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44 SMASHED KNUCKLE DOESN'T STOP JESS Easily Outpoints His Game Challenger—War Halts Ranch Promotion. This is the only autobiography written by Ter Rickard. It was greparzd collaboration with jozeman Bulger, for publication ez clusively for the Star and The North American Newspaper Alliance. Short- ly before Ric 's death he dis- cussed with Bulger plans for publi- cation_of these memoirs in book Jorm. Following is the twenty-second installment of the autobiography, whach is appearing in daily chapters. BY TEX RICKARD. (In collaboration with Bozeman Bulger.) N my last installment I had come- thing to say of the Willard-Moran 5 d‘l.!(l)n New Yofl({}' m’l’h!.l lea itx: adison Square Garden, an ‘went 10 rounds without a decision. 1 knew that some of the fans wanted to see Moran fight Willard and so, al- though the law in New York at that time did not permit a finish fight or a figflm by & referee, I staged the There is mo doubt Willard had all of Moran Wwas small like Jess. ‘What I forgot to say and what I want to say, is this: There never was a gamer man in the world than Frank Moran. Gameness- 18 not the most common. quality; T like to emphasize credit where credit is due. While & Jot of fans that night criti- cized Frank’s judgment, they were open in the prajse for hmnge At the sound of the. gong waded right in. He didn’t even try to feint out the champion o see how the land lay. He simply ed in and let go his old Mary Ann, as he called famous punch. Moran had a ‘I; of telegraph- ing his blows $0 an could see what was coming. Willard had no trouble in keeping him off. But nobody could keep Moran from trying. Willard Showed Courage. In one round Willard, trying for the famous uppercut that won him most of his battles, landed on the point of Moran's elbow. _The collision broke the knuckle of his index w He had to fight the rest of the way with one good hand. Even s0, he won with eo::rlnflu ease. W has been a tendency to 't That 18 un- LR e must have courage. I-think: ‘Willard unusually from e R S game. m ‘wanted to hurt me out. . I feel will need beef. South America right ‘now is the best field T know of for constructive effort 8 3 hts?” Probably few of my readers can guess Just who the greatest fight fans are. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- Daper Alliance.) Next—When I Felt Sorry for Dempsey. MISS COLLETT PLAYS | IN PINEHURST GOLF By the Associated Press. PINEHURST, N. C., February Miss Glenna Collett, Providence, R. I, national women'’s golf champion, today was against Mrs. Richard Clemson, Middletown, N. Y., as four pairs of woman golfers took the field second annual women’s golf tournament of Pine Needles try Club here. Miss Martha Parker, medalist, of Spring Lake, N. J, faced Mrs. M. W. Marr of Pinehurst. Yesterday, in the first match play, in the second round of match play of | the u? th Miss Collett took a close victory over |y, Mrs. J. D, Chapman, Greenwich, Conn., 2 and 1." Mrs. Clemson defeated Mrs. H. G. Chatfield, Boston, 6 and 5. Miss Parker continued her successes when she downed Mrs. C. E. Murray, Trenton, N. J., 7 and 6, while Mrs. M. ‘W. Marr triumphed over Mrs. J. J. Fitz- gerald, Oyster Harbor, Mass., 3 and 2. ‘With extension of the first division to also include the second, Miss.Eligabeth Gordon, Providence, R. I, pro, -won her way through the first-day match play, after being too high as a qualifier for the championship class, She de- feated Miss H. P. Jamison, Greensburg, | Pa, 5and 4. Other championship flight pairings today were Miss Gordon against Miss Louise Fordyce, Youngstown, Ohio, Miss Jean F. Jacques, New York, Mrs. H. C. Buckminster, Boston. ENGLISHMEN IN LEAD. ADELAIDE, Australia, February 1.0, —The fourth cricket test match be tween England and Australia started : here this morning in cool weather and with overcast skies. Chapman, the English captain, won the toss and at and |deep rough. He against , almost certainl, SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1929. Willard Proves Courage in Moran Bout : Schmeling in Big Ring Test Tonight SPORTS. C. U. RELAY TEAM WHICH WILL RACE VIRGINIA SWIMMERS TOMORROW NIGHT ; Dempsey, Annoyed by Rumors M"'I'ER IS EH[]IEE Denies ,Change in Fight Plans’ OVER TOM GROGAN] 17,000 Detroit Fans to See Lightweight Contenders Battle Tonight. DETROIT, February 1 ().—Despite a last-minute flurry over a faulty con- tract and detalls of a future match, 17,000 fans tonight will see Ray Miller #nd Tommy Grogan. in ‘s ‘bout which will either place the former in a class by himself among the contenders for Sammy Mandell’s lightweight crown or will give to Grogan a new lease on title ho) VDJ;:‘h a knock-out victory the Omah: boy ' three weeks ago already credit, Miller was.the favorite, but the fact Grogan almost scored a knock-out in the previous round before he left an 'upmlnx i{fl'mlfllkf'l left made the odds far from long. > ‘Tonight's bout almost went aglimmer- i hors Sith'a claim 8 DFOE FIgHE 10 ere a r match with Miller. In addition - o sl ‘" provoge 1o, RAGT, the nof mumuwwwnm *|bout in case he won. : After a squabble over terms which re- appointment of an arbitration board of newspapermen, the it signed. wers _compromised with a request the State Boxing Commission pro- , his interests. - et L | PURDUE.GETS GAME. MADISON, Wis., 1 P .— Purdue will be WMMQM- BY WALTER ‘TEUMBULL. OU have read what some of the g this . game will, tell you of iron and-mashie la; by duffers with that good old pmllrb‘l'e club, the niblick, but the experts play it differently. Even for them the second shot is a matter of much.care and jus t. The drive is just a wallop with the .wood, but iron play {g\luu“ all the finesse and art the t_golfer possesses. ‘With the long ball of the present day there are few occasions when the professional ‘or star amateur is obliged to resort to a brassie or spoon. The long ball has shortened all courses. For the expert the vast majority of golf holes are now a drive and an iron, or only & pxwu_‘;w s mfl Such golfers as Bol Jones Walter Hagen repeatedly get home on 425-yard holes with & drive and a mashie niblick. ny&u&dwhnxddy eld had to say this new: D I{!boub the drive you will remembem he told how young Phil Finlay went completely over a green ‘with his second of the fact that hole .measured 535 yards from tee to green. . It is getting to the point where “on any ordinary course the long hitters, unless they are playing into the teeth of a gale or shoot up. the side of a ‘mountain, might just as' well leave their brassies and spoons at home. v There is no more satisfactery shet to play or no more beautiful shot to watch than the long and perfect iron the pin. There was a fine éxample {of this in the open tournament at In- wood & few years ago, where Bobby Jones and Cruickshank tied for first place. The thrilling part of ‘this was that it was Cruickshank’s iron shot on the eighteenth which enabled him to tie Jones, and it was Bobby’s iron shot on the eighteenth in. the play-off which {enabled him finally to win. Amazing Iron Shot. i ‘That probably was one of the finest ‘iron shots ever played. There was a ipond short of the green and Cruick- shank’s tee shot was off line far enough for it to be policy for him to play short lof the on his second. Jones lay a little off the fairway, although fiot in could play safe and y tie the hole, or he stake everything on a shot for the green. If he went into the pond he lost the championship. If he reached the n he won it. There was no uestion in Bobby’s mind. He took a ul 2.4ron and dropped the ball feet beyond the flag. That shot dey iservedly won him the crown. Another classic iron shot was that played .by Tommy Armour, which en- ; &lmos! could the lunch interval his men were un- beaten, the score standipg 77 runs for 1o wickets. [ Oomh he ~In the_play-oftv abled him to deadlock Light Horse Harry whom afterward ' defeated But when_you speak Golf’s Vital Plays As Told by Masters el [ The second shot in golf usually is shot. when he plfi:d a spoon, in spite | feet. IAMI_BEACH, Fla, February 1—Jack Dempsey insists that the Sharkey-Stribl fight will go on as schedul Apparently somewhat per- turbed by rumors he has heard that the fight will be called off, or moved to soms other location, the promoter late yesterday issued a formal 'statement enxglsllln' that these stories “are without foundation.” 3 Dempsey directed attention to activ- ity of 200 workmen an arena, and announced that.the t sale has already passed the $125,000 mark. Dempsey spent most of yesterday su- perintending the opening of a Miami GALLAGHER-BLICK COURT FIGHT TODAY Justice Peyton Gordin in equity di- vision 2 of the District Supreme Court was today to hear evidence in a suit brought by Marty Gallagher, local heavywelght boxer, against his John 8. Blick, asking for cancella of their contract. The outcome of this case will be watched with interest by loeal, boxing fans as muum& BPh -shukigl program at Miami, claims he was & minor signed his contract with Blick and_ that the latter failed to live up to the contract. Blick Inaintains that he spent more money on Gallagher than his contract called for and that he is mm‘leudn dv.o the fighter's services. 'r'll:; upheld Blick’s right to hold Gallagher under contract. =t Gallagher 'her:nhme e R AT PRO BASKET BALL. New York Hakoahs, 29; Rachester, 23, of the second shot in these modern times it u&n brings .. to mashie or mashie m'ghemhmy.;{_‘bahlmme’wsg W courses mgfififl- these holes the expert | s his choice A Variety of Methods. ‘There should be a variety of opinions, as almost . e rt has his own method of mvm mashie and the masghie niblick. _Professionals of change ' their method ‘of these clubs. ~ A ptrofessional told me that the only way to play an approach shot was off right foot. A few weeks later he told me just as solemnly that the only way was off the left foot. The answer 'was that if it didn't go well for him one way he played it the other. His advice was of small use to me, couldn’t play the shot when using eet. John Ball, many times champion of England, always has been considered a great exponent of the controlled iron shot, although' J. H. Taylor probably won for the greatest reputation as a wielder of the mashle of Briton who ever breathed. Chick Evans in‘his prime was a great mashie player. So was Harry Vardon. Walter Hagen Is a master of the mashie niblick, the club above all ohers which made Jock Hutchison famous. No modern golfer plays his firons any better than Tommy Armour. Among the amateurs such players as Bobby Jones and George Voight stand out. That fine all-around golfer, Gene Sarazen, likes a hole where he can use a spoon for a second shot, and he_controls it beautifully. Professionals hold that the second shot is more likely to decide champlon- ships than any other. This may be true, but the cl 1s always waiting anywhere along the line from tee to cup. ‘That same Gene Sarazen captured a Florida championship a few weeks ago sinking a 30-foot putt for an eagle L Wll]t{‘t h éln tfl-h. O-l an ave! ler who course 'JS: ll'gl'fi any truer '.g‘nln most old sayings. Hagen can play any shot which need arises. But there certainly is no shot more important than the second shot or one with a keener edge fo cut down a score, so listen to the crowned heads of the game while they talk it over. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper’ Alliance.) N second sm‘e):t—aohnw Golden, on t‘h Left to flghb—c-fi. Frank Mullen, Daniel D'Sopa, Barry Mahoney, Thomas McGrath. ) [l £ any AYM): ‘Bnndwlnd.s“ Wm'm, ‘dis- ticket office for the sale of seats. He also located approximately $50,000 worth of ticket reservations. Plans were complete today for the re- e:&tlnn tonight of Jack Sharkey, who 1 arrive to begin training for the !"egruury 27 encounter. bt tribling yesterday wen! ug! initial paces. He skipped rope for more than an hour and gave the sunshine | Da ample opportunity to blister arms and shoulders. “I want to get tanned so that any sunburn will not in- terfere with steady workouts next week,” he explained. ‘Tha Macon, Ga., battler plans to do his roadwork at night. Fights Last Night | By the Assoctated Press. LONDON.~Phil Scott, England, won on foul over Ted Sandwina, Germany 5). 2 (mm CITY. — Young. Jack ‘Thompson, California, stopped Harry Dudley, Philadelphia (6). DAVENPORT, Iowa.—Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, knocked out Bobby Demp- seéy, Hartford, Conn. (4). Young Terry, outpointed Ernie North, Wat Jowa (10). Jack Decker, East Moline, IIL, knocked out Young , Cedar Rapids, Iowa (6). Prince Saund- ers, Chicago, knocked out Billy Lyons, Des Moines (5). Billy Mason, Daven- (p‘o)n. outpointed Jack Ryan, Waterloo Eastern’s Riflemen Hopeful Despite Loss of Vet Shots ESPITE that only one letter ‘winner last season still is at | mond, hand Eastern High is hopeful of lumlng out a capable rifie team. other seasoned shots and a couple of grcmmnz new- e squad. chrr Bower is the lone: who won his lettet'a season ago who on the job, but in McKenzie, Fix and has rangers who into good shots. schedule now is being ar- matches have been closed for to date. involving & scholastic of the District grou) is rrow, that between Devitt and Swavely Bchh:roel of Ma- Va., to be 5 In ‘mu yesterday Central bowed to Catholic University Freshmen, 27 to 28, in the Catholic University gym and Strayers scored over All-Nations quint, 37 to 21, on the Boys Club floor. Matches between Eastern and West- ern and Business and Tech in the Tech gym were to feature the schoolboy floor card here today. Central was to en- MEHLHORN IS AFT THIRD STRAIGHT WIN By the Associated Press. R HOT SPRINGS, Ark, February 1.— “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn, veteran New T e ‘monf Fresh petitive play, a card of 271 for 72 holes; oy confident ot "captising the 13- €Ol lent of caj 53 hole South Central event here. Such stars as Bobby Cruickshank, ur, Billy Burke, Al Al Espinosa, _and /Al Cuicl, ar- Horton Smith and Henry ‘Cotton’ of Eng] are entered. m;. how::er, gave the fl:.ld nox::’; thing ponder over yesterday wi he battled a cold wind for a 69. Some 70 professionals and more than that number of amateurs were lined from a world record for com- || Institute. 5% & pair who give promise of | in for the start with the promise of weather, although cold. SCOTT WINS ON FOUL. LONDON, February. 1 (#).—] both | Soott, English heavyweight, won tlr?# Ted Sandwina of y on a foul in the fifth round of their fight at Al- bert Hall last night for the huz‘lel:ht championship of Europe. In addition to the lar purses, the battlers had put the foul was tertain John Marshall High of Rich- , Va., in another attractive tilt and in other games of the day Gonzaga was to play host to Leonard Hall, St. Al- ban’s was to have Silver Spring High John Marshall High, because’ of & mix-up in its schedule, is without oppo- luhnlorlg!mgmwmdwmllllduketo book any high, prep, or college team this section. Coach Miller may be Hnmhlli‘ed by phone at the Harrington Central’s quint, which has shown marked improvement recently, again showed to real advantage yesterday D | against Catholic University Freshmen. Overcoming an early lead gained by the Freshmen, the Blue and White bas- keters played the host team on vir- tually an even basis the remainder of the way. It was a notable showing for Central, as the Cardinal Cubs are re- garded as unusually formidable, having l;ut ju::' Itme l:ne. This was to Tech y & single point. Eddie Kane was the ace of the win- ners’ lthchu}:cwu h}lfhh'l:ket lln ':rh: final stages gave am vic 5 and he contributed six more tosses from and two from the foul line thelr line-up, difficulty de- scored HERE is more th.n an outside chance for the Navy-Notre Dame foot ball game to be held here this year. That’s the conviction gained from discussion of the subject by Knute Rockne, head coach of the South Bend Institution, who arrived in Washington yes- terday and plans to remain through tomorrow, when he will be the luncheon guest of the Notre Dame Club of Washing- ton at the Racquet Club. Rockne frankly is favorable to this city as the scene for Notre Dame’s clash with the Middies next Fall, and is just as frankly opposed to Baltimore, but as it is up to the Naval Academy to designate the site for its “home” game, the Cham- ber of Commerce, Board of Trade and other interested civic organizations are advised to concentrate on officials at An- napolis in their efforts to land ?o‘e gridiron plum for Washing- n. So far as the date set—Oc- tober 12—is concerned, there would be no conflict on the local foot ball calendar, and there is every reason to believe the other colleges of this imme- diate vicinity would welcome the Navy-Notre Dame game here on the theory that it would serve to stimulate inter- est in foot ball. Clark Griffith Stadium is available for use on that date and officials of the Washington base ball club have indicated a willingness to make the booking and have given assurances that arrangements can be made to seat 40,000 spectators. This is not a large throng, as foot ball crowds go, especially those Rockne’s Ramblers are accustomed to perform before in their extensive travels about the country. It practically is assured a capacity attendance would be attracted, however, and this would mean that a comfortable margin should be obtained over and above the ex- penses for staging the contest, although obviously the profits would not approach those pos- sible in progressive centers of popunlation where stadia with double the seating capacity are available. . No authorized statement on their attitude toward Washing- ton as the locale for the Notre Dame game has as yet been forthcoming from any of the respopsible officials at the Naval Academy, but it is be- lieved they wouid be glad to have the contest played here if ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor ==By DENMAN THOMPSON the demands of officialdom for free tickets wouldn’t pre-doom it to finanecial failure. x X X x Such fellows as Max Schmeling and K. O. Christner have proved a potent tonic for the heavyweight division of fisticuffing, which gave signs of producing more yawns than customers before they hove into sight. The ring-wise are confident in their predictions that the Garden will be sold out when Christner tackles Paulino there three weeks hence, and the tip is out that Otto von Porat will become a front- ranker if the Norwegian makes a good showing against. Jack Gagnon tonight in_a preliminary to the Schmeling-Risko battle. = They have it doped out that Otto has the goods and merely was suf- fering from stage fright when he was outpointed by Paulino earlier in the Winter. ‘The critics are almost & unit in declaring that Schmeling is the best~ looking. heavyweight' sent over from I\Impe'lh&' many & mo:‘ combining speed a hard punch, and, being but 23 years, old has plenty of time to gain the experience he needs. - It is agreed the German, whose chief claim to distinction when he landed on these shores was a strik- ing resemblance to Dempsey, will be in line for a shot at the winner of the Sharkey-Stribling bout if he stops Risko tonight, but that’s no part of a soft assignment. It has been tried by all of the best men in the division, always unsuccessfully. * K kK ‘Whether it is due to modesty, an oversight or to the fact that his row with the Boston City Council:has made him change his mind is mot known, but Emil Fuchs fis listed u;u';ly ;:‘ “pmlu::lnt" on the roster of the ves, which has ity Just come The other half of the dual job the judge announced he would as- sume this season—that of manager —Iis not credited to any one on' the printed list sent out from wigwam headquarters. John J, Evers is no- tated as assistant manager and Jack Slattery, who piloted the team at the start of last season, as assistant busi- ness manager. L We have yet to learn of any base ball writers who oppose the plan to number ball players, which the Yan- kees will inaugurate this season. Two of the latest to indorse it are Ed Bang of the Cleveland News and J. Ed Wray of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch. Says the latter: This numbering system has been resisted by the major league owners, but why none has ever been able to say. Minor leagues have been em- ploying the numbering plan for many years. Practically every other form of ‘competition does likewise. Col- lege foot ball fought the idea for a while and then surrendered. 7 Now we see the white base ball, or from the ¥ at least. Let us hope that other Ameri- can League clubs will imitate the ‘Yanks and make it unanimous. NEXT HEAVY CHAMPION MAY BE GERMAN MAX; BY WALTER TRUMBULL. NEW YORK, February 1~It takes a long time to make a good plenty experie: behind him, and if Schmeling can beat him it will be a bright feather in the ungster’s cap. ’oAnoflur outstanding heavyweight champion is due in the next two three years and it is from of the youngsters that he It may be name is as yet unknown fans, but somewhere he way. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE. of everything, St. N.W. 25% OFF Golf Supplies Bicycles Hunting Boots Rifles Lionel Elec. 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There's little question that the big German appeared to decided ad- vantage in. his first three bouts on American shores. Hg¢ stopped Joe Monte and Pletro and gave Joe Sekyra a neat trouncing for a perfect average to date. But then Risko ranks, or ranked at least, several grades above any of this trio. On the basis of his recent de- feats by Ernie Schaaf and Jimmy Ma- loney it would seem that Johnny didn't do himself any good when he, took on George Godfrey last Summer. Johnny got the decision on that occasion, but he took some vicious body punishment en route. Sensation Last Winter. Still, Johnriy always has had a faculty for losing fights when they didn’t mean anything in particular. “But he was the sensation of the late and lamented heavyweight elimination tournament of the Winter of 1928. In every one of his big “shots” the baker boy from Ohio was on the short end of the betting and the long end of .the decision. Nc:!tihlng B:auld be X;:nr than that. err Max says expects to knock out the rubber man. Max can' sock, there’s no disputing, but there does | seem to be some doubt whether he can stop as tough a foe as the Risko who took everything the negro giant Godfrey threw his way and came back | folb ll;lool'!. b von Poraf aten by Paulino Uzcudun in his last Garden _start, clashes with Jack Gagnon, Boston in the 10-round semi- 'RACING CARRIES ON DESPITE WAGER BAN 3y the Associated Press. | _ MIAMI, Fla. February 1.—Post time | was set as usual at the Hialeah track | today and officials of the Miami Jockey Club announced racing would go for- ward in spite of a strict’ ban on - bling established by Sheriff M. P. fl- | man. After much speculation yesterday re- rding the enforcement of the State aws against betting the thoroughbreds | were paraded past the judges without the | accompanying wagering in the L Sheriff Lehman said no gambling had be track to watch for violations. 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