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SP Attell Greatest of Fighters, Tex’s View ABE EVERIN TRIM FOR FINE SHOWING Did Not Need td Train, Says Rickard—Holds Jeffries Best of Heavies. This is the only autobiography written by Tex Rickard. It was pre- red in collaboration with Bozeman ulger for publication exclusively Jor The Star and the North Ameri- can Newspaper Alliance. Shortly before Rickard's death he discussed with Bulger plans for the publication of these memoirs in book form. Fol- lowing is the nineteenth installment of the autobiography, w} pearing in datly chapters. | ! | n with Bozeman Bulger). | HE greatest fighter 6f any weight | and of any class, in my opinion, | was Abe Attell. I make this | tatement after much thought without hesitation. AMways it has been a puzzle to me to know just where Attell derived his Physical strength, his sturdiness. If he was right in his theory of fighting, then all the present methods of pre- paring a man physically for a hard fistic combat are useless. It is my opinion that both are right, in a way. ‘The present practices are proper for the ordinary man. Abe Attell was such an extraordinary little fellow that he succeeded in spite of his disregard for the customs of the ring. There was never a time when Attell | was not ready to go in the ring, with | or without training. As a matter of fact, he hardly trained at all._On two days’ notice he would go in and fight any man of his weight in the world. Yes, and he would generally win. I never knew Attell well enough to be familiar with his personal habits. I know, though, that he liked night parties—liked all the social things that 80 with a successful boxer. I have known him to play poker all night be- fore a fight. He would laugh at the necessity of getting ready for a big fight, BY TEX RICKARD (In collaborat 18 “Sure I'll Fight, Who Is He?” “Sure,” he would say, “I'll fight him. ‘Who is he “But this is only Monday,” the pro- moter would observe, “and we want to stage this fight Wednesday, day after orTow."” “That's all right,” Attell would say, “make it tonight if you want. I don't need any training.” And, sure enough, Attell would be there in the ring. What's more, the dm:cu were he'd knock out his oppo- nent. Now a man who could do that month after month and year after year, to my mind, is undoubtedly entitled to the distinction I have given him as the greatest fighter of any class. Just where Attell got this remarkable stamina is difficult to understand, as I have said. He was not an outdoor man —one of those fellows who come from the wide open spaces and so on. He was a newsboy in San Francisco. As a starter Attell would drop his papers and fight any light fellow in the preliminaries. He got better and Detter, finally became a chun?wn in his class. His total disregard of train- ing methods was always a subject of laughter and wonder among those knew him. T have been asked to name the great- est fighters in their respective of all times—that is, the greatest in my opinion. You have no idea how difficult it is be frank in answering that question. R L — e mind of the 8] T there is a feeling that prl:ahm.ue simply money grubbers—that all ‘want is the W] ‘They were never more thelr lives. Boxer Cherishes Reputation. ‘There is nothing boxer as a champio; or lose his money without a word of =|GREAT ALEXANDER they | ninth fleld trials victory of the purse. I have heard many | season yesterday by taking first’ fight fans say that boxers had no sen- |in the members stakes, opening event timent other than to get the money.|of the twelfth annual field trials of mistaken in |the Pinehurst fleld trial club,”"" te as dear to a | trials, are expected to have''a larger or the memory | field of dogs than the opening event, that he leaves with the fans. He wants | in which more than a score of cham- to be considered the greatest in his | pion hunters took part. class that ever lived. He will waste |continue through the week. ORTS. 104-YEAR-OLD TRAINER DIES AS HORSE LOSES HAVANA, January 29 (#).—A turf career extending over a period of 90 years has ended here with the death of Tom (Pop) Cheek, 104-year-old trainer. Cheek died of heart ailment Sunday night. Shortly aftcr he had seen his hoise Basha “also run” in the sec- ond race at Oriental Park, he com- plained cf a violent pain in his chest. Physicians said the trainer was suf- fering {rom heart trouble, but he fuscd to go to a hospital, preferring to go back to the stables with his horse. A foew hours afterward he dropped dead beside Basha, on- which he had placed all his money in the afterncon. 'STRIBLING TO SHOW RING WARES TONIGHT ¥ the Associated Press. MACON, Ga. January 29.—Carrying with him the plaudits and presents of his home town, “Young"” Stribling to- day began the first leg of his journey to Miami Beach, Fla., where he meets Jack Sharkey in a boxing match Feb- ruary 27. Stribling and his wife and two babies will be joined in Jacksonville, Fla., by the rest of the famil; 'Ma.” “Pa” and “baby,” his younger brother, who will fight there tonight on the same card in which Stribling will appear in a four-round exhibition. The party will move on to Miami Beach the following day to open train- ing quarters for the Sharkey battle. The trip is being made by automobile. The Macon fighter was the central figur> in a colebration last night at which he appeared as a basket ball player and fight referce. FRANCIS, MASTRO BOX FOR GO AT LA BARBA BY FAIR PLAY. LOS ANGELES, January 29.—Kid Francis of Italy, ranking contender for the bantamweight title, and Earl Mas- tro of Chicago will collide in a 10-round fracas at Jack Doyle's Olympic Club this evening. The battle will be recog- nized by the local boxing solons as an elimination contest, the winner to meet Fidel La Barba for the world title, La Barba's victory over Bushy Gra- ham, the unofficial champion, centers public interest in the former flyweight champion'’s claim to the 118-pound title. Francis made the trip to the Coast for the ostensible purpose of getting a match with’La Barba, 6o that he, in the event of being victorious, would be acknowledged champion. The kid has won all four bouts he has taken part in since arriving here. Prancis is a great favorite with the fans because of his slam-bang tactics. ‘Tackling Earl Mastro, who gave La Barba a hectic setto over the 10-round route, means that Francis is taking a serious chance of being pushed out of the way and making way for the little Chicagoan. Matching the winner against PFidel La Barba will undoubtedly make the greatest bantamweight contest on the Coast since Kid Willlams lifted the title from Johnny Coulon. o BEST PINEHURST DOG By the Assoclated Pres: PINEHURST, N. C., January 20— Great Alexander, a liver and white inter owned and handled by A. M. 11 of Richmond, Va. stored his present, onors ‘The puppy stakes, derby event and all age free-for-all competitions, the other three events of the Pinehurst ‘The trials will QGreat Alexander has 19 wins to his complaint, but as long as he lives he | credit and is barely past the derby age. herishes that idea that he was great | Ford's Antirattler, owned and handled fn his ?l.me.‘ 3 ol by L. M. Bobbitt of Winston-Salem, N. Fighters are extremely sensitive. I|C., was awarded second place in the 't are a donnas, but | opening event and another Winston- wouldn't say they prim: % | aen og, I they are certainly temperamental. have to be on my guard for that all the time while dealing with them. The fighter is much more sensitive than his manager. He has the same feeling to- ward his profession as the opera does toward his art. For this reason I am candid h to admit that I fl;{‘n"lfl::d o I.lllclll e the present-day T8 in my sel of u‘:g best men in their classes for all time. My selection will be of the old- time scrappers. You have a clearer m-niers!aru;.llngx o}f‘ )ustl 'hr.r:n:e ::;: when I tell of the early ai for the fight between Willard and Dempsay. Now take Jack Dempsey, for instance. ‘There {5 & boy a’s ’;:xrsomli :{n his lrecord as Caruso was of 8inj g. In my mind there is no doubt that D'm?ny is the greatest heavyweight fighter for his size that ever lived. It is almost im- possible to_consider him capable of the things he does when one looks at him in street clothes. He is der, lithe and comparatively light. But, going back to the former big lights in fighting, it is my opinion that | Jim Jefries was easily the greatest of all the heavyweight champions. In say- ing this I have considered John L. Sul~ livan, Jim Corbett, Jack Johnson, Jess ‘Willard—all of them. Jeffries Had All For a big man Jeffries had everything that a fighter needs. He had the strength, the speed and the bulldog | tenacity. Jeffries was much faster on | his feet than many imagine. That he | was game was proved time and time again, His fights with Sharkey and Corbett showed that. Jeffries was fundamentally honest. He had the welfare of his friends at heert all the time. No man ever lived who had a greater desire to make d the claims and hopes of his backers than Jim Jeffries. The charge, 'sometimes heard, that; Jeffries lay down to Johnson or that| he had arranged for Johnson to 18y | down to hum and then got crossed, is s0 ridiculous to me that I have to laugh. | I was with him day after day durm{ the preparations for the Johnson fight No man was ever more confident of | winning. As I relate in & previous chap- ter, Jeflri>s was so_absolutely sure of winning that he insisted on having the purse divided 60-40 instead of 50-50. Jack Johnson would have been per- fectly satisfied to let 1t §o on an even basis. Yes, of the old time heavyweights I am sure that Jeffries was the greatest. I will discuss the others later. ight, 1029, by the North American (CopTHlent, epaper ‘Allance.) (Next—An All-Star Champion List.) . FRISCO BOUT POSTPONED. SAN FRANCISCO, January 29 (). —The 10-round weiterweight bout be- n Sammy Baker, New York, and Pete Myers, San Francisco, scheduled for next Friday night, has been post- 3 ck, from the ken- s of Col.mfli T. B::’:;nln. pl‘lced third. Dogs in ope event were en- tered from North Carolina, Virginia, New York, Connecticut and New Jer- sey. Members of the Pinehurst Club come from more than 20 States. o BIG NAVY GRIDMEN WILL TRY LACROSSE ANNAPOLIS, January 29.— The Naval Academy lacrosse squad for the coming seaton will be strengthened by a large number of the strongest mem- bers of the foot ball squad. The lacrosse squed will receive great beneft from these athletic youths, and it also is expected that the lacrosse THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ~ MARA HALF = MILERS DOWN THE LINE With W. 0. McGEEHAN. THE STRENUOUS GAME. HE young man who would die for dear old Rutgers has a mate in young Al Lassman, the glant tackle of New York University. The difference is that while the young man from Rutgers only expressed a desire to make the sacrifice. Al Lassman actually sacrificed a eareer to help win a foot ball game for N. Y. U. Bome of the shrewdest judges of the manly art of modified murder insisted that Lassman was the greatest heavyweight championship prospect brought to nght for years. Every manager and ring parasite in New York was after him, offeriag him plenty of advance money to sign on the dotted line. But Lassman refused to listen to them. He did, in fact, intend to become a professional pugilist. But in one of his last games for New York University Lassman was so badly injured that his chances of becoming a vyweight champion in the professional class (whatever these were seem to have gone %l‘lmmeflng. The chances now are that he will have to become a mere bond salsman, Now Lassman boxed many a bout in the amateur division and he might have fought a hundred fights in the professional cauliflower industry with- out ever being seriously hurt. Which is what I am coming to. I maintain that thesgame of intefcollegiate foot ball is a much tougher game than the manly-art of modified murder and that the foot ball player stands a greater chance of being seriously. injured than any of the young men with the cauli- flower ears and that the foot ball player ail through his brief season and even “’in practice takes more punishment than the professional prizefighter. " Tom -Thorp, the well known foot ball official, tells of one prizefighter's «©f foot ball as it is played by the colleges. The prizefighter was James Joffey, the Roscommon Giant, who used to fight in the heavyweight division hereabout, some 14 years ago, and who was the Irish candidate for the heavy- weight championship. Mr. Coffey was going very well until Frank Moran popped him on the chin with his famous “Mary Ann.” During the World War, Cofl:g was drafted into one of the labor battalions, Being a fighter by trade, he picked that branch instead of the Infantry, Artillery or Marines. Naturally, the War Department figured that a labor battalion needed ‘ exercise, so it was ordered that an athletic officer be attached to that branch. | The athletic officer was Tom Thorp. | Of course, Mr. Thorp's idea of exercise and sport is foot ball, and after that more foot ball. So Mr. Thorp proceeded to divide his labor battalion into foot ball elevens. On one of these was James Coffey, the prizefighter. Thorp wanted to try him out for the backfield. He placed the ball in the-arms of the professional athlete and told him to run down the field to &) P collf foot ball players were waiting. It was plain thyt the prizefighter had his misgivings, for he hesitated until Mr. ;l;lhorprqpinled him that he was in the Army or at least affiliated with e Afmy. Coffey started and was tackled. When he {ot |'xr lgun he was, as they :{ in the ring, groggy and slightly punch-drunk. He rorpod the ball and d: “You can put me in the guardhouse if you want to, but I'll play no more of this game. So they 'Tis murder.” handed the prizefighter a shovel and he was pronounced unfit | for the more strenuous pastimes. Millions and Millions. ESPITE the evil days that have fallen upon the caulifower industry, Mr. Jack Dempsey remains the constant optimist. He has a twin in et sltgnor Umberto J. Fugazy, the builder of the phantom arena in New ork City. 0] Mr. Dempsey and Signor Fugazy were discussing the future of the industry at Miami Beach. “Do you think," asked Mr. Dempsey, “that I could get $1,000,000 if I fought again?" “Why, certainly,” said Signor Fugazy. Then Signor Fugazy figured it all out on the menu card, and on the following morning Mr, 'l;empuy started doing road work, which, the experts insist, always | means that Mr, Dempsey i preparing for another fight. To provide Dempsey with a $1,000,000 guarantee, now that there is a work will be fine preparation for foot ball next Fall. Some of the foot ball men already have played lacrosse, either with the varsity or plebe squad, but the majority will take up the game for the first time this Spring. ¥ Parish, captain of the lacrosse team. who is & foot ball back: Spring and Clair Miller, also backs, and Haven, a lineman, were members of the lacrosse squad last year., Castree, a foot ball back, and Crane, an end, played with the plebe twelve. Among the gridders who will take up the game of lacrosse are Bowstrom, the big punting tackle; Woerner and Swan, guards; Moret and Bgans, ends; Gan- non, back, and Highes, center. Most of the big men in the foot ball group will be trained as defense” play- ers, but some of the big fellows who are also fast may be tried-on the at- tack. For instance, Bowstrom and Woerner, weighing over 190 pounds apiece, are sufficiently fast and active for an attack position, . NOTREBAME-WISCONSIN MAY USE CHICAGO GRID MADISON, Wis.. January 29 (#)— The Notre Dame-Wisconsin foot ball game, scheduled for next October 26, probably will be played on Soldier Field, Chicago. It was first planned to play the game at South Bend, but the Notre Dame stadium will not be completed by that itime and arrangements are being |made to transfer it to the Chicago stadium. —o. NORTHWESTERN PLANNING LARGER ATHLETIC HOUSE CHICAGO, January 29 (@) Pa 1 Gymnasium, nickname ten’s Folly” when ii was constru | it was believed (oo larg?, is too £mall to care for indoor ath'etics at North- tern University. A larger one is Even P poned until February 8, because of an injury suffered by Baker during train- “wheat king,” gave the gymnasium to o'clock at Business High School in the' the pi ng. Federzl tax of 25 per cent*on the caulifiower indusiry, would take some financing. The gate receipts wonld first have to show something like §1,350,~ 000 to make good the Dempsey $1,000,000 with the Federal and State tax. The opponent would have to have something, say $200,000, with a 35 &r cent tax added. Then there would be arena rental—say $100,000, with the same amount added for the cost of promotion. It begins to run into real money. The total would be something like $1,785,000. Of course, Tex Rickard took in more than that at Chicago, but that was in the nature of a “Battle of the Century,” a fight between a champion and a contender. The customers are not going to contribute that sum to see Dempsey, twice beaten by Tunney, and one of the very mediocre heavyweights around at the current writing. 1 Mr. Demfisey might just as well cut out the road work and other physicail | exertions if he is count'ng on another of those $1,000,000 gates. Sufficient for the Time. THI: last two bouts promoted on & big scale turned in deficits for the Six Hun- red Millionaires of Madison Square Garden. The Mandell-McLarnin light- weight championship bout hit them on the chin for the first loss, and later the ‘Tunney-Heeney bout hit them for a loss of what might be called serious money, | even for millionaires. Mr. Dempsey is now engaged in promoting the Sharkey-Stribling bout at | Miam! Beach. When the gate receipts are counted and the expenses are sub. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929 P CLARION COSH o VAULTER JAMES NOLAN > I COLLEGE BASKET BALL I North Carolina State, 41; Virginia, 15. Furman, 4; ewberry, 34, Missouri, 36; Drake, 3. Davidson, 39; Lenoir-Rhyne, 26. CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE. ‘Toronto Millionaires, 2; London, 1. Buffalo, 4 iagara Falls, 2. Newark, 1; Providence, 0. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE. Montreal Canadians, 1; New York Rangers, 0. St. Paul, s BARRY ‘COUNTED OUT’ OF MICHIGAN RINGS| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 29.—Dave Barry, | Chicago referee, today wondered wheth- | er Michigan planned to bar him from | its boxing rings, because he tolled the | famous “long count” in the Dempsey- | ’lrgur_l,ney championship match here in Chairman James Brown of the Michi- gan State Athletic Commission, last night announced Barry would not be al- lowed to officiate in Michigan rings, but refused to give the reason. | “I can hardly believe the so-called ‘long count’ is the cause,” said Barry, | “but if it was because of a State law requiring one year's residence in Michi- | gan, I believe Brown would have said so. Too, I recall that Jack Dempsey was allowed to referee there last June | and he is not or was not a resident.” | GOLF PRO FINDS RUGBY REALLY ROUGH PASTIME NEW YORK, January 29 (). —Jimmy Law, professional at the Cherry Valley Club, Garden City, N. Y, has had to give up golf for the Winter as the result of playing rugby foot ball. He had a Winter post at the Shore Hills Club in Bermuda and played on the St. George's rugby team until he suffered a broken rib in a game recently and had to drop both games. He has returned to Garden City to recuperate, but does not expect to be | able to play golf again for at least a month. He formerly represented Ire- |land in_international rugby matches | against Scotland and England. | GRIFFITHS GETS MATCH. | CHICAGO, January 29 (P).—Jerry Tuffy Grifiiths, Sioux City, Towa, light heavyweight, has been matched to meet | Billy Freas, Grand Rapids, Mich., at White City here next Monday night. Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO.—Jackle Fields, Los An- geles, outpointed Jack McCarthy, Chi- cago (10). Irish Jack Kennedy, De- troit, stopped Shuffle Callahan, Chi- |cago (3). Pete Wisiort, Chicago, | stopped Walter Madey, Chicago (5). | Jimmy Mollett, Chicago, stopped Eddie | Ballatin (4). NEW YORK.—Babe . Herman, Los Angeles, knocked out Sid Terrls, New | York (6). Jimmy McNamara, New | York, knocked out Eddie Shapiro, New York (3). Paulie Walker, Trenton, N. J., outpointed Jackie Phillips, Toronto 10). PHILADELPHIA.—Beny Bass, Phila- delphia, knocked out Red Chapman, Boston (1). | COLUMBUS, Ohio.—Johnny O'Keefe, Columbus, outpointed Eddie Kid Wag- | ner, Philadelphia (10). Charlie Dunlap, | Columbus, stopped Bobby Rutherford, | Huntington, W. Va. (4). LINCOLN, Nebr.—Harold Matthews, Lincoln, Knocked out Jackie Daniels, Omaha, Nebr. (4). Teddy Gartin, Lin- coln, stopped Eddie McFadden, St. Paul, Minn, (2). FLINT, Mich.—Billy Shine, Mihne- apolis, won on foul over Roy Williams, Chicago (1). SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.—Angelo Pu- glisl, Duluth, Minn., knocked out Tony Sanders, Chicago (4). Joe Furhma St. Paul, outpointed Matthews, Fla dreau, S. D. (8) Kansas City, outpointed Bill Podraza, Houston, Tex. (10). New Orleans, knocked out Tod Smith, Canton, Ohio (4). STEUBENVILLE, Ohio. — Tommy Crawley, Pittsburgh, stopped Joe Vboy- chan, Newark (6). ‘ony _Tortorice, Weirton, W. Va., stopped Johny Wal- ker, Columbus (5). LITTLE RO‘CK‘ Ark—Kid Heck, | welterweight championship contender b, MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Buster Mallimi, | For Terris, By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 29.—To all intents and purposes, ‘“finis" has been written to Sid Terris' fistic career. The “Ghetto Ghost,” idol of | New York Jewish fight fans, was knocked out by Babe Herman at the St. Nicholas Arena last night. And with the heavy right-hand punch that | floored him went all Terris’ hopes of a | successful comeback campaign. He may fight again, but not among the first- rank lightweights of the present day. For five rounds Terris was able to avoid the wild, awkward right-hand | swings Herman threw his way. But after 22 seconds of fighting in the sixth round Herman connected flush with FIELDS' FINE EFFORT MAY GET RETURN G0 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 29.—A return | match between Jackie Fields and young | Jack Thompson, brilllant Pacific Coast welterweights, seemed assured today. Fields not only revealed himself as a y cosily defeating Jack McCarthy of Chicago in a slashing 10-round match gate, which gave promoters a sense of security in staging a return match with ‘Thompson. Thompson knocked out Joe Dundee, the title holder. in a non-championship match here last Fall, but lost the de- cision to Fields later on the West Coast. In Talk as By the Associated Press. M fistic courtesy, but have from Stribling: at Miami.” send-off to Miami by the hom came from Jack: you on the chin at Miami, but nothing.” comment to the scribes. OT since Charley Phillips rolled that 654 set in Masonic 3 tracted, or rather when the receipts are subtracted from the expenses, Mr. Demp- sey may not be quite so sanguine about that $1,000,000 purse. It has become quite apparent that the peak was reached at Chicago, when Tex Rickard counted slightly less than three millions in gate receipts for his last battle of the century. It seems that they have been pyramid- | ing the cauliflower industry until it collapsed. It will be necessary to re- organize this racket on a sane basis, just as it was necessary to reorganize the Florida realty racket after the collapse of the boom. Also it will be necessary to dig up a new crop of caulifiowers, The present crop is badly wilted. The Greatest of All Mn. EGBERT BARROW fails to include Babe Ruth In his “three greatest piayers of all time.” It looks like ingratitude on the part of Mr. Barrow | a8 a representative of the New York Yankees. The Babe is certainly the greatest turnstile attraction of all time, and that | is lms:mu\t to the national pastime. And aside from that I am not so sure that b‘I‘:" is not the greatest of all time in the less important matter of playing | the | (Copyright, 1920.) MEADOWS REINSTATED. TO DISCUSS BASE BALL. PITTSBURGH, January 29 (#)—Lee To elect officers and otherwise plan Meadows, veteran bespectacled pitcher|for the coming base ball season a for the Pittsburgh Pirates, whose name | meeting of Addison A. C. will be held ‘;was placed on the voluntary retired|tonight at 8 o'clock at 1220 O street. list last year because of disabilities, has | Nine dances have been planned by the been reinstated. He will try a come- | club the remainder of the Winter. back during the coming campaign. hsa e “One-Eye” Connolly, famous gate- \ ¥ sing planned. Patten, the late Chicago the university in 1910, ‘: Eagles are scheduled to play Washing- | crasher, who has witnessed more than won Athletic Ciub tomorrow night at 83,000 sporting events without paying for rivilege, claims he has failed in senior division of the W. R. L. only one o! attempts, b N some months ago has a bowler thrown such a bombshell into league competition as Sam Cor- ‘West Washington Baptist team of Georgetown Church League did in making his debut in B, Y. P. U. League at King Pin No. 1. Corcoran has been a consistent per- former in Georgetown Church League for some time. He had done nothing sensational in matches in that league. He was good enough, however, to be drafted by the West Washington Bap- tist team of B. Y. P. U, He was ex- pected to add strength to the team, but little did his mates expect that he per- sonally would be responsible for sett! four new league records in the match in which he engaged. That is exactly what he did. His first game netted 178 pins, just 12 short {of the league record for the District. His first sct totaled 400 even. Both of these counts go in the books as new in- dividual league records. His 178 game enabled his team to set |a ncw game record with a 616 total. | | His sensational start stirred his mates to | add 553 and 568 counts for a new league + set record of 1,737. In upsetting 178 pins in his first game, Corcoran spared in the first box, picked up 8 and collected 10 for the second box. He then started a string of marks through the remaining boxes, lnclucun&two strikes, He had no double- header strike, [ coran of Stribling, Sharkey Pack Punch ACON, Ga., January 29.—Young Stribling and Jack Sharkey have flunked out of Gene Tunney's school of ballyhoo with two telegrams. When Sharkey met K. O. Christner last week he got this “Don’t let that big bum hit you on the chin. Save it #8r me While Strib was on the receiving end of a large whoopee “Received your telegram. I am receiving $100,000 to sock “No, there’ll be no answer until February 27,” was Stribling’s Well as in Fists enriched the literature of fight e folks last night, this answer I would be pleased to do it for K. O. by Herman Spells Finis iast night, but h> attracted a $23,000 | “Ghetto Ghost” Terris’ jaw and the New Yorker went down and out. It was his third knock- out defeat in less than a year, Long one of the leading contenders for the 135-pound crown, Terris began to pass his peak late in 1927. Up to that time he had placed his chief re- liance on dazzling speed of foot and hand. His speed began to fail and he tried to make up for it by developing a knockout punch—something he never had needed in his best days. After knocking out Ruby Goldstein in a round in June of 1927, he won a decision over Phil McGraw, the Detroit florist, in August. but only after he had been | floored three times in the first round. In his next start, in September of 1927, he was beaten by Hilario Martinez, go- ing down for three counts of nine in the second round. ‘Then followed two slam-bang battles | | with McGraw. The first he lost on a | Zoul and the second he won by decision. By this time virtually all of the marvelous speed and boxing skill that made him famous had disappeared. In February of 1928 he was matched | with Jimmy McLarnin and the Pacific Coast slugger knocked him out in a single round. After a lo lay-off | Terris engaged Ray Miller, the left-hook artist, and the Chicagoan also knocked him out in a round. Since then he has won two bouts, | but his showing in both was unsatis- factory. He beat McGraw on a foul last September and edged out a close | decision over Jackie Pilkington early | this month, WOMEN 1 BY CORINNE FRAZIER. NTRACLASS basket ball loops are in a8 at Eastern High School preliminary to the selection of class teams for the cham class series to be pl month, Freshmen A's or Athletics are lead- ing in their loop, with three victories and no defeats. Britons, - Celtics and Danes are tied, with one victory and two defeats aplece. Sophomores have seven teams in the field, lettered A, B, C, D, E. F and Q. A's and @'s are tled in first place, each with two victories and no defeats. C's, D's and F's each have one win and one loss chalked up. The other teams have two losses. Junior and Senior players are com- bined for the preliminary series. Their teams are lettered A, B, C, X, Y and Z. A’s are In the lead, having won three Corcoran Sets New Marks InB. Y. P. U. Pin League Debut! Corcoran’s high-game mark is 10 pins better than the record previously held by Thomas Wilson of First Baptist. Eddle Cleary, one of Sam's new team- mates, stood by and watched the new- comer shatter his previous high-set record of 375, ‘West Washington Baptist team's new set mark is 104 pine better than the previous top score held by the same team. The previoys high-team game record was held by Centennials at 585. Friends of Corcoran are claiming a | District record for him in league com= g:ul.!on. ‘They are convinced that never fore has one man been responsible for shattering four league records in a sin- le set. They are certain that no bowler a8 upset things so generally in his first league match, Ladics’ District League's race tight- ened last night when Arcadias took two from Recreations, leaving the latter team in front by a single game. Meyer Davis, in third place, picked up ground on the leaders by taking three from King Mn. Recreations have headed the parade since early season, but have slumped re- cently. They copped the first fray last night and forced Arcadias to give their best and come from bchind in the sec- | ond. Arcadias were easy victors in the third game. Recreations have another tough match next week, while Arcadias will be oppos- Infl ‘Temple at Arcadia. Meyer vis will entertain the leaders on the Lucky Birike drives, and lost none; C's and X's have two victories apiece and no defeats. 2's have scorced once and lost once, while B and Y tossers are tralling each with two on the wrong side of the slate. Games will continue until each team has met each other team twice, Play- ers who show the greatest ability in Goals: these games, whether they be on & ! I3) for winning team or not, will be selected by the basket ball committee composed of the physical education directors and court managers, for position on their respective class sextets, Jewish Community Center and Wash- ington Field Hockey Club players, who were to have played tomorrow night in the Holton Arms gymnasium, will meet instead on Thursday evening in the J. C. C. gym at 9 o'clock. This contest will be one of the scheduled games of the Washington Recreation League Senior circuit, It will mark the first start for W. P. H. C. and the second for J. C. C. The ! latter scored decisively over the Aloysians | in its opener. Roxle Athletic Club and Eaglets of Bustiess Night High School were forced to postpone their game last night in the Junior division of the W. R. L. A new date will be set next week, accord- ing to Teresa Breen, Roxle manager. Gypsies and c.-u:f F Auxillary of Hyattsville are due to ciash this evening at 8 o'clock at Eastern High Schooly| This is an intermediate circuit contest | in the Washington Recreation League, | Gouim A-C 40 ——— O'L Calvary Basketers scored by a wide | McNam = | McCl margin over the Strayer A. C. six las uight in the Cavalry Church -gym. nasium, registering 41 points t4 their opponents’ 21. ‘The game was one of the intermediate | { dlvl;!on o!! ;he ’W. R. L. Good floor work coupled wi a speed and accuracy o the forward accounied for | later. | Gene Tunney. ionship_inter- Faved oft mext | Elae Miss Pirst Bap. (37, Morrison Lyon the Woodri night inan o on the H Colum| string players i R Miami Fight Plans Still Mystery DETAILS OF CLASH NOT YET ARRANGED Garden Backers Deny Ru- mor Scrap Will Be Shifted to Northern Ring. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. EFORE the Tunney-Heeney bout there were any number of totally unfounded stories to the effect that the meeting never would take place. It was sald that only a handfull of tickets had been sold and that Rickard was unwilling to face the loss entailed. These stories were little short of ridiculous. Rickard never had the slightest idea of calling off the bout. He knew that he would lose money on it, and he knew the gate was not helped any by these stories. But Rickard was a man who lived up to his agreements. His reputation and his success were based on that fact. Moreover, on his series of eliminations and other heavyweight fights he had made enough so that any loss he suffered would still leave the balance on the books overwhelmingly in his favor. No man complains very bitterly of a debit of $250,000 when he has a credit of $1,000,000. Rickard did complain of some of the stories. It seemed to him that when a man was working on a big fleld deal which did not affect outsiders, it was hardly fair for those who had no | interest at stake and who knew nothing | of the inside state of affairs to go around bellowing to the world in general that the deal was a gigantic bust. He thought that they might at least walt to see how it came out. Then he figured they were entitled to tell the facts, if they knew them. Nor did he believe all the stories were written merely through a passionate desire for truth. Now stories have started concerning the Sharkey-Stribling bout at Miami. It is sald that this may be called off or moved north. These statements may be true—I don't know—but it does appear a trifle strange to me that Col Hammond, acting general manager of the Madison Square Garden Corpora- tion, doesn't know either. Col. Ham- mond assures me, and I always have found his word that of a soldier and a gentleman, that he knows nothing of any plan to call off the battle of Miami Beach, and that, so far as he knows, it will neither be called off nor moved north, It strikes me that Col. Ham- mond 1is in & better position to know what he is talking about than others who disagree with him. . It also might be said that yesterday T received a letter from Jack Dempsey in which he stated that everything was 3oing well. That dosen't mean quite as much, for the simple reason that while Jack needs no introduction as a fizhier, he has yet to prove himself as ' promoter. He wouldn't say that every- hirg was going well unless it looked ihat way to him, but his experience in this line is limited and his opinion m ght not be worth as much as it would after he has run a few more bouts. It may be that Carey, who is on the | around, dosen't like the looks of things and has so informed the directors of the garden, but in that case one would suppose that Col. Hammond would be told something about it. The last in- terview I had with Bill Carey was to the effect that he had arranged for a boat and special train for Cuban cus- tomers, What the advance sale may be is another thing I do not know. I do know that orders total over $25,000 for ringside seats and that the bout is a month away. The orders later may total many times that amount or they may not. I only know that the management at_least reports that figure now. It would seem that as a large part of the attendance for this fight will be drewn from comparatively near at at _hand. that the seat orders might not begin to come in heavily until More especially is this so, as the arcna is not yet erected and it was not until late last Friday evening that it was determined definitely just whether Jack Sharkey or Meyers Christner would be Stribling’s opponent. From now .on the bout is set and the fans will have a better idea of what they are going to do. I might also say s that yesterday, I received a cable from The retired champion did not, however, say a single word concerning the uvattle of Miami Beach. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- Paper Alliance.) N SPORT ease with which the Basketeers scored. Line-up and summary: Basketeers (41). _Posi:ions. Helen, Jolt ; ima. Shscer Ml c telle Ensterson 8. C..Mary Helen Gwyna [ ey Jult; {3 n als—Twe —Dunh 1, won (). "JofiT (197, B (e Bs sogls—Easterson (4). Jollif, Siusser Ooo"dbl'l'l.wn':n . Afdflnnflwfn for Dunh B Qoodall for Havden; Hail for Larrick: Dun- West Washington, , First Baptist and Calvary Baptist sextets were victorious in the triple-header of the Colum! Federation _Baptist Young Peopl Union League last night. West Wash- ington defeated Bethany, 58 to 4; First scored over Baptist, 37 to 16, and Cal- g{t’h rolled up a 27-to-18 count against The games were played in the Wil- son Normal School gymnasium. ks Line-ups and summaries: Position. Beth. A. C. (4). s (14), Miller. Poul goals Sdwisos ilies, 'Carton. " Substithtion—Hayescy Wards. " Referee-Aiss Cogper 7 CO% Position. Second Ba. (16). r Me- . A Adkin: L Adkts. - Bubstige. Siegrist, " Rowley Jeract, ter: kins . L Ton %, ith” for Hicks for L Burr Standish e Richards Shellen Richards « Willner ewman e (6), L. Foul goals Wager, E. ub six romped on an ‘independent game. garcy lent game a) ine Junior High schmx”c'oiif. blans used most of their second- n the last period. Columbla Athletic Ci tosses Summaries: Wood. A. €.(10) Higdon Stull Scorine: Two-polhters—0'Lon = Bogle (3, Enafien (3), ‘Box 14 Foul goals—Boyle (§), O'Lone Substiigtions— Pox "‘i ‘Ioah. fuu’ é"' r Ho: