m. Rev. Dr. George Caleb Moore, pastor of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, was chosen to conduct the services. Seats in the gal- leries were available to the public. A thousand seats on the arena floor were reserved for cardholders. Services will be also arranged for the graveside in ‘Woodlawn Cemetery. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Tuffy Griffiths, Sioux City, knocked out George Gemas, Phila- delphia (2); Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, stopped Jack Moore, Chicago (5). KANSAS CITY.—Larry Cappo, Kan- sas City, outpointed Imey Garfinkle, Salt Lake City (10). CLEVELAND.—Qorilla Jones, Akron, knocked out Arturo Schackels, Belgium (1); Armando Schackels, Belgium, and Joey Kaufman, Cleveland, drew (10); Davie Aead, Panama, and Willle Mitch- ell, Belglum, drew (10); Rosy Rosales, Mexico, stopped Swede Johnson, De- trolt (1). DENVER.—Eddie Mack outpointed Tod Morgan (10). INDIANAPOLIS.—Eddie Shea, Chi- cago, outpointed Jimmie Borde, France (10) ; Harry Filerro, Chicago, outpointed Johnny Nasser, Terre Haute, Ind. (8); Harry Memering, Lafayette, Ind., out- pointed John Eiler, Louisville (6). PORTLAND, Ore.—Sergt. Sammy Baker, New York, outpointed Frisco McGale, Panama (10). SAN JOSE, Calif—Jock Malone, St. Paul, outpointed Tom Pruitt, Santa Barbara (10). SEATTLE.—Leslie “Wildcat” Carter, Seattle, stopped Ritchle Mack, Paul (4). GREENVILLE, Miss.—Grover Mallini, Mobile and Billy Brown, Helena, Ark., drew (10). such a colorful and compelling | 29 TEE SHOT 15 BASIS OF 600D SCORNG His Skill With Wood Clubs CGiven as One Reason for Jones’” Wizardry. BY WILLIE MACFARLANE. Willie Macfarlane s one of the finest stylists in golf, one of the most consistent scorers and tourna- ment winners. He s the hero of the most dramatic play-off in the his- tory of the game, his victory over Bobby Jones in a 36-hole match which won him the national open championship in 1925. Macfariane is professional at the Oak Ridge Country Club, Tuckahoe, N. J. BELIEVE the basis of good scorin, lies in the drive. Lots of peoplg swear that it's the short game, and point to the fact that Jerry Travers won several championships without the aid of his wooden clubs. But th apparently forget that Jerry could cll:{ the ball with a No. 1 iron almost as far as _his opponents could with a driver. Bobby Jones is credited with scoring so low because he is a marvelous per- former around the green. Don't forget that his long, slashing drives get him to where he can lay his chips dead. I'd say that a man shooting 85 on an aver- age would be a 75 player if he could put his tee shots where Jones does. Poor driving has several disadvan- tages, In the first place, & series of bad drives breaks down one's confidence and joy in the game. The fellow who's oft with his driving usually begins slopping his other shots. Besides that, there is the physical disadvantage youre under. After a poor drive it is almost impossible to get home with the second shot. You're playing out of the rough or a trap. Tllustrates His Contention. I never realized just how important the drive was until a couple of years ago when I went around the Hudson River course with Arthut Stebbins. He shot between 85 and 90, so I usually gave him a stroke a hole, and we went alon pretty evenly. This day I gave him 2. strokes, and then nosed him out by getting a 66 for a new record on that layout. Stebbins suggested that we go around again, he playing his second shot from my drive, and I taking his, On that basis he a 79 and I a 78 with no handicap at all. Here was a golfer who drove well enough to get an 85 or 90, and the best I could do with his tee shots was a 78. drives we traded took about 10 strokes off his game and added 7 or 8 to mine. The average professional who is on his game doesn’t have much use for his brassie under present conditions. On that round at Hudson River, I played more shots than I knew were in golf, and I had plenty of occasion to use my brassie. ‘There is nothing unusual in my man- ner of driving. It is, as & matter of fact, entirely conventional. The straight left arm, the elbows in, an easy back- swing, the increasing swish of power on the downstroke, with the punch reaching its maximum at the point of impact. Relaxed Muscles the Secret. ‘The secret of dri lles - i g e e e, easy looseness comes good timing with proper timing come long, st tee shots. ‘The funniest shot I ever made was due to a wretched tee shot. Many years ago in Aberdeen, !eomnfl.m 1 was playing Harry a team match between Aberdeen and Montrose, Skieenih a5 gards long. 1 i sf long. I sliced to within a couple mm‘:& a that stood between me and the ‘The ball lay in front of door. was another open door in the far wall, and, looking through them, I saw that I was in a straight line with the green. I took a brassie and socked the ball with all my might. It sailed through the tool shed and tolled up on green to within six feet of the hole, H:mpwn hasn't forgotten that shot yet. I can blame it on my drive, though. If it hadn't been terrible I'd never );:vte been called on to make that brassie ot. (Copyright, 1929.) GROVES BATTLES BOWEN IN AN EXHIBITION BOUT Kid Groves and Paul Bowen, local fighters, will meet in an exhibition bout tonight as the feature of the initial boxing program of the Paramount A. C., newly organized club, with head- quarters at 426 Ninth street. K. O. Stewart meets Bear Phillj and Pewee Sherman is matched wif s‘lzl‘in Simpson in the feature amateur ts. A wrestling match is also scheduled. i cicnibie GALVESTON, Tex.—Bobby Lawson, 8t.| Troy, Ala,, outpointed Kayo Brown, El Paso (12). ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Battling Finch, Savannah, outpointed Mike Firpo, Havana (10). They require and demand constant schedule. 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