Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1929, Page 34

MIAMI BEACH BOUT MAY BE CANCELED Garden Officials Balk at Big Guarantee—Program of Scraps Halted. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 11.—Bereft of its leader, a puzzied boxing industry looked at the world today and found nothing there to cheer about. Without Tex Rickard the market price for high-grade caulifiowers threatens to decline. At the start of the year the heavy- weight program for 1929 was rather clearly defined: The Stribling-Sharkey bout at Miami Beach, February 27; a battle between two other leading con- tenders, probably Tom Heeney and Paulino Uzcudun; a clash between the winners of these two matches, and a final round battle for the title between the ultimate survivor and Jack Dempsey. But all that has been changed. There are indications that the Stribling- Sharkey bout will not be held, at least on its scheduled date, and that Dempsey will reconsider his decision to return to the ring. William F. Carey, first vice president end treasurer of the Madison Square Garden Corporation, and other officials announced that they were investigating as to wheher contracts for the Stribling- Sharkey match had been signed. If contracts have been made, the Garden will go through with the match as scheduled. If no contracts exist, Garden officials are not sure what they will do. Although nothing official was said about it, there were indications that Rickard’s successors considered exorbi- tant reported guarantees of $100,000 to Sharkey and $40,000 to Stribling, ‘The Garden cannot afford to lose any money on the first big match it pro- motes without the benefit of Rickard’s vision. The loss of prestige might con- ceivably have a serious effect on the corporation’s standing. Dempsey de- clines to say definitely whether he will return to the ring. “I am going back to Miami Beach directly to pick up those negotiations with the people with whom Tex was in- terested and with whom he desired me to become interested, and after I have become throughly familiar with the de- tails of the proposed business arrange- ments I will come to a decision,” the former champion declared. “Should the Madison Square Garden people decide to stage the Sharkey- Stribling match, and if I can be of any assistance to them, it will be a pleasure for me to render that assistance, so that Mrs. Rickard and her baby may benefit from such arrangements.” At the same time it became rather lain that Dempsey will not become ead of the boxing end of the Garden’s business. Dempsey said that he had not been offered that post, nor any other, by the Garden, and that besides he had too other business interests to serve as an executive of the Garden. Even more pertinent to the subject, perhaps, ‘was his remark: “I don't kid mtyself that I could fill ;r&’x:.s shoes even if they gave me the ‘The bo world in general is in- clined to belleve that no one else will find that an easy task, either. GALLAGHER UNFAIR, MANAGER CHARGES her, not I, failed to play Blick, local made . Gallagher him as set forth in the contract and has failed to manage his interests to the best ad- To PUT oN Your FEET-- You WAN To KEEP GOOD "N coLo INTO SOMETHIN' BRAVES' PRESIDENT 1S SOUNDLY SCORED Called “Blackmailer, Black- jacker and Racketeer” by Councilman. By the Assoclated Press. , January 11.—Its public hearings into the Sunday base ball scandal ended, the Boston finance com- mission was intent today upon an ex- amination of the bank accounts of Emil E. Fuchs, president of the Boston Braves, and of Charles F. Adams, vice president. At the last hearing yesterday Puchs was denounced by City Councilman William G. Lynch as “a blackmailer, blackjacker and racketeer.” Lynch denied Fuchs' story that Lynch had sought an aggregate of $65,000 for him- self and 12 other councilmen in return for permission for big-league base ball on Sundays. Lynch testified that his characteriza- tion of Fuchs was based on an inquiry by the Federal attorney’s office in New York when Fuchs was attorney for Ralph A. Day, former Federal prohibi- tion director in New ¥ork. Lynch said the inquiry was made by John Holly Clarke, jr., assistant Federal attorney. PFrom New York Fuchs telephoned a statement insisting he had been cleared of suspicion and terming Lynch as a “bloody rat.” NEW YORK, January 11 (#).—Col. NOW ROY~ HERE'S A NICE HOT BRICK WARM CAUSE IF You KETCH ANY MORE AT MIGHT, RUN vantage. “If Marty had put his cards on the | William Hayward, former Federal at- table and told me that he wanted to | torney, today issued the following state- sever his connections with me, I would |ment concerning allegations in the have been glad to have granted his re- | Boston base ball investigation about quest,” Blick declared, “but he has|Emil E. Fuchs: never made any effort to play square “While I was United States district with me.” attorney certain allegations were made The Maryland Boxing Commission | concerning Judge Fuchs. A thorough recently upheld Blick's right to manage | investigation was made of which I had Galagher. The decision of this body|full personal knowledge and informa- also has been upheld by the Illinois and | tion. The sources of these allegations New York commissions. seemed to me at the time to be most " dless of the outcome of the|unreliable, and subsequent events con- suit brought by Gallagher, he will have | firmed this opinion. My recollection is to fight for me, or quit the game,” Blick | there was not enough to even present says, as the boxing commissions are su- | it to a grand jury. Certainly there was preme. never any indictment. Fuchs' reputa- 'f‘ot:u::: l‘xln:“u') have ge‘enu“lf\ clt{,“; = D.C. GUARD FIVE LOSES well as in private life a ml.g“o! l: IN HYATTSVILLE GAME HYA'I'P;V!LLI, dl(d., e‘.;lxmnry 11.; Company F cagers downed Company C, BB naE feagus game. Shankiin recorded 15 points for the winners and MacInich got 16 for the losers. Berwyn tossers overwhelmed Com- pany F's second string reserves, 26 to 5. RS LONG AND TROUT STILL STRIVING FOR REAL WIN LAKE WALES, Fla, January 11 (®). —Ninety-nine rounds together in_the ring and all even is the record of Billy Long, Philadelphia, and Al Trout, Cleve- land, negro middleweights, after their 10-round draw here. They recently fought 19 rounds to a double knockout in Tampa. The score now stands: Six draws, one knockout each and one decision each. | STURGIS IS R.E-ELECTED | JOCKEY CLUB CHAIRMAN! NEW YORK, January 11 (®.—F. K.{ Sturgis was re-elected chairman of the Jockey Club at the annual meeting yes- terday. William Woodward was again ‘chosen vice chairman and John E. Cow- din, secretary-treasurer. A. H. Morris, Joseph E. Widener and Harry Payne Whitney were elected stew- ards of the club for the next three years. MAJ. GEN. CROSBY HEAD . | OF ARMY OLYMPIC TEAM By the Associated Press. Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, chief of Cavalry, has been designated by Secretary Davis as the War Depart- ment's representative in all matters rel- ative to Army participation in"the 1932 Olympic games, which are to be held in! the United States, probably at Los| Angeles. WANT WRIGLEY SWIM. TORONTO, Ontario, January 11 (®). —Chicago, Cleveland and Vancouver are making bids for Willlam Wrigley jr’s 1929 marathon swim, Alan Ross, president of the Canadian Wrigley Co., said yesterday. The swim has been held | &t Toronto for the last two years. STRIBLING VS. SMITH. NEW ORLEANS, La, January 11 (/).—Young Stribling, heavyweight con- tender, has been matched to meet Ralph Smith, California heavyweight, in a 10- Tound bout at the Coliseum arena here sanuary. 25, 3 - { i tegrity and excellent THE EVENING - €089 Ny TRBUNE Wi TRIBE SENDS STEVENS TO DECATUR BALL CLUB Mike Stevens, former Western High and University of M“Lud athletic star, probably will do his ball play- ing next Summer with the Decatur team of the Three-I League. He has been notifled by the Cleveland Indians, to which club he was sold last year by Hagerstown of the Blus Ridge League, that he has been farmed to the Three-I club. Mike is whether he will continue his profes- sional diamond career. TENNIS TITLE DATES SETBYU.S.L.T. A NEW YORK, January 11.—The men's national indoor tennis cl lonship will be played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in this city beginning March 9, according to the tentative schedule made public in the official bulletin of the United States Lawn Tennis As- sociation. In addition to the date for the in- door tournament, the time of the hold- ing of the other national c! on- ships, Wightman Cup and East-West matches for 1929 was also included in the tentative schedule, which may be regarded as permanent. ‘The men’s turf court championship will be held September 7 to 14, the women’s indoor, March 18 to 23; the women’s turf, August 19 to 24; the Wightman Cup matches between land and the United States, August 9 ;m. and the men’s national doubles, made ing where the tournaments will be although the men's indoor will staged in this city and the women's indoor at Boston. men’s national turf championship is expected to be awarded to the Germantown OCricket Club as the five-year contract between the U. S. L. T. A. and the West Side Tennis Club expired with the holding of the tournament at Forest Hills last Summer. Other tournament dates listed are as follows: June 24 to 29, National Inter- collegiate; August 5 to 10, National Junior and Boys; August 31 to Septem- ber 2, East-West matches; September 2 to 7, Girls' National Turf; tember 19 Jg] 21, U. 8. Intersectional Team mad L. 1d, BOLAND GRID LEADER. ATHENS, Ga,, January 10 (#).—Joe Boland of Atlanta, center of the Bull- dog foot ball squ ht was elected Col. Hayward was Federal attorney wg:ln t.loxm Holly Clarke, jr., was an as- i int. GREAT SPORT By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, January 11.—What Tex Rickard would have ac- complished had he lived to carry out his elaborate plans offers as wide a field of specu- lation as that surrounding his possible successor. Only Tex himself knew of many and no doubt daring ideas he entertained. He figured most of his big ventures out months and often years in advance. ‘The promoter, for instance, had his eye on Tunney as the logical challenger for Dempsey's title over a year before Gene and Jack actually fought in Phila- delphia. The Tunney ballyhoo was as expertly handled as that establishing Carpentier as a rival for the Manassa Mauler. Rickard had mapped his plans defl- nitely this year for a_heavyweight re- vival featuring Jack Dempsey’s come- back in a bout to be held at the Yan- kee Stadium in September. The Strib- ling-Sharkey match at Miami Beach February 27 is the only tangible part that remains, although it is not un- likely that Dempsey, after he has fully death, may decide to go through with his part of the program. Florida Base Planned. Those close to Rickard believe he planned to make the Stribling-Sharkey fight the forerunner of extensive opera- tions in the South, with Miami Beach as the base for a program of Winter sports companion to his interests in New York. Significant in this connec- tion is that Rickard had invested sub- ?lub,u besides holding other Florida in- erests. For years Rickard maneuvered in an effort to obtain possession of an out- door arena in the Metropolitan district or to erect one which would enable him to plan his big outdoor spectaclts with the same certainty he operated indoors at Madison Square Garden. It can only be speculated upon whether he even- tually hoped to gain control of the Polo Grounds or build a new arena in Jersey City, as it is said he contemplated. As far back as 1924 Rickard sounded out Col. Jacob Ruppert on the possi- bility of acquirin, New York HALTED BY TEX’S DEATH recovered from the shock of his friend’s | &I stantially in the Miami Beach Kennel | Rl uad, tonig! captain o the 1929 edition of the Red and Black team of the University of Georgia. PROMOTION It was not so much that Tex desired to invade the base ball field as he de- sired to have control of an arena ade- quate to stage his outdoor boxing ex- travaganzas, Failing in that he con- ducted negotiations over a considerable period for the purchase of a controlling interest in the New York Giants from Charles A. Stoneham. Polo Grounds Sought. ‘Two years ggmro‘ it was understood Rickard and associates offered Stoneham $2,500,000 for 51 per cent of the Giant's stock, but these negotiations fell through. It was Rickard’s plan, if he obtained such control, to convert the Polo Grounds into an all-sports arena ! and lease the Yankee Stadium for the home games of the Giants. To the box- ing promoter it seemed an utter waste that there should be two such big parks idle during half of the base sea~- son and nearly all the rest of the year. Tex contemplated remodeling the Polo Grounds so that it would ped for bike racing and better a: for | { boxing shows, while still having fleld room for foot ball, soccer and other ports. While Rickard’s promotion efforts were confined chiefly to boxing, he often expressed his willingness to pro- mote anything if there were possibili- ties of a “gate” in it. At the old Ga den, he tried indoor swimming, in ad- dition to bike racing and boxing. He | discussed the possibilities of professional tennis in 1921, years before the pioneer efforts actually were made in this fleld by C. C. Pyle, who used the new Gar- den for the debut of his Lenglen- chards troupe here in 1926. Ricka was influen in establishing _ice l;rockkey on & big league basis in New ork. Some Schemes Missed Fire. Not all of Rickard’s high-powered | plans materialized. At one time he con- sidered staging the Firpo-Dempsey bout in Buenos Aires. For several years he also considered promoting a title bauti with Harry Wills as the challenger, but opposition from various sources to a mixed contest, as well as other obsta- cles, forced him to abandon the plan Rickard actually had the tickets for a g Wil mpsey bout printed at one time, Yankees, world champlons then, as now. ! bearing the date of September 8, 1924, STAR., WASHINGTON, THE INFLUENZA Riegels and the Aftermath. HOSE who are wondering what effect Riegels’ “wrong direction” run in the California-Georgia Tech game will have on his future might consider these detalls: Riegels, through his foot ball career, had been a player of ability, brains and gameness. One mistake, that might happen to any foot ball player in the game, can't offset these known quali- ties wfth any one possessing the slight- est intelligence. It is merely one of those things that always can happen in the wild whirl of a game such as foot ball is. If one mistake can damn a man, then the entire universe stands damned in advance. Riegels’ episode was more an accident than & mistake. It had no connection with any “boneheadism.” It wasn't a matter of judgment or intelligence. The main hope is that he won't take it too seriously, in the knowledge that he has the sympathy of all those who know how badly an accidental happening can be overplayed in the way of importance. Chbampions and Their Chances for 1929. No. 3. Bobby Jones, Amateur Golf Champlon. Bobby Jones has won four out of the last five amateur golf championships be | of the United States. After a hard six or seven year slege he finally broke through at Merion in 1924, and since the start of that championship he has won 24 out of his last 25 matches in championship play. In the last six years Jones bas won eight national champlonships—four at medal play in the United States and British opens and four at match play in the amateur round-up. He again will be the out- standing favorite at Pebble Beach when the next amateur scrimmage opens and he will again be the favored entry to win the next opep. Bobby Jones will be 27 years old next March and yet he has drawn 13 years of champlonship experience under heavy fire. If you take in city, State and sectional championships, this ex- THE SPORTLIGHT y Grantland Rice. BY BRIGGS on the short side of 27. He gets to play much less golf since he began the seri- ous practice of law, but for all that he is the most dangerous factor in the line-up for 1929, (Tomorrow—Helen Wills). ‘This Sharkey-Stribling melee can be turned into quite a contest if one sim- ple condition is imposed—that is, that the first one who launches any wrest- ling tactics will be fined his share of the purse. They can both box and hit as long as they can be diverted from variopa Strangler Lewis holds and grips. “Walter Hagen,” says & news item, “is to invade Japan and China. In China one of the leading golf courses is lald out in a cemetery.” Not a bad idea. The cemetry is the home of the Unplayable Lie—The Closing Divot— the Hole in One—the Final Bunker. (Copyright, 1920.) . S.A.A.A.U.TOHOLD CONFAB JANUARY 18 A regular meeting of the board of managers of the South Atlantic Asso- ciation of the Amateur Athletic Union will be held January 18 at 8 pm. at the Hotel Emerson, Baltimore, Personnel of the South Atlantic champlonship committees for the year will be announced, as will appointments to _the National A. A, U. committees. Preparations will be made for all South Atlantic championship events. Joseph T. England of Baltimore is president of the South Atlantic Asso- clation and Charles L. Ornstein of this city is secretary. perience covers 15 years. And he now is just about at his prime. Last year, in addition to winning the amateur, he tied again for the open, losing to Farrell by & stroke in the play-off. Jones will open his next campaign at Wing Foot, in the United States open. He will make his next bid at Pebble Beach. There is no part of a certainty in sport. But there are often good bets to shoot at. And Jones is about as good & bet as you will stumble across in the way of winning one crown or another. He has held some national golf title every year since 1922, when Sarazen beat him by & stroke. He was open champion in 1933, He ‘was amateur champion in 1924, He was amateur champion in 1925. He was United States open and British open champion in.1926. He was British open champion and United States amateur champion in 1927. He was amateur champion in 1928, That, all in all,_is quite a collection of fireworks. And all 1L SAY 17’ WORTH n'n‘s‘ DIFFERENCE freeze (Glycerine and Alcohol Base) oo safe-sure economical The R. M. Hollingshead Co. 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If he can develop a stronger pitching | staff, and possibly do some shifting in the infield to strengthen the second- base position, now regarded as open, Howley feels confident the team will bs a grave menace to the Yankees and Athleties in the coming scramble for | the flag. Some New Pitchers. The new flock of pitching prospects includes Warren Collins, veteran major leaguer, who is staging a comeback from Toronto; Herb Cobb, from Wich- ita Falls; Chad Kimsey, from Tulsa, and Oscar Estrads, blown in by the| draft. Claude Jonnard comes up from Milwaukee for another trial in the big show. Howley has faith in the future of Dick Coffman, a youngster, and be- lieves that George Blaeholder, Ed Strelecki and John Ogden should be more effective this year. He is count- ing on Sam Gray and Alvin Crowder, mainstays of last year's mound stafl, for a large share of victories, Crowder led the league in the percentage of es won and lost last year. Rick Ferrell, sensational young catch- er whom Commissioner Landis declared & free agent recently, is as a valuable addition to the Brownie ranks. sPHRTS” Ring Game in Tangle : Browns Well Prepared for Flag Baltle There was a scramble for his contract. and the Browns landed it. He will aid the veteran Wally Schang and Clyde Manion of last year's catching staff. Lu Blue, flashy first sacker, will be back at the initial bag with Buck Stanton from Wichita Falls in reserve. Otis Brannon is still available for sec- ond, but if Eddie Grimes can make at third, it is regarded likely that jowley will send the veteran Frank O'Rourke to second. Grimes is a classy youngster from Tulsa and Howley is coun heavily on him to make good at the hot corner. Another third base prospect is Leon Dondero a former foot ball star. Red Kress, who started last season ke & whilwind, will be back at short. Good Outfield Material. Heinle Manush, runner-up to Goose Goslin for the league batting cham- pionship, will be at his old post in left fleld. Fred Schulte, Frank McGowan and Earl McNeely, of the old guard, will be back for the otherh“uden Jobs. Tom Jenkins, Wichita ls slugger, also will make a bid to break into the outfield. Oscar Melillo, Larry Bettencourt and others probably will be in the role of reserves and will try for regular berths ié\ ‘l;‘:e Spring camp at West Palm each, GLICK WILL BATTLE MLARNIN TONIGHT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Joe Glick, | the lightweight pants presser from Wil- liamsburg, battles Jimmy McLarnin in the 10-round feature bout in Madison Square Garden tonight. The bout is at 138 pounds, for Mc- Larnin no longer can make the light- weight limit, and will campaign as a heavyweight hereafter. Despite the fact that he was stopped by Ray Miller in his last start, the Coast Irishman has been establsihed as an 8-to-5 favorite in the betting. Glick has been plugging along until he now rates as one of the outstanding chal- lengers for Sammy Mandell’s 135-pound title. Although a deadly body puncher he does not rate with McLarnin as a slugger. If he wins it probably will be because of superior boxing skill. Eddie_ Guida, Harlem lightweight, meets Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle, N. Y., lightweight in the semi-final, and Stanilaus Loayza of Chile battles Al Winkler of Philadelphia in another 10 s MOTOR FUEL J ROXAKD ..:5:;.3‘ ' SO QIR RN O :.0‘1; RO O 0” ! i Y RRIAXXEX g RO [y {CHAMBERSBURG CLUB . BOUGHT BY YANKEES By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—The New York Yankees finally have fallen in line with the “chain store” base ball idea, extendjng their sphere of activity to include the Chambersburg, Pa., club of the Blue Ridge League. ‘The purchase of the controlling in- terest in the Chambersburg club was announced yesterday. It is the Yankees' first venture into minor league owner- ship, although Manager Miller Huggins long has advocated the system. Chambersburg won the pennant for the first half of the split season in the class D league last year. Tom Clark, who was a coach for Jersey City last season, has been appointed manager of the club. McLEAN BOY BASKETERS TO PLAY JEWELL TEAM MCcLEAN, Va., January 11 (Special). —The boys' basket ball team of the Franklin Sherman High School, at Mec- Lean, will play the second game of the Winter schedule tomorrow night against | the Jewell Community team. The game | will be held in the high school gym= | nasium here. On Friday night, January 18, the boys will play the Petersburg, Va., Y. M. C. A. team, at McLean. The first game of the season last Tuesday night, played at McLean against the team from Fredericksburg, resulted in a vie- | tory for McLean, score, 31-23. MAY AID NORTHWESTERN. | CHICAGO, January 11 (#).—North- | western's hopes for a Big Ten wrestling | championship have been buoyed by the | announcement that Ralph Lupton, one | of the best 115-pound mat artists fn the country, is eligible for competition | this season. In two years of colleglate competition. Lupion has never been beaten. ROOS HEADS MOBILE CLUB. MOBILE, Ala., January 11 (@.— Frank O. Roos has been named presi- dent of the Mobile base ball club of the Southern Association, succeeding William A. Douglas, who retired to be- come chairman of the board and treasurer. CHTNING