The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 10

_ T. GIBBONS MAY PREP JESS FOR TITLE GO Tommy Gibbons wants to be Known as a heavyweight from now on, Jean Willard has asked Gibbons to Prep him for his fight with Demp “Phat sult me fine,” says Gib “Eadie Kane, manager, has wired for terms, if they suit, I'l be glad Yo train the exchamp for his com back. “I want to mix with heavies, any box me. “rm as big as Carpentier, If the} hman is a heavyweight, #0 an I Tommy, younger brother of the Wonderful Mike, Biles the same pla few months ago. Nobody will fight him. NO BUSINESS Like Dempsey, he's been called the Most feared fighter in Nis class in Pugilism, But it gets him no busi ‘ness. Of the few matches booked, &5 per cent are called off later by the men aelected as opponents. Gibbons has worked out a scten tific training system. No towelslinging is done in hie Corner, Cold water cooling ts taboo. “I use the towel to keep me warm not as a cooler. “They blanket a race horse be- tween heats. Baseball pitchers wear ‘SWeaters between innings. “If you cool off between rounds, it “takes a minute of the next to get back fighting speed again. | “Fd like to try this system out on “Some day I'm going to be the ht champion. “And if I am, I'll fight for what I draw at the gate, just as I do now retired, » Dempsey ae . “No boxer is worth more than he Georges Carpentier says he ts wilting Meet Frank Moran providing it does interfere with the Dempsey match shouldn't. Carl Tremaine ts being groomed by his » Jimmy Dunn, for a crack at hb. the bantam champ. The fans are reported to be back- Carh strong. “He may not win the they say, “but he'll put more eolor ‘one fight than most fightgrs put in Montreal ts Pare treet car. Jong as England makes the heavy- ma title « Colonial possession Joe tt it will hold it—sitting dows. Dempecy bas gained five pounds seems to worry this fellow in ring of out. He's built that wi gues te manager of the Cincinnatt Nationals, bas retired on account of advancing and illness. Frank Behle has Ramed to succeed him. BM Kiteter, Chicago elud catcher, to head for California soon to do Mittle preliminary work with the Low to the Angeles club prior arrival of “Doc White, former major league and Vernon pitcher, may be named man ef the Richmond club of the Virginia Teague. White tried to purchase the club, Dut his offer was rejected. Art Keres, former Portland third baseman, has been purchased by the Okiahoma City club from Indian- mpolis. Eadie Herr, ormer Sal! ger, has acquired part interest in t Port Wayne ciut of the Central leag Me ‘troit. Siene Bailey, of the Bastern league club, whom Walter Mo: Eredie sought, has been turned over to the Omaha club, of the Western league, by the Boston Americans iil continue his ecout work for De- Hartford anager of the Chicago Cubs, has purchased one-third interest the New Haven baseball club. He tu: Mt over to his 11-year-old son, John J., ar. Johnny Evers, The New York Giants have pur- chased Outfieider Brown, of the Beaumont, Tex., league cinb. The Portiand Beavers had their eyes on Brown for a short period. Manager Bill Rodgers plans to aispore of Billy Orr, shortstop, and Forest Cady. fateher, before the opening of the train PUCK LEAD AT STAKE WED. Regardless of whether Vancouver wins or loses against Victoria to. night, when they battle in Vancou-| ver, the Coast puck lead will be at stake again Wednesday night here when the Mets meet the Vancouver weven. The Meta and Millionaires are now tied for the top honors. THORPE IN TOLEDO NOW Toledo football fans are wondering Whether or not Toledo will have a Professional foo Ii team since Jim Thorpe has joined the Toledo Ameri €4n Association baseball club, Thorpe has been traded to the Toledo elub by Akron. The big Indian will play under Manager Lill Clymer, Way. None of the middieweights will} oceu: | oa | BRITTON AND LEWIS ~ BATTLE AGAIN TONIGHT BY HENRY L. RRELL Jwith his head after the steam has NEW YORK, Feb, 7.—Haig | gone out of bis arma. Haig, Lea & Perrin, SearsRoebuck| Britton, who is known around his and other widely known double work: | fireside as William J. Breslin, is one ers, haven't a thing on Britton and jof the most unique characters of the Lewis. |ring, He is 35 years old and a vet For five years this pair has been eran of 15 years’ experience, He has peddling their boxing goods. Tonight | fought all over the United States in Madison Square garden they meet and perhaps is more familiar to the for the 19th time. It will be a bout/ fans in the bushes than any other for the welterweight championship | champion. land the long distance record of the| Britton in one of the cleverent world. [Mghters in the ring and ts a master Around New York, where the of defensive taction, He @un also hit champion Is considered almost a son, | when necessity requires it the betting favored him at 6 to 6.| Lewis, to win, must knock him Lewis’ friends give him a chance out, for it is atmost dogmatic among because Britton is getting old. The| ring followers that no one in the Irishman's camp grants this, but class can outbox him. calls to mind that the Englishman| Both are in good condition and say faces the old jinx of having been | they will have no trouble in making knocked out once by the champion, 147 pounds at 2 o'clock this after. and they figure he can still fight | noon WHITE SOX DEPEND ON COAST GRADUATES Class AA baseball men contendjof 238, and Eddie Mulligan, third that there is little difference In the baseman, hit for figures of .299. They afl come from Salt Lake and organ-| rey at, WR eres er |were stars in the Coast league ization and that played in the m&|)rney are scheduled to fill the same jor leagues, says Oscar C. Reichow, positions on the White Sox team baseball writer in Chicago. Mag-|from the present outlook of condi- nates in the latter ranks, however, | tions. Their presence will virtually have argued the other way. It has|make Manager Gleason's infield @ been a question that has been de-/class AA combination, improved, of bated for some time, with the ma-|courea, by the work of Eddie Col jors always being favored with the/lins at second base. | If there is no difference, as| If Sheeley, Johnwon and Mulligan the class AA men argue, the White/earn their spurs from the start and Sox club this coming season ought) stick thru the entire season it is to have one of the snappiest,>«mart-|only natural to suppose that there est and heaviest hitting infields injis more strength in the class AA the American league, as three of|leagues than one thinks there is. the positions will probably be filled| These three men are destined by men from the Pacifle Coast|buck up against some mighty stiff league. | opposition, as New York, Cleveland The three men securtd from the|St. Louis, Washington, Detroit and coast by the South Side team were Boston are first class clubs. It cer among the leaders in hitting. Earl|tainly will be to the players’ credit Sheeley, who ts slated for first base, |if they step in from the minors and batted for an average of .371, top jassist in carrying the club along in ping the list. Ernie Johnson, short-|a bitter struggle for the American stop, finished fourth with a mark! league championship. PENNSYLVANIA RELAY CARNIVAL SET FOR APRIL The University of Pennsylvania's! 3. Onemile college relay cham. annual relay carnival, which ts pionship of America, classed as one of the gala track 4. Twomile college relay cham- events of the year, will be held on pionship of America, Franklin field, Philadelphia, on April! 5 Frour.mile college relay © 29 and 30, this year, soar eas es ur The big carnival ts attracting » ip of America, world-wide attention this year, dueto| 6 Army and Navy one-mile re the visit of the Oxford and Cam.| lay championship of America, bridge athietes last year, Already 7. One-mile freshmen college re- | inquitjes have been sent to the relay lay championship of America. headquarters regarding the program| 8. One-mile preparatory school for the 1921 event. Indications point relay championship of Amer- | to the entry of a French team made ica. jup of athletes from the combined 9. One-mile high school relay French universities, many of whom | championship of America were Olympic game winners. 10. Interscholastic medley relay The program for this year will in championship of America. IL. Interscholastic two-mile relay 1. Sprint medley college relay championship of America. 2. Distance medley college relay championship of America, championship of America, Besides these events, there will be 4 series of relays for colleges which | eompete annually in the same event WILCOX WILL DRIVE IN FRENCH GRAND PRIX “INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5.—When apolis, but the cars of a new design the famous Grand Prix road race for) and type could not stand the gru the automobile supremacy of France| punishment, and fell by the wayeide | is staged over the roads near Stras-| before the race neared the finish. clude the following events: deg cap season bourg, in July, there will be entered | ‘The Peugeot factory is out to re-| ST at least one driver who showed his|trieve lost honors in the racing parat pTone And Joe Gieason.. pitchers. [tires to the rack pilots of two con-| world, ahd tt in maid this year’s cars ile by the Washington Americans.” tinents in an international 500-mile| will be marvels of efficiency and ras race over the famous Indianapolis | speed Jett Tesreau, former pitcher of the | motor speedway course. | Wileox ts t 0 v Beare Metieadiar eis Sotce ine Dae | Oter speedway course, | 4 Wilcox ts the first American driver touth college bassbail club. This is| He will be “Howdy” Wileox, of In-| to announce his coming participation Teareau's third year with the Green. — | dianapolis, who scampered across the| in the Grand Prix ,and altho he will finish line a winner in the Indianap-|not be driving an American-made olis race in 1919. Howdy was driy-| car, he will be backed by numerous ing a Peugeot, and he will pilot a| racing enthusiasts in this clime. He Peugeuot in the Grand Prix is highly respected by the French for Wilcox also has been named to| his fearless driving and excellent | drive a Puegeot in the 500-mile race | Keneralship, and undoubtedly will be ¢ Indianapolis motor |a favorite with the French enthust It is sald b nch Peugeot te joux decides to remain | m in i} case Jules n Herron ts making | overseas to prepare the Peugeot cars | rd another title, ‘The te ing to Wilcox, two Peugeots will be| ting mach greater nee than ever entered in the Indianapolis classic, the following figures at. the A afid as soon as the race is over he Sete, ist tae ase ee will go immediately to France and ards; second hole, 367 yards, prepare for the\historic French race.|h¢ drove 200 yards; fourth hole, 26 yards, he dro S yards, and the 647 While two Ptugeots will be nomi: | nated for the coming race in Indian- apolis, four cars will start in th Grand Prix. Six racing Peugeots yard wixth he drove 360 yarda ACE DANCING CLUB | already under construction, and th ia a n | two = ly to be raced in Indianapolis | Invite you to dance with | will not start in the foreign event, || them every Friday night. | Three Peugeots, with Wilcox, | Queen Anne Hall Goux and Andr Bolllot, were en | Formerly Redding’s tered in last year’y event at Indian-| ( AE 8's) to! may | 4sts who appreciate daring and skill. | BY MARRY HUNTOON The championship of the Rankers’ league will be at stake tonight on the Ideal alleys when the Seattle | National and Dester-Horton teams bettie. ‘The Dexter-Herton tema | mast win three straight games te | cop the tithe, m of Portiond has een challenge to @ Aberdeen dney Rennes Herggren. reer and John, The in Portian be February | and at Aberdeen February 27. Rewling te booming tn Portland Northweat tourn: With tu ott a8 t | Quite @ few teame from Beattie wit! bow! In the big International Telegraphic | tournament which will be staged on | February 19. Over 200 teame in all parte of the United States and Canade will be bowlma st the same time The Brune | wiek-Maike « ellander company, Creacent | Manufacturing afd Mkookum teams are jentered from Kenttle so far, Teama muat be made wp of Industria! squads and the bowlers must be a member of the organ fxation the: bowling for at least two months before the meet it's am indua- 1 mec, ‘The Electric Ne. 2 and the Lam- | bermen’s trams are having @ greet | rece in the Commercial league for | fires honors. First one and | then the other are in the lead—this | week they are tied. Mingley, of the Skookam squad, and Thompson, of Pucketts, are aise staging « pretty | rece for individual scoring heners. anchor ‘Caney commer the bat” eve needed a ch and he made seven ball On thh second mn “cherry” the Coming up in a pine up pine on he m to win the the rat ie a ob game by seven pina " could hold their own some of our best men’s teams, | ! | SPECIAL MATCHES | Shepard & Dooteen’s ; urean ar - 146 p in | Mulligoss . 180 ] ™. yee 219 176 tat 17s 180 1s) 218 Ml oss seneeee 197 213 | : | 920 1003 | Deubiew Hauadorft 167 200 179 192 188— 927 MUMS sescoves 168 193 156 186 196—- 896 Com ..+6 Heffron | |, Attantic City proposes erecting « stad fum to weat 70,000 For Good Apple Pie go to Boldt’s. Advertisement MILDMAN ‘CIGARS 10c Manufactured in Seattle and equal to any 1214-cent cigar made anywhere, 7 | ‘The most for your money, the best your mouth, safest for ‘your health, is the guar- antee given by | DR. BDWIN 4, BROWN Senttic’n Fo Seattle OX AMINA-~ "THON Broken Lenses Duplicated for Less SUSSMAN O11 Below Kotary Bakery thie ] the Blectric and lost| THE SEATTLE STAR r re) D o th » ! | on a course 6, Par proceeds from the pair Loss of Speed, Not Batting Eye, Hurts Players Many students of baseball say the decadence of the star pr sional player in not to be found in his batting eye, but in hin lees, which lone their spring and elas ticity and thus slow up the player. The fact that Ty Cobb last season failed to measure up to bis usual standard in batting is due on this theory, not to the fact that he did nt hit the ball quite an often as be fore, but because hesis losing his speed ax a runner, was un able to beat the ball to first base by that fractional part of a second no he which makes the difference be tween a base hit and an out, Old Hans Wagner, who led the Na tional league batting for five years, and who batted over percentage for 10 years, confess decline, not of his batting eye, but speed in running. and cighty players are eligible ( enter the Northern California Golf association tourna. ment, which is scheduled to start Friday, Vebruary 18. Sas 1. € dr,, Dougiee Grant and Jack > are listed as scratch men, Leo Diegsl, Detrott professional, re cenly hung Up & wonderful golf record at Pasadena, turning in a medal of 63 Probably the lowest score ever registered 00 yards in length. F ard ing ie the t2eaue ‘ oe ‘ f ‘ s4 ‘ 1014 12 19-16 15 ene ‘ r epae 3 James Tarnes, former professional of has 4 Tacoma ( ree-year th the Pelhi ntry rk. He te to re ceive @ yearly FY of $20,000, benides [having the privilege of participsting in enter, and the le of balla, clubs, re | tourneye he dest ork and |) ; o Competition te beremieq so hem tn the golf ball business that one firm on the idee of giving « bos of iin te every golfer in the United Maire and (amada whe makes » hole in one during 19T! The concera win got become bankrupt thera thet efter. Tn Pngtand the The Det an an netive Another year University of Nebraska has extend. 4 an invitation te schools in the Missour! valley te participa! golf tournament ring the month of Mey. It is planned te stage the com- petitie wat Liacoin. Dreke and the University of Missourt have already accepted | TIGERS | ALMOST OUT OF PREP RACE STANDING OF THK TEAMS Won Last Pet Lineoin ss. ‘ o 1,000 Queen Anne : i 66 Hiroadway 2 ry 00 Hallard me : 0 y Hin 8 r Went Beattie +o s 000 The best that the By dway Tiger ean hope for in th race In & tle for first honors, Ing to the present dope, In orde to bring that about win every remaining game on thet! prep basketball accord r the Tigers must ir schedule, and Lincoln must lone one other game besides the one the would lose to Broadway. an imponnible tank | Broadway's eh: Ite almost noon for the city| title were just about knocked for al row of spring vegetables Franklin, after three straight feats, stepped out and walloped th Tigers on the Mount 1 It feat of the ye The Broadwa r when floor Prt '# necond de- | re face one of the hardest | gurmes of thelr remaining schedule | tomorrow, when they | Anne in the Queen Anne gym. | first meeting of thene t in & 1513 win for Broadway, tackle Queen Th| ma resulted | but | when they meet on the Quay floor | it may be a different story | Queen Anne in expe: Ae usual tomorrow, with Haslem Trumbull as forwards, Douglas joenter, and Tanzer and guards, Broadway n should take th McCarty at floor with Carmody and Mondshein at forwards, Harris at center, Gilmore and Haury at guards In the only other game of the da Franklin will play I lin. The Weat billed for Line poned, becaune ph recent vaccinations. attle-Lincoln has been West Beat in the and y Nard at Frank tilt post: | yern have not yet recovered from d to line up| f 4 Ms at | WASHINGTON | CAGERS PLAY STANFORD Washington broke even with Call fornia in two basketball tilts Berkeley, winning Saturday night by a 23 to count. went to California. Tonight the opens a vital eng Alto with Stanfo 20 The 23 to 32 first ement at Another ¢ ‘ will be played tomorrow night Washington home. | ot team then ute The returns | 9 | | | | At | sissourl valley college golf tourney at | at Washington team | o¢ Palo | 31.444 acres of farm land) In California, Japanese own 74, and lease 382,287 37 fewer total a in Boston tha in 1919, There were rests during 1 lfor drunkenness alone MONDAY, FEBRUARY_7, 1921 JOE GORMAN Why Brooklyn Lost World’s | I Series At last the secret of the cleaned up in the world’s series land last Oct ‘ceic| EAST take their mancot, Eddie Ken Sik Seaattoe tiew nek amp. ||Gorman, Portland featherweight ed. And not only that. Bennett battler, may go Kast this spring in indignant over having been left quest of the world’s featherweight at hor has quit the Brook pase cording to his managemy Lah EP gi ene) EE “Plane are afoot,” said Evans, te nett was signed as mascot for ||""4 Gorman to Leo P. Fivaay the Yankeas, The youngster wa matchmaker for “Tex” Rickard, the mascot for the White Sox in Madison Square Garden promoter, 1919 was one of the honest for a series of bouts around New ones,” he explained nd last || York before sending him ag season he caught on with the ||J°hnny Kilbane, | Deleens Sut I. um going. to Vriends of Gorman tn Portland be with a real club thie year,” were willing to raise @ puree of $25,000 to give Kilbane the moment he signed for a match with Gormamy but Piynn does not think this a | move.” Gorman 1s @ little retictent |going Hast, but judging from |wuccene attained by Joe Be and Karl Baird in New York, the ii tle Spanivh battler would make wise move in turning his eyes to th |fistic metropolis of the universe, | Gorman would probably more for one or two bouts in New York than he would receive for # half dozen on the Coast, and there’#) a certain amount of prestige that is gained in the Bast, Gorman had 22 battles in 1920 and! ¥ldie added, “Oh, boy, to watch that Ruth sock them every day!" team will nt Nevember 5 and the Polo grounds, November 6 next. ny tackle Rutgers New York city, The Ameri Olympte whe defeated in but one of them, pon sy RH losing to Dave Shade in a fourround ork A.C. Febru contest in San Francisco. In 1919} a # he lost two out of 19 contests, in the Internatio Evans figures that Gorman thom which wilt ment | have no difficulty in making present featherweight poundage—t in New York. Olymple renewal | pounds at 2 o’clock- Conch Richard A. Glendon is abont begin bis 18th year as rowi - | rector of t ‘8. naval een y. ie cight-oared shell crew are Olpm- pie cham plows. Tale university athletes will participate in 16 different sets of indoor games thin season, eluding the Loulevilie (iky.) «A C. sports, February 19. | Cornelia trophy room has been en- riched by photograph of the late Charles B. Courtney in rowing costume, « gift from his widow. Queen furnish the feature mix of the school cage schedule Tuesday they battle at Queen Anne A for either team just about the loser out of the race. Anne dropped a torrid tiff te way by two points at Brosdway | thete fires RB Lychen, of Stockholm, has been | ged an professional trainer for the | Point academy / on University of Nebra: will stage Lincoln cagers will be idle las the West Seattle team won't be Lincolm during Ma: re to play om account of recent vacet New York A.C. has a membership of 9. It wan operated last year at a $13,196.60. Franklin and Ballard will tangle toms at Prankiin. The firet mix was an UUme battle between these teams, winning by one point. Queen Anne has « tough schedale | thie week, playing Broadway om Tuesday and meeting Lincoln af Lincoln om Thursday, ; Mike Powers is due te coseh | Rroadway track team again this year, urual Golf association of Philadelphia wil! rm an employment bureau for caddies, a Membership tn the West Side Tennis club of New York city costs $50 = year. Basketball referees include 415 of- ficinls thrucat the United States. 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