The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 4

ex FD a ae, TET UR, ” TAR — North. Dakota Aggies Trim Washington Cagers, 29-1 8) Bisons Clever Kid | Kaplan Is New World F eatherweight Champ The Squared Circle BY “BIDDY” BISHOP I JOB WALCOTT PRoBaBLy one of the olored wonder am| Walcott the welterweight world wi H grabbed ne title from him. Walcott was a most remark able performer, He stood 5 feet 1 inch in height and his best weight was 158 te 110 pounds, yet he met and defeated wi of the ring’s best middleweights, light heavies and heavyweights. Imagine boxers of today who to m seale 140 pounds ¢ iY 2 ny 5 83 t nd « 10 of unc: modern boxer |; t trick to be! juibdles over a pou two, While | re in y oe the 1 do not approve of giving weight, ‘carned their victory. | in the case of Walcott it was dif | piper HALE | ferent. He was aly human ay In the | Weighed 140 Pounds st one side ne | MADE a trip in 1900 from |o! Jing the lead, but in the I Omaha to New York for the ex 4 the Washington de-|{ press pur seeking « match ed and the Bison with Walcott for a boxer I had. In first period had discussing the matter with Tom North Dakota O'Rourke, then Walcott’s manager » explained to me that if Joe ever went Into the ring weighing more than 140 pounds he wasn't worth a et, that he would be out of condi n that Wa fon. This makes it t was little better a light weight I recall distinctly Walcott’s matches with Joe Choynski, who sealed 176, and with Sandy Fer- guson, who stood @ feet 2 and weighed 200. Ferguse had previously boxed Jack Johnson a %>round battle and was rated a fairly good Walcott boxed him twice in beuts of 15 and 10 rounds’ duration. Walcott knocked Joe Choynski out pn seven rounds and drew with Fred Russélt, the biggest man in ring in those days. Russell t 4 and weighed in thelr size and by the way, first started tle in 1899, hay partner Jack stood Other Big Opponents ALCOTT good ones en, Dan Ci Sam Langford, Carter and many “others, yhom outweighed him from 5 pounds. I handed two great colored boxers against Walcott and suc- ceeded in beating him iy one bout and getting a draw in the other. Young Peter Jackson, whom I started here in Seattle in, old Germania hall, knocked Walcott out in four rounds and Billy Woods, of Los Angeles, rated one of the best middle- weights the West ever turned out, drew with him in 20 rounds. Perhaps when Jackson whipped Walcott the “Black Demon,” as Joe was called, was hardly as good as when he fought Kid Lavigne in two of the most thrilling contests of all time. There have been many great ring battles the past 30 years, but Ih: yet to see one that equalled the en- counter between Lavigne and Wal- cott at Maspeth, L. I. Walcott had also tack! igreed to stop Lavigne in 15 rounds, | but at_the end of the last round Walcott was just about able to walk to his corner. He could not hi finished had he not resorted to hol ing. Their return contest at Francisco was equally as d fought, but this time Lavigne stopped Joe in the 12th round. Passed Up “Alaska FTER Tom O'Rourke and Wal cott split Joe was taken ove by Billy Pierce, of Boston, itor of the Police News. Pierce was us fine a fellow as ever lived and true friend. He was not strong physically. Many times when Wal eott fought away from Boston his manager had to depend on his friends teking care of Walcott. 1) handled a great deal of work for Pierce in Callfornia. I remember distinctly of get- ting a trip fixed up for Waleott that would carry us as far North as Dawson, Alaska. We were billed to stop at Portland, Seattle, Skagway, White Horse and Dawson. Joe Choynski had been in there ahead of us and had made so much money that it rather appealed to Pierce and myself. Well, we were ail ready to @art when Walcott hunted me up and told me of what his colored friends had een telling him about getting snowed in, about polar bears and whales, and the fellow was so seared that I was foreed to cancel the trip. Walcott was a native of British | «iuinea, but epent his youth in the neighboring island of Barbadoes. He was referred to as the “Black De. mo@of Barbadocs.” He shipped as a cabin boy of Boston, and where he stil! dives Y” POND OF YALE “DUC “Ducky” 6 man of destiny. ) he euptain the Yale Not retain his post as one of the best pitchers in the college ranks. the |s o fought Jim| led such big | then ed- on a lumber schoonor | and arrived jn this country by way | where he started boxing Pond is to continue as} only | “ baseball | team this spring, but also seeks to } Men on Floor; ———— Huskies a Greenfield and Arnold Give Fine Exhibition; “W” Misses Frayne RY TRO H, LASSEN E North Dakota Aggies, touring t alf and by som fine Moor play and ots guined | \ With Dick Huskies, inj from the Frayne of the ns h of t y the scoring pun t the best floor man on the | g well together and stars {tors tallied 19 points to ington in the second half. | The Washington team didn’t play | last night, going} % * “eas |Get Coin I utes before the brilliant passing and | e shooting of the tourists, Greenfield Ri KY Ste henso I . Sinan x tid poke and. wn eet Champ Axiom nis verted foul with Arnold snaring five EE days of the flahting ebim field goals and 4 conversion a aeeketn h Dakota, getting the jump || ~,,,Plomy Bre abou « at center most of the time, dom . a ote eet ctuch of the time, | Dolder who takes on challe BY BILLY EVANS and the Bisons teed trick passes to|| ‘7d du gardiess of lear of the defense urses EFFECTIVE FROM cor irk ay CLOSE IN plone rathe Once a ? They tried a lot of lon a. but || tenter wi ship hy were most effective shooting from : es € in. Greenfield was in t Tuan n " jon shooting form and some of his freak shots had the fans dizzy, Dempecy refuses to. fight re ~ Clarence Shreve, was Washing-|| goory because there ix no chance s high scorer with 9 points. |! for a big gate, Bent onard : | It's too tad that Washington did|| okey much the sam wh n not have he ne and a keth Instead of fighting, the two are Clave fied. available for forward duty as (he |! ypittting the wtage and films feel thal? Huskies might have been given a Wilkir sebdses to flat. Dave punt of themselves, Put i! ghade and has no sta ‘ st ke anything away from the |] New York state, ono of th C They played a fancy RAM |! pisces where real championship last night |] bouts can ba staged ‘ ‘The lineup and summary follow - . } LIne AND st MMARY | y Washington (18) North Dakota (29) rp if An Br ut 9 ‘Collins Improving With Age, It Seems Eddie Collins, one of the veterans : of the big leagues, now manager of 4, 000-Mile Yacht the Chicago White Sox, has improved jet Injury Handicaps with age. He ted the American arnt | An arm puter | Race Is Planned in stolen bases last year, his | pro yt handicap | D8! A 4,000-mile yacht race from Ban} 1114, 1, paseball. His all-time bat-|as an infielder weal | Francisco to the island of Tuniti/!7th in Baseball. cols fine Me lout his. at he bail}, “3 fe being planned by the Han Fran-/'ine average is 4329, altho he hag)but & Miike nover led the league Ia hitting away is not ' { |ciseo Ya lub. Present plans call {ft r this event to be the climax of th ‘a sere regatta to bes held in the Bay | r nd © Hind & spot for! Witte Hoppe and Bob Cannefax | Stopped Billy Defoe, St. Paul, in the regen to ty bei oe Fd Maier Ie Talleing |sctoie ti ive Hevpe and ‘Bob Canbetax | etinnal bout at the Gartea. ‘The sige [so . . match which will start | {ht ended in the ght roabe! pled boone | Quarter of Million \ oh Frank Farmer Is unuary 19, Hoppe, the | fe seconds throwing in a towel. | Jack Coombs, former star big| Ed Maler Ie holding out for $250,-| with st ‘ Sti W Fich Peeeatio oliver che] ea ad mdi a league pitcher, who has acted as|000 for his Vernon franchise in tho] It's just the tional 1 ighting . lcouch at Williams college for sev-|Coast league, according to reports| part of a second, in mak Like famous brook, = eye Lenyss | years, shifts his activities to/from the South Reports had it | sweep arm motion that un held rank Fa goes on foreve iH Three this nenson, taking that Bill Line, former Salt Lake|the Alabama colleglin back as an| Losing now and then, drawing ir ES sagan lee charge of Princeton's baseball can-|owner, had offered him half of that | infielder some fights and winning in many BNA,’ Ja x didates tor the club. enetis have computed that more ft them, Farmer in the nelghborhood College Athletes | Dame football team, which defeated z mas pee Set Pi of db youre Of age: le still fiehtine Ri B les Stanford here New Year's day, left Hoe has just returned t in ing Battles tos tor South Bend, Ind, via San a trip to California whe NEW YORK, Jan. 3 Francisco. Before leaving, Coach BY AHERN Joe 8! 1 six rounds and won | Will bo a bus Rockne invited Stanford to meet trom Ray Neuman in four sessions, {ith Allentown Joh Notre Dame in Chicago next Octo. | ee eee eT > Frankie ber. Ma HAW~ I RECALL THE Time UNCLE AMOS, —~— I Wow A S5000 PRIZE FoR in | |) WHEN WY BIRTHDAY BN Jove, ALI BEING THE FIRGT “TO RIDE A An COMES,» AUNTY GAID MILA“ LAM BICYCLE ACROSS “THE SAHARA stab SHE MIGHT GET ME GURE You WILL] | DESERT! FEATHATSINGE, & [0. “Ah BICYCLE! ~ Nor MAKE AN HAG NOT BEEN DUPLICATED eff 1.1! 4H THREE WHEEL EXCELLENT MIND You, THE SANDS wWeRE ff | He Can Sock ‘Em, but Is Only Substitute } Held Back by Bad Arm 9 v.00" 6 —— ~ Danny Kramer Is Knocked ~~) Out in Ninth Round of Go Kramer Was Favorite to Win, but Kaplan Won Ail the Way in New York Fight; Winner Succeeds to Throne Vacated by Johnny Dundee EW YORK CITY, Jan, 3.—Louis Kaplan, of Meridian, Conn., now lay 1 to the world’s featherweight title, as a result of his nine-round knockout victory over of Philadelphia, in the fina! to determine Johnny Dun- successor. Kramer’s seconds tossed a into the ring just as the Philadelphia ey seemed ready to collapse. Danny Kramer, bout of a series In the first round both boys did the usual feeling out, but Kaplan staggered Kramet vith a left hook to the chin as the round ended. The second wa peedy, too, and Kramer oper cut over Kaplan’s eye by butting. It appeared accide Kap- un landed another hard left| as ok a ended ms P - [ Kid Kaplan } | by @ n 1K oes Kaplan pu ‘ . Kr r cr | p nw 4 “ I De Vaus Mra * o 8 © 30 You bi 10 j |__ Ca ige Rules Gia Learn sae } QUESTIONS Northwest to Send Golfers to Open Meet Many Star Linksmen to Represent Section in Coming California Tilts BY ALEX C. ROSE ORF n P * the Lake ‘ I that of Califor ding his | nd ______ | GRISWOLD GOING »ses Double Plays EAST ANSWERS 0 er of the B links It iy not tilegn | compete in this ational ama- ct 1 mill ts dead af « | teur championshir tolt eeroit in play a \ ITH the ho vacations over,| This old Seattle favorite was a vis th 4 one the high school basketball teams |!tor here last week and he looks lika Speak ‘ t ail oh aa meee will’ resume training again Monday | is old self again after a long and wan ¢ ¢ th for the openin weason gched- | Severe illness which kept him off the 4 for Ja f e. ties “ Greb Planning to Be Bh By Come West Again 05 rich for the prep cagers t t doe he dopesters are picking West Seattle and Ballard as two of the; , tod strongest contenders. Roosevelt's \ fact ows, \championship hopes took a bad set- 7 t - back when Captain Art Peterson was | r e | declared ineligible. Peterson was the Inglewood Links Are Opened Today | Inglewood g ay due to the Teddies" year's title five, ure belng |, 2he opening day's schedule calls te NE | for the following game Ww. The |... cuce™ Anne Ballard; Franklin | at Garfield; West § Lincoln at Broadway ‘Babe Hermann Wins only holdover from last lub reque: suse ey amage to tho turf “°° Hoppe iia Caithefax ae ves! Train for Cue Play. YORK, Jan. 3 California Babe Her- featherweight, . « or lightw M ae ae ai rs Fights Sacco Tigue and Mic key Walker meeting at ip H Tacoma Thursday sr, 2! ft, cory, twmer| FAAVO Nurmi Seeks | of Biddy Bishop's fighting | gmith, Now Jersey yweight 4 4 embership | will make I ie n the % rape | W YORK, Jan. 3,—Paavo Nur. we hursday night, when K |mi, who makes his first appearance | ars, a lightweight x Harry Williams Asks | here Tuesday night, has tiled appti- Jimmy Sa i omur cation for membership in the A. A . leading to reports that the Mar- |veious Finn plans to remain in this "Landis to Come Out |: LOS A} , Jan. 3.~-President | Willian MESA EN a OS aie -| GO HOT, MYTiRES DIDNoT LAST!) |Passaic Five Has Harry of the Const league, | countrs BIKE THAT Vou 1 A HOUR,I COVERED THE || | |has forwarded a formal invitation to | FALL OFF OF, WITH AFTER ME!) | 2172 MiLes BY USING TWO reed paptneien Begs Snow Tid Ae REGULAR TiRES [4 GNAKES AG TIRES! ~wRAPPED]! | nundred and forty-eight straight vic-| Minor League association, to vide Gare aah Meets Taste a eee | -WEM AROUND THE WHEEL : and going St “s oe be 1036 sea ra league cities rable meet at 745 p. m., Saturday, at | RIMS, AND PUT THEIR “TAILS banka Se tbe cease plait: : PAR, lapelingace 5s | IN -THEIR MOUTHS, « 6 od its preliminary season the ene B kl F; : day with a 7415 vietory over Pear! | DYOOKIYA Fans Confident = That Club Will Take Flag. ttle at Roosevelt | Scrap in New York! “| champion, | fairways most of last season. He announced that he had arrang- y jed his business so that he could spend } More time playing golf this year and that he was going to compete in the California open this month and posi- | tively would make a bid for the na- tional amateur blue ribbon prize. The many friends of the former |} North End caddy, are hoping that | his come-back will be a successful jone. He's certainly got the shots jand knows how to play them when physically fit. | BALLINGER IN NORTH END FINALS Jack Ballinger golfed his way | the finals of the president's cup com- | Petition at the Seattle Golf club, on | New Year's day, thru a victory over Frank Van Tuyl. Jack is now sit ting around waiting for Bon Stein and Jim Sobey to settle their argu: ment in the other semi-final match. | | CLUB MATCH | ON THURSDAY | Golfing members of the Caledonian jand St. Andrew's society will go a golfing on the Beacon Hill course next Thursday in individual team | match formation with the loser of each match paying for his and the other fellow's dinner in the even ing. | | CARD READY FOR TUESDAY IAT lines up to be one of the | best smokers of the year is the offering Promoter Nate Druxman is esenting to the fans for his show Tuesday night at the Crystal Pool. Vic Foley, Canadian bantamweight meets Dixie La Hood, Intermountain bantamweight cham pion, in the six-round main event. In the semi-windup, Leo Lumski and Mike O'Connor, rated as the two | best middleweights in these parts | battle six rounds. Young Peter Jackson and Yount Jack Dempsey, heavyweights, wht have shown to advantage in their re {cent appearances here, are down for | the four-round special. Frankie Britt and Babe Folmer featherweights, are in the secon! | spot, while Young Runcorn and Phil | Rabbit Maranville has red to P d | Reese Sheridan, welterweights, open tht ead the Cubs next y but the | BY PAUL W. WHITE It is in this pitching staff that] show. | Jirection in which he will lead them ROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 3—There} the Dodge: b © Dodgers are basing their hopes| {e fot stated. are baseball fans with whom it! for this year's drive. | is possible to argue concerning the} Guy Cantrell, from the okmulges| Golden Jubilee for | : outcome of the 1925 pennant chase,! club of the Westérn association, is! * : This Would Be |) du none ot them tive in trookiyn-| expected to increase sthe number| Victoria Puck Team | % For in this enterprising borough, | of effective mound artists to five.| The Victoria Hockey club of Mot Some Quartet! let it be stated emphatically, there} In the catching department, the| treal celebrated its golden jubile # se wigahe * || is nothing to it but the Robins.” | Robins have three veterans in| few days ago with a special mal R™ LY Bo coaches, many Tho athletes under the wing of/ "Hank" De Berry, Zach Taylor and| The club was incorporated in I | | whom have been at the || Wilbert Robinson @re the senea-} Charlie Hargreaves. | eames game a score of years cit ¥ jon 0! ie senior cire' 4 " } Lager practi 5 we hop ‘ite portion See Pree era during the) ‘Pwo of the outfield jobs are cor-! MED CAPTAIN | ; ask past season. accorded little chance tain, Wheat being a fixture in left : | to name an all-time All-America || of attaining a first division be per s xture in left) \ILWAUK Wis. Jan. = f attaining rst division berth./ and Eddie Brown, lifted fi vis., left | team they surprised all of the critics by! Americ sath roe te eis Lane of Merril, Wiss If | ‘There was n wide difference of |! hanging around among the leaders} American Raseciation in the middie/ @tkle, was named Marquette's fom | ost UC ovarewhere @aaaht th Bing aro ¢ S\ot last season, being virtually as-) ball captain for 1925. | backford, Here the vole of tha {| toruout the greater part of the! sured a place in center, Robinson “SEAL Sahih ena | hackford. Here tho ‘vote of the || summer, finally giving the Giants! alternated Nels and Griffith in right| | [bested cally unant |'the scare of thelr tives and wind-|tast year and occasionally gave| AGGIES WIN | Eekersal! iuBtan; Ceasaaet Teen 1h Maen a hes. | Dick Loftus, an excellent fielder but! FRESNO, Cal. Jan. 3.-—The Of | and Thorpe the “hatves and This showing was largely made;a weak batsman, a shot at the po. | S00 defeated the Frest® | icddie Mahan at fullback. ‘The || Possible by the mound work of| sition | State Coltege five here Inst nlshh last three were top-heavy favor. || the ifcomparable “Dazzy” Vance,! There may be no changes in the! 2% to 12 | altho MeMillan |) Who during. the season struck out! infield, Fournier staying at first, POE a | | Kekersall hard’ for the || 292 maen and brought home victory) Andy High at second, Johnny Mitch COUGARS BEATEN || job at quarterback after victory. Burleigh Grimes, Bill} el at short and Milton Stock at}. SPOKANE, Jan. 3.—The Spokal® i iat Warner got the most {| Doak and “Rube Erhardt, minor] third, with Jimmy Johnston and] A. A. C. basketball five defeal |] votes for All-America cpach leaguer, also ran up an imposing] his namesake, W. 1. Johnston, hold-| Washington State College, 33 0 string of wins. ing down the utility posts. in an overtime game here last