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SPORTS.. Nationals Get 17 Sunday Dates Here OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1929 CLUB FARES WELL NS STHEDULE Choice Days Given Griffs, Who Are to Start and End Season'Here." BY JOHN B. KELLER. MAJOR league ball club doesn't get everything from the sched- ule makers, so Washington has no kick coming because the 1929° Iisting of games for the American League will have it making 2 number of long trips. To compen- sate, the Nationals in this year's sched- ule are awarded 17 Sunday dates at home, more of these prized dates than any other club gets. The Nationals open and close the season on their own lot. Connie Mack’s Athletics are to raise the curtain on d: April 16, and Bill Carrigan’s x will ring it down on Sunday, October 6. . Yes, the major clubs will play well into the foot ball season next Fall. In addition to the 17 Sunday dates, the Nationals.will have 13 Saturdays and a holiday at home. The Yankees will visit here Memorial day, May 30, for a double bill in the afternoon. The world champs also will show here on one Saturday and two Sundays during the campaign. The Athletics will be our most frequent Sunday visitors, hav- ing five such dates in Washington. The Red Sox have three. The Nationals have 8 Sunday and 12 Saturday engagements on the road. All Sunday dates are in the West, and only one of the Saturdays will find the club in New York. Two holidays the Wash- ington club will spend away from its own yard. On July 4 it will tackle the ‘Yanks in a double-header in New York, and two games will be played with the Red Sox in Boston on Labor day, Sep- tember 2. . Go West in May. ‘The Nationals will invade the West first in May. Other trips to that sector of the league will occur in July and August. The Western clubs come here first in June, make their second visit in the latter part of July and early in August, and their third in September. ‘Three long jumps are to be made by the club in the course of its traveling. ‘The first Western tour will end in St. ILouis, and from that city the Nationals will raflroad home. They will repeat this trip at the conclusion of the second Western invasion, and to start their third and final round of the far sector they will move from Boston to St. Louis. This last one will give the boys & good ride. Twenty-three off days are provided in the schedule, but six of them, of course, will be given over to traveling. 'Of the other 17 the Nationals will have 12 at home. According to league rules, two of the off days will belong to Phil- adelphia, as many to Boston and one to New York. This doesn’t mean, though, that the Nationals will have to gpend them in these towns. Perhaps the business management of the Na- tionals will find some exhibition en- gagements for them. The lougest stretch without games scheduled is three days. This occurs ilate in September. At other times the Nationals will be almost continually busy. At that, it's a pretty good sched- ule for Walter Johnson's club, NEWMAN WILL AGAIN HANDLE CORINTHIANS Corinthian A. C.s young athletes are delighted and Washington's ama- teur sport fans in general will be pleased ito know that Walter Newman, for the past few years the popular coach and athletic director of that club, has de- cided to take over his former duties ‘for another season. He had planned to retire, but his legion of friends and parents of many jof the Corinthian Club members urged him to once more direct the club's ac- tivities. Newman has called a meeting for to- night at Immaculate Conception Hall at 8 o'clock for all Corinthian athletes nterested in base ball, Insect, midget, junior and senior teams will be organ- ized. Corinthian teams will compete in American Legion, Capital City and French leagues. Parents of club mem- bers are also asked to attend. Beymer A. C. nine, which had an unusually successful season in its first campaign last year, will be reorganized shortly. .A benefit dance is scheduled tonight at Arcadia. PEE];IESS SEEK GAMES. Peerless 115-pound quint is casting bout for games. Call Lincoln 2407, The New CORDUROY TRIPLE A TODAY’S DOMINANT TIRE VALUE SPECIAL OFFER ro CHEVROLET and FORD OWNERS _ 30x4.50 $16.50 This oversize super tire fits your present rim. It's the outstanding tire of the year. GUARANTEED 25,000 MILES As a special inducement we will make you a cash trade-in allowance of 257, to 407 For Your 0ld Tires. This Cffer Is for 10 Days Cnly Corduroy Tire Sales Co. 1311 14th St. N.W. v AT CHICAGO ST. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929.! Rickard’s Goal $2,000,000 Fight Gate (Black figures indicate Sundays and holidays, the latter in parentheses) AT LOuIsS AT AT DETROIT CLEVELAND AT ‘WASHINGTON AT PHILADELPHIA AT AT NEW YORK [ BOSTON CHICAGO .|, Best |April 16,17, 18, 19 |May 20, 21, 22 June 19, 20, 22, 23 May 16, 17, 18, 19 | June 24, 25, 26 |Sept. (2, 2) | Sept. 28, 29 April 20, 21, July 2,3 (4, Sept. 24, 2! June 13, 14, 15, 16 July 23, 24, 25 Sept. 7, 8, 9, 10 June 10, 11, 12 June 17 July 26, 27, 20 , 22,23 , 4) 5, 26 Sept. 11,12, 13, 14 |June1,2.3,4 |June5 6,78 July 30, 31, Aug. 1 |Aug. 2, 3, 4 |Sept. 19, 20, 21,22 |Sept. 15, 16, 17,18 April 24, 25, 26 June 27,28, 29, 30 August 8, 9§ Sept. 4, 5 Sports |April 27, 28, 29, 30 | Ma Sept. 22, 24, 25 |Sept. (2, v 1,23 May 28,29 (30, 30) May 23, 224,’ 25,26 |Sept. 28,29 June 5,6, 7, 8 Aug. 3, 3, 5, 6 Sept. 16, 17, 18 Junel,2, 3,4 |July 30, 31 Aug. 1, 2 Sept. 19, 20, 21 |June 9, 10, 11, 12/ | July 26, 27, 28 Sept. 11,12,13,14 | June 13, 14, 15, 16 July 23, 24, 25 Sept. 7, 8, 9, 10 May 1, 2, 3 May 23, 24, 25, 26 Oct. 3,4,5,6 |Apri120.21,22,23 | July 2,3 (4,4) Aug. 29, |June 19, 20, [ Aug. 6, 7, News 31, Sept. 1 April1s, 17, |June 5, 6,7, 8 Aug. 3,4. 5 Sept. 15, 16, 17, 18 18,19 , 22,23 8 July 30, 31 Aug. 1.2 | Sept. 19, 20, 21 May 31 June 1,3, 4 June 9, 10, 11 June (17, 17) | July 26, 27, 28 | Sept. 11, 12, 14 | June 13, 14,15, 16 |July 23, 24, 25 Sept. 7, & 9, 10 | April 27, 28, 29, 30 May 28,29 (30, 30) Aug. 29, 31, Sept. 1 ‘Oct. 3, | May 16, June 24, 25, 26 17,18,19 May 2], 22 June 27, 28, 29, 30 Sept. 4, 5 an | April 24, 25, 26 { 45,6 | June 9, 10, 11, 12 | June 13, 14, 15 July 26, 27, 28 d |July 22,23, 24, 25 Sept. 11,12,13,14 (Sept. 6, 7, 9, 10 |June 1, 2,3, 4 July 30, 31, Aug. 1 Sept. 19, 20, 21, 22 June 5, 6, 7, 8 Aug. 2, 3. 4 Sept. 15, 16, 17, 18 May 10, 11, 12 July 14,15, 16, 17 Aug. 14, 15, 16, 17 WASH'TON. May 13, 14, 15 July 18, |Aug. 10, | May 4, 5, July 10, 11, |May 7, 8.9 July 6. 7, 8, 9 |Aug. 22,23, 24,25 19,20, 21 11,12,13 ‘Aug. 18,19, Gossip 8 o 12,13 20,21 April 23, 24, 25 May 23, 24, 25 July 1,2, '3 oOct. 1,2 | April 26, 27 |June 27, 28,29 | Aug. 7. 8 Sept. (2,2),3,4 {April 30, May 1,2 May 21, 22 July (4, 4) Aug. 6,29 30,31 PHILA....... May 4, 5, 6 {July 10, I‘Aus- 18, | May 13, 14, 15 July 18, 19, 20, 21 Aug. 10,11, 12,13 11,12,13 19, 20, 21 June 16 |May 10,11,12 | July 14,15,16,17 Aug. 14,15, | April 16, 17, 18 | May 17,'18,"19 | May 26, June 18,30 17" |Sept. 1, 22 Appears April 19, 20, 21, 22 June 21, 22, 23 Aug. 27, 28 Oct. 5, 6 Apr.28, 30, My. 1,2 | |May 28, 29 (30, 30) |Sept. 26, 28,29 |May 4, 5, 6 July 10, 11, 12,13 Aug. 18, 19, 20, 21 NEW YORK |May 10, 11, 12 July 14, 15, 16, 17 ’Aug. 14,15,16,17 | April 26, 27, 29 June 27, 28, 29 Aug. 7, 8 Sept. (2, 2), 3 April 28 May 28, 29 (30, 30) June 25, 26 Sept. 26, 27, 28, 28 April 23. 24, 25 May 23, 24, 25, 26 June 30 Sept. 1, Sep. 24,25 | In The' | May 13, 14, 15 .../ July 18,19, 20, 21 Aug. 10,11, 12,13 BOSTON |July 14, | May 10; 11, 12 I\Aug. 14, May 4, 5, 6 |July 10, 11, 12,13 Aug. 18, 19, 20, 21 16,17 15, 16,17 &} | April 19, 20, 21, 22 June 21, 22, 23 Aug. 27, 28 Oct. 5, 6 May 20, 21, 22 24, 25,726 4 July ( Aug. 29, 30, 31 April 16, 17, 18 May 17, 18, 19 June 18, 19 July 1, 2. 2 Star After a Record. F the ancient and honorable State of Georgia can wake some balmy morning and find a young fellow by the name of Stribling the heavy- weight champion, the sporting record of this State will be somewhat astonishing. It was Georgia that sent Ty Cobb to no slight amount of base ball prestige. Also Nap Rucker. It was Georgla that sent a l4-year-oid golfer by the name of Bobby Jones to Merion, just 13 years 2go. Just as Cobb holds at least 10 base ball records, so Jones, at 26, has been the holder of eight national golf titles. It was also Georgia that sent a young girl by the name of Alexa Stirling out to win three women's championships at the same game. It happened 'to be from Georgia that Bobby Walthour came up years ago to win six-day races and other cycling laurels. In 1927 the University of Georgia came within a game of cleaning up a foot ball season, and in 1928 Geor- gia Tech won every game played. It was also from Georgia Tech that a “ broad jumper by the name of Hamm came along to set a mew record. This makes a fair enough showing in base ball, golf, foot ball, cycling and fleld athletics. So if Georgla can put Stribling through as Gene Tunney's successor, her record will be about all that one can ask. It would be inter- esting to see what State has produced the greatest competitors in the greatest number of sports through tbe last 10 years. California has a long list and 50 has Pennsylvania. New York hasn’t done so badly. But if Stribling man- ages to scramble through and take over Tunney's toga it will be hard for any State to match Georgia’s record for competitive quality. Bobby Jones alone 'lifts the mark above the hills. Cobb’s 23-year-old collection of vital statistics will never be matched in this generation. No one now spin- ning around on this terrestrial top is ever going to colect as large an armful of games played base ball hits and runs. his is not to suggest that Stribling is any certain pick. He isn't. A fellow by the name of Jack Sharkey can switch a lot of puglistic attention back to- ward Boston if he only unravels his stuff. And if Sharkey doesn’t there is another fellow by the name of Schmeling who will be no cheerful news to any survivor by next Summer. Still Stribling has about as good a chance as any one else. His record to date hardly has been dynamic, but he is only 24. And one might consider just long far along Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Willard and Tunney had gotten at this somewhat youth- ful spot. Not so very far. Tunney at 23 was taking a_terrific pasting from Harry Greb. Jefries at 23 was labeled 96 per cent ham. Jeff- ries and Dempsey hit their strides at 24. Maybe Stribling will prove that he is a different party with increasing age. ' Anyway, Georgia is pretty confi- dent that he has at least an even chance. Impeaching Lord Jeffrey. Dear Sir: What's this you say? That “Lord Jeffrey Amherst” is the best of Accept this spend much more on “how and why.” $2875 Dressing well IS an art! No doubt you’ve noticed how some men always look smarter than their friends who helpful 32-page brochure tells the THE SPORTLIGHT Y GRANTLAND RICE all college songs. Really I am sur- prised at you. How about the “Buck- eye Battle Cry” of Ohio State? Words and music by Francis Crummitt, the famous plink and plunk man, who is just resuming the hum and strum busi- ness on a large scale. Out in Ohlo they put that ahead of anything Mr. Sousa or Mozart ever turned out. Or if you cannot give that anthem the palm, how about “Illinois Loyalty” or “On Wisconsin?” Next thing you will be saying Molar’s Barber College has a better band than Michigan, Really, you should be more carefwl. Mr. Crum- mit is easlly hurt, that way. F.J.P. From the Dim Past. Dear Sir: Is there no limit to what these Californians will do? When Georgia Tech played on the coast, January 1, the Jacket players were sur- prised at the lightness of the ball. Apparently it was standard in every detall, but seemed much lighter than the balls used back East. Is it possible the Californians were filling the balls with some of their famous sunshine or air? Or maybe one of their real estate boosters was employed to inflate the leathers. Better look into this, Watson. ‘TORNADO. A Tip From Mr. Mack. Dear Sir: I see that Mickey Coch- rane says the Athletics suffered from an inferiority complex last year. Here's a suggestion that may prevent Uncle Connie Mack from suffering from that disease in 1929. Start this line-up: Foxx, catcher; Orwoll, pitcher; Orwoll, first base; Dykes, second base; Dykes, shortstop; Foxx third base; Dykes, left fleld; Orwoll, center field, and Foxx, right field. For utility men he can use: Dykes, Foxx and Orwoll. There's noth- ing inferior about those handy birds. WAYFARER. Sir: 1Is there anything illustrative in the fact that Mr. Corns Callouses Pyle has chosen Rockaway as the training sfl.e?lor his new gang of Puppy Pound- ers w L. “Is & post stuck firmly in the ground balanced?” asks a reader, by way of settling something. Not in the slight- est. Balance is motion under control. A spinning top is & good example. post stuck in the ground is about as well balanced as most golfers swinging a club, but it isn't balanced. Another good intersectional battle could be brought about by matching a blue fish from Montauk Point with a bone fish from Florida waters. Whether or not it is true, expert anglers will tell you that a bone fish carries more battle in its system to the ounce or the inch than any known living specimen, whether it comes from land or water. And the blue fish is no part of a set-up. (Copyright, 1929.) BREAKS CASTING RECORD. ORLANDO, Fla., February 15 (#).— Eddie Bradden, Cleveland, all-around national casting champion, broke the Southern States record and tled the national mark in the accuracy fly- casting event at the opening of the Southern States casting tournament here. His score was 100. interesting booklet o o « With our compliments Shows clearly what type garm to look your b what patterns. tie. Drop in ai clothes. This free. Or send your name on a postal. Smart Suits, Tuxedos, Topcoats Tailored to your Individual Measure The Edward Tailoring Co., Inc. 719 Fourteenth St., N. W, Washington FDWARD CLOTHE “Made for You” PHILADELPHIA . . . NEW YORK . . . WASHINGTON . GRIFFS’ PLAYING DATES DURING 1929 CAMPAIGN AT HOME. April 16, 17, 18—Philadelphia. April 19, 20, 21, 22—Boston. April 28—New York. May 17, 18, 19. 26—Philadelphia. May 28, 20, 30 (two games)—New York. June 1, 2, 3, 4—St. Louis. June 5, 6, 7, 8—Detroit. June 9, 10, 11, 12—Cleveland. June 13, 14, 15, 16—Chicago. June 18—Philadelphia. June 21, 22, 23—Boston. June 25, 26—New York. June 30—Philadelphla. July 23, 24, 25—Chicago. July 26, 27, 28—Cleveland. July 30, 31, August 1, 2—St. Louls. August 3, 4, 5—Detroit. August 27, 28—Boston. September 1—Philadelphia. September 7, 8, 9, 10—Chicago. September 11, 13, 13, 14—Cleveland. September 15, 16, 17, 18—Detroit. September 19, 20, 21—St. Louis. September 22—Philadelphia. September 26, 27, 28, 20—New York. October 5, 6—Boston. ABROAD. April 23, 24, 25—Philadelphia. April 26, 27—Boston. April 30, May 1, 2—New York. May 4, 5, 6—Cleveland. May 7, 8, 9—Detroit. May 10, 11, 12—Chicago. May 13, 14, 15—St. Louis. May 21, 22—New York. May 23, 24, 25—Philadelphia. June 27, 28, 29—Boston. July 1, 2, 3—Philadeiphia. July 4 (two games)—New York. July 6, 7, 8, 9—Detroit. July 10, 11, 12, 13—Cleveland. July 14, 15, 16, 17—Chicago. July 18, 19, 20, 21—St. Louis. August 6—New York. August 7, 8—Boston. August 10, 11, 12, 13—S8t. Louis. August 14, 15, 16, 17—Chicago. August 18, 19, 20, 21—Cleveland. August 22, 23, 24, 25—Detroit. August 29, 30, 31—New Yo Sentember 2 (two games), Boston. October 1, 2-~Philadelphia. D. C. GUNNERS TO VISIT BALTIMORE TOMORROW ‘Washington Gun Club marksmen will engage Oriole Gun Club's team at Bal- timore Highlands tomorrow afternoon in another intercity registered trap- shooting match. ‘The program includes a 10-man sin- gles team match and a 5-man doubles team match. In the 10-man event, 100 targets will be used. TURNER TOSSES PETERS. Joe Turner, Washington's veteran middleweight wrestler, took the rubber match from Cyclone Peters, erstwhile masked marvel, last night at the Strand Theater. Turner took two of three falls, Previously each had defeated the other. TRAPSHOTS TO MEET. All members of Washington Gun Club have been invited to attend a meeting tonight in room 1012 of the Munsey Building at 8 o'clock. - All stockholders are especlally urged to be present, ac- cording to Robert B Welch, secretas 3, 4— in pictures and text ents you should choose est . . . what colors . .. .. what collar...what nd get your copy. It’s $3875 « ATLANTIC CITY GRIFFITH-LOMSKI GO WILL DRAW THRONG By the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 15.—Gerald Am- brose Griffith, the tough one from Sioux City, Towa, meets the test of his career tonight when he engages Leo Lomski, recognized as the leading challenger for the world light heavyweight cham- pionship, in a 10-round contest. The bout will be to a referee's de- cision at the light heavyweight, 175 pounds. Indications today were that the battle would be witnessed by a crowd of 12,000 to 15000, with receipts of $40,000 to $50,000. The winner will be admittedly the leading challenger to the light heavy- weight championship held by Tommy Loughran. Lomski is figured to have an advantage over the Iowa youngster, due to his greater experlence in major encounters, his superior boxing skill and the physical edge of having been through a tough bout with James J. Braddock, who recently scored a knock- out triumph over Griffith. Griffith, however, has ruggedness, speed and dangerous punching ability. These factors seem to give him an ex- cellent chance against the walloper from Aberdeen, Wash. If a knockout is scored, Griffith is accorded the best chances, but the impression prevails the bout will go to the limit with Lomski the winner on points. Lomski figures to weigh around 171 pounds at- scale time this afternoon, with Griffith scaling about 174, FIELDS IS FAVORITE IN BOUT WITH GANS NEW YORK, February 15 (#).—Now a welterwelght, Jackie Fields, clever Los Angeles products, renews the feud he began as featherweight with his fellow- townsman, Baby Joe Gans, in a 10- round bout in Madison Square Garden tonight,, Fields outpointed the Negro star in a close match on the Pacific Coast sev- eral years ago, when both were fighting in the 126-pound class. They renew their struggle tonight, with Fields a full-fledged 147-pounder and Gans a junior welterweight. Perhaps because of his sensational record of the last few months, Fields has been established as an 8-to-5 favorite. By the Associated Press. WATERBURY, Conn—Louis Kid Kaplan, Meriden, Conn,, outpointed Phil McGraw, Detroit (10). DAVENPORT, Iowa.—Jack Dillon, Louisville, outpointed Kay White, New Orleans (10). 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The gross receipts were $2,658,253.72 and the Federal ad- | HE Dempsey-Tunney bout in Phil- adelphia drew the largest crowd, | mussions tax came to $241,659.43. I. might have reached $3.000,000 if the Middlewest had been a little bet- ter educated to boxing. I had no trouble selling my high-priced seats. It was the others which went slowly. Thou- sands of persons came to the city the day of the bout, but they didn't buy tickets. And others stayed at home and organized radio parties. The boxing habit was not as well formed as in the East. Nor did it help any when some newspaper humorists described the seats in the north end of the stadium as situated on the Wisconsin line. Still, more than 100,000 fans paid to get in. ‘When I failed to hold the first Tun- ney-Dempsey bout in Chicago I had assured my friends in that city that I would some day hold a heavyweight championship fight there. Circum- stances made it the second Tunney- Dempsey fight. One of the chief cir- cumstances was Jack Sharkey. After the Philadelphia bout Demp- sey had returned to the West. He real- ized he had made a poor showing in Philadelphia and his pride was hurt at the loss of a title he held beyond price. ‘Whether he would fight again was a question. I hoped and believed he would and I knew that if he did it would be for me. But Dempsey makes up his own mind. Had to Pacify Gibson. In January I had gone to St. Louls, taking the New York boxing writers with me, to sign Tunney to a new con- tract. The chief difficulty was that Bllly Gibson’s contract with the cham- plon had expired and I had to get the men together on a new basis before proceeding further. With this matter straightened out, Tunney wmln;ly signed a contract, drawn by Dudley Field Malone and Ellwood W. Kemp, jr., which provided that he was to meet any man of my selection any time be- tween July and January and that I was to furnish an opponent, hold and pro- mote the bout. Tunney received a guarantee of $525,- 000 with the option of taking a fixed percentage of the receipts. He later had reason to be satisfled with that contract. It netted him $991,000, exclu- sive of his share of the pictures. Now my job was to get an opponent for Tunney. Word came from the Coast in April that Dempsey had started light training, but meanwhile Jack Sharkey had been coming along fast. He stop- ped Wills and Maloney and no less a Jjudge of boxing than Willlam Muldoon said the Boston boxer had the marks of a champion. By now Dempsey had convinced him- self that he wanted another shot at Tunney, but it became evident that he would have to get by Sharkey first. Dempsey came East in June, signed to meet Sharkey and engaged » Flynn as a trainer. The bout was fought at the Yankee Satdium. July 21 and grossed $1,183,529.70. In a savage battle Dempsey won by a knockout in the seventh round and I again had the greatest drawing card of them all to send against Tunney. Pat Joyce, George Getz, Mike Igoe and other well informed Chicago men told me that their city was ready for the bout and offered me every assist- ance in taking it there. This fitted in with my plans for several reasons. I had just held a big fight in New York and you can’t run two big boxing shows in one city only a few weeks apart. The Middlewest was a brand-new field. The stadium on the lake front was capable of seating 150,000 spectators and was much better suited for my purpose than any base ball park. I went to Chicago late in July, accom- panied by Walter Trumbull and West- SFTORTS.’ YOTER, KENNA SIGNED, SAYS EYNON ON RETURN| Elmer Yoter, recruit third base- man, and Ed Kenna, catcher, are the latest to sign for service with the Nationals this ye: Receipt of their contracts was announced this morning by the club's secretary, Edward B. Eynen, jr, who arrived late yesterday from the Nationals’ training base at Tampa, Fla. With Yoter and Kenna signed, there are mow in line 22 of the 32 Nationals in reserve. Yoter was bought last Fall from the Minneapolis club of the American Association, the Wash- ington ownership paying $2,500 down and agreeing to give $12,500 more if the player is retained. The third bascman has been in professional base ball five seasons, and has had brief trials with the Indians and the Cubs. Kenna was purchased from Minne- apolis of the American Association last season for $15,000 and with the Nationals compiled a batting aver- age of .297. brook Pegler, and signed with the South Park Board for the use of the stadium, agreeing on a rental of $100,000 and posting a $200,000 bond for performance. Under the Illinois law the promoter of a bout had to be a resident, so the busi- ness was done in the name of Mr. Getz, chairman of Mayor Thompson's com- mittee, who became my associate in the bout. No man ever showed more ability, consideration and loyalty. He smooth- ed all paths for me and I owe him a lasting debt of gratitdude. Mr. Getz never before had been associated with any enterprise of this sort and he was under considerable strain, especially when thousands of his friends began demanding tickets in the first row. New York was most unwilling to see this fight go West, and much pressue was brought to bear. But I told my di- rectors I had pledged my word that the bout should be held in Chicago and they stood by me. Because of the ill- ness of Mrs. Dempsey, Jack asked for more time and I had to postpone the fight from September 15 to September 22. Taking my secretary, . Naomi Lowensohn and other members of the Gnrsen staff to Chicago, I went to work. As usual, there were a thousand de- tails to be attended to and a hundred arguments to be settled. The boxers had to sign new contracts with Getz, which he assigned to me. The stands had to be built, training quarters found and tickets printed and sold and at the last minute there was a fierce argument over the bandages. Chairman Righeimer and other members of the Chicago Boxing Commission picked two wealthy business men, George Lytton and Shel- don Clakre, as judges, and Dave Barry as referee. Finally came the fight, with its un- forgettable seventh round, when Demp- sey, with a burst of all his old-time savageness, battered Tunney to the floor and appeared to be on the point of regaining his title. Kick in Seventh Round. The spectators went almost as crazy as they did at the Dempsey-Firpo fight. That one thrilling round _made it an unforgettable occasion. ney won the last three rounds easily enough, but fans never will cease to argue over the count in the seventh. At any rate, Dempsey lost his chance by walking to the wrong corner and Tunney still was champion. But the argument made a third meeting look like a .“natural” I did not know then that Tunney and Demp- sey would not fight again, and it ap- peared that my $3,000,000 gate might become a realit; Y. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- Daper Alliance.) (Next—The closing chapter of the Rickard autoblography, dealing with the Tunney-Heeney fight.) PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Toronto Mapleleafs, 3; New York Rangers, 1. uMo:mI Maroons, 4; Ottawa Sena- New York Amerlcans, 1; Detrolt Cougars, 1. Pittsburgh Pirates, 2; Boston Bruins, 0. Montreal Le C: 1; Chicago ice, 5; Boston, 1. 3; Kansas City, 2. t. Paul, 2. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats | WALKER DEFENDS HIS CROWN JULY 4 Meets Hudkins in Contest for Middleweight Title at Las Vegas. By the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, February 15— Mickey Walker, world middle- weight champion, will defend his title at Las \ée , Nev, on July 4 against Ace Hudkins, Ne- braska “Wildcat.” Announcement that Jack Kearns had signed for the champion was made here yesterday by Tom Kennedy, once a heavyweight fighter and now trying out the role of promoter. Kennedy said he already had an agreement with Hudkins to fight for him on July 4 and that he expected to have the Nebraskan's name on a contract within a few days. The purse a% stake in the battle will be the biggest ever put up for a middle- welght titular struggle, according to Kennedy’s announcement. Walker will defend his title at 160 pounds under the agreement with the romoter. The champion, who now is San Francisco preparing for a bout with Jack Willis of Texas, “will not be able to put his title at stake before July 4,” Kennedy said the contract read. He is free, however, to participate in a light-heavyweight bout if he so desires, the promoter said. Both fighters will be at Las Vegas one month before the fight doing all their training in camps near the Nevada desert town. JACK TO LET PILOTS DECIDE ON REFEREE By the Associated Press. MIAMI BEACH, Fla.,, February 15.— Promoter Jack Dempsey today was pre- pared to use the big stick, if necessary, to maintain peace and quiet between “Pa” Stribling and Johnny Buckley, managers of the principals in his Feb- ruary 27 battle at Flamingo Park, when they me} to spar over the selection of 2 referee. R He expected to take no part in the actual selection, he said, as long as the managers seemed to agree, but he warned Stribling and Buckley that any unnecessary loud talking would end negotiations. In that event, Dempsey will name the third man in the ring tomorrow. ‘While Sharkey hammered the heavy bags and went through three rounds with sparring partners, Young Stribling left with his brother, “Baby,” for Mel- bourne, Fla., where he will second the youngster in a fight tonight. 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