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enn eA! oocemtfficnarione Public Already Tiring of the’ Many False-Alarm Announce- | ments Regarding the Demp- | sey-Carpentier Bout. | Goprright 1%. by The Pree Publishing Co | (The New York Eeening Worid,) IDDING for the Dempsey-Car- pentier championship battle has is been mostly a frame of tag. jp Dentals have followed announce: | yyments. and the matter is now so high in the air as to be almost out of i view. Ye Jack Kearns, garrulous manager tLifor the world’s title holder, is the (star performer in this new sport of Narttul dodging. One day we hear Witrom Mr. Kearns ho favors Lower [E caittornia as the site and Decoration | wait Labor Day as the date for the big | Pi fiatic production, Shorily afterward {Ford comes from the Carpentier je) camp there's nothing in the yarn and ‘yg Kearns promptiy backpedals, (2) Then if's Jersey that will be tho] [Filbattle scene. More announcements: S imore denials. All the time various | Wpersonages go screaming across the ‘\ horizon that they hold ironclad con- | ! tracts with the French champion. If | a @mali part of those vaporings aro | jj .tfe, Carpentier is all bound round jpg With legal strings. itq.Interested parties in the deal {Xeshould soon heed Lincoln's tip that you can't fool all the people all the time, Jts about time that a valve check was placed on the preliminary hot-air fight reports. i | HE latest purse for a wrestling match offered by Jack Cor- ley to Stecher and Caddock demonstrates that this strenuous form of athietics will mest the ap- proval of the sporting fans when prgemeucted on the level. Curley hae { done much to bring wrestling up to \ ee high plane and in the recent tour- THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN ONY For THAN OFTEN Bart. - TO RE DROPPED @ount BY HI ee 1 AM (TERIOR A PUGILISTIC CONUNDRUM - - . Copyright, 1920, by the REICH FREQUENTLY HAS HAG HIS OPPONENT ON THE VERGE OF A KNOCKOUT (Bur Lacks THE VICIOUSNE SS eur Hi OV ro rr) Soft SPOT JAND DIVING for 1 == Press Publishing Co, (The New fork Uvening: Word) THE PUGILISTIC ENIGMA— FIGHTS Like & CHAMPION ONE DAY= LIKE @ NOVICE THE NEXT New United States Golf Asso- ciation Officials Plan Great- er Activity on Public Links. By William Abbott. EW officers of the United States Golf Association plan to en- Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock Fred Fulton, the Western heavy- LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’Hara Copyright, 1920, by The Pres Publishing Co (The New York Ewning World) Walter Hagen is going to England where Haig & Haig ie already popular, * 6 6 England's a place where there's a nineteenth hole and no Eighteenth Amendment. (Lee +“snaments conducted by him at Madi- courage more playing on [ys A So daar itay lapel elastin | ‘Lodt’s like the Now Haven Police Chief has put the bas on punches @ day ahead of time. son Square Garden and tho Tist|Ne links throughout the country. Frank Moran in their eight-round - pee ee eHéetment Armory both places were |Carrying out this progressive step| bout in Newark on Monday night. Only détision that goes in New Haven is the one the Police Chief ‘pltcked to the doors on the night of | would mean more popularity for the This amount was one-third of the | nakes, Vdc event. old game, increased number of young} Tess receipts, less the State tax of eves ‘ 8% When Stecher and Caddock meet |stars and brighter hopes ay pa Hedy es neh fests rn Sis: Sho CRIANY ‘proned test Sanll Gnd Bowes nee aM ou (be fob Io the oth ellagn town. , al gol a : t a Caeaeel: raapaemra seule polegea al Peet Ree a ee eee ori Whighi wie Sfii8 Her Sant of the @xts Fight at Tia Juana on July 4 may be the reason for the Democratic | of this month) the winner wili | matches. | : *, anaes “Te recognized as as legitimate cham-| In tho past officials have found tra- leas the State tax. The receipts| Convention in Frisco on June 28. «pion of the world. Abe title, and for this reason Curley deckled to stage the contest qoHeepital will stage a wrostiing car- |i nival at their armory on Jan, 22. jiu jitsu expert, agwinst Martin Lu- gecker, middleweight champion of | first championship experience Yar America, {@ a finish match; « © Romanoff, the Greek, against red Meerzwak, who travets under |ing overlooked as an he title of the Yorkville Tiger; Joe Kellins against several preliminary contests, next opponent € ert in Newark, , “Fulton was hitting better and is I ly a better fighter than when I t him and he knocked me out in New Orleans. He eure can cut ypu up with those hard fivts of hie, but “me nor any fighter can discournge me. 1 know and all the experts ad- mit that had | possessed a little ‘more power to punch in that fourth round 1 would have put him away. Well, I'm going to the country—the backwoods or xomewhere—live in the open and secure the necessary stam- ina to stop Pulton and the rest of fut? contenders.” will be Charlie HE Board of Stewards’ Amerl- | can Rowing Association plans a banner rowing season, and at their annual metting in this city gm the last day of the month ar- “~Yangements will get under way to ve the sport revived on a gigantic Sroale. ‘The chief activity of this or- AV Ganization is to conduct the regatta year on th River at Philadelphia for college, club and echool oarsmen. This regatta will probably be held this year on May ECAUSE of the setting of the date for the Caddock-Stecher wrestling championship bout in Madison Square Garden in this city for Jan. 30, the Newark Sporte-| men's Club of Newark, whieh had csranged a big card for that date, featuring Willie Jackson and Benny Valger, the great rivals of unis city, wil tpone it for three or four|jinks too “open.” | The P might \{vaps ‘will tend to “close up” the to be fuirways. used » but while | Jackson and Valger foanaged by Frank aus f the “Doc” had Jackson fighting four- | round bouts on the Coast, Valger witched over to the management of Adee Jacobs, There was ulways more: or less rivalry or jealousy between * @he pair, and the bitterness has own deeper with time, until the *fkting ‘became so strong that a tch was arranged. Jackson vows t--me is going to knock out Valger end the latter is almost dadly issuing matements of a similar nature. All, .,Harlem has gone wild over the Pi Ymaten, ana’ wnen they afoeet shia tion, if of w e Ww A|the pastime of swatting + g¢0d curd has been arranged and | balls over the landscape. will bring together M. Oishi, the Jap|quickly grew in John Krentzis and|jeading cities . with municipal courses. Every season the number of rounds played over associates appreciate thr vity on public raging more activi nF | courses ‘and the need of encouraging crams aes atm Both men claim |dition and conservatiam in thelr way} amounted to $16,804 when striving to expand the ancient} sport. The first real broadening out) ‘U wAs a sort of an appetieer for the|change came when juntor tourna-| igebempioniyip bout the First Fiold|ments were arranged for the increas: | ng hosts of youngsters who sought little white ‘These meets | been provided have George president of the U. 8. G. A. and his Qhitity through the offerme of pr 3) 9. conducted tournaments, eyitnout aid of national authorities public courses already have produced | humerous leading | stare: indael Gaker Keres, the hard its cast side eh tien on, Meyer'll give Bender the Indian sign instead of the catcher's no figured conspic weight, who scored. his elbventh conse ‘ youtmormavional amateur champlon=| sig sn Samford, ty, daoning of Micky ee ship at Oakmont cipal Hinks, Frank Manion.) ii, inanager, Jimmy Merah, to meet Frankl | one worked into a triple the With! span of Newark N. J, at Passaic ou Jan. Herron and Tewksbury for the quall-!yiitey Nelson will appear im the eight-round dal; Woody Platt, who) Piathed the semi-finals, and several) thers all gave strong proof that referee, advertising ten rounds at ¢ ho takes on ‘Tom Cc Vhiladelphia, and twelve rounds for the Armory A. A, of Boston at Matney (tine, the Hai Of ON= | matched to fight Voile Hogash, ale Lightweight, 1a a twelve-round bout to a decision at | ‘how tobe held at Bridgeport, Conn., om Feb | there isn't a smarter boy than Benny for keoping his eye on the root of Willy Newman, mi | nounced 1 the manager of Beany Val clals did not make anything like the y on the show they had figured cavies” alone thé two big “ The club offi- ede When the reservations. risco hotels fill up, the Demoorats will still be fighting for} e © ¢ If tho Tord loveth » cheerful giver, Jim Coffroth must be booked for Hearea. 199. That left the club only 8 8 to pay preliminary bouts, the Well, it’s the first time Garry Herrmann ever gave up a seat for the renting of the armory, | ,othing. nd the thousands of ‘cere ce H favor and some, of|chairs for which they pay 23 cents SHORT HISTORY OF BABE> RUTH, the leading golfers now had tIR@r; each. Only difference between a home run and a single is where it lands. | in the aan 7 | It's no harder for Babe to make home runs than it for Kipling to | kids’ * meets. Pi repelycii cab wa Oe ree matt write poems. Ruth just hits the ball and starts running. Kip rolls a Meanwhile, the one big bet was be: | 1M we wT ieee whit mm | pill and starts writing. In fact, Kipling has it a little harder—he has | : : Te eee eine ised up for him. On den 19 Ful-| to thyme every other line, Ruth don't have to rhyme anything so long budding talent—the public links. Most | ton meets si ‘ue colored heavyweight, for, as he touches home plate going and coming. Nobody knows how Babe Veledrome A. ©. tat the Olympia A. A. boxe Feb, % he When Babe climbed into fast company he fig- LTHOUGH Frank Moran waal 10.0 inks went high in the hundreds | sie Mesheelc Periioe Mesa bereTrun tithe iwialtonduerle wreath erellnaibesboahen s Bate O badly cut up around the head | {ese HAKS Went "Ennis aulthorl- | page priacl, natchuaner of oe Ara A: Cot plans to break his record this season and perhaps a few faces on the ff by slashing hooks and jabs| Of thousands. Unilte Wi ublic | zener vio, ia abo thing to san wy Champion) gide—all of 'em belonging to umpires. Polo Grounds will be his home “dom the hard-hitting Fred Fulton, | ie ee Moher of tiilent, tinny Leonard and douuiy Doudke for 49 rie | from now on, and if home ain't the place to make home runs, then you Sp isn't so discouraged that he thinks | Foie o¢ticiais allowed themselves fo be | mae, ta pals Ie it he legos mexinies | oN) Onis eatetyeamoreceng: call. em heir tonle | tof retiring from the ring. “As eoon| stymied in the malin Ol Ae "roma of | mill charge from §2 to $40 for theta whch wil | ‘ t= us these cuta henl,” declared Moran, |rising youngster alone | pring the gato up to about $50,000. | Big Bill Edwards js proposed to succeed Garry Herrmann, And if he “{ will resume boxing and probably | 80! SUCCE Wo atter of St Louis, new te| lands, it won't be the first time the National Commission has had a big bill. cn lightweight, may rer of Cline, to-day be has Tearned thet ANC] yonghue in three rounds, has been matched ty | temi-windup with Al Belmont of Buffalo, Jan. | Sam Langford the | Heldgeport | Here 7 the terins offered him | att evil. | for the contest and that he expects: the manager of | Bogash to do likewise, , the fart little ome runs. Pitchers are more interested in how to y when Babe was in the minors he developed a fond- » but now he’s back started making at the old brand again. “The Evil Bye" is the name of Benny Leonard's movie serial. And Big Chiefs Meyer and Bender will be the New Haven club's battery Theatrical contracts will keep Carpentier in Europe until April 1 w,| Which shows that although all the world may ve a stage, the bookings don't cover such a wide territory. rounda, Burns will start training in @ few days starting on public links is no Hhand!-| yrenoh fighter, signs the articles of agreement to- | for the contest | Satay eit Ge kan’ witiaes vata: cap for ambitious golfers. day, wilch it le expected he will do, then Valeur ie aaa in their bont at Boston a few weeks ago, 's wh ile striving for more activity On) wii get tte ciance be hae bam waiting fur for Battling Reddy, — th England States’ | healed up again, Ww 3 fficials could safely tte ik mith, ebammaon, Jebunny | featherwelsht champion, has started training for the | gy, a these couress oor { British | tpe : a iatcle cunt | several matches which his manager, Joe Jacobs, 1s| , Willle Ryan, the promising welterweight of New take @ leaf from the book of British) Kinane, Valu aud Kikvene vn vcy City ox| Srrenging for him. Reddy's first bout will take | Mrunewick, N. J., who was uate golf, For centumes young English | pounds at the Arena A, ©. of ‘Sener ¥ cies ae Gin tag oh with some he National A. ©. of Phila Kod Scotch youngsters have been en-| yay, 9, Tew we another big attrwetion which | Pen Oh NA Th wee Aa ia sus mee oat os and cased to KO Out on the MOOr}ANA| pycoil ctforw the fight san, sed fois 5 tae eee fand try their luck with clubs. This coll p Hai, tag proved to be a wonderful nurwery for} yoq Garry, the east, side AD Roberts, the ight of, Btaten taland, | formes! 00 Bis, ne future British champions, and it was) Jo poxed’ in some tin who ix to fight ( é weal bight | be ready to box aya one reasc why capable foreign the ring, Garry bas heavyweight, in on tour round 6 Colférs sways greatly outnumbered | Oe teten ot Cbubty at Newark on dan, 80, in to receive a Oukey Keyes Scores Eleventh &. 0 our best handicap men in the days) ye Garry ts ready to meet Of $1,000 for hin end, Tanney it also to Denats Gann Tan 1GeGu before the World War. ry tas boxed such eval bors ae Torry Martin, |y guaranted of $1,000, his ating wanager, weren tha bard hitting Maw Yor ba een ‘al Shubert and Dutch Brandt Roche, demanding this amoaft for bim, 1 atenth eeatateran. hin élevenin Gunke kamaxon Club, at West-| weigh \s ned” i will make extensive | Pant Samson of this city and Whitey Aten, | ¢ knockout at the Stamford changes on its course, which wit be! | lt was lewrned from a relia) the Ohicwo | the heavyweights, have been sig up by h last night when he knock ee ee eee Mickey Donahue in three rounds Shen Wailing, chiwater of the Bayonne 0 Y thoroughly bunkered, Shackamaxon 0 os fs Fe aide tie | Doesserick, matchiwaker of the B AA. tO) Crrifie right hand swing to the jaw has the setting for an ideal course, | Manes iim “in Nomurk the latter part of | meet im the star bout of eight rennda at the clues | Previous to, thi ekout Donahue isl ‘ ous Wi as. | Meortmen's Club i He sap ee weekly show on Jan, 20, woth men} heen floored seven’ hang ae oe Visiting. stars,* especially | m=: jel toslay that as Welling wants that | 11. it taste, ‘They began work for the scrap| impression with the fans, Keyes took professionals who competed at Shack- }amaxon last summer, pronounced the wamis will get the metropolitan ama ante ur championship this season, th favorably with any in this district. tine. Some historic matches have been held gooa at Apawamis, particularly the extra rund conte Dave Rosenber hole battle for @ national title be- gmauur champion, will meey Hr tween Fred Herreshoft and Harold| Hilton, the English champion, who most remarkable shots ever when a badly sliced iron shot struck | vamale, N big. rock on @ hilltop. gpd pounded | arsnumt yewterday. Bown to the green, * amar of tien York in the ear bout of eight the Detsols Boxing Club with Boviling wanount he also will deman figures that Fits is a Diewer dmewing cant than ‘The contemplated | Wellin ‘Tho Cliy a | Street, Jereey City, is offe niabt tn which boxing It Is almost a certainty that Apa-|Q)cncing considerable interest ©, Ogden Av will be Jack Sharkey, w’ tho mane gum as Le ue and Franklin hg ® mwateh to-morrow of the Skeeter Sta! The conteat mastered Jimmy | hay received of The Wide im the fret bout the Buglishmoaw | beautiful course at Rye is keen for quis country, and Jobnty Butt, fixture and its facilities Compare | jersy's leading contender for the bant i the’ bout on. short notice, substituting acca) for Bobby Grant of Greenwich at the On account of the je fight at Newark on Mon- | eleventh hour. day might, Matclinaker Charley Domaer hens changed his boxing night this week from iast eve. ning until Briday night, Gene Tunney, the west Benedict Scores Knockout SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Al Bene- side Light bi nt, mill meet some beard | dict, heavywelght, Knocked out Frank weight in the star Dou of eight rounds, ‘Tunney Sennen eM a eer alah ms for fights (rom Detroit, Phila Rice of A . ht. Bice before meeting Benedict had a string of and Torvate, eight knockouts. Benedict only too The Ininute and 4 seconds to stop aim Yankeo Delane, @ promising Newark bantam, (s| George Levine rooklyn stopped Manager Arthur Fitsgerald bas arranged @! joing managed by Jack Bulger and be {s plaoning| Jimmie Loadman of Rochester in Pour ext of preliminaries, In another star eisht-| "pout for him with Jack Sharkey for the| Founda In the BOmUSNAl former national | Goioxscum A, C. of Newark, Mulger bas arranted! — ytroyey 3 Fleming. | one of the elght-round bou'a for his show, Jan. : eon HARRIMAN 14,—At the Frankie Bums, the poonlar Jemey Oity foather: finally ‘von after making one of the weiss, will try bie hand a the Losing game 20, & match Detween Solly Coper and Mickey Y | Harriman 3, C. last night Mickey Nel- Walker, ac }son, the east side thy weit ht, whipped " “harley Ra oO! Philade: a Prunkio signed the agile of | weight, training yesterday ai Billy Grupp's| {ft eyery round and landed the cleaner He will go agaiiet Dare griuasiuin for bis return battle of ten rounds at ‘chus, “Nelson. made such a hit se wat) appear at the hast aS, JANUARY 14, 1920. NEW YORK JACK DEMPSEY IS BARRED By Thornton Fisher FROM BOXING IN NEW JERSEY | and will, }che members and some WHEN REICH IS, WINNING HES A TERROR- BUT LOSING— ‘= SEEMS AFRAID OF HIS own f SHADOW f ‘ ~ Yeaec Ficonror! Fane. oo ; | By Alex. Sullivan. 4 BEING BRANDED A SLACKER ——_——_-+ American Legion Posts Throughout the Country, Which Are Seeking to Have World’s Champion Prevented From Appear- ing in Ring Contests, Kills Chance of Jack’s Proposed Bout With Carpentier in That State, and Practically Leaves Only Europe in the Running for the Match. to state that Jack Dempsey is not good enough for the State of New Jersey, and as Chairman of the Boxing Comm h to go on record against Dempsey or his manager, Jack Kearns, appearing in any boxing bout held within the confines of this State.” The Skeeter State is undoubtedly the place where boxing is in the most flourishing condition of anywhere in f BEGINS to look as though Jack I Dempsey and Georges Carpentior | 4* couldn't fight in this country,| ‘even though some American promoter | were the most successful bidder, |the world’s champion is being barred everywhere from fighting through the {activities of the American Legion on} | the country right now, and clubs in the ground that he was @ slacker|Jorsey City and Newark, boing. in the world war handy to the metropolis, they are in ‘Action is. being taken everywhere|® position to guarantee fighters im mense sims and make their shows re boxing is allowed to prevent] poy. New Dempsey from appearing in the ring.|be the onl mith, Chairman of the New|!0 pay thy y State Boxing Commisston, is] /se™psey Jersey at present looks to State that couid afford guarantee demands of and Carpentier, and with New York A.C. Raises Dues and Elects New Officers' Action Necessary, Due to, Pro- hibition, Is Taken Almost Unanimous! HE high cost of living and Pro- hibition were the di causes: of the dues of seven classes of members of the New York Athletic Club being raised at the annual meet- ing last night. This was carried out when seven paragraphs in article three of the org: ization'’s constitus tion, providing for an amnual revenue from dues, was amended. The amend- ment was adopted without opposition, m iS expected to increase the club's revenue to the extent/of $47,000, in a way, offset the finan- cial deficit caused by the town going dry, Increase in dues w expected by ree humdred ‘The only dis- attended the meeting. senting votes were recorded when the dues of resident and associate members were increased from $60 to It wus stated at the conclusion je meeting that only five had ob- ted to this raiss As the other amendments were offered f tion they were carried unanimously. They provide for the following increases Army and, Navy membenship— From $15 to $18. on-resident membership — From $30 to $3750. Sons of members—From $60 to $75. Junior manbership—lrom $12. to Athletic membership—From $10} to $12. Dr. Graeme M. Hammond, due to The final game of the New York Celtics-L eum Quintette s 4 will be played at the Eighty-sixth Street Lyceum, Friday evening. ‘The latter five in an endeavor to win the tinal contest will send their strongest team composed of Muller, Reynolds, Burke, Hart, Nalley and Souless, on the court. ‘The Harmony Five, their victory over the K, of New Rochelle, will travel to Pas- wic this evening where they will cross nets with the American Legion regation. fresh from of C. team With ten straight v to their Joredit the Mohawk A. C, baskethall team challenge any 110-20 pound five n or around Greater New Ad. dress Louis Dolitsh No. 1315 P pect Avenue, Bronx =| Madison Square Church House has | Ww open dates $ and regime ing 135-45 or church, amateur tal armory teams pounds. Games to be played any night with the excep- tion of Monday and Wednesday on uurts, Address Walter opponent's ¢ \i'. Myer, 432 Third Avenue, City, Hudson A. C., champions of West- chpster County, are desirous of being booked with leading basketball teams, They have won 11 out of 12 contests gaining deci. Paul and \John, Alpha Five . Vincent's |Silent Five, Address W. H. Knight, VU) No, 121 West 4th Street, Mt. Vernon, |N. ¥, ‘The Albany Five, 12 posed of former P. 9. A. L. stans, are open for engagements, Address Man- al Goldberg, City. i} | Spartan Midgets made their record [eight straight when they defeated the |Bronx Church House As ates team | ao-ah pounds, com- | . 58 Ludlow Street, | the State Boxing Commission's an- the latest official to bar Dempsey. It] nonced stand on Dempsey's std was recently announced by Carpentier| the United States appears to and his manager, Descamps, that | of the aera el aa th places 3 ° For a time it looked as though |New Jersey had made the bid that! jersey stood an excellent. ¢ landed the bout, it being believed that| securing the bout, aspecially William Fox, the moving picture pro- | Fox ane his generous bid, and Car iucer, had intended to stage the bai-| Pentier announced after his knockow | du Tare Eke aetieea rhs victory over Blink McCloskey, a tle there if he s Bordeaux, that the contest would tak: | Mr, Smith, who fs President of the] place in New Jersey. | New Jersey Athletic Commission, is-} If Dempsey ever meets Carpentie |sued a statement in Trenton last i ns pesgg pega have {night barring Dempsey and Kearns|/ondon or Paris, probably the latte [esse an. Howth ih New Jersey. He| “it¥, where Carpentier is the greatest a of all idols, and where there is such {, a th a clamor for him to win the world’s | Leaisheonisk: ineraad ay Dee: title that they probably would turn | Sovvae a slacker inthe world war | out In record-breaking numbers to see {and praising Carpentier, | wish | 5im perform against Dempsey. Carpentier really is the first of the Frenchmen to successfully participate in ring contests, and has won titles in every class, from the bantam to the avyweight. Twice he has beaten glish champions—Boinbardier Wells and recently Joe Beckett. Although Dempsey is now being as- sailed on every side as a slacker, Car- pentier is just the reverse abroad- one of the foremost heroes. His ser- his retirement after serving in the ca- pacity of President for the past four years, presided Wer the meeting. In his address to the members Dr, Ham- mond emphasized his regret at re- the presidency, but felt » office would be ably filled sor and the good work of Foot club would be everywhere, as he served throughout the entire war and was in the avia- tion branch when the armistice was signed. With the American Legion, whieh is already some million strong, tak- ing action in many cities throughout the United States, and various othe places undoubtedly following suit, it won't be long before Dempsey will have to confine all his future ring lactivities to Europe, or to moving picture studios, and even in the films he won't be worth a penny if the brand of a slacker becomes so gen |eral that he is prevented from box! all over the country. Here are th latest cities to announce that they have recorded Dempsey as a slacker CLEVELAND, 0., Jan, 14.—Condem nation of the war work of Jack Demp- fey, World's champion heavyweight Was voiced in a resolution unanimously rd of Governors, |&lopted by the Meuse-Rhine post of the a two-year term, were | American Legion ‘The, resolution linquishing: | positive th \ by his suc the Mercury ried on When the list of candidates was offered for election oppoyition which al been expected tailed to ma- terialize. i he regular choice for President to sttevead Dr. Hammond was George J. Corbett, ‘the trap shooting champion of the club, He was ractically swept into office. Other officers elected were: William . Poortner, Te- elected Vice Presiden edorick R. FPortmeyer, re-elected Se tin S. Paine, re-elected Arthur McAleenan’sr., relected Cap- tain. Members of #he Boa to serve for re. eee MRD aly Ean Hone Crome cane ee allt HM. Luckett, W. FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 14.—Con Dortery Ronert Wa Rodman and’ be | aemning Jack, Dempsey aa an unt rep- Whey B. Woodbury: an resentative of American athletics, the Fort Wavne Post off the Americar Legion unanimously passed a resolution last night declaring opposition to his de- it was rumored before the meet®g that there would be much discontent shown over the alleged mysterious |fending the championship ttle for disappearance of the club's wet |America. stock. ‘This was conspicuous by its absence. ‘The club, according to F. y. Spicer, member of the Boanl of | Governors, has assumed a Sahara as- |pect since June 30 of last year, The resolution is the result of recent agitation against Dempsey for his war record, due to the fact that his service during the war was confined to work in the shipyards, 8y Chatter tex Joe Sabby defeated Alex Dunbar in a| postponed Hastern individual champion- ship serles rolled at Louis Stein's Broad- | way Arcade alleys yesterday afternvoa, | | averaging “12 for eight games, against\ 186 for Dunbar. The greatest surprise of the tournament was the defeat of Glenn Riddell by Harry Cohn at the Hunts Point alleys in the Bronx. Riddell lost despite the fact that he averaged 203 6-8, against 1832-8 for Cohn, as Cohn man- Bei to grab five out of the eight games olled. ~ Riddell’s big average was ace counted for by the fact that he rolled 99 pins more than Cohn rolled in ibe sixth game of the series, totalling 263 to It for Cohn. The Peters-Stofka match, rolled at the Fordham Arcade alleys, Bronx, was credited to Peters, the visit ing bowler, who won five out of the six games, When Marty Merz and Walter Bernhardt met at the Echo alleys, aiso the Bronx, Merz was the winner, nning five out of eight games. ‘Lhe other two series, between Nockler and | Sabby, ut the Groadway Arcade, and Jellison and Senatore at the University alleys, Were postponed. \ When you get a rough edge running round your collar—it’s finis! *“Shire” collars are linen where the wear comes. Sho" stoke ao »’4| Same old story—the best Hidson Colts with a eore is cheapest in the end. Our own brand, Sleep outdoors! Outdoor _ sleeping for the whole family. *Registered trademark, ° brug th S08 for the Bronx ¢ nai won two games from the las Cor laa Mystic. Ross yisctipney ama ns | eine New @awtentam be | ; ‘A meeting of the variv | anitss their’ home drives will’ be held at No Avenue A. to-night ther the alin | house, tourbament seas or Teppia's. house tourna pewen the. bawling [FARMS of tho lower east side for the past thirty: Teams in the Tn the odd night Heiney. clubs calling Leppie’s tol suits Two New Yorkers Lose at Gott, | ROGERS PEET COMPANY | BELLEAIRE HEIGHTS, Fla. Jan. 14. | Beoadwa —The first round of mateh play in era at. pour Eroatray the Belleaire New Year's tournament Convenient a brought few upsets, although there was | Broadwa: ” i! SU ratle nucmrise whee WVilllay Beene, SOmer® Fifth Ave, ‘an Chief of Richmond County was elim: | at 41st St, | ‘d by C. H. Worcester of Glen View 2 and 1, Another New Yorker to fall linto discard was F. Scoonmaker, Na- tional, by. 4 and 3. The feature was the work of Aldridge of Dallas, ‘Tox. ifs eliminated Arthur V. Lee, a very fine golicr of Detroit, by a margin of eS send THUM iskouis, rtd Boxing Commission in Skeeter State, Following the Lead of the” to be in, vice to his country has won him praise ‘