The evening world. Newspaper, January 21, 1920, Page 20

j enna ae ea "20 _—— e faonvs BES OLUMN OH, DEAR! OH, DEAR! A THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, ‘JANUARY 21, T SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK #4 By Thornton Fisher , (GoOw MORNING | ALE — 1920, vest ol \ Unit Ex-Soldie s Chairman Smith of Box- ing Commission Why He Bars Champion. By AlexSullivan. LPHOUGH a.half dozen ameri- can Legion posts throughout A rRreunt, inanimate cabana iets : = ioash ¥. HM. Bum Div, rh Mourw, ui ut at Caton w naa rae oS RE eee en RETR auld (welverround | Sanaa gS rovid the country amd the New Jer- Me 7 sey Boxing Commisston have gone or & oes | \Seurte/ record declaring Jack Dempsey, ‘ " — World's heavyweight toxing champion, ‘Benator Walker's Boxing Bill Pans the: Batab addy Bout of Shows He Has Right Idea of (ght: Bayonne, N. J. met fist night and tae . ly ado yesolution de- What New York Wants. unanimously adopted a w d ssi jmanding fair play f the ng Wwar- tor Who {s now so muctyin the lime. ENATOR JIMMY WALKER of | hk: Te te thle: obntadtl ‘aie Greenwich Village has the right other mistake should not be made as idea of the boxing needs of New | was made in the case ot Les Darsy Work. His bil, just introduced in the | the Australian fighter, who came here lature, sponsored by the Army, | ind was driven to his death because OIA pa Blader tte werd iach peat Bia jealousy over big popularity and WY and Civilian Hoard of Boxing | thrness engendered becauwe certalr Goatro!, savors of the real thing. As-} liqnes couldn't. manage hts affairs. @emblyiman Koss, though he be am-! Facer tly, Coe ye omrblsel on Bitious to put a boxing law back on ee ev cneation by iesuing a slate statute books, hasn't framed his ent declaring Dempsey a slacker and | baer ‘ boxing again Measure along the right lines, and barring him from ever bo: a Fight now, before complications set in, is New Jersey. It was ogre hw Ree Should withdraw his bill and centre Commission's id that a tents Bis activities on the passage of Walk- | jon wasn't good ay reek a @'e bill, Koss started the ball a-roll- | American Legion ie Ws 500 and if ntitled to no «mall enough for J f sate Measure of credit, but if he compares | | it, 1 the opinion of the Peter eopilned the provisions of Walker's prospective | | Pout, which Ix comprived of 600, men. few With that of his drawing, he will Lapacton ats ey {8 en @e that the former is much the bet- | Aiea toe Heating, that as ¥ | * ; ate slacker, Walker's bill provides for bouts} jas bears te Ww aati: ‘ail fread Gaited to ‘fteen rounds, with a ref- Be tanE ouabe io ee to. (he, PORE @ree's decision, But to relieve the hon hie turn came, according to the minds of those who shudder ut the| when his turn came, according to the Prospect of betting scandals from the Toe ie anon daulded Betions of crooked referees, the dap st way of sending men = Deme tic leader of the reer pedals incorporated a provision tn ar onter Leddy Post has written BIW Which relieves the referee of much ‘The Pater Leddy Fo Responsibility. In fact his job may be one of Seeing that ring regula N to ms are lived up to by the boxing rmy avy to Principals, for he won't be called on @ make u decision only in the case Pl G H ee uate ore wile ov ts ay Game Here side at cvery bout, disagreeing as to ae the winner. Thus a decision will be fp to iwo men before the referee is ANNAPOLIS. Jan esked to exercise his judgment, taken by the Navy Athi ‘There is only one questionable fea - —— — - — ———— a ——— (Mamanere ting will @ure of the Walker bill, and that is + 4 ey epi! CoB fe arointment of a Lleenae Com- EDT i | With the Basketball Players Sec arenes Mittee of three, in addition to thy Fistic News ° sth to New York Clty. The probable Boxing Commission, which — shall Basketball has taken a bigger IsJand State; Franklin and Mt > and the Polo Rumber three also. ‘This, it seems, : (seine cat Bes Bucknell and Colgate at West ; ie eoenac ah eotlonsd? ould gum up the boxing situation and Gossip | ving public in vd wet If the regular conwnission isn't qual- xi We would suggest that Irving War-| the (Bante’ grounds ca fed to decide on the question of li- By John Pollock ? ‘deman Sagara buts yr ‘The choice of selecting groands for y Nea . ara manag partan Five, censes for promoters, it is not quali Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing (ompany (The New York By.ming World.) Oss with ie ntee he} this yutyr fell to the Navy representa- fied to do anything, Dissensions are N the Brooklyn ‘Circle's mans How evetie Ein UMGRERtOOd Bikely to result between the two bod-| Charley Harvey, n ger of Ted Helen Taft kicks at the big pay Dempsey gets. But Helen should re- ‘ Slotsky, and tetain his Hives a , Drie reaeen jes which may not be of any benefit “Kid” Lewis and other fighters, and | member the talk f Bran nis League. Al New Yo is practically tae unani- fo the sport, and besides it would who is at present over in England, to- Neoey welen eer se pei aiden uaee coast DIGI Pay: taRtarday ig mous chaite of the Army people as Send to make the whole, business Of | aay canied Billy Roche, acting man West Side their own, | well, Final action on the grounds governing boxing top-heavy. y e ily ne, acting Reason a prize fighter gets more than a protessor is that a fiwhter o¢-] tics and. the her con! k Tecate ibectakencin & is Seer of Gene Tunney, the legitimate] ounies a chair for ono minute and fightw the other three. | team Greenwich rhofsky and | and other we will be ta ue UR idea of a Boxing Commission | light heavyweight champion of the A * . teen parteal side ay] few days wien Commander Douglas pow’ nO & i a porte waadec e Athletic As- {sone tnan, in whom the power E. F., informing him that if hb Hagen will be in the rough for six days when he crosses to play in Eng: : parraelekhegy ay Pil : 1 ft is invested to appoint his own cared to send Tunney to England he aand, ee ow all Hive willl ot sociation and | Capt. ps bo 6 bide 2 Gepatics in different parts of tho could sign him up for three fights, one a WHER US WOLEn Eton ha | ooera tive iecitaunene nanied thom: Btate. Between them they could de- sid , ; 4 . . Th : e Navy be ie of which may be with Georges Car- city, The ravelling Sen Os cht jr, us football Gide, among other things, who was ey N Ie ‘The shipyard athletes are now being classified by the public the Lycet nto Ade [anger Carrol) WHERE Jy ae oe and woo wasn't entitled to licenses to | Pentier. Roche will probably pass up Pasi Musas the latt greatly dress. G Hudaon | rebresentatly eet pate tebbact ‘ond 0: ye 3 6 offe: Tunney ce e © thelr five a good contes Boulevard, A Commande: t Foote, KR a fear dlc brea he ttt hind Uhpl tahal Mndbabeaa sabe apa Dempsey would have gone to war if fighting had lasted longer. | a contest Y a i L. Ghormley and \Herbert H. Mich act DUE expressly for Athintio irre | money by fighting in this country. | Ang i¢ certainly would have lasted longer if the rest of ue felt like Jack did.| ‘The Franklin 7A as members of thea Executive Depagt- expressly for athletic purposes, ® . |Bregation added anot victory 0 l ment should be allowed to promote bouts. It {s said that Obampion Jack Dempmey and he mg str when they defente Sa: PERETLS This would so away with the fly-iby- | Harry or oa big oman may Lagits i TIA JUANA—PARIS—NEW ORLEANS—LONDON WARK. LOOK: eK. CB, Yorkvi Kive 47. a a might crganizations which have little | twetve.rmund Gout at Buffalo im the afteenogn « : 5 ; er hese ah tg onl Maat 30 TO] (Bs Saturday night they wil} mc G D 1 id U, emponaWity outakde of their bond: | Memorial: Dey, May 80. Gre bas already ec a lage Hoy IE RIGHTS OF THE BIG FIGHT SHOULD GO © one cienmors Hg ive” AY ptellmy ames elaye ires ‘0 lp gE. Previous experiences have shown | C-Ptei tie ute t is] BURTON HOLMES, nl same between the Franklin | hcemecaa ss i hat this ‘was the na oertain whether Jack Keams, manage of Juniors and a good lightweght team ‘ ’ PES by tates cote bh aged eee tp cody hola erg mage che Will also be staged | PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 21.—Delay owling Gates ,1 " wage! it will degiw a tig crowd, as the feht And if the fight dope keeps rolling out, 1920 will be the year of the Big| as ‘in’ the completion c x the bonds was ever forfeited in the 9) P Knights of st. Antony, contenders i n of the rink has face of the most flagrant violations | fama uf that city want to ae Dempsey in action | Wind. ‘ if oy the “championship f Brooklyn, necessitated the postponement of the i 4 a cane aoa gee re 1 ; Ar v meet ephen's basketta es caused many p - «es peaeboetie | tack Sharkey, the loca! bantamweight, ant Peapmeet et Paes Parketball opening of the intercollegiate is Pmedinte dee aiellt hinge y climinating the two-by-four clubs | saes White, the foros! litile tiger «f Aitans O'NEIL WILL COACH COLUMBIA. AND COLUMBIA IS MORE ‘\2™ 0" ; BCU OBY ockay season Tae itead Henan Criogs ERG Gaeta @nd limiting the number of legitimate | XY nto go of tou Mann PLEASED WITH ITS ONE BUCK THAN HARVARD WITH. ITS. iS i : Jin these parts during the past fe @Fganivations, much of boxing’s “ills | a en rat teunitit. MH $48, 900,000, | econd meeting between the Star ae es days. On Sunday night a fire in the Would be avoided, but this must be | jade have made good in their fighte tn that davicinigt é ‘ [ling Grays and Manhattans will be held to be play {| building at 116th Street and Lenox ae BEAmnioglon OUT Leas [on Starter, tote shag mr bane is | Columbia should make a lot of new records this coming seuson Hyvewyer 'avenan's Casino, No |is expected the new rink will be] Avenue caused businesa to be tempor- Powble, because it wouldn't be withis | ema swe 8 Oe with as ooton | i . a | Starlings came out on top inthe fmt tady for the @rst contest on Jan, |arily discontinued, owing to a flood ot » bec lve & guarentee 0 ath * * «by a narrow margin. They still 30, The ening BUA! a foot or two of water over the bowl- Ma power to limit the number of clubs | of 5 per cout, uf the rece | | fee y . The opening match will be be- 1 few dates open for travellin : s. The academy conducted by Which wight want to conduct exhibi- | FIRST CALL FOR THE BALL TEAMS. Addi ae Gorine. tween Yale and Vennsytvania, The] ing alleys y "i ne rons undlewvight, ax! | ddress Joe Cernik, No r ‘ : a of the @ors. Court actions of the "Bhow| ,Ausic Ratner, the Hrons The South will be invaded again, Grant'a me » Hoston Purdy Sireet, Bronx, mainder of th redule, as far ag|the Bergman Brothers, was one of the @ause why” variety would ensue, and | 2% Hasan of Moston a be ot rest of th Norther Army will soon be down r old cli side |completed, follows: Ja: Prince-| best known in the city. Larly ‘Tuesday @e cit restraint of trade act might | & mm 10 be tangy national melody and dice are the coat of ar ne War cor basketball players will! ton feb, 14, Yule vs. Har-| morning m fire caused great damage at “ . Aemory AL 4 nt }be with ‘en too, y time during the latter pai ar 20, Yale vs. P% ania; : c Acadamy, con- 1 Who felt that with the nec t nat | Dixte cel a elo a publican, Southern hospitatity doubles the 7 neeton ys, Pennsylvania ucted by J wit ta sendared fa at it ew mare thing that | Dixte guys Ket n close look at a Republicat ithern hospitality doubl This evening Washington js : i Rao iruten Btreet, irooklyn. @ary bond up, he would be as MUCH ee eee ry anda, in onler toot | PALO a day and the oldest inhabitants see the bis Ie stars in action: {Carnegie ‘Teoh; | heb. 28 Princeton vs, Harvard; BE entitled (o run a boxing show as any Ny Jat the dinner table Amherst at ‘Am-| March 1, Pennsylvania vs. Dart? | mo Navy Yard Meial Fr @e vise With more pretentious quar- | ame | xcursion to the land of cotton is a great thing for the ball guys. too. d Johns Hopkins at An- |'outh; March 2, Princeton vs. Dart- | rolling at the Mathonal lect e a jeotton batting is about .250 better than their big league bunting is. ‘Trip ‘o-morrow'a teats mouth, Las joined the Ne York He fers and arrangements. Mame Collie, the fait promoter of Minnespolie, » rookies & ride before the home fans have a chance to give ‘em the | brine tose We one ul 2 a body, and will be represented ‘of ‘the future — fe trying to wisn up Clonie Tait, the Mahtwelsbt tone at penny aahington and Jeffer-| Other gumes will be announced| meninges "ibe asyrintion. eu as be ME question of Jack Dempsey's| champion of Canada to meet Willie Jackson of | correnpondent wiron the South te waiting for ‘emt. The Suwanee | Princeton mae Vales Golmttn phaier Se ee ai aay tay Ours gee IE A With the 77th Division and who got | of $1,350 with aa Cent Ngee” if f Gene Pinney Man Team Tournament. at. the Alle, Mio the United States Ary vy vel | mow ressits, = | Dempsey didn’t go to war on account of his feet. Cold, not flat Marlette Went into ene: | champion of the A. I F., knocked nat | fee Sore MBL wy the, mala On showed s ak By ged at tho * * \kheny at Pittsburg! teres Tels sity 1 re yard score made the charge that the champion is a lght-round bouts will be slaged at th * gheny at “Pittsburgh. nberg will] Bud Nelson of Kansas City last night | #ifferuace of, the garne ker: | tv's Club of Newark, N oe 2 ‘ : Iie at orden On Saturday: lin the frst round of a scheduled elght- | to’ the Meteres by'unt pine’ The, Bereens” solled magier othe choy mintinotive: thas | go, Willie Jackson meets Benny ‘TAKES A DEMOCRACY TO WORK A MIRACLE LIKE THIS: THE St flghns at Pordhtm: Swarthm ind bout. at the Bayonne: AeA, | uu extra, frame, under ‘profes aul 161 me o! e mos ctive fea rain go, Willie Jackson ibs Oot on Bip hose ‘ennsylvanin: Washington and round bout 0 | vilies by @ scot 0 The tures of the selective wervice, or #0- | Tin the ther tee contenta, J OCWAN INSIDE THE THREE-MILE LIMIT IS DRY sou at Pennsylvania Birtos Bayonne, N. J. ‘The pride of the Alas | 202,08 goore of 10% ta | @alled conscription law, passed after Nae are ones ree Seer TNR Antapolias Tuts ak Amherat Aggieg: | tines dropped his man after an ex. | at an eatiy dale @ United State ie 4 jene Tunney gooe against Al Koderty of | Worcester Voly at Sprincticld: Cornell | change of blows for a count of nine, tral bow Deters pees aueited te XUNi | Batts toned ‘and’ denmay Mornay” of deren And now it's the prescriptions that are non-refillable. 1 Rochester; Connectleut’ Axgiew at | ahd When the groggy Nelson got to bis | ibe, Cantal bow! hed: bis ‘numbers 1a pie he fs kd meets Chal - — ~ - = —<$<— | feet_a neavy right put him down for pg Ry ? a“ . ° the full count Hetgbwe team at every man not in the service was| jeux pobe hinaae al A i ‘Al Reich was credited with a knock- | offielat ding now. shaw that (hw Hable bane a wonag in ie| «Matos wales"! VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF SPORTING PAGE READERS _ |."t'ssiseiuseat,s stg: Hattie a finger of scorn at him and hear her | ‘rumor and Larry William | W P N F York negro, who substituted for Steve | second and third place, hating Won twew(-one aad nd p Use the expression ‘slacker!’ That] the lat he iweard Sp Kditor of The Evening Worl — glo the Sporting Editor of ‘The Eveniog Work Hawkins Canadian auiny boxer, Me- | fost nine games each Was because troops were raised by | tat tie mon we rournte | lis applies to my favorite ball Notice a letter in your. ¢ Vey created a flurry of excitement at Fy a ee Yolunaryemlitment wo tat Dit Serato sho Sede: siayt, Hsinio Simmermeen, who t-|( SPORT WORLD FANG from in neyo eoncernhng th tare butt guitlin th AMERICA GOING AFTER ER Sarid Eo tle liste lng eeprom peg Va Cet Chae ieee, Ue. wee melee ie cack 4 POLO CUP NEXT XEAR Incle Bam wot Bay, need BO | that he would use Turner at bis club if the Indian | Cently played dba , e claims tha inne as not known 0 on “Tedd | * Many men. That number would be | deieaed Willams but whose standing now|| ARE GIVEN A CHANCE if a boxer bete returned from| Pa,, Jan. 21.—Tommy obtained in the process of drafting. | as the eee A. 0, tonight Matat.| seems to be up in alr, Tam not TO EXPRESS VIEWS, | | France. tn defense of Gene 1 wish he Boston middlewelght a Amerjca will ask England to: de- ‘The very best would be selected, And ane ieee ew, to state that he was certainly. known. contender HE ew > Sup in equally good ones whose ‘numbers’ | mer Jiminy Twrterd will wage acquainted with the real treuble, but have | [bere he enlisted in’ the marines, ! {iy K, | fend the International Polo Cup had no. Leen drawn, would be told to | ‘usistive of these ihyee tu round boulns diay An appeal to John MeGraw eaders who have | having nine Knockouts to his credit | tt “lthe spring of 1921. That was made wait, 1 saw at Camp Upton million- | 7Omy mine ie ee, Wille Duras ive Zimmerman and give him || OM" ignite in the padded ring his victims num: |in Imost’ certain as a resuit of delibar 4, pvol e b e, 0 Pt h ran hecke iH rn mn . « v 4, regarding ” " ne prom e boxers. ‘or ha ire ae in by the Saree ans Mlach | There wi) dso be tw foun dawern lol box another chance, ‘The Bronx player's villes of any varlety wi petorahte gat im touch Sich tice old tions at the annual mecting of ti® one got 4 square deal. I have see performance last year showed he Buckley, who put Tunney on at his, | Polo Association at the Downtowrt) f a © seen manag Ke | members of the Stock Exchange hie i not through as a big leaguer, 1 shows, or ANY inhabitant Green- | O howd. | Club, The sociation did not ane bunkink with east side gangsters, tence Haas Hann ttt pe dae teaive Wien Village, where Gene hails tr t — nounce a decision to challenge ¢ and each came to know and respect | inn beuea well known fightem of the squared | |! B nal majong: 10 ‘ ‘Tuonne y wan a fighter berore he Allihewilhetonad 20 jthe trophy but it is known that the @ other as an American soldier. ne, Fer hla next show, tomo night, he YQATS ANd his batting average aways he was a fighter over there 4 | Omicials are in favor of doing so be- ng bas Battling Levingky and Johony Howard in ie ade while with the Cubs, has not and he'll show the world that N.Y fore next Januaty. 6ST OW suppose a young Amori-| nmin gout aud Jac “One K Moxpats of te \ equalled since, During the past AHS flitee: | B18 18 a mem TEM ate Touche A ugh | The meeting was presided over by “ ¥ Joo Gane, coloral fi ne Village 4 » which requeste to have fough e | ay fag he can had wanted to fight for| sou and Young Joe «i a seagon he led the club, bringing in \ to Write tive letter, Tt may. be| Rather of New York City at the Arena |Willam A. Hazard, : aes his country but bad not| in tle eeui-fina septate erates fen ape | eetereeereeremeerererrererrererrmn=sterer Ito that ( Waa, nat in| ABUSHOL GING IeAr HIRAT But or. Gala Aasociation: Whe sted tp tne ape afted, Suppose he had acne jad m4 1s with sacrifice flles, and was | t he was, no feet at the last minute. The olub oM- | or Henry erbert, who is : “irene aprttine ea thn ances i Jonny claten of kee [TUANET-Up to Kauff in bringing tal-| lightweight, who probably saw mc Peuiaehnvate Mp ac inte bit oe] pale pad that Alison’ wil) be “ourred | yttle vacation at Kingston, fn ith American has. Would be not have| ie as bad 0 be @mgie as New [loys home with bite. When the real Mghting thun any other member | Change staying home und boxing o¢| fom boxns in this Stay forevar | West Indies. Lawrence Smith “Bu ir to that some one to have not come | G tt he | Of the sporting fraternity, and who, as) Shange . ene HORS § ler was appointed secretary pro. wr enlisted? A (on whale Gi oF Giants Want want didn't heya member of the 82d (Al American) | sul“ honet hoemnoa tear pone Farexe Outpointe Beecher, pore. Mr. Hazard pointed out to the Be. 18 tae le crux o! They worn iw) imemelioad the league in knocking in most| Division distinguished himself by {fl ola aneaness American! WARK, Jan, 21.--Before a crowd international psop- the Selective Service Act, It alms to > ts Bageah Weighed 14D pounds at ¥ | patriotism—told him where he. be. F ‘ delegates that the prop. deal fairly with all and to abolish the| sit iierar Know mouse of Chinon re | FUNS, With @ total of 1? The "Great| Pravery in the front lines, Ryan had longed and he went *| that, taxed the capacity of phe Coliseum | ogition was foremost in the business term ‘slacker,’ fusal to allow hip man to go though with tie| Zim" isn’t the worst third baseman} aS and at oeain te cae ee DWARD 'T. VAN WART, | fdechor Jo 1 defeated to be transacted and a long discussion “At Upton I met a New York ath-| auch 1 the league, ope whe: [Pp OB i 28 eI Uabes we No, 161 West 10th Street, N. ¥,@!) | Saxon, 1 outpointed sy | ensued. NGS la Gaile te "wet ces i e — a in the leagu : and L nope when ad 9 the ne Rrwat rod rulting office and \ Kat = Hise A ty a shipped ere 4 is 4 eet Futon, who stamped Silat Grem, «colored | coming season opens tha may be| signed his name to ithe ¢ e y Rabbit Long. . Meeted Cn ane ee tS 1 ROMAR | eawenatd, tn a for rounda ot Uitaio, N.Y. (abio te ait im my usual place, behind | Dink. He turned down many soft] Woman's Service Bouts To-Ntane, |A0PIt Long: Sean asiwal Back there with the depot ‘brigade. |% Moma, nea. for wasn ve resival « eae:| third, and Toot for the Giants far | ers offered him and ingiated that | ‘The semi-finals of the amateur boxing oe Pree Oa fould it be fair to call bia g| see of 82.0000, wil ax wveri hundred doilam| (ri, yk HOOt [he get in the real fight, Sad to re-| tournament which the National League MOINES, Ia, Jan. meeting of the Harvard varaity ‘dodger? (tet aaiotint to-night, ao he to olaied JACK WHI | late, ic! vas in the closing |tor Woman's Service is holding for the chamy heavy wel iawaue Annold miionwasnt ot Chicane “As an officer of one of the loca: Tie) Carme. @ & lest ae We Fran No, #2 Haat 162d Street, | MA OF the (Mantle strucelo and spent lentertalnment of the wounded aoldters of A. 3 Knocked Be aster aa tor! ree ANOrOAR Zamion, 1 Ao|'a: A Mt Slneeeis. | Melsimahes Hackin, de bean | Happily he has recovered from. the | % Fox Hills Hospital wil take place to- | M°— Mind round of a scheditted bey Bot helleve that body would try to iene “ "| Yo the Siurting Militar of The Drecing Workl: | wounds, is back with hix native folks, |DIRMC at 8 o'clock at the National Ser-| round bout question the Selective Service Act ‘by w st. I rewt your interesting article tell-| but unfit for boxing now. A lad of [vice Ca € | oe Bsing the term ‘slacker’ toward any manager of the Arena AC. of ing of the many prominent boxers| this type is a credit to the besine |Mera, Edwa O'Vowd Knocks Ont Murphy. who was classified for the draft arid toda is dub who answered the call to the colors! game, gape rr eite When | Roosevelt HOSTON, Jun. Dowd 0 experienc Dead, detent cite emevice. 2 ]Raaded ine lecnatd Dusdie, tout and bare aaidea | und regret that you fuiled to mention| the sport needs every. trend “tt cian | WAL ata dud Pale Ati ne cham: pach OF HArvands iG Banlt not fens to "BO on coll becurvd the | ;, y ‘ jppe. assisting Refer As AY bie Murphy of Oregon, however, plaved in at SW ua y BD be held Saturc fa seh) own story.” fange from $2 te 810. speak of Ritchie Ryan, the west side (inte) ¥ Harve f onne Post Demands Fair Play for Dempsey © Chairman Smit pear before them ¢ j with the evidence he hus, if amy, }which caused him to reach the oon. clusion that Jack Was a slacker, They asking him to ap- nd to furnish them hava also Wired Dempsey, inviting m before then to state his case The posts timt went on record as branding the title holder a slacker have also bean wired asking them |what evidence tiey had, if any, to prove that Jack Was an evader of War duty Meanwhile William Fox is more anxious than ever to sccure the Dempsey - Carpentier match. He hasn't yet heard from Jack Kearns replying to his offer of a purse of ,000 for the match, with a per- rentage of (he net receipts, Mr. Fox ‘as Wired Deschamps an offer of for the Buropean champton me here under bis management $250,000 Latest for Carpentier nis tirst direct move to Georger Carpenticr, Wiliam Fox, movie mag: nate, last night cabled him an offer ef $250,000 win or lose to fight Jaok Dempsey'in America July 4. He also fered further inducements in. the Way of 4 yaudeville tour before and after the fight. In his cable he gald had ®een refrained from direct aling due to'an understanding that Cochrane option expires or Feb. 1 Australia Keeps Davis Tennis Cup SYDNEY. Australia, Jan. 21.—Aus- trulia’s tennis sturs won the right to retain the Davis Cup for another year here to-day when Gerald Patterson the Australian, won his singles match |trom Lieut, Col. A. 1. F. Kingseot of Sngkind in three straigh: sets. The scoras were 6—1, 6—4 and 8—4, One |more singles match remains to be played, but cs the Australians have of the t_matohes contested the result of the ne will not affect their bold The Patterson-Kingscot match was [Witnessed by one of the largest owds that ever attends mateh t this Kind in Australia ese two premier tennis artists met yesterday, Dut after each had won a set rain cunte in torrents and necessitated @ postponement until to-d: NewY orker Loses By Single Stroke BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, ¥ —George N. ide of Dallas, Texas, won the low medal score at the annua! January tournament at Belleair Heights with a score of $2. He was out in for- ve, but managed to come. back in thirty -seve: which beat Clarence Ho- bart sof N York, formerly tennis champion, by a single stroke. Hobart Was a stroke better than R. 8, Worth- ington of Shawnee and W. A. Alexander of Old Bim. A feild 'of more’ than one hundred golfers took part in the tourna- ment, PINHHURST, N. C., handicap classes, part in a medal play conteat on the champlonship course WU Pinehurst. W. E. Truesdell of Fox EUlis carried off the Class A prize with a., Jan. 21 round of 84—6, 78. T. Barr of ering Harbor and G. W. Stataell of Philadelphia tied for the prize in the miidie handicap class. ‘Be good to your feet! Wool socks that are all- wool by our own test! Heather mixtures im - ported from England. Very reasonable. and $3 a pair. $2.50 For honorably discharged feet-— A heavy civilian oxford which preserves the best fea- tures of the army last. Our own idea for ex-sol uers. Mufflers. Ear muffs. Fur hats. Fur gloves. Fur-lined *“Gootch Mists.” Skates, skis, snowshoes. *Reaistered Tradema: toboggans, Rocers Peet ComPANy Broadway Broa at 13th St. “Four at 34th St. Convenient Broadway Corners” Fifth Ave. at Warren at 41at St. Uversihing for Billi, Bowl! 39 W. 834 Bt. SS THUM 27biitte pe Pitiegte