The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 22, 1924, Page 10

About Fights and Fighters BY LEO H. LASSEN HE thing to do best heavy we is to knock out Hor the Kalamazoo, \ horse. He w Jack Den , Then they trotted him out for Luis Angel Firpo and the Argentine knocked him down }7 times, but couldn't keep him on the floor in their 10 round fight in Omaha last spring. Next put He three ro And Mr, Smit! Bi in circles er Smith, , trial your cked silly by knocked-out with Jack mault, Smith 0 and Fred Fulton honor of b knocked o times than ther prom heavyweight Lodge for the more nent mse ra Carmen May Battle White Charley Whi cago lightwel They tng com way th has him lined up for e fight will probably use Young Carmen, the San Jose boy, for his opponent Carmen, who is a high-class wor ™an in the ring, hasn't been fight fmg much lately, but he knows what it's all about he should give White a very creditable fight Britt Is Making 130 Pounds Today Tod Morgan's Coast fiatherwelgtt | title isn’t at stake tonight in his Dout with Chee Chee Britt, unless | the Tacoman makes the Coast iiinit ef 128 pounds, They have a weight forfelt up, Britt agreeing to make 130 pounds | at 2 p. m. today. If he comes in over 128 pounds, Morgan's title will not be staked to- Fred Morgan, Tod's father and Piahager, has a hard timo keeping Tod's face in condition, as he cuts easily, particularly around the eyes, @nd’he has always been handicapped by having a tender skin. “Speaking of tough skins,” says Morgan Sr. “you ought to see the Bide of Chick Roach, the Callfornia Welterweight. He has the toughest skin I ever saw. and it is almost| impossible to cut him in the ring. A tough skin is invaluable to a fighter, because it saves a lot of | Bleeding, which makes a boxer look | | bad and which ts a distinct disad. Vantage when it affects the eye. wight.” “Did you punish Willie for smok- dear. He punished himself.” we for another change of scenery, ‘this time to the minors, going to} ys ossy Millions Use It — Few Cents} Buys Jar at Drugstore Eyen stubborn, unruly or sham- pooed hair stays combed all day in any style you like. “Hair-Groom” ig a dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well- Broomed effect to your halr—that final touch to good dress both in business and on social occasions. “Hair-Groom” is greaseless; also helps grow thick, heavy, iustrous hair. Beware of greisy, harmful imitations. — Advertisement. HO “rn One of the biggest treats of the season in Hockey— VANCOUVER vs. VICTORIA DON'T MISS THIS GAME Adm. 75¢, $1.10, $1.50 Make your reservations early at The Arena Office, 1210 5th ave. Phone MA in-2493, THE ZATTLE STAR ESDAY, JANUARY 26, 197A. JANUARY KONOWALOFF, FADDEN WILL TRY FOR OLYMPIC SQUAD rul And. the national football Varnell is succeeding The appointment of any man in the iron game § without arnell important board, as the Spokane man knows as much about football rules and the grid- which wiil go int California coach, in t assures the West of adeq y ‘Smith, country, Feathers Headline Pool Card MORGAN. nt foathe Frankie headiin the Coast and Tr nplon, Crystal Pool tonight, They fight the usual six rounds These be fought in Tacoma abou a sixround draw ago. Because of his greater b | Morgan is favored to w Billy Morrow and I lightweights who put up be last matched for xp. prelim: a wit tweights; Jer lightweights; or Neil, welterweights. Dan Sait and Lonnie Austin are staging the show week, 1h the round sem! aries follow abe Folmer va. Jimmy Sewell Dean KILBANE AND | DUNN MAKE UP Johnny Kilbane, former feather-| | weight champion, now retired, has | “kissed and made up” with his for mer manager, Jimmy Dunn, “I'm sorry we ever parted,” Kilbane says. | However, no evidence exists to show that Kilbane has turned over any} | money representing the manager's “ent” to Dunn—and he made most of | his money after deserting Dunn. | | a SERS |WHAT ABOUT | JIM DYKES? ‘The securing of Second Baseman | Bishop by Connie Mack from more probably means the passing of {Jimmy Dykes, unless the tall leader jof the Athletics intends to try him} at third, In case Hale and Riconda fail. | ELMER SMITH IS DEMOTED Elmer Smith, who started with Cleveland, then went to Washington, back to Cleveland, next to the Boston Red Sox, and finally to New York, ts Louisvill ‘'SHEELY WAS SHORTSTOP | | Earl Sheely, first sacker of the Chi- |engo White Sox, began his carcer ax) } shortstop. An injured ankle that | slowed him up caused him to take up Jeatching, but he finally found his spot at first base. | ‘BENTLEY IS | IN CONDITION | Too much weight kept Jack Bent-| |Jey, from doing good work with the | Giants last spring. He reported | weighing well over 200, and got a jlate start. He has profited thereby, jas he now welghs only 188. ‘RUTH STEPS | ON GAS AGAIN Babe Ruth continues to be arrested for speeding. It happened twice in one week between Boston and Sud- bury, Mass., where his farm is lo- cated, proving the Babe hasn't entire ly reformed. | January | George Lemeke, McTigue Would Send Siki Back rumored that Mike Mo Tigue is getting up @ fund to defray the expenses of Battling Sikt back to France. The longer Siki stays in this ountry the ring ans will have for McTigue as a world’s champion.” Siki won the lig title king out ( Carpentier in a bout that ipposed to be “in the bag” for the Frenchman before {t started Then Siki went over to Dub. and fought MoTigue for th It a horrible fg and at the end the verdict and jo were awarded to McTigue Subsequently Siki came to thin country and took on Kid Norfolk who punched him silly, In a in Philadelphia thirdsr Tt ts loss respect t heavyweight by knoe orges in title wan ater Siki+ was a fighter. No wants him to go back home, It certainly doesn't take much cla to be a “world’s cham- pion” if beating Siki in all that ts asked of you. PREP TEAMS TO ADD NEW CAGE STARS ANY new men will become elig. {ble for high school competition with the ending of the semester on Of the crowd of con. testants, Garfield will be strength. ened the most Art Duffy, a clever forward ac tain Harvey Barragar, a guard, become eligible for active competi tion, Duffy played with the Bull. dogs last year and made quite a splurge when the all-city teams were being picked. Lemcke is a new pro-s pect, having practiced with the pur. | | ple and white hoopsters during the preliminary season, Barragar played | ta steady game at guard last year} and will be back with a year of ex perience under his belt. Chet Schlinker, last year’s Quay center, has announced his Intentions of re-entering Queen Anne. Schlin- ker will have a tough time breaking Into the lineup with five such men an Bolstad, Butler, Anderson, Austin and Kelley around. Clift Reex who may reenter Broadway, is In the! same boat. Franklin loses men instead of gnin- | ing them. The Quakers, not having enough hard luck, are losing Leon. | ard Patricelli, guard. “Pat gradu ates, an does Hayward Dare. Jack Stotler probably will take Patricelti's| place, Lincoln wil! have Vinnle McCuteh. | eon and a host of other men ready for play by Friday. JONES QUITS IOWA ELEVEN) Howard Jones has resigned as head | football coach and athletic director at | the University of Iowa, Ho led the Hawkeyes to two Big Ten titles, his! biggest achievement: being the defent | of his brother Tad at New Haven two years ngo, Iowa beating Yale} 6 to 0. Fishing thru the {co may be sport for some guys, but we prefer the more simple and practical procedure of pene to the corner delicatessen | Regina Is 9-1 Victor | George Varnell to Represent West) on National Grid Rules Committee George Varnell, the premier football referee of the West, 8s committee section Fast. will represent this ssion soon in the pacity, presentation on 0: his ¢ uate r this Smith was on the committee two years ago, but wasn’t reappointed, the West being representation last year, Over Mets Rx. Sask,, Jan The Re \ gina Capitals, playing beautiful nibilated the tans by a 9 to 1 o last night orge Hay, Dick Irvin ley played great he Seattle Met ‘ore on the nd Barney ey for the After the first 10 minutes of play when Regina, tw only one score was made b: the goals came THE LINeUrs First ievii taniey Maks 4 Kewina, period. i : Hay ’ tn trom wi trom | j VANCOUVER | VANCOUVER, Jan, 22.—Calgury | wound up its trip to the Coast here last night with @ 4 to 3 win over ‘ouver, coming from behind in the laat few minutes of play to win GAME HERE WEDNESDAY Vancouver and nish the weekly y at the Arena tomorrow night, the Seattle team is playing on the pratr WATCHES FOR YANK TOSSERS| The New York Americans are to receive handsome watches as an ap: propriate souvenir from Judge Landis for winning the world series. Owner Jake Ruppert says he will supply the chains, | BILLIARD PLAY | IS UNDER WAY) Jake Schaefer and Willie Hoppe are beginning their 1,200. point match for the word's balk line billiard title tonight in Chicago. Five hundred points are to be played each night. | BERLENBACH TO MEET CARBONE NEW YORK, Jan. ‘Paul Ber- lenbach, sensational New York middleweight, has bevn matched for} & 12-round bout against Frank Car. bone, New York, in Madison Square} Garten, next Moaday night. 0. A. CG PULLMAN, Wash, Jan, 23~ | Washington State college went} down to defeat before tho Oregon Agricultutal college basketball team leat night by a score of M4 to 19 “Y" TEAM WINGS The Y. M. C. A. 120-pound hoop team won its first game of the sea- son at the “Y” gym last n’ght; do- feating the Queen Anne Frosh, 25 to 13. Walter Hendrix, forward for the winner, scored 15 point WINS GAY HOOPLE,="THAT one You A OLD NESTERDAY ABOUT BEING STRONG WAS PRETTY WILD I~ HAR-HAR~ BUT HERES ONE 1 GOT PROOF FoR —~ WHEN I WAS WORKING I) A LUMBER CAMP SIX MEN AN’ MYSELF WENT ouT To BRING IN A LOG WELL GIR, I THREW ONE END OF TH’ Log UP OW KY SHOULDER, AN! “TH! Si¥ FELLAS Took TH’ OTHER END “To SHOW YoU HOW WEAW IT" WAG, WHEN WE GOT IT IN, TH’ ’ STUFF AND NONGENSE SURELY WARNER, You sest!~1 “TRUST You Do NoT REGARD “HAT AS A WHY L SAW A GUY HOLD UP A STREET CAR FULL OF PEOPLE FoR WHO HANDLES “THOUSANDS OF POUNDS A DAN AG IF IT “TEN MINUTE) HIS FLIV WAS STALLED onW’ ' WARNER WINS | BY A SHADE —~ 1 | with one hand on the ball and the jter, won the referee's decision over vous easily crowd witnessed the fight. Stone Is New Ring Sen Philly Light Heavyweight Is Overshadowing This Division at Present BY JOK® WILLIAMS D STONB, promising Philadelphia light-heavywelght, is the bie s division today, He iw old and is coming fast beat Billy Shade and s next bout of against cohsequence may be Geno Tunney, the hampion In build and ring style Stone re strikingly of Dempne has Dempsey’s major character all on an eternally Like the cham if you hit the nd often enough orry much about minds He istic of banking Aggrensive offen pion, Btone belie other follow first you won't have to reel u may take it that hard to hit. You are expertonced fighter this at handicap. It is not a ap to Dempsey, for in one, ever, it ts, be mt had much expert ought to wetting hit ye From this Stone ts not right. To an ar use he h Yor reason he proceed cautiously Tunney, ho means a great fighter, prob- ably knows too much for him at this writing ihe is being trained by Lo vet ightweight, and It is unneces Segal's capabill oven an a lone family friend nary to comment on her tivan to say that Stone has more progress in a year's time youngster who has come | mad than any to the eport in the past decade TWO CRUCIAL HOOP GAMES ARE CARDED ‘Two games of major importance were being played in the prep baaket- ball league today. ‘The games mark the ending of the semester, | The Hoosevelt-Queen Anne tilt at Queen Anno ts the featured battle, the West Seattle Ballard tiff at West Seattle rivalling it in impor The , muffering from tholr disastrous reverse at the hands of the fighting roadway Tigers, are going to be waiting for the Teddies ner on the basket. Considering the | act that they have had all the over! confidence shaken out of them and| the advantage of playing in their own gym, the Quays seem to have a might edge. This, however, is the way it appears on paper, In reality, Roosevelt should win, if prophertes | are of any use. West Seattle lp gliding right along. | So ts Ballard. A lot of beat will be | developed when the two fast moving bodies meet, the physics books opine, Broadway ts pinying tn their gym, Franklin. However, they should get rid of the Indian sign and defeat the Qaukers by a few points. Lincoln has a big edge in the Gar-| field game, It wilt be « big upset if! the Bulldogs sink their teeth into | football coaches. |the best defense today ts a sma Stone in Stars of Ligh Division Spotlight sation Philadelphia Youngster Overshadows Great t-heavyweight Today in center, Ad Stone, Top, | | Chance for ® Two Local wim Stars Distance Swimmer, Diver to Represent Seattle in Northwest Trials ears ago vest ch SOMETHING NEW AS BALL BONUS lefer of the Chi- ng of putting Kauffman re with the umpire to his dispytes Kauffman is a | great pitcher when he lets the um- left to right: Gibbons, Car-| pentier; bottom, Tunney, Greb. AJOR league managers convinced that a club without a punch hasn't much of a chance to be a pennant contender. Like many the wise men of baseball have just about decided that ing neem | oftense Good pitchers are always wel- comed, but the player most in demand ts the athlete who packs & wallop—the homerun hitter eee EN years ago the eclgan in base: ball was get a run and try to held | the margin. Star pitchers Iike Walter | Johnson and Grover Alexander feit| mighty comfortable when staked to a tworun lead. If handed a four-| run edge they just about regarded) the contest as all over but the shout- | ing. In those days the defense was the thing, with the pitcher starring in the leading role. | the red jersey: TEDDY O'k HARA BEATS DARREN SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 22.—- Teddy O'Hara, Oakland junior we! Frankie Darren of Logan, Utah, tn & 12-round bout here last night. It was the main event of the Na- tional Wool Growers’ association boxing program. JACK BRITTON | WINS BATTLE CANTON, Obto, Jan, 22.—Jack| Britton, formerly world's welter-| weight champion, won the decision | over Fred Archer, the Brithih cham- pion, in 10-round bout here last night. j ag ot VILLA BESTS MORAN PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan.. 22.—| |}Pancho Villa, world’s Nyweight | |champion, won the judges’ decision over Mike Moran of Pittsburg in a| 10-round bout here last night. They fought at catchweights | BATTLING SIKI | LOSES ANOTHER NEW ORLEANS, Jan, 22.—Bat. | tling Siki, Sengalese heavyweight, | defeated here last night by Battling Owens of Now Orleans in a 16-round fight, Siki was in poor condition, jing the Athletics managed to stay in eee Get them in bunches ts now the popular song In the majors. The old army game of get a run is passe. A four-run lead today | is nothing to gloat over, ee INNIE) MACK feels that the fail- ure of his club last season was because it lacked the punch, While the club was getting air-tight pitch- the running. The moment the pitch-/ ing faltered the club went to pieces. As is usually the case, the few play- ers on the Athietics who pogsessed a punch, fell into a slump at the very time the pitching failed. {one great ball player often makes a | that should jin 187, | Philadelphia fans, by their | generous attendance last year, proved to Manager Mack they would support a club that was always battling. He is making every effort to provide such a team, cee le A AACK is banking strongly on Out- $iL ir Paul strand to make the! Athletics a winner. The addition of | pennant contender out of an ordinary | Aggregation, Figures make it seem that Strand packs a batting punch be the envy of Jack Dempasy. Last season he made 325 hits, breaking his own mark by 36. He made 43 tome runs, breaking*the former mark by 10. He scored 189 runs, setting a new mark, and drove Some slugging! The addition of only one player with a homeron record to his credit was not enough for Mack. In Second Baseman Bishop of Baltimore he gets another circuit swatter. . ISHOP, with Jack Dunn's pen- nant-winning Baltimore club of the International league, tied for home-run honors in,that organization last year with 22. Mack evidently decided that his infield also lacked | the kick. With Miller, Welch, Haus- | er, Perkins and Galloway of the 1923 | team, all good hitters, augmented by jthe three minor league stars, Strand, |Bishop and Simmons, Mack's club should be very much in evidence this year. ‘RICKARD SETS LIMIT FOR FIRPO FOR WILLS 'W YORK, Jan, 22.—"Not a cent More than $200,000 will Luis | Firpo et out of ms° for fighting |‘* must be remembered that Wills is Harry Wills,” ‘Tex Rickard sald to- day, After a cash layout of $200,000, as| one of three propositions had been mado to the South American, Rick- ard learned that the Angel was get- ting ready to use the “crusher” on him, “If Firpo can get $250,000 or $300,- | 000 from some other promoter, Rickard said, “he will bo foolish if he does not accept the best offer. | My best price has been named. “Firpo is worth $200,000 and not a cent more. I believe I have al. ways known what a fighter is worth in the ring and I haven't underesti- $200,000 AS mated the drawing power of Firpo. “In discussing a Firpo-Wills fight, worth something. It isn't similar to tho case where Wills would be get-| ting a direct shot at the title, in which case he might consider the opportunity of winning the champion- ship as being worth something.” | Rickard agrees with Firpo's claim | that he ts free from the option that | Rickard had on his services and the | promoter ts willing to have Firpo| knock himself off to the-highest bid. | der, Rickard already has made his | proposition to Wills for a Firpo fight and until something definite is heard from Firpo, he cannot continue the negollations with the colored chal- lenger. AGAIN VICTOR) INDIANAPOLIS, ind, Jan. 22 Young Stribling, Macon, Ga., light . Won the decision over y Fay of McKeesport, Pa. in 10 rounds here Jast night. A great HEAVYWEIGHT GO CALLED OFF) The fight scheduled between Cap. | tain Roper and Fred Fulton at Mi- ami, Fla,, January 28, has been in. definitely postponed, | ROACH WILL FIGHT DAVIS “Chick” Roach and Ritchie Davis, welterweighta, aro” boxing four ‘ounds in San Francisco Wednesday TO QUAKERS} James Rice, for many years head | ie coach at Columbia university, signed as assistant to Coach Wright at Penns rivania, | Battling Nelson is diving an ex- press wagon. . , . Still delivering the goods, as you might say, ee sSathissredt Merete om STRIBLING Is | BROWN STAR | Louis Browns is the most resourceful IS_ PRAISED BY JOHNSON ASHINGTON, Jan. 22,—Outfield- Tobin of the St. y er Johnny batter in the American league, ac- cording to the great Walter Johnson. | “In these days, when nine out of| jevery ten batters simply take a j healthy swing, Johnny Tobin stands | out as one of the few batters who mixes them up, keeps the pitcher un. easy,” says Johnson. “Tobin is very fast. is an excellent bunter, and perhaps the best man in the American league dragging the ball down the first base line. Noth- ing tends to upset a pitcher more \than to have a batter unexpectedly drag the ball and get away with it. The maneuver also tends to make the whole team wobble on defense, “Tobin, however, doesn't confine his batting to mere bunting or drag: Ring the bail. He can pull a ball into | right field with great force, and can | Dempsey as | Poke a fast one on the outside into | loft field with uncanny deftness. | “Tobin is a batter of the old school, not unlike Willie Keeler in many re- spects. Iam glad there are not mone Nke him,"" YOUNG JAKE IS_ LEADING IN CUE PLAY QHICAGO, Jan. 22—Young Jake Schaefer, challenger, was leading Willie Hoype, champion, 500 to 369, after the first block in the 1,500-point match for the world’s 18.2 balkline billiard championship, staged here last night, The score by innings: Schaefer: 1, 92, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 83, 0, 170. 28, 69 48500; Hoppe: 0, 0, 0, 18, 1, 4, 180, 9, 27, 1, 112969. High runs; Schaefer 170, Hoppe 180, JACK KEARNS WITH CHAMP| HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Jan. Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, has gone to Miami to Join the champion and accompany him on a short exhibition tour, | Mike O'Dowd js to avork with! a sparring partner, | Moopy w t NEW BEDFORD, M ass. Jan. —Frank Moody, British middie. wolght, won a 10-round paca from Pal Reed, Framingham, Pires umpire. Peeved, when he thinks they miss one, he gets riled and spoils his game. Killefer is said to be thinking of a clause that will cover this feature of play. If Tony is good and doesn’t grt ejected from |the game too ofterr it will mean # | nice wad of dough at the close of the season, CARDINAL-BEAR DATE IS SET The annual Stanford-California dual track meet has been booked for | April 26 and Stanford ts ¢onceded even chance of winning for tho ff |tme in years. The Carfinals have | host of veterans back, while the, Bear | squad has been badly shot by Jones | thru graduation. |JONES WILL FIGHT REEVES “Soldier “Jones, Canadian ight: heavyweight, and’ Jack Reeves, Oak: land battler, fight four rounds ‘in Oakland tomorrow night, ¥ Vic Foley, Vancouyér ‘welight and Jobniy. Barr, re box the semi-windup. They fone a draw in Seattle recently. 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