New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1923, Page 8

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COMMISSION—HARRY WILLS SEEKS TO PREVENT FIRPO BOUT—COLUMBIA READY FOR GRIDIRON SEASON— CITY TENNIS MATCHES START TODAY—DISABLED VETS ARRANGE BOXING SHOW—RUTH REGAINS LAURELS—SLOW RACES AT CHARTER OAK * BABE RUTH AGAIN IS TIED s WITH WILLIAMS ON HOMERS; ~ REDS DROP BACK IN DRIVE Giants Idle As Pirates Trounce Cincy — Yanks Defeat Athletics in Fast Game, Waite Hoyt Holding Mack- men Safe — Only Three Games Played in Major Circuits, New York, Sept, 6.—-Bube‘uth hammered out his 838rd homer of the season yesterday in the Yanks game with Phila- delphia tied Cy Williams for the 1928 home run of the world and ined the batting average lead which for a few hours was i‘:fl by Harry Heilmann, a fast game, The Yanks beat the Athletics 6 to 3 Hoyt pitched for the New Yorkers and scat- tered nine wallops by the Philadelphians, The Cincinnati Reds lost in ittsburgh thereby dropping to four games behind the Giants who were idle and allowing the Pirates to come within one game of a tie for second lace. The Pittsburghers'won 6 to 2 taking the lead in the fifth inning on a wild throw by Luque and then steadily advancing. The Cuban allowed 13 hits, In the only other big league game of the day the Senators trimmed the Red Sox 8 to 4, ending the Boston series with a 3 to 1 victory. The Washington batsmen took six lusty and ef- fective swings off the delivery of Ferguson in the first one and two-thirds innings and accounted for seven runs in the first three. AMERICAN LEAGUE Yanks Win, Philadelphia, Sept. cal club, 6 to 3. kees scored five runs. New Yorx. a.b. witt, ef. .. 3 Dugan, 3b . . Ruth, If. .. L Meusel, rf. ‘Ward, 2b, Hofmann, Beott, Hoyt, [3 .4 E) coormmLan L LD e cannnS o Bamscocass P .35 Philadelphi; a.b, Matthews, Galloway, 6.—New York made a clean sweep of the series with the Athletics yesterday winning the final game of the season with the lo- Hensel Hulvey, re- cruit pitcher fro mthe Martinsburg elub in the Blue Ridge league, weak- ened in the sixth inning and the Yan- In this inning Ruth hit his 33d home run of the sea- son tying Cy Williams of the Phillies. How They Line up in Four Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2. Others not scheduled. o Standing of the Clubs g L. New York ........ 82 Cincinnati . 76 Pittsburgh 75 Chicago . .1 St. Louis . 65 Brooklyn . 60 Boston . ... . 43 Philadelphia . . 42 50 52 58 59 65 66 85 84 ssscoscss Games Today, Brooklyn at Boston. Cincinnati at St. Louis. (2). Philadelphia at New York. Others not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE WK HAS e BURDEN OF THE CROWN © TAke N THE RING® v MV ADVICE B FIRPO 1SR BE CAREFUL WITH JACK 7THE FIRST FEW ROUNDS * BY JESS WILLARD Former Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey is a terrific fighting man, I found that out, and so have the others who faced him. Many of the sporting writers, though, have made him out as abso- lutely invincible. There isn't any such man. While the champion is at the peak of his strength, there always is some young chap coming along who will some day put him out. Dempsey landed on my chin in a breakaway in the first round of our fight at Tiledo, and from then on [ was in a daze. I don't know what hap- pened, except what spectators told me. But it seems that I landed one on him in the next round which nearly put him out, except that I wasn't able to finish him. That would show that he can be hit and can be shuaken. His Blows Dangerous The best asset a fighter can have, I ‘DEMDSEY 15 & TERRIPIC @ ATING MAN® o ' think, is 3 good left hand. That comes | surrounded by a crowd, and that ie in always to stab the first rush of the | h other man's attack. Dempsey certainly has such a left hand, bit with his dis- | c! tinctive style of swaying from side to side, he makes unusual use of both hands. . His blows are hooks instead of clean | tif straight shots. But they are danger-|a ous, o Jack Dempsey is fast and strong, and he hits hard. I don't want to tell : anybody that he isn't formidable. There are points to his disadvantage, | ps though, which ought to be considered in figuring the odds. First of all, he i5 champion. That is a burden to carry into the ring, even though it makes him a favorite in’ popular judgment. The champion is werriéd at the thought of the stake he has to lose, My mind kept going|a back to that when I had the title and it is natural for anyone, c Bug Johnson is Better ci Then, being the champion, he is| ( training just before ard for steady training. I don't mean the fight. But hampions grow careless. The glimmer of the lights saps their power. Dempsey has had only two fights in his four years with the tle. A man needs at least two fights year to keep in condition, and three r four wouldn't hurt him. The best man I ever fought was ack Johnson. I'd like for anyone to ame a single quality he lacked "for erfection when he was in his prime. He had everything. His best was bet- ter than best of either Dempsey or Firpo. My advice to Firpo is to be careful with Dempsey the first two or three rounds. Dempsey makes a lightning start, but I don't think he can go for long grind. Be a stone wall to Dempsey's harge. Then knock him out—if you an. Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Ine.) CAN JACK STAND LONG GRIND? JESS SAYS NO!|WILLS’ MANAGER TAKES STEP T0 STOP HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT Gets Brooklyn Supreme Court Order Directing Rickard to Show Why Anti-Fight Injunction Should Not Be Issued. New York, Sept. 6.—Paddy Mullins, manager for Harry Wills, heavy. welght boxing champlonship aspirant, obtained an order in Brooklyn su- preme court yesterday directing Tex Rickard to show cause why a writ should not be issued reatraining the conduct of the Dempsey-Firpo fight, Bept. 14, In his argument for the order Mullins declared if the fight between Dempsey and Firpo occurs as sched- uled, Wills will be champlon, under the rules of the New York State Ath- letic Commission, because of Demp- sey's failure to meet Him. He sald Wills was the logical opponent of Dempsey because he had $2,600 for- feit’ money posted for more than a yeal order directs Rickard and the DUNDEE LOSES BOUT WITH BOXING BOARD Postponement Upheld ~ Johnny Says He Won't Fight at All New Your, Sept. 6.—Johnny Dundee, featherweight champion and light- weight title aspfFant, fought and lost one battle yesterday, but it was no! with Benny Leonard. Vigorous Protest Before a special meeting of the New Yérk State Athletic Commissfon yes- terday afternoon, Dundee protested vigorously against the postponement by Promoter Jimmy Johnston of the Italian's scheduled match last night at the Yankee Stadium with the light- weight champlon but after hearing all the evidence in the situation, the box- ing solons upheld Johnston and sanc- tioned the cancelation. The commission.ruled that Jo%hston was within his rights in taking advantage of a clause in the contract permitting its abrogation in the event either of the principals was defeated in any other engagement before the title match. Dundee left this loophole open to the promoter as a result of his recent defeat in a bout with Eddie ! previously heard his cha officlals of the commission to appear Friday morning. Application for the order was the culmination of a leng Aght waged by Mullins to prevent the meeting on Sept. 14, The commissfon, which ruled that as he had no centract for a fight with Dempsey, it was evident no con« tract had been broken, Tex Rickard, when informed that Mullins had obtained an order to show cause, sald the news meant nething to him, “If he had any legal means to stop the fight he would have done it long ago,” he sald. “But Mullins has noe contract for Wills to fight Dempse, and no right to one. He had a chan to sign a contract to fight Firpo, and he still ha ny time he wants to come and FAVONIAN WINNER “INHARTEORD TROT Beats Clyde the (Great--More Action, Judges Order Hartford, Sept. 6.—Favonian won the 2:07 trot, the feature of the third day of the Grand Circult meeting at Charter Oak Park yesterday after- ncon, defeating Murphy's Clyde the Great and Cox's McGregor the Great in two of the three heats. Favonian broke about one hundred feet from the wire in the third heat and Murs phy and Cox had a pretty dual to the finish, Murphy pushing -Clyde the Great over by a nose. Hollyrood Lonard won the three- year-trot in straigh heats. The judges informed the drivers in this race, after the first heat, that they wanted a bit more action and they got it in the third, when Ilo Guy made a bold bid to catch Hollyrood Leonard in the stretch. 4 Mr. McElwyn, driven by White, easily took the two-year-old trot from Eria Guy and Guy Richard, The summaries: THRE! Purse, $1h00. Holly Leonard, b g by Chestnut YEAR-OLD TROT. v (Kid) Wagner in Philadelphia. Won't Fight at All Dundee's attitude, meanwhile, may result in abandonment of the match altogether. After Johnston's proposal to stage the bout at the Stadium on Sept. 28, Dundee told the commission he weould give his answer on Friday, but to newspapermen later he flatly declared he weuld not go through with the mateh at all, Billy Gibson, Leonard's manager, however, agreed to the postponement date, Has No Grounds Dundee manifested keen resentment against Johnston's statement yester- day that the postponement was a ru- sult of the challenger’'s alleged poor n Naylor, p. McGowan x Walker xx . Peter (Hpllyred Polly) (Murphy) Trumpet, b g (Post) . V Ilo Guy, b f (Cox) . . Time—2:111-4; 2:08 1-4; 2:071-2. 4 5 3 0 3 2 o 3 4 3 0 1 1 Yesterday’s Resulty Washington 8, Boston 4. New York 6, Philadelphia 3. Others not scheduled. Ruth Regains Batting Lead, Heilmann Back By making two hits in four times at bat yesterday while Harry Hell- mann of the Tygers was idle, Babe Ruth regained fiest plac2 in the Am. erican league batting race. He is now leading the Detrcit slugger by .0®03. Ruth's average is .3926 while Heilmann's is .3928. ‘ollowing are, the five leading batsmen in each mujor league: Total . a3 9 x—Batted for Hulvey In seventh. xx—Betted for Naylof In ninth. New York . ve 000 105 000—6 FPhiladelphla 010 000 0203 Two base 3 ar three base hit, Welch; home run, Ruth; sacrifices, Witt, Will Be Knocked Out When Time Comes To Retire, Dempsey Says YESTERDAY'S HOMERS, Ruth, Yankees .. oy J. Harris, Red Sox 2:07 TROT. Purse, §4,000, Favonian, b h, by J. Calcolm Forbes-Allie Watts (White) Clyde the Great, blk h, by Peter Montgomery (Murphy) McGrégor the Great, b h (Cox). Pluto Watts, b h (Dickerson) Admiral Harris and Bonnle started. Time—2:06 1-4; 2:061-4; 2:07. Standing of the Clubs w. L. P.C, 689 552 525 512 1480 455 419 388 43 56 5§ 60 66 67 72 74 New York . Cleveland Detroit St. Louis . Washington Chicago .... Philadelphia , Boston veee 83 . 69 64 63 . 61 56 .+ 52 . 47 (Continued on Foilowing Page) 5 del TENNIS TOURNEY STARTS - First Games to Decide Who's Who on City Courts Set for This Afternoon. No Matter What Happens, Wants No Towel Thrown in—Firpo Has Day of Rest—More on the Bren- nan Fight. TWO-YEAR-OLD TROT. Purse, $3,000, Mr. McElwyn, (Maarie), TWhite) 1 Eria Guy, b f (Murphy). 3 Guy Richard, b o (Cox) .. 3 170 .3026 Rachel Dillon, ch f (Berril)) ....0s. § v earmore and Guy Trogan E i ifil '3%3 (Continued on Following Pagen). Timom2:07 143; 2100 304, M maS 68 .3 - JURGEN CIGARS 187 .365 HARDWARE CITY SPECIAL TEN SPOT 2 For 28¢c 10 Cents Williams, Phils Ruth, Yankees Williams, Browns Fournier, Dodgers Heilmann, Tygers Miller, Cubs Hauser, Athletics Meusel, Giants .. Hornsby, Cards .. McManus, Browns Tierney, Phils J. Harris, Red Sox Tobin, Browns ... Traynor, Pirates . Brower, Indians . Speaker, Indians Miller! Athletics Frisch, Giants . How b ¢, by Guy Axworthy American League i Player and club G. AB. R, Ruth, N. Y. 126 433 125 Heilman, Det. 114 418 87 Sewell, Clev. 125 446 82 | Speaker, Clev. 122 476 98 Jam'son, Clev. 124 526 108 League AB. R. 403 86 207 67 480 69 466 77 512 86 Games Today St. Louis at Chicago. H, P.C. Boston at Philadelphia. Others not scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Toronto 11, Rochester 5. Newark 4, Jersey City 2, (1st). Jersey City 4, Newark 0. (2nd). Other games rain. The tennis tournament for the city championship was to get under way today when the first scheduled match was to be played at Walnut Hill park. The schedule is as follows: 1st group, F. Lockwood vs. L. Bradley, S. Mon- tague vs. Dressell, E. Schupack vs. Covell; 2nd group, R. Burnett vs. 8. Duncan, H. Schupack vs. E. Lock- wood, R. Swift vs. Christenson, C. Kron vs. the winner of the Lockwood- Bradley match, C. Reynolds vs. the winner of the Montague - Dressell match, Van Oppen vs. J. Kirkham, P. Bergen vs. the winner of the E. Schupack-Covell match, J. Cianci vs. L. Gaffney. The schedule for the doubles is as follows: Swift-Kirkham vs. Lock- wood Brothers, Christenson-Steinman vs. the Schupack brothers, Dressell- Myers vs. Reynolds-Father Sullivan, Kron-Van Oppen vs, Montague- Bergen. A handsome sterling silver cup has been purchased from the Porter and Dyson company and will be awarded to the winner of the singles tourna- ment. Twin cups have been purchased and will be awarded to the team win- ning the double tournament. By The Associated Press. Saratoga Springs, Sept. 6.—Jack Dempsey wants to be stretched on the resined floor of the ring with a referee swinging a count over him when his time comes to pass into the ranks of beaten champions. The world's heavyweight champion revealed his wishes today when to told Jack Kearns, his manager that no 7| matter what happens in his cham- | pionship battle with Luis Angel Firpo at the Polo Grounds a week from to- 5 | Hmorrow night he does not want a | towel thrown into the ring as a token of defeat, even if he is staggering helplessly around the ring. * “I have told the same thing to the others who will be in my corner,” Dempsey said, “I want to be flat on my back when my time comes to | ‘take it." No towels to be thrown into | the ring for me. I'm going oeut fight- | ing—without any dispute about the finish.” Manager Kearns plans to leave for | New York Sunday to arrange fer Dempsey's quarters previous to the | ight. The champion is undecided as regards breaking camp but may wait until the day before the match in. | stead of leaving two days in advance, | Parrot as Rooter P.C. | By The Associated Press .647| Atlantic City, Sept. 6.—~One of Luls 619 | Angel Firpo's greatest boosters is a 511 | squawking native ofsan African jungle. .509| In the home of Meyer Saul, one of 456 | Firpo's friends, Ifves a parrot and .448 |every time Luis calls it sets up| 410 | raucous successions of ‘‘viva Firpo, | 406 | viva Firpo.” 15 GETTING ALONG Now - Now the parrot ig being taught te THERE'S A LOT OF STUFE screech some Dempsey taunts and | - | Pittsfield at Springfield | may be taken to the fight to do its THAT REALLY NEEDS MY Bridgeport at New Haven, | bit PERSONAL ATTENTION PSONS Hartford at Worcester. ! Bantamweight Champion Will Box Waterbury at Albany. Burman At Garden Sept. 28, A New York, Sept. 6.—Joe Lynch, holder of the world's bamtamweignt | Policemen Win Game From | champlonship, who was * suspended | and his title in this state taken away M 9, from him two months ago by action I"emen 8 Baseha" Team of the hoxing commission, was yes- The terday restored to full championship | terday in winning a #tatus in the Empire state by that game, or at least a field day on the body. In restoring Lynch, the cham- | diamond, when they snowed under pion is permitted to go through wijth | the firemen’s nine to the tune of 18 the bout over which he was suspended [to 0. Politls held the smoke-eaters that with Joe Burman at Madison | helpless and but two hits were made Bquare Garden on Eept. 2% off him Scarlett and Parsons were Lynch was suspended for making |the firemen's moundsmen. Campbell, & match with Burman without notify- | the firemen's left fielder, made a sen- ing the commission. ‘nuvml catch. | National Player and club G. Hornsby, 8. L. 102 ‘Wheat, 8, L 83 Bot'ley, 8. L. 120 Roush, Cincy 121 Traynor, Pitts. 127 H. 166 114 177 164 179 P.C. 885 884 .369 353 350 (Light and Mild) Standing of the Clubs w. Baltimore Rochester , Buffalo Toronto . Reading .. Syracuse Newark . Jersey City . 3ro DAY HELLO GEGRGE -Yes - HELLO « LISTEN GEORGE SEUL A HUNDRED SHARES oF THaT .Dl:.GLeDt DAN STock - ¢ S~ A GHT - G' Y& s L R fl..' G'BY A% ’ " Gosm 1T SEEMS GooDd To SEE A | NEWSPAPER - WONDER \_HOW THE MARKET IS* ST GEE_!QFF ON MY VACATION AT LAST: -+ Two WEEKS OF .. Games Today i : Buffalo at Toronto. Newark at Baltimore. Rochester at Syracuse, Others not scheduled. EASTERN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Albany 7, Waterbury 1. New Haven 4, Bridgeport 3. Pittsfield 8, Springfield 4. Hartford 9, Worcester 2. (1st). Worcester 11, Hartford 5. (2nd). URRARIRE 'H\\lu-‘ The Shamrock A. C. to Have Outdoor Practice Friday The Shamrock football team will hold their first outdoor practice to- | morrow night at 7 o'clock at St. Mary's field. The following mén and | all other candidates are requested 1o | report to coaches George Leghorn and | Hartford Jim Conley: Dixie Griffen, Jimmy | New Haven .. Donahue, Putts Abetz, Jim Renahan, | Vorcester Darby Carozza, Sanesky, Caspraw | Springfield brothers, Dudack, Murtha, Conley, | Bridgeport Leonard, Dwyer, Kelly, McNamara, | Albany . McCue, Conley, Zehera, Cherpack, ! Pittsfield Marcheal, Jimmy Hart, Fred Karuna, | Waterbury Red Chamberlain, Ventura and R tella. Standing of the Clubs w. 88 83 69 68 62 80 56 Games Today BACK ? wuat De You MEAN BAGK "™ | DIDNT KNow Yeou'D f BEEN' AWAY ) v\{'\’ WELL CHIrF | WONDER HowW The OFFICE | GUESS I'tL HAVE To CuT I'M Back MY VACATION SHORT-- | KNow Tuerk's'A LoT eoF IMPORTANT BUSINESS THAT NEEDS MY ATTENTION - Tye Boss WILL APPRECIATE MY ComwGe BACK TITLE RESTORED TO LYNCH | Firpo spent today in idleness. | The South American challenger for the heavyweight title was induced to | rest for a day in order that his sore | bodied sparring mates might have | time to have their pains rubbed out.| Luis Angel did not like the idea of | laying off but was told the rest would yes- | do him good ball - | How Brennan Fell By The Associated Press, | New York, Sept. 6.—In the second big fight in the defense of his title Jack Dempsey world's heavyweight champion knocked out Bill Brennan, Chicago veteran in the 12th round of police d suceeed=d rtment team (Continued On Following Page).