The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 22, 1923, Page 13

= THURSDAY, FERRUARY VIC FOLEY IS SHOWING PROMISE OF CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER oie JEMINISCE W As Told to Leo H. Lassen N Le Some Lean Seasons CHAPTER XLVIIL EACTION from the war w ith Spain knocked baseball for a loop here for two years, a Puget Sound league, with games on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays making up the k end. team won the fellow named moter who is Dugigie W. H. Lucas, couver. Things looked rosy, * : ™s only baseball of the section. We had teams in Seattle, Everett, Tacoma, Bellingham, Port Gamble and Port Towns- For tw © years running the Seattle championship, Tt was in 1900 that we tried to make a go of the Northwestern league again, but a Ted Sullivan, a baseball pro- now working for the Chicago White Sox, ruined whatever chances we had of putting the league over that year, he war in the Transvaal between the | British and the Boers put the league on the bun. We planned to have teams in Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma. represent Seattle; John McCluskey, Tacoma; I was to Victoria, and Sullivan, Van- And then Sullivan came back to Seattle one day and sent a story to one of the newspapers stating that baseball was on the bum in Vancouver, as the town had crepe all over the streets, and wouldn't have baseball until General Buller crossed the Tulgar river, the Boer stronghold. To say that it killed the @nother season. When the Northwest this territory that same winter and Lucas took the P named Brown, # big sportaman, was with a fellow named J. G. Fox, The league was a great success that year, Port nant with one of the best balanced bal! clube TI ev Tacoma finished second, Seattle thir: four games a week “at first and fina! money, but the season. was « -succe: was established firmly for the first ti league plan tn Vancouver is putting tt mildly They went wild and were justly insulted in either Vancouver or Victoria that year, There was no putting baseball and the league was killed for league fizaled out again Lucas and MoCluskey went over to Montana and organized a state circuit They came back to we put the league on its feet ortiand club, McCluskey was in Tacoma: a fellow in Spokane, and I was located here land winning the pen- er saw in the ciroult, @ and Spokane last. We played ily five. We didn’t make much ws from every angie, and baseball me in this section. Friday Dugdale will tell about Portland club in 1901, game. Joo Tinker, who started with the and became one of the greatest stars in the Two Good ISTON, Feb, 22.—While Boaton Pennant chances of the Red Sox, Frazee has put over two good deals For the veteran Southpaw Pennoc from New York, Pitcher Murray, fielder Camp Skinner. The Washington deal gives t Deals for Boston fans are not enthusiastic over the there is no denying that Owner with New York and Washington. kK, Boston gets three youngsters Third Baseman McMillan and Out he Red Sox a good catch: n Promising young outfielder in Goebel, De ar ae Player inthe American league, Howard and perhaps the best utility Shanks. ‘Shanks can play any position tn the Infield and ts a mighty fine out fielder. While not {a a pinch. @ bard hitter, he takes « healthy cut and is dangerous In return, Washington ptedidges weta a seen caltoer in Ruel, and Russell, con- Consider the two deale from any Frazee holds the upper hand. In cash elipped him im each case. angle and {t must be admittea that addition, It is sald he ha@ @ bit of Scan cena Sa ener, TIMES HAVE CHANGED IN BIG BASEBALL FINANCES OW times have changed! Not many years ago a major league ball club could obtain almost as many players a@ it could take down South for $50,000 or so. Now- adays, a single player costs even More than that. Just reflect back to the old days, Or leas than 20 years ago. There was Tyrus Raymond Cobb, generally acknowledged the greatest player th gaurce has ever known. Ty cost the Detroit lub just $700. That was back in 1906, The following season Connie Mack, Of the Athletics, grabbed the youth ful Eddie Coiling off the campus at Columbia university for traveling expenses only, And in 1908 the Bos- ton Americans obtained Tris Speaker from the Little Rock club for a paltry $500. Here are three of the oldest men in the American league, in point of service. They have out- lasted many of the later day stars, who cost many thousands of dollars More. And the combined expendi. ture for this trio was exactly $1,200. Then there was Babe Ruth. Even the great Bambino, tho coming to the big leagues when “prices were higher,” was bought by the Boston Red Sox from Providence for only 2,700. And the sume may bé said of Walter Johnson,, Babe Adams, Joe Wood and others of the older gaiaxy of stars, Each of thern was obtained Practically fora song, They were cheap investments, but as events later proved, turned out to be some Of the most famows stars in the his- tory of the game. But times have changed and a big league magnate now has to talk in terms of around five and «ix figures 1 poner his club, ROCKNE WILL STICK WITH NOTRE DAME OUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 22 |0 Any time some big college re- | leases its football coach, the name jot Knute Rockne, famous football | mentor at Notre Dame, fs prominent- | ly mentioned as his successor. |. The remarkable success of Rockne Notre Dame has made him a much sought after coach. Since the clone of the football season he har had a dozen offers, mont of them {n- |volving @ salary far in excess of | what he will.recelye at Notre Dame. However, all the reports about | Rockne leaving Notre Dame are |mere pliffle. Rockne gained football fame as a Notre Dame player and the love of his alma mater is strong. These words by Rockne should put to rest all rumors that he ts to quit Notre Dame: “I am under contract Jat to Notre |My contract does not expire until | 1925. I have had many offers but | there is no chance to accept.” |Peer’s Son Cheats at Club Card Game LONDON, Feb. 22.—Tho son of one of the most famous noblemen of Eng- Jand {In reported to have been caught cheating at cards in his club, Hair Stays Combed, Glossy Millions Using this Greaseless Combing Cream— Few Cents Buys Jar any Drugstore—Not Sticky, Smelly Kiven obstinate, unruly or sham- pooed hair stays combed all day in any style you Ike, “Halr-Groom’ in n dignified combing cream which gives that natural glows and well- groomed effset to your: hair—that fina) touch to godd dress both in ‘ business and on social occasions, Grenselens, stainless “Hair-Groom” does not show on the hair, because it is absorbed by the scalp, therefore your hair remains #0 soft and pliable and so natural that no one can pos. wibly tell you used it in order to buy talent with which to| Dame and intend to live up to it.| | Boy Looks | Like Goods Has Form and Punch; May Meet Better Boys in Seattle Soon BY LEO H. LASSEN ACKI a ter rifio kick for « little fellow in both mitts and Saving a natur ai —ahiftiness, coupled with brawn, speed and strength, Vic Foley, the great little Van couver, B. C bantam, looks Foley has had 23 fights and Dode Bercot, the Monroe logger, has had jabout 17 or 18 battles, And Bercot sull works like an awkward begin her alongside of Foley. Bereot has the strength and an awkward cleverness that may take him a long ways, but few, if any. fighters ever reached the heights without form | And Foley has that natural form. |He boxes and hits like « veteran. His work in the third and fourth rounds of his bout with Eddie Buell }was of big league class the other night | From all appearances Foley ts by jfar the best ring prospect tn the | Northwest today MAY BOX | EDWARDS SOON | Danny Edwards, the great little colored bantamweight, who has re turned from a trip to the East, may be the next on Foley's ring program. | Bawards has the ability and expert ence to he a real test for Foley HERMAN HERE ON SATURDAY Tile Kid Herman, the Mexican welterweight, who will box Travie Davis here next Tuesday, will be in Seattle Saturday to finish off work |for the six-round title combat, Her jman has been fighting regularly lately in California and should be in good condition for Davis, As for Davis, the Everett champion showed the reatest kick fm his punching against Heinte Schuman a week ago that he han demonstrated in several |weasons. Davia’ punch, matched against Herman‘s cleverness, should |make a good scrap of the Pool bout. MEYERS TO BOX TKAMBITAS Spug Meyers, the rugged Idaho | Mghtweight, will box Johnny Tram- | bitas soon in Portland. Moyers waa & Seattle visitor Tussdky and Woed- nesday. He knocked out Joe Dunn in the ninth round of thetr bout at Portland the other night, but he re celved, a cut eye and he won't be ready for @ few days to start train. ing again. Meyers comes to the Coast with a good record and he in looking for a match with Dode Ber. cot if ft can be lined up. BURNS WOULD BATTLE BERCOT F; Speaking of opponents for Rereot, Georke Burns, a rough and ready miller, showed that he would give the Monroe boy plenty of argument in his worap here the other night. That would be worth sect: Idaho Is Winner in | Moscow. Idaho, Feb, 22—Out- | playing O. A. C. badly In the last half Idaho defeated the Aggies and cinched a place tn the playoff, |if there ts one, cage title last night. | 36 to 21, If Washington beats Oregon Satur- | day night Idaho and Wakhington will play off for the title in early next week. If Washington lones Idaho cinches the Northern title and will meet either Stanford of California for the championship of the Coast. The score was PULLMAN, Feb. 22-~Washington State college ran away from Oregon winning 40 to, 25. KERR TO KENOSHA CHICAGO, Feb. 2: Dick Kerr, former star of the White Sox hurl- Ing staff, who quit the team last year for a semt-pro job, will pitch for the Kenosha team of the Mid- Weat league this season, Kerr was sold to Kenosha by George Carlson, Chicago semi-pro manager, who has decided to withdraw from the game. SCHALK DIRECTS HURLERS CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—Ray Scha White Sox catcher, will have per- sonal direction of the young Sox pitchers when they start training at Marlin Springs, Texas, next week, Schalk has been in daily conference here with officials of tho club and declared the Sox will have one of the strongest hurling staffs In REL CLEVELAND, Feb, 22,—Stuffy McInnis, member of the once fa mous Athlotics and Inter of the Red Sox, haa been releaxed uncondition ally by the Cleveland Indians. Walvers were obtained after Mo. Innis had declined to join the Bos ton Braves at a reduced salary, BLACK AT WICHITA SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 22,—John Blagk, noted golfer, will leave Mon’ day for Wichita, Kan., to become connected with the Wichita Country club, He has been at the Claremont ‘| Country club In Alameda county for nine years, DIGGINS WINS BAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 22d die Diggins won from Harl Force in the main event of last night's four. round show here, Big Melee for the Northwest | ‘monehead” here last night, the Pullman hoopers | | | | | | | | Any THE CES OF) Vancouver Greatest Ye * % * Dau bert Stars as Red JAKE DAUBERT BY BILLY EVANS HO ts the beat first baseman in the National league? I asked Umpire Bill Kiem of the National league during the world series, It didn’t take him very long to answer my questic “Jake Daubert played the best ne of hin career in 1922," said Klem. “Old Jake acted like a young- ster, He did everything well and had & big year of it. Daubert easily was the most valuable first baseman tn the National league last season,” Unquestionably, the play of Jake Daubert for Cincinnat! last season was one of the remarkable features of the year in major league ball, At 87 years of age, when most players are slipping rapidly, Daubert had a great season of it. He figures on going at top speed for three or four more yearn Daubert played tn every inning of the 156 games in which Cincinpatt took part. His flelding average of 993 waa best in the National | a fr n of a point tn advance Charley Grimm's mark. He batted 386, making 205 hits, of which 22 were triples —- more three-baggers than any other National leaguer made. Daubert, because he has taken the | best of care of himself, sees no rea- son why a player shouldn't keep on delivering as « big leaguer until he fa 40, “Proper food and muffictent sleep are mont essential for every athlete,” says Daubert. “Hight hours of sleep is just about right, but more seldom |does any harm. It is when the player gets less that he suffers. “Don't be a pessimist. Look on the bright side, If you can't boost, keep quiet, The knocker naver gets any- where on a ball club, “Take the game seriously, but try not to worry over its disappointing | features, for in baseball you are a hero one day and a dub the next. You must take the bitter with the pet. “Keep your wits about you. Try to outguens the other fellow by fig- uring ahead. Have your play mapped out and then try to execute it.” On his showing {n 1922, ff ever a player deserved to be called the “mir- acle athlete,” Jake Daubert is that individual. Hillman Merchants to beat Lebman with the fifth goal just ' Have Strong Star Club ‘2.2.2.2 en ‘THE Hillman Merchants are coming back strong this sea- 4 son in The Star league. The scrappy Rainier valley boys landed in the finals last year, but lacked the experience necessary to make the grade. things will be different, Most of last year’s veter- ans will be back, but the club is still looking for a capable pitcher, Jack Pepin will take care of the receiving this year. He played shortstop for the club last year, He will replace Kenny Staats, who did the catching last year. Jack Frendall, a new first-nacker, Will be with the club. He formerly played with the U. 8. Marines, Jerome McDonald will play second base. He te playing hin necond sea But this year they promise son with the Merchants. Jack Dwyer, one of the best hit- tefs tn the finals, will be back for third base. Collie Adama, who played conald. erable baseball in the East, Is to hold down the shortstop postition may he looks like a sweet fielder. A. veteran outfield will be on hand—Tony Ripley tn left, Ronald McDonald tn center and Bruno Jar. jvie in right The Hillman boys will have Co- |tumbla field for their home grounds | agatn, FAMOUS FOR BONER, HE They |B! ar al 31 Jesse Willard Gets His Big Chance in Bout With Floyd Johnson 8 WILLARD, ox-heavyweight champion, is to get his big |chance against Floyd Johnson. Willard’s efforts to secure 4 return match with Champion Dempsey [failed to hit the bullseye, There seomed to be no spectal desire on the part of the public, which made the ef forts of the press agents go for naught Then Chairman Muldoon of the New York commission delivered the kneckout punch when he announced that Willard was over 40 years of age and therefore barred from boxing in that state, Each year « big fistic carnival is held in New York city for the bene fit of charity & goodly portion of the ecelpts going to the “milk fund hen « big attr n was sought aritable event the irre kard suggested Wil Dp. It was received | with great favor by the mayor, who |has direct charge of the fund. Whereupon, Chairman Muldoon gracefully withdrew the ban on Wil }lard because of being over the age Umit of New York state. The bout 1s to be promoted by C énet Puck | Race Nears Tie Again :; Victoria and Seattle Both Win and Make Race a Warm One Won, Lost. Tied. Pts. . a @h us o om rr « Vancouver. & Victoria, Calgary, UTPLAYED in the first period, the Beattlo Mets staged a grand | feet at the Arena last night, beating |the Maroon hockey club 6 to 8, As Victoria beat Saskatoon, 1 to 0, on the prairie, the race ts nearly knot- ted today. The game started fast Inst night, Jim Riley scoring after eight seconds | of play from the left wing on a pass from Foyston. Skinner evened it up with @ long shot from the biue line. Rowe put Beattlo in the lead again with @ beautiful individual effort, fighting the whole Vancouver defense and beating Lehman on a@ rebound. Duncan tied it for Vancouver with & nolo rush and Mackay beat Holmes | with another beautiful rush around ‘the Seattle defense, Morris shot from the blue line for and Jim Riley followed with another jong one a few seconds later, Walker couver defense, drew Lehman out of goal, there were plenty of thrills, Lineup and summary: Krattle Pos. =: Foyston, Beattie, 108; qi | 8:18; Beattie, 140; Mackay Duncan, Vancouy Second period—Morrts from Rile: | tle, 8:44) Riley from Rowe, Beattie, 21; | Walker, Seattle, 8:20. Third perioa— Moria, Beattin, 12:42, Penaities: First period—None Becond shot awarded Beattie, ACK tn 1908 Fred Merkle failed to touch second base In a came between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, Players often fail to touch bases and the slip ts soon forgotten. Merkle's failure to touch second, cont New York the pennant in the Na- tional league that year. The following day Merkle drew fhe headlines in papers all over the country. The gist of every story was that he was the champion of all time. A leas gume player would have stopped dead under the fire that was directed at Merkle. He was the tar. }get of abuse from baseball fans for Spokane | years because of that one costly slip. time Merkle failed, the old term “bonehead” was the first words |to greet him, | The brainiest of players occasion. jally have mental slips, Fred Merkle ts one of the most intelligent players that ever graced a diamond, yet prac. |ttcally his entire cAreer~haa been |spent under a cloud of beth regurd. jed as a “dumb-bell.” Last season Merkle played. under George Stallings at Rochester, Stal- lings is one of the most exacting managers in the game, Merkle acted jas his captain. Listen to his size-up jot the so-called “bonehead”: "Fred Merkle ts one of the amart- jest basehall men I ever came Into |contact with, He has a keen and able mind in baseball and out of it. Lam very fortunate In having him as my lieutenant.” * DON’T OVERLOOK “KID” ‘ GLEASON, HICAGO, Feb comes to miracte 22.—When it jon in base- Hockey Star WALTER COMB Much of the success of the Univer. sity of Michigan hockey team this year is credited to Walter Comb, star goalkeeper, In a recent game hé was the out: standing star with 49 stops, many of them of a difficult nature, Michigan is having a big year tn hockey and the fine work of Com in ataving off the nhots of the op. position has played an important rola WM aw ila (4 DART SOX MANAGER ball, don't overlook Kid Gleason of the Chicago Americans. ‘The manager of the White Sox at the cloke of the 1920 season wna left @ remnant of his once great team because of the 1919 world series soandal, No one will deny but that Chicago made it interesting for any club it played last season, Gleason developed three great | young pitchers last year in Lever. ette, Robertson and Ted Blanken- ship. Pitching 1# most essential, Gleason is already enthusing over his chances for the coming season, He is well satisfied with his pitch. Ing. It is In other departments that he feels the club should be much stronger, i The Sox manager {8 positive that {n Taylor, a recruit shortstop, he has a fine understudy for Hrnie Johnson, and that in Woodworth he has a certain successor for Eddie Collins when the veteran passes out, Two new outfielders, Pennington and Blsh, will be hard to keep out of the regular lineup, Gleason feols that it will be a difficult matter to keop Elsh from breaking into the lineup right off the reel. At third ho will have the much- touted Willie Kamm. All of which explains why Gleason fe #0 enthusiastic over his team's chances for 1923, K. 08 PLENTIFUL NEW YORK, Feb, 22,—Five knook- outs marked the offorta of 16 aspir- ants for the heavywelght title who displayed more or less clumsy wares at the Garden last night, Id Keoley, of Bridgeport, put up the best battle of the evening, flattening Charile Garner, of Florida, LTY “A juvy hero CARR NOT CHICAGO, Feb, 22. returned a verdict of not guilty against Howard Carr, charged with conducting prize fights In his gym in violation of the state law it | 1) HA) ‘ Third pertod-—Rickey, 2 minutes, Referee—Mickey lon. BASKATOON, Feb. 22—Victoria bent Saskatoon in the last minute of play last night, Frederickson taking a rebound for the only score of the night. Big Show Is Booked for ‘U’ Gym TE big wrestling meet of the year and tho finals of all-uni- versity boxing are being staged in a big smoker at the Washington gym tonight by the Big W club, O, A. C.'s crack mat squad will oppose Washington's fine team. The Aggies’ lineup is not certain as yet, Coach Rathburn not having made definite lineup announcements. The Washington Mnoup ts fairly certain and they will pair off against the tentative Aggie team as follows: Borry, Washington vs. Nixon, O, A. C,, 125; Clithero, Wash- ington vs, Reed or Fulton, 0. A, C,, 135; Leavitt, Washington vs, Capt. Fish, O, A. C, 145; Capt, Crumb, Washington, vs, Coyner, O. A, GC, + Davis, Washington vs, Sten- strom, O, A. C.,, 175, Seven final intramural boxing matohes will complete the bill. The campus mit-slingers will square off 4a foflows: Tailey, Bota Theta Pi, ys. Marsh, heavyweight; Luft, Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Stickney, 175; Ger. vais, Phi Kappa Sigma vs, Mead, 158; Griffin, Pl Kappa Alpha, vs. Beymer, 145; Crouch, Kappa Sigma vs. Falconer, 136; Schroeder, Alpha Tat. Omega vs. Resos, 126; We- mouth, Sigma Phi Epsilon ys, Ri- vera, 115. KIVIAT FAILS AGAIN NEW YORK, Feb, 22.—Abel Kiv- Jat again failed to come back to a championship at the New York Post. office Clerks’ association games last night, the veteran runnitig second to night, the evteran running second to one and a quarter mile run, Jackson V. Scholz added another motropoll- tan title to his string, taking the 65- yard senior championship, portraciincaats NEW YORK, Feb, 22.—England's indoor polo players, here to challongo for the Townsend cup, were badly beaten by the Durland Polo clu) trio last night, 18 to 4. BERKELEY, Cal, Feb. 22.—Tho University of California basketball team defeated Stanford hero last night, 80 to 20, —tneententenecestenietcis BORKELEY, Cal, Fob, 22.—Bob Kinsley, tennis star, has been on: gaged to coach tennis at the Univer: ality of California here the first score in the second period | | period when he duped the whole Van- | the nets and shot into an uncovered | It was @ good match to watch and) Parkes | BY HENKY L. FARRELL NEW YORK, Feb. 22—The man who probably will be Jack Dempsey's ent loomed up over rail of the liner Southern Cross today jand made the gangplank tremble as |he trod ashore, | Luis Firpo, a year ago an unshaven “ham and beaner,” picking up small jchange by slugging and permit [himself to be slugged by @ ni script collection of necond raters, a rived for a fight with Bill Brennan in the Garden March 12. If he wins, Tex Rickard has promised him a fight with Dempsey. It was a dif- [ferent Firpo from the one booing |crowds knew here a year ago, and the Argentinan declared himself a 46 per cent better fighter. “I will surprise some Americans comeback and ran the Mets off their) who saw me fight last year,” Firpo| fellow countrymen were at the dock said in an interview with the United Press, “Now I have learned how to box. I estimate I'm at least 40 per The Buenos Aires behemoth bent NEW YORK, Feb. 22—Just about & year ago Luis Angel Firpo sneaked from the steerage hold of a South American liner and set out in quest of a place where he could live a while on four bucks. . Today, the same Luis Angel Firpo walked in splendor down the gang- plank from the best sulte on the same liner and told the driver—‘“to tho best one, George”—or however you say ft in Spanish. One year ago Firpo came here with | the meaningless title of heavyweight champion of South America. He wanted a fight and after many tribu- lations he got oné for $150. Today he comes with a contract from Tex DELIVERY BOY ON NEW STAMP SWAPS OLD-FASHIONED BIKE AYBE we'll get our special de- livery letters a little quicker now. On the new special delivery stamps, the first of which reached Seattle Thursday, the delivery x boy appears with a motorcyc! instead of the old-fashioned ‘bike’ which he tode on the old stamps. SAYS SOVIETS NEARING END SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.— “There will be two important deaths in Russia comparatively soon,” ac- cording to Count Ilya Tolstol, who was in San Francisco for a lecture today, “One of these is bolshevism, while the other is Lenin. “Bolshevism will not exist after Lenin is gone," believes the noted Russian, “and his health is failing rapidly—softening of the brain, phy- siclans declare. I don’t know what will happen then. Some say a rev: lution. Others think there will be a gradual readjustment, It is a ques- tion, indeed, I cannot answer, “Comparative statistics show that only a small percentage of products formerly produced are being grown take from the soll more than the most meager existence. If they do, the reds come and take !t away from them.” Count Tolstof Is on a lecture tou of the country. After it is finishe clares, {s peace. May Deport 100 Strike Breakers WILKESBARRE, Pi Feb. 22 More than 100 allen strikobreakers from the Ashley shops of the Central Railroad of New Jersey were to be taken to the Gloucester, N. J., {mmi- gration station today to answer charges of illegal entrance into the United States and await deportation, according to J, J, Hurley, agent of the bureau of immigration, who made the arrests, Police to Guard Catholic Churches NEW YORK, Fhb. 22.—By special order, effective today, a policeman will guard each Cathollo church in the city during Lent and question any persons of suspicious appear- ance. Officials would not reveal the cause of the order, but It 1s belleved to be due to the activities of fanatics in Canada, who have recently burned several Catholic churches, Union of English Nations Is Sought LONDON, Feb. 23.—It is not too much to hopa that a union of the English speaking peoples will soon come, Premier Bonar Law declared today In an address at a Washing: ton’s birthday luncheon. “If America had played her part in the peace settlement as she did in the war, the condition of the world now would be much better than {t 1s,” he sald. REDS SIGN INDIAN CINCINNATI, — Feb. 22.—-Luke Rodrigues, Indian pitcher, of Har- Ungen, Tox,, has signed with the Cin- oinnat! Rods, the club announced to. day® Rodrigues has never nlayed srofesstonal baseball, Firpo Arrives for Big Bouts in This Country the deck | better mar cent better than I wasin those days.”|the Argentinan giant, he has ft; if the beam at 220 pounds, altho he had| prospects. er) now, The peasants have no desire to/ he will return to his little country | home in Connecticut. There, he de-| can | on, at many ding Bab an, he will be ittle dictating, entitle him te Such @ another chance with Dempsey, and ft will be @ difficult matter for the box» vietory wil ing commission of the Mfted tt to refuse, regardless age limit, after having once | trained in a gymnasium arranged for | him aboard the Southern Coss. i Ponderous, but lithe, he looked the he claimed to be, a clean- er cut, brisker type than of old. When it came to talking about his | match with Deinpsey, the Argentine |) Goliath was modesty itself. “I don’t say that I could win from Jack Dempsey,” he said, “but I am certain that I can give him @ tough battle, The fight may be held in Buenos Aires or in this country. Nothing is definite until I have beat- en Brennan.” Firpo was accompanied by Carter Leagua, an ambitious light heavy- | weight, highly touted in South | America; a diminutive secretary, Al- | fred Guerrlii and an interpreter. | The Argentine consul and a group of and raised their hats politely as Firpa came ashore. : If money is the ruling ambition of fame 1s his hope, he has all the Rickard that calls for $10,000 for one hour's work or less. Fate has set Firpo on top of the world in just owe year. He has money now and he has prospects. He is to meet Bill Brennan in Madison Square Garden next month and if he beats Brennan he will get a chance against Jack Dempsey for thé world's title in Ar, gentine. : Jimmy De Forest, who trained | Jack Dempsey and taught him near. ly everything he knows, wag tha only one who would take Firpo se- riously when he arrived here. De Forest saw “some stuff” in him and worked with him in a@ cellar. His first fight got him $150. Then he bounced off several other setups and wont back to Argentine and waa acclaimed as the national hero. Jim Tracy, Australian heavy: weight, was then shipped to South America and for tho edification of his countrymen, Louis knocked Tracy off in four rounds. The Bout | brought $150,000, of which Firpo got & big slice, Before the fight was Staged Firpo secured the permit from the city council and he later sold it to the promoter of the bout for $25,000. 5 Firpo {s & huge specimen. stands almost as big as Jess yard. 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