Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 27

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1929. Jeffries-Johnson Scrap Had Rickard “Going” : Carrigan Still Building in Boston FRISCD BACKDOMN BT 130F 37 S0 - WAS JOLT 70 TEX ON 108 LAST YEAR WONDER WHAT A P UMATICVDR.ILLER THINKS ABOU —BY 'BRIGGS Yankees to Number Players, Setting Big League Precedent PRETTY SofFT- Gee I'D HATE To LoseE THis Jog- SOMETHING To LEAN ON — IT Does SpAKe one UP A BIT BUT — WHAT Teuw - WHAT THUH THESE HERE Now RIVETERS oN BUILDIN'S THavy'RE ALL RIGHT BUT THEY AIN'T STIDDY LIKE US GUYS.., WE.STICK THis OL'MAN DRILL IN THE PAVIN' AND WHAT THuM* WHAT T~ FOR. A GoOD, LOUD NOVSE AND KEEPIN' RIGHT AT IT WITHOUT STOPPIN' IS THE STUFF-- wWE DRILLERS KEEP MORE PEOPLE CRAZY THNAN RIVETERS NEW YORK, January 23 (#).—By their numbers shall the new York ‘Yankees be known this Summer. Setting a major league precedent, the Yankees have decided to have 12-inch numerals sewed on the backs of their players' shirts, so that each Forced to Shift Battle to Reno After Spending Over $50,000. (This is the only autobiography written by Tex Rickard. It was pre- pared in collaboration with Boze- man Bulger, jor publication exclu- sively by The Star and The North American Newspaper Alliance. Shortly before Rickard's death he discussed with Bulger plans for pub- lication of these memoirs in book form. Following is the fourteenth installment of the autobiographyn which is appearing in daily chap- ters.) BY TEX RICKARD. (In Collaboration With Bozeman Bulger) Y efforts to have the Jeffries- Johnson fight at Salt Lake City proved futile. I am still of the opinion that it should have gone there. As I have said, my judgment was based on the fact that Salt Lake City is nearer the center of population and would get the people from other sections. ‘The California crowd argued and ar- gued. They brought every possible in- fluence to bear for holding the big fight in San Francisco. The newspaper men of the coast took up the fight for San Francisco. One of my objections was that the governor might not permit it. There- upo the newspaper writers saw Gov. Gillett. He told them that the laws of California permitted boxing and he saw no reason why the fight should not be held in San Francisco. ‘With this they finally wore me down and I gave in. The people of Salt Lake City were disappointed, but I had done my best. ‘Then our troubles started anew. To begin with they made me buy a license which cost $6,000. Under the law a promoter had to have a license for a fight on a certain day. Another man Rld that date and I had to buy his icense, Builds an Arena. Next I had to arrange for building an arena. That in itself was a big job. After many negotiations I finally got a Jot at Market and Eighth streets. We built an arena at a cost of $35,000, Which, by the way, was a total loss. Then, right in the midst of other difficulties, a dispute arose over the Teferee. Bergen and Jeffries would not agree to any man who suited Johnson and Johnson would ,not agree to any man selected by them. Everybody soon took a hand in the argument. Jack Welsh, Ed Smith and Eddie Graney ‘were all suggested. I couldn’t get the principals to agree on any one of them. There were still others, but these were the main ones. “What's the matter with you being Teferee?” Johnson finally suggested to me in desperation. The idea of being referee had never :lclcc:rred to me. I had had no experi- . You don’t need any,” Johnson said, ‘as long as you are square.” This got to Jeffries in a few hours. %egl:lez assented. TS came to me, and to settle the matter I decided to be the referee, I did not take it as a joke because I realized the responsibility of the Jjob. In the meantime we had started selling tickets, all of which had been printed at big cost. Much jealousy had arisen over aneed thing and another. seemed confused ang - Titable. a5 We had out tickets for $300,000 and the money in the bank. I am sure that ht would have drawn $700,000. It looked as if we were to see the record attendance of all times. Bombshell Is Exploded. ‘Then came the bombshell. Gov. Gil- lett forbade the fight. You can Imagine what consternation this caused. And this on top of all the troubles and expenses and arguments. 1t was enough to make a man throw up his hands. But we didn’t. I have never been able to discover ' Why Gov. Gillett changed his mind after giving us the assurance on which we spent so much money. He curtly declared that he would not permit the fight and that ended it. He gave no explanation, Mind you, I was now out the $35,000 for the arena, not a cent of which I ever got back. I was out the $6,000 for the license, not a cent of which was ever returned to me. I was out all the incldental expense of promotion, such as the tickets and innumerable details—more than $50,000. Jeft Proves Good Sport.” In that troublesome time I will never forget Jim Jeffries. “Tex,” he said to me, “if we don't make a success of it now you can forget about the guarantee. Even if the fight is not held at all I will go anywhere and fight for you, or I will go on the road with a show to see that you don't come out loser.” A man who will do that is a real man. As long as I live I can never forget Jeffries for that. “Never mind, we'll hold it,” I assured him It was too late now to go back to the Salt Lake City people. I didn’t have the nerve, even if I had had the in- clination. There was nothing left but 10 go to my own State—Nevada. I got in touch with Reno. They agreed to build an arena at no cost to me if we ‘would bring the fight there. That was} finally decided upon. ‘Then came the big move to Nevada. ‘Those were exciting days. Training camps had to be moved, headquarters closed and everything. The newspaper colony moved out in a body. Some ugly rumors arose about the stake money. They were quickly silenced. Big Tim Sullivan of New York was there as stakeholder and he had the money, mostly in $1.000 bills. I was ready to go through with my end of it and take a chance. Now arose the biggest problem of all. | The money had to be returned to those who had bought seats in San Fran- cisco if they wanted it. Those who wanted to keep their seats could get them transferred to the Reno stand. I imagine it isn’t difficult for you to see what that meant. A jigsaw puzzle was tame alongside that. : 1 put a notice in the San Francisco papers that anybody who desired to have his tickets redeemed could do so by applying at the bank. The other dif- ficulty of seats we had to settle at Reno. i I have a notion that you are now beginning to see the troubles of a pro- moter—especially a green one. (Next—In the Training Camps.) (Copsright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) STALLINGS IS HOME AGAIN. ATLANTA, January 23 (#).—George Stallings, manager of the Montreal base ball club of the International League, who has been under treatment for several months for a critical ill- ness that followed an attack of hLeart trouble, has returned to his planta- tion at Haddock, Ga., to recuperate. D. C. GOLFER IS FOURTH. PINEHURST, N. C., January 22.— By leading the field vesterday with an 84—15—68 card, E. H. Batson of Con- gressional Club of Washington moved into fourth place in the Pinehurst Country Club seven-course sweep. Bat- ®son had a 379 total for 90 holes, ! | RWETING WHILE THEY'RE AT NCE popular bowling events are being restored to prominence on the local duckpin calen- dar. Tournaments and special matches that fell into the dis- cards a few years back, for no apparent reasons, are being revived as the alley promoters seek means for keeping the alley sport constantly before the public. After several years of abandonment the newspaper men’s individual cham- pionship tournament is to be brought back to the prominent position it once held. Arrangements are now being made to stage a big tourney, open to all news- paper employes, at King Pin, No. 1, next month. Definite dates for the affair have not been selected as yet. Johnny Baum, champion of the last newspaper men’s tournament, is ready to defend his title, which has remained unchallenged for the past three years. With a large field to draw from, the entries for the event should prove numerous. Most of Washington’s news- paper plants are represented by one or more bowling teams in addition to the large number of independent devotees of the game who are employed in various branches of newspaper work. Several of the publishing plants have one or more leagues with scores of good bowlers. Arville L. Ebersole, secretary of the ‘Washington City Duckpin Association, who has been named chairman of the newspapermen’s tourney, has appointed the following committee. to make ar- rangements for the tournament: Ben McAlwee, W. Charles Quant, Francis Cronin, R. J. Atkinson, Henry T. Ro- dier and R. D. Thomas. local newspaper plants will be eligible to enter. The Times, Herald, Post, News, Star, Bulletin, Labor, United States Daily and other newspapers are expected to e represented. termine the winner. No entrance fee will be required, ‘according to the an- nouncement, and attractive prizes will be offered by Bill Wood, manager of the Meyer Davis alley establishments. It is probable that all tournament games will be rolled on one date. Night employes will roll in the afternoon and day employes will roll at night. Should the entry list prove too large to be disposed of in one day and night, additional dates will be set aside to meet the demand. 2 IS A GooD RACKET They CAN'T KEef IT UP LIKE US GUYS..., WONDER WHAT THE OLD LADY IS GoiN' To HAVE FOR SUPPER- “OLD” BOWLING TOURNEYS NOW ARE BEING REVIVED committee in charge of reviving the | Lo Bowlers employed in any of the Fh Total pinfall for five games will de- Fe D T BUT FooLIN’ in addition to a team now battling for the lead in the Commercial League. Times-Herald and Post leagues, boast a number of high scorers. Times-Herald and United States Daily also have teams in the Commercial League. Success of past newspaper men’s tournaments forbodes a large entry list for the coming event. Keen rivalry always features competition between employes of rival newspapers. Baltimore Odd Fellows bowlers found the local Odd Fellows unbeatable last night at Lucky Strike. The Washing- ton fraternalists proved inhospitable hosts, taking all three team matches from the visitors. . ‘Washington's first team won, 1,658 to 1,529; its second triumphed, 1,540 to 1,510, and the third quint -won, 1,536 to 1,515. Each of the local teams will have a fair pin margin to its advantage when the return block is rolled in Baltimore next week. No sensational scores featured the match, which was, witnessed by.a large following of each team. Chalmers Groff led individuals of both teams with a 350 set. Hanson of the visitors rolled high game, 133. H Scores: - FIRST TEAMS. 96 86 89 Hild'nd 1. 92107113 Totals.. 489 517 523 SECOND TEAMS. ‘Washington. more. Cordell. -+ 103 1i 92101 93 75 96 115 108 103 106 101 95133 89 111 92 465 506 539 Balsl Townsend Schmidt.. Kronaier anso; 109 100 102 . 514534 492 THIRD ‘Washington. 3. Elett.... 101 1i6 109 idt 93 84 99 g’ 99103 98 Barrett. 104 101 116 Totals.. 506521509 Totals.. 516495 504 Joe Mulroe and his All-Stars hope to show their Fredericksburg rivals some real bowling Friday night when a squad of the Virginia city’s best pinmen visit the Arcadia to complete the team singles and doubles matches started at Fredericksburg last week. The local bowlers had difficulty hitting the cen- tury mark in the opening block and 94 108 129 101 116 99 106 Duckpin bowling has increased in popularity among the newspaper em- ployes. The Star now has two leagues As Told by THE DRIVE BY EDDIE HELD. Eddie Held is one of the most con- sistent golfers in the United States. He seldom fails to quality in the national amateur champlonship, and while living in St. Louis he won many Middle West- ern tournaments. He won the first na- blic_links championship ever tional pul held in"the United States, and several times ~was crowned Transmississippi champion. Since making my home in New York I have discovered that some of the best drivers in the country are to be found there. Among them are Maurice McCarthy and George Dawson. Both hit terrific wallops off the tee. They are powerful fellows—all-around ath- letes—and they certainly bear down when it comes to driving. However, I must go outside New York to pick the best of them all, though he was born and brought up in the New York district. I've never seen a better man on the tee than Phil Finlay, the Harvard boy, who was a member of the Shinnecock Hills Country Club. He can poke & golf ball greater distances than any one I know. Next to him I would name Bobby Jones. Bob is straighter, on an average, but even he can't keep up with Finlay when that boy lets go with everything he has. Phil made the greatest drive I ever saw in his match with Johnny Ames jin the last national amateur cham- | pionship at Brae Burn. On a hole 535 vards long he carried over the green with a drive and a spoon. His tee shot was a pood deal more than 300 vards, and straight as a string. It was a wonder, and the spoon shot was | pretty hefty, too, clearing the remain- ing distance and not even lighting on the green. e With all his great distance, Finlay is pretty straight on an average, t0o. He finds trouble occasionally, but so does every one. T've been asked to tell you some- thing about my own method of driving. In this series some fine hitters have explained how they did it. Some have gone into considerable detail. I will not. Great drivers don't all have the same style. It is a matter for the individual. ‘There are essentials to be remem- bered, such as keeping the head down, the eye on the ball, taking a slow back swing with a straight left arm, Golf’s "Vital Plays Masters c.. are trailing in team and doubles events, Mulroe holds a 4-pin advantage in singles over Sullivan. Eddie Held- Calls Finlay Greatest Driver, and Puts Bobby Jones Second. * ok kK Distance Is Matter of Individual Style, Not Following Pattern. and not swaying or jumping at the ball or pulling away from it. These facts must be remembered as the basis of a drive, but the mattér of the open or closed stance, the grip and so forth will be decided by the player himself. Because I use a slightly open stance is no indication you should. ‘The drive is one of the great shots of Rolf. You'll get few keener thrills from golf than a long, straight drive down the middle, but no matter what you do you'll probably never hit 'em as far as Phil Finlay does, (Next—Alex Smith on driving). (Copyright, 1929.) TIGERS ADD HOLLYWO0O0D TO EXHIBITION SCHEDULE l DETROIT, January 23 () —The De- troit Tigers have added another prac- tice game to their training schedule. ‘The Tigers have arranged to play | the Hollywaod club of the Pacific Coast League on March 20 in San Diego. With few exceptions, the other pre-sea- son games are slated with the Pirates and Cubs. BANK OR BASE BALL? GAZELLA IS UNDECIDED NEW YORK, January 23 (#)—Mike Gazella, former substitute - infielder of the New York Yankees, who was sold to Newark this Winter, is not certain whether he will play this year. Mike has a position with a brokerage house that is paying him well and has not been able to make a choice between Wall Street and the ball field for the GENERATOR TROUBLE WE REPAIR ALL MAKES CREEL BROS. 1811 14th St. NW. Decatur 4220 Representing 48 Leading Mfrs. of | Auto Electrical Equipment and Motor Parts | SEEN BETTER DRILLS THAN THIS BABY BUT 1T AIN'T S0 ROTTEN-- THOSE AKRQON OUTFITS ARE THE BesT ON THE MARKET NO WELL I'VE BEEN PUSHIN' THIS FER AN HOUR STIDDY AN' | GUESS I'VE MADE A LOTTA PEOPLE SORE BY THIS TIME So f'LL LAY OFF A MINUTE— BUT WHAT_THUN- WHAT THUH THE SPORTLIGHT y Grantland Rice. Concerning Fundamentals. Almost any one will admit that fundamentals are the foundation of any game. But there is one idea to be added to this statement, viz, that only a few actually know what the fundamentals of any game are. And this applies to any game you can name. Out of 4,000,000 golfers certainly 99 per cent do not understand or visualize the few essential ingredients needed for correct swinging. _ And you might be surprised to know how this statement applies to any number of first-class players, amateurs and pros. They may know intuitively how to hit the ball, but any number find it difficult to pass the correct instruc- tion along, because the actual fundamentals of the swing are still too vague, There are hundreds of fighters around, and not 1 per cent know the funda- mentals of hitting—what punching power comes from and how to apply it. You will hear that tackling and blocking are important fundamentals in foot ball. They are. Yet it might surprise you to know how few actually under- stand what the correct fundamentals for tackling and blocking happen to be. The fundamentals of most sports start with balance—and balance means motion under control. Few have this balance. Watch any big league ball game and see how few are correctly balanced as they hit the ball. Correct balance must let every part of the body do its work without any check or hindrance, Correct balance means the absence of tension. Take your golfers, tennis players, foot ball players and fighters, and after a careful diagnosis you will see how few understand what balance really means. In golf there are nearly 4,000,000 who have no idea wimat it means. Their angle is that a post stuck in the ground is balanced. Only it isn't. A spinning top is correctly balanced, for here is motion under control, with all check and hindrance taken away. By fundamentals I mean finer details that may not seem important, but are often highly so. Short Marches. Sir: Ohio State University is learning that it is much easier to accept the resignation of a coach like John W. Wilce than to find a man to replace himn If the U. S. G. A. gives us a larger ball, why not give us larger cups, larger fairways and larger clubs? They all seem too small for me. e “Are you right or left eyed in golf?” asks O. B. Keeler. As a matter of truth, I must be blind, for I seldom see the ball when I swing on it, or thereafter. DR Del Monte is famous for its brand of peaches, but there will be a lot of prunes out there next September. .. There's one thing in Wilile Stribling's favor as a heavyweight champion. He could be taught to toss polysyllables, complex hrases and litera: ems much easier than Mr. Jack Sharkey.. e il . It is rumored that Walter Hagen hopes to find a caddy, in China, who can launder his shirts as well as carry his clubs, HANDY ANDY, Concerning Fundamentals Again. How many know that in a golf swing or a base ball swing, for example, if your weight is on the left foot through the back swing you are going to hit with your wedght transferred back to the right foot? All of which means merely that you are hitting exactly 100 per cent wrong. It means that you are trying to apply power in one direction while your body weight is traveling in the opposite direction. If you can do that you are the world’s greatest contortionist. Yet I have seen this principle of weight on your lett foot through the back swing taught as a fundamental. This is just a sample of thousands who are sure they have the fundamentals when what they happen to have is exactly the opposite. Champions and Their Chances for 1929, NO. 9—MANDELL AND DUNDEE. ‘This proposition is fairly simple. Sammy Mandell is still the best light- weight in the business, unless he is handicapped by his broken arm later on. Any lightweight who can outpoint Jimmy MgLaurin by as wide a margin as Mandell did is no part of a second-rater, as little as he has attempted to defend his title against any class. Mandell is no chance taker of any sort, but he can box. Joe Dundee is quite likely to get stopped by any good welterweight he meets —especially if said welterweight is Fields or Thompson. Thompson stopped him cold in a few minutes, and Fields beat Thompson. * Dundee has let the welterweight division remember that any such class exists. “I think,” writes a correspondent, which 1s as far as we read. L. G.—As between Bob Grove and Dazzy Vance, it still gets down to the old mattter of it being difficult to judge the speed of a ball you can't see. ‘‘You can say for me,” viriles Midwest, “that Lloyd Brazil of Detroit was the best back in the game last Fall, bar nobody. Dorais was right when he said Brazil was a better all-around back than George Gipp, and none of these others was a George Gipp—which includes Cagle, Strong, Carroll and Scull.” (Copyright, 1929.) MACK GOES SOUTH KEENE BUYS RELEASE HOPEFUL AS USUAL FROM ST. LOUIS CARDS Vic Keene, former University of By the Associated Press. Maryland star, and a resident of this city, has bought his release from the St. Louis Cardinals. PHILADELPHIA, January 23—Re- Keene, a pitcher, now is dickering cuperating from a cold, Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, has left for the South to do with the Newark Club of the Inter- national League and a couple of his own preliminary training for the coming base ball season. American Association teams. Mack is going direct to Mount Ply- mouth, Fla., where he will play golf for three weeks before moving on to Fort Myers to watch Thomas Edison grow rubber trees and wait for the members of the Athletics to arrive for training. ‘The pitchers and catchers, 20 in all, will report on February 21, Mack said, and will have good workouts tq:on the other players arrive a week later. “Base ball fans are in for & big sur- prise this season,” sald Mack. “Most of the clubs have been strengthened and that is an advantage in our favor. “Naturally, if the other teams man- age to take more games from the Yankees the New Yorkers won't have the same big adavantage as in the past, and that is why I think the Athletics have a better chance than last year.” MEN'’S SUITS Thoroughly cleaned equal to new —adds longer wear—improves ap- pearances. Phone M ray, Atlantic Personal Service Department. G GUE ps; Largest Cicning 23 Plant 3rd & Eye Sts. NE. slip completely to obscurity, Few “I have a .new golf story for you"— - No Red Tape No Embarrassment Bring Your Car Registration €ard . Get Your Tires on the Spot We call and Deliver Promptly 1234 14th St. N.W. 2250 Sherman Ave. 634 Pa. Ave. S.E. position in batting order. may be readily identified by fans in the stands. Under a tentative arrangement the regulars will be numbered by their ‘Thus a fan who does not known his Yankees can gearch the field until he finds a player with a huge No. 2 on his back. Thxt will be, of course, the well known home-ru; Ruth. No. 1 will be Earl Combs; No. 4, Lou Geh and so on. The key to the numbers will be found in the score cards. Yankee officials believe the plan will meet with favor Wmong spectators who don't get many chances to see the various players. be valuable, they believe, before game time, when some 50 players will be on the field. The numbers will readily identify all of them to the fans. The scheme, common enough in other lines tried in base ball. but not by a major league club. manufacturer, Babe ig; No. 5, Bob Meusel, Especially will it of sport, also has been LOUGHRAN PICKED 10 RULE HEAVIES Levinsky, Who Declares Big Purses Hurt Game, Sees Tommy as King. By ‘he Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 23.—Bat- tling Levinsky thinks big purses “are ruining American heavyweight fighters and in a few years this country will find itself in the same unfortunate con- dition that England did 10 and 15 years ago.” The former light heavyweight champion of the world gave his views in a radio talk last night. “The public interest in heavyweight matches and the resultant big purses offered by promoters is causing the class of American heavyweights to de- teriorate,” said the batfler who retired last week after 20 years of fighting. “In a few years our so-called leading heavyweights will be men who have been pushed to the top without the proper training and experience. “As soon as a heavyweight shows a little -ability in two or three bouts, his manager pushes him ahead. No at- tempt is made to teach him the science of the game. Why, in a few years we'll have a corps of heavyweights such as England had in Bombardier Wells and Gunner Moir. As soon as they meet a good man they take the count in one or two rounds. “Only one heavyweight in this coun- try today knows the real art of boxing. That's Tommy Loughran. He'll last longer than the rest, too, for he knows how to take care of himself. The others don’t. It will be impossible to keep Tommy from the title, for when you can’t hit a man you can't beat him. ;‘la heavyweight can hit Loughran to- ay.” HARTNETT OF THE.CUBS TO HAVE NEW MANAGER “Gabby™ Hartnett, “catcher for the shall of Chicago are to be married January 28, : Hartnett and his bride will spend their honeymoon on Catalina Island. They will leave for the Spring training camp of the Cubs with the t February 14, il CHICAGO, January 23 (#).—Charles | Chicago Cubs, and Miss Martha Mar- | Fights Last Night By,the Associated Press. CLEVELAND.—Paul Pirrone, Cleve- land, outpointed Ray Romney, Buffalo (6); Carl Tremaine outpointed, John De Neri, Cleveland (6). MILWAUKEE. — Shuffle Callahan, Chicago, outpointed Chief Elkhart, Okla homa (8); Sammy Ward, Chicago, out- pointed Louis New, Milwaukee. WILKESBARRE, Pa.—Frankie Gar- cia, Utica, N. Y. outpointed Johnny Dundee (10); Tubby Nobel, Wilkesbarre, stopped Jack Salinger, Montana (2). CHICAGO.—Joey Medill, Chicago, outpointed Spug Myers, Pocatello, Idaho (10); Eddie Ballatine, Chicago, out- pointed “Iowa Joe" Rivers, Cedar Rapids, Towa (10); Paul Pantaleo, Chi- cago, knocked out Jerry Sullivan, In- dianapolis (5); “King” Levinsky, Chi- cago, and Babe De Corsey, St. Paul, drew (6). ST. PAUL.—My Sullivan, St. Paul, outpointed Al Van Ryan, South St. Paul (10); Spud Murphy, Moorehead, Minn,, knocked out Dixie, Lahood, Butte, Mont. (1); Johnny Ciccone, Du-~ luth, Minn., outpointed Red Fry, st. Paul (6); Jackie Cameron, St. Paul, outpointed Ernie North, Waterloo, Iowa (6). INDIANAPOLIS. — Sammy Mandell, lightweight champion, outpointed Jack Gillespie, Detroit (10), non-title; Moan Baumgartner, Fort Wayne, outpéinted Sammy Price, Indianapolis (8); Tut Seymour, New Orleans, and Paul An- thony, Sfoux City, Iowa, drew (6); George Kutulis, Chicago, stopped Billy Myers, Indianapolis (5). LOS ANGELES.—Newsboy Brown, Sioux City, Iowa, outpointed Ernie Peters, Chicago (10). PORTLAND, Ore.— Sergt. Sammy Baker, Mineola, N. Y., outpointed Charley Long, Oakland, Calif. (10). GREENV] » Miss.—Joe Mack, Mc- Comb, Miss., won from Jimmie Cox, Memphis, technical knockout (2). WILLIAMS Ii.E-ELECTED HEAD OF COAST LEAGUE BY the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 23— Harry Williams, president of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, was re-elected to office for a two-year term at his present salary of $10,000 yearly, direc- tors of the league announced at an adjournment of their session. The directors approved the motion of H. William Lane, president of the Holly~ wood club, providing for the formation of a class D league in Southern Cali~ fornia. The five original franchises of the new league were allotted to San Diego, Santa -Ana, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Bakersfield. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Light Heavywelght Champion of the World. ACK SHARKEY is taking a chanc> on having the battle of Miami Beach spoiled by fighting K. O. Christner at Madiscn Square Gar- den, New York, Friday night. Christner is the big Akron rubber-pit man who knocked out Knute Hansen. They tell me he is 36, and has becn boxing only about thyee years. This is pretty late to start. I never heard of a man who rose to great heights after making his start at such an age. True. Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight championship when he was well over 30, but he had been boxing a good many years. Christner isn't likely to be rated with the titular prospects. If he should happen to land one on the button and spill Sharkey for the count, there would be a different story to tell. Chris probably would be substi- tuted for Jack at Miami, but the likeli- hood of that isn't particularly rosy. Sharkey figures to outbox Christner. Knute Hansen figured to do that, too, but then Jack is a much more rugged person than Knute and won't curl so quickly if he is hit hard. Still, I know that even a good boxer can be hit with a right hander from the floor. It isn't exactly carelessness, though Jim Corbett says, and he is right, too, that no rea! ringman should leave himself open to a right. You just let down a bit, and then whang! If that should haj will cause the Madisoni Square Garden people a lot of anguish. They have pen Friday night it | Sharkey Is Taking a Chance On K. 0., Loughran Declares been banking on Sharkey, and to have to throw in another man at the last moment might hurt the show a lot. Still, as I have said, it isn't very likely. Leo Lomski's victory over James J. Braddock four or five days ago puts the Aberdeen tiger decidedly back in the running for a shot at the light heavy- weight title. Leo gave me a great fight the first chance he had. He's busy as a bee, and a good hitter with either hand. It was that aggressiveness of his that won for him. I think Braddock a fine prospect, par- ticularly so if he puts on some 15 pounds. He has a wonderful right hand, but his people will have to teach him how to keep hitting. Besides, he has a tendency to become flurried when the pace becomes fast. overcome with experience. The most sensational fighter of the last six months, though, is not a big fellow. The honor goes to Ray Miller, who is no more than a junior light- weight, but who has knocked out Sid Terris, Jimmy McLarnin and Tommy | Grogan, among others. Every one admires gameness, and Ray’s courage after getting up from 11 knockdowns and then stopping Grogan is one for the book. McLarnin, judging by his victory over Joe Glick, has improved greatly, and he might beat Miller in another trial. But you just can't take it away from Ray for being the bright star of the game right now. Miller's left hook is the best punch in his repertoire, and it is a beauty. (Copyright, 1929. by the North American | Newspaper Alliance.) “To maintain our dail trucks that will give a serv before our first purchase. STEWAR' have it. Franklin 1170-1171 Among the outstanding leaders in a scheduled daily enviable lead, due largely to their tireless efforts to g've ti very foundation of their great success is dependabl A model, a type, and a size for every line of business. See us for what you need in transportation. 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He has 37 players on his roster and only 13 of them were with the club last season. He nas 13 pitchers, 6 catchers, 10_infielders and £ outfielders. He has no 1dea who is going to piay | in his infield 2nd doesn't expect to until | the squad has acen working out at | Bradenton, Fla., for a couple of weeks. Todt Sure oi His Job. Phil Todt, ‘he best fielding first base- man in the l.ague last season, seems |to be the only infielder sure of holding “hls job, but Rothrock will be on hand I to succeed him i he fails to hit better seasdn. Bill Regan, Gown second for the past two seasons, must out-fight Jerry Stan- daert, late of Brooklyn, and Grant Gillis, who came from Washington in the Buddy Myer trade, for the job. There are thrée outstanding candi- dates for the shortstop berth, Harold Rhyne, who came from Philadelphia on waivers; Wally Gerber, and Bobby Reeves, who held down that position for Washington for two seasons. Carrigan’s biggest problem seems to be the finding of an adequate third baseman. His best bet is Bobby Barrett, who is coming up from the Buffalo In- ternatignals and seems about ripe to blossom into a maj.: league star. Bar- rett was with Brooklyn for a time cev- eral years ago, but Uncle Wilbert Robin- son thought he ook too long a swing with the bat and shipped him to At- lanta in time to help that club win tne Southern League pennant. Of the eight outfielders due to report at Bradenton, four nave seen service with the Red Sox. These are Jra Flag- stead, Ken Willlams, Doug Tait and Jack Rothrock, who would rather play first base. The newcomers incluce Elliot Bigelow, a demon minor league hitter who was part of the Myer trade, and Loepp, Dumas and Scarritt, three minor league purchases, Strong Catching Staff. Carrigan knows catchers and he seems to have a strong staff with Alex Gaston, Charlie Derby and John Hev- ing, who have been with the club, and Bob Asbjornson, recalled from Akron, Eddie Connelly, who played in the East- ern League last season, and a youth from Waterville, Me, named Danny Shanahan, who played ball for Colby College. There will be five right-handed hold- overs fronl the 1928 pitching staff, Big Ed Morris, Charley Ruffing, Danny Mac- Fayden, Jack Russell and Pat Simmons. Morris was the most effective of the quintet last season, winning 19 and losing 15. The other four functioned below the major league standard. Among the new box prospects are Milton Gaston, Alex's brother, and Horace Lisenbee, both involved in the Myer trade; Bill Bayne, with Cleveland last season; Frank Bushey, recalled from the Pittsfield Eastern League Club, and four rookies, John Shea, a former Boston College twirler; Bobby Carroll, Benny Frey and a youth named Dur- ham, who could not escape the nick- name “Bull” Bayne and Shea are the only southpaws in the lot. MANDELL WINS BOUT DESPITE BROKEN RIB By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 23.—Fight- ing with one rib broken and favoring 2 knit collarbone that was fractured in a bout last Fall, Sammy Mandell, world lightweight cBampion, showed all his speed, dash afid skill last night®in de- feating Jack Gillespie of Detroit. It was Mandell's first fight since his collarbone was fractured at Flint, Mich., in a fight with Jimmy Goodrich last September. 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