The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1920, Page 20

. ¢ f ee See as ee a » beaten at Toledo. Le gaa re agta . +4 4 | e GOLUMN OH, SEE WHO’S COMING! - - - Copyright, 1920, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Byening World). ‘ salah | Marquis of Queensberry Didn't Frame Famous Rules of Boxing. LTHOUGH the celebrated Mar- quis of Queensberry is credited with framing the rules which, | supposedly, have governed boxing bouts during the last thirty years or so, he really didn't draw thom up at all. We get this information author- ilatively through an old interview with the English sportsman, .which Jack Skelly reprints in his interesting Yonkers Herald column. Howard B. Hackett, then the fistic authority of the New York World, talked to the Englishman on the subject when the ry ag toured this country back in “How,” asked Hackett, “did you come to frame the famous rules which bear your name?” “I am glad you asked that ques- tion,” replied the Marquis, “I have ulways wanted to set the world right if the true authorship of those rules. They were drawn up by John Cham. bers, @ classmate of mine at Cam. bridge and subsequently the editor of Land and Water. I made two or three alterations and they were adapted. “These rules,” continued the Mar- quis, “were never designed for such Dig contests as the world has been itnessing in recent years (this in 1891, but solely for boxing bouts. ‘Their purpose was to disqualify any person who resorted to slugging.” », Bven as far back n* thirty years! ago the Marquta considered the orig- imal rules too exacting for the boxing contests of those days. He didnit be- eve in Jong bouts and the brevity of ‘the periods of rest between rounds. And instead of the present ten sec- onds, he favored giving a man twenty seconds to get on his fect after a’ knockdown. ‘EN Skelly prints the original and correct Queensberry rules, ‘twelve in number, each very plain and simple. It would be well for alt boxing fans to familiarise themselves with them. Here they are: *Rule 1, To be a fair standup boxing mitch in a 24-foot ring, or a3 near that size as practicable. Rule 2. No wrestling or hugging allowed. Rule 3. The rounds to be of 3 minutes’ duration, and one minute rounds, Rule 4. lf either man falle through weakness or otherwise, he must get ‘unassisted; 10 seconds to be allowed him to do 0, the other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and* when ‘the falien man ie on his jegs the round is to be resumed. If one man fails to come to the ecratch in ten seconds allowed, it shall be in the power of the ref- eree to give his award in favor of the other man. Rule 6. A man hanging on the ropes in a helpless state, with his toes off the ground, shal! be con- ‘down. Rule 6. No second or any other person to be allowed in the ring during the rounds. Rule 7. Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidale inter- ference, the referee to name time and place, as goon as possible, for finishing the contest; so ¢hat the match must be won or lost, unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes, Rule 8 The gloves to be fair- wixed boxing gloves of the best quality an new. Rule 9. Should a glove buret or ome off, it must be replaced to the referee's satisfaction. \ Rute 10. A man on one knee is considered down, and if struck is entitled to the etakes. Rule 11. No shoes or boots with springs allowed. Rule 12. ‘The contest in all other respects to be governed by the re- By nd rules of the London Prize ing. ‘TRING hie trip to Boston this week, where he khocked out that big, tough, colored heavy- weight, John Lester Johnaon, in eight rounds, Fred Fulton found time to visit the grave of John L. Sullivan in Roxbury and to place a wreath of flowers_over “the greatest Roman of the all,” Fulton has always been an admirer of John L., and says that ever since he was knee high to a grasshopper he followed his career. As he stood beside the old warrior’s grave Big Fred said: “We've had champions ever since the old wortd began to revolve, but we had only one John 1.” Fulton doesn't think that Jeffries, Johnson or Fitzsimmona could have stood up before the mighty John when he was in his prime. OMING down to the present day champion, Jack Dempsey, Fred talked in this strain: THE EVENING WORLD! THURSDAY, FEBRUA RY BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Mist” NEXT MONTH LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’Hara. Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) ‘Ty Cobb I slipping somé more, No longer the most famous Spiker in America since Perley broke into print, A One thing you can say for the Baltimore Spiker though. He's safe at home. New grand opera, “Cleopat: daylight saving in the meet 8. Night, explains why they didn’t want Match between the Big Plasterer and Mason might settle the building trades championship. . . A holdout holds out nothing but his hand. Chane er College football players will soon be holding out fgr a 50 per cent. in- creage im cheers. 4 . Babe Ruth's birthday this week, Babe finds himself worth $725,000 at 28. . ef e@ Baseball war will continue so long as Ban Johnson is pro-Herrmann, ‘Two English créws will journey to America this summer. Some cruise. eee GUYS AT PALM BEACH REPORT THE BELLHOPS FURNISH THE PALMS AND THE MANAGEMENT THE BEACH. Senator Knute Nelson would have 'em eliminate sporting pages to save white paper, Showing that a half-Nelson or a whole one is dangerous in every branch of sport. . Statistics show the White Sox load in double plays and the A's always tral! in Gouble-heedera Giants's spring plans call for ‘em to train at San Antonio and detrain at twenty other places. ee Four years ago the publio didn’t want Les Daroy. 7: Dempsey and more action, lay it wants less e , U. of P. lost the backbone of its 1919 football team. Cornell still retains all the bone on its 1919 eleven, Pennsy's loss now amounts to to win without nine men as Conni: Pair of Broadway shows now on run system still pays in New York, . TORY FOR THE WETS. GREAT BRITAIN SELECTS OPEN GOLF TOURNEY DATES.’ ‘The open golf championship tourna- ment of Great Britain will be held over the iinks at Deal on June 21, 22 and 23, according to a cable message received in this country last night. When official confirmation of this ts received from St, Andrews by the United States Golf Association, dates wil be announced at once for the open championship of this country. ate Ma a aed Elm Proves Easy Picking for Valger “Just now they are talking about the wonderful prowess of Jack Dempsey, but Jack would never have been able to stand the gaff along with Sullivs Dempsey, according to my way of thinking, would be made just right for a man like Sullivan. You know John L. naed to like the slam-bang type of fighter, He wanted his men coming to him all the time, and the more aggremive they were the better he Ifked it. Good old John used to get set for ali of ‘em. He would feint to get their hand away from the jaw: then it was his awful haymaker that generally sent his contender to the land of nod “Persowrdty I believe that Dempsey Jee lucky champion. I do not want te take anything away from Jack in the least, but I beti : Pion jus a little before his day, You know it was that lucky day he had with me over in Jersey that put him on the way to a battle with Willard ‘Then he fought a hasbeen in Willerd which any rea) contender could have Give Jack Dempsey that is due him, but he is not a Jobe L. Sullivanby o thousand miles. he bi cham, PATIORSON, N. J., Feb, 5,— Benny Valger, the French featherweight cham- who is matched to meet World’ Kilbane Feb. 16 in ion Johnny k, all but’ knocked out Tommy Kim last night in an elght-round bout. Valger’s cleverness and punching ubility were too much for the loom boy, |who held on at every opportunity to save himself from being knocked out, Vaiger scored & kno kdown in the sev- jenth round _ | Woxers Satl for Kurope To-Day. | Al Lippe, manager of a string of box- wilt sail with his charges for Eu- on the “Mauretania to-day, ‘The | boys Lippe is taking along are Jeff Smith, ‘Tom Cowler, Frankie Brown, <. O,' Loughl'n, Eddie Moy, Joe Men- 1 Max Williamson, Fred Dyer, hony Alecks and Tralier Jimmy Lig- t ers, rope 4a re | eS | Dan Wins « Gold Medal. | PINPHPURST, Cc, Feb, 6&.—The gold medal for low gross score in the qualifying round of the annual St. Val- nune's golf tow t was won by Danforth, North Fork, with an 84 over the No. 3 course, and this, with his 79 on Monday on No. 2, gave him a lal of 16, f ne men, Mack finds it to win WITH ‘em, oe . SPIT BALL IS STILL LEGAL, WHICH MAKES AT LEAST ONE VIC- ° And Penn will find it as hard their second year prove the hit and . RACING SELECTIONS. AT HAVANA. First Race—Director James, Red, Leoma, Second Race—Bianchita, Peave- ful Star, Jack Healy. ‘Third Race—Dimitri, Avion, White Crown, ‘ourth Race-Polar Cub, Anna- delle, Ruby. pee Hace-Peacher, Corydon, n ‘Thrush. ixth Race—Parable, Kilkenny, Whippoorwill. umpbant, Jim Dudley. Fourth’ Race Seed Charley Fifth Race—Minute Man, Sweet Liberty, Flying Witch. Sixth Race—Lebalafre, A! Pierce, Christie. Seventh Race—Cavan Boy, James, Dioscorides, U eno Steen Beecher Win Boouts, DETROIT, Fob. 5.—At the National Sporting Club here last night New York- ers starred in the two feature ten-round contests, Johnny Murray, recent win- her over two champions—Joey Fox and Johnny Kibane—scored a great victory over Alyle Miller of Lorain, O.. while ie Beecher, the veteran lighiweight th “ cin a th Johnny Mendel; comeback PATERSON, N. J, Feb. 5.—Witite Herman Paterson’ administered a terrific ting to Frankie Lippy of New Yorkin eight rounds at ‘the Ly- ceum A. ©. of Paterson last night. The him to holding taotics of Lippy enabl siay the limit. GEORGES carpeniner, THE FIGHTING FREKeHMAN WHo WILL BE IN OUR. a Ruth On Way To Seek Slice of Purchase Money LOS ANGRLMS, Feb. 6.—Outflelder George H. (Babe) Ruth left here yes- terday for the East. He intends to be in New York next Tuesday to confer with Manager Miller Huggins of the) New York Americans, Ruth insists he| will not sign a contract to play with tie| Yankees until he receives a partof his | Durchase price, sald to be $125,000, Apparently John J. McGraw, man- ager of the Giants, has decided not to attend the big major league meetings in Chicago next week for the purpose of talking over trades with other managers and getting his players in line for the coming season. Joseph D. O’Brien, the club Seore- tary, received a cablegram yesterday from Charles A. Stoneham, President, in which the latter said he would leave Havana to-day for Chicago. This leads to the assumption that McGraw would remain in charge oT} the Stoncham-MoGraw racing inter- ests in Cuba until the end of the month and then go direct to An- tonlo from Havana. ‘The vanguard of the Robins wit ‘will leave New York for Jacksonville on Feb, 26. food steamship Mohawk. x, Rube Marquart, Clarence “Chuck” Ward and Heltman, A colt pitcher, have already decided to ; make the trip by water, and there y be others, Dave McAndless Wins Amateur Billiard Title David McAndless of Chicago added the Eastern Class A 18.2 balkline bill- lard ehampionship title to his hold- ing by wmning the final game of the tournament at the Amateur Billiard Club of New York last night. The young wizard of the cue, who is also the n&tiopal champion, transcended all of his previous efforts in the way of scoring tmpreasive runs. He broke the high run record of the National Association of Amateur Billiard Play- ers by completing his string with an unfinished run of 148, McAndless defeated Francts 8. Ap- pleby, Columbia student, by the score of 300 points to 126, The champion's average was a fiat 2% for the perform- ance, while that of his opponent was 115-11. McAmdiess had five double Ggure runs on his string, of wnich the best three were 34, 34 and 23. Apple- by’s best effort produced 33. By his victory McAndless ‘becomes a trivle winner. He gains the cham- ptonship, the high run and the high average prizes. Appleby won second prize, as the only one to défeat him was McAndless, Edward W. Gardner, the veteran, won third place. Eddie Fitzsimmons the promising local fighter has bean booked up for three more ‘bouts by his manager, Dan Morgan. On Monday night he, foxes Larry Hanson at Hanrisbure, | Pa. Fob. 23 he goes against Tim Droney, the Pennsylvania fighter, for| ten sounds at the Fulton Opera House | at Lancaster, Pa., and on March 10 he will swap punches with Johnny Sheppard, the English lightweight, in ® ten round bout at the Detroit Box- ing Club of Detroit, Mich. Fitasim- Lynch, the West Gide dantamaeight, who has been laid up for six weeks, will don the gloves agein to-night, He will clash with Patagy Jobn- of Jersey City, Lsnch has deen working bard for this bout and is in ine fettle for a aiff battle, Young Chaney. of Baltimore, meets Georgie Brown in the sem{-final, 2 Charaion Jnck Britton arrived home Mat oighe from Savannah, Ga., where he decisively defeated Teck Co the Savwnneh wokorweight, in « hont at the Savennah A, C., last wonk, Jack saye that the hous amounted to $5,500, and pol ks of pecale were tamed away for want of soum.) Brixkon deciane he got $1,750 for tie end Aetiam Pitngeraid, maicbwaker of the City A C., of Jeng City, te decked to um Benay | Kaufman, the Mbindeksia featherwaight, in | now with Frankie Bo the gupular Jorway Oty featherweight, x ‘hie show on Friday eren: > i pion, with the winner of the Benny Leonard-Johnny Dundee bout, which is to be held in the Fourth Regiment Ar- mory in Jersey City next Monday night, Andrews arrived in Frisco on Monday with the Australian champion, and was quoted in despatches as saying that be had brought Edwards here in r to get bouts with America's loading Hagt- weights. Driscoll will call a meeting of Dundee and Billy Gibson, Leonard's manager, to-morrow to disourg the referee ques- tion, caiman Griffith Knocks Out Descampa's Other Boxer. PARIS, Feb. 6. ohnany Griffith, the American welterweight, last night scored a technical knockout — over reel homas, a French fighter. The end came in the tenth royid of what was to have been a ‘een-round bout. = mas, who i Carpen- tier, the vywelght champion, threw tng, Web, 8, Kaufman has fougtt many of che up the sponge in order to save his man from a knockout By Thornton Fisher . TO SHOE STRINGS THA MACKAY AND DRISCOLL WILL BE AT THE PIER TO SAN “HELLO” MECULLOUGH Boor DEMPSEY HAY Ge INTO & TEMPERAHENTAL TANTRUM Young Stars Are Now Strong- est Factors in All, Big, Golf Championships. By William Abbott. OWADAYS it is the young-star who is the most dangerous con- testant for a golf title. It is the impetuous, hard-hitting youngster who generally leads the field rather than the cautious, experienced vet- eran, whose reign was only broken the last faw seasons when regiments of “kids” began showing prowess on the links. Lining up competing forces for the important 1920 amateur champion- ships, it is readily seen that the young player should come near swinging the whole works, Golf is the most changeable of all games. It is pos- sible for old-timers like Jerry Travers to pull sensational comebacks, but all the time opposition from the juvenile ranks is growing in strength. Bight out of the ten, most likely to win the national amateur crown ee season are under thirty years of Davey Herron, who will defend his title at the Engineers’ Club at Roslyn, is now only twenty-two. Bobby Jones, runner-up to Herron in 1913 Carpentier May Meet A. E. F. Champion Before He Faces Jack Dempsey. | Him First Chance, as He Was Twice Scheduled to Box Him in France Only to Have Matches Unexpectedly Fall Through. , By Alex, Sullivan. HEN Georges Carpentier steps down the gang plank upon his scheduled arrival in this city next month he will be greeted by Bob Martin, the strapping A. E. F, and Inter-Allied heavyweight box- ing champion. Martin is still confl- dent that he will be given first chance of any American to face the famous Frenchman in the ring, and he feels that Georges is honor bound to op- pose_him first. And thereby hangs this Tale. It is now boxing history that Mar- {in fought his way to the heavy weight championship honors in the A. E, F, tourney, He was the only American who won a title in this event who also participated in and won Inter-Ailied honors. It was in this tourney that he was supposed to meet the Frenchman and, up to two days before the contest was sup. to take place, Bob expected that Carpentier would exchange wal- lops with him, He was a very much disappointed fighter when told that the French authorities had substi- tuted Journet, a stable-mate, also managed by Descamps. Carpentier said he had hurt his hand. Martin and Journet fought a slash- ing fight, first one and then the other leading, the American finally putting at Oakmont, is but twenty. Young Bobby, despite his few years, has adready earned the distinction of be- ing the country’s strongest playing amateur by no tess an authority than Walter L Travis. For many Jones Will be the favorite to capture the national title for which the Southern youth has been gunning since he was fourteen, After Jones there is A. L. Walker of Staten Island, intercollegiate champion and runner-up to Oswald Kirkby for the last Metropolitan ttle, who fs barely twenty-two, Not far off there ts a large group of capable players, the most pominent being Max Woody Platt, “Phil Carter and Jesse Guilford, Up around twenty-seven, within a year of each other, are those two former champions, Francis Ouumet and Chick vans. It is a oinch this pair of notable stars will be out there disputing the award of titles this season with their old time bril- Maney. Bob Gardner, another ex-title holder, is still under the thirty mark and will figure strongif in the running, In ad- dition to these luminaries there will bea large crop of unknown youngsters who are springing up every year and whose advent on the links brings about mahy upsets. At Oakmont last season Bill Fownes was the only veteran who survived the early rounds. He met his ending in the semi-finals at the hands of Bobby Jones. Not many would care about wagering that a veteran will advance so far in the 1920 amateur champtons, for this ty the era of young golfers. Rhode Island and Connecticut want to Join hands and enter a team in the annual Tri-State Lesley Cup matches with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. At a recent meeting of the Connecticut Golf Association steps were faken to interest Rhote Island in the project. Favorable ac- tion is expected, as Rhode Island has for some time competed with Masra- chusetts in team matches, The com- ing of a new member would lend added zest to the historic Lesley Cup matches; which Pennsylvania won last year. A four-cornered fight for the Lesley Cup would come near be ing an Eastern championsh(p, for with the exception of New Jersey the competing States would represent a high pereentage of competitive golf! in this part of the U. 8, A At the Connecticut Association meeting James T. Scutter, Greenwich, was elécted President ‘and Roger Hovey, Hartford, Secretary-Treas- urer, It was voted to stage the State championship at either Brooklawn, Hartford or Bridgeport. over the sleep wallop that eliminated Journet in the third round. Last June when Tex Rickard was arranging the preliminaries for the Dempsey-Willard bout at Toledo, he thought it would be a good idea to arrange a meeting between Bob Mar- tin and Fay Kaiser, the two A. E. F. heavyweight finalists. They had fought such a terrific ten-round fight to a decision that a return engage- ment looked like an interesting event, especially to the thousands of re- turned soldiers. Col, James A, McDermott, who ,had charge of the A. E. F. boxing af- fairs, called Martin to him: in. Paris and aaked. him if he’d like to be shipped right home as @ casual and get a chance of earning $5,000 fight- ing Kaiser at Toledo. Bob asked the Colonel {tf he thought there was a chance of his meeting Carpentier in the Inter-Allied games boxing bouts and the Colonel told him he thought there was, 50 Bob stayed behind and passed up the big guarantee and the Opportunity to return directly home| after over @ year and a half in/ France, After Martin had beaten Coghill, the Australian champion, in a bitter bout for the Inter-Allied title, stop- ping him in 52 seconds on the same i pth i ca Bob Martin Says That French-| man Is Honor Bound to Give | | Philip Roth, lard, he was matched for his first afternoon that Dempsey stopped Wil-Carpentiers and Tunneys in the I world. . ‘ational Tennis Committee to Ask New Rules Be Given Year’s Trial o. Players to Have Alternative of | Using Old or New Scoring Meghod. HE Rules Committee the United States Lawn Tennis As- | sociation announced last night that it would propose a year’s trial for the changes in rues which will be submitted to the delugates at the an- nual meeting .2-morrow. Tt is suggested that the tentative changes be tried out on the courts with players having the alternntive of using the old or new method of scoring. The committee feels that the pro- posed changés are important enough to justify this experiment. It decided further to offer an amend: ment to its report for the conduct of handicap tournaments, along the lines sugested by the clubs of the Metropoll- tan Association. ‘This plan origi was considered and was being held as an alternative in case the one first proposed did not mert general approval. The new method, as published two or three days ago, is’ based on a study of the scores of many matches, showing that six points is a fair equivalent of a wame and thirty points of a set. Lhe scoring Ia then done continuously’ up, to thirty points, with the service chang'n at the winning of every sixth point, thus keeping up the idea of a change of service at the end of each game, Straight set victories carried Mrs. ot Automobile oO P R 3 AUTOMOBILE ‘SCHOOLS (Pounded 1919) T, Mechanical Class Courss 565‘) $90 With Driving © - hd Day and evening cla starting, Private courses SEND FOR CATALOG 225W. 57thSt., atB’ way Broadway Broa at 13th St. ‘Four at 34th St, | Convenient 4 Broadway Corners” Fifth Ave, at Warren 7 | Telephone Circle 5270. | a professional fight with Bob Se and he knocked him out in rofnds, He was then offered fights, one with Nils, the heavyweight claimant, Dick. and Carpentier, but it seems the French pi was never able to sign up Carpenti so Martin never returned to ‘There is a promoter who is to give Carpentier and Martin @ 000 purse to fight in Pueblo. Martip is a product of army bem ing. He first learned the rudiments} of the sport at Camp Shelby, bis f important victory being over ] McGilliot, a chenpion from one Of he other camps that Frank Mj developed. He won in four rounds B the K. O, route. Bob was with the 150th Infantry and saw plenty of action on the other site. He won twenty-eight bouts, eighteen by the K, 0. route, in order to reach the A. E. F. finala He feels particularly pleased becanee of his quick victory over Coghill, as the latter lasted three rounds with Fulton in England recently. When Martin fought the Australian all the American doughboys had much at stake. It seems that they had wagered every cent they could 7] rake up on Al Norton's chances against Pettybridge. Norton lost on a foul, When it came time for Martin to box Coghill, thousands of dollara,tl worth of sport goods that were in Wi storehouse under the grand stand of the Pershing Stadium were stolen, The U. S. A. Intelligence forces were immediately sent out to run down the culprits, as it «was known that dur ing the night some United States Ar« my wagons had backed up to the stadium and taken away the valuab= sporting paraphernalia, Howev the matter was dropped when all fio stuff, which had undoubtedly n pawned to bet on Martin, was re- turned after his less than a minute victory over Coghill, The doughboys, according to Jim Bronson, manager of Martin, intro- duced two things in Europe that the will perpetuate—cigarettes and gam. bling. Martin was born in the Blue Rid Mountains of West Virginia, but, now makes his home at Akron, C He first saw the light of day on Nov 11, and on the day of the signing o the armistice he was twenty-one years old. The figure 11 has been very con+ spicuous in his career, Hé was one ot eleven sons of a family of four- teen, He wears a No, 11 shoe, His first professional fight was fought on July 11, and he knocked his opponent down eleven times before scoring # knockout in the eleventh round, j Jim Bronson is now hero trying ty induce Scotty Monteith to consent t give Martin another bout with hig big heavyweight, Ray Smith, who re cently outpointed Martin in a great battls in the West. Martin sent Bronson on here, as he wants to stop Smith before he meet anybody else He hurt his hand in this bout and hd says he.can K, O, Ray the next time, He also would like a bout with Geno Tunney, who won a four-round de- cision over him in Paris, But Bob isn't looking for. Dempsey yet, as his manager says that Jacls, can right now whip all the Martins, Samuel F. Waring, Mrs. Franklin |. 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