Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1930, Page 19

SPORTS. THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1930, SPORTS B—7 Los Angeles to Have “Model” Olympiad : New Sphere Craze Hits Major Twirlers FINE PLANS MADE FOR 1932 TOURNEY Huge Stadium, Auditorium and 100-Meter Pool to Be Provided. , BY LAWRENCE PERRY. NEW YORK, February 8.—Jackson V. Scholz has reported to the New York Athletic Club that while Los Angeles 1s “thoroughly Olympic game conscious” and that while the Olympic committee could, if necessary, stage the great in- ternational meet six months from this date, preparations are designedly pro- ceeding in a very leisurely manner. Scholz was told to come back in a year and a half or two years and he would see and hear plenty. Meantime the Olyllfifk: organization is complete. With Williams M. Garland, the man who did most to secure the 1932 meet for the coast, as chairman, the com- mitee consists of some 35 citizens prom- inent in various walks of life. Just now quarters are temporary, but when work starts in earnest a building will be erected for several thousand Olympic workers. Seats for 105,000. ‘The Coliseum at Los Angeles, where all big foot ball games are played, has a capacity of 75,000, but by the time Olympic athletes and spect pouring into the eity there will be some 28 miles of seats—with backs— holding 105,000. 3 The Olympic Auditorium. built by the Los Angeles A. C., with the Olympic indoor games in mind, will be used for boxing, wrestling, weight ifting and other features. It has a capacity of 12,000. The swimming stadium will hold 20,000 spectators—15,000 more than the Amsterdam Stadium, and the pool will be 100 meters in length. This, struc- ture will be built in Exposition Park, Jjust outside the main stadium. The inner channel of Los Angeles Harbor will be the scene of the rowing events. It lies within 30 minutes by motor of the Coliseum. Other Interests Protected. Scholz also found that an exceptional effort wil be made for the success of the Olympic fine arts competition in litera- ture, painting, sculpture and music. The aim of the Los Angeles commit- tee is to have foreign athletes leave their countries and return without ha/- ing experienced the least worry. - forts are being made to simplify every- thing. They are even arranging a sim- plified traffic system in the marking of street cars and in the devising of maps. In this tenth Olylinph? all 'hl';e sho;t- comings of past Olympics will as far as _possible be eliminated. If all goes well this great meeting should stand as a model for all succeeding Olympiads. MASONIC BOWLERS IN STAKES TONIGHT| Bowling members of the Masonic fraternity of the District and nearby Hyattsville, Silver Spring and Claren- into action tonight in the of their handicap sweep- atakes. Five games will be rolled on the Convention drives and as many more at the same establishment next Saturday night. Nearly 150 duckpinners will shoot for the prizes. Four of them will roll from seratch, Other sweepstakes are carded for tn- night. A women's event of this nature, which will be a weekly affair, will be inaugurated at the Arcadia, both King Pin drives are to conduct open sweep- stakes for men and District League members will compete in another on the Northeast Temple alleys. Hyattsville’s clever entry scored in the brother doubles concluded last night on the Lucky Strike drives. The Hiser brothers, Oscar and Henry, rolling 1,186 in the concluding block, made their total for the 10 games 2,394 to cop the main prize. Northeast Tempje bowlers pulled the une; in the District League last night by taking the King Pins three ways in a well contested match and cutting the lead of the latter to one and & half games. Now the Temples are very much in the running for the | lead laurels. Sports departme) *Star have been challenged by repre- sentatives of the Herald sports staff and # match probably soon will be arranged. The ambitious Herald rrew also is eager to tackle the teams of the Times and News sports staffs on the drives. A meeting to consider a proposed | tournament for the Eastern Star League | W] held tonight at Lucky Strike at 7:30 o'clock. King Pin team goes to Baltimore to- | night to complete a home-and-home battle with the Happy Five. The King Pins assumed a substantial lead last| Saturday night here in the opening five- game block of the match. . WHITE MAY BOX AGAIN | AFTER 6-YEAR LAY-OFF | CHICAGO, February 8 (#)—Charlie| White, 37 years old, and six years retired | from the prize ring, apparently is serious’ about making a comeback effort. White, whose famous left hook came within seconds of winning him the world light- bowlers of The c LY = TOIEET e e SoF E THE HAUNTED HOUSE NJL SO 194N, Toibune fee, ALL NOW HARMONY INDODGERS' RANKS Carter, Famous 35 Years Ago as Hurler, Appointed YANKS TO MAKE FIGHT THIS YEAR, MACK FEARS | MOUNT PLYMOUTH, Fla., February 8 (#).—Connie Mack, manager of the world champion®Athletics, believes “it's going to be a hard fight for us this year. “Those Yankees are going to be in there fighting hard. So are the Cleve- land and St. Louis teams. But I think it's going to be the Yankees ihat give us the real competition. They iost last sear because they were overconfident. Fifth Director. They had been winning regularly and | Just got. careless. This year they ure going to seek revenge.” |had made a wise choice in picking By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 8.— Peace and harmony, perforce, ruled the Brooklyn National League club today, with Wal- ter F. (Dutch) Carter, famous Yale pitcher of 35 years ago, sitting in the driver’s seat. Appointed by John A. Heydler, presi- dent of the National League, as fifth director of the Brooklyn club, Carter holds the balance of power, since the other four directorships are evenly dis- tributed among members of the so- called Robinson and McKeever factions, whose long warfare was ended the other day by official decree of the National League. The other members of the board are Frank B. York and S. W. McKeever, representing one faction, and Joseph Gilleaudeau and Harry Demott, repre- sentatives of the Ebbets heirs, who have backed Wilbert F. Robinson in his battle against McKeever ever since Charles H. Ebbets, owner of the club, died in 1924. Under the terms of the peace agree- ment, York was chosen as president for two years, succeeding Robinson, while the latter was re-engaged as manager for two years. Robinson also resigned as & director and Gilleaudeau was em- powered to appoint his successor on the board and chose Demott. Mr. Heydler was authorized to appoint a fifth di- rector and Carter's selection was an- nounced yesterday. Base ball men believed Mr. Heydler Carter as the fifth and “neutral” mem- ber of the board. A brother-in-law of Charles Evans Hughes, new Chief Jus- tice of the United States, Carter is a member of the law firm which Mr. Hughes headed. He was generally rec- ognized as one of the greatest pitchers Yale ever had, but never had been con- nected with organized base ball. As a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, however, he has kept in close touch with the game, especially as it concerned the 'HOUSTON G By the Associated Press. Houston’s $2,500 open had a high mark to shoot at today, with yesterday’s record of 20 teams with cards of 71 or better on a par 72 course, I)l'nd!l' 70. Houston, junior amateur champion of 1928, and W. H. Cox, Brooklyn, paired with A. K. Newby of Houston, led the way with scores of 67 each in the pro- amateur best ball opening event. put ‘the 6,100-yard bayou-bound course | into top-notch shape for the 72-hole grind starting today and lasting through Sunday. YANKS GET BOB WALSH, other son of Big Ed Walsh has crashed the major leagues in the hope of emu- lating the pitchin Robert E. Wals] 4 inches in height and tipping the beam at 205 pounds, by the New York Yankees. His brother, Ed Walsh, jr. already is pitching for the Chicago landed in the bij the University of ‘White Sox. COLE, JUNIOR SKATING skating champion, died at St. Luke's OLFERS SHOOT LOW: SCORES HOUSTON, Tex., February Entries in the second day's pl e lay of golf tournament ‘Ten of-these teams turned in cards Craig Wood of Bloomfleld, paired with Joe Greenwood, A burning sun yesterday promised to BIG ED’S SECOND SON NEW YORK, PFebruary 8 (#)—An- g feats of his father. h, 22 years old, 6 feet as been signed White Sox. Both boys leagues direct from | Notre Dame. Ed Walsh, sr., now is a scout for lhe{ CHAMPION. DIES AT 17| NEW YORK, February 8 (&) Chester (King) ‘Cole, 17-year-old ice Dodgers. BARNES BEATS SAN ANTONIO, Tex., (#).—Bruce Barnes, Texas tennis star, DOEG. February University eliminated ~ John Doeg, Santa Monica, Calif., in straight sets in the quarter finals of the San Antonio Country Club’s first an: vitation tournament, 8—7, 6—2. nual - Hospital yesterday of an infection re- sulting from an injury received a month ago in a competition at Madison Square Garden. Cole, who was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, was junior speed champion of the world. He also held the Ca- nadian national junior and intermediate championships and the Middle Atlantic intermediate championship. The body will be taken to Sackville for burial, 8 of weight championship from Benny Leon- ard in 1920, has been granted a boxer’s | license by the Illinois State Athletic| Commission and may make his return | in a 6-round bout on Promoter Jack | Dempsey’s card at the Coliseum Febru- ery 21. Commission physicians who examined ‘White said he is in excellent condition. He weighs 143 pounds, 10 pounds more than the lightweight division limit when he was campaigning as a headliner. WALKéR-LOMSKI SCRAP PLANNED BY MONTIETH CHICAGO, February 8 (#).—Scotty Montieth, matchmaker for the Olympia Arena, Detroit, expressed hope today that he would be able to induce the National Boxing Association to approve the Mickey Walker-Leo Lomski figh® set for Detroit February 14. The N. B. A. had refused to sanction the match on the ground that Walker's suspension in !flfznem had not been Mantieth conferred with Maj. Gen. John V. Clinnin, chairman of the commission, yesterday, and the latter ed that Montieth have Walker have hi pened. 'alker was suspended after posting a $10,000 forfeit to defend his title and having falled to do so within the time Jimit set by the N. B. A. CONTRACT TALK AVOIDED AT DINNER GIVEN RUTH ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feliruary 8 () —Babe Ruth celebrated his thirty- sixth birthday at a dinner g.ven in hic honor here yesterday. A grest diatter 1{ congratulatory telegrams we: on the Reference to the Babe's contract dis- pute with the New Yotk Yankees was serupulously avoided. 0. 8.—The First 150-Game Catcher. HE first catcher to play in 150 games was George Gibson of Pittsburgh. He thought he had made a record that would stand, maybe forever. Eleven years later it | was broken by a catcher who is a lot smaller physically than George Gibson. He was Ray Schalk. He caught 151 |games for the Chicago Americans in i 1920. Gibson caught the first 150 games in 1909. Gibson would have caught 154 if he hadn't hurt his hand, | To add to this, Schalk browsed around | until he had annihilated all the catch- | | ing records that ever lived, and finished | his catching career so gummed up with Tecords that they stick out all over him. alk was inhuman enough to catch tive years he caught 100 games or more. In 12 years he caught 100 games or more. Injury prevented him from making it 12 con- secutive years. § But he made rec- ords _enough. carries them easily, and he is one of the small-size 1y catchers—plenty of the latter. B men seen to gravitate behind the bat naturally. They always are good tar- gets for the pitcher. Charley Farrell caught when he weighed so much that he had hard to stoop down, but AS & per- |fect receiver for speed hers. He was exactly .he kind of pillow Base “Ball’s ‘Biggest' “Firsts” A Series Describing the First Records of the Biggest Plays. By John B. Foster biggest men who ever played base ball or ran a brewery. Pitchers always threw a total of 1,720 games. In 11 consecu- | has He | recos ig | pose—not even the manager of the ca | gve Tha The captain. "I'he othg'u 'u; eflln"‘tn thinking of thing,” that they wanted to catch what they threw. John Milligan was one of the the ball as confidently to him as they would have thrown it into a frog pond. Schalk still is catching pitchers in coaching practice. He is a sgry little chap, who stands back of the plate, talks in a voice of deep conviction and impresses the minds of the batters with the fact that they are lucky even to swing at the ball. To hear Schalk en- gage in conversation behind the bat one might imagine that the principal thing in life for a batter is to strike out. “How did you come to catch 150 games?” he was asked, ‘It was easy, and I couldn't think of anything else to do. It isn't hard to catch. It's fun.” “What is the hardest thing a catcher to his shins. i ;’:’:‘ Wmlldnd'b ‘:et t:wthhl“:u‘ kknovl it. they fount out they'd pick on thn:e‘ nhgx until they would be black vy "'um"'}'f anybody ever will beat your rd?’ "Mdnybe It isn't so hard to beat the record as it is to hold a job that long. If I hadn’t had the job I couldn't have made the record. ‘The first catcher of promise who set out to do things was a big chap in|_ Cleveland, rs ago, by the name of Charley Zl.mylen.er. He undertook to catch 100 games, and did so. A great catcher. Nothing could daunt him in his pur- team. This is the manager talking to the tain: “Get that big Dutchman to up the idea of catching 100 games. t's all he thinks of. Let him catch. —BY BRIGGS , THE HAUNTED THE SPO Rockne's M: NUTE ROCKNE is somethin, teams, the same including ness and morale. for his own good. while ago, worry at all about a hard field material for next Fall. 1 spen ing. coaching staff intact. About th of Notre Dame foot ball lore has from year to year. ‘There are now 40 or more teams using the Notre Dame system, under the di- rection of Notre Dame players. The good Dr. Rockne can't keep on shoot- ing the same stuff against defenses pre- pared to check his attack. So he must rig out changes in his attack each year. Sitting out under a Florida sun, may see him: peering intently into tant spaces, and it is 7 to 1 he is maj ping out some new twist for his shift to follow. He can't afford to stand pat for any reasol Little to Worry About. any team ever tackled. He opens a 10-game campaign against Southern Methodist, one of the strongest teams of the strong Southwest. and he closes against Southern California at Los Angeles. In between his men must face Army and Navy, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, and a few others of this type. Yet he fsn't worrying. He loses three great center men in Moynahan, Cannon and Law, the strongest center trio in foot ball last Fall. But he has good stuff coming along and his backfield will still carry Carrideo, Brill, Savoldi and Schwartz, with one or two others who will be heard about in loud tones before the year is over. He needs about 20 reserves to tackle this schedule and he will have them. Spring practice starts at Notre Dame in a short while, and Spring practice at Notre Dame is no “Maypole” dance on the lawn. It is here that Rockne not only builds up most of his offensive plans for the Fall, but it is also here that he hammers in teams famous. This carries a long. hard siege of scrimmaging to polish off the instruction. Rockne rarely has any pre-made stars. He develops his own talents and you rarely ever run into a star sophomore wearing Notre Dame colors. Take Club Back Slow for Balance BY SOL METZGER. Don’t overswing or don't swing too rapidly in taking the club back, might well be the motto “Jimmy” Johnston follows in playing an explosion. Either fault would tend to spoil the shot. Re- member that you cannot gain power in taking back the niblick any more than you can cause a gun to shoot with greater velocity by some trick of cock- ing the trigger. The niblick requires the same nicety of balance and timing for successful ex- ploding as does the putter for holing JOHNSTON DOES NOT HURRY BAKSWING EYES REMAIN FIXE.D ON SPoT CLUB MUST STRIKE_SAND BAK OF SALL Sl Wfg— 30 out or the driver for long wallops on a line for the pin. In short, don't rush the shot, as most of us do because of anxiety. In other words, concentrate on what you intend doing. ‘The action of the knees, the hips, the arms on the backswing and at e of impact is well described in Sol Me! " leaflet on the Pivot. He will send it to any reader requesting it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and in- close a stamped, addressed envelope. 18 Holes at Rock Creek, Nine at Potomac Open All 18 holes on the Rock Creek golf course and the short nine-hole course at West Potomac opened to- day and probably will remain open as _long as the weather is favorable. East Potomac’s 27-§ole course is any- undergoing extensive”' repairs, It will be opened early in March. baking out his bad leg under a Florida sun. ranged in order, outside universities be, the offer of more gold. Tom Leib, his tenant, was the last to face the draft. OCKNE faces the hardest schedule | the fundamentals that have made his | i | MACKMEN WI RTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE ain Problem. g more than a builder of foot ball efficiency in fundamentals, smart- He is too good a maker of foot ball coaches t the afternoon with him a short He had no 10-game schedule, line material or back- His main problem involved the demand for Notre Dame coach- | In the first place he has e time he gets his assistants ar- gin taking them away through star line coach and first lieu- In addition to this the spread forced Rockne to change his style The Hardest Game. ** AT one time or another,” Rockne said, “I have tried most games— foot ball, base ball, tennis, squash, etc., but golf is the hardest of them all to learn—especially after one has 30. It seems simple enough, but for some reason it doesn't work out that way. I've worked on it and played and practiced, but I can't seem to improve. I get better and just as I begin to pick up some encouragement I am suddenly worse again. A youngster can watch good golfers and imitate a good swing, but as one gets older and bad habits become fixed they are hard to change. A backfield shift isn’t any too easy to time perfectly, but it is simple compared to the correct timing of a golf swing, where the tendency to tension is be- yond anything else in sport. At least, I've got an easier job than these golf teachers, who must need all the patience there is left in the world. Golf is a constant challenge to a man’s brain, nerves and muscles, working as a team, and maybe this is one of the reasons why it has appealed to many millions. Many of them may hate it, but they can’t leave it alone.” The Flying Texan. N the last year or two Texas has con- tributed mare than- its quota of sprinters in Cy Leland and Claude Bracey. These two are willing to run against a picked pair from any other State. Leland was one of the best backs of the year last Fall, just as Elder was at Notre Dame, and these two could start something by settling the matter of foot ball's fastest runner. Leland is all set to make his Eastern dsbut indoors and it will take a lot of |raw speed to outstep him. He is a stronger, faster runner than he was last year, when no one ever thought of comparing him to a tortoise or a crip- pled sloth. Sooner or later it may be necessary to match Carnera with Niagara Falls, Canyon. “McCarthy has strengthened Cubs considerably.” Is the big idea to close out the National League pennant race ‘Ln August instead of September? NET FINAL REACHED BY HUNTER, SELIGSON By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—Two play- ers of different tennis generations, but remarkably ‘similar styles on the court, meet today for the national indoor sin- gles championship. Frank Hunter, 35-year-old New Rochelle newspaper publisher, encoun- ters Julius Seligson, Lehigh University senior, in what promises to be a battle of base-line drives. Hunter is the favorite, having beaten Seligson in all four of their previous meetings, but the Lehigh player demon- strated in his semi-final round victory over Gilbert Hall yesterday at 6—4, 7—5, 6—2 that he is in the best form of his career. Hunter, on the other hand, is several pounds over his best playing weight in spite of 3 miles of daily road work be- fore breakfast. While Seligson was upsetting the South Orange, N. J., player, who for- merly held the Canadian indoor title, Hunter won without exerting himself from Perrine Rockafellow, ex-Colgate University star, at 6—32, 6—1, 7—5. The finalists for the doubles title won last year by Tilden and Hunter are Dick ges] V8. fellow and Merritt Cutler, New York. LL START WHERE THEY LEFT OFF Connie Mack, manager of the Ath- letics, in setting to rest rumors that some of his veterans would not play in 1930, says: “It is my intention to play Joe Boley if he should be in shape to 3 he surely was in shape during the world series, and I see no reason why he fig‘llfldn‘l be able to start the season us. “I intend to play the players who took part in the world series, but in event of accidents will have others to substitute,” run into trouble keeping his ewn | W% CHASTAIN ‘Washington’s Monument or the Grand | USE OF SAIL BALL SUGGESTED RELIEF Soiled Pellet Would Make Slabmen More Effective Is Contention. BY GEORGE MORIARITY, Big League Umpire. 'j ELIEF for the pitchers! A sug- gestion by the president of the | o \ Boston American League club | that a new ball not be kept | constantly in use may be the medium through which the parade of pitchers to the “showers” will be greatly re- duced in the coming major league races. As a coincidence, the lively ball came | in shortly after the Volstead act. Con- sequently pitchers and Federal agents have been up against a stiff proposition ever since. The Federal agents agree there is too much batting around and, of course, the pitchers have the same | complaint. | The custom of keeping new balls | constantly in play undoubtedly robs the | pitcher of his maximum effectiveness. | A new white ball is easy for the bat- | ter to follow in its course to the plate | and, moreover, the pitcher finds it im- | possible to grip the smooth-surfaced | and tightly-stitched cover for curve | purposes. As the ball remains in play the cover loosens and absorbs more of the soil, thus allowing a satisfactory grip. That is what the pitchers are asking as a matter of legislation in their | favor. Batters Like New Ones. Now the batters’ side of it. The fel- lows who tote the flail to the plate are more particular than their predecessors of the old days. They must bang out more hits and they want more service. A slightly defaced cover induces the pitch to “sail.” and the batter imme- diately requests the umpire to substi- tute a new one that will not deviate from its proper course. . ‘The umpire feels morally bound to comply with the batter's piea, for two reasons. First, the knowledge that it is difficult to hit “sall” deliveries ef- fectively: second, the remote chance that a “sail” pitch may hit a batsman in the head. No umpire cares to be | held responsible for such an accident. | A nine-inning game today often uses 36 balls. That makes the life of a ball about one-fourth of an inning. In other words, it takes at least four pellets to | retire a side. So the pitcher really has | a legitimate kick. Would Aid Hurlers, Legislation that would permit the sail ball (without tampering by the | pitcher or his teammates in any man- ner) ‘might be the solution. Since the lively ball became the mode there has been less likelihood than formerly of a batsman being hit, because the modern batter stands farther away from the plate in order to take his swing from the “kitchen.” Only a small percentage of the hug-the-plate type of batters re- main in this free-swinging age. | (Copyright, 1930 by North American News- paper Allisnce.) | SURPRISES BY BEATING EBBETS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. February 8—The stand- ing of Clyde Chastain, young Dallas, ‘Tex.. boxer among the list of middle- weight title challengers, today was con- siderably enhanced by a_ 10-round de- cislon victory over Harry Ebbets, Brook- lyn_puncher. Chastain used Jack Dempsey’s sixth card at the Coliseum last night as an opportunity to pound out a surprise de- cision over the Eastern fighter, after being floored in the first round for a count of eight, Chastain opened up in the second round and from there on until the ninth had the better of the going. Ebbets made a great finish, but |could not overcome the Texan's vantage. George Trafton, only conqueror of |Charles Arthur (the Great) Shires, knocked out Battling Criss, Michigan heavyweight, whose bout in Detroit with Shires was cancelled after he said rep- resentatives of the great one had asked him to take a dive. Trafton accounted for Criss in the third round, but was about ready to fall from fatigue when he landed the finishing blow. In the 10-round semi-final, Joey | Medill, Chicago lightweight, hammere: |out a decision over Spug Myers of Poca- | tello, Idaho. ety |BROWN FACES ERICKSON OVER 15-ROUND ROUTE NEW YORK. February 8 (#).—Al Brown, slim Panama Negro, meets Johnny Erickson of New York in a 15-round bout at the Olympia A. C. tonight, with Brown’s more or less syn- thetic bantamweight championship at stake. The Panama Negro is recognized in New York State as the bantamweight champion,” but the Na- tional Boxing Association holds that the 118-pound crown is vacant and Brown simply the leading contender. Brown rules a 2-to-1 favorite ¢ sr Erickson, who has shown little except, an ability to take plenty of punish- ment without leaving his feet. ALTIZER, FORMER NAT, AFTER SHERIFF POST PITTSFIELD, Ill, February 8 (#)— Dave Altizer, former member of the | Washington club of the American League, and Minneapolis of the Ameri- can Association, has announced his candidacy for sheriff of Pike County, I Altizer now operates a farm near Pittsfield. “defending Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. ‘TORONTO.—Sammy _ Hackett, ronto, outpointed Leo (Kid) Roy, Mon- treal (10); Jackie Phillips, Toronto, ullxsl))olnud Jack Purvis, Indianapolis (10). BOSTON.—Sammy Fuller, Boston, won on foul from Benny Bass, junior lightweight champion, .Philadelphia (5) (no title). CHICAGO,—Clyde Chastain, Dallas, Tex., outpointed Harry Ebbets, Brook- Iyn, N. Y. (10); Joey Medill, Chica ors " Georte'® (Shoar o Peadion (10); ge ~ (Supergreal ! ‘hicago, knocked out Battling Criss, Rockwood, Mich. (3). ‘To- .—Tiger Joe Randall, , Pa., knocked out Larry Madge, Cleveland (4). DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Bob God- win, Atlanta, Ga., outpointed Mike Mec- ‘Tigue, New York®(10). MINNEAPOLIS.—Dick Daniels, Min- neapolis, outpointed Matt Adgie, Phila- delphia (10). SAN FRANCISCO.—Johnny Spino, Stockton, Calif., outpointed Lynn Jor- .dan, Akron, Ohio (6). SAN FRANCISCO.—Gorilla Jones, Akron, Ohio, and Eddie Roberts, - coma, Wash,' drew (10). HOLL' .—Johnny Lamar, Los Angeles, outpointed Cecil Payne, Louls- \ ville (10), | L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy. He | aoplied himself to the art patronized by WITH W. O. Jim, the G “Tad.” If you know your H that the family migrated north of this feat successfully, but all the On the northern side of the great di- viding line, young James J. was a bright and tractable lad at school. At the same time he developed a talent that he dis- covered’ while he lived on the southern side of Caliiornia’s great Mason and Dixon line. He had learned to work his fists with rhythm and precision. But the father of James J. Corbett was not pleased at this accomplishment. He decided that his son should not be trained to drive one of the hacks of the Corbett livery stables. He designed James J. for mercantile pursuits and it was a proud day for Corbett pere when James made good and received a white collar job as a clerk in the Hibernia Bank of San Francisco. To those south of the slot this was a much more im- portant and solvent financial institution | than the Bank of England. Unknown to the proud parent, young Jemes was keeping himself proficient with his fights. - The responsibilities of | stacking $20 gold pieces for the Hiber- nia Bank did not weigh heavily upon | him and he was more interested in the | achievements of Jem Mace and John the late Marquis of Queensberry with much ardor. % Finally he became a candidate for the heavyweight championship of San Fran- cisco. This was no small ambition be- cause the other claimant was Joe Choyniski, who might have gone further, if he had not lived cotemporaneously with James J. Corbett. There were no boxing commissions in California then, and prize fighting was very much of a fugitive sport there, as it was every- where else in the world. But the match was arranged to take place on a barge in the Straits of Car- quinez, an arm of San PFrancisco Bay, near the port of Bernicia. There the fighters and the gentlemen of the fancy would be assured freedom from interrup- tion by the constabulary of the bay counties, ‘Young Corbett was a thoughtful fight- er even in those days. It was discovered that there was only one pair of boxing gloves on the barge. In this emergency Corbett feigned generosity. He would take the soft gloves and let his opponent wear the skin-tight gloves. Corbett was thinking cunningly then. He knew that the soft gloves would protect his hands. They fought until it was very clearly ostablished that the young clerk of the Hibernia Bank was the heavyweight champion of California. He was so fast that they called him “The Ghost.” After that Corbett was quite certain that the work in the Hibernia Bank was penny ante stuff; but his father was not. It | was a great job, a gentleman’s job and | James should keep it and forget fighting | except for recreation and pleasure. -He Destroyed an Illusion, Nobody ever thought that Corbett | would be the one to destroy the illusion of the unconquerable John L. Sullivan, That “Champion of Champions” re- ferred contemptuously to Corbett as | “That Dude.” But Corbett once had ! sparred a round or two with the “King” | When John L. Sullivan. was pausing at San Francisco between drinks. Conse- quently Corbett, who was a very intelli- gent young man for a bank clerk, was sure that he could beat Sullivan in a DOWN THE LINE/ McGEEHAN entleman. E was “raised” south of the slot in San Francisco in the same region that developed David Belasco, David Warfield and old San Francisco you will recall that the cable cars once ran along Market street and that north of the slot there was comparative calm, while south of the slot there always was turmoil and excitement. family also came from south of the slot. 1t is recorded by no less a person than James J. Corbett himself The fighting Britt the slot while this hero was very young, so young that he was given the humiliating task of leading the Corbett family cow across this great divide. He accomplished time he wept tears of rage. He | felt that h. was destined for greater things than being an attendant to a living dairy—and it seemed that he was. possible exception of his manager, Wil- llam A. Brady. ‘The match was arranged as the cli- max of a three-day fistic carnival at New Orleans. The purse would have been refused by a third rater of the latter day golden era of the caulifiower industry and the winner was to get all. It would hardly keep John L. Sullivan a month and naturally the champion spent most of it in advance. The incredible happened in that bout—as it frequently has happened in the fight game. The experts once more were baffled. The “Ghost” flitted around the corpulent champion, stab- bing him with jabs and tantalizing him as a fat bull in an arena is tantalized by the banderillas and the picadors. Then when the bold champion was utterly exhausted Corbett finished him. It was a very businesslike job. Cor- bett only sneered when Sullivan bel- lowed to him to stand still and fight. Corbett had no more notion of stand- ing still and being battered down than Gene Tunney had at Chicago. He was going to do his fighting in his own good time—and he did. And yet there was no loud cheering over the victory. In fact, young Cor- bett became for a time the most un- popular man in the country, or at least in the sport world, because he had de- stroyed the great illusion. Some of the old-time ring followers have not for- given him to this day. An Unreliable Expert. Gradually they started to accept in Corbett the inevitable. They consoled themselves with the thought that he was bringing some of the refinement to the game which later was so much sought after by Tex Rickard. They called the new champion “Gentleman e could speak ‘the Engiion. fangunss e could speal e is| ge without dialect or profanity. Those were the days of infrequent championship ~ bouts, and Corbett turned toward the stage as a side line. Gentleman Jim went well as an actor and even drew some favorite comment from no less a critic than George Bernard Shaw, who later journeyed to Brinni, Italy, to visit him. 1t took a long time to “build up” the bout with Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons. Prize fighting still was a fugitive sport and the only place they could find to stage it was near Carson City, the capital of comparatively free Nevada. It ‘was there, while he was chattering gayly and sure of victory, that Corbett was dropped by the celebrated solar plexus punch. It kept him do‘;nn.i‘u!t long enough to lose the champi ip. At that time the elder Corbett was surer than ever that James J. Corbett used bad judgement when he gave up his good job in the bank. - Since the ring passed behind him, Gentleman Jim has had varying good success at ,everything but developing prize fight and at prize fight expert- ing. Mr. Corbett sought to teach other husky men to do what he did in the ring, but he found that the only way that this could be accomplished would be to have the Corbett brains, developed south of the slot, grafted into the skull of the aspirant. force Mr. Corbett to the necessity of using the other fellow's brains. Mr. Corbett, naturally, was loath to part with his own gray matter, so he finish fight. He was the only person in the world who had this Ide’l.pewith the By Carrol XTRA! All about the big Motor Boat Show! Or at least as much about it as space will per- l E mit. First, you will ‘read de- tailed descriptions of the. various ex- hibits, in the various boating papers, all painted in glowing terms, in which there will be no hiné of criticism (our policy is governed by our advertisers)— so I shall not here duplicate what is | already written, but go about picking | flaws and finding fault, though I find | myself in a hopeless minority. We are now at the Grand Central Palace, in New York, ladies and gents, locking them over. Figureheads are coming back, notice- ably on the product of the Horace Dodge boat works. Sort of an old dodge on a new Dodge, one might say. Remember them words printed in this column last season anent color in water craft? It is observed that they have had effect, for practically all the boats are showing colors that would do credit to an Easter millinery display; hulls are blue and aluminum, black with red striping, and interiors, now that the talents of such designers as Urban of the “Follies” and Metro- politan Opera are being called into play, are all pastels and tapestry. The old saying, “When you've seen one you've seen ‘em all” holds here as elsewhere, there being a nme-, ness of design throughout the whole showing that is rather disappointing. Each copies from the other, even to the extent of gimcrackery. There seems | to be a sad tendency toward lightness of construction, which may be all right for sales room purposes, but bad for service and safety. | i ' Some of the construction details are ! slighted to the extent that one wonders just how good—or bad—these new craft are. There's the matter of that fixed awning on a' boat selling for $17,500, for example. The job is poorly | the woodwork being impossible ! and the canvas wrinkled and loosely | applied, and it is evident that une( builders relied on a thick coat of paint to cover up defects. I belleve it might be a good idea to show new boats un. finished, so that one might not be di ceived by cosmetics thickly and care- fully applied. contents himself with watching the fighters and picki the uncanny me:xyl! Er e Along the Water Front Klotzbach: solution is to ca of bananas. We saw c-g‘n Baxter in earnest con- versation with a motor exhibit sales- man and suspect that “Amycita” may sport' a new driving_force soon—and }J‘ocmm:‘t:l:re “Doc” Ben;\‘:ul's smiling e T & compass play—Cap'n Ralph Crouch of the Mary Portia csl:t- ing an eye at a board full of sailing cquipment — Skipper Baltz looking searchingly at a high-priced new-fan- gled anchor—friend Wetherill, associate editor of Yachting, whose toe, by the way, bears marks of an encounter with our cat “Felix” at Gibson Island last June, he being so indiscreet ‘as to wig- rial toe at a kitten inclined toward pouncing on anything wiggly— the United States Power Squadron ex- hibit—by the way, can you answer this one? “How far can a lighthouse 150 feet high be seen from a point 9 feet above the water?”—if you can' would like to. send your name to me, care of the sports section, this paper. and the Power Squadron will send you a notice and schedule of the beginning of their free piloting course, which, after taking, will enable you to a»:enr. l::hl'n‘ flul: -mi"n:?ny. or any, g to navi lon and piioting— don't hesitate on this, for fl}’e classes are wor;o u:e mfl and should ngc be missed, n your name and ad- dress right away. 8 KID CHOCOLATE DRAWS NEW YORK SUSPENSION NEW YORK, February 8 (#).—Kid Chocolate, Cuban featherweight star, has been indefinitely suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission until he goes through with a match originally scheduled with Al Ridgewsy of Jersey City at Madison Square - den February 21. i it Chocolate insisted on a postponement on the ground of illness. i BARNARD TO SEE UMPS. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Pel L (®)—E. 8. Barnard, ldentbr:t"{m American League, leave here to- night for a conference with umpires in icago February 11 and 12. He sald he would start back Tuary 15. ITY along a large bag gle the editos to Florida Feb- LEWIS SCORES ON MAT. Really, you should have seen the en- gines presided over by a gent with a grand set of Civil War burnsides—the motors were quite in Wi whiskers and could not possibl been designed later than 1914. ern improvements including gear placed about a yard from the mo- tor proper. 'y proudly flaunted E “Blank motors never ' wear out.’ It is obvious that a motor that rarely can be made to run will hardly ever w‘a: out—or sell to any great extent either. We heard many gurgles e galleys in most of i ships, “cute” being the most common | term used, and very appropriate and | descriptive it was. A miniature stove | and sink, and a tiny dish rack capa- ' ble of holding probably a half dozen ! cups, saucers and plates. 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