New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1926, Page 15

i a g | gSpeaking H of Sports | Hmmmmmtten Tonight will be the biggest night of the season at the Hartford Velo- drome when George Chapman of Newark, N. J., American motor- paced bicycle champion, Bob Grassin | world's title holder and Vic Hopkins, | the sensational Towa ploughboy meet | in one of the most thrilling brands | of bicycle events, | { fal sprint feature will be | e between Art Spencer, Cecil | alker and Bobby Walthour, Jr.| This will make tonight's card a doubly attractive one for lovers of the pedalling game. Several other | umbers, among them being fhe | imateur events, will give cycle fol- lowers their fill of thrills tonight. spe Finally the place for the Dempsey- Munney fight is settled. People in | this section can't understand why | one, two or three men are given the power to turn millions of dollars | away from the businessmen in New York, but the matter can probably he best explained in one word— “politics No matter what our individual opinions may be of the heavyweight | champion; no matter if we think Harry Wills should get the first| hance at Dempsey's title; no mat- | ter what we may think about the | esent muddle, it is certain that here is something rotten in Den- mark” with regard to the refusal of the license committee to grant the | champion a license to fight in the | Emplre State. | Looking at it from a Connecticut standpoint, fans in t are heing robbed of the opportunity of seeing the heavyweight champion defend his title. Some may go to Philadelphia, it is true, but there are many others who would h: Zone to New York who will not be able to afford the trip to Philadel- phia now. is section Although we not acquainted with the feeling in New York city, we can imagine that the hotel men, merchants and those enzaged in oth- er lines of business which might benefit through the influx of visitor to the heavyweight battle, arc not cheering loudly the action of Me: Phelan and Wear in figu kicking Dempsey ont of the st Many do not admire the cham- pion, it is true, but why should he be despised any more than Wills? Dempsey was a shipyard worker during the war. Wills trundled a | truck on the dos Rickard, who is probably rated as the most hon- | orable boxing promoter in the coun- rv. selected Gene Tunney to get a | ance at the heavyweight title and t. Colonel Phelan, himself a vet- | of the World War holds out | favor of a pair of slackers. | Wills hasn't fought any more than | Dempsey,except to step in the ring iinst men who could do no more han him an exhibition. Yet, hear some people talk, Wills 14 he regarded as a o and' mpsey as a skulking coward of basest sort. We can't sce the | » of this line of reasoning. i give hie Giene Tunney was in TFrance with + rifle on his shoulder while Demp- sey and Wills were making the world safe for democracy on side of | the pond. Some might say that Ihi.»;l shouldn't enter into the c Maybe shouldn’t but on the other hand, Tunney has come through the ranks heavyweights to stand today as the logical contender for Dempsey's crown. of e | Tunney has challenged Wills, but Wills answered this challenge with ‘Tunney is only a voungstes We | are afraid that Tunney is a “big boy” mow and he would jolt Harry Wills off patronizing pedestal into the realization that the “leath- “devil dogs” or whatever want to call the Marines, to fight and never back his erneck: slse vou are taught down. It the New York commission or the lcense committee thonght Wills more logical contender than Tunney, why is it that that body didn’t order Wills to fight it out with Tunney first? It's all a complicated mess and it will hurt boxing more than anything else. was a if he hampion will fight es today that ght Dempsey s remains the heavyw after September Wills anywhere and at any fime ex- cept in New York state. He savs he will go through with this fight before January 1, 19 We hope that he will win against Tunney just for this reason alone, though onr hepe Is with the former Marine in the coming battle. A meeting between Wills .and Dempsey now would Kave the cham- plon coming info the ring a bundle of eold fury and if he never was a real “killer” in a boxing sense, he would be sure'to be one then. Wills may be able to beat Dempsey, but ' we doubt it. We remember a brit- | tle pair of hands on the negro while Dempsey could almost smash a stone wall and still keep his hands 0. K. At any rate. another championship | hattle will be fought tonight at| Madison Square Garden when Tiger BICYCLE RACES THURSDAY NIGHT 8:30 D.S.T. HARTFORD VELODROME | “DIAMOND MATCH SPECIAL” Motor Paced Race SPECIAL SPRINT MATCH TEN OTHE \dmission 50¢ Races Every Thursday | benched | tain flash to a good, steady plodder |'Philadelphia | 8t. | Syracuse Flowers and Harry Greb meet for the world's middlweight title. Flow- ers won the title from Greb a short time ago and Harry has his chance to win his laurels back again. Some of the “lightest” summer reading that has come to our at- tention in a long time has to do| with the efforts of Owner Jim Clark- in of the Hartford team in the East- ern league, to strengthen his team. His team is in sixth place, 164 points behind the leaders, with about a month of the season left. Sort of late to start to do something that should have been done two months ago. “Cowboy” Jones, outfielder sent to Hartford by the Washington team of the American league, has been sent back whence he came. Hartford finally found out that he was not fast enough for Eastern league ball. Now Harry Heitman, the team’s surest hitter, who was because he could not run fast enough, has been re-assigned to the right field job. It would not be irprising, though, if Harry is re- placed when some newcomer hap- pens along, as the Hartford man- agement seems to prefer an uncer- and in a who seldom makes an error hits with the best of them pinch. The New Haven-Providence series starting today at New Haven will have an important bearing on the champlonship of the Eastern league. Vew Haven is 6% games behind Providence in first place and both are playing steady ball. The series should be a hummer Baseball Standing NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 2, Chicago 1. (10 innings) St. Louis 6, Brooklyn 2 | Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 0. | Pittsburgh 4, Boston 1. | (First game) | Boston 4, Pittsburgh 3 (Second game) | The Standing | w Pittsburgh ...... 62 St. Louis Qincinnati Chicago New York Brooklyn Boston 11314 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926. FLOWERS AND GiREB BATTLING TONIGHT Chawp. and ex-Champ Mix It Up at Madison Square New York, Aug. 19 (B — Tiger Flowers, Atlanta negro, tonight keeps a promise he made when he won the middleweight boxing cham- plonship from Harry Greb of Pitts- burgh in Madison Square Garden lust ¥ chance to win back the crown. Moreover, Ilowers' manager says that if the champion retains his title he will go to Europe and at- tempt to swim the English channel The negro has something of a rep- utation in the water. Since winning the crown the lantan has been out of his most of the time, but has encoun- tered many men in all sections of the country without damage. Greb, who used to fight about every week, has given his entirc attention to preparation for his revenge. Before the 15-round contest starts Flowers will receive a belt emblematic of his championship from the Boxing Writers' association of New York. If Greb wins he will be given a belt at his next bout here. Other contests on the program are: Maxle Rosenbloom of New York vs. Chuck Burns. light heavy- weight champ of southwest; K. O. Phil Kaplan of New York vs, Dick Evans of Youngstown, O. These are scheduled for 10 rounds each. Statistics on Ilowers and Greb follow: a At- class Ag: Greb- 5 ft. 8 in. Flowers—30 ft. 11 in. Height 15% in 15 1-4 in Neck 38 Inches inches Chest (normal) 3915 inches (expanded) 74 inches 42 inches Chest 76 inches Reach 14 inches 1314 inches Biceps inches 71z inches Wrist 31 inches 31%inches Walist 23 inches 24 inches Thigh inches 15 1-4 inches Calf 10 inches 101 inches Games Today New York at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LEAGUE | | Games Yesterday Bosten 4, St. Louis 2 (All other games postpon or wet grounds) The Standing w 4 L York 45 Cleveland 54 Philadelphia 54 542 | Detroit. . ] | i | New Washington Chicago Louis Boston Games Today Detroit at Philadelphia. Chicago at Boston. (Other clubs not scheduled) Results Yesterday Albany 4, Hartford 2 (A1l other games postponed wet grounds) rain or The Standing L 43 8 Providence New Haven Bridgeport Springfield Albany Hartford Waterbury Pittsfield 61 [H] 74 Games Today Providence at New Haven Hartford at Albany. Springfield at Waterbury. Pittsfield at Bridgeport. Games Tomorrow Bridgeport at Springfield. | Hartford at Pittsfield. Albany at Waterbu | Providence at New Haven. | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Results Yesterday | All games postponed, rain The Standing w L 49 48 49 54 64 68 80 97 Torento Baltimore Newark Buffglo . Rechester Jersey City Reading Games Today Buffalo at Jersey City. Toronto at Newark. Syracuse Baltimore. Rochester at Reading. R RACES Boys 25¢ | sey still | fly relinquished Ankle 13 inches 1313 inc Forearm FIVE SPORT KINGS TO DEFEND TITLES Babe Ruth Only One Seemingly Suze of Holding Crown Assoclated Prese. York, Aug. | Five mon- of sport today confront the the outdoor the W arc closing challenges of cason with a powerful battery of une which has blasted away all opposition on four battiefields in years gone by, At least one of the quintet ap- pears sufficiently fortified to re- move his crown from the range of vivals. With credit, Babe Ruth's title as the slugging king of the diamond seems cl But Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Bill Tilden and Jack Demp- have to face the crucial test of their right to rule for an- | other year. Five fistic kings have passed ! from their thrones—Mickey Walke | welterweight; | seek to | erown from Tiger Harry Greb, who will regain h Flowers tonight; Paul Berlenbach, light heavyweight; Rocky Kansa lightweight, and Louis (Kid) Kaplan, who volu his featherweight sceptre. Willie MacFarlane, champion, Jim Barnes, British open winner in 1925, and Gene Sarazen, former Metropolitan King, been dethroned on the links. R national open | Hornsby, six-time ' National leaguc batting leader, has fallen under the push. So have Stanley Coveleskie and Dazzy Vance, re- spective pltehing aces of the Ameri- can and National circuits. Queens of the court on two con- tinents have lald aside their coro- nets. A new American women's champion will be crowned in the tournament now in progress on the west side courts at Forest Hills, N. Y., for Heftn Wills has been compelled by ill health to default. Suzanne Lenglen, who Helen abroad, has exchanged her | title as European champion for a contract which is soon to bring her to this country as a professional. Next to, Ruth of the "Big Five, Jones seems most likely to ward off the thrusts of foes in the amateur golf champlonship. The brilliant Atlanta golfer, who already has an- nexed the British and American 30 home runs to his | middleweight | tar- | conquered | open titles, has soared to remark- able heights this year. Walter Hagen, seeking to retain his professional links title, has in- dicated his readiness for the con-| flict by an amazing string of vic- tories which rival the achievements Jones, Outstanding among ' |them have been decisive match triumphs over Jones and Abe Mitchell, 'and the winning of the | eastern open championship with | remarkable tetal of 275 for 72 hole Tilden's attempt to extend | reign at the net to seven sucee | vears will be contested stubborn bythree stars from France in dition to a strong band of American | contenders. The racquets of Rens | Lacoste, Jean Borotha and Henn | Cochet, here in quest of the Davis; {cup as well as the national sc | of Tilden, throw a shadow over the path of the tall Philadelphian, which at this time seems more | mentcing than the thrusts of Vin- |cent Richards, William M. John- ston and other stars of the Ameri- | can court. | An army of foes has risen to har- |rass the heavyweight champion, iwck Dempsey not only faces a dan- gerous challenger in Gene Tunney | but also is the target of litigation. MEN T0 VIE FOR HONORS IN TENNIS :Ranking Male Luminaries Com- | ete for Team Championships ptre 19 (A—The dash- racqueters who Chicago, Aug. feminine re- the ten- ing cently have spotlight with Forest monopolized their energetic rivalries at Hills, will share tournament glory for the remainder of the week with a score of the country's ranking male luminaries, competing here for the national in- ter-sectional team championship. Six United es teams repre- senting as ma sections of the country and a pair of dazzling Filipinos are competitors in the four-day elimination fournament on the turf courts of the Chicago Town and Tennis club. Aided and abetted by the versa- tile Johnny Hennessey of Indian- apolis, last year's western associa- entry; George Lott, jr., and | Lucian Williams, Chicagoans, will | defend their title to the Simpson trophy against a field of uniformly able performer: Vincent Richards, the young man 1 Yonkers, who has thrice this down his tennis god- Bill Tilden, goes into the national third ros- | not have another | shot at his old master, for Tilden remains in the iu ‘preparation for the national championships. With ¥:ancis T. Hunter as Rich- ard’s mate the New York team is the outstanding favorite to topple the titleholders, if the trick is to be accomplished. The New Yorl were first up | in the drawing, matched for the | opening play today with the middle ! Atlantic team, a pair of Baltimore gentlemen who have tagged honors to the names of Id Jacobs and C. Alphonse Smith throughout the season, The Filipino Davis | Guillermo Arago and zales, were matched with Ingraham, Harvard, and Jones, Yale, the standard of New England. nis tion fre year hewn ather, Big the play as ar, but he w 1t ers cup team, Rafael Gon- W. W. Arnold bearers | TUNNEY PROCEEDING | WITH HIS TRAINING | — | | | Does His Usual Roadwork This | Morning and Then Goes Into Woods With Book | Specualtor, N. Y., Aug. 19, (#— Transfer of the championship battle hetween Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney from New York to Philadel- | phia caused no immediate change in the routine of the Challen camp. Tunney did his road work today and then as usual hied him- | self to the woods with a book under | his arm. “I will gladly go anywhere | United States to get my cha the heavyweight championship, Tunney said Vaturally 1 prefer to fight in New York, for that home, but Philadelphia is perfectly | all right. It's a relief to know that the fight is at las assured. The ‘on again, off again, on again, Fin- negan’ idea was beginning to grow confusing.” Tunney’s in the at plans for the moment are uncertain, He will have to fore- ake the shores of the well-named ke Pleasant for some spot in the vielnity of Philadelphia, but he in- dicated today that he will not catch the first stage coeach out—there is no train o disturb the calm of Spec- | ulator. Tunney has become the “first citizen” of Speculator and will leave | the Adirondacks with sincere re- | grets. He has a good start on his Mraining program and can put on | i”'e tinishing {ouches at any con- SALESMAN $SAM SW By (SWEET PATOOTIE. g o, ey iz venient lieved that the uncertain the by finding a spot on which to land. However, he was not able to con- ceal his ch affair in the )icense committes said he hom folk. enthusiasm and re declared, in Now York friends, he decl for place. | the he chatlengor was manitestiy re-| RAIN STOPS TOURNEY tatus of ALy | important bout has been settled | Showers Interrupt Play In Women's | National Tennis Battle At Forest | The i w grin at the turn of the He that he thought he descrved tter treatment at he hands of his He showed a mixsture ret, He sees, he a record breaking success prosepect in Philadelphia. His , will 1dly ride two hours to see him bid the championship, Hills, Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 19 (P— | | :ain has added just one day to the | Willsless women's national tennis championship and probably two. The courts herc were so muddy | vesterday and rain fell so plentifully | that the referee had to make his d | cision in oilekins, Much to the dis appointment of Elizabeth Ryan, one of the leading candidates for the title, who could make good of son s pth P cific ocean has an 960 fect, use Thatys 'wh]f slippe | surface with her ceptive chop strokes. de- _— Ph d Dennis Sothoron, outfielder, | teague, with nd, to Philadelphia Cumberland engages in a post sea- The purchase price Md delphia Aug. ationals PHILLIES BUY PLAYER Cumberl: 19, (P— pur- o is leading the Middle Atlantic a batting aver .367, officials of the local club an- nounced last night. age of He will report September 6 unless INDIANS WIN GAME reorgan d lefeated the the Pione Indian Mohaw field baseball ks yest by a 6 to | a8 |8 score. Hausman at first, Leupold at catch and Falth in the box star- red for the winners. The batteries were Faith and Leupold for the In- | dians and Larson and Zenga for the Mohawks. 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