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! | ‘ a Talk of Dempsey-Carpentier Fight, with Its Million Dollar Attachments, Too Prema- ture. LL this talk of a match between Dempsey and Carpentier, with its miflion dollar gate, in Paris, Lendon or elsewhere, is too prema-~ ture, to be seriously taken. Just now it looks Tike an attempt to press @gent both the rival heavyweights fmto a moving picture proposition that will make thousands of dollars for those behind the scheme long be- fore cither Dempsey or Carpentier can possibly shape up in battle, Everybody knows that Dempsey is engage® at the present time before ‘the camera in Los Angeles and that Carpentier has accepted an offer to do similar work there for money in seven figures, The Frenchman will come here in the spring, do the pic- plonship fight, when indeed it is very far off, Such are the ideas of Jimmy Dougherty, the Pennsylvania sports- man and magnate, who has bett than a fair opinion of what's what 1m sports and the promotion thereof. i $8 i & the Presidency of one of the coun- i i i Ti. | SKETCHES FROM THE 1919 SCRAP BOOK .- - (Copyright, 191%, by the Press Publishing Co. (The ENTIRE YANKEE INFIELD SIGNED EXCEPT BAKER Harry Sparrow Sends , New Year Contracts to Twenty- Three Players, ‘Harry Sparrow of the Yankees an- nounces that the club has a pretty good nucleus to start with next sea- son, as elght of the players, including some of the stars on the club, already are under contracts, It seems that | quite a few Yankeo holdouts of last spring extracted two-year contracts from the club, Twenty-three players were sent contracts yesterday. 2 3 i yroreh lt bee the ‘frat place, Hg i 5 Hl contract. that Paris or London On the contrary, | Kearns should ideration to the in America, Bid Kee and if to make ya $300,000 about half for the French- but no leve they can af- money away on Offer right | can draw | Ht a fresh cigar here, | i te : 3 F i H & B g EE if E i 8 ez = etl d in srt Hua AVE you stopped to think what a Dempsey-Carpentier |” fight would mean right here tm New York?" he asked, “or,” con- | tpuing, “within 200 miles of the great vet, I have, It would be a mill- =. jollar affair way, but I wouldn't y or Carpentier an: teed amount for thelr services | indeed. Instead, I would give y 60 per cent. of the receipts and Carpentier 30, On a million-dol- basis, or whatever they would i sy would be well paid. I de willing to back that kind of The entire regular infield with the exception of Frank Baker is signed, as Peckinpaugh, Del Pratt and Wally Pipp all have holdover contracts. Carl juinn and Ernie Shors, ickland, the guttielier. holdover contracts, while tet! “Ruel sl a contrast for 1920 H leaving New York. last fall sbetore a ¥ Aid ih] ui? bpidout last spring, probably lost by # a two- i atréot @ year ago, ‘Gn ie show- Ing last year he was without question the Seading., abectatop of the country. Although omer toppled in batting foer ony re) in Let season after lead- iow league ers for severil mmontha, he Anished te ar with an average of .86, the best batting aver- ever turned in. And when a figiaer oe Pockinpaugn's calibre hits is a combination that can't be beat. ‘1¢ Pockinpaugh had not signed last year he would be in a position to demand a real staria co contract. There alread: are ma many hints jaround. ‘that p wilt pares money to. algn winter were pretty ‘well down last season and business was especially good, and the players will want to eet ia on “the big profits, While a lot of Yankees received thelr contracts New Year's reme: brances, other unfortunate fellows wil’ get New Year's C rds from the Yankees in the form of re- lease notices. Sparrow has asked for waivers on @ whole batch of New York players, as Miller Huggins will take only about thirty men to his training Samp in Jacksonville, A report was in ni eireulatio: yesterday that the Yankees still hi good thancs “of landing ‘Hobbie Roth, “the outflelder who went to ‘Washington tn the big trade put over between the Senators and Red Sox last Monday. I could a with one-fifth of a million, don’t | | eat Jimmy puffing up on his to to keep Th ie bh ere no am- itions to shine in the light of pro- moting such a tremendous project. To my wav of thinking there is just one man for that job, and he is Tex Rickard, a man of his word, who says he means, and who has, never fallen down on anything in this line! 1 don't Mr. Rickard would » You may not know it, but I can tell you that he lost twenty pounds, accumulated many | gray hairs and probably took five years off his life putting over the To- ledo affair, And, after all, what does the money he might make out of it @mount to when one's health is con- sidered?” HIL& listening to Jinmny talk, | expecially when le mentioned | New York as the one place, above all, where Dempsey and Carpen- tier should meet, we couldn't help feel- | ing that he was ooking forward to the introduction of u new boxing bill by the next Legislature at A”oany. In event Kearns and Dempsey | would be justified in not signing up with any of the foreiga promoters bona yet. Anybow we know that Jimmy is more or talk for them, being as he is the closest friend Dempsey has and the first man to encourage him on toward the championship. In fact, we know that he is shortly to make a trip to Les Angeles to talk future affairs over with the champion und his man- a a. K. 0, Laughlin Wins Another.« YORK, + Dee, 31K, O, Wille Laughlin of South Bethichem, Pu. easl- GM ot dint, elty in it nis@. This was vietory $n two days. Piast vetinoundayc 23s HOT SPRINGS, “Ark... Dec, 31—An- nouncement was ‘m to-day by Larry Garger, Becretary of the Boston Red Sox, that the team would tran here and he had arranged with the management of Whittington Park for he use of the field, The squad will arrive March 1 and remain until March 20, On the latter date the Akron team of the Intermatonal League will arrive and be here three weeks. The Pittsburgh Pirates are due to arrive March 3 and will play & number of exhibition games with the Sox. BASKETBALL NOTES. A good contest 1s sure to be played when the Original Celtics hook up with the Veronica Separates to-morrow afternoon at the Central Opera House, Sixty-seventh Street and Third Avo- nue, The Celtics have been playing in great form the entire season and ex- [of victims, The basketball tournament of the | Bank Clerk's League ix getting along | in fine style. Two games are contested |every Monday night at Arcadia Hall in Brooklyn the last games turning out in favor of Equitable ‘Trust and Merchants and Metals Hives, | who brought out and developed |diana University, | to-day. ‘THE EVENING WORLD, _ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919 i LEONARD HAS DRAWN $482,000 IN BOUTS DURING YEAR OF 1919. Benny Leonard bas outdrawn all boxing champions for the year of 1919, having defended success- fully his title of lghtweight champion twenty-five times dur- ing the year. The contests in which Leonard has taken part have drawn $482,000, the Ritchie- Leonard bout in Newark topping the list with $52,000. During the year Leonard broke records for gate receipts in Newark, Jersey City, Philadelphia, San Fran- cisco and Detroit. There is every indication that Leonard will start the new year off with another record-breaking house when he meets Johnny Dun- dee at New Haven on Jan, 16 ina twenty-round bout, the advance sale of reserved seats already be- ing over the $20,000 mark. Dundee himself is second to Leonard in the lightweight class as a box of- fice attraction, the receipts of con- tests in which he was a principal reaching $12,000, EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY SEATTLE, Wash., Dec, 31.—Mem- bers of the football team of the Scott High School of ‘Toledo, ©., arrived | here yesterday on their way to Everett, | Wash. where they will play the kiv- erett High School eleven New Year's Day. Down with the high cost of sportst Officials ot the Bxecutive Committee jof the United States National Lawn Tennis Association nave set out to bring about a reduction in the pi vailing prices url ng the coming sea. son on the Ame: courts. Jullan 5." “Myrick, “Vico ‘President’ of the association,’ proposed a number of suggestions at the recent session of the ing wend country, Fests that the officers of clubs pr tloally sporting goods dealers for the pur- ase of all racquets, balls, nets and other supplies, also for the restring- Ing of members’ racquets at special lub prices” By thia method It is believed that a considerable. naving can be secured for club members, Ichiya Kumagae has received the | news from Manila that Hachichiro Mi- | kami, who came this country with him in 1916, recently died of fever in the Philippine Islands. Mikami has been ed ag the Japanese player un = agac. INDIANAPOLIS, D. —Twald 0. | pect to add the Veronicas to ther list |(JUmbo) Stehm hus mrnel’a ave rest contract as director of athletics at In- it became known here ‘This action was taken at a meeting of the Athletic Committee tn Bloomington last Sunday, but official announcement probably Will be with= held until after the contr has been ratified by the Board of Trustees of the university. | RED BANK, J. Dec. 31.—Four \third class ice yachts of the North Here's Mr. Warshofsky again with «| Shrewsbury Club ‘made the snow fy request that we use our influence to book some games for him, He would | Gym Be teams of like strength. states that his team, Spartan Big Pive has feat but from the the champion | 5 yet to meet do. The New York Pendietons have a few duths open for teams dopiring a good atthuction, Address Dav@tarper, 664 wee -first Street, ore 8 privileged to especially Nke to hear from Rutger's | Oscar Brand. at y Club, St, Vincent Freres and | liwin tending sh Warshofsky | ner in the five m! \yesterday in the first beason, known as the race. “Gvorke W. Bray's Daisey’ with he tiller and Joseph was an easy win- event. race of the Commodore's Andy Craw, the Brooklyn A. A. run- | per, has Joined the 47th Rey tone of his letter | fetic Association track team, which he has not given up hopes, A postal | now being coached by "Audy Welsh, tt add to 491 Hast 172d Street or| veteran athlete and one-time one-mil: {phone call to Tremont 2917 between 6 | Champion. jand 7 P.M. will reach the demon| 4, Kupehik, State champlon, defeated manager. Oscar Chajes {n the ‘sixth round of the annual mplonship tournament at BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK jw York Evening World), Witard LOSES THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TO DEMPSEY LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’Hara ~ Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Brening World.) Looks like France’s fighting debt is going to be $250,000 more. ain't led with 250,000 berries. What Bi, it Dempsey ation jack demands is Pes to make the armistice sound iN, the terms of a fast Guy that gets a quarter of a rmillioe for one fight oughta be satisfied if he comes out alive. ee . ® Two hundred, and fifty thou for one U. 8. fighter oughta show France that the Yanks are coming again—and coming strong. eee as if the ring for the Dempsey-Carpentler engagement ought to be set in "gold. ae ees Wellington licked Napoleon for less than two hundred and fifty thou. Trouble with Nap was, he fought without a guarantee, eee Anyway, Willard can’t come, back’ till it’s over, over there, A few more Dempsoys and we'll get back our two billion dollars yet. We're giad for Jack’s sake the world didn't come to an end, Mrs. Dempsey should be glad she didn’t raise her boy to be a soldier. Quarter of s Million Cash! And Kk will come home with the QM. C, ean promoters make us ‘Acaricans look le pikers, But leave it arns to make THEM look like suckers, to sack They say Jack can got Carp’ aGecier with a hook. Which goes to show that fighting is still a lot easier than phoning. : Fuel ban is off, byt coal is still the second hardest thing to get. eee Pasadena climate is 80 to 100, and the betting odds are about the same. eee Beer's been dead only @ little while and along comes Berger to make Milwaukee famous, eee Lotta guys favor giving Victor another term, but not in Congress. ae But if Vic keeps hollering he'll get his chair. A warden will give him one'to cane. eee Gamblers figure the only thlags straight in baseball are the baselines. oa Ane Garry Herrmann claims tee nothing fixed except the price of ce The American Locomotive Company | tiled on the Fed opened a departmental tournament last | cianatti, U, soot night with teams from the manufac- ed al turing, accounting, treasurers’ and en-| Hamiton'0., ‘4 t gineering departments competing on | {esmes tluntigtem, six alleys that have been reserved for| Horamouth, O.; id thelr use for the balance of the bowling | 2)! . 4 K: ; Milan, tnd ad Anderson, ti The ota] benaon at Thums, Write “‘lephant | REloet aig! iis she Ameen iy. ae al Academy. By special agreement the | hovel ite Pe of howling rae ‘dedusds lng scores rolled last night did not count, | $3, it being @ sort of a get-together or! geeretary Bill Fenske of the Wisconsin State practice night, but from next Tuesday | Bowling ‘Tournament fects confident | that the | reeonl of 500 entries made at Green Bay, Wis, evening on it will bo @ fight from the | [is vonr, xill ‘be lwoken this season oa Jan’ 10; | drop of the hat to the finish for the | tho date’ set for the oi | many valuable prizes offered. Mr. die, alenaneel | Hietoher, ‘resident of ‘the American] MORAN SIGNS CONTRACT Hote Beate ter TO BOX FRED FULTON. silver cup and the officers of the com- The first major boxing show of 1920 pany contemplate donating individual prizes to the high sore and high aver- Dye players. in this vicinity will be held on Jan, 12 ing Club, gamters of the| by the Newark Sportsmen's Club in the valtgu Rowiing Clube! of N Yom age fo ae int Regiment Armory, Nowark. The Setehor Hall os, = the Now York Man-| card has not been completed as yet, but the management {x planning a programme which will compare favor- ably with that presented at the last My. Helng and Mir, Hartmann snd Mr, Gougl and res Sint fadieg doar’ bats oy to ‘Toll againet lis Tlasel “Bars the, wok blown bowler e¢ Cleveland. and he’ BE "atiet Sm Cinges Gerwonds city chemion | show, which w Sanders Grand Gensel “edits x} every respect. tm "s. ‘The main event will bring together | drives, Mie tes | Fred Fulton and Frank Moran, The wil bowl avainet thm et the Graod Cent! club has had Fulton under contract ever | alleys in Brooklyn since the latter geturned from England Antou Stedno, Socmwtaw of the Windy ojy| With a number Bf knockout conquests | Rowling Totiwaiie, anoeuncm ats ter | to his credit lub matchmaker ne- | tb ; | gotiated with a number of the outstand- the Manhattan Chess Club, yesterday, And moved Into second place, ‘while Chajes dropped to third praltion (rary Had with M. D, Hago, who beat O. W. heavyweights to meet Lanky Fred, none could be induced to’ enter the {hg \ ng against him until the blond-haired | Hea “oe “the bi faburgher stepped forward. Moran wftixed “dignature to the artioles last ‘Theo Centred un “Bowling tounament, night (More’pope THAT WENT ASTRAY- 2 KID PROHIBITION KNoeks "BATTLING BARLEYCORN, KICISING semi-final BOUL |“French fas lat the ringside. | delphia, will sail for France on Jan, 10 with | my Bim of Paterson By Thornton Fisher’ anit Wi aaebbiiiiens Body Building for Young Americans and Indorsement of Boxing Discussed. \ By Williqm Abbott. M'ine an athlete of every boy in tary training won't be nece! |sary, was the ‘stand taken at t Hotel Astor by members of the 3 which represents 166 colleges and 400,000 students throughout the coun- try. Every year this body meets to tackle collegiate sport problems. Not 80 long ago football received the un- divided attention of the delegates. Now the pressing need in intercol- legiate athletic circles ts to wisely apply lessons learned during the war and to emphasize the importance of body building, for physical efficiency is the Nation’s strongest asset. Secretary of War Newton D, Baker came up from Washington to tell the college authorities how athletics were mobilized in the victorious war against Germany. “The United States had in France assembled anywhere | said Secretary Baker, “and this grati- |tying condition was accomplished through the use of sports, When we went across we carried the principles of the college ‘gym’ and athletic fleld. The army played football, basebali and other games from Paris to the Rhine, The soldier's rest time was little chance to fall a prey to tempta- | tion, “The operation of the draft was like a national clinic. revelations, Thirty-five per cent. of! were found physically defective, ‘The rate ran even higher in populous States like New York and Massachu- setts. For any future emergency we Physical efficiency. The General Staff iy now engaged in the task of making over @ brand new army, Sport les- sons learned in the late struggle will be put into effect and the army will direct its own athletic activities and not depend on outside agencies, The ,army will lend its assistance to im- ‘prove the Natioh’s health, not only for any military need but for the con- flicts of peace.” Col, Palmer E. Pierce, who presided Fistic News som Fox and Gossi Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champion of the world, who received $5,000 for boxing Young Chaney, the Baltimore featherweight, in an elght- round bout at the Arena A. C, of Jersey City on Monday night, has ‘agreed to fight Benny Valgeér, the “in an eight-round out at the same club on Jan. 19 | Kilbane is to receive $10,000 for this | go, and the condition he puts up to Valger is that he make 122 pounds If he cannot make that weight Kilbane will take him on at either 124 or 125 pounds at the ringside, Kilbane wants to prove | that Valger is not a featherweight. Whitey Allen, the powerful and promising light és heavyweight, woo meets Gene Tunney at the Bay- ome A, A, (Greenville Schuetzen Park), New ‘Year's Day (to-morrow, 8 P. M.). feels confident he will atop the shifty ex-marine before the eighth ream te reached, In fistic circles there are sig- nificant whisperings about the Al-Reich~Mexican Joe Lawnon battle, the other sar eight on the programme, Not many in tis neck o' the woods, with the exception of a few on the inside, know & great deal-of Lawron, but be is the gigantic ‘Texan who a sbort time ago created a sensation by going through the Southwestern States meet. ing the best chat could be pitted sgainm him and he compiled » string of knockouts which encour. ‘aged him in his plan to come here, where be hopes to beat the top notshens, Dave Driscoll, matchmaker of the Arena A. 0. of Jersey City, has surely been making @ suc cess of his boxing shows in the last few months, His show on Monday night attracted a crowd which brought the gate receipts up to $16,622, In his two previous shows the gate receipts figured up more than that eum, which shows that the faps of Jersey City are perfectly satisfied with its Driscoll offers them, ‘Tom Cowler, the English heavyweight, made an easy $800 on Monday night when he toppled over A, Reich in three rounds in Jersey City, Kelcd, it is said, received $1,000 for his end. Jeff Smith ot Mayoone, who kaocked out Jack Coyne in two rounds, drew down $900 for bis end, while Coyne ot $350, Champion Jack Britton, who fights Johany on, welterweight of Pennsylvania in a 10-round Li Steelton, to-m been matched by Charl Johnny. “Kid Alberts, the Elizabeth, N. J., welterweight, in an eight-round bout at the Bayonne A, A, on next Tuesday night, Al, Lippe, the manager of fighters of Phila- stable of nine fighters, where his ited to engage in bouia at Varia, England and Italy, Lippe and his men will sail on the steamabip La Touraine of the Preoch Line, Lippe received @ cablegram from fight promoter Vienne of Paris yesterday stating that everything was arranged. ‘The tan round bout between Augie Ratner, the clever local middleweight, and Mike O'Dowd, middleweight ebamplon, has been postponed until Jan, 2, It will be fought at St, Paul im the huditortum where Mike Gibbons and O'Dowd fought several weeks ago, Ratnor lus been i} anxious to fight O'Dowd ever since their elt round bout at the Armory A, A, of Jemey City, National A. C. “Boxer Exchange” office at No, 1524 Chestwut Greet, Philadelphia, He intends to fumish box- ing promoters with boxing talent for their shows, Mooney is anxious to look after the affain of any fighters sesking bouts, ‘At the Hamilton A, ©, of Pawale, N. J., dh Jan, 8, threo star cight-round bouts will be held, Joe Leopart, the Brooklyn “feather " mets Tom. Obgriey Griffiths tackles Soldier Lewis, and Oakey Keyes will moet the dest opponent 4 Young Chaney, the clever Baltimore feather- weight, who made @ sensational showing against Jobnny Kilbane at the Arena in Jemey City Mon day vight, is ansious to get the champion in a twenty-round battle to @ referee's decision in New Orleans, Chaney is confident that in 4 battie ‘over the Marathon and decision route be will an- nex title, by his showing against Kilbane and his win- ning of referee decisions over Benny Valger, Al Shubert, Joe Leonard, Kid Foster, Frankie Brown, Artie Root and many others, ‘burgh, and Billy Ryan, the Cincinnati fighter, will bare it out in « twelreround bout at the McKinney A, ©, of Canton, O., oo Now Year's afternoon, ‘Though Ryan wae stopped in eleven rounds Ly Obampion Jack Britton at the same club recently, promoter McKinney decided to use the former wich Perry, ‘There seems to be a false report circulated about Scotty Montieth and Mel Coogan, the Brookiyn lightweight, having patched up their differences, Montieth declared today that be knows nothing about the affair, as he hag not see Coogan since the day they paryd. Sootty further stated that he had $1.500 worth of fights for Cuogan which the latter passed up, Mickey Rowell, the good little bantamweight of Jorey City, is booked up for a six-round bout with some good youngster at the Olympia A, A, of Philadelphia on Jan, 5, Matchmaker Jack anion has not secured an opponent for Rumell 6 yet, but hopes to do so within the next twenty-four hours, It will protabiy be oue of the Little fellows in “Philly, Bity Gitwon, manage of Benny Leonard and Joe Benjamin, the California lightweight, declared to-dgy that there ie no truth in the story air culated to the effect that Benjamin ia dismatistied wich the manner io which he hag been managing fds affairs and thet be intends to get a new manager, Since Benjamin has been in the Kast, Giteon hae ted him fabt ten times from which be got over $10,000, ae eat A, of Pinladeiphia will bold spesal boxing shows tomorrow afternvon, At the Olympia match- maker Jack Hanon has arranged the following card of bouts: Johony Kitbane vw, Al Soubert, Mater Cline ve, Steve, Lats, Billy Affieck of England vs. Willie Hanoon, Harold Faroe vm, Louisiana, Frankie Jerome vs, Frankie Counay and Johany Maley v#, Georgio Reynalda, The Hustler A, O, of Poughkeapaie, N. ¥,, will hold a boxing show at his club bowse at the Knighta of Columbus Hall there tomorrow after. uwoou, 1u the main go of ten rounds Cleve Haw. Kins, the colored beayweight, will go again’ Paw Sampson, the Hrookiyn heavyweight, while in the ima Kranke kawarde meste Benny Quster, cuneate RACING SELECTIONS, | HAVANA, Buckhorn If, Major Second Race—Lady Ivan, M airroe, Shodd: do nie Third Rac Bunice, Little Neph- ew, Bars and Stars. Fourth Race—Skeerface, High Gear, Curre: Fifth Kace—John W, Kline, Little Nearer, Bill Hunley, Sixth Race—Magnet Land, River- de, Sasenta, NEW ORLEANS, First Race—The Pirate, De Witt, Cormoran, | Second Race—Bonstelle, Trish Mald, Murphy. fd Race—Burgoyne, Enmity, Male Vourth Race—Ben Hampson, ud Macon, Fitth Rate—Assume, ‘the Boy, War God, Sixth | Race—Plenty, General, Mumbo-Jumbo, Seventh Race—Medusa, Yowell, Poultn 200 Ex-Service Men See Bouts, Ag the Staten Island Club of St, George iast might the Knights of Colum- Squadron of boxers and wrestlers entertained 200 ex-service men, There were six boxing bouts .and a wrestling match. appeared: Packey O'Gatty vs. E Walker, Jim Mantgomery vs. Charlie De Baetes, Patsy Finnegan vs. Corona Kid, Jimmy O'Gatty vs. Johnny Martin, Waiter Brooks vs. Tommy Shea and Jimmy Martin vs, Kid Barney. Young Munday and Fred Merawack wrestled twenty minutes to @ draw, | | the land and pniversal mili-| | tional Collegiate Athletic Association, | so utilized with sport that he had} It had surprising | the number summoned in the draft| Jack Perry, the promising welterweight of Pitts; The foliowing boy: tege ie the real and oniy contender for Kitbane's| ade for thr | the annual gath ‘Colleges Plan to Make | Athletes of All Students Ii:stead of a Few Stars at the meeting, dwelt upon the value of athletics in the army, and favored boxing as a competitive college sport. | Like other speakers, the Colonel, who is a pioneer figure in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, em- phas:zed 6 importance of having every boy participate in some line of athletic recreation and not limit col- lege games to just a few natural- born ‘athletes, “Make every lad an athlete was the slogan expressed at ering. Several suggestions were offered to bring about this result. One was com- pulsory athletics in all schools and colleges, which would eliminate tho necessity of universal military train- ing. Another idea that gained many supporters was the employment of massed athletics in colleges as well as highly developed teams. And box- ing, which was so popular as @ part of military training, was advancedas @ means of attaining better physical standards among college students. BOXING NOW HEADED FOR HIGH PLANE, id The ancient sport of boxing te about to become very highbrowish. Long regarded as a pastime for onty gentlemen of narrow foreheads and cauliflower ears, boxing during “he World War suddenly became exceod- ingly popular with Young America. This impression was so convincing that steps already have been to make pugilism a major Sollee sport. Major M. J. Pickering of the University of Pennsylvania fostered a resolution introduced at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic Association to promote bom~ ing among the colleges and make the padded glove exercise a regular rah, rah sport. “There is no better body and char, acter puilding sport than — bo: said Major Pickering. “The late war gave a very effective demonstration of its usefulness if any was ni At the University of Pennsylvania boxing for fifteen years has been in- cluded in the athletic programme, At our institution sports are compulsory and boxing, which lucked \i.c element and excitement of competition, only attracted about fifty students every lyear to ring classes. Must strive to increase the country’s | “While serving in Fra was amazed at the efficient. way ring matches were conducted in the army. There was no semb ity. Strict supervisi over pairings, gloves and officials, and all competitions went off like clock work. “After receiving my discharge last summer I determined to see what could be done to have boxing en- couraged among college students, Dr. McKenzie of our faculty volun- ered to help me with this under- aking. We drew Up a scale of rules closely following the code ysed by the Commission on Training Camps Activities during the war. Six+weight classes were arranged and provision round bouts. Invita- tions were sent to nearby institu- tions to compete with our boxing team. In the first batch of replies received Penn State was the only college to accept. Later on Annap- olis invited us to come down for a meet. Just as soon as outside com- petition was brought in our boxing classes quickly tripled in numbers, The sport is becoming more popular all the time. I am certain other col- leges would experience similar results if they would take up boxing. “From the physical side boxing 1s just’as beneficial as any other recrea~ tion, It also teaches self control, con- fidence in one’s ability and rounds out a lad’s character. It would also be a oot for many; not just @ favored ew." That the country’s collegiate au- titorities are receptive to boxing was disclosed at the Hotel Astor meeting when sectional reports for the year were read, One entire district, the Rocky Mountain section, already tn- cludes the ring sport in the athletic curriculum of its members, and college boxing teams compete with the regu- larity of football and baseball teama. Other sections are apparently not 80 progressive in the art of self defense to unorganized classes, Walker Wins Match Easily At Pinehurst PINEHURST, N. C., Dec, SL—An amusing and probably unprecedented case of the wrong man developed here in the first match play round of the midwinter golf tournament. Four players drawn for the sixth aix- teen were H. P. Hotchkiss of New Haven, W. F. Wilmoth of Merion and the Marshall Brothers, H. W. and G. P, The Marshalls are Yale students, and Brae Burn is their home club, Hotchkiss was drawn with G@ P, Marshall and Wilmoth with the other brother. Wilmoth didn’t appear and somehow or other Hotchkiss and H. W. Marshall drifted together as opponents. They had played eight holes before the mistake was discovered, They came back to the club house, where Hoteh- kiss was surprised to read he had lest by default, He was three up on Mar shall when stopped. The right Mr. Marshall was rounded ‘The after- that time and up from out on the course. noon was fading by Hotehkiss and G M ahall, 1. Winstead of ‘being three lown to’ anybody was « winner from Wilmoth by default. A. Walker jr. of ¢ ‘olumbia won his e 4 77, Donal y aiid “ini also made a 7 Bowman, who play made a birdie of thé 737 yard hole. Par is 5, and they made it in four, Bowman made a yard hole in three, under par, LONDOS WANTS TO WRESTLE ON WINNER-TAKE-ALL BASIS Jim. Londos, aspirant for the wrest- » now held came out yeater= a nanlike offer to Londos is anxious to wrestle on a winner-take-all basla mat next Mon- Kegiment Armory, rth Ay = re than positive day with Demetrai. v the bout, but in- igh ona t per to the ‘winner and 2 per cent” te lower. er-take: duced him to si cent the Il basis BOWLING AND BILLARD ACADEMY, Bway & Bistow THUM