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SPORTS. THE - EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. MONDAY, JANUARY SPORT 28, 1929 8 29 Shortest Fight on Record Lasted 4 Seconds : Sharkey Tuned Up With Christner LONGEST 2 DAYS, ALEOROING 10 TE Hawkins Beat Flaherty in Brief One, Lost to Brogan in the Marathon. This is the only autobiography written by Tex Rickard. It was prepared in collaboration with Boze- man Bulger, for publication ez- clusively fjor The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. Shortly before Rickard’s death he discussed with Bulger plans for publication of these memoirs in book form. Following is the eighteenth instailment of the autobiography, which is appearing in daily chapters. BY TEX RICKARD. In Collaboration with Bozeman Bulger. HE shortest fight I ever heard of, and I venture to say the short- est in history, was between Dal Hawkins and Martin Flaherty. Perhaps I have given the im- pression that I never was_interested in fights before the Gans-Nelson af- fair. 1 did not intend to do so. As a reader of newspapers I always was interested in boxing, and occasionally I h a chance to see some of the earlier fights, particularly those held in the Far West. The Hawkins-Flaherty fight was in Carson City, Nev., the day before the great heavyweight scrap between Fitz- simmons and Corbett. Tom Finlay, a native son, was in Madison Square Garden with me years later, and told the story again. I did not attend this fight myself, but the story ought to be repeated here. Just 4 seconds after Hawkins came out of his corner, the time required for him to reach the center of the ring and sct himself, Martin Flaherty was sprawled on the floor, knocked cold. They had left their corners simul- taneously. Arriving in the center of the ring, where usually the principals do a little sparring, Hawkins, without any preliminaries whatsoever, shot out his left. His glove landed squarely on Martin’s jaw for a knockout. If there have been quicker fights than that I do not know of them. Some one insisted that Battling Nelson knocked out a fellow named Rossler in exactly two seconds, but I have no record of it. Hawkins a Great Fighter. Dal Hawkins, by the way, was a great little fighter. Had he been able to use his right hand as he did his left there is no doubt he would have been & champion. Dal actually loved to fight. Hawkins proved his greatness by lick- ing Joe Gans in 15 rounds, though a little while later, when Gans fought him again, the dary knocked out Haw- kins in three rounds. Dal Hawkins not only figured in the shortest fight on record, but he had the distinction of also figuring in the long- est one. I know there can be no con- tradiction of that. This long fight was between Hawkins and Preddie Brogan, another San Fran- cisco boy. The fight lasted two days. , This will requirc some explanation, I'm sure. The Hawkins-Brogan scrap was at the Golden Gate Athletic Club, with Eddie Graney as referee. For viciousness no fight ever surpassed it. Graney stood in the ring for the first 72 rounds and was getting very tired. He was physically tired as well as tired of the fight. At the end of that round he called the two boxers to the center of the ring. “Boys,” he said, “vou’ve had enough for one night. “We’ll resume this battle tomorrow.” To the amazement of the spectators and of Hawkins and Brogan and their seconds Graney left the ring. B'rtos{an, a game little fellow, started a he finally agreed when Graney insisted, “I'll be here. “Me, t00,” declared Hawkins, just as eager as Brogan to go on. A Whole Night of Arguments. ‘The gamblers and the fight sharps had a whole nigitt of bets and argu- ment. ‘They never had heard of such a thing. Some of the biggest gamblers even laid odds that Brogan would not show up again. They had figured wrong. ‘They didn't know Brogan. He had no intention of quitting. Although Brogan was stiff and sore from fighting the night before he sailed right into Hawkins with the sound of the gong. Instead of quitting he carried the fight to Dal. Hawkins fought gamely, but was stopped in the fifteenth round the sec- ond night, ‘The fights I have mentioned are on the record books as the longest and the shortest. There are many who insist on Nel- son’s right to the short-distance distinc- tion by knocking out Rossler in two seconds. On the other hand there still are hundreds of old-timers who say the long-distance record should go to Andy Bowen and Jack Burke, who fought 110 rounds at New Orleans April 6, 1893. This fight lasted seven hours and nineteen minutes. But it didn’t go two days! The Burke-Bowen fight started at 9:15 in the evening, and it was early in the morning when the referee ordered the fighters to stop and called it a draw. They divided a purse of $2,500. During this long fight Burke tried several times to have it stopped and called a draw. He made this proposi- tion to Bowen at the end of the fifty- eighth round. “Not me,” declared the bruised and battered Bowen. “It was to go to -! finish, and it’s going to a finish.” ‘The proposition was repeated several times later, but Bowen was cetermined | to fight to a finish. And it went on. At the end of the 110th round both men were plainly tired, their eyes were | puffed, their arms swollen from stop- ping each other’s blows and their faces looked as if some one had hit them with | & cleaver. H Referce Dufly walked over to Mr.| Dickerson, president of the club. “Neither of these men has an ad-| vantage,” he pointed out. “They have | ‘made each other helpless. Let's call it | & draw and stop it.” ‘ “No,” answered Mr. Dickerson. “The crowd here has paid to see a finish | fight. It's up to us to give it to them. | Go on. Let 'em fight.” i Duffy, a man with a very human | hears, started haek to the ring. ! *To h—— with the spectators,” he ! called back over his shoulder. “They've ! seen more for their money than they'll ever sec again. These men deserve sympathy. I'll see that they get it.” With that he called the fighters to- | gether and declared the bout a draw. | There was great commotion. Even the fighters protested vigorously, espe- cially Bowen. i “Man, I beat him to a standstill,” he | argued persistently. “I outboxed him | and outfought him. I ought to get the ! decision.” “I agree with you, Andy,” replied ! Duffy. “You did beat him. Rut listen: When a fellow outboxes another for 110 rounds and can't stop him I think : the other fellow entitled to a draw,| don’t you?” { That ended the great battle. Andy | Bowen was a mulatto and that fight @ added to the glories of the negro race. ! In 1894 Kid Lavigne beat Bowen in 18 rounds. The following night Bowen ( HowS THAT Form A CoaT OF SUNBURN ARTHOR 7 You cAN HAVE T You P:DR) 5 SAP ! LL BET THE BUNCH N Tae OFFICE WILL DROP DEAD AND TpRA CREEN Wit EnvY wheN] | THEY SEE THIS SUNBURN | GbT omebody Is Always Taking the J Gosn' Your FACE LOOKS FUNNY = WHY Down'T You Go AND HAVE (T HOW S THAT For SUMBURN JIrew ? § 7 HONESTLY =« You couLD GeT GooD MOLEY M VAUDEVIL| You D JUST WALK OV THE STAGE WiTH THAT PAN — N Tov NO UKE MY SUNBURN ceorGE ? OH WHAT A eace ! Take IT AWAY- Ts A Comic —~— o SOMEBODY 1S ¢ ALWAYS TAKING ThE Jov ovT OP LFE - e P Al DEMPSEY TESTING LEGS WITH ROADWORK TODAY MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January 28 (#)—Road work stood on Jack Dempsey's schedule for today as a welcome diversion from the more or less confining labors of promoting the Sharkey-Stribling fight. After a short tryout of his muscles yes- terday, the former heavyweight champion launched today into his long postponed program of mild training, which he expects will tell him whether he can get into condi- tion for another fight. Final arrangements for the dis- posal of tickets to the Flamingo Park fight were being made today. The pasteboards are to be sent out Tuesday. Dempsey also is preparing :m ntllu arrival Tuesday of Sharkey's rainer. DATES ANNOUNCED FOR DIAMOND SERIES ALEXANDRIA, Va, Januarv 28— The schedule for the third athletic dis- trict of Virginia scholastic base ball series has been announced by Principal Henry T. Moncure of Alexandria High School, chairman of the body govern- ing athletics in this district. Schools of the district will be divided into two sections, with Fredericksburg High School, Alexandria High, George Mason High of Potomac and Washing- ton-Lee High School of Ballston in section A, and Warrenton, Warren County, Culpeper, Leesburg and Manas- sas High Schools in section B. Play in the district will begin March 29 and end April 26. Winners of the two sections will then meet to de- termine which will represent the third district in the State title series. The schedule follows: SECTION “A." March 29. Fredericksburg at Alexandria, at George Mason. Washingto: TE: 4 April 5. Alexandria at Washington-Lee, George Mason at Fredericksburg: 12. Fred ericksburg at Washington-Lee. George M son at Alexandria: 19, Fredericksburg George Mason, Washington-Lee at Alex: dria: 26, Alexendria at Fredericksburg, George Mason at Washington-Lee. SECTION “B.” Ipeper at Leesburg, Warren ssas. ssas at Culpeper, County; 12, Leesbui Manassas. Culpeper at Warrenton: 19, ren County at Culpeper, Wi urg: 26, Manassas at Warrenton, Leesburg at Warren County. March 29, County ai April 5. LEXANDRIA, Va., January 28.— Final plans for the organization of a rowing crew at Alexandria High School will be made Feb- ruary 6 at the monthly meet- ing of the Old Dominion Boat Club, which will make it possible for the local institution to sponsor rowing next Summer by extending the use of its shells and clubhouse to the schoolboys. Old Cominion will not make its own preparations for rowing and canoeing until March 6, although it already has been decided to enter Magnus W. Bales and Robert G. Whitton in the Canoe i{alling‘, Club’s regatta at Hains Point ay 30. Hoffman Clothiers will meet tonight at 6:15 at Whitestone’s store to leave for Fort Humphreys, Va., where they will encounter the Fort Humphreys basket ball quint at 7:30. ‘The Clothiers have completed negotia- tions for a game with Morris Clarke’s Original Anacostia Eagles in the Con- gress Heights gymnasium Friday night. The locals will play Quantico Marines here Wednesday night in Armory Hall. Episcopal High School's varsity five As Told by THE DRIVE BY LEO DIEGEL. Natfonal Professional and Canadlan Open Champion. Leo Diegel is indisputably one of the greatest of all homebred profes- sional golfers. His victory in the P. G. A. championship, in_which he defeated Walter Hagen, Gene Sara- zen and Al Espinosa, was one of the most remarkable feats in recent golfing history. Leo has won the Canadian open several times, and has come within a stroke of win- ning the American. He is one of the longest drivers in the game. l WOULD rate Clarence Gamber, the worid's longest drivers. I've seen sluggers both here and abroad and young pro from Pontiac, Mich., and Glenn Frank of Baltimore as the none of them punched their tee shots jany farther than these young fellows. They haven't come to the fore so far as tournament victories are concerned | wet, but they can't be kept back. Wow! How they hit. They are regular siege guns and they are coming stronger all the time. I would rate Bobby Jones as the most consistently long and straight driver, but then Bob does cverything well, and it is only natural that he should be one of the best drivers. Nobody hit more tremendously than Glenn Frank did in the last P. G. A. died. (Copyright, 1929, by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) Next: “The Greatest Pighter of All") (Copyright, 1929.) championship at the Three Farms Country Club, where I was lucky enough to dethrone Walter Hagen as profes- sional champion. In the qualifying rvuw. Gene Sar- Mixed Sweepstakes for Dubs Is Planned to Start March 2 SWEEPSTAKES bowling tourna- ment, open to bowlers of both sexes, who are affiliated with or- ganized leagues and whose league averages are less than 106 in any one loop, is the latest pro- posal of J. Willlam Wood, major domo of all Meyer Davis duckpin centers. Announcement to that effect came from the ever alert manager today. Plans call for all participants to roll 15 games on three successive Satur- day nights, commencing March 2. The first block of 5 games will be rolled at King Pin No. 2, shifting to Lucky Strike on March 8, and moving to King Pin No. 1 on March 16 for the final block. Total pinfall for the 15 games will determine the prize winners. It will be the first time the rank and file bowlers of both men’s and women's ranks have had an opportunity to shoot for rich prizes on a common basis. There is little doubt that a large number of entrants will participate in this novel event. Sweepstakes have in former years held mostly for the star bowlers. Entries in the Howard Campbell and Meyer Davis ladies sweepstakes have been confined to a small number of out- standing stars. Washington's vast army of bowlers never has had the opportun- Ity to engage in a sweepstakes event. By eliminating all bowlers having an average of 106 and better, practically every bowler of recognized ability is de- nied the privilege of entering this tour- ney. None of the District League pin- men will be eligible. Few of the Na- tional Capital and Athletic Club bowl- ers will be able to meet the require- ments. In fact, the field will be limit- ed in such a manner that most any dub will have an opportunity to share in the prize money. In fixing the average limit at 106 the sweepstakes promoters have opened the event to all women bowlers. Lorrainc Gulli, who holds the highest individual average in women's ranks, just man- ages to kcep below that figure. So many sterling performances have been recorded by woman bowlers this season that it is likely that a score of the prominent fair alley devotees will be among those entered. Official scorers of leagues will be re- quested to certify to the correctness of Old Dominions Will Foster Rowing for Alexandria High jamin Franklin University at Washing- Golf’s Vital Plays Masters Why Leo Tees His Ball So averages of all entrants, and an ap- pointed committee will reserve the right will meet a new opponent tomorrow afternoon when Woodward School of Washington invades Stewart Memorial Gymnasium at 3:30 p.m. 'oodward never before has played an Episcopal varsity team, although the two institu- tions have matched their lightweight quints on several occasions. George Mason High School, which defeated Fredericksburg High by a 28- t0-13 count last week to keep in the running for the third athletic district of Virginia title, will encounter Ben- ton tomorrow. Richard Carne is seeking games for his St. Mary’s Celtic Juniors. He may | N: be phoned ‘at Alexandria 1189-J, be-|Lew tween 6 and 7 p.m. Fredericksburg All Stars, one of the best bowling teams in this vicinity, will op)] the Health Center Bowling Alley’s the Health Center drives. Irish A. C. seeks games with junior quints. Phone Manager Romert Vogt at Alexandria 1498, between 5 and 6 pm. Diegel Rates Clarence Gam- ber and Glenn Frank, Bal- timore, Longest Drivers. High—Advises care in Se- lecting Driver. azen, Frank and I played together. Go- ing off the sixth tee we faced a terrific head wind. Now Gene 2nd I can't be rated as short hitters. We belted our shots as hard as we could—a drive and a full brassie, and were still short of the green, Glenn smacked such a terrific drive that he was able to get home with a mashie. The hole is 470 yards long| and with that wind to face actually played more than 500. You can imag- ine what a drive Frank had to reach the green with a mashie second. Some people are rather surprised to see me tee my ball so high. There is a very good reason for this. I hit my drives on the upward swing except in a gale, and I'll tell you why. If you hit the ball on the upgrade you get. it into air. This will make you independent of slow courses that hold back drives depending on a roll. ‘There's another thing I would sug- to reject entries of any outstanding stars whose actual averages may not be a true index of their bowling abilities. Duckpin events of special appeal to the rank and file bowlers have been the aim of local promoters for the past few years. In this proposed mixed tourna- ment, Manager Wood believes he has found a triple-header proposition for the average bowler. “Not enough attention has been shown the under classes,” Manager Wood says. “It is difficult to find a proposi- tion that gives equal opportunity to all of our many patrons, but I believe this mixed sweepstakes will be as popular as any bowling affair ever held here.” “The big boys have had all the fun in the Howard Campbell sweepstakes,” Wood says, “now all of those who have been content to sit back and look on will have an opportunity to share in the cash and glory.” Entries for this tournament may be made at any of the Meyer Davis estab- lishments. Each contestant will post $8, five of which will go into the prize fund and the remainder to cover cost of 15 games rolled. Division of the prize money will depend upon the number of entries received. It is likely that provi- sion will be made for awarding more prizes than in the Campbell sweep- stakes, where the first three high scorers share in the spoils. BUSY WEEK FACING CAVALIER BASKETERS CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., January 28 (P).—The University of Virginia basket ball squad has departed for a trip to North Carolina where North Carolina State will be met at Raleigh tonight and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuesday night. After returning home the Cavalier team will have only two days of rest before starting north. Maryland is to be played at College Park next Friday night and on Saturday the Virginians will go up against Catholic University at_Washington. Saturday Virginia threw the race for second place among conference teams in Old Dominion into a triangular tie by defeating Virginia Military Institute 21 to 9. V. M. 1. had previously won from V. P, I, and last Wednesday the Tech team licked the Cavaliers. COLORED TITLE FIGHT. NEW YORK, January 28 (#).—Jess | McMahon, matchmaker for the pro- posed New York Coliseum, is planning a bout between Kid Chocolate of Cuba and Chick Suggs of New Bedford, Mass., at Havana, February 23. The match, McMahon says, will be for the negro satll:’erwelght championship of the orld. With the Bowlers TOPOTHETAE LEAGUE. Team Standing. Judd & Detweile Fellowship “Forum ational Capital Py Thayer. . Joyce' Engraving National Publishing Potomac Electrotype Washington Printing D. C. Paper Mfg. Co. team tonight at 8 o'clock on | Ch 0. Engraving Co. 4 H-K Advertising Servic 16 3 High team sets—Judd & Detweller, 1,631; Fellowship Forum, 1,629, High team games -Fellowship Forum, 594; Big Print Shop. 874, High individual Sets—Beatty, Fellow: rum, 385 Johnson, Big Print Shop. High' individual games—Dern, Judd & D weiler, 156; Beatty. Fellowship Forum. 150. Most spares—Mischou, National Capital Press. 110: Cole, Thaver, 105. 26105 Strikes—Beatts, “Fellowship Forum, High ornberg, Thayer, 2§, averages—Mischou, National Capital Press, 110; Beatty, Fellowship Forum, 108. Fellowship Forum crawled a little nearer Judd & Detweiler last week by sweeping the set with Washington ‘Typographers, while the leaders were dropping a game to Washington Print- ing Co. Lew Thayer's team remained in fourth place with a twe-game win over M. Joyce Engraving Co. National { Capital Press was idle again, along with National Publishing Co., Standard En- .Emvlnx Co. and Potomac Electrotype 0. Ransdell, Inc., grabbed two games from H-K Advertising Service, shoving | the Advertising Boys further into the | cellar. Charles H. Potter Co. won over D. C. Paper Co. in two games, while Big Print Shop took the odd game from Columbian Printing Co. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE. Team Standing. w. A. & P. Telephone. Carry ice Cream Peoples Dru; Times-Herald Woodward & Wilkins ~ Coffee gest to the average golfer, and that is | Galt to be careful about picking out his driv- | er, for the length of a drive frequently depends on the character of the wood. ! This isn't theory. I have tested it | thoroughly. In trying out six clubs taken from the stock of a fellow pro- fessional, I found that two of them netted me 30 yards more than the others. ‘Try this out yourself and you'll find that T am right. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) (Next—Cralg Wood, on Driving.) al U. 8. Dailey. Upsetting of the leaders featured this week’s rolling in the Commercial League. ‘Woodward & Lothrop won two from C. = STRIB WILL NOT TRAIN HEAVILY FOR MIAMI GO MACON, Ga., January 28 (#).—W. L. (“Young”) Stribling will not in- augurate a rigid training campaign for his fight with Jack Sharkey at Miami Beach February 27, he said here on his arrival from New Or- leans, where Ralph Smith was the victim of Stribling’s 114th knockout vietory. ‘The former school boy battler an- nounced he is in perfect condition because of frequent fights, and that he will do only light road work and enough boxing to keep him in trim. Stribling has a corps of sparring partners lined up, however, chief among them being Martin Burke, New Orleans heavyweight. 50-CENT BASE BALL FOR HUB PROPOSED By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 28.—The Boston Post tomorrow will say that the special city council committee considering the application of the Boston National League base ball club for a permit to play Sunday base ball, will recommend an ordinance setting the minimum price of admission at 50 cents. Refresh- ments sold in the park.would also be at current store prices. The permit ;vauld be issued on payment of a $2,500 ee. Corporation Counsel Frank S. De- land, adviser to Mayer Malcolm E. Nichols, before whom the ordinance eventually would go for approval, has informed the committee that the council has not authority to set the prices of. admission or refreshments, the Post will say. He had previously conferred with Mayor Nichols on the question. Despite the counsel of Deland;, the committee will report the proposed ordi- nance to the full city council at its meeting, Monday. The committee offer- ed, as a basis for its recommendation, the ordinance permitting the City Park Commission to name the price charged for refreshments at various city recre- ation centers. FIGHTING JACKS FACE IN RING AT CHICAGO By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 28.—A pair of fighting Jacks from Chicago, Jackie Fields and Jsck McCarthy, battle for 10 rounds or less at Dexter Pavilion tonight for added recognition as out- standing contenders for Joe Dundee's somewhat shaky welterweight crown. Fields, who recently defeated Young Jack Thompson, the man who knocked out Dundee in a non-championship match, was a big favorite. Shuffle Callahan, Chicago’s southpaw middleweight bonecrusher, will meet Jack Kennedy of Detroit in the semi- wind-up. CHRISTNER APT T0O BOX PAULINO, NOT HEENEY NEW YORK, January 28 (#).—Paulino Uzcudun, and not Tom Keeney, will be matched against K. O. Christner, the tough Akron rubber worker, at Madison Square Garden February 22, under re- vised plans of Tom McArdle, Garden matchmaker. 2 Christner made such a great showing against Jack Sharkey last week that McArdle planned to match him against Heeney. But the New Zealander has not yet made up his mind whether he is coming back to the ring. GARDEN WELL ENRICHED BY McARDLE’S MATCHES NEW YORK, January 28 (#).—Dur- ing Tom McArdle’s four-month reign as matchmaker, Madison Square Gar- den has staged 13 fight shows with ag- gregate receipts of $613,763. McArdle was named to the matchmaking post last October 5. ‘The Sharkey-Christner bout last week tops the list with receipts of $73,199. The Hudkins-Devos brawl drew $64,499 and the clash between McLarnin and Glick $63,574. CHERRYDALE FIREMEN . LEAD BOWLING LEAGUE Arlington and Fairfax Firemen's bowling league opened at Rosslyn Sat- urday night, featuring the Fairfax-Falls Church match, which the former won 2 to 1, although a few pins proved the margin of the victors in each game. Clarendon took two from Jefferson and Potomac gained three wins as Arling- ton forfeited. Cherrydale defeated McLean 3 to 1, Thrsday, and holds the league lead by a greater pinfall over Potomacs. . TARHEEL BOXERS TRIUMPH. BLACKSBURG, Va. January 28.— University of North Carolina boxers, Dixie champions, scored two knockouts and three decisions to a pair of de- cisions for V. P. I. to down the Gobbler battlers, 5 to 2, here Saturday night. Gene Opens Club Face On Backswing SARAZEN OPENS *BLADE ON THROUGH ON (= THE LINE & & THIG 16 PATH HIS I b PUTTER TAKES BY SOL METZGER. The argument about pendulum putting and the arc swing of the club never ceases because good putters will always arise who fol- low each method. Many experts take a fling at the pendulum style on every possible occasion. Sara- zen does not follow it. His putt is a swing that opens the face of the club going back and then comes in on line and follows out along it. The path his blade follows is shown at the bottom of the sketch. Gene plays the ball off his left heel. Arms tucked in, right fore- arm on right thigh to insure steadi- ness, Takes club back with right hand and swings it through with this same hand. But just before contact the face of his club is at right angles to the line of flight. & P Telephone, while The Evening Star grabbed the odd‘game from Carry Ice Cream. The Times-Herald team, aided by a six-pin handicap, won two games from Peoples Drug. Boyers' high game of 147 and set of 356 helped Dulin & Martin trounce Wilkins Coffee two out of three. The fight for cellar tion is now tied after Galt won the odd game from the United States Dally, g How does he keep it there at con- tact and thereafter? At contact his left arm begins breaking at the elbow. Thus his left forearm (the left arm being the putting guide), swings on out on the line the ball is to take. ‘That keeps the blade on line and insures that the ball will not be cut. (Copyright, 1929.) 'DO WN THE LINE With W. 0. McGEEHAD R. JIMMY BRONSON, prizefight manager, started dipping into the future of the cauliffower industry and did not find it particularly bright. You will recall that Mr. Bronson recently was interested in the invention of the mechanical prizefighter. After a number of experiments he came to the conclusion that the invention was not practical and gave it up. He decided that there was nothing that could replace the real thing, because a mechanical prizefighter could not be taught when to keep his chin out of 4he way. A 3 “The mechanical prizefighter cannot be regarded seriously as a menace to the noble art,” Mr. Bronson concluded. “But there is a revolution on the way, not only for prizefighting, but for all the professional sports. That is the inven- tion of the television, which I understand is rapidly being brought to perfection. The prizefights of the future will be fought in the laboratories instead of in the outdoor or indoor arenas—and then I do not know what the game is coming to.” Come to think of it, there might be something in Mr. Bronson’s dark fore- bodings. Tex Rickard, after holding an inquest into the Tunney-Heeney bout and considering the cause of the deficit, blamed the radio. He reached the con- clusion that numbers of the customers might have remained in the com- fortable seclusion of their homes and got the results round by round without the formality of paying $40 for one of those alleged ringside seats. . Of course, the radio did not give them all they wanted, but they saw * quite as much from the fireside as they would have from the last few hundred ringside seats. It was not entirely satisfactory, but, under the circumstances, it was quite enough. But the television is another matter. The fight fan can see the bout from start to finish without taking the trouble to visit the scene of the combat. He might view it from his house, his club or his favorite speakeasy. Only a few of the dyed-in-the-wool customers, like Maj. A. J. Drexel Biddle and possi- bly a few of the Six Hundred Millionaires of Madison Square Garden, would want to be at the ringside when they could have a close-up of the entire bout in more comfortable surroundings. The thing would do away with the fight crowd altogether, so there would be no need of an arena. The properties would be merely a ring in the television laboratory, with the fighters, their seconds, the referee and the judges and possibly the New York State Boxing Commission to see that everything was carried on according to the rules of the commission. It would do away with the fight promoters. The men in control of the television laboratory would have to pay the fighters. They would get the pro- ceeds by taxing the owners of the television aparatus and that would seem to be easy enough, for the idea would be to have a television in every home, club and place where fight fans congrega®. The radio accompaniment would be unnecessary. You would not hear the roar of the crowd, because there would be no crowd. The watchers of the television screen would not have to be told that one man was down, be- cause they could see it for themselves. ‘There is only one flaw in the scheme. Mr. William Muldoon could hardly enforce his ruling against smoking while watching prize fights, unless he could station a special deputy boxing commissioner in every home. He would have to leave it to the honor of the watchers not to smoke while the bouts were on the television. Doing Away With Crowds. THXS thought should give pause to the plans of Col. Jacob Ruppert for the enlarging of the Yankee Stadium. It will not be long before television in- vades big league professional base ball. Instead of 40,000 or 50,000 persons watching a world series there will be as many millions as are interested in the national pastime. Any league president will tell you that there are as many mil- lions as there are inmates of the United States. Of course, the base ball magnates are interested in having all the citizens of the country see a world series. This will give them their opportunity. But naturally the magnates are not such philanthropists that they will be willing to support the clubs merely for the propagation of the national pastime. The pro- prietors of television will have to put up something toward the support of the pastime—perhaps they will have to meet all the expenses, There is one sport that television will not affect, and that is inter- scollegiate foot ball. No old grad of any college who is within traveling distance of the “big” game would be content merely to view it through television. He will want to be right on the spot, where he can do a little old-gradding; also join in the cheering and rise for the alma mater song. Of course, the general public might be content with a television view of a foot ball game. But that would not diminish the crowds, because the customers at a foot ball game are made up almost entirely of the grads, the undergrad- uates and their intimate friends. This is shown by the fact that no outsiders can buy tickets to the Yale-Harvard, California-Stanford or any of the other games that are called “classics.” Encouragement to Sit. 0!" COURSE, the sports involving active competition will not be changed in any way. For instance, no golfer would sit before a television watching others on the links, and no amateur tennis player would quit the courts to sit while others played for him. The fisherman will not watch the fishing by tele- | vision, nor will the hunter watch the bird dogs in action, even if it could be brought about. The television will affect only those who get their sports vicariously. The sitting lovers will still sit, but instead of sitting at the actual scene of the contests they will be able to sit whore they please. It will empty the stands, the bleachers and the galleries, but will enable more customers to watch their professional sports. The only change will be that they will be customers of the television company instead of the promoters. It will make the sport of sitting more comfortable and encourage millions to sit. In time there will be millions of sitters among the lovers of professional sports. In fact, in time we may become a nation of sitters, which may or may not be all for the best, and all the professional sports will be under the direction of the television company. For Active Sportsmen. save this situation there probably will be developed the portable television npr)urlms, so that the sportsmen who do not sit may go their way, television in their hand, playing their own game while they watch the professional games. For instance, a golfer might make the rounds, television in hand, watching a | world series between strokes. ‘The influence of television on-sports in general will be interesting to watch. In the meantime persons intimately associated with professional sports will con- tinue to view with alarm. By ~ ACapyrisht, 1920.) Rockne Wr(;ng About Grange Not Being Great, Says Zuppke BY BOB ZUPPKE. | (Poot Ball Coach, University of Ilinot.} ! I want to Lreak a lance with m; good friend, Knute Rockne of Notre Dame. > Knute recently put some poison on the frame of Grange, asserting that Red owed his glory to skillful exploit- ing in the newspapers. The Galloping Ghost, said the master of the Irish, was “stopped too often” to be con- sidered a great' star. As Grange's coach, I may not be considered an impartial critic, neither |am I disposed to keep talking about him, but such assertions as this cer- tainly demand comment. Although Knute never saw the Red- head play, I believe he is entitled to his opinion, but I think he is all wrong. On the few occasions the headlines screamed “Grange Stopped!” they really meant that Red had not scored a touchdown. Feats Tell Story. How many times did Red fail to cross the enemy goal? ing the honor to teammates. The same | was true in the Chicago game, when he gave the ball to Britton for a score. That year Red played 378 -minutes, gained 1213 yards and threw 15 suc- | cessful passes for 119 yards gain. | In all, Red participated in 20 games, all but three of which could be con- sidered top-notch competition. In five he did not score, but he could have scored in two games had he chosen. In three others the condition of the| field made it impossible for a runner| of his type to keep his footing. Faces Severe Test. After the Army-Yale game, Cagle, | undoubtedly a grand player, was| trotted out as the latest member of | the “greater than Grange” club. The next Saturday Army fell before Notre | Dame. Had it been Grange instead of Cagle, the headlines would have read: “Irish Stop Grange.” They let Cagle down_easily. That’s the kind of test] Red had to pass. | If we applied this same test to other great figures, we would find that they too were “stopped.” More often than In 1923 he scored three touchdowns on Nebraska and Northwestern, two on Butler and one each on Iowa, Chi- cago, Wisconsin and Ohio State. He played 295 minutes and gained 1,260 yards. In 1924 he did not score against Nebraska at Lincoln, simply because our quarterback elected to pass at the Cornhusker threshold. But Red gained 116 yards in this game, when I was trying out a new quarterback who did not call on enough. In 1924 he scored once against Min- nesota, twice against Butler and Iowa, three times against Chicago and five times against Michigan. He played 266 minutes and gained 1,164 yards. Inci- dentally, he threw 27 successful passes which gained 524 yards. In 1925, the year of the big mud, Red never had a decent fleld to run on. He made one touchdown against Iowa by a long run, two against Butler and three against Pennsylvania. He did not score against Nebraska, when the fleld was slippery. Against Michigan and Chicago the flelds were veritable quagmires, and it was ridiculous to ex- pect him to break loose. Against Ohio State he gained 235 yards, but as quar- terback, instead of giving himself the ball when touchdowns were certain, he showed his generosity of spirit by hand- DEBT OF $1,750,000 IS PAID BY FOOT BALL By the Associated Press. Seven seasons of foot ball at Ohio State University wiped out a debt of more than $1,750,000 on Ohio sta- dium. Now foot ball has been given the task of raising another to add other athletic plants to the campus. - Plans contemplate the erection of five buildings to harmonize with a new men's physical education build- ing, an armory and an aviation hangar, financed by legislative ap- propriation. \ 'l‘%:e new units. will be a varsity men’s field house, to cost $500,000; an intramural sports building, $500, 000; a swimming pool, $250.000; & women's field house, $300,000, and a boat house on the Olentangy River Red, in fact. I know what I am talk-| ing about here, for I have checked up on_some of the legendary figures. 36 is absurd to say that Red's fame was built by bally-hoo. Any player who can make four long runs for touchdowns in 12 minutes against a team in the class of Michigan, like good wine, needs no bush. ‘Walter Camp called Red a “streak of concentrated lightning.” Ed Batche- lor of Detroit, who had Mahan, Thorpe and others, said that wanted fast service carrying a foot ball he would pick Grange in preference to_them all. Herbert Reed said that one might bring up ghost after ghost of the old days and still feel that comparison had been baffled. “Red Grange stopped too often”? Read his record and judge. | |SHOULD BE PRIMED AGAINST STRIBLING Garden Found New Drawing Card in Akronite—Tun- ney Not to Referee. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HERE appears to be an inclination to disparage Sharkey for not having knocked out Meyer Christner. The Boston battler punctured the rubber worker from Akron pretty efficiently, but what the fans wanted was a blowout. This is somewhat unfair to Sharkey. In a heavyweight encounter, a 10-round bout is a short time in which to flatten a tough opponent. And while Christ- ner may only have had 15 professional fights, no one can doubt that he is both tough and game. These rugged fellows are not easy to wear down and put away in a comparatively short bout. More- over, Sharkey had to be a little careful with Christner, as the latter had dem- onstrated that he can hit. One thing that Madison Square Gar- den got out of the encounter is another drawing card. Any man who keeps walking in and swinging from the ankle is a favorite with the fans. Christner and Paulino should put on an exhibition re?embllng a fight between two buf- aloes. There isn't a doubt that the bout was plenty hard enough to tune Sharkey up and do him good. The only manner in which a fighter can stay at top form is to keep fight- ing. This has been demonstrated too often to suffer contradiction. Against Stribling, Sharkey should be pretty close to his best. He may have to be. It looks more and more as if th: winner of that Bhnrsz;gsmbunz affair would emerge as the logical candidat: for Tunney's discarded crown. Tunney Not to Referee. Whoever may referee the Sharkey- Stribling bout, it will not be Gene Tun- ney. The retired champion does not propose to return to the United States for several months, and even then is likely to pay the home folks only a lim- ited visit. At the present time, Mr. and Mrs. Tunney are about to start on a motoring trip with their old friends, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver Lagorce, Mr. Lagorce is the noted editor, angler, hunter and golfer for whom the courss at Miami Beach is named. In case he and Mr. Tunney should decide to play the Scottish game, Mr. Lagorce has taken his golf club with him. As this club is said by some to be the first ever manufactured in Scotland, it may once more see its native land, al- though at last accounts its owner was ultimately headed for Spain, where the national pastimes are bull-fighting and flipping the tortilla. From time imme- morial the Spanish troubador has pre- ferred playing the guitar to playing a mashie shot. Lenglen in Form Again Suzanne Lenglen appears to be in form again. She left the shores of America on a tidal wave of tempera- ment and in stating the many things she was through with included tennis. From the point of view of a pro- fessional promoter, such as C. C. Pyle, this is discouraging financial news The French girl recently has advertisec herul(hta the oixw:: nt‘:r'u: fi:n wosul: again be a gate a . Bu tennis no longemr appears to be MI Lenglen's racket. Anent the First Division. There have been many predictions c. late that the first division clubs in th National League would consist of Chi- g-uo. New York, St. Louis and Pitts- urgh. ll"l line with this statement I should like to go on record as predicting that the first of* next January will be New Year day, unless the rules committec makes a change in the calendar. How any one can figure any club outside of the Cubs, Giants, Cards and Pirates as first-division clubs in this league it is hard to see. Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia may show tremendous improvement, but the logical time for any one of these teams to win the pennant is before the sea- son starts. (Copyright, 1929, by North American New paper Alliance.) LESSER, ILL, OFF CARD AT J. C. C. WEDNESDAY Joe Lesser, captain of the City Club boxing team, and former Jewish Com- munity Center, will be prevented from tl.klnly part in the bouts listed for Wednesday night at Jewish Community Center. Joe is confined to his home y_illness. F: Wednesday night's program will bring together the best scrappers of the Cen- ter lknd City Club, starting at 8:15 o'clock. | HUDKINS SIGNS TO MEET “ANY FIGHTER” JULY 4 LAS VEGAS, Nev., January 28 (#).— Ace Hudkins, middleweight boxing title contender, today was under contract mrl : “fight with any fighter” here July 4. ' The contract calls upon him to meet Mickey Walker, title holder, but Walker has not yet agreed to the bout, and Hudkins agreed to the substitution of any boxer in his class. D. C. TOSSERS TO TRAVEL. Washington Grays, who meet Nation- al Publishing Co. tossers tonight in a Community Center Basket Ball League game at 8 o'clock at Central High, will journey to Fort Leonard Wood, Md., to- morrow night to engage the Tanks (Copyright, 1928. by North American News- Daper Alliance. . N TERRIS FIGHTS TONIGHT. NEW YORK, January 28 (#).—Sid Terrls, once rej as the uncrowned lightweight champion of the world, re- news his fight to get back among the contenders for Sammy Mandell's title when he meets Babe Herman, Coast slugger, in a 10-round match at the St. Nicholas arena tonight. WINS ORIENT CROWN. MANILA, Philippine Islands, January 28 (#).—Billy Gordon of Portland, Ore. ‘round‘ol a 12-round match. AMERICAN PRO BASKET BALL. Brooklyn, 31; Paterson, 22. Chicago, 26; New York Hakoans, 24. Auto Bodies, Repaired; also New Radiators ison radiators and cores in stock l::"l4lh North 7177 A Block Below Ave. ROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats |EISEMAN'S, 7th & F * School quint. Bring Your Car Registration Card Get Your Tires on the Spot