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THE EVENING WORLD, 8 Fis Weg er ae WILLARD PUNCHES HARDEST BP WHEN HE SLES, BECAUSE F THENHE 1S ALWAYS COO Champion Makes Startling Sta tement That Whon He Is Laugh- ing in the Ring He Is Picking Out a Spot for His Winning Wallop—Admits He Is Good Natured, but Just the Same Always Tries to Win With a Knockout. = ot s Ld By Robert Edgren Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co (The New York Brening World) WILLARD’S TRAINING CAMP, Los Angeles, May 24 hy | HIT hardest when I smile.” ‘ This was the astonishing statement Jess Willard made to me when we wore talking over the coming fight with Dempsey. } Thad been telling Jess that for the frst timo in his life, except in the Saif a minute and then swung i le with a ten-foot pol Bart you anyway. But this time it is “Dempsey hits like a kicking mule, 4 he hits when he is right in close © you. He curves over short ones and he doesn’t waste time, I saw him knock out Fulton. The three punches that he finished Fred with were de- ‘livered within two seconds, at the Most; a left hook to the body, a short left hook to the jaw and followed Hike a flash by a straight right to the as Fulton fell. You can see, Jess, ‘won't have any time to look and smile when you're fight- a follow iike that. You're too good red anyway. You'll have to learn scowl a little, All you need is to this trick of laughing and thinking it's all a joke because you ‘Gan handle the other fellow so easily. « The people want to soe you doing your Dest. This is one time you want to _@ut out the smile.” “I hit hardest when I smile,” said a suddenly. “Don't you let it foot when you see me smiling in a Rent. That's just my way of keeping Il, I never get excited. A fellow gets excited can't hit deliberately and the deliberate punch is the hard- fst punch. When you see me laugh You can know that I'm picking iy Spot and that I'm only waiting to time my punch just right. The Punch With a Smile Wins, Says Jess. “I may be good natured. I never tried to injure an opponent in my jife. Ltry to win with a knockout, There's haa in that. But I never like 1 don't lose my é A fighter; who Ipsos his temper might as well quit. ~¥ou can’t fight well unless you keep ool. You've seen me fight a good many tim You wrote a story a@boyt me when I fought Soldier Kearns and you said I laughed when he bit mo in the stomach, and then Jeaned over about ten feet and knock- ea him out with one right punch. Say, I didn't laugh because 2 was hit. It was just my natural Way of keeping cool when I was ' He hurt me all right, and I 4 I reached for bim pretty hard : stop him before be could hit me dike that again, “You were the only writer in New whe gave me credit for beating er McCarty. I did beat him, I guess everybody was so sure er would beat me that they eouldn’t see me in the ring at ail, If you remember | was laughing at McCarty when he tried to rush me of my feet in the first round. He Was tearing at me like a madman, and it made me laugh to see how ited he was and how cool I was, and he was supposed to be the high heavyweight and coming cham- and I was just a rube and a ‘up for him. “Laughed When Johnson Broke His Ribs “Remember how Luther's teeth hed when I uppercut him? J al- ays bad hut right uppercut. It was @bout all 1 had even when | fought Johnson. Now | use a left hook and ppercut just as well as the right. I'd Rave looked a lot better with Moran M@ I'd had as good a left hand then ag 1 have now. early in the fight and didn't have any- Ming to finish him with Wanted to. I had to laugh in that ff the of mee; te move ih him off balance his punch.” funny oe ¥ 4 if You had time enough to laugh hand | I broke my right hand | when 1| Mr Might. Frank would lean back and g@t Mary Ann into position, like a ‘BPP bringigg. up the rollers and the machinery and getting house, Then when Se was nearly set Id reach over and so he couldn't dreth, cham | Right about hero 1 reminded Jess |" p20) it be bad done quite a Little smil- At times, in the Johnson fight at jayana. "T supposed Jobnson had been say- to you—kidding fight that won him the world’s championship, he was up against a match that he would have to take seriously. “You can't look around and laugh to the crowd when this fellow is cracking at your chin,” I told Jess. “That was all right with Moran, for Frank was slow as an old truck horse when he fought you. He didn’t even telegraph his blows, He sent them ¥ slow freight. He pulled his right arm back seven yards and held it t like a man trying to knock down an) He couldn't a different proposition, | —_—_—— “When he began kididng me and grinning at me I knew he was trying to put my own stuff over, 1 knew he felt he was in danger, and he was keeping cool and trying to figure out some why to get m: 1 knew that behind the smile wetting mighty ried, He'd start out being fierce and found he couldn't get away with it. He'd done the best he could and it wasn't good enough. He had to ewitch to something — else. Right then I knew he was licked, 30 T Dewan laughi: at him, but bdeing mighty watchful, I had something to laugh at. Johnson had broken three of my ribs and my upper cheek- bone on the left side and he didn't know it. He was a@ cunning old fox, and I had him fooled, Don't Jet any- body tell you that black man couldn't hit. I never had any one land on me) half as hard before, “Gunboat Smith could hit, couldn't | he? Well, the Gunner wallop» me tn | Frisco with everything but the bucket. ‘That was before 1 learned how to box | and take care of myself in the ring. | He never hurt me, but in Havana Johnson hurt me, all rfkht. He never @azed me or had me anywhere near! golng down, but he hurt me with a| lot of ches. I guess you didn't see me crying over it. IT laughed at him when he got to me, and lammed him right back for all I was worth, I picked his softest spot. Didn't waste any time nailing him on the jaw. When he hit me I hit him in the stomach, and he didn’t have time to figure whether he'd hurt me or not. He was too busy with his own troubles,” “Right,” said I. “But I don’t re- member that you laughed at him when he hit you that awful clip with the rignt In the seventh round, after hooking you on the jaw with the left and knocking you over where he jcould get @ good shot at your chin with the other hand. That must have been when he broke your cheek bone with @ punch, 1 remember you hit him in the xwomach and knocked him back about ten feet uu looked Pretty bad for about ten seconds, And were you smiling when you put him on thé ropes in the twenty-sixth and pasted him for a goal with that right on the jaw?” “[ don't know,” said Willard, “But if I wasn't I ought to have been. He sure did look funny pulling his hands down to cover his sore stomach, and with me intending ai) the time to (finish him with @ right hand punch Jo: the chin.” At this recollection Jess leaned back in his chair and laughed out rey) __ IRA VAIL TO RACE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY. Tra Vall, one of Brooklyn's fastest travellers, 1s already tuning up his speed wagon for th International Sweep- stakes at Sheepshead Bay Speedway on June 14, Vail, unlike most auto racers, owns his own machine, The intrepid youth already has begun inserting new |Parts and overhauling his car for peed contests next month. ¥ as devel quicker than an, American auto pilot, Four years ago he was just a reckless youth with « fondness for whizzing through Brook- lyn streets at a rate of speed ti made traffic cops leap for their lives. To-day Vail prom to crash into the leading circle of speed champions oc- cupled by Ralph De Palma, Dario I and Louis Chevrolet During 1916 Vail, with just a made- over stock car, campaigned with such success in speedway competitions that |the Hudson racing team signed him up for the following season, During thut |season he scored a notable victory at a Minneapolis, earned second place 5 Batural punch, That and alt G0-mile Cincinnati race, Rnd. also ht h chase the winner across the finish SReSieAt left and 2 straight right were |iinc'a: Uniontown and Providence | | Meche | oe BRITTON BOXES THREE MEN AT RED CROSS SHOW. At the Chateau-Thierry Club yester day afternoon, under the direction of K, DeForrest and Mrs. Robert |Olyphant, directors of the Red Cros: |the Boxers’ Loyalty League entertained @ large number of wounded heroes with severai well contested bouts, ‘The show and Sergt. Ray Smith, who battled four rounds. Young an and Teddy Murphy, fea! followed for four rounds |milling. Then came Mise heavywelght i Helen Hil- Jon lady boxer of the world, science agninst Joh, 7 three fast rounds, y At ek Britton, world’s welter pion, boxed three boys in classes three rounds apiece. to oppowe champ of Harlem, Matty } bd die Fitzsimmons,’ the new lightweight sensation, tthe cl meade hiss travel through three stealing ie Near aarp Afler the bouts tea was se to the aes who sho’ nf BES ae eT a eereres! ee 24, 1919. — T SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YO | | | | | | | DEMP se THE First a) Bay or + OTS TAKEN RAINING. Withers Provides Of Rivals for Turf Championship shel cite Eternal and Sir Barton to Have It Out Again at Belmont Park. By Vincent Treanor. ‘UST because owners with eligible horses are afraid to take a chance or are sidestepping Sir Barton, to- day's Withers, run at Belmont Park, one of the oldest stake events of the American turf, appears practically a match race between Commander J. K. L. Ross's Kentucky Derby winner and bis three-year-old rival for the championship, J, W. MoClelland'’s Eternal, Although there are eighty others of the original subscriptions left, only W. R. Coe's Terentia has ac- cepted the issye in the overnight en- tries, Why she is starting isn’t clear to turf followers, for nothing that she has shown so far this season would give her a chance of beating either of the colts, Bir Barton hi beaten External twice this season, first in the Ken- tucky Derby and again in the Preak- ness four days afterward at Pimlico, despite this) Bternal’s owner hasn't yet conceded the superiority of the Hons colt, and has been looking forward to to-day’s Withers at a mile @s an op to turn the tables on him, given ternal careful preparation, and according to gossip of the early morning hours, which the racegoing public seldom heurs, the colt is ready Tor the race of hin life. Only the other day he worked a mile over the Bel- mont course in 1.88. ‘This trial should be good enough to beat anybody's horse Sir arton’s preparation, however, hasn't been overlooked, Guy Bedwell, bis trainer, is too good a horseman to be guilty of any carelossness in the handling of & prospective champion. ither has he ever been known to pass up a chance to beat a rival, no matter how sensational the reports from the latter's stable may be, Talk-| ing, last night, about the race to the writer, Bedwell said he hoped the go- ing would better than that of the opening day, as he wouldn't want to start Sir Barton under such condi- tions. "And," he added, "he may not like going the wrong Way,” as races are run at Belmont Park, There wasn't any lack of confidence shown in what Bedwell said, and his words are printed here for what they are worth, It is hoped the track will give Bed no real reason for withdraw- ing Sir Barton, because that would ab- solutely spoil what has always been regarded a classic, None but a | good horse has Ver won it, The Withers was from 1874 to 1889 run at Jerome Park, In 1889 it was first run at Morris Park, “over the hill.” In 1895 it was run for the first time at Morris Park, over “the With- ers mile,” continuing until 1904, when Third Meeting of the winners of the Withers at Bel- mont were: W. M. Brown's Account- ant, J. Le McGinnis's Frank Gill, James R. Keene's Caim and Hilarious, rag Belmont Rockview, The cok Hourless and, last year, ‘op. the Withers is the feature of ‘s card, additional interest is lent to the programme by the Fashion Stakes for two-year-old fillies, with the best of them, including the speedy Cinderella, named to go. Another at- traction is @ selling steeplechase at about two miles, John Madden put over another out winner yestorday in Light Wine, an Ormondale-Frank- ness filly, beating Betty J. W. J. Salmon's filly, which has come to be regarded as among the best known Light Wine won liks a good sively as did the day before, #he ran behind Betty J. un- til the final sixteenth, and then in a hard drive outlasted the Salmon filly to win by a narrow margin, Madden was just as confident of what the re- sult would be as he was on Thursday when Dominique won, so lt may be inferred that Light Wine, as well as| Domonique, is abc the ordinary | ainong the juveniles, Poor Butterfly and Retsinda, the latter pelonging to John Sanford, | were both claimed after their races! yesterday by J. Shaefer, who, it was said, was acting for Joe Marrone. Poor Butterfly was beaten in her race by @ wide turn into the stretch, Jockey Pickens was criticised for al- lowing her to bear out, but he really wasn't to blame. At the turn the track is very heavy, and every jockey tries to avoid tho going, That's just what Pickens did, but lost too much ground, — Richards Daok Courts. Vincent Richards returned to tournament competition on the courts of the New Rochelle Tennis Club. The boy, who after winning laurels on the American courts and who suffered suspension for a violation of the amateur rule two weeks ago: paired ‘n the doubles with his mentor at the game, Allen H, Behr, The two started a dashing doubles match against Ingo F, Hartman and Wylie C. Grant, marked by the stiff est sort of rallies upon playing eur- faces that were a trifle slow because of the protracted rain. eases Loutstana Fouls Reddy. Battling Reddy, the New England featherweight champion, was fouled in the third round of cheduled eight round battle at the Bayonne Sporting Club last night by Louisiana of Phila- delphia, Reddy seemed to hurt Loui ana, for he immediately hit Reddy « jow blow and followed this up with two more in the groin and was wa: by Referee Slim Brennan, seml- final - bout Tommy Shoa Aenock: out Charley Harris of Newark it was transferred to Belmont. Tt has run r since annually with exception of 1911 and 1912, Some ‘CHOW NATIONAL LEAGUE opened with Jack Kobinson’ of Chicago | GAMES TO-DAY, New York, at Breckiye. Chinese at Poiledeiphie. Cheeiemall at Basten | gt, ene | } THEY in one round with a left to the stomach, echidna S nacht Giants Eaton Maas, 8 P.M, Polo Grounds, “Askniaeion Gbe. AMERICAN LEAGUE STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE, PO.) Cla 888 | Detroi A70 | Philadelphia. GAMES YESTERDAY, ). 8: Mew York, Detroit. Boston (rain t r I t « r RONNING ee iG ON THe crt Ba MACmMER t a Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock t t ! required to subdue Latest Photograph of Jack Dempsey at Toledo; | How He Trains for Fight With Jess Willard (FIRST PICTURES TO REACH NEW YORK SHOWING THE CHALLENGER ON THE BATTLE GROUND AND HIS TRAINING QUARTERS.) FW atertione JACK DE SE AND WH ie Soe Giants Have QVERLANO CLUE BELMONT PARK SELECTIONS. Firat Race — Peregrine, Aerial, Hampden, Second Race—No selections. Third Race—Cinderella, Betty J., Marianne. Fourth Race—Sir Barton, Eternal. Fifth Race—Corn Tassel, Trompe La Mort, Balustrade. Sixth Race—Sweepment, War Dri ve, Rapid Day. Vv. T. Severest Task of Season Forcing Cards Into Submission pas St. Louis Aggregation Treats Both Rube Benton and Jean Dubuc Rough. By Bozeman Bulger. \ several ways the Cardinals are about the mesgiest ball club that has been seen around here since he armistice They upset and an- noyed our Giants like a bad player n @ poker game, It took all after- noon to finally trim them, but, even then, one could never tell just what they had from the way they bet. So many of their men were left stranded he plate that the fans began to won- der if that twenty-five player limit ule should not apply to men left on 8. hese Cardinals, though, can wield hat bat when they get worked up, all kinds of manoeuvring was them and put For instance, Rube Benton pted for and hem in their place, hey knocked our Mr. nto a cocked hat and inter him what had started like a pros- perous season. Having removed Mr Benton to a place of safety, Manager ‘Tom Andrews, the fight promoter jiiiw substituted M. Jean Debuc, of Milwaukee, who came bi who stripes of many purpose of signing up 6 seasons, didn't f these bouts for his club, the Westerners. They tore into M, Jean A. C. has ai Willie Jackson, the for three runs in the very next in- t for the main event which he intends to stage on the night of June 16, If Johnny Dundee can be induced to meet Jackson, then this pair of top- notch lightweights will have it out in a ten-round bout. Dundee made @ big hit in Milwaukee recently by outpointing Richie Mitchell, the crack Milwaukee fighte i { t t jn ‘The matchmakers of the Olymola A. A, and the National A. ©,, both of Philadelphia, are at lomwerheada over the yropared Joe Lynch-K, 0. Joo O'Donnell bout which both clubs claim they have arranged, ‘The former chub says they havo the dove signed uy for Monday eveuing, June 2, wile Frank O'Brien, manager of O'Donnell, saye but with the National A, ©, for May St, Apother vunch of American fightem are going to Australia in the fall for figh of Milwaukee is to take the Yankeo battlem to tho Autijodes and he figures on bringing over about twelve fightem, a told, they being erweigike, lightweichts, welterweighte and middie- boxing cluls, one of than being at New , London, Coum,, aad Ue other the Park A, ©, of Now. ark, N. J. Curley te in town at present trying o alan uw) good bowte wo be bed at the future hom, 6 hie clus, Dick le wying to sign up Frankie Burns axl Battling Roddy for a main bout of eigut rounde at the Park A, ©, of New ark, ‘Tom McAnile, manager of Freddie Reoe, the Brooklyn lightweight, has decided to keep Rese boxing frequently Uhis summer as he has rounded up into fine form again, His first go will be with Gussie Lewis, the Philadelphia fighter, for eight rounds in the main event at the next boxing show of the Trenton A. C., of ‘Trenion, N, J, on | Monday night, It ought to be & slashing bout as both lads are eveuly matched, Willie Meeban, tho pudgy heavyweight of Cali. . WhO was recently married at Denver, Col, ‘present in town with hie bride, he havi arrived here on Wednesday night, Billy Gib manager of Meehan, to-day completed all arrange. | ments for the ten round bout between Meehan | and Billy Miske of St, Paul, at the Auditorium at Bt, Paul, on June 6, matchmaker Jack Hod Giving Gibson the terms he demanded for Meola: Jimmy Twrtord, the K. of ©, Secretary and New York boxing promoter, will stage hie thind show of the week for the K. a ©, tonight at MoUaddin Mall, Berry Street aod Bouth Third’ Bircet, Brooklyn, Six star bouts will be pat o: ‘éuine of the best borers tn the eonntry will @ pear, ‘This show is for Loyola Council, added attraction will be a wrestling bout between Younus Munday of Brooklyn and Pete Wiley of Chicago, ‘There will also be a vaudeville eutes tainmant, in doarme of Will Varrell Chester Rowe, amtctunaker of the West @ide| . of Bioghamon, N, ¥,, baa finally suc champion Benny .cosard é this game who to hang around hack yonder, so as to revel in the he Ime ot signet O'Donnel with the Olympia,| We know who got his ir ouches with a direct hit against the Shotton who used to be a star for the St. Louis Browns, But for a burst of home runs, three nase hits and heavy stuc? like that rom Chase, Mietcher, Kauff, et a here is really no telling what mig! nave happened, It certainly was a mess. There old gentleman at lared that he used ysian Fields, way was one hitting and making of ninety-odd runs by one team or the other, We point to him with pride as one man noney's worth out of the Cardinal debut. ‘We can say authoritatively that the Cardinals will not win the National Tom Acdrews! Teague pennant, that being our first definite prediction, Admitting this opening fight to be Jon defense as they can advance with a solid front in the attack, They just naturally had to. Though the game was so ragged as to be provoking, these so-called srans of McGraw never once lost ver thelr poise. Their defensive play, especially in the first four innings, was a revelation, It was of genu- ampionship calibre. In of the first four innings the Cardinals had runners on second vnd third with only one out, and still they did not score, In the very first inning, for instance, with that situa- a runner smothered between third and home, In other runners advanced, still danger, The next batter smashed hand r, eon repeated different in the next to catch the vp all day, the Giants opened thei; attack four runs. Shotton opened the very next round with a home run, Soon thereaf Benton was removed and Dubuc a! Bored, through to a victory, gets the official credit, however, tion before him, the clean-up batter hit to the Glant infield, only to have the run-up both the ‘There was a liner that Fletcher caught with one after a three-foot leap in the But for that things might have This situation was inning, and was the hit smothered oo as tS" on runner between third that this sort of thing couldn't keep in the fourth and piled up It was well they did, as tag ton ceedings from our post of observa- tion, arises to inquire why is it nec- essary for the coaches, like Mathew- son, McGraw, Uncle Wilbert Robin- son and others, to wear spikes in their baseball shoes. { give it up. Probably it is for the same reason that men wear those two buttons on the back of their frock coats—or on their coat sleeves, for that matter. Now that he has begun to feel his oats, Hal Chase js not stopping at ordinary feats in hitting. He laced a home run in the-left field stand yes- terday, the longest hit of the season —except one, The other one was made by Arthur Fletcher the very next inning, when he hit one in the same place. This same fan, being of an inquisl- tive nature, wants to know why it would not be possible to handicap cer- tain tail-end ball clubs so as to make the fighting even. He argues that every other sport is balanced up by the handicap system. _— PARIS, May tions or colonias have acepted the in- 24.—Fifteen Allied nas vitation of Gen, Pei guests of the American Expeditionary Forces at the Interallied games to bo held at Pershing Stadium at Join- ville-le-Pont, near Paris, June 2 to hing be the right field wall for three bases, Just| July 6 Two other nations, China and prior to that he had picked a homer| Brazil, will not send teams, but have off Benton, Yes, he is the same named delegates to the games advisory committee, Sergt. Farl Gaddock, heavywols wrestling champion, arrived from Fr: and has ree to-day for An' seriously pil itty Ta.. w He said he any wresfling until his wife recov: LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 24.—1Nine thoroughbreds have been named oyer- night for the seventh Kentucky Han- dicap for three-year-olds and upward at a mile and a quarter for a prize which carries $10,000 in added money at Churchill Downs to-day, visory Board has de- cided of Robert Cannefax against Alfredo De Oro in their contro- versy over a technicality in their recent mateh for the world’s thre pushion championship Cannefax was awarded the $2,000 purse and $650 of the $1,000 put up by the Friars’ Club, where ‘the mateh was held, Py Andrews has just recuved word from as loose as ashes, tt us -. rs oe, on a first real opportunity to observe the (Snr Baker, the Auman prmanar, that! Gefansive work of the Giants. They! SUNDAY SEMI-PRO GAMES. a ae proved conclusively and satisfactor- Pot ith he Didt Carey te now the matchmaker of twolily that they can tighten up as well! pBushwicks vs. Royal Giants, double header, at Dexter Park, Brooklyn, Alaska B. B. C. vs. Philadelphia Giants, at Alaska Park, Staten Island, West New York vs. New London, at West New York Field, New Jersey, Meadowbrooks vs. Cuban Stars, A, M., Penn Red Caps, P. M., at Meadow- brook Oval, Newar! Farmers vs, Westlr N. J. » Electric at Long Island P. M., at , Brooklyn, reat ‘em Roughs" vs, Bliabeth Phiadelphia préfessionals at and Dyekman Oval. St. Agatha vs. Tronsides at St Aga- tha Oval, Brooklyn, fants vs. Chevrolet and Olymple Field. Hoboken at Liberty ighbridge at Catho- nunds, h Ly a ve, McGolrick Field, Brooklyn, Standards vs, Tebo at Sisco Field, Staten Island. ‘Vernons va. Drysdale at and home and then dispose of the | owt ony s: Inst man on a high fly. In the fourth Ovel, LS, as inning the Cardinals ad the bases Fo ee ee yeone’ out, vut were| NEW INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE chopped off again, It was tough go- ee ing, bul the G atu with it as if they really expect to be cham- ' Seeing that troube was brewing, r 5 (first game), 3; Bi re, 1 (secon Buffalo. Reading (rain). Biughamlon-Jersey City Rochester-Newark q « (rani 8, Gareer at Corona vs. Bt. Raphael's | Vernon RK “KICKING THE CAN ONE OFDENPSEYS ~ TRANG STUNTS | Jack May Be Able to Hit in Ring but Not on the the Diamond, (Special to The Brening World.) TOLEDO, O., May 24.—Although @ large crowd gathered at the Over- ~ land Club yesterday afternoon hoping to see Jack Dempsey and his sparring partners step through a few rounds, ythe bouts failed to come off and the fans were compelled to accept an im- promptu bail game as a substitute, Dompsey and Thatcher, the Toledo promoter, selected teams and each elected to pitch. Thatcher's battery mate was Bill Tate, the colored heavy, who arrived Thursday night, while his old pal of the days when he was hitting the grit, Joe Fiedler, took Dempsey’s shoots, In the third inning Thatcher fanned the challenger and then Jimmy De Forest suggested they better stop, De Forest feared Dempsey might con- j tract a lame wing. “Kicking the can,” a game in which Dempsey straddled a tin can and in- vited all comers to kick it from be- ; tween his feet while he knocked them kicking with his open hands, served to work up a fine perspiration for the players, but Dempsey was the only one to enjoy the luxury of a rub- down, after which, upon De Forest's suggestion, he sought his bed and siept for an hour. The ticket sale is approaching the $300,000 mark. Al Bloom managed to round up $20,000 worth of tickets before he left for Chicago last night and aplications from other cities con- tinue to pour in. Ike Dorgan put in a busy day mafi- ing out prints of the arena plan to newspapers all over the country. The arena in which the boxers will meet July 4 ts fast taking form. A small gasoline woodsaw has been in- stalled and J. L. McLoughlin, who designed and will build the arena, kept it ringing ali day cutting planks into the required lengths. Yesterday morning Dempsey and his trainers were on the road and before lunch the Dempsey-Kaplan | jazz and shimmy performers staged a humorous sketch. Announcement was made yesterday that the preliminary events for the July 4 show would be between Toledo | boys, members of the Toledo Athletic Club, |“rhe Park Department has started repairing the roads in Bayview Park, and the street leading to the property is to be overhauled before the day the battle is scheduled to take piace. Q. Thatcher, the man who brought the battle to this city, has heen granted the use of Park, arena. been handed the concessio: by the Board and should make a good thing out of the present. This is all Thatcher has asked for since it be- came known the bout would be held here. south of t n other words, Thatcher has privilege ——— | OOK. SLICES. Three New Jersey representatives and one from the home club will fight it out in the semi-final stage of the invitation golf toumament at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club to-day. They are Lee Maxwell of the home club, D, D, Cooke of Arcola, Max Marston of Baltusrol, Ss. n of Princeton, and they wil meet as named, Quite, a few professors from the New York University gathered on the link of th z Country Club yesenia John Neimeyer defeated Chauncey Por. ter in the final round by 2 up, PHILADELPHIA, May 24.—Mrs, Ron: Barlow of the Merton Crick Club won the woman's golf champion ship. of Philadelphia, defeating Mir Mildred Caverly of ‘the Philadelphi Cricket Club in the final round, $ up, Last year Mise Caverly de . Barlow for the title, 1 up lit‘ls the seventh time Mrs, Barlow ha won the local championship, CHICAGO, May 24.—The Royal Cans, dian Golf Association has wired Charlie ¥. Thompson of the Western Golf Asso elation a willingness to postpone for week the tour of Canada by crack American golfers, 90 that they might compete in the Western amateur cham plonship at St. Louis June 16 to 22, and hlso play the Red Cross exhibitions |) Ganada, Under the revised plans the ‘American golfers will play Red Crona matches at Hamilton, Ont. June 43; Toronto, June 24; Ottawa, June Montreal, June 26, and St. Andrew. by-the-Sea, N. B., June 27 and 28, potteiea natal? saa = | Bridgeport Stars to Tackle Lincola | Giants, ‘The feature game of the double header at Olympic Field, 136th Street and Fifth ‘Avenue, to-morrow afternoon, will be he appearance of the Bridgeport te: ainst the Lincoln Giants. ‘This will be t u a firet appearance of the the, Bret APP easid end. abould prove a In the open- club at th M., the crack Chevpo- keen, interesting contest. ing game, at 2 P. let team from Tarrytown will play the Lineoln Glants | pt nee nc, RACING AT BEAUTIFUL BELMONT PARK MONDAY | SIX BRILLIANT EVENTS INCLUDIN: INTERNATIONAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP and BABYLON HANDICAP FIRST RACE AT 2.20 P.M, SPECIAL RACE TRANG leave: Penna. Station, Bhd ge With AY. a ash Av DB ind a tote on joee! for Land >t |B trons radios a Cours alm teachea’te BOWLING AN’ ou