Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 46

SPOKTS. WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION WOULD MEET WHOLE PACK Perfect Shape and Proper Mental Attitude Will Be in Joe’s Favor When He Tackles Chal- lenger, Says Manager. BY FRED TURBYVILLE. at the hands of Al Mello, and the razzberry from the world at large, one might figure Joe Dundee ready to surrender the ! FTER a knockout at the hands of Jack Thompson, two defeats welterweight title that has caused him so much trouble. Dundee might let the title pass on to Jackie Fields and be glad of it. He could even be excused if he had become convinced of his own inability to cope with the field of challengers. Joe could do a little light training, let the title pass and return to his native Baltimore with $50,000. He could resume his family name of Sam Lazzaro and buy a banana stall in Belair Market. And no one would blame him. But Joe Dundee has no such inten- tions. He is in training for the greatest battle of his career. He believes he will | fight the greatest battle of his career when he defends his world’s welter- weight title against Jackie Fields in Detroit,” July 16. “No man In the world can beat Joe in a 15-round tilte fight.” said his manager, Max Waxman. “If the battle were limited to 10 rounds, then Fields might be leading on points at the finish. But in 15 rounds he hasn't & chance to_take Joe's title. “When the fans at the ringside in Detroit see Joe step through the ropes on the night of July 16 they're going to look at a fighter in perfect physical shape, and a fighter in the perfect frame of mind. “Dundee is ordinarily a quiet lad, glow to anger and never a rowdy. But right now He is seeing red. He's been razzed by certain sports writers and persecuted by certain officials until he is ready to teke on the whole pack of challengers as fast as they can be booked. Jackie Fields will be facing a Dundee o little cifferent from the Dundee of other welterweight figits. | The Dundee of July 16 will be the per- fect fighter. Jackie Pields can't beat | him. No man can beat him in 15 rounds.” “Joe is above all a ‘money fighter' and this is his big shot” says Wax- man. “Before a big crowd and with something at stake hell fight as he never fought before. “He is free of the blood poisoning that threatened to end his career. He had seven attacks of that and almost lost his left arm in Boston. But his arm is well and he's fit as a fiddle. In recent months he has undergone a series of treatments and the doctors say he will have no more infections. “His weight is good. He doesn't smoke or drink and keeps regular hours. He is 2 home man. He has a nice little family and Mrs. Joe sees to all the cooking when Joe is training for a fight. He goes to church regularly. In short, he's about as good as youd wish a boy to be and therefore a joy to handle.” iy BLOW BATTLES JANNEY FOR PLAYGROUND TITLE Blow and Janney School nines were to meet this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on the Plaza diamond in the first game of a series of three to decide the city junior champlonship in the Muni- cipal Playground Department’s ele- mentary school base ball series. Monroe tossers squeezed out a 3-to-2 win over Wheatley yesterday in the first of a three-game series for the senior class title. Monroe triumphed without making a hit. Fine base run. ning by Carlton Giovannetti and B Harris brought Monroe victory. RENAULT, HURT, UNABLE TO BATTLE GALLAGHER Because of an injury with which he is suffering, Jack Renault, Canadian heavyweight boxer, will be unable to fill his engagement with Marty Galla- gher, Washington husky, Monday night at Baltimore. Gallagher's next battle will be in y card. Ppear on the Heensy-Malon JACK WRIGHT ADVANCES IN KENT NET TOURNEY BECKENHAM, England, June 14 (P). —Dr. Jack Wright of Montreal, Ca- nadisn Davis Cup player, advanced to the fourth round of the men's singles in the Kent tennis championship tour- nament. 2 He defeated R. Malcolm of South Africa in the third round. The scores, MARRINER-DORVAL BOUT DEPENDENT ON WEATHER CHICAGO, June 14 (P).—If the weather man relents, Les Marriner, Chi- | cago heavyweight, and Napoleon Jack Dorval of New York will open Chicago’s outdoor ring scason with a 10-round bout. tonight. h was postponed from last of rain and co ¥ BULOW'S TACTIGS Pilot May Be Cutting Off His Own Nose by Annoying Max on Eve of Battle. N ment in its flight to safeguard nis claim to the likeliest looking heavyweight prospect seen in some time. Bulow's contract with Max Schmeling is & matter of record with the local commission and is the only one accepted from the many managers claiming control of the German fighter. Schmeling’s fight with Paulino Uzcu- dun June 27 is put on over the objec- tions of Bulow. This is because the Iatter wanted more than the local com- mission thought was fair to the fighter and the charity affair for which the contest is_being staged. Bulow has started sult to prevent the match. He also wants an account- ing of the money to be paid Schmeling. In this he is perfectly right. But the fact, that the commission has guaran- teed Bulow's share should be sufficient. Bulow, counseled by others, thinks the contract signed in Montreal is against his ‘interests and he wants to be sure that the money will not be placed to the fighter's credit outside of this country. If the Garden officials do that, Bulow would have a hard job collecting. Now Bulow, who signed a contract with Humbert Fugazy, is agreeable to a match with Phil Scott, the British title ~ holder. The local commission could do nothing else but recognize the contract and on paper the match is on. But here is the catch. Schmel- ing refuses to recognize any contract made by Bulow and threatens to return home and retire from active partici- pation in the game until his contract with Bulow expires one year from this coming October. Now if Bulow thinks he has the next heavywelght champlonship of the world he is showing poor judgment trying to prove this. Schmeling on the eve of the most important fight of his career should not bother with law suits. He sheuld be free to go about his prepa- BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK, June 14.—Arthur Bulow is using very poor judg- | ration without a care or thought in the world but the impending contest. Bu- low's actions mean that he is com- mencing the series of annoyances pre- dicted by this writer two weeks ago and unless the mattey is kept from Schmel- ing, his work is bound to suffer. SHORTSTOP IS ADDED T0 CUBS’ CRIPPLE LIST CHICAGO, June 14 (#).—Elwood English, youthful shortstop, has joined Philadelphia June 24 when he will ap- | Catchers Leo Hartnett and Mike Gon- zales on the Cubs’ injured list. English_injured his ankle in a col- tision and may be out for several days. RELEASE LAUTENBACHER, SUTS DOWN TO 25 LIMIT CHICAGO, -June 14 (#)—The Cubs have reduced their roster to the legal limit of 25 by releasing Ed Lautenbach- er, rookie pitcher, to the Reading club of the International League. He goes there on & 48-hour recall provision, JOCKEY IS éUSPENDED. COLLINSVILLE, TIL, June 14 (P).— Jockey C. Cavens has drawn a 30-day suspension. The stewards of Fairmount track ruled he was guilty of “hand riding” and interference in the third race ‘yesterday and disqualified Miles Prior, the horse with which he finished Sandy Lady was awarded first Special Notice We Now Have On Sale—The Famous ROGERS Best Type. $1.50 Value 59c For Fords { 63c == S .’To‘w Lines, 39¢| fl I ! 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I was about to cross through the Yankee infield during practice when Mr. O'Leary caught me by the arm and restrained me from entering the zone of fire. “Remember,” admonished Mr. O'Leary, “that your dogs are not what they used to be, what with one thing and another. Also consider that your eyes have be- come astigmatized and dimmed by watching one base ball game after an- other. You are in no position to side- step and are not competent to see these infield hits with- the new base bail, It’s so lively that I hardly cam see it my:- self.” Mr. O'Leary’s admonition was sec~ onded by other members of the Yan- kee team, who seemed to have my welfare at heart for no good reason whatever. Watching that ‘practice, it seemed to me that it was some- thing of a miracle that the brains of the Yankee infielders were not dashed out by batted balls—not that this would have made such a spat- tering, at that. After this I was moved to comment from time to time upon the liveliness of the modern base ball. These com- ments_always drew counter-comments from Julian Curtiss of Spalding’s, indi- cating great mental anguish upon the part of Mr. Curtiss. And Mr. Curtiss is still greatly pained mentally over the comments, as he maintains stoutly that there has been no change in the officiai base ball. Now, Mr. Curtiss is moved to assign other causes for the increase in the 914 DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. McGEEHAN Passing the Buck. HE boys are passing the buck in the inquisition into the causes for the current orgy of home runs, which, according to some, is making our national pastime ridiculous. others, the home run increase is making the game more in- teresting. It all depends on the point of view. generally that the current season is developing an abnormal number of what William B. Hanna would call “circuit clouts.” Jt is natural that any one in an inquiring mind should rise to It is immaterial whether or not the increase in home runs is for better or for worse as far as the national pastime is con- According to Bit it is admitted the customers to determine this. What they wish to know now is “How come?” The old-time base ball players, like John Joseph McGraw, Wilbert Robinson and others, have a notion that it is mainly because the official base balls have been so constructed as to carry farther than the old ones. This was brought to my attention by Charles O'Leary, coach of the Yankees, at the Yank training camp on the west coa'st home run output. He passes the buck to the base ball architects. Whatever blame he cannot trace to the landsca gardeners of the national pastime he blames upon the restrictions placed upon the pitchers. In this controversy—if it can be called that—Mr. Curtiss has a slight advantage over me. He lays down & barrage of statistics across my front- line defense. And how I hate sta- tistics! I always have maintained that base ball statistics prove noth- ing whatever. For instance, it is my contention that | Babe Ruth is the greatest all-around base ball player of all time, but this is not. indicated by the statistics. All that the statistics indicate regarding Mr. Ruth is that he is a great home-run hitter, and a primary-grade pupil could figure that without the ald of an adding machine. Blaming the Architects. After laying. down the statistical smoke screen, which leaves me blinded and gasping for air, Mr, Curtlss follows up this move, which is contrary to the rules of civilized controversy, by writ- ing: “Please observe that the highest percentage (of home runs) was real- ized in 1922 before the silly squawk about the lively ball began. In 1926 it was lowest of all, and the yowling about the ball was the loudest.” (I might say that Mr. Curtiss is giving the general batting statistics and not COME TO Sport Mart for your SWIMMING SUITS Men’s—Women’s—Children’s Offering the Latest in Sunsuits, Twosomes and Speed Models - Sport Mart Washington’s Leading Sport Stores St. — 1303 F St. | the home-run statistics, which looks like a deft bit of side-stepping.) “The Brooklyn bese ball ground has & new left-field bleacher encroaching on the original territory; the Polo Grounds has & new home run rule; Boston has encroached on original territory and partially ruined one of the best base ball grounds in the United States; Pittsburgh has altered its field so that home runs may be made to right field; the St. Louis American League ground, now used by the National League, is not as large as the old National League field; the Chicago ground has been re- PO] arranged and the home run distances have been short ever since the team went there. Philadelphia has not changed. I am not sure if there has been a change in right fleld in Cincin- natl, and if there is it has been in favor of home runs. “The total number of base hits has been more or less uniform ever since the new pitching rules went into ef- fect, and the increase was marked the moment the spitball wes ~one away with, That was the very ) ing sought. “Also let me kindly call your att tion to the character of the pit the last four clubs in the Iv League. I think even W. O. McGe and Jullan Curtiss could come cloce to cracking out a home run against t. majority of these pitchers.” - And Then, Wrat of 1t? ‘There may be much in what Mr. Cur- tiss has to say concerning the changes in the base ball grounds and the effect of these changes on the home run out- put. Certainly the number of home runs has been increasinc until it is unusual to read of a game where no home runs have been hit. The game has been changed so that the very old- timers are beginning to squawk rau cously. Some of the parks have been re- constructed deliberately with the no- tion of facilitating the home run output. Others have been altered to accommodate the increased number of customers, but at the same time the reconstruction has affected the number of home runs. In Texas and in places where there are open to the dim horizon spaces “| they seem to have shortened their fences deliberately so that the home runs may be aided. I recall some Texas base ball parks that were, for no apparent reason, the size of the Phila- delphia National e base ball park, where sometimes feeble singles will go into the bleachers for home runs. It is my notion’that if Babe Ruth had been playing with the Philadelphia Nationals MANDELL TO FIGHT By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 14.—Sammy Man- dell, world lightweight champion, is to defend his title here some time before August 10, under terms of a contract signed yesterday with Paddy Harmon, president of the Chicago Stadium Cor- ration. ‘The title holder received $5,000 for signing- to meet any opponent selected by Harmon. He also agreed to defend his championship a second time if he emer?u victor from the coming battle. illy Petrolle, Tony Canzoneri, Ray Miller, Billy Wallace, Louis “Kid” Kap- lan, Luis Vicentini and Jack Berg are being considered as Mandell’s opponent. \BELMONT GETS RID OF AUSTRALIAN GATE the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 14.—The West- chester Racing Association has decided to discard the Australian starting gate after a disastrous trial at Belmont Park. Joseph E. Widener, president of the as- soclation, made the announcement that it would be scrapped and that the new Mars Cassidy starting gate would be_given a trial at Saratoga. ‘Widener sald that Richard T. Wilson, president of the Saratoga association, had agreed to take three of the new barriers, the invention of the veteran starter, which are released mechanically instead of electricall ‘The failure of the clectric system to work on the closing diy of the Belmont meeting he might have run himself up a record for a hundred home rums in sea- son. But the main point is that the home runs have been increased until the game has been changed basically. course, if the horizon were the It for the outfields, there might be some more spectacular flielding and a famine in home runs. ‘But where are you to get the space in the cities? And if you could get it, would the customers want the home runs cut to a minimum? / Spalding Symetric Irons— accurately matched and bal- anced. Fine grade hickory shafts. Chromium plated heads. Best grade calf grips. Set of 5irons, the correctiron for cach distance, $17.50. $3.50 each. Shirt is an old hand at golf. Cut s0 it never binds. Smart enough for mixed foursomes. And about as stout as the hickory in your driver. Ex- ceptional value at $2. BEFORE AUGUST 10, caused a serlous accident to Jockey | SPORTS. HAGEN SEES JAUNT AS BOON FOR GOLF Says Success of Ryder Cup Teant Players Abroad “Peps” U. S. Open. BY WALTER HAGEN, British Open Golf Champion. ETROIT, June 14—I am cer- tain that the Ryder Cup tour has increased the general in- terest in the open champion to be contested this month on the Winged Foot Club course afi Mamaro- neck, N. Y. Another thrilling golf romance will be enacted here and the sport will be greatly benefited. The big events win new players and that, it seems to me, is the greatest mission they have—a far greater one than finding champions, for champlons change, but the game, like Tennyson’s brook, goes on. The open will attract a great deal of attention because of the spirited rivalry among so many well known players— traveled and untraveled. I will be there doing my best to. win both of the “two big ones” in the same year, as Bobby Jones did in 1926 in England and at Columbus. ‘The visit of the American Ryder Cup team, of which I was tain, to Eng- land and Scotland and the appearance of certain members of the team in Italy, France, Germany and the Irish Free State was a big undertaking. Incidentally I have realized one of my ambitions, which was to take a team of representative American home-bred professional golfers to the countries of the Old World and to put them through a schedule which would do credit to them and to the United States. I feel that we accomplished that. ‘While it was very pleasant to win the British open and have Horton Smith win the French gro(emoml and Joe Turnesa win the big match rhy tour- nament at Leeds, I consider all this sec- ol to the interest aroused in golf, to the fine impression the players made everywhere, to the ex lence they ob- tained and to the friendships estab- lished. 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HICAGO, June 14.—Another bat- tle in the mud is the aimost certain prospect for the $50.- 000 American Derby, which will be decided among 3-year-olds over a mile and a gquarter at Wash- ington Park tomorrow. Three days and nights of heavy rain had churned the course into a quag- mire and no amount of sunshine is likely to make it fast by post time. ‘The track’s condition has made Clyde Van Dusen, which splashed through the mud to win the Kentucky Derby, an overwhelming favorite. The mighty son of Man o' War today was quoted at 8 to 5, with indications the odds would drop to 7 to 5 or less by post time. Several other speedy stake winners, which have won events recently in the mud and rain, are entered in the derby and their stock, too, skyrocketed. Among these are African, Windy City, Karl Eitel and Paul Bunyan. In yesterday’s derby test, Bunyan won by _stepping the mile in mud in 1:41. Larry McAtee, who rode Clyde Van Dusen in the Kentucky Derby, will not ride the fleet colt tomorrow because of a previous el ement. He will be replaced by Willle Garner of the fa- mous Garner family of riders. Alderman John J. “Bathhouse John” Coughlin has reiterated he will stake the hopes of his stable on Karl Eitel and that Rougish Eye will not start. ‘The horse is still lame and will be oultd for at least a month, Coughlin said. Dr. Freeland, a hope of the East against the fast Western fleld, arrived at the track yesterday, and his trainer sald he was in first-class condition. Barring rain Saturday, track of- clals hope for a crowd of at least 5, TRAYNOR'S BROTHER JAILED. NEW YORK, June 14 (P)—Arthur Traynor, semi-professional base ball player, and brother of Harold (Ple) ‘Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been sentenced to 7'2 to 15 years in prison for attempted robbery. SPORTING ATLAS. 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