The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1920, Page 8

DOPE IS ALL WRONG IF JESS WILLARD BEATS JACK DEMPLEY BY HEK NEW YORK, Dee. 24.—Jess Willard is one champion who believes that he will “come back.” hiked back to Kansas. There he added to his farm hold ings. And then Jess began a system of training to take off his bulk. For several months he trained fakhfully, accord ing to reports, and Jess never did like training. He was just a good-natured fighter and lazy. Jess now feels that he can win back his laurels. The only apology Jess made the ficht was the next day the said that he was dazed fr @ffects of a punch on Dempsey landed in th Jess said it was the he ever felt in his life him, he said, that be Member what happene And yet the Kansas Back, and, altho beaten and landed an uppercut on Jack Bad Dempsey on Queer street. TEX GETS MAIL | Tex Rickant, who wil promote the match between Dempsey and Willard on March 17, says that he has had at least 60 Ie ‘Willard, asking for a chance te Qgain fight his conqueror And Tex stated that in all his let fers Jess never once mer y Money or the amount he w @eive for his share of the purse. “And you know that Jess never! Missed a chance to dema: Umit when he was champ anid But Jess will have one advan tage he lacked in Toledo. He wi Mot underestimate his man. He did i in Toledo and got a terrific beat fag. He won't do !t again, and he| May get another beating the same. MANY FANS BACK JESS Many fans believe that Winard has an outside chance of winning ack his tin If he does, he will} establish a precedent in heavy. | Weight circles. Fitzsimmons tried it Sgainst Jeffries. He punched Jeff Until he bad no more strength left} nd the bones tn bis hands were Broken. And he failed Corbett flso tried to win back from Jeffries} the laurels he lost to Fitz. And for 23 rounds Corbett made a monkey @f Jeff. But with the champion- ship almost back in his grasp Cor Bett went down and out. It only took & punch to do it, and Jerr Yanded it at the tepenth hour. ‘That was the nearest to a cham- Bion “coming back.” ‘The only fighter that I recal who ever retrieved his lost laurels was Stantey Ketchel when he beat Pilly Papke after the latter had won the ight honors from Stanley HERZOG CASE j SOUNDS QUEER ‘METHING'’S a Wee bit queer in the case of Char. ley Herzog, Chi-| When the former heavyweight champion was beaten by Jack Dempsey in the Memorable Toledo fight Willard made no excuses. He packed up his belongings and bantam hampion his crown the first time that bout, when he was defeated In New York the © night by 1 it wasn't the first time that Herman wa f had shaded him threeAimes before, but nodecixion affairs J ST AS THE Bastern serthes predicted, It shouldn't be necessary to knock to win his title, Johnny Kilbane, the present foatherweix Johnny Wilson, the cheese champion of the middleweig are pair who will be forced to risk thelr titles in decision bouts ren ¢ ier bout has been lost because Dempsey ut Hil Brennan tn a hurry, And now if Carpentior sb ank M and also fail to put him away it will put @ lot of dol Queer st. as far as the big tiff is concerned, This boy Moran ts a tough id bird and he may fool the wise ones and give Carpentior a regular battle, altho the Frenchman figures to win. BILLY SHADE, THE CALIFORNIA light heavyweleht who went Australia and cleaned wp, is expected back in the United States Billy made a great showing here, but he was cont lly fighting wel weights while he was pretty heavy himself. At that, he bas demonatr that he can fight, and over the long route » According to letters re ceived from William, he p! return to thin country pretty soon to demand a match with Johnny Wilson, the middleweight champior if Shade can force Wil» to a match for the title he will be doing wh & lot of good middleweights in this country have f WHEN LLOYD MADDEN, cal welterweight, was stopped in the fifth round in his be: t ra Mu y in Port © other night was the first time to ¢ jection that the Seattle battle over take the count. Lioyd ts one be hisn” some tin can take ‘em, b ry warrior get or other was a story gotr . nds in Seattle ocked out once over in Yakim: years ago, be t i the first time in the recor mn has gor ‘WILDE MAY CLAIM BANTAM TITLE IF HE BEATS HERMAN BY HENRY L. FARRELL and rules of the International Box NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—I¢ all the}!0 union make it optional—eith English authorities figure like Rube | “ht hours before or at the ringside Weich, Joe Lynch will not be recog-| The United States Goes not belong to the la nized as the bantamweight champion | to the International Boxing union. by the International Boxing union. | A™meri¢ans objecting to giving equal However, that wil! not mean much | Votes to nations where boxing ts 5 in the young life of the new cham-| Conducted on the ncale it le in this pion country. Internationally the boxing |! - situation tg the same as in tennia. er ee co angel Until last winter, when the union world’s bantamweight championship, |8*, ftergantsed, Johnny Kilbane had perhaps is trying to make his fight | welant preteen gone Fe aoe good when he says that by weighing in tight howrs before the fight, the two prinetpals in the championship affair here Wednesday went in at catch weights, and the title was not involved. If little Wilde wins from Herman, it is very likely the British will see things like Welch and clatm the ban- | tamweight crown for the Welshman, | ropean. When he was placed on the official t of chame it was a direct move for American favor, Since the Americans failed to reciprocate for the concession, the union very prob- ably will not recognize Lynch Ing to Lynch wrong in his argument about weigh-| nition of Europa, Lynch can go on ing in. The en of the National | his way in America Without consid Boxing club, which govern boxing in ering the other aide, England, clearly require weights to| No matter what attitude the union be made eight hours before the fight. | assumes, he is the recognized cham The Queensberry rules provide for| pion in America, and this is a very weighing in on the day of the bout, ! large country. never defended is ttle against a Bu: | THE SEATT They way you can't keep a good | ing man down, but there's been many lan athlete who possenned tater | are that never got to show bt stuff before the glage of the foot ight Kid Circumstance always has bi such matter the Pact at Lefty O'D and most LE STAR machines they ever tutored went to waste on the beneh of the New York Yankeos Inn Miller Hugwine op talent, but be couldn't O'Doul as Ja regular for dust, ¥ thought too much of the Coaster to either trade him or turn back West equently O'D lowt bin cune the all over again gpent aru in ying Jobn Cateher to work! “C' because Ray Schalk is such a glut m for punishment he works ever lay. Naturally Lynn didn’t eloy ‘KID CIRCUMSTANCE KEEPS Sw MEN ouT OF SPORT SP ITLIGHT any by warming up pitchers | bullpe w he b been tr k to the minors. Good talent oftentimes goes to wante in other sports the same wa “Chick” Harle ete Btinch comb from being Ohio State eleven until this year regular on the Leaders Take Short End in City League Pi _ELKS NO. 1. AND BROOKS : LOSE PAIR In the city league the Cheastys, Rippes’ Cafe and Denby Truck all took thre traight from the Rube Cafe, Orpheum and Lumber-| men, rm tivel The Lumbermen forfeited their games. The Eagles, Elks No, 8 and ilks No. 2 all took the odd game from Elks No. 1, E. N. | Brooks and Union Tailors, 1 spectively. Benson, of Cheastys, broke} the game record with a 279 score; he also had high total | with ite No. hy But, as waa sald, it will mean noth- | Kilbane got along | According to the books, Welch is | very well without the official recog. | ile Mandieap Allen wart. By PAUL N. WILSON BAN FRANCISOO, Deo. 14.—The imost dangerous play in California's football repertoire and the play jagainst which Coach Wile has eyes for the ame. it—-reporta say He hasn't had much uocesy working againat it with his |xecond squad—hin chances of taking | back to Oblo the Bear skin will be much better. If fot—well, ft's a mighty dangerous trick and /the| probably romp back od Hears w Herkejey winners, COMMONLY USED It is the play which has been most | commonly used during California's successful season, and the play |whieh has gained most yards and} me for the Bruina Here's how it} | works | ‘The backfield formation ts normal. | }Ohio can’t tell whether a kick, a/ |pass, an end run or an offtackle, buck is contemplated. Latham, cen ter, snaps the ball likes shot to| Morrison, fullback, on a direct pase, | Contrary to the usual play, the lineamen pay no attention to block. | MoRnI SOM play, and Latham, center. “quick kick” ball snaps back to Morrison. opposing line. Ice Race Entry 1 wish to enter The Star's an japent weeks drillin ghis Ohio Buck: | I have never re New Year's gume at) | Pasadena, is the famoun quick kick | the play which may decide ah nual lee races. ottved money for tes racing. If Wiloe has been able to solve) Captain Harry Holmes, Seaitie’s sterling wrt guartian, is suffering from = painful Morrison, fullback, pivot of California’s most dangerous Diagram indicates how Califor-| Whole line charges down field as| o attempt is made to block ICE RACE ENTRIES SLOW IN ARRIVING Entries are coming in slowly for) The Star ice races. The following } men have entered so far; | 4. 4. Price, } Buster Brown, | D. 4. Darst. Frank Lynch, The races, which will get under open to all amateurs. Entries close | January 3. The races are to be held between halfs at the hockey games All that is necessary to do to en ter the race is to fill out an entry |blank printed every night in The Star and mail it to the sporting editor of The Star, These blanks can also be obtained from the Arena office and will be accepted there. way at the Arena January 6, are) the cHeet’ playa » became an a m IS STILL§ - CHAMP. WELCH LONDON, De rote He |is still the bant Bh bees champto |of the worl id he will carry t title into his t with Stony’ bee to " Prome er pect Americans ae g of the tithe fo, promoter of ‘the Har man-Wiide fight, said “The ttle was not it nen weighed in in the oon an weights, instead @ probat inded Hermat of ar deposit By rdize the ut Wi fivethou posted not a | February if he we th H and Lynch replied that the title @ | not involved because of the welghi The situation, the same ag }Jack Br o met Benny Leo Britton being a welterweight, og not claim the lightweight Utle if won. 2 “Certainly I am going to stage | Wiide-Herman fight. The defeat | Herman ¢ | Wilde beats Herman he will b t involve the tith bantamweight ch aap on.” YORK, Dec. 24.—A\ answer made today b chairman of the committee of the International ing club, to the contention of: Welch, London fight promoter the bantamweight championsh |not involved in the Lynch-Hi fight Wednesday. O'Rourke helped draft the which were embodied in the Walls iboxing bill, under which the 6 was staged. “Welch is wrong, I believe. He talking about the rules of the I national Boxing union, but those rules, under which inducted in Engtand, weighing optional—either at the side or eight hours before the qf “America ws not affiliated International Boxing union. We £ under our own rules, which an B&B most identical to ths Engtish “Herman was the recognized ¢ pion of the world in England, Lynch won a legitimate over him. He is entitled to th ra € pionship.” While no official statement made by the state boxing com is | sion, it was said that the bout | been conducted in accordance the law. that both principals J agreed that it was for the cl ship, and the title went with NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Joe 1 is going to be a fighting ch the new bantamweight king day. “I'm going to take a month’ fest and then I'm going to a of azo 6Cub in. bic “ ing. They charge ahead as though | Wetnesday. Met Captain Harry ex Charged open- J , 3 i 1 @ matter of fact, it in. It requiren| Seale fer the battle at Visteria to ; ly by Rybe Ben- eek ® * 3 654) just two seconds for Latham to «nap foe Ra win a heat in order to compete in/ fairs of the champion, said he ton of offering ” and for Morrison to boot. It's a] when Yietoria and Beattie ctash at | the finals, made no definite plans, but Be’ him a sum of| With the exception of one mitn, all, the bunch I had laat year.” 1 Jioap : 23 ty fast lineman who can block aturday be the! The races will be eight times | tends to take his charge to t money to throw] the players on the Y¥. M. C. A. bas ells Friday. “Most of them have = - kick. It hasn't been blocked yet nee gause ever attempted in| around the Arena for the prelimi-jand back, meeting all comets. 2m & ball game, | ketball squad, coached by Doe Wells, my gym class ail winter and| pee this year. tegen nariee, and the finals wit be 10 laps en writing to meet Herzog has been | will be new followers of the game in “ in good condition fe » | Kinne : A silver trophy wi be given to| Wilde, but he'll have to come resting under a| Seattle, ne main | ‘ CHARGES Members of the Seattle hockey team the winner and other prizes for the| here,” Meade said. : are expecting «reat things of Jim Riley, cloud. At the} The one man is Sid Alien, who ‘ SHARKEY 1S Wells’ tentative lHneup te: . arse . s. | Being undisturbed by thoughts of | the Die wing. and Roy Rickey, the young Second and third place winners are Garnering of ihe wise men tn the | played forward on the Y. tear in The Capt. Bonney, forward blocking, the entire fine charges | $stenee, plaser, tale Paar — are | being Hned up. ; ‘ . i. Eas, John Heydler completely exon-| Star league last year. The others! man, who played for three years for | Vee |: ‘ down the field. By the time the ball — soe Bega bP oye ve + ara are This sort of half-way clears the|other parts of tho country, and ev-| star for Multnomah Athletic club Totals........ 771 | tion’s safety man, there are about The Star at once. matter up, but President Veeck, of} ery one of them knows the game} _ NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Pal the Chicago club, says that waivers | thoroly. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.~While| Memphis bantam, and Jack Sh key Johnny Dundee isn’t domg much in| New York, have been matched the way of fighting to Keep himself |™eet in a 15-round bout in Mi before the public, his horse, War.|Sauare garden next Tuesday the Victoria management ten't ‘0; Mh. Sects, Gcvtnnd. Me ata | weven Californians on his trail. He year and the ye oto! | Sate *e is lucky if he gets don th Rave been asked on Charley, and} Coach Wells thinks he's got a good | j."t Your and the year before om the |; 1 : 4 ali inc connae bleed if he is released “we will tell him tion of basket shooters to-| Berkeley ¥. M. C. A. squad, snagemen mask, is doing a good job of being | Panama Joe Gans and Sailor by, . SRE FFL as robe ecent. will furnish the semi-final, and runbeack. Smith um lay w de Why when the time comes.” , a6 far as their individual Licyd Thompson, forward. « hi yo Cae * “4 etd or Veeck also says that there is ab-| playing is concerned. But so far| Played with the Swastika team in| ‘ he solutely nothing against Herzog as| they're too new to themselves to get league two years ago. He's ball the length of the 1, then be = is erailod to be tven at gm : ’ held for fourth down and have to mE Baird and Tommy Etnn, the op 20% 0 be & a| them. Bid orware aist ‘ ~ y bs punt anyway. Therefore he kicks and may fum' sometime sooner or 7 Y what the “why” ts that Veeck says | and Y. M. C. A. bawketball for the |) later if the play is wortesd. often FOR LAKE PLACID N he'll announce “when the time} last three years, 4 A sey 3 r " He's a -. hole bunch a It looks Uke Flerzng escaped one pe aoe the hall and ateny demon ars | national speed skating champlon-| Cody, Toronto; Eddie Goodman, Win out only to be again plunged into D. M. Cairns, guard. An old-timer line before the opposition knows |%MiPs are to be held at Lake Placid, | nipeg, and Ed Gloster, Toronto, are e at the game e od for Wash i 2 bss gern “oe mere Moly worl i lt to an announcement by the Adiron- | ——— ; ' | oe nd he nouncement b _ Wasn't up to his usual stride last| B. V. D. Saberhagen, guard. A 620| Wrestling ® part of Yale rowing | dack Skating association, The defin spring training. star. He played on the Plymouth| ‘!**4esp-- Among entries are Everett Mo| Bankers’ league, and the Sunset tn hanging over him still, aaoline cireult, | years, pion, who will be unable to compete Buftalo Y pl in the National championships at Ruffalo Y player. Cliff Purdue, guard. Another man Moore, Billy Murphy, Dan Ro BN ey fie Sue uoeramee Leslie Boyd. Bobby Hearn and Ray | LA, 2 * Jee. as ave fell campus that Gil Doble is very 4 roll on Ideal alleys one and two |Montana high school star. He has ‘The West will be represented by | gnhappy in his present position and |*!! tb@ time, he would derful | just started to turn out but he's - ss ~ {and 617 Rather witty shooting wed [Showing up fine and may displace| 1 there anyone in town following grammar school. ‘The fight he| Steinmetx, Western champion; George three-year contract he will. aay. r one of the other men these sport pages that doesn't know | showed then convinced me that he| Hornig and Chris Hollander, of Bob Cole and Mr ™ hi Seattle ad have b ? it ls @ thankless task to work the; fegards his honesty. the right kind of team work out of |® *™mall man but a good fighter, trusts to luck that the oppositio! Drexy, but he'd kinda like to know | the East, where he played a ; “ae enough nd if he fu ble: it > comes, W. &. Peterson, center resin Bie indies, ite “00d | | NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The inter.) Russell Wheeler, Montreal; Harry big, tall, lanky ex-high school star. 4 N. Y., early in February, according Canadian entries, He is @ veteran of 14 years and ington about three years ago. seo | Were Soman oe year, after a serious accident during % former University of Wisconsin | Burre 7 , 586 | equad tra ite date has not been set | Yet the fact remains that a cl o "Masse | church league @ deed church league team for the past two Totals Gowan, St. Paul, last year’s cham- C. G. Maynard, guard, A former Newbureh on New Year's day; J from the Buffalo ¥. He's small, fast | Becker, of New York are rumors current about the Cor. Van Ornum, of the Mik» No, 3 team,| Russel Bradley, ghard. A former Ray Eckman Roy McArthur, Chicago; Wiliam that if the school doesn't break hi + ther 1 y = —---—— who Ray Eckman ia peedhacsnes but Tha races are to be run in heats, | kind of work my manager pick hot more than six men to a heat, and | for me,” he said. it will be necessary for a racer to Eddie Meade, who handles @ A Watch Repaired Jones Is Always Right Telephone Elliott 2607 | 1329 FOURTH AVENUE | United States navy boxing class mum- bere more than 360 candidates. Just to Remind You As a last moment suggestion — “Send him Cigars.” We will deliver tonight or to- morrow by special messenger cigars for his Christmas. There would be ‘ee Jot rooting at thin contest becuse both toume have large ful: lowings, aid some day make good in col If there is, this article ts for the |lege football if he kept it up.” RAL purpose of informing him. The} Kekman did keep it up, After purvonn of taforminn EAST TECH MEN | CUP RACE ON [ft.onie, jy, t| Rich were te ized a tour rare | ON WAY WEST n foot: | being selected as all-city quarterback | CLEVELAND, Ohto, Dec. 24—The HARLEM RIVER)" i's: won, we oe inset’ meget rae See ame r y fe ett, Wash,,-to play Ev getting ment t ame to the university, y for im Fortiand. | About the same busch— NEW YORK, Dec. 24.pya| Ot He's a star man on the varsity | And played on the 8. A. T. C. team, and another bowler yet to Child's cup race, the classic of coi. |tack squad, and is leader of the | whe —will make up the team, I wish to enter The Star's city pocket billiard tourney. Incloned please find 50 cents for entry fee DREAMLAND Seventh and Union * TONIGHT Boldt’s cate team has reorganized for the season. The eafe five are urmament at Qiame) -.~---....--.--....... erett High for the high school cham (Address) .... inline, he proved a sensation, The! plonship of the country, Coach Will- logiate rowing will be decided next|Chauncey Wright basketball squad | last was his third year with the|laman took 18 players with him and (Telephone) ... Tire a ROS Speaking of Portiand, Tom Perry, tor.|spring on the Hariem river here, aor]! the City k juniversity. Next year will be his| Will condition them as he goes along. Entries close January 12 ert vin amasher, i» howling In| cording to Charles H. Mapes, of the| Ab0Ut enough sport activities for|last, and undoubtedly his best | Willtaman sald the teom will be at Entries can be mailed to The [| '! y @ in the Rose City, with | voverning board of stewards, one man, eh? Well ithe Fi ’ oof tay doesn't | two season Kck has placed|top form for the game on New Star or will be accepted at Pope: || hisnt guno back ane yor % TO! Agreement the race will be rowed on {think He tak y every | all-Conat second team halfhack. In| Year's day. Sibley’n. Lake Cayuga in 1922 and on the Zi 2 }1918 he received the distinction of | Stamps will be aceepted for 5 of the bowlers seen warming op | Schuylkill river in 192 attended the varsity football |being given honorable mention by| May as well leave out the Christ: | entry fee. y . ant ‘tee a oF Seat The naval academy crew, winner of | b*Mauet the other night, when bou-| Walter Camp. mas tree as “Mue Moon — the} and smile once|last year'y race and the world's |@et# for the team were thrown by| Eckman was the lightest, and|Christmas drink—all dealers,—Ady, | A game or two champions, will not be invited to}! the old grads who came back for | probably the brainiest man on the |——— compete, but probably will row in the | te feed nebody (if we remem. | Sun Igor uad last season, Hi The Kavanagh nd 2 Poughkeepsie regatta. pas: aon it ge -— Seagray sensational running and his fe SMOKE 0., ne. er 7 i * ssicinadieloiie got up and said, “I knew that Ray\) ckling kept h in good with the | 707 First Avenue Hat $3.50 are cash eonatd , Eckman would make good on algrandatands all year. | MILDMAN 910 Second Ave TWo sTones Don Whiting of Marictta team seta | Washington football team away back | Basketball followers will get an| CIGARS api a rida First and Madison ] jopportunity to see Ray in action | MADE IN SEATTLE 3406 Fourth Avenue new record by hurling seven straight |in 1912 tree’ Plest and Union Willare hae high score tor the box of |*UcCemsful forward passes In game] “He was n little tike then, play-|when the Chauncey Wright. tone | 80LD EVERYWHERE 418 Pike Street on (the Interlake! gets under way in the City league. | sonttlen . Wishing all a most “Merry Christmas.” One Hundred Special Spri ng Cigar Prizes Admission 25¢ EVERYONE WELCOME thinks Webb has broken training cigars with 266 with Boston college. ing quarterback