The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 12

2 PAGE 1 About Fights and Fighters BY LEO " LASSEN jae , \. | & A a ‘ Killefer will use no coaches . 4 around much with youngst : q HE i Northwest _.welter to do before the season starts. weight fight has sim- mered down to Eddie Roberts b Harper and Ted Krache in the bouts staged so far, | For the present the sap hts are being given the = by Seattle and Tacoma moters —-Joe Waterman Ing Jack McDonnell and fig Yeager in Tacoma in Ta- oma tonight and Nate Drux- Man using Tod Morgan and Joe Gorman next week. + But the following week the list—Johnny Jordan and Dode Bercot. They fight here. TAnd then there's Spug Meyers, very classy Idaho welterweight hasn't been given a tumble Tina Tod Morgan brings word @hat Chick Roach, one of the best men of this weight in the South, & heading this way and he'll be & new entry in tho lists. | Roberts, Harper, Krache, Jordan, Bercot, Myers and Roach—a nifty of battlers—are still competing a the crown and the Northwest Welterweight title ts as much con as ever. Can Beattle fans have seen Roberts action and they liked his work- Ip Tuesday night when he ie Yous Dudley. ® Roberts can sock and he hits ive than he used to be. He still needs some polishing in style that will come with more rience—he's only had about 30 ] He has a tendency to leave him- open for a fast right hand to chin when he’s breaking from Clinch. And his feet don't be- we any too well when he's lea/ But that punch of his makes him these Northwest welterweights ity to worry about. ‘Len Malody, the Wyoming feather. ht, is making rapid strides up pugilistic ladder. \ He has fought himself into the event class in Tacoma and dynamite hitter from Chi- in the City of Destiny next for the Eagles. } Malody hits well, boxes in good and has a smart noodle. If should hold his own with Dun- a@ really topnotch performer, dy has a good chance of get- @ scrap with Morgan for the title in the up-Sound city ed Cullen Has ed ipro Fred Cullen, the jocal heavy- has shown a great deal of ovement, particularly in his hing during his last two starts He has had the benefit of good experience in California he 1s a good boxer. He'll probably be moved up the here in the near future, rat- @ semi-windup on the showings has made recently. Frank Churchill, famous New ‘ork fight manager, is coming fest early in March with Pancho fiyweight king; Mike Ballar- former Tacoma bantamweight, the Filipino lightweight Sar- — inien @Churchill tells of his proposed aa in a letter to Abe Matin, North- ca fight manager, who may look is coming West for a rest. ‘There's a chance, however, that may be seen in action in an bition bout out this way. FOR. CHANCE ILL BARRETT, who made such a favorable impression as an out- % with the Chicago White Sox ast season, may be shifted to short- stop this year. While it isn't generally known, tt made his major league debut ds a shortstop and pitcher with Con- Mack's Athletics. He came to as a pitcherinfielder, but Mack fon decided that Barrett never had a chance as a big league twirler, Always a pretty good hitter, he ‘was very erratic in the field. After @ short trial he was relegated to the and later passed out of the league picture, _ Acting, perhaps on the opinion of nie Mack, Barrett took to the out- and developed into a pretty fielder. It was his ability to however, that caused the White x to bring him back to the majors. Last season McClellan, who for Years has been a substitute infielder, _ won the job of shortstopping on the ‘White Sox. McClellan is a great der but no Babe Ruth at the bat. NEWPOR? REFUSES NEWPORT, R. L, Feb. 21.—Appli- ion made to stage a Dempsey. heavyweight championship here on July 4 wag turned down night by the board of aldermen. new welterweights enter | Pith both hands. He's much more} and he'll give the rest) Will take on Mike Dundee, the; matches for the latter pair. | “RED” k No Coache in Coast Ki ? HEN the Seattle India Bernardino, California, will be in complete charge of The carrot-thatched pilot Panama Ring Champ Coming Lombardo, feathe ght of Panama, who Dundee ran out coming to this lops with 126 sed to be a 1 of Jone plack Panama's Now ho sportive set College Ice | Title Game | on Tonight HE Northwest ege hockey be decided bh | Arena, when | Wash British ¢ international champlonshtp col will | jim the second game of a two-game series, | Tho first contest, played on | Vancouver ice, resulted in a 2 | Ue. A hard-fought game ts expected tonight. The British Columbia aggre. | gation has a reputation for its won: |derful skating ability, while Wash ington has gained considerable note due to its decided adaptedness to close checking. The game starts at 8 o'clock. Tick the ets can be purchased at the Arena office, Spalding’s, Piper & Taft's or jat the A. 8. U. W. office on the campus. Between periods the crowd will be entertained by exhibition ska! by the Misses Gladys Lamb and Gladys Robinson and Messrs. Everett Mc Gowan and Norval Baptie, four of | America’s leading skaters, who are here on a short visit. SHOCKER GETS NEW CONTRACT ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21.—Urban cker, star pitcher of the 8t " KILTEFER WILL HA for Tribe League Race Nefer Has Never Used Assistants, Preferring to Handle Work Himself; cago Cubs; Bagby to Come West; Other Go Stelland Belongs to Chi- p Sar ans go into training in next month, “Red” Killefer the training operations, as he isn’t planning to foo nd the ve' has never been in favor of coaches, but has always di- rected his teams by him self, He may appoint Dell, Bagt some ot teran hurler the staff as a coach for the young pitchers, but outside of that he will 4o all of the work himse Killefer had his regular pretty well picked right now he won't do much shifting ar y uncover. # jewel from the BAGBY IS COMING WEST T was a at r ted tn the tha to be traded to « Lockard star Los An gole s that Bagby was i) ar and didn't have a real chance to show what he could fo, Killefer has faith fn the bt fellow, and if he should win a few os tt would be a big help ed terrible in the only he pitched last year, getting ed for a flock of hita. he had a nice delivery, one ¢ tho easiest ntyles ever seen here. And if he gets in condition, he may yet kick thru, STEULAND ONLY PLAYER UNDER OPTION HERE Charley Lockard only play ton ts ¢ right-hander fre All the rest of the men from the big league clu year belong to the Ma 4 is subject to recall at of this year YANKS PLAN FOR FLORIDA The New York Yankees, too, It ts rumored, will pitch thefr camp in Florida in the # of 1924, just as Connie Mack has decided to do with his Athletics. The publicity agents have gotten hold of Miller Huggins during his stay in Florida this win ter and made him so dizzy he's will Louis Browns, has signed a new |ing to tell them anything if they |contract for a reported salary of|will just let him alone for a few $13,500 a year. Jhours. BABE RUTH, ABE RUTH'S pal is here. His name fs Wellington Cross, and he’s headlining this week's bill) at the Orpheum theater. Cross and the homo run slugger are the closest of friends. winter of 192223, when the Bam bino decided to take a fling at vaude-| ville, he selected Cross as his part-| ner, Crosg’and Ruth appeared to gether In big league towns in the| East for 16 weeks, and their act was) something that is still being talked! about. | | When Cross played Boston with) | his present act this winter, the Bam- bino took a week off from his ranch in Massachusetts to come down to the Hub to visit him. “Babe 1s a physical marvel,” Crons declared yesterday, “and stories of | his unusual strength aro not. exag-| gerated. Ho is naturally strong, and ot a gymnasium developed athiete. | e played some very interesting | i €4 to, he could ben great golfer, as he loses patience, and begins to sock | the ball for all that's in him. And, OUR NIwvE warner, <7 MY GOOD FELLOW I WAS SORRY“To HEAR [7 OF Your ILL FORTUNE WHE CARD GAME WITH SIR ROLAND/« ST WAS MERELY A DLAIN CASE OF BEGINNER'S LUCK With Him, T ASSURE YoU /» | |g BOARDING HOUSE ABOUT “THAT HAWTRY FELLA 'WELLINGTON CROSS, PAL OF boy, how he does sock it! He eould rival most any of the famous goit| stars in driving for distance.” Cross declared that Babe was much In the/ Smarter than he was given credit for | pellet take a joni being. | “He's nobody's fool, espectatly | when it comes to looking out for himself,” he stated. Babe {8 good natured, however. When the pair were appearing to- gether, Crons always used to tell this one from the stage “Marshal Foch, the great French war hero, saw one of our perform. ances in the East, and the mar of the theater told Babe that great soldier was coming back stage to eee him after the show “The Babe rushed to me and fran. tleally asked what ho would talk to Foch about. “Oh, talic to him about anything,’ I replied. ‘Just act natural. Ho} the games of golf with him. If he want-| probably can’t understand anyway. |¥sbt ¢ “Fach camo back, and after being | he has everything with him. But | introduced, there was an embarrass. | 80 po | usually after the first 10 or 12 holex| {ng lull in tho conversation, 80 Babo| his normal self again, pipes up: | “Were you in the war, marshal?’ "| —_——— ran men he has on hand are pretty capable of doing what they’re supposed THE SEATTLE STAK THURSI NDLE ALL OF SPRING TRAINING In the Who’s Who of Pacific Coast S LOKI LS LS LS SL LAI SESS wecee C06 ONO IRVING HK ore CAPTAIN SCHROEDER TED SEIDMAN Pilot and center of the champlon| One of the best guards in the| Mere's the newest addition to Be Hallard Cubs, 110-mpund roller | Coast conference. Captain Bchroc-|attle’s tineared colony. He's Ted hockey champions of Seattle, Irv-| der will lead the Washington Btate|Beldman, crack New York feather ing Hoff will lead his team againat| basketball team against the Wash-| weight, who comes here with a the Victorians on Baturdey lington Huskies Saturday. very Billy Wright Turns Promot Will Stage Shows at ng good middieweight, } t will stage boxing ab is club as the Twin ¢ ew promote ays Harbor imp t is planning to us 5 ned promoter. we in Aberdeen, ty Athletle ¢ beg ub. code Dick Large, wants to devote all of Dodo Bercot in his firs! the ¢ Wrig Ma Francis Brown Is on the 39¢ BY ALEX C, ROSE BROWN, the broad-|hole—in the sem!finals. jameared over the visitors brought a red iad from Honolulu, s short stay here this! good night's sleep to one, Pete Mul-| ving wa: ver and honest-to-goodness | doon, but the fans who crowded every p from farofft H 3° | nook and corner of the building got t meet at the Seattle Golf| many friends and, while all are wish | enor ic watching the Maroons year, will not compete in|ing him the best of } in his at be 4 up and placed horl- s Year's event st Vancouver, 5, C.|tempt to annex a Br champton-| yontally on the frozen battlefield, Reports from San Francisco » rthwew' fdom reg: 1t was @ sure-fire molee from start that this “Babe Ruth of the fair uch that he be n ab to finish, and many were the spl wayn” will arrive there next week 1924 field of the P. N. G and thrills, but the brand of hockey for a nt jor to hin depai at Shaughnessy Heights ure across yuy ho will p 2 amateur Ted Krael on er; Aberdeen in of Const welterwelghts, and still a toning next month, ‘8 manager, an his time to Krache. t main event about to P. N. G. A. Tourney green—the third extra er, next June, HOLIDAY PROGRAM g00d record from New York V ancouver Ice Team M. A. STANDINGS RESt Victoria 6, 2, Victoria 2. | R B virtue of a 3-to-l victory agains’ | the Vancouver Maroons in the jlocal Arena last night, the Mets are the Pacific hockey ladder That coat of whitewash that was was high class; the tick handling combination work of the locals ing far improved from that shown here on the previous home game. Agi his ability t 18S ANNOUNCED r s Every player on the Met team was ball farther than any player ever While Seatle ively, & 12+) at his best, but the work of “Happy” seen in thia part of the country, the eargolfcity, tomorrow) Holmes, the net guardian, was the Honolulu marvel is also a very good hington's birthday) will mark] putter, He, however, showed that he was lamentably weak in the execu n of n shota of from yards down to the chip shot, and unlows he has mastered this depart ment of his game Johnnie Bull's blue ribbons will not be taken to Hawail. Whether his mashio play be good, bad or indifferent during his sojourn in the British isles, his tee-shots will| Match draw the gailery, because golf fans, | holiday bill like baneball bugs, the opening anhio 7% long ride. Those | who attended the North End meet last year will tell you that Francis | petitions t Brown can click ‘em as far as the longest drivers in the world —and that's covering a lot of territory. Notwithstanding his failure to get the “touch” of his mashic, he made & fine showing In the Pacific North went amateur test, losing to Lee Stell, the North End club champion, | hi attra The West §' morrow, andicap events, If playoff of several weeks, | water mark of h forced by an Injured eye, has | fights, done Tod he has picked up a couple of valu. nds in wel, He welghed | he fought! the out with Spider Gorman, low | considerably only 12 Danny pounds Nunes when recently, late! SA-A-AN! DoT “TALK BY AHERN] —é_CF TOTO OO Ss T HEAR SiR | man “Took ROLAND EVEN, | battle. | Pool show. He f | 10-round draw w! | Portland the oth SIR ROLAND ~ LAKEWORTH, C. Davis, of Cley ing the field of day. Davis has contestant he has tournament. Putt Mossman, do, Ia. tosser, when he lost to 1 rain lato yesterda NEW YORK, Schang, regular Yanks, has signe today, iat tat HW iiii) ANN jh CHICAGO, Feb, letes of the Ilino! meet at New Yor Johnny Behr anni » Feb. Chicago Hana Steinke, straight falls her hes in the national tournament dropped to L.A. C. 18 ST! f the competitive season at every course tn the city At the Seattle Golf club a tomb. stone competition will be played in the morning, followed by a mixed foursome event in being leap year ,the women will do the choosing for their partners in thin matinee play, @ afternoon. This play against bogey ts the! ot-fare for the Inglewood, love to see tho|Earlington and Jefferson Park clubs, | Members of the Rainier and Unt. versity clubs have medal play com- their attention a! Golf club has no’ jannounced a holiday fixture, but the first round matches for the captain's cup are scheduled to be played to. All the above competitions will be : MORGAN WILL TIP SCALES. AROUND 128 FOR GORMAN is wi Roach Wednenday. who has been fighting in due to arrive |today to wind up his work for the ‘ought @ sensational ith Mike Dundee in er night, both mon | Scoring knockdowns, While Gorman jhas seen his best days as a ring the littl Tamale can still | He | AT HORSESHOES Fia., Feb, eland, O., waa lead. horseshee pitchers won from every met so ‘far In the 1?t-year-old Eldora- ovis In a drizzling ay. SCHANG SIGNS NEW CONTRACT Feb. 21.—Wally catcher for the d a new contract. Herp Pennock, star southpaw pitch. er, is to talk terms with the club RONG . 21—Sixteen ath. is A. C. will be en- tered in the national A. A, U. field ‘k, March 6, Coach jounced, cRS TO MEET 21.—Chartte Cut. ywelght, meets rman grappler, for © tomorrow night, eight in Beattie |fancy skating during the last inter: He will come in near 128 | miasion. Morgan, Coast feather-| when he tackles Joo Gorman next ampion, a lot of good as| Tuesday at the Pool, Morgan has already started the nt and he looke |*aining grind for the. Gorman tussle, going thru a strenuous work. second | outstanding feature of the match. Many times did the eager lads from | |the North get thru for what looked like certain goals, only to have Happy bob up and spoil their efforts, Jack Arbour opened the scoring © in the first period when he! | skated down the center and Mipped the puck into the rigging. It wasa | fine bit of work, ‘The other two goals, both of which | came in the second seasion, were also | {annexed after brilliant solo runs;| | Walker getting the first one and | Riley the second. Referee Ion gave Arbour an assist on Riley's marker, but, from the preas box, Big Jim re- received no assistance on his ramble Lehmanwards, Tho last period was a wild and/ Woolly one, but no goals were forth- | coming. Gladys Robinson, Norval Baptie| | and Everett McGowan were on hand |and showed the fans some fast work t Jon the ateel blades between the first | and second periods. | Gladys Lamb and Baptie enter. | | | tained with a wonderful exhibition of | This couple fs nationally known and last night's audience gave them |@ ble hand at the finish of each act, That win may result in Seattle getting a place in the play-off for jthe championship. If not, then there jwill be no more hockey here this |seanon, as last night's game ended jtho Mots scheduled “at home” en. sagements, They will renew activities with the Matoons tomorrow on neutral ico—Victoria. TINEUYS AND SUMMARY Reattle Vancouver Lehman Duncan, ¢ ‘4 | With his top bout tn tine, Mf Seer sae i : » Match: | BO HED TEL EVER HET “||, WARMER (7 Wol WARHEN I raster Matas Dtomen ii aeretine Boucher HIM AGAIN, I'M GoNNA® || Lixe His | WETCH, AN [around for his preliminaries. Ho's | Matte CHANGE HIS FEATURES MORNING'S FELT HE | trying to line up somebody to fight | 2! oneg | SO MUCH, HED WALK OFF WIT MILK fs WAGN'T jtough Georgie Burns in the special | ‘Cotch \ F ‘ jevent, He already has Freddio | FIRST PRIZE AT AMV “ONLY Seana, | Mack and Kid Johnson in tho six. | g.icre by perloae— NORE MRR IERE OKice r THING WARNER [] EVERYTHING round semt-windup. Vancouver .. 0 o— QUERADI DA CE s~= COLLECTED f& ASTTH' WATCH | The usual run of prelims will be a LSTEN~ HE WoULDNIT PLAY ATW’ EUD WAS “TEN jin order and will be announced as| fire. period“ Arbour: 1600. POKER WITH Hic OWN Dap OF “TW GAME MIUTES soon as they are arranged. from Arbo rere UNLESS TH’ OLD MAN WAG WERE His Pe ele wh kis Ponaities—Firat period, Harris. § Z en erlod, a | SLEEPY So HE COULD Gwirten “THouciTe! DAVIS LEADING | i Third. period, Fraser, 10 CARDS WHEN HE VYAWNEDS< Dostrum, Skinner, ker, CLINE WINS OVER KRACHE IN FAST GO ORTLAND, Ore, Feb, 21,—Gene Cline, Oakland — welterweight, |fast, slippery boxer, beat Ted Krache, Hoquiam lumberman slug: ger, last night, taking a 10-round decision. Each took a number of {hard blows, but neither seemed to suffer much. In the preliminaries Mack Lillard knocked out Jimmy Black; Jimmy Barry won over Harry Leo; Young Miske and Billy Nelson were thrown out of the ring in the second be- cause they wouldn't fight; Jack Nash Jost a decision to Johnny Kelly and Joo Blank took a four round decision from Billy Winters. ‘AGGIES BEAT. WHITMAN FIVE CORVALLIS, Ore, Feb, 21.—After Whitman led in the first few min- utes of play the Oregon Aggies last night defeated the former 41 to 16 in a one-sided basketball game. t Mets Down | again occupying the topmost rung on | BASE EN MeDOWELL well over Hitting one of the sackers in the McDowell, fo his chance as We erly of Wichita, gets best stern league, ports CALLS LIDS LISS. (SI FX 300 and rated! headed frat fielding Ke Ciuci Looms as New Star ne Sarazen bor Ital champ! Namara says would n Henry 1 about youthful Fiorida. lia MAY | B, Palmer, territory mara » war the Cute, an, Ciuct had a wood last summer, and Alderwood Manor. association, at t bers, and that heir the wintering was the or Two the little ter ame pnother in 71 at In HUNT COYOTES FFORTS are being made by E. president King County Game commission, to organize a coyote hunt to cover the surrounding of Silver las anxious to get rid of them. Sam Rathbun, also a member of the county commission, gave a very interesting talk on hawks. Alonzo Victor Lewis, noted local entertained the members with some clay modeling, and then spoke in praise of the organization, its works and its ideals. Forty-eight new taken into the club last night. J. Johnson, high man in the drive,|C#not take all the credit. was awarded a fishing tackle, pre-| #8 Capt. Dick Frayne, who played nted by Dr, M. A. Winningham, | fine floor game. Frayne made two | president of the association. The club went on record as being | “Ways @ good guard, gave his usual ~ exhibition. Bob Hesketh, playing a we ee OF muacthends peing classed | creat floor game, ran Dick Welts sculptor, as game fish. stricter enforcement of the dump-/| waste materials injurious to fish into the lakes aad association, | anxious to see that no licenses be | loaned, and that an offender would | find 1t much more beneficial to own | !d the way, playing a good game at | his own, if caught. ing of streams. The members too, is be the commission. Romero arrived yesterday from Paris, where he scored knockout vie-| KJEW YORK, Feb. 21.— Madison tories over Marcel Nilles and several other European heavyweights, Firpo's business agent, objected to the ruling on the grounds that Romero had not met any good fighters and that he should be forced to prove his right to chal- Hugh Gartland, lenge the champ Gartland said he would offer young | Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the former champion, as an opponent for Ro- mero. McTIGUE WILL BOX STRIBLING NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Mike Mo- |Tigue, light heavyweight champion, and Young Stribling, Georgia high school boy, will sign articles today for a 12-round bout in Newark on March 31, Paddy Mullins, McTigue's manager said. McTigue is said to be getting $10,000, EUGEN , Ore., eam this year, FIRPO MUST BOX ROMERO OR LOSE OUT UENOS AIRES, Feb. Angel Firpo will have to forfeit | his title as heavyweight champion of | South America unless he consents to | accept the challenge of Quintin Ro- mero, Chilean heavyweight, the box- ing commission announced today. Firpo will be given urttil next Wed. nesday to comply with the orders of jon, BALL JOB FOR REINHART Feb. Reinhart, who has so far piloted the Oregon basketball quintet thru a@ winning season, was last night named to coach the varsity baseball CINCINNATI, TENNIS PLAY IS POSTPONED Because of the necessity of pre- paring the Armory for the Police. men's ball tonight, all matches in the Washington National Guard in- door tennis tourney have been post: poned until Saturday NO TERMS FOR EDDIE ROUSCH Feb, Rousch, star outfielder for the Reds, has not come to terms with the club, 21.—Billy 21.~Eddie the Lake Palmer told members of the Beattle Sportsmen's moeting night, that coyotes were reputed as infesting the district in large num- residents were | were | that were is} j fensive game, 21.—Luis | in JAY, FEBRUARY 1924 Washington » Five Takes Idaho Game Huskies Played Miracu- lous Ball to Beat Van- dals 29 to 18 Last Night Pullman Next for Huskies will fur opp var here Couga come bat The nea Oregon night to Huskies, C game here Monday, OMPL ho team y refused Wash- hard, on the by & score jes took the lead and were never ot 5 ever seen from ‘fire succes ne lead im baskets by Hesketh and Welts again. The id. Idahe's first tally fter four minutes of play not by Penwell, star for- t time on the Huskies uskets regularly, always Starting out in rar + 1 took on 6 crowd went came only n foul 4. From ed their perate men from Idaho. at the half was 14 to 9. The score At the start of the second half, ever, the Vandals came back ith a rush. On the tipoff play Fitzke eluded Gardner and caged a basket. Hesketh countered by bowl- ing one in fromthe side. Frayne shot one before the fron had ceased to vibrate from Hesketh’s shot. In rapid succession Nelson made one for |Idaho, and the next minute Fitzke put in another. Hesketh, by a great effort, came back with another bas- ket, stopping the only Idaho rally | dead in its tracks. | From there in, Washington pulled | steadily ahead, Idaho tried to force the ball under the basket, but was whecked too closely. Washington won becai the Huskies took more chances, To Dick Welts goes credit for much of the victory. Once, without pausing an instant, he swept down the floor thru the entire Idaho team, and caged the ball from under the basket. The big crowd gave Dick a great hand for that stunt. Another |time, he took @ lightning-like pass, dribbied around one man and duped another, caging the ball neatly. A | third spectacular try, thrown over his | head after a pass from Frayne, came precariously neg@e going thru the |net. ‘He was all over the floor and kept his forward closely from the t field. Altho Welts played the most re- | Markable game of the ten men, he 4 There jnice long baskets. Ob Gardner, second in the high scoring honors, | scoring eight points to Welts’ ten. George Anderson, besides Fitzke well, put on a creditable of- Z For Idaho, Captain Harold Telford guard, which, tho a bit rough, was real treat for the basketball fans. and summary: mn (29) v ore, ‘Washingtos Idaho (18) a -Fitrke (4) + Telford, ¢ (7) ++ Nelson (2) hington, Gundlach Reamer for Fitzke, , Hillman for Pen- mer for Fitzke. Score at half—Washington 14, Idaho 9 Referee—Bobby Mori ‘(RICKARD IS |CENTER OF NEW CHARGE ¥ oe } Square Garien will be closed {ana Tex Rickard will forfeit his li- cense as a boxing promoter if he does not find some way to stop scalp- ing. In a letter to Rickard written be- |fore O'Rourke. “expose” in Al bany, George Browner, new chair- man of the commission, said that promoters were to be held responsi- ble for the distribution of their tickets, | The committee takes the stand that | the scalpers can be stopped and that: jit ts going to see that they are stopped, The commission believes that & promoter who admits he cannot stop the illegal sale of tickets confesses his inability to promote and is not qualified for a license. The charge made by Tom O'Rourke that $135,000 worth of tickets for the Dempsey-Firpo fight were turned over to speculators may result in a grand jury investigation, If it is not made the subject for & grand jury it is almost certain to be considered as @ part of the cam: paign started some time ago by the district attorney's office against the- ater ticket speculation. Rickard repeated today he hoped there would be plenty of investiga- tions, as it was only thru such courses that he would be able to show that he was not responsible. poussins ds Judge Landis, presumably, cares not who writes the laws of baseball if he may make the after-dinner Moma Y DIAMONDS American Jewelry Co, 821 SECOND AVE. Established 1889