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SATURDAY, JL Innings CLASSY e IELD ENTERS WOME EN’S CITY GOLF TOURNAM ENT | Earlington Will Stage Links Meet Next Week | First Women's Tournament Will Be Run Off Start- ing Monday; Good Field Is Listed for the First BY D. HEN the the rn A month ago Starts, there the losing streak as was out of the game, ries weakened the club. But this Re there is no excuse, They Home with a record of seven patraight victories and then hit the ishutes again. The Indians lose their patute on the road and unless they ian perk up and do better away from the home lot get set Sfor another season in the second di Yision, All the 0 of th Great home stuy tossed lway by their miserable jen the road. They can’t win ithe time, but they Metter than they hav E, DUGDALE Seattle team w for that disastro and lost 18 out of 21 were some excuses for Ted Baldwin and other In: WHE whole thing resolves itself in- to a question of Mer, Jacobs und G nen delivering the burden. bumped. "The club is carrying a couple of| chers that aren't Coast leagu d and one would think t effort would be made to bring blood into camp. A change of| we for some of the members of the | might bring results, They'll get any place the way things stand. ven they have been oulda't as Red change In managership s be entirely unexpected | & ler is ready to step in any time. } Ut must be admitted that Harry Wol- on hasn't startled the natives by Generalship and it may be that} old boy has been out of touc | h the league too long. At any! he isn’t winning and that's all| old John Fan cares about. If/ hn McGraw was handling the In- ps and they didn't win they id want his scalp. (On the other hand Killifer has bis| ney in the club and he has been derfully successful for years at| Los Angeles. He is well versed in style of play of the teams in the ue now and a change might do good. all my years of baseball I have contended that the team makes manager, altho a wise pilot can a poor ship thru some tight But when the old boat starts it doesn’t need any pilot. the manager |s responsible for showing of his team and one id hardly blame the buss if they wk for a change. where Ray Rohwer hit an- ® other pair of homers in one ume off of a southpaw pitcher. This ‘the third time this season that @ youngster has turned this trick. onally I don’t see how they are to keep him from going back ® the big show next year. He is up a lot in his fielding and playing every day he will im- ein this department as wellas in wunning. Rohwer runs with an stride and {= really faster in around those sacks than he And he can throw too. ‘He looks better against southpaw than Jimmy O'Connell did year and while he is no Tris er in the field, he is a better fielder than the former Seal star. d he throws better too. +) EB thing that has come to stay 7 in baseball is the double umpire em. In the old days when one n worked the games he had to llow the ball and some of the ricky players used to get away with Ider when it came to cutting and to taking other advan- ages of the umpire. peaking of umpires there is a tty good fellow hajling from Se- e who ought to be in some good nit league. He's Eddie White- who bears all the earmarks of comer as,an umpire, Whitesides Working in the Montana State ue this summer and with the ex- nee he will gain over there he hould be ready for a job in some circuit next year. two new umpires that are working in the Coast league this ‘Ward and Becker—have h officiated in Seattle, and they yk like the Be ee ID LAVIGNE PICKS CHAMP “Kid” Lavigne, former lightw npion of the world, picks J Dempsey to whip Tom Gibbons wher they meet at Shelby, July “I like the hard hitters,” explains jane. “I always string with them ainst the merely clever fellows.’ * . Gives Advice | Jack Johnson. speaking: “If 1 | were Firpo I would wait at least a var before L went up. against less Willard. e boxed with Firpo a great . But he has several faults he cannot correct in a few mths, “One fault is that he doesn’t | know how to block anything but the most ordinary punches. He is ‘| @ mark for any kind of a right- } hand punch. | “Willard, you know, hits very |} hard with his right hand, and es- ly from underneath, ‘Sf 1 were the manager of Vir- po I would want him to fight half a dozen suckers like McAuliffe and Herman, and at least two Flight BY ALEX C, HIRTY fair TWO of the forer | sex golf experts w the field there will undoubte matches played before the ¢ crowned, Play will start at 10 o’cloc title-seekers tee-off for [ Camp Leader | Charles Norman A veteran in boy work in Seattle, | Charles rman will be the director of the Kids’ Kuntry club, the dig summer camp for boys at Camp Or- cila in the San Juan islands this summer. BIG ATHLETIC PROGRAM FOR BOYS’ CAMP) FULL program of athletics has | been lined up for'the K. K. K., M. C. A. each summér on Orcas is- land in the San Juans. off: Track meet, including 50, 100, 220 and 440 yard dashes and a cross country run. Field meet, Including broad jump, high jump, pole vault and shot put. Rowing—singles and doubles. Horseshoe, tennis and handball tournaments, and a swimimng meet at Lower lake. A playground baseball league with four teams entered. The boys will leave for this camp August 6 and will stay there month, They can sign up at the boys’ de- partment of the Y. rite now. FORMER CUE CHAMP HERE Thomas A. Hueston of New York city, former world’s champion at both pocket billiards and three cush- champion, and Chase Sibley, local ex- pert, at the Pope-Sibley billiard par- lors, here, Monday afternoon and evenitg. Hueston was the first player to ever hold both the pocket and three cushion championship titles at the same time. He has a high run of 17 at three cushion and a run of 196 at rack pool to his credit. The play Monday will be at 4 and 8:16 p. ni Game Chatter Marvin Goodwin, former St. Louis Cardinal piteher, Is proving to be » big winner for the Houston club in the Texas league, Outfielder @ehinkle Sacramento this spring, orchard for Albany in league, given a trial by lay Bill Rodgers, former Sacramento pilot, by* the ‘way, veteran Chicago White acker, In playing Ilke m colt ait in front in stolen bases 4 weason no far, Eadie Collins, Sox second and in f for the A. Fred Merkle had a recent run of 32 straight games without going hit- fore he was stopped, Merkle ing first base for Rochester International leagu: ‘Tom Lukonovie, former Seattle tonser, in pitching for Terre Haute in thd Three- I lea PITCHING HAY GOOD EXERCISE Jimmy Darcey, well known Indian boxer, applied at the free employ- ment bureau at the Salinas Chamber jof Commerce for work pitching hay, | He stated that he wanted hay pitch. ing because that is the very best way of training for a fight. Hoeing {6 fair, but pitching is the best of ail, much better than hitting tHe sand bag or any other usual’ manner of | training, qualifying round of 18 holes. the boys’ camp run by the local ¥.} The following program will be run| FOR MATCH) fon billiards, is in Seattle and will| play exhibition matches with Walter | Johnson, Northwestern three cushion | ROSE : most figures amongst Seattle's ill tee-off in the first annual | ent on| Women’s city golf chi umpionship to be held next week at} s trip| Rarlington, and with such a high-class array of talent in dly be many closely contested | jueen of Seattle’s fairways is k Monday morning, when the {18 low scorers in this play will comprise the draw the elimination matches, © Black River links never The | for | | B WELL, I See WE ‘4 HAVe AN ENDURANCE | | FY est ScHeDULeD | LY For “TtoMoRROW WITH My 1H’ MaATOR'S CHICKENS! i; IL WONDER IF MRS, HOOPLE WILL TRY “To BAKE “THOSE CRANES 2: A WEYL BE SO"TOUGH by SHE'LL HAVE “TO 7), BAGTE 'EM WITH LINIMENTS | IV i I} Vi looked better than they do right now, | and rything for the big event, green and the greener, and on top of th conditions Mrs, Don C, Moore, cap- tain of the Earlington team and originator of this great golfing event, has been busy for the past two weeks attending to. de around the clubhouse and locker room—<details that will make every body feel comfy and “at “home,” as eve the fairways are putting areas are Golf asso- all play, the the ho Pacific Northwest Volation rules will govern except as modified by rules which appear on card: local score draw for the round was made last as follows: Mra, J. C, Bridgman vs Mra. R. Stafford; Mrs. H. O. Young vs, Miss Helen Farrell; Mra. F. F Jackson va. Mra, H. G Mrs, D, E. Twitchell ve. Mra. Roberts; Mrs. H. L, Pi ve C. M. Gresham; Mra. R. A, jvs, Mra, H. M. Py Kellar vs, Mra. I Mrs. R. Patterson vs. jorio Stevens; Mrs, E. 8. Mrs. B. Harris; Mra. T. Mrs. E. Bloele; Mrs, F. va, Mra, J. E. Lowe; Cary vs. Mrs. D. H. Moss; J. Powers va. Mrs. J, G Mra. D. C. Moore va. Nell Tidmarsh; Mra Mra, C,H. Eberting; Gottstein va. Mra. W. quatitying night and is RK Mre. Mra. F. Carpenter; Miss Mar. are Va. Leman vs. Van Patten Mra. C. C. Mra. C. Weber Miss Phoebe J. W. Boals va Mins Rose HAW LEAVE: FOR WASHING | Gordon Haw, the grand | golfer who will represent this city Jin the nationat public links ‘cham- ee at Washington, D. C., June young 26-27, will leave for the capital city tomorrow, and if ho shows the ge of golf in the cructal test that ho has been cisplaying In practice this last two weeks on the Beacon hill course, Seattle will be well ad: vertised in this gathering of Ameri. ca’s best municipal links players, be« jomuse young Mr, Haw tw clicking [the pill around par figures these days, | MRS. MOSS WINS TITLE After several years of trying, [three of which sho was defeated in the finals, Mrs. ed in winning the championship of the club yesterday, when she scored a fiveup and four to play victory Jagainst Mrs. R. Knox the final hurdle for the club title. | Mrs. Moss played a wonderfully steady game rays in the lead, and when she {sank that winning putt on the 14th jgreen, her cup of joy was filled. \“They say ‘All things come to him who waits,’ and it certainly true in my e," remarked Cham- }pion Mrs, D. H. Moss, as she shook |the hand of her worthy opponent, | FAVORITES IN 1L-FINALS Play In the battle for the club |champlonship in the men's division, jat the North End club, is running |true to form, and Dixle Fleager and Titleholder Lee Stell are in the sem! finals, waiting for thelr opponents to come to the tee, Dixie beat Fred Ayer, two-up, and will meet the |winner of the McMicken Campbell jsiateh, to determine who will be draw. A four and three victory |against Marffeld Bolcom placed Stell in the lower bracket semi-final posi. tion, where he awaits the winner of | the Ballinger-Stein tilt MRS. CARY FIRST AT EARLINGTON The Earlington } fair sex had a j battle with “Mr, | Par” last Wednew day, but he js a tough fellow to Beat on the tricky Black River course, and he won easily. Mrs. C, C. Cary, with an elght-down score, |e the first prize, and Mrs. Jackson, nine-down, annexed second | honors, | (TEX RICKARD NOW WORRIED lard-Firpo fight for Jersey City July 12, seems to be getting nervous, promoter has wired Firpo in Mexico urging him to cut short his engage. ments go that he can begin training in New York not later than Juno 25, Kirpo had previously promised to re- turn by June JACK DEMPSEY GOOD SWIMMER Jack Dempsey is developing won- derfully as a swimmer, Jxperts who have seen him in the water Intely say he is undoubtedly the best awim: mer of all heavyweight champions, Dempsey did some swimming with Duke Kahanamoku while in Los An: goles. CLEVELAND HAS PRO GRID TEAM sdnby soto tab ek one te the National Association of Protos. sional Bootball clubs, an organization including 17 cities, har been obtained, Langley | D, H. Moas succeed: | Roberts in} thruout and was al-/| came | the finalist in the upper half of the | ‘Tex Rickard, promoter of tho Wil-| The} is in tipetop shape | © fine | Hotchkiss; | TLL BETH GRAVY WILL EVEN 86 MUGCLE BOUND! Wik we FINIGH GoING THROUGH TH’ MOTIONS with Mose SWANS, We'LL WAVE A HoT- BOX BEHIND “TH' EARS fw —— SHE TRIES "O Boll ‘EM SHE'LL WAVE “TO PUT GOME BRAKE LINING AROUND “TH’ INSIDE OF HW KETTLE! Ive GoT WY BID W ALREADY FoR ONE OF TW LEGG “HW PROPER WAY "TO GERVE Ir WILL Be WIth A “Wiarminic UP For HE MATOR'S CHICKEN CARNIVAL = Finals in City Tennis Tournament | Will Not Be Played Until Sunday H* tOLD VAN DYKE JOE against the winner of the Leon de Turenne-Richard Burr INS will defend his city tenr nis singles title again Sunday semi-finals match, which | | will be played at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the courts of the Seattle Tennis club. | Johns won his right to play Washington crack, yesterday, A the finals by 6-0. defeating A rmand Marion, University of The Burr-de Turenne dies this after: noon is exciting keen interest and a large gallery is expected. Burr is a for- mer Star city tennis cham- | pion, while re Turenne is a |former Harvard captain and | star. |. The Wwomgn’s singles will be played at 3 o'clock thi jmfternoon, the finals to be played tomorrow Semi-finals in the boys’ men’s doub! for are also on the slate today. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS BOYS SINGLES First Keund Thomas Morgan beat Joe Phitli; . anelid beat Buckley La Dilly Newkirk beat Don ward Langiio beat Billy Newkirk, 4 WOMEN'S SINGLES Third tound Virginia Ry Libby F 1, 6-4; Mise Thelma Wott beat Miss Margaret Hennig, 6-2, ¢-4 Fourth itouna Miss Ma Miss Harrie Franklin, ene Btephe beat Mis i , 68, 8-0) M lene Bogert beat’ Mrs. Virginia 7. 64, wv NIOK SINGLES beat M ae . de . de n beat Norman ce Johnaon beat Jack Dan Lewis beat Dick Lang. 6-5, §-6, 6-1; Harold Williams beat Boris Jurin, 6-3, 6-2; Howard Langlie beat Clarence bd MEN'S SINGL ourth Roun Army Marion beat William Warren, 6-3 $4; Henry Van Dyke Johns beat Fran 6-2, 6-2; Leon Do Turennc baat tee ‘Laaerstion, @ ; Richard Burr beat Don Waller, 6, 6-3, nemml Vinal’ Hound Henry Yan Dyke Johne beat Marion, Army MEN'S DOUBLES Second Round Leon De Turenne and Henry Van Dyke Fohns beat Pink Miller and Don Waller, 6-4; Bob Miller and Willlam Warren it Art Langlie and Windy Langlis, 6-4, 6-4; Bob Hesketh and Dick Vander Las beat Nelson Robinson and Jack aah 6, 6-0 Grant Latzure and Richard Burr beat Army Marion and Hurry Shaw, 9-7, 6-1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE JUNIOR SINGLES 2 py. mC ve Shaw; Harry 2p, m—The pe ap. M.—Howard Langilé va. winner of Morgan-dennelie, match ME SINGLES Semi-Final Round Leon De nas Morgan vs, Jack Jon- } 2p. m- Burr, eine va, Richard | WOMEN'S SINGLES 1 Semi-Final Round | 3p. m—tTrene Btephens wa. Mary Ruy; | Madaiene ogart va, Thelma Wolff, MEN'S DOUBLES Semi-Final Round 4». m—Leon De Turenne and Henry | Van Dyke Johns va, Bob Miller and Wile Heaketh and Vander ure and Richard Burr. SIN os winner of N. x REFEREE LIKES MULDOON Leo Shea, New York referees who is in San Franciseo, declares the idea that William Muldoon will be ousted as chairman of the New York boxing commission hag all died out. “If Muldoon were ousted,” saya Shea, “boxing wouldn't last six months in New York, “He is the one man fit to manage the boxing situation there. He hus plenty of money, fears nobody, and the only ones who want him out are those who would kill boxing if he were out,’ LEADS DELEGATION Packey McFarland, former star welterweight. boxer, will lead a dele. gation of 20 Chicagoans to the Shek by fight, July 4 semifinals | and junior singles and women's and \ 4 * . Editorial Today ts to be a big day for Washington's athletes who are in | the Mid-West on a big league in- vasion, The ball team ts wind- | ing up a trip with the Univer. sity of Michigan's powerful nine, the track team Is competing in tho Intercollegiate games at Chi- cago and the star crew is racing Wisconsin at Madison. Whatever the outcome of the events you can rest assured that they will give a good account of them- selves and incidentally the whole Northwest will benefit by the wholesome advertising the see- tion receives thru their athletic efforts. | Michigan Is Victor Over Local Team NN ARBOR, Mich, June 16— ‘Tho train-woary University of | Washington ball team went down to |defeat before the Big Ten champion- juhip University of Michigan team |trere. yesterday, & to 7, in an excit. Jing game, | Tho visitors were in the lead un- jtil the final session, when Michigan got to Setzer and scored two tallies, enough to win the game. Gibson, left-handed pitching for Michigan, in to wotk in the final game of the series Saturday afternoon, Harper js to work for Washington. The score— k, H. E. 10, RE Wi eeeihas tists 9 ]U. of M. . PR a Batteries erance and Blott ‘LOTS OF SODA | POP AT SHELBY Twenty-five vacant lots near the arena for the Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby have been sold to soda water vendors, ‘Tho sites for such concessions Jumped in demand when it became evident that booze would not be tolerat WILL ALTITUDE ace Sport. ert are wondering if the altitude at Shelby, Mont. wil! effect Tommy Gibbons and Jack Dempsey when they meet in the world’s cham- pionship fight on July 4, Shelby is 000 feet above ) the, sea eval: BET ON RACES NOW IN SWEDEN Betting in connection with horse racing has been introduced In Swed en for the first time at Jagerso, the largest race-course in south Sweden, For many years the question of bet- ting has beon before the Rigadag ut intervals, and many times it has been rejected ax being immoral, BARBER TAKES TOO MUCH TIME Turner Berber, outfielder, by Brooklyn to Atlanta, never got as far as the orga town, While he was still on his way, and taking his time, as ball players wilh the At. Janta club cancelled the deal. The Jatost reports ix that Brooklyn will send him to a club in the ‘Toxas league, released jetzer and Walby; Liy- | | AFFECT BOXERS? ChampWill Get Money REAT FALLS, Mont., June 16.— An extension of time until 4 p. m. today for payment of the second | installment of Jack Dempsey's guar- janteo—$100,000——was granted by Jack Kearns, the champlion’s man- ager, after a midnight conference which broke up at an early hour this morning. ‘The fate of the Dempsey-Gibbons world's championship night was in doubt during this all-important con- fab, The money was due on Friday; jit was not forthcoming and Kearns | Was understood to be ready to aban: | don the project. He agreed to the extension of time when George H. | Stanton, president of the Stanton Trust company, pledged himself to pay $50,000 of the amount due, | business men of Great Falls lined up | behind Mayor Jim Johnson of Shelby and guaranteed the other $50,000. Another feature of the agreement was what amounted to a complete | reorganization of the promotion work | jot the fight. It is tinderstood that |Great Falls bankers and business |men, now that their money is in- | vested, will have much more to say about how the enterprise is conduct- ed. Dan Tracey, local’ will probably be named to represent | Great Falls interests in the fight pro- moting organization, BIG TRACK — MEET IS ON _ INCHICAGO June 16.—New records| and new stars of the track were| expected at Stagg Field today as | America’s finest athletes lined up |for the start of final events in the National Collegiate Athletic ciation meet. The field was in tion, the sky clear sun was tempered Michigan breeze. Three hundred and fifteen con- testants from 62 major colleges are competing. Many stars, including Sweet, Illinois; Brookins, Towa; Meese, Texas; Booth, Johns | kins; Isbell, Michigan; 'Tootel, doin, and Kukendall, Kansas, | partic! Ipating. | perfect and the warm with a Lake} Bow. are SMITH, IR, To FIGHT MITCHIE Mysterious Billy Smith, Jr, who has made a big hit with the local fans, boxes in the main event of the smoker at The Dalles, Ore. June 22, He meets Peter Mitchie, DUNN FLIVVER AS A PILOT Joo Dunn, prominent as a catcher in the Shipyard league during the war here, has failed to make good as manager of the Birmingham team in the Southern leagu GOOD CARD LINED UP The Portland matchmakers have lined up & nice supporting card to the Joe Benjamin-RBobby Harper 10. round main event Wednesday night, Hddie Shannon boxes Joe Powell in the semi-windup. Other bouts on the card are: Die Freeman vs, Benny Dotson; Bud Stengel vs, Johnny Drexel; Jack O'Keefe vs, Billy Lang, Late Tod ay and! hotel man, | Asso: | 1 conaj.| Vernon . 4 2 r Hop: | P*/gait Lake again defeated Loe An- ‘Dyers and Cleaners to Clash in Final Battles | Louie s Club and Three Brothers’ Outfit Will Crash in Star Finals in Game at Woodland Park nch Dry Cleaners and the Three Brothers Dye Works will open the championship series of The Star Junion Baseball league at Woodland park tomorrow jafternoon at 4 o'clock, The big series will be the best two-out-of-three games and the winner of the first tussle is conceded a big edge in the deciding of the championship. The two teams are the survivors of some 15 clubs that started the season two months ago, going thru their pre- |liminary divisions without a reverse. | Pitehing | the ither slight one gc rs, who seem to strength in the box two clubs balance up in the dope ® Harold Shidler, nie Galer powerful mound of junior artists, will do duty }the Dyers with Shidier aa th ablo starter Sunday Mullally the will play a big part in and if any édge is given department, a| Three Broth have more Otherwise the about 60-50 were club in any to th Carl Roe and Vin staff for prob: and hurlers Eugene for the being the probable Sunday performer. The Dyers will take the jwith the following Mneup: Ahner, firat base; Reagan, second base Dean, third base; Lowry, shortstop; |Jury, left field; Jones, center field; Boyer or Frisell, right field; Good catcher; Shidler, Foe and Galer, pitchers. The Cleaners’ Leitch, first bese; M. Manca, Souder field; catch . pitcher Jack Hickey will umpire. | Fier PACIFIC field follows: second Glenn, Uneup O'Connor, thind base; left ‘field; Burk dall, right field; Manca or Mul center s ion 4 Oe Wen oe Pet, ‘| Carl be, pitcher for the |Three Brothers’ Dye Works, who is expected to star in the finals for The Star league baseball championship. TRIBE WINS LONG GAME NATIONAL LEAGUE AT OAKLAND baa) 6 AKLAND, June 16—Seattle and ca Oakland went into another extra- jinning battle today, this time the visitors winning it in the 12th ses- sion by a score of 5 to 4. A bad throw by Cather in attempt- ing to head off Doc Johnson at third in the 12th accounted for the win- ning tally. Seattle took the lead in the first session. Oakland evened up in the eh second and Seattle grabbed another AMERIC. i counter in the third. Oakland scored | xew York again in the sixth and each team lennaaatousa made a brace of tallies in the sev- | Cleveland enth, evening up the count. joer Both Gardner and Colwell allowed oul | Washington Boston an , IChicago iestipee ed Seat s Oakiand RESULTS Seattle 5, Onkiand 4 (12 Innings). Ban Francisco 4, Sacramento f (13 tn- nings). Portland 6, Vernon 4 (11 innings). Salt Lake 13, Lon Angeles 19, RESULTS Brookiyn 9, Ch 7 Gt Innings), Cincinnatt 3, New York 0. St, Louis 5, Boston 2. Philadeiphia-Pittsburg game postponed; tatn. THE. SCORE AB, RH, PO. | RESULTS Washington &, Chicago 6. w York 10, St. Louis 6, Cleveland. 4, Philadelphia 1, Detroit 2, Hoston 0. 'SOLONS BEATEN IN LONG GAME SACRAMENTO, June 16—San Francisco and Sacramento again went into extra innings here yester- jday. The visitors won the game in the 13th, 4 to 2, {a The score— R.. H... B. San Francisco .. + 4 00 Sacramento ... o Tor a Shea and Yelle; Fittery, Penner and foutlene VERNON AGAIN IS WALLOPED LOS AN R. Rohwer, rf Eldred, cf eunnonuae> Gardner, p Tobin, ¢ ercenMal ene prise 3b; Colwell, 'p . “Knight ... Pie Bae a lewunuenccord Pas caencl Zl ebdewiedansel Totals ..... sated for smith in Score by innings Seattle 101000200001—5 Oakland 21. 010001200)00—5 Runs responsible for—Colwell 4, Gard- ner 4, Struck out—Colwell §, Gardner 4. Haven on balle—Colwell %, Gardner. 3. Stolen base—Lane. ‘Three-brse hit— ‘S, June 16.—Port-| Lafayette. Two-base hite—Lane 2, Ma- |land again dofeated Vernon here |deras, Gardner, Arlett, Sacrifice hite— | yesterday, The game went 11 in. | Eldred, Whiteman 2, Lane, Rohwer. Dou- jnings and was won by Poole, who [3/99 mpiee Word nay eon ee 2:30, Umpires—Ward and Byron. singled with Brazill on second. 2 it oe ae CHAMP, TOO, “HAS HAD A FEW SETUPS UIS FIRPO knocked out Italian Jack Herman in the second June 16.—/|round, That means as much as the defeat of Mexican Pete Hyerett meant to Jim Jeffries. | When men fought bulldogs they d to pick up stray curs on the streets and throw them in to their | “pit dogs” to kill, That was brutal, gave the bulldogs courage. That is what they are doing for Firpo now—giving him suckers, Mc- Auliffe was one and Herman an+ other, They did the same thing for Jack Dempsey. Look over Dempsey's rec- ord and you will find a dozen or more men he knocked out in a round or two and that none of us ever heard of. Siki Would Be An American Battling Siki, the Sengalese is quoted by Paris papers ing that he expects to be- come an American citizen, “The only country in Europe where I can make money,” says Ge lewtéenpines Sh ke ugeeeee dis a | Middleton and Daly; May, Foste: and Hannah, ANGELS BEATEN BY SALT LAKE! SALT LAKE CITY, geles here yesterday. The score w: 18 to 10, It was the fourth consec: utive victory for the Bees, us The score— R. HH. E. Los Angeles , +10 16 Salt Lake .... .B UW 2 Hughes, Robertson and Rego; Me- Cabe, Coumbe a ands Peters. NO BACKING UP FOR TOM Tom Gibbons wants it distinctly understood that he will not make a runaway fight with Dempsey. “I've Dempsey fight a number of times," he says, “and he's never shown me anything to mako me afraid of him, “T could, of course, stand up there lke & boob and let him crack me on the jaw, as so many others naye done, and if T did I would go down, just as they did, “But if I'm not going to be a sand. bag when ft get in the ring with Dempsey, I'll not be a Charlie Pad.) dock, ‘her, “A mere decision over Dempsey | won't satisfy me entirely, tho, of course, that would be something. Siki, “is France, and there isn’t “My Jdea, however, ta to win by |] onough fighting/there to keep rae of course, but it confidence and @ Knockout, and 1’ have to stand || busy." up and hit to stop him, rs D False fi Ba BY (Copyrij HEL citid their p ing to found the #e tee to Demps champi Aoned ou zens, when @ went iq the arq Mike bout, been the $1 and hq champ! Loy moters,| ment “Our did not and th war ne ment ticket Saturd: tically Shelby. will be} Collin Shelby enterp: ment which the eff in sigh| ect wai We standin banks countii money lins, sal “wt lated tl the bai money.

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