New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1920, Page 8

PROMOTER JIMMY COFFROTH FA HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BATTLE—BIDDLE — e VORS JULY 4 FOR DEMPSEY-CARPE NTIER BOUT—WILLIAM FOX, MOVINC PICTURE AND BARBOUR MAY JUDGE LEGNARD-DUNDEE MILL AT NE\Y HAV PRODUCER, MAKES EN—YALE QUINTET OPENS HOME SEASON BID FO Y 4 FAVORED FOR BIG BATTLE Mio Boggio’s Springs eprise on T0PS STILL LOSING s Dy Winning on Chicopee Cour oter Cofiroth Wanis Cham- ip Bout Held on That Date dred thusiast down slite 1o Mio score mak of Rlego, Cal.. Jan. S.—James D. suid last evening t that he was he had landed rpentier fight fu 3 gna race track. Cotfroth e was willing to set the limit nds, since he believed a heavy- battle over that route would be e, rding the date for the match th said it defi- althou: . 51t ae couid This arena. seat 50,000 pe e declared. nonths. The e near the track and big lifornia Jocke, sitors I:'w he he announced. Construc take sev- the ons. would site of a in a ¢ the lower Ca @ the Lowe noop Play i ana cle made sanguin ttendance said Cof- m sure T not over L say.1 hepe for an will total $1,500,000." | tributors were Wakefield ere Will be no trouble in gettir owd here. San Diego now has a railroud line {o the e which throuzh Tia Juana. Those g fram the north will tuke other b steamships or automobiles. turally I should like to have the the summer time, when we can solutely sure that the weather good. But the date must de- gely on what the boxers them- say about it.” Juana is acrass the sboundary below San California, Mexico. s a villaze suppo s in search of curios and games nce. Two railroad lines and an | bile road lead into Tia Juana | he United States. In state le: half i dia went of { aterna- Diego in | The town | Bog @ largely by | No! | Conno: Score, zoals from { Boggio, | Sulli Demp- | rpentier | le Pochran Says “Nay, Nay!" go, Jan. 8.—That Jack Id not meet Georges C Juana, Mexico, an Jul ement made yesterday by s Cochran, London promote d that Carpentier already was| contract to him and should the et be broken Carpentier and mps would be liable. ran expressed doubt that . estuall had accepted Rh'x terms, adding that he that Desc D Jim be- | Bascbal Chicopee, to 5 s it five tenes away ott w the contiary splendid knocked i irew Holyokes were out to win and did determined y i aided by the inability the v teader ba 2 Jimmy the were the- only immage in this period, Snooks mak- ing two and Sully one. The lineup All-Holyok Wakefield, 1 A ; 10, Sears 9. MAY CHOOSE NEW MAN FOR CHAIRMAN | Mass, and their fou ue defes Jan Lt Juvenate by ¢ lo "0 s all with the i of tu the local follow to the supporters Drennan's ident of their inability Buck art of reed play the rs e oper But t1 in the initial Jackson of the Fisl Nolls of the and second ictory A. ha he Pa for the former and | run- | the championship of the | hope visitors came mann v ) N Five hun- basketball er IRed Tops Inter- (raight night when All-Holyolke over the 1l. The de per Cily clan of their a but 1o of the charges to win and | e clan for Al win The which er was period goals were ion. The con- session ¢t choker of the New York who was secured by Bog- | gio to pi ihe game All-Holyo floor, Wakefield, goals from fouls Remmele 3 Granfield Commissi hedule. Connors, H Dowd Iiskers kes Nolls Daw on br and Meeting the second roke loose. with them Sulliv from and to score isk Red Top: Fitzgerald Jackson, Wakefield d referee time, Today | stronger in Cincinnati Probably Will Depose ey Coffroth’s offer would be 2 o e N Cincir Piego, Jan. S.—Details of the|a new ed maich at Tia Juana. eyl % { National nfa, betwecen Jack Dempsey | i orges Carpentier fo rthe world's | PO reight championship were to be| ¢ * bed at a conference here today | n Jack Kearns. Dempsey's man nd James W. Coffroth. promoter. | I broth early today was without di- | ord from Deschamps, Carpen- manager, that his terms had| ccepted, but said he had ‘cabled | pre: s J. Harve lis agent in Lon-| who b get in touch at once with Des- | comm s and Carpentier and advise him @ dents r plan I ntime he is proceeding on the, mann, , he said, that Associated Press from Paris to the effect that ps had accepted his offer were Lower ar. suitable succeed nn chairman | results of 1 Pre tional son, of the Ame mann, be dents e sion view of he willingness atl, O., J. the Baseball ien lea the th Under mer of the ex-officio Unless there c: oppos has repeatedly to man him: bu ma annual an com John . and B. B. John- n league, are here | { for the veariy conference with August ! of the| m the t 1 annualls two I members the n b ion gn a as soon could be Chairman August Herrmann. —Election of be one of the! meeting of the | mission here Heydler, of ember terms of the he chairman by the major leagues two pres: e to Mr. Her ignified his secured to committee from ! the two leagues authorized to choos d he expected to construct an Bt Tia Juana to accommodate af o “of at least $0,000 and possibly = . He expected to discuss wit i jor Esteban Cantu arrang ents h match after he had heard from a man for said. | sirue tion. ALE BEATS BROWN il Breaking Farly Season Crowd hefore pected day. ghes Bluc [live iumph Over pidence Collegians. 39 to 18. Jan season Haven, 8.—A British ng early fe last night to watch Yale trim .89 to 18, in the Elis’ first home ball game of Al- there was never daubt as putcome, Yale passed up chance | hance to score, especially in the which endeg toll1Rini| i The score: Bal Brown (18) | pion of Mallory | be no d record crowd turne F. the season Bri in any sh 1 the While matters and the com the meeting us Mr. H much far position. esident Johnson wor Mr. Heydler not to vote for several ha errm arr rout will failed to very name been openl ut, it with in his re-elec- important will com ves ine ssion today, it is ex- last only on WILDE IS READY Louis, f excellent 1 Tyweig Jan. we S-round Asher the | Wilde was and A | af the Both ined ir Brooks | Holmgren | tri Albright | Werc | Briton % 3 Picti | ht guard and e: Goals from floor, Van Slyck | e 3, Hamill 3, Cohen 1. Flvnn | ton 1, Jameson 2, Mallory 3. ent i none in four: Substitution lderman for Flynn, Stanton for| ¢ ales i, Morse for Crane, Jameson for| 31,000 L “Garficld for Stanton. Goodell| Britan omeson. Sheldon for Morse; | posted . Joselyn for Mallory 1 Barly Kelly, Harvard; Time. 20 min- Ives. | SECURES BOWLING = no Bowling Alleys | 5™ New h 1 R er assure at > | champ wei Haven, Jan. manager v DAILY 10 A. M. “Chief” next OPE. 1 ¥ PATRONAGE SOLICITED‘ v was promised ceipts. announced streniously the vas 104 pounds when Asher 1 Wilde would not enter the ring if his oppon- weighe goals from foul, Van Siyck 1| despite posting of forfeit money. hat he would tip the announce more Wilde an eit if refuscd tod Ll CH better been and he cntered the ring for Beut With Johnny s bout antamweight The contest will | for re tonight in a ! Fine Condition Asher. A. E. Bantamweight Champion. Ji ht champion tod condition American appcarance h “heduled 1my ¥ was his second with Johnny cham- .000 guarantec today for of condition. 1o d tha that he to have e li * BENDER. —Charles A1l known engaged owner of the Ne | pall club of the E i pitcher. John Mey season in the country. IEF s te er: toc failed, 15 per cent they bout had and The weigh about the that he n 116 pound Ash- and offered a but tk the ttle A. d 114 1-2 pounds. as by Haven ba rn league, Bender, With | game here last night but bowed to the | broached the will constiture | the only I ndian batte Team re- eat s ullivan | . .lg, Sears, Dowd | Guenther. Jackson | Jackson, Remmele | it, Dowd. Jackson, | ‘Wha- | 0-min- | £ { the iin | Cleveland of the; no election. ! as i Wilde. ! money George | POSSIBLE BY FEUD ! Red Sox Owner Is Now in Position to Meet Obligations New York, Jun. Ltuth deal on the 1] situation is the The elfect of the ican league po- next interesting -eaking baseball n be little doubt acquisition of Ruth, run king and leading rengthens the New s in its war with Ban ident of the league. The | Yanks will start the 1920 season as one { of the leading contender with that will be the in ihe circuit. ing in baseball. btful if this deal eve have been were it not for the factional fizht now on in the American league. Ruppert and F has d just enough to | convince one versed with the facts of ase that outside of ions deal : strensthen see's in Boston. | drawing card. York Amer Johnson, pre leagt team s made financial to mouncing the deal last Mon- ; “*No, this doesn't | uppert said: that Frazee will get out. that he will be in an ever befor buld not explain the of this statement other than ! to say that some persons were eager to put Frazee out of the league, but that they will find it exceedingly difficult to do sc now. Opposed by Ban Johnson. Tt is, of cour no secret that Johnson has been an zee out of the league. He never liked the deal by wh the theatrical man gat into baseball. in fact he attempted to block the transaction before Frazee could take charge. Joe Lannin sold mean 115 the league Ban xious to get Fra- sanction, and the league president was i not in the habit of having business | i done that way. ! Early in the | { the club to Frazee without Johnson's | winter there were re- ports that Frazee had not paid Linnin some notes which he had given at time that he purchased the club 1917 and that Lannin might again take over the Boston franchi That strong pressure was being brought on Frazee to sell out no one acquainted with the situation could doubt. By ! disposing of Ruth to the Yankees for | 000 Fraz a position to meet his obligations and to present : froni than at any time sinc he has taken hold of Boston g i While there may have been no de- | i sire to strengthen the Yankees so that | { New York wauld beat out any special | competitor, still hu is such that the three owners leagued against Johnson—Ruppert, Comiskey | | ana Hu | | club win the club which by Johnsan. Despite the fact that the White Sox are American league champions, up to the timc that the Yankees got Ruth W the favorite for the American league championship next | scason. The Indians played the best | ball in the league last season, and had the race been one of 154 games instead of 140, Cleveland prebably would | have overtaken Chicago. New York | now looms up as Cleveland’s most dan- gerous rival. i Yankees Back in Jacksonville. Col. Ruppert had a long distance telephone canversation with Harry | Sparrow,- busin manager of the club, in Jacksonville yesterday in which Sparrow announced that he had ned an agreement with the Jack- | sonville Chamber of Commerce for the | Yankees and the Brooklyn Superbas to ! return te Jacksonville for their train- ing next spring. The Chamber of | Commerce will arrange a schedule of; guames between the two teams. ! It might be said now that the hitch | which a few weeks ago made the Yan- | kees and Dodgers contemplate chang- ing their t ng camp was due to the ract that Jacksonville for a time balk- cd at the guarantee that was asked by the Greater New York clubs. Butl with Rluth a member of the Yankees it was easy for Sparrow to get what he wanted i | | { land. a | alleged to be controlled 70 JUDGE BOUT i Barbour | Major Biddl® and Warren Will Probably Ofliciate at Coming | Leonard-Dundec Battle. New Drexel will Arm Boxi for the Jan. and Haven, Biddle 8.—Major A. J. | Warren Barbour | be sclected by the | and Civillan Board of | Control to officiate as judgs Leonard-Dundee champion- | ship bout in New Haven a week from | fomorrow night. The two officiuted in the same cupacity the Willard- Dempsey contest in Teledo, and 1 i principals in the coming match | terday asked the Army, Navy Civilian Boxing Board to nanie ‘ for the New Haven contest. Billy Gibson, manager of Leonard, | when asked last night whether tho who are opposed to the bout will ! able to prevent it from being staged, | at i t yes and them contests positively nged. 1 talk with Police Smith, of New Haven, and he assured me that no of itation will revoke the permit | will tak £ 1d a Chief-o vesterday tmount of to DARTMOU Philudelphia mouth played a snappy basketball Tembple university team. 34 to 29. This was the third consecutive defeat the big Green team. i l Ruth | put over | RUTH DEAL MADE | 1 best | and | other consid- | position | of Man Being Movie o M k] D “A nEw CAR | SHOULD $AY NOT. =7 fi FRIEND WIFE " HAvVE WE _HAD TusT LONMG T YES 1 Ko OVER HAULING ARD . Cenverted to Buying Uy ITLL NEED ANIMATED CARTOONS BY “BRIGGS” n NoT!-" WELL | SUPPOSE IT wouLD BE AN | ECONGCMY - ONE WAY A NEW COART OF PAINT"” “1— SHOULD -SAY-Y AT THE LYCE a New Car "THE ONE WE'VE GOT IS STwL A G000 OvD CAR — PLENTY - GOOD "WHAT MAKE SHALL W= HAVE 7 WHAT'S You® IDEA ABOULT. The cm.orfi@ WILLIAM FOX MAKES BID OVER COFFROTH. | Movie Producer Raises Ante ior‘ Big Bout $25,000 New York, Jan. from Los Angeles and Paris have it that both Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier are ready to accept Pro-: moter Jimmy Coffroth’s $400,000 offer for a championship battle in Tia® Juana, just across the Mexican border | Cal., held elsewhere under Zh reports from San Diego, the bout will be different auspic motion picture producer, topped Coffroth’s figures b The $425,000 guarantee nied by further inducements the chances arc Wililam Fox. the | vesterday ¢ $25,00 is accompa- in the | shape of 50 per cent. of the profits, | split 35 per cent. to the winner and 15 per cent. to the loser. Fox insists his offer is a bonu fide one and made through love of sport and the money to be derived from the pictur Fox yesterday received a tele i from Jack Kearns saying that Demp- sey had not signed any contract with Coffroth, and that he would give a definite answer to Fox's offer within a tew days. Fox's French representative cables that Carpentier demands $125.- 000 for his guarantee, but daes not| want to fight in 1920, as he is booked | solidly in vaudeville. Carpeniier's the- atrical contracts. however. all arel subject to cancellation and the nehman is likely to agree to fight on next July Fourth or Labor day. Fox will insist the bout take place not later than next Septemb i in mind for the Reports Are Heard to lacademy ‘are constaully | best advice { leges on the T for [ later Outside of the moving picture privi- lezes Fox binds himself not to profit « | penny through the match. Besides Dempsey’s fiat intee of $300,000, | , and Cu s $125.000 Fox promises 50 per cent. ! s to the fighters and the remaining 50 per cent. to “the Red | Cross of America, Canada, England, j Australia and France.” | Fox declared he has several places | il | ! of the prof sene of the propa hout. MCMILLAN FOR NAVY? This Around Annapolis. 8.—Reports that McMillan, the remarkable quar- buck of the Center college foofball t / Annapolis, Jan. | i | team and- the choice of Walter Camp | for the same position on his All-Am- erican team, will enter the /3 next spring and bé¢come 4 - /. of the Nav ear a membei Tootbgdl squad, around Annapo- lis. Many of the Midshipmef nced that it v is that are con- but the s of ¢Millan col- part is un- ely. Two or | | three yefirs ago, Ingram ublct of entering the Academy £ McMillan. The stated thag he would do so if he could get anf appointment. Naval l CADDOCK THROWS BURNS, Wrestling Champion Scores Two Falls With Ease. s rl Caddock of heavyweight wrestling essfully defended his nignt. winning from of this city in two suc- Boston. Jan. Omaha, Neb., champion, suc itle here last yelone Burns cessive falls. The first full was m de in min- i | i | | utes and 40 seconds with a head scissors and wrist lock and the sec- ond in 12 minutes and 5 seconds with a body s s and body hold. HELL GOES TD MINORS. Jan. 8.—Pitcher Roy Mitchell was sold by the Cincinnati Nationals yesterday to the Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast league. The purchase price was not. disclosed. ROY MIT Cincinnati, w DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ~ Us- UH=~ WHAT GAVE You THAT IDEA ANYWAY ELLen 77 * SAY LISTEN - IF we'REe GOING To HAVE A NEW CAR | SPOSE 1T WOULDN'T BE SucH A BAD IDEA (F WE WENT RIGHT Down NOwW To SE& WHAT WE CAN Do. TwHmEY SAY CARS ARE GOING T0 BE ™M EVERY WEEK (FIRST PART) { KOOB AND WRIGHT ARE TRADED, St. Louis, Mo.,. 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