The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1920, Page 10

EARLY K. O. WAS GENERALLY PREDICTED; NOW CARPENTIER LOOMS ILE the second guessing usually done after a big! porting event is always the safest way to “dope” out) ‘fan event, Monday's bout between Jack Dempsey and Billy Miske for the heavyweight title of the world turned out just} as was predicted by the majority of fight critics thruout the! country. Dempsey knocked Miske out and turned the trick) in the third round. The first round was tame, according to} the detailed account of the battle. Jack floored him in the second round for the count of nine and dropped him again in| _ the third for the long count before finally dropping him for 7 final count. The knockout was a fitting beginning for ‘the reign of Dempsey as champion of the world’s pugilists. . . Carpentier-Levinsky Bout Is . * Next Real Heavyweight Mill ‘The next big heavyweight battle tiptop shape for the mill. If Car | @f interest should be the Georges pentier disposes of Levinsky in the Carpentier-“Battling” Levinsky bout /same businesslike manner in which | ‘on October The Frenchman has he polished off Joe Beckett in Eng-| - shown that he is sincere in his con-|land, nothing under the sun can} tract by sailing for American shores | keep Carpentier and Dempsey from | | Gres g He has been training for | meeting tf the Frenchman js willing bout im France and should be in to fight the Giant Killer Carpentier Loom Wills, and Maybe Willard | If Carpentier should lose to Levin-} At that, Willard, if he would be tn skey there remains but two heavy-/any kind of shape, would make a _Siights im the country who have | match for Dempaey that would draw they are Bill Brennan, the Chicago | @ lot of dough into the house. K. ©. artist, and Harry Wills, the) There are @ lot of fans who saw Dig black boy who knocked Fred the Dempsey-Willard bout last year Fulton cold. If Dempsey meets and) who thought if Willard could have conquers this trio there isn’t a real/ kept his head after hitting the floor ontender left for him to tackle. [so many times in the first round he _ Unless, of course, Jess Willard) would have beaten Dempsey. But, _ should go suddenly crazy and want|of course, that's all just talk, as a to fight him again. lot of others mid after the fight But it seems as if big Jess was|that Willard couldn't have fought Introduced once too often to the any longer if he wanted to, as he Giant Killer's good right hand on/| didn't know whether he was at To- JESS WILLARD “SROKE”; WOULD FIGHT JACK DEMPSEY CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—That Jess Willard, former world’s champion heavy- weight, is “broke,” and wants another chance with Jack Dempsey, is the yarn being peddled around the Windy City following Dempsey’s three-round K. O. of Billy Miske Monday. Willard is said to have lost $75,000 in oil Detailed Round by Round Summary of Heavy Battle ROUND ONE—Billy led with his left hitting Jack lightly in the face. Jack stuck his left to Billy’s body and drove another to the ribs. a Billy was stung with two lefts under the ribs. jabbed to the face twice with his left. They clinched again, They clinched. They clinched, Jack Coming out of the clinch, Jack landed left and right to the riba. Miske missed a right to the jaw. As they clinched Dempsey landed short jabs to the face and body. Billy landed right and left to Dempsey’s body. The blows were light. Dempsey drove Miske to the ropes with jabs to the body. men ina clinch, Even round, The round ended with the ROUND TWO—The men emerged slowly. Jack danced around, finally landing a solid left to the body. command. Jack landed right and left to the chin, ribs. Jack drove in with right and left to the body and a short jolt to the chin. Jack's right landed rapidly aa | hung on and landed lightly to Jack's face with his right. they came together. left on the ribs and landed right and left to the jaw. ing sharp jabs as he swung Miske around, Dempsey’s round. Dempsey missed a vicious right to the jaw. They were wrestling, Jack land- They clinched, both drawing warnings for jabbing after the referee's He floored Billy with a right to the Miske } Dempsey landed with ) Dempsey floored Billy with his famous right under the ribs and walked to the side of the ring. Miske's recovery was rapid. ROUND THREE—Miske landed right to the chin. Jack landed right to the chin. Billy mized, exchanging lefts and rights to the face with Jack. Jack continually poked Miske’s face with his right. Ina clinch Billy was floored with a left to the chin. He arose dazed and Dempsey crashed a right on his chin, knocking Miske out in the challenger’s corner. | PSCC OSC IS OOOO CET OE A AOS | TILDEN WINS NATIONAL NET. TITLE FROM JOHNSTON FOREST HILLS, N. ¥., Sept. 1~ William Tilden IL, of Philadelphia, clinched his title as the champion racquet wieller of the world when| he defeated Willlam Johnston, 1919 champion, for the American singles’ title here Monday. ‘The match went the full five seta, Tilden winning by a score of 6-1, 1-6, 73, 5-7,%-3 Rain fell during most of the match and the grass courts was slow and slippery most of the time. ~ Tilden started out lke a whirl wind sweeping Johnaton off hie fret by winning the first five games ! July 4, 1919, to need any further in-/ledo or on the beach at Waikiki troduction, after that terrible first round. 4 center of the stage until he has passed the Levinsky bout, and if he But be as it may, there's no doubt the but what Dempsey’s good right paw ‘still contains the essence of punch so _ fails to pass it with a win only Wills | ‘Becessary ina champion. And now and Brennan loom on Dempsey’s for Carpentier. The gorgeous French- Flores Packs Real Wallop in Ring Johnston won the sixth game but Tilden took the sixth and set. The champion speeded up his play tn the second second and by some speedy driving and wonderful place ment shots he copped the set by the same score, 6-1. Tilden took the third set 74 by careful play, but lost the fourth set when the court became slippery and he netted chance after chance. John ston won this set, 7-5 Tilden recovered rapidly, however, and won the fifth and deciding set, 63 Speaking about punching, Seattle _ fans are in for a treat Wednesday Bight when Marcario Flores, the Fil- Spino lightweight, boxes Joe Gorman, the little Spanish miller from Port- Ja ring man for him. But re this bird Flores can hit and he first new miller to be introduced to Seattle fans in a long time that can really hit. Clever fellows are ali land. How this baby Flores does! right we'll admit, but in this day of = He looked mighty good the|“Babe” Ruth athletics POWER is ight he knocked out Eddie Jack- the thing that catches the eyes of gon, but Gorman may be too smart | the Tilden Proves Right to World’s Net Title William Tilden IT. of Philadelphia, couple of years Tilden has loomed Proved his right to the world’s ten-| on the tennis horizon, but this is the | Bereta ieee ancay wien ne | first season that he has been able to| fornia, 1919 champion, for the Amer-| break thru for the title, His win fean’s singles’ title at Forest Hills. | over Johnston for the Yank title and It took the masterful Tilden five sets| his defeat of Gerald Patterson of to turn the trick. Poor weather had | Australia for the world’s honors at ‘a bed effect on the play. Tilden is| Wimbledon stamp him as the beat 28 years of age, which is considered net player in the world today. He old for a tennis player to reach the| has earned the ranking of No. 1 in tt of his game, For the past! American tennis for 1920. Gameness Wins Another Tiff for Siwashes Seattle continued its run of series seoring four runs in the without @ reverse to 10 weeks Mon-| vad Aang wun only (Seceeiae jthe kind of stuff that makes Seattle | | fight shown by the team in the af. fans stand for hours in front of| ternoon struggle that ever turned scoreboards when the team Is away! the trick. Twice they came from be-|and brings the fans in droves to the hind and evened up the going finally | park when the club Is here. DEMPSEY SITS TIGHTLY ON HIS THRONE TODAY BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept.) ring dazed and benumbed and be- %—(United Press.)—Jack Dempsey |fore his guard was in place the still sat firmly on the world’s Champion ended his ambitions, The da @ that led t le heavyweight boxing throne mage that ended the scuf. fle in thb third round was dono with his crown untiited by efforts) when the “human thunderbolt” of Billy Miske, St. Paul conterider, | reached Miske’s ribs just under the here yesterday. |heart with a stinging left jab in Miske, who on previous encoun-|the second round. Miske, lifted off ters had weathered 16 rounds of| his feet by the impact, wax neatly Dempsey onsiaughts, was laid low|set down on the canvas five feet! fn the third round of the scheduled | away from the champion. His face 10-round match. Dempsey shot thru) plainly showed pain and from then a right to the jaw after one minute|on he appeared weaker and less of and thirteen seconds of the third| fective, round, thus adding another to his| ‘The attendance was today offi list of knockout victims. cially estimated at 11,500. Total re. Dempsey, nine seconds before, | ceipts were placed at $124,904, of had floored the contender with a| which Dempsey received 50 per cent left hook. Billy arose from the resin|and Miske 25 per cent. 12th and} walking off with the game. That's today Big League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Wo mm NATIONAL LEAGUE Cinetnnatt 2-2-2. Brooklyn soe | Philadelphia . | Cleveland Cinetnnatt Chicago 6-1, New York 0-5, Boston 1-0 Philadelphia 4-6, Brooklyn 2-6 Onn Washington .STANFORD COACH READY ‘Walter Powell, next grid coach at @tanford University, is on the job Altho grid practice does not start the ground looking over conditions| for some time, He succeeds Bob| Eivana, recently dismissed, | lie Zeider of Los Ang | who ‘Tilden’s victory, coupled with his| win over Gerald Patterson, then recognized an the world’s champic at Wimbledon, England, gives the Quaker the undisputed tennis cham plonship of the world. eee RICHARDS IS STILL CHAMP FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 7— Defeating W. W. Angeles in three straight sets, cent Richards of New York retained his national junior tennis title here Monday, The scores were 62, 6-4, 61. PREP PRACTICE STARTS SOON Football practice is expected to get under way in the six Seattle high schools about Friday of this week. | { With five new grid mentors in| charge there won't be much in the line of news until the tutors get! their material lined up. Pat Murphy! of West tle is the only 1919 coach on the job again. Lincoln and Franklin are conced ed the best chance for the city title |" this year on the present dope. Broad way lost most of her 1919 vets thru graduation, | Nothing much {fs known of the! other trio of schools and a dark horse may be ‘sprung on the grid followers, LEAN YEAR FOR FIRST SACKERS It's been a bad year for first sack ers in the Const league. Griggs of Low Angeles, Guisto of Oakland and Moliwitz of Sacramento e been out a lot with injuries Blue jof Portland. out now with a bum and Hasbrook at San F haven't offered much for the Seals| Rol- les is now out in the line of first base players. with injuries, while playe awhile, is just recoverin, ness, Earl Shee the only Coast | kick thru in O, K Seattle for from sick of Salt st sicker to all year, CHIEF’S TEAM STILL LEADS Chief Bender's New Ho ding the Eastern le r Worce: Walsh's Bridgeport squad lelimbed back into third place, two and a half gumes behind the lead after dropping from second place to sixth for awhile. GOT THOSE PONZI FORGOT Tickets at the Miske-Dempsey for a week yet Powell has been on|*laughter at Benton Harbor yester-| ¢ day ranged from $10 to $50"per copy. Floyd Fitzsimmons, the promvier, evidently figured to hook all of the suckers that Ponzi overlooked, Ingraham of Los| Vin. | amlock, | Lake is|* When “Red” Gage and Licyd Mad- den, local welters, mix at the Arena Wednestny night, it will be the first time that this pair of popular mitt Slingers have ever met Hoth boys | are willing mixers and heve their local followers. Thursday night. Little Fadie Moore, newsie flyw i hard-nitting his chance tay. Keddie Je Moe ne to park that right | on I and that it isn’t going to be any boxing exhibition, In the preliminaries at the Demp- sey-Miske battle Monday Mill Tate didn’t have mach tronble outpoint- ing Sam Langford, and Harry Greb mide © monkey out of Chock Wig- ‘They're Mpenking about heavywelehts, this bird Farmer Lodge, sota giant, ts He's a big fellow * meting Me may be heard CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Here’s Complete Ring Card for Wednesday Show For the benefit of those ring fans who didn't see the complete Arena smoker card for Wednes. day as published in The Star Monday we're printing the Ust again, Here goes Joe Gorman vs. Marcario Flores, lightweights. Eddie Jackson vs. Young Sam Langford, lightweights. Lioyd Madden vs, “Red” Gage, welterweights. Frank jo ws. Sailor Killo- ran, lightweights. Fred Kent vs. Young Za- kowsky, light heavyweights. Kid Martin vs, Willie Wile, featherweights. TOLLEY FAILS IN GOLF TRIAL ROSLYN, N. Y., Sept, 7—Match play was begun today in the na- tional amateur golf championship with $2 starters, In addition to the regular matches, seven men who tied at 165 In yester. day's qualifying round were to en- gage in a playoff, only three of th ol igi! ey, doal Lord Charles itish champion, could only ered and Hope were BY BILLY err (Of The Portland News) PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 7—An pattle Star of Sept s an apparent and perhaps un intentional injustice to Eddie Shan non, Pacific coast lightweight cham pion, in stating that married life had evidently played havoc with Eddie » had first been licked by njamin, and then had his ad kicked off by poor old Muff 8 | Bronson.” Shannon was lcked by Benjamin, |but most persons who saw the fight leredit it to a lucky punch. Since then Shannon has fought and de feated Willie St. Clair and Pugey | Morton. He beat Morton worst than Morton was ever beaten b His next fight was with Muff Bronson, from whort he won on a foul in the fourth round, after Bronson had been repeatedly warned for hitting low. Shannon has issued a challenge to ight any lightweight on the Coast, |and is willing to give away five pounds, if that is necessary. He recently offered to fight Young lightweight, and a big drawing card in Portland, 10 rounds, and agreed to knock Brown out, get the de cision, or forfeit his end of the | purse, | He has hurled a defi at the elusive Jimmy Duffy, one more erack and is eager to get at Benjamin Shannon, is boxing as well te at any time during his car has grown stronger and bigg result of an open air life houseboat near Portland STONE WINS ELMA EVENT ELMA, Sept. 7.—-With the run- ning of the Washington champion- ship sweepstakes and exhibition au- tomobile driving, the 10th annual fair of Grays Harbor county ended Monday, Larry D, Stone, driving a Deusen- berg car, won the free-for-all race. Joe on his Stone also did a mile with a flying start in It In Buenos Aires, traffic officers di- ‘Brown, sensational -Los Angeles |rect traffic with white painted clubs. investments in Texas, and he is willing to take necessary, to recuperate his fortune. It has been announced a few on the chin, if recently that Willard was negotiating with Tex Rickard, present lessee of Madison Square garden in New York, for a return bout with Dempsey and that Dempsey had expressed his willingness to meet Willard again. Speed King Wins Uniontown Race in Dusenberg UNIONTOWN, Pa. Sept. 7.— Driving at terrific speed without a stop, Tommy Milton, piloting a Dusenberg, won the 226-mile automobile race here Monday. He made the distance in 2:24:19 Murphy was second, two laps behind. Hearne was third and O'Donnell, fourth. VARSITY MUST DEVELOP PUNTER Coach Len Allison faces a tough |Job when the Pacific Coast intercol- | jlegiate football season geta under |way. Tle must develop a punter to |take the place of Buel Blake, the big |wuard who graduated in June, For two seasons Blake ranked as the ateadiest punter on the Const. None of his boots were #o very long jor spectacular, but his | high and he was a consiste: Judging from the candidates lined | up so fag Washington will be pretty hard up for a punter of real ability Ray Eckrann, the little halfback star of the 1919 team has done punt- ing his high school experience. Johnny Wilson, quarterback candi- date, bas also high school punting experience. Captain Ted Fautk, drop and play kicker, may be developed into a punter, bd | But there fsn't a real punter on |the squad from the way it lines up now. Perhaps some dark horse may be uncovered when the practice gets under way at the University, but if there isn’t Allison faces a real job because punters, like home run hit ters, are born and not made, accord: | ing to the old “dope” book. First practice will be called at the University of Washington the after. |noon of September 15. | REDS SLIP BACK INTO FIRST PLACE. |." CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—(nited Prenat | “NTs. The Dodgers wlipped before the lowly | ana Cady. Phillies yesterday, and today were| At Sacramento (second)— |back in second place behind the Reds, | Oskiand whose double win over ft. Louis gave | Sossemen them the National league leadership, and incidentally made Ohio's baseball average 1,000 per cent ‘The Indians, White Sox and Yanks won double bills. Ieaders in both leagues were idle today. The only thrillers scheduled | were the White Sox against the Tigers here, the Yankees versus the Athletics at New York, and in the National league the Dodgers at Phil adelphia. The Giants were to meet Boston at Beantown, LOESCHE WINS AT PIKES PEAK Milton is the daring pflot who won the big race at Tacoma on the fifth of July. He holds most of the world’s npeed records made on the beach at Florida. : na ‘Thurston and Jei second )— Rn Lapan; inking, wu E Los Angeles. a2 | Balt Lake Binttert land Byler At Ban 4 - At Sacramento (first)— Onkiand . - ‘ RAriett “ana Dorman; | Kunta, Pittery, Jones and Benang. Gay Cooper, the Vancouver P. league Beattie fans couldn Marry Gardner ever bit enough to make third on ft. How that baby must have traveled. Renning ian't & kuack with Harry, it's @ science. If you don't believe us just watch Harry epeed around the paths when the club aside, Harry's wallop, coming three men on the paths COLDRADO BPRINGS, Colo. Sept. T-—-Otto Loeache, pilot of a Lexing- ton car, today was the holder of the Penrose cup and $1,000 in cash prizes aa the winner of yesterday's race to the summit of Pikes peak. The finish of the race was in @ blinding | snowstorm. Loesche's time for the 12%-mile climb was 222525, Al Cline, also piloting a Lexington, was second, five seconds slower than the | winner. | The record for the courns ts 18:24, made by Ralph Mulford four years _COLE TO_ JOIN SEALS Rert Cole, crack southpaw of the Tacoma P. 1. club. was one of the leading hurlers and hitters of the P. 1. league. TO HOLD DOG FIELD TRIALS CROOKSTON, Minn, Sept, 1.— Bird dogs from all parts of the United States will be brought here September 9 for the All-American field trint club event. SAINTS ARE TOO FAR AHEAD St. Paul is 19 fun games ahead of Minneapolis, second place squa in the American association ra: The Saints are so far ahead that the crowds are falling off wherever they | play. ay as| Ho| as a} Roger Weth-| other Britishers who failed to qualify ‘PORTLAND SCRIBE DEFENDS > EDDIE SHANNON | | Regal size will rejoin the| San Francisco Seals this week. Cole} jman. The challenger was awarded ‘The tntentional ames post- ed here will be played in the Oak Judging from the way Onakiand has been going In Sacram: week the tribe will hi tion in the Bay eilty, ‘Walter Mails twiried his first fon game for t Indians yesterday as turned in a 7 to 2 win over th Louis Browns. plenty of oppo- that fan Francisco opens o week's series In Salt Lake either today or tomor- | row, jonas upon train condi- tions, that will go» long ways to- ward deciding the final standing of the two teams in the Coast league this seasen, Portland plays Loe Angeles at Los Angeles and the Beavers should give the Angela plenty to worry about Vernon will have the edge on the other clubs this week because they will be piaying against the Sacramento club at Sacramento. The Solona lost everything but thelr appetites to the Oaks last week. . Seattle played three extra inn! games with the Tigers last week won all three of them. Mueller, Vernon first sacker, @round a bit better with the irly well here, but he pes from serious injury kward handling Ralt Lake wil! open that all-tmportant series with the Siwashes on September 15. And then the Sacramento Solons will wind up the local season during the fol- lowing week. BURMAN BESTS BANTAM KING ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7.—Joe Burman, of Chicago, today held a newspaper decision over Champion Pete Her. five of the eight rounds here yester- day, when the bantam champion fol- lowed a safety first style, The “Cigar that makes YOUR) NICKEL and a ‘enny worth | MORE than af} BIT” | For Sale Everywhere | 1109 Third Ave. Seattle Britton, welterweight champion, jog JOLTED DREAMS FORT WORTH, Tex. Sept. 7.— Gunboat Smith's wild dream of a fight with Jack Dempsey was given a rude jolt here Monday, when Capt. Bob Roper, Chicago heavyweight, won & popular decision over him in a 12-round go. SERIES EVEN MOUNT VERNON, Sept. 7.—With Charley Schmutz pitching great ball, Auburn took the Mount Vernon team down the line, $ to 1, here Monday, The third and deciding game of the series will be played in Seattle, Sep- tember 1 BRITTON WINS CEDAR POINT, 0., Sept. 7,—Jack ged along to an easy victory over Ray Bronson, who essayed a come- back after six years out of the run ito during the past | { | “SPEED” | SOCKS | _ APPLE _ IN PINCH LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1—H | Gardner, Seattie’s big right! chucker, stepped into the hero ro in the second game,of the Labor |Day double header with Vernon, With the bases full in the lith inning, Gardner wallop to center field past Charbourne and Harry steamed around to third while the three men on basés galloped over the rubber, Middleton crashed out another hit and Gardner counted. The score was Seattle 8, Vernon 4, Seattle lost the morning game, with Schorr pitching for the vim | itors and Houck on the hill for the, Tigers. The final count was 4 to THIRD EXTRA INNING GAME The afternoon fracas was the! third extra inning game of the! series and was filled with thrills thruout. Geary started on the mound for the Stwashes and Piercy pitched for the home club. Seattle counted in the fourth, but the Tigers came right back with two by some steady hitting. Seattle | tied it up with one counter in the seventh, but once more the scored a pair by hefty clouting Cooper took the hill for the visi Seattle bunched hits for the that tied the score the second ti in the eighth. Cooper waxed in the ninth and Ganiner ) rushed to the hill with two 4 on bases and two out, He stopped the rally, VISITORS COUNT FOUR RUNS The visitors broke thru for runs in the 11th. Kenworthy doubled, Cunningham popped out ond Stumpf singled and Kenny (hind. Stumpf took second on piay. Adams was purposely Ue Then Gardner singled to center Stumpf scored and Baldwin Adams registered when tet_the ball roll by him. Gardner set the Tigers down their half of the inning. > i) 7 F | Middieton, rf —. 4 Bohne, | Eldar: Kenwort! Cunningham, if | Stumpf, es ... | Zamioch, 18 “> Baldwin, @ ..... | Schorr, anh ol nwnecweueP Hal wccccescel Mueller, Smith, | Murphy, @ ..... | Houck, p o22222 Totaie .......26 ol mm memonetn! ewononuiwn 8 a 8] emeenanongs | coSumcnned ol ennccrccupul Struck out—Ry Houck 3. on balis—Off Schorr 2. Runs responsible for—Schorr 4, Houck 1. Double plag— | Smith to Fisher to Mueller. is Seattie— Middleton, rf Bohne, 3b Eldred, ef Kenworthy, AB one 5 3 eoneseueP Moooel tif Sl ane |long, rf ...... | J. Mitchell, se. High, if Fisher, 2b Chadbourne, Mueller, 1b Smith, 3b. Devormer, Piercy, p Fromme, oleorccorncentn! une 1 core sseen roerere colt 43 bs ed for Zamloch tn 12 33 38 8 seven! ed for Geary in eighth ed for Fromme in 11) Score by innings: kz Coe18o1se® 92008 Summary: Three-base hits—J. Md 1, Mueller, Two-base hits—Chadl worthy, Mueller, Cunningham, © hite—J. Mitchell, Bohne, 8t Struck out—RBy Piercy 3, by Gardner Bases on Off Cooper 3, off Fro 1, Runs responsible for—Geary 2, P Innings pitched—-By G . by Cooper 1% From winning Double ‘play Zamloch Pie pitcher — jardner, worthy to phy. Umpi Bohn Kenworthy to Holmes and Casey, SIR TOM COPS With Mrs, Albert V. Griffiths at the helm, the Sir ‘Tom was an easy, winner in the free-for-all sloop han dicap event, which featured the third] | day's racing of the Seattle Yacht ¢ on Lake Washington Monday, Im | the yawl division of the free-forall the Clarabelle, sailed by Ray crossed the line a winner, Two om boat races were Staged, with the P yfoot, sailed by Stanley Griffi winning the figst, and the Gnat, ed by Quen H. Williams, annexi the second. Harry Casey, Seattle welter, feated Young Zuzu when the Filip climbed out of the ring in the four round of their bout at Anaco Monday, claiming a foul. The eree refused to allow it and the bout to Casey, Rae seri »|and Charley Davidson fought a f round draw in the bantamweight! vision, The Seals, who lost tn the mornt = kagement, which ended 1 made ning, six out of ten with the Reavers they won out in the afternoon, 6 te & — final | 4