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CHAMP WINS BY K. O. IN 1 12TH 4 BY HENRY L. FARRELL yy NEW YORK, Deo, 15.—The world's heavyweight crown still rests on the scowling Drow of Jack Dempsey But the face under it was some ep what altered today, “ The left ear of the champion was i SMashed and torn, his lips were puffed out and cut, his jaws we ¥ Swollen and his eyes were puffy and red. He was in bed, tired and worn from the longest distance fight of his career and from tking his worst) , beating Bill Brennan, the big, husky Chi Gago heavyweight, stayed 12 rounds With the “man killer” last night in Madison Square garden, and in those 12 rounds he made the champion work the Jest he has ever worked And take more than he has ever taken te VICIOUS BLOWS D BLSODY FIGHT Two VBsus punches in the stom Bch and a smashing right on his head in the middle of the 12th round folded Hrennan up and he fell on his head and elbows in a neutral corr nocked He tried gamely to rise and stay ut the few remaining rounds, but the steady pounding on his heart dnd Stomach, rights and iefts that "whacked against him like the blows of an air rivetor had sapped every bit of his endurnace. “Take the count,” his seconds were screaming from his corner. He took Mhe count—Dbecause he had to, } 15,000 SPECTATORS | SEE EXCITING DUEL Close to 15.000 spectators gathered with the expectation of going home early. Instead they stayed late and Were given the sufprise of their lives The gallery gods, way up in the} ®Moke clouds around the rim of the Toot, several times were in a violent Uproar with the thought they were geeing a championship change hands. | ‘The crowd was startled by seeing | F ‘the supposed easy mark, the vietim ‘Of the public's demand to see Demp- Bey in action, rush out of his cornér im the first round and smack the More startied to see Brennan carry Ing the fight to the champion and _eading al the time. Brennan rocked Dempsey twice With vicious rights in the second Found and brought a black scowl!) ‘and bared teeth to the face of Demp- "The third round passed, and the} efowd began to wonder. It was won more and more up to the eighth, when the tide began to turn. Brennan had won the first five _ Founds and was even up te that eighth, when Dempsey got thru two crushing blows to his stomach. The Chicago fighter winced with pain and he went to his corner open DEMPSEY SLOW; OVERTRAINED From then on, Dempsey won. Al! tho tiring himself, the champion had | ‘more jrance. He had more steam in bis and more energy left | to around. | was a bit overtrained slow,” Jack Kearns said today. - | ‘The champion was drawn to a very point when he entered the ring. He ‘was pasty in the face and didn't have @ superfiuous ounce. He was cold.) two, and it took him five rounds to/ get warm enough to show anything | like bis fort. Dempsey has had only two fights in 17 months. He showed the results of his inactivity. He missed fre quently, his timing was slow and his eye was off. ‘True, he won his fight and retained the championship, b’ 9“ « lost a lot of his “color.” He had taught the fans to expect a victory in a punch} or so in a round of so. Because he took so long to get a hard, strong/ fighter, the crowd filed out with the! 4a thought that, “Somebody's goin’ to get “im!” NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Kid Nor folk, Baltimore, won a 10-round de cision and the negro heavyweight championship from Bill Tate in the gemi-windup of the Dempsey-Bren- man card last night in Madison Square Garden. Charley Weinert won a 10-round @ecision bout from Bartley Madden, and Marty Farrell beat Frankie Mc- Guire by decision in the other pre liminaries. a Bike for Chrivtmas That Will Last for Five Years—and More That’s the DAYTON and it costs the least— A cheap bi- cycle is not al- The Vive-Year Guarantee antee, rr the largest builders of bi- cycles in-the country Get yours now—we'll deliv- er when you say and arrange TERMS TO SUIT . HESS 1116-1118 Pike Street Indian Motorcycle Store champion on the jaw ‘They were | duced at the Uewt state lem jday night is Montreal BRENNAN GIV CORR An Everett football fan calls the attention of The Star to an error in a story published regard ing Everett high school's foot ball team in w the University of Washington freshmen team was given credit for scoring the only touchdown against Everett this year © true record I that Phe Datle ich act squad of Dalles, Ore, scored the only t Everett th " V. yearlings were defeat Everett by a 20 sport circles Chet Metatyre, pat reparation on “Her- hight Tiny fought angtord, which tends to blind s opponent, Herman will not be allowed (© bex in Portland sain until the charges are proved or dis- proved, whichever the case may be» The case is due to come up for com sideration before the Portiand ring commission soon, Kadie Moore, Seartie bird this week. He Portiand t omee Johnny Kilhane, featherwrtebt champion been off fo box Young Andy ¢ eastern middiew eights, in Tacoma tomorrow wi Fete and Young Sam 1 attle lighties, clash in windup. Joe Renjamin and Meinte will box 19 reugds in Portland f ber 22, A Dill to legalize be ~ Orlen jumpe 7 om Martin “W” GRIDDERS Ray Eekmann, star halfback, was elected captain of the 1921 Washing ton football team at the annual ban- quet held at the Washington Annex Tuesday night. The Fi year to the player who renders the Most unselfish service to the team during the season, waa presented to Larry Smith, the husky center. Coach Allison was the chief speak- er of the night, and he was given & tremendous ovation by the team and the guests. SERVICES FOR GIPP LAURIUM, Mich. Dee. 15—~Fa neral services for George Gipp, No- tre Dame football star and all-Amert can fullback, will be held tomorrow, it was announced. Gipp died of pneu monia yesterday at South Bend, Ind., following three weeks’ illness, His body was expected to arrive here today from South Bend, Ind. DEMPSEY GETS OFFER ES DE | CARNEY- Z. } | } CALLA MAN: & Ice Race and Cue ‘Star’s Winter ! Billiard Entry pocket billiard tourney. Inclosed please find 60 cents for entry fee. (Name) (AGErON) 60. cee ee ce eeemeneee ee (Telephone) ......+++ eecersosess Entries close January 12. Entries can be mailed to The Star or will be accepted at Pope Sibley’a Stamps will be accepted for entry fee RIDLEY BOXES ETCELL | TONIGHT George Etcefl, the Pacific fleet | ast year’s races. The races will be | Bie Mo 1. Lavinsons in tne fourround main | event at Bremerton tonight. This is Etcell’s first showing on the Coast since returting from the Olympic games at Antwerp where He won the finals in his division only to lowe Moon a fluke, As he went to) shake hands with his oppanent, said opponent, intentionally or otherwise. spread a mouthful of water all over Georgie’s featurea Whereupon Georgie swung one for sald oppo nent's jaw and he was disqualified Ridley has been training bard for this go and will be a favorite to win. The rest of the card follows» Battling Zoru vs, Bill Vincem, welters. Eaklie Moore vs, Young Car Tonight's bout is being staged by Sport Program Under Way Entries pocket bi annual lee races are The poc held at will get 16. olanntfied. to came. There will be two the players being ranked according ability. There will then be a regular elimi nation tourney with 16-ball pool be ing played. 50 points constituting a ‘This will continue until all [but four players have been ¢liminat LOvRIE - Q. 4aTrrin ¢ WEDNESDAY, DECEMPER 15, 1924. FINCHER - © | for The St ker Pope-8ibley parte *m flewt as iad tourney and second pened today Wiard tourney will be and under way about January . “Pool sharks planning to enter the me@t should get their entries in early because the players must be or divisions, with ual ed. The four wili (hen play a round: | robin for the UUe and trophy. cane of a tie In games won and lont, high average will decide the winner. A charne of 60 conta per entry in being made to cover the cost of the trophy. are bearing the other conte of the tourney. The Prunswick-Balke-Col- lender Co, is donating a cue to the runnere-ap in both divisions, ‘The Star ice races will o ‘The Star and Pope-tibley’s be held under the same rules that governed preliminary be determined by featherweight champion, and Bud | held between erty medal. awarded each | iidiey, Seattle mitt alinger, toms the | Kamen perlods at hockey There will he a serten of pretim!. naries with «ix men entered In each entries. ners fi will then be given naln The winner of race entrants Contestants these events should get thei | im arty. MET PUCK REGULARS ON JOB fense player, back in the fold M ets’ regular hockey the number of heats to) the number of | Bach racer will be given | Deetr Trek eeeeee 18 n |two chances to win a heat, the win-|Ornemme™ =) cos if of each heat qualifying for the| the Cnals| | | eames the lineup te on 7 7 s |the Bremerton Elke and in view of hand and the Seattle team will get See ees an otten ot down to bard training today for the here for the present a big crowd of first game of the season, which is 50,000 to defend hin title against Harry Greb in @ 10-round bout in Pittsburg, has been made to Jack Dempaey by John McGarby and John Bell of, the Motor Square Boxing club, Pittsburg. Benton Harbor promoter expects to sign Jack Dempsey for a fight with Harry Greb. The Seattle General and Minor Hospitals will not permit a commission to be paid for calling a Taxicab for their patrons. They know this is not fair to their pa- trons, as such a tip necessarily must be re-collected. ‘ They always call Main 6500 because they know their pa- trons will be pro- tected and not over- charged. We do not pay commissions, Seattle Taxicab Company MAIN SIX FIVE HUNDRED | the fact that boxing is on the quiet Seattle fans are expected to take in A memorial for Capt. Radic Grant, former baseball star whe fell in the Argonne, is to be erected by sport writers. | It will be ® granite shaft five feet high, helding « Uronse memorial tablet. i will be sar rounded by = flower bed in deep | center field of the New York Pole grounds, Lieat. Harry lone sarviving officer of € 7 ciling cere- monies at the opening game next epring. Charley Hall, former Poston Red flor | hurler, lead Ameriean — aanociation hurlers by winning 27 out of 35 games for Mt. Paul and holding opposing teams to 212 batting average and 206 earned | | Fina per aime, | Dave Danforth, former White fox! lhurier now with Columbus, ls strikeout king of American association with total lot 188. Grover Lowdermilk, the original | wild man of baseball, hasn't re- | formed and leads American anno | elation in wildness with total of | 151 panes, 1% hit batamen and # wild pitches, If everything t# lovely down tn Mexten next Mar n McGraw eays he may |take a team from the San Antonio train the City of Mextoo for a series of exhibition games. ‘The Mex nent haw Indicated It would like to have the ball players come as} its special guests Fddle Cleotte must pay $220 taxes to | the government on the $10,000 bribe | money he received for throwing the 1919 | world’s series and aw a fine for delin- | quent payment and false returns, Cleotte | referred the matter to his attorney, who | [had nothing to aay SEE FOOTBALL NEW YORK, Dee. 15. ~ Jack | [Dempsey says he can't understand | | why football attracta such large | crowds. He isn't strong for the gridiron sport. None of the boxers ore crazy about U i set for Monday with |the navy yard city emoker tonight. | Vancouver th Seattle Vancouver at Charley Tobin and Moxz Murray, © spares, are expected to reach today which will complete the local roster, th John R. Gentry pa | Tickets are going fast far the first game here which will be staged at with © Arena next Wednesday Vancouver as Seattie’s opposition, FUNERAL FOR NOTED PACER NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dee. rin such @ burtal pa ern club owners signe agres | les The grand old pacer of 2:00% fame will be interred in the infield of the home stretch at the Park race track—re ant old Cumber niniwoent of days 15. the world’s greatest his time, was laid to rest yesterday with ceremonies befitting John Trotwood Moore, noted South peak od author, long a lover of thoro- bred horses, will deliver the ¢ the old pacer, Dr. D. F and others alsg are exp slog tokes to| NEW NATIONAL AGREEMENT NEW agnes YORK, Dee, 16 the new ent, pertaining to th youter ay at thelr eeting here. Three years were added National | N on jona major annual th (Name) (AGOrORM .nccccecescccccscccess (Telephone) » Entries may be mailed to The o Meet Entries Now Open Arena office, CAFE FIVE | ciry CAGE The tattle between the Rube's| Important business will be on tht silver trophy. | Cafe Bowlers and Elks No, 1, league boards at thé meeting of the City There are no charges for the tce| leaders, on the Elks’ club alleys will! Basketball association to be held at! cation of the draft, the reported |°f his versatility and power, be the feature tilt of the City league; the Northern Life Insurance Co. ees wae fan impending shift of the | bility to punt, to drop-kick, Planning to enter|/games billed for Thursday night. | building tomorrow night entries |The antiered herd squad has a six-| - game lead over the cafe men at) election of a president and vice 11.0” cinyers will be leading points | Teauired to do in superlative Present. The Rube five i# holding | president and the report of the boaMd | borane the meeting of Pacific Coast| SPEED OF down third place. yee cupervinert om lie spacers league directors and magnates at| OHIOAN of the eleven order when the BN. Brooks team| for entrance into the league constt| 1. paseball chiefs today were! comb of Ohio State andy Wi Camp p Another good match should be tn Ice Race Entry I wish to enter The Star's an nual jee races, J have never re ceived money for ice racing WALTFR CAMP : tries close January 3. are to be winners In the pre eran. Interest ie running high cage game out at the North the first hoop call b coming week. regular berths. WALTER CAMP PICKS “ALL-AMERICAN” _ GRID SQUAD; EXPERT OVERLOOKS FAR WEST Walter Camp’s Selections - FINST TKAM SECOND TEAM THIRD THAM r Ena teeees Carney, Mlinols .. Urban, Bont seeseee Ewer a pot Tackle Keck, Princeton .. Goetz, M : Detre Guard Callahan, Yale Wilkie, A +-Breidater, West Point Center Stein, Pittsburg tmouth emeyer, Harvard Guard Harvard yracune ‘Trott, Ohio State Tackse ott, Wisconnin ‘ nia : Dickens, Yale End i Tech la Princeton, Muller, Californias Quarter } Lourie, Princes Me Coatre . Boynton, Williams Half Back. ..8tinchcomb, Ohio Btate . Garrity, Princeton Haines, Penn State Half Back.........Way, Penn State . Davies, Pittsburg.... -Lecch, Va. Mil. Inst. Full Back Gipp, Notre Di . French, Weat Point. Horween, Harv | Perhaps no greater honor ca ber. of Walter Camp's All-American team. 7 hia oe Camp has been picking his mythical elevens since back in the '80’s. But his sele } : a e u iz jahan ef Yale’ eel tbe | oe r p £ | Woods of Harvard. “They No. 5, Ballard ability to diagnose plays qui Coach In Pease faces a real job James Lowery, a guard on last) and am linesmen they are out at Ballard, if the Shingleweavers | year’s second team, is making a | aable. AK | rong bid for that berth on the first| ENDS AND league, Only One experienced man Star or will be accepted at the | i turning out—Eugene Walby, cap-| tain and center, being the lone vet | in the| after a guard berth. End|the Ballard midget five last sqason. ELKS NO..1 22.22; es PIN TEAM | TO BOWL t week. Peare | last season, is trying expects to cut the aquad during the/ While it is pretty early to get Four of lam year’s firet team grad much of « line on the Beavers, Pease | uated, leaving the Beavers in Sitsin Stein of Pitsters, fa has several promising candidates for| pretty bad way for cage talent this) (1) tore iene much aiff BY DEAN SNYDER come to a football player than to be named as a me |tion for this year represents, in his opinion, a far greats | breadth of ability of every member of it than any selectic the has yet made. He says that the development of the game has put ad | ditional requirements on each individual position, so thaf | players have acquired an undreamed of limit of footb | ability and smartness. : , As an illustration he takes Stanley Keck, Princeton’ } star tackle, and shows what he actually accomplished | the Tigers’ two hardest games of the year. f “Keck,” he says, “met the charges of the Harvard me | shifted to meet formation plays, broke thru and hu | the passer and kicker, and finally brought about a tor down by blocking a punt. In the Yale game he did all the things with the exception of blocking a punt, but in add tion he scored a field goal by a placement kick. He |aected as Lourie’s interferer when the brilliant q |ran for a touchdown.” | Camp gives the other tackle position to Scott of Wis \consin. His reason for selecting the Wisconsin star is th | Scott possesses great football power which is due to'h i | weight, strength and speed for |heavy man One guard is alloted to Tim G | both huge,” he says, “and CENTER team thie year, farl Axe, the midget quarterback Friesen = bp my and Fh lof the Ballard grid eleven, is also jeorgia Tech are given the He played on| Of belng the best ends of the “Camey has played practically anus, ther midget of|¢?Toriess game and Fincher,” ng ys pon’ for a for- pevctod “is needed for a m Shew, a/Cleven on account of his power ward berth, as ie Derrill a a wee | general build.” : Camp picks as his center, © second string man last year. neason. in his first choice and his Won. Lest Pot Broek» oeene uw om rolls Rippe’s cafe. ‘The Rippe five) stitutes the main business, jumped into @ tie for fourth place Jant week by winning three straight | meeting w second place at present, three games| or semi-pro. behind the league leading Piks. day night follows: Knights of Columbus, IDKAL ALLEYS ¥.M. ©. A, Wagtes ve Lumbermen Elks club, aie be Northern Life Insurance Co, nee MAL Mac a Be: , Dow Chauncey Wrights. Pay gy Sh University Commercial club. Bike No. i vs Rube’s Cafe Puget Sound Paper Box Co, ——— System Sign Co. coast in search of fights, He was|H out that way some month« ago and | st found out something of the four: round game that fascinates him. NOYE COMING | Samer Noble Post, WEST Los ANG ST. PAUL, Dec. 15.—Johnny! Henderson of the University Noye is going back to the Pacific | Southern California is a brother LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15.--F Jett high school's football team, cham- plons of the N |to limber up for the big tuasle with the Pacific coast ‘ouecti, trainers and a handful of Enough extra seats have been| &f Minor and major leagues in Jan | tor of all, however, was the wh stands to| ry, will be made by Ewing’s| definite increase in the knowléed fback F uy root for the Ohioans on r day ! LEAGUE TO; MOGULS [ir ringion a | HOLD BIG | TO MEET 2s Sec". | MEETING | THURSDAY |*.i%.s." asc ™ 7 The adoption of the schedule, the Another important feature of the if be the discussion and! | sottioment of the question of whether With Roy Rickey, the husky de-| The Brooks team is holding out in| the league shall be strictly amateur | sranagor Charlie Graham, of the 840| and make the necessary gain Eleven teams have asked for en The complete schedule for Thurs-| trance into the cireult. They follow [LES, Dee. 15.—Coach erson of the Ohio! , © eleven, The U. of 8. C. mentor Bill, Cunningham of Dartme Stein came thru the season COAST [REE es FIELD BACK) All-America quarter, due to with Yale. McMillin and George Gipp of Notre D SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.—The | dravy q the fullback pasition © attitude of the Coast league on the|CumP’s first stringers on | ward-pass, run and tackle. He e of t Vancouver, Salt Lake franchise to everything that @ backfield m B.C, and the general tople of «wap Sacramento tomorrow. The other two tacks are Si | gathering from thelr various home! Penn State. towns, preparatory to the much-| liked Way since he could b postponed meeting pended upon to go into the Indications were, according tojafter being held on the side ancisco club, that the draft would | quired, besides being speedy, be restored, but with considerable| sive and quick to size up an modification, One of the changes portunity. Graham expected will be the raising | Stinchcomb’s great speed of the price for drafted players. He] «smartness has earned the ee to see it doubled, and won't! piace on Camp's eleven. | | be surprised if it Is made $7,500. |Ohioan's speed coupled with It was not believed today that) man's passing brilliancy pulled there would be any radical action! wiice eleven out in front taken with regard to the Salt Lake} the last minute of play in franchise. Be Brown, of Vancou:| games and Camp believes he n ver, ix expected to be on the job, just such a man as the fast q ready to snap up any openings in the) back on his 1920 Alb circuit which might come to pass, but it was pointed out that Salt Lake has been going good and hardly could be expected to drop by the » A measure in the Utah| In summing up his reasons “ stopping Sunday base-|8electing these men, Camp sa: ball, is the only obstacle in the “On the whole, it ts one of of continuing the franchise, ac most versatile teams on attack ing to the dopesters here. ‘The|tiffest on defense that has eleven. of EVERETT TEAM IN TRAINING FOR BIG MIX yer long fF thwest, is preparing 2ist year, « | plain rooters accompanied the Ever-| added to the Long B Jett eleven on its trip here, accommodate 15,000 persons. al contract of President Heydler, which has anothe was incre FOR CHRISTMAS SEND THE FOLKS BAC SA y ICK, LARGE ar to run, and b to $15,000 a year LMON INAV powworcT FarGM OM Delivered vu. 8 8. All charges prepaid, pa to any express of*ice in Packed in ice and re-leed Wy ex- ANDREW, HAMIL ot4-w. company until destinat Safe arrival guaranteed, in GTA Reward. IN y LOEW'S i PALAcE HIP CONTINUOUS I1TOA|A! DIRECTION ACKERMANG HARRIS TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A GREAT NEW SHOW WITH THE “OVERSEAS REVUE” A Gigantic Revunwusical Prodaction with a Broadway Cast, Including: BLANCHE BILLY ©. WELP AND AN OVERSEAS BEAUTY CHORUS THE FERRAROS | JOHNNIE KEANE Feature Photoplay LOUISE HUFF In “WHAT WOMEN WANT” was announced today that! ch has decided not to ob- Ject to Captain Sherman of the| his stand against baseball gambling| South and West as to what Long Beach high school at Long| Everett team participating in the| and for cleaner sport, Kast was teaching. This has | Beach Friday afternoon, which will} came, His eligibility had been quesa-| A “trong effort to have J, Cal Ew-| brought about by intersect decide the prep school supremacy of! tioned because he has reached his|'"s, of Oakland, named the league | games. chances of that measure peing plac-|been put together, ed in effect were considered rather] “Outside of the develop slim, the open play and forward The league meeting is expected to|the most. striking feature of name President W. H. McCarthy for] Season was the’ great int another term, perhajf at an increas-| shown in coaches and enthy ed salary, Such action will carry|in the East as to what the § with it the stamp of approval for} and West were doing, and fy representative at the joint meeting! “But perhaps the greatest friends. They say he will not meet|of the game by the football pub with much opposition, The spectator in the stands m As to trading players, reports have|is an educated spectator.” it that practically every club on the | cireuit is in the market for a swap | jor so. Manager Bill Kenworthy, of} Seattle, is supposed to have about four players up for trade; Bill Bssick, of Vernon, and Red Killefer, of Los | Angeles, aro marked down as having | — | about the same number on tap; Bill | | Lane, of Salt Lake, has let it be| known he expects to change his line: | | up radically this year; the San Fran- cisco Seals are supposed to have tw | men on the market, and it is unde | stood Portland, Sacramento and Oak land will listen to any reasonable chance for a barter. HE STILL BUNKS ’EM SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 15. ~Fred| Winsor, ex-manager of Bud Ridle: Bob Martin gées to ‘Terra Ata, | Va. to rest up,jas Manager Jimm Bronson fears he'll go stale, and | plans to fight Billy Miske at Phil |when he returns to the ring, is out to develop another boxer who | ee can beat his former protege. Win 001-Tr™ sor is now managing Dick Griffin, 1221 Third Ave Texas bantam, . *COR UNIVERSITY

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