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ons Fray. MERICANS recently returned to say about Carpentier. A developed boy them. he hits Dempsey on the chin the way he did Bookett, Dempsey will go down and stay down. Hi Ukely to do it foo. Carpentier is all nerves. Be- @ fight he’s nervous as acat. He it all in, and the moment‘ he's lon he seems to fairly explode. ing and graceful and a icture when the bell rings, © starts out smiling, Then ail ® sudden his expression changes he’s a fighting tury—more like MoGovern tnan any one else I jw. Dempsey may be able to Carpentier out if he can hit but he's going to have trouble the French boy, and he'd bet- care of his own jaw when aH ¥ HUE tier told an in- . J time comes to got into the ring the nervousness disappears and leaves Bim with ig ipapeee in his mind but in the it. first class athletes are like that. athlete who never worries or fecls ne! fluttering before a contest competition with a. phicg- spirit that keeps him from ex-+ his full energy. He lacks the ve nerve energy that wins with of Martin Sheridan was as fine an ex- ample of he nervous athiete as I ever knew. Martin ways covered his nerve tension with a laugh and a joke, but it was there. He was keyed up ‘until he actually went out on the fold. Then he suddenly grew perfectly cool. But the bottied-up nerve energy was ready to be brought out at the | moment it was needed. He never was | ic. And he won scores of | throwing \and other athletic events—when he was behind some rival—on his last throw at ae In Fee H tt ; if jagt Sheridan won and broke the world’s record. ‘The famous Mike Donovan once told me an interesting story about Jim Corbett. Donovan was with Corbett on the train going to the Sul- livan fight in New Oricans. “Corbett was almost @ nervous Kk,” Donovan told.me. “He could not sit still and was always jumping ‘and walking up and down the aisle of the car. He wag go irritable no gould talk to him. A stranger ‘ would have thought he was scated , half to death, but I knew how game he was, and knew it was only the nerve strain Of a hiehly strung man who felt that ic whole life depended on winning his fight. I got him into @ seat and told him over and over ‘that he outclassed Sullivan and that + Bullivan would never lay a glove on him. He was pitifully eager to hear me say it. But when the time came to fight he was the coolest man tn the whole building, He laughed and joked and kidded Sullivan and the crowd, and was as cool as ice and as fast as bittled lightning.” WILLARD WAS NOT NERVOUS ENOUGH Jeas Witlard’s ‘chief weakness as a fighter was that he was too culm and cool, too placidly self-confident. At Havana his slow deliberation worked well against Johnson because Joh son could make no impression on his ovenpowering bulk and youthful stamina. He wore Johnson out, Hut at Toledo, placidly confident as be- fore, he sarted the fight agninet Dempsey as calmly as if he had all day to finish it, Dempsey, whose nerves had been ragged for days, who jumping out of his skin fight, spent half a minute delfberately fooling Willard into stepping {nto a dange! ition, and then fairly roUs por with a sudden and furious! tates that crashed Willard to the floor a beaten man. ‘The great Terry MoGovern was so nervous until actually in action that “he could hardly eit waiting in his corner, and always started a fight by leaping out and going headlong across ring. Jim Jeffries was known as a cold ition before a fight. That was use he inherited from generations of Indian fighters and frontiersmen a habit of selt repression. Inside and under his silence and gruffness he ‘was always keyed up to high tension. In many years of athletic competi I've met hundreds of great ath- letes who have complained of feeling “weak” just before going into a com- ition. This was pure nervousness, tu he wor er, War veteran and speed or a final Tnuncularreehy, {tte » |T felt rid’s thampion discus Canoe Brook winner of prix. the Ea- off By Robert Edgren. Copyright, 1920, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). from France and England have a lot ‘The general opinion is that the’ Frencb- man will be anything ut “duck soup” for Dempsey, even if Dempsey beats him. I've even met some who think Carpentier will upset the champion, Most of them, how- over, haven't seer’ Dempsey fight and class him ag just a little better than the line of “White Hopes” that has cluttered up the ring for the past ten yeara, “This Carpentier ie the cleverest boxer I ever saw, of any weight,” a returned officer told me a fow days ago. “Hes wonderfully fast and he Mts hard enough with his right band to knock out anybody, 1 was in France before the war and saw all of Carpentier’s fights. He was « half “Now he's a full grown man, and {¢ @———_—_____. gineers through certain lotts on the fighting lines, told me once that was waiting ia cthe arconn seas ie in ie ressi| room to be called out to throw the discus jmoom: grid that it hurt ae Purely iP Hhervous energy. I remem- ber Jim at Celtic Park one day. in the dressing room, laughingly calling attention to his legs, which were aking as if he had a chill, And half an hour later he broke the world’s record by five feet. ANY ATHLETE WHO 18 “FIT? HAS “NERVE: This nervousness has sometht do with perfect condition, Neary al good athletes have it. When, after years of competition, the nervousness disappears and the athlete can train for @ big event and go Into It with calm indifference he has paswed the P, of his f He's like J iMard at Toledo, strong and phys: ory ‘but lacking the driving and came home fill of bullet holes and covered with decorations, once told me of his experience. He said on one occasion when he was to gO “over the top” he stood in the trench waiting the command and he shook so all over and was 60 weak that he was in deadly fear of being unable to climb out when his com- rad itarted and of being left behind and regarded as a coward. At the command he started over, eager Frenchman ahead of truck by @ builet, fell back on “# head and knocked him down into the mud. He volled the dead man off, jumped up, and started over aguin. In the few seconds he had lost 4 hidden German machine gun had wiped out the whole charging line. His comrades, except two or three, were down, and he heard the tearing of the bullet spray as the German gun swept up and down the trench-top. He dropped into the trench again, ran along it a few yards, climbed out and dashed over into a shell hole. Funny,” he said, “I wasn't 8 any more. I used to run the half mil. In the prep school in New Jersey, and ¢ same way before every race, and got over it when the cace started.” ‘That. was where his story ended, Later I learned the rest of it from ‘Tom Cassidy, who had it from Sec- retary Tumuilty, I believe. The boy who was 80 nervous before the fight began got over into the German trench, alone, killed the machine gun- ners with a hand grenade, turned the machine gun down the ‘trench and killed about fifty Germans, and brought the gun back to the French lines. There was no shake in his legs then, although he probably shook again when he was lined up to be decorated, and a French general pinned a medal on him and kissed him on both cheeks. ‘Convelaht, 1930. tw The Prow Publishing . (The New York World) Topping Meets Augustus To-day In 36-Hole Final BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla, Feb. 21.—Henry Topping of Greenwich will meet Ellsworth Augustus of Cleve- fand in the final for the chief trophy of the annual Washington Birthday golf tournament here to-day. Top- ping, playing again at an even pace close to par, eliminated F, W. Whit- more of Hartford by four and three. Augustus had a runaway mateh with W. A. Stickney of St. Louls, and won by 6 to 6, Topping and Augustus will play 36 holes to-day in what should be the best match of the tournament. The odds are about even money, with many bets being made. PALM BEACH, Feb, 21.—-Mrs. Quentin F, Feitner, South Shor: feated Mrs. Ernest Byfield, Ra in the semi-final round an's golf tourney for the Florida title, and to-day will meet Miss Plaine Rosenthal, Ravisloe, in the last match. The margin was 3 and 1, In the upper half of the bracket Miss Lois Stumer, Ravisloe, fell an easy victim to Miss Rosenthal by 6 and 4 PINEHURST, N. C., Feb, 21.—Mrs. J. D. Armstrong ¢f Buffalo and Mrs, J. D, Chapman of Greenwich, annexed the first prizes in the Silver Foils’ best ball golf tourney with a net score of 1 Y. F, Wanner of Hemp- Caroline Bogart of | Elizabeth; Mrs. Myron Marr of Wood- | land and Mrs, F. 8, Danforth of North . Rackman of Co, AY BEST SPORTING P 1S WHAT WINS FOR ALL ATHLETES IN ANY CONTEST) ‘ . Man Who Never Worries and Has Too Much Self-Confidence Rarely Succeeds—Willard’s Showing Against Dempsey an Wustration of This—Corbett, Carpentier, McGovern and Jim | Duncan Always Had Attack of “Nerves” Before Entering oe sey eR ON Te funny, but the toame that are fast don't have to look for the brakes, With Stanislaus and Wladek Zkyszko here, “as far apart as the two 0. . It) be tough on Akron'’s reputation if its new International team Poles” moans 6 lot less thon tt used ¢ blows up. . Right field may be the right fied for . A wrestling championship may not be lost in one fall, but a football championship certainly ean be. . If us New York sports only had a Johnny Walker to legalize booze like Jimmy is trying to legalize boxing! . Threats to oust the Yankees from bluffs than Coogan’'s about the Polo Grounds. eee There'll be more shells at the Olympic regatta than Antwerp has seen since the summer of 1914, e “Pop” Anson wouldn't be broke now if he'd joined the railroad instead of the b: all brotherhood, . SEATS AT THE POLO GROUNDS, IN TIERS, . almost ag much as a mishap to Ruth, . Home Golfers to American Link Stars Passing Up English Amateur Tourney for Foreign Professional Meet. innviuaien By William Abbott. NVADING American golfers will | I mass their efforts in the British open champlonship. There will be at Icast five head liners from the U. 8. A when the premier British professional tournament gets under links. Hopes that America would be strongly represented in the British amateur championship at Murfield, early in June, have been pretty well dashed to the ground. Until recently it was expected that Bobby Jones, the Atlanta youth who was runner-up for the national title at Oakmont last year, would lead a contingent of amatours from this side of the big pond. Bobby is a student at Georgia Tech and can not spare the necessary time from classroom to seok foreign golf honors. Francis Oulmet, who made a rather unfor- tunate invasion over English course: in 1914 following his memorable vic- tory over Vardon and Ray at Brook- line the previous season, has stated he has no desire to roam away from native inks. Davey Herron, national title holder, is learning the steel in- roit and Miss Winifred Cullen of tled for the second The tie will be played dustry at Pittsburgh and can not take a long vacation in order to enter the British amateur tournament. Chiek Mvenm & bong we Oaicage, LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. Coperight, 1958, by Ths Pree Publishing Cn (The New York Brening Weel) Those intercollegiate boxing champs will get gold medals and tin ears. eee FANS MAY BE HOLLERING NOW ABOUT THE HIGH PRIOF OF BOX . If Feledh comes to New York the Yanks will find that a “Hap” wil cost 'em . In British Open Championship | way June 21 on the historic Deal | IS THIS ANOTHER MAN OF DESTINY? Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). “Babe” Ruth, After all. ee ° ‘ . their ball park show there are more . \ BUT NEXT SUMMER THEY'LL BE . Mass Efforts | has never been very keen about cross- jing the Atlantie in quest of golf jhonors, With Bob Gardner, who |barwly finds enough idle minutes to compete in home contests, this com- pletes the top layer of American amateur strength. Without Herron, Ouimet, Evans, Jones and Gardner this country could not hope to fare very well abroad, although England's line-up of capable amateurs was seriously reduced by the world war. While Uncle Sam may be overlook- |ing some opportunity in the British | amateur event he is more than mak- Ing up with @ formidable unit of @hock warriors for the British open tournament, Walter Hagen, national jchampion; “Long Jim" Barnes, Western title holder; Jock Hutchin- son, Mike Brady and Tom McNa- mara, three of the strongest pros now in the game, will make one J. Bull clutch his open title with nervous bands. Never has this country sent such a powerful combination of golf- ers and their chances of bringing home the historic British trophy are rated as good as even, although those great champions, Harry Vardon, J. H. Taylor, James Briad, George Dun- can and Ted Ray are sure to be num. bered among the defending Britons at Deal. President Walker, of the U. A., convenes his’ Executive mmittes next Tuesday there'N be lots of business to wade through, as- signing ate for the three major championships and picking the com- mittee of four that will confer with St. Andrew's about standardizing balls and rules affecting stymies, It will be some time before dates for the championships can be made public as the Executive Committee must consult with the clube to whieb the} Jevonla have beck eiheduled, When G. CHICKEN CRoss THE ¥ “Way Does A Road To GeT a “We ober Side ? HA } Do tou KNowl “hey and Gossip By John Pollock The officials of the Sportemen's Club of Newark, N. J., have decided to use four champions in a weries of bouts witch they ffitend staging at the First Regiment Armory on the night af March 16. The “champs” who will battle opponents are Jack Britton, Mike O'Dowd, Pete Herman and Johnny Kilbane, Britton may box Johnny Tillman of @t. Pant, Pete Herman may go against Pal Moore, Kilbane may hook up with Harold Farese of Newark and O’Dowd's op- ponem has not been selected as yet, As all of the champions are to box for a guarantes the chances are that | ‘will cost the club plenty of | : # who recently knocked out ‘Freddie Brooklyn in @ Lout at Endicott, N, ¥., has been signed up for two more fights. His first will be with Jobnoy Shugrue of Waterbury, Cons., tonight amd tis wecond with Franide Clarke of Philadadpia at the Olympia A, A, of Phile- delhi on Monday nigh Sammy Gurion of New Orteane, manager of champion Pote Herman, arrived in town to-day and deciared Ue be han booked up Herman for thre more bouts, On March @ be mosts K, 0, Joo O'Deunell of Maitadelitia for aix rounds st the (Nacional A, © of ‘Shifty, Surah 15 be orm Fal More at the Newsrk Sportsmen's ‘Club aad March 22 be foes aguiest Moy Moore M St Paul at tie Olympia A, A, of Phila detpia, George MeDonaid, “the Mnetiah sporaing man who recently mturnad here from England, me fiat he bas ju received « cadlegram tom Frio 1, Manager of Georges Carpentier, John Bycmh, the ght promoter of Detroit, Mich., @ dno to amro im town today to complete bie cani af bouts for the next dow of she Detedt Boxing lub ou March 10, By. ceaft waaks W ign up baidklo FStaaimanory, with Jahoy Bhawan, (he Bugdabmnan, ‘Rob jon wih Jor Git and dank Beiton with Jeok loceafiold, he Engliahiman, for ten round bouts, Owing to tho fact that there was e fire at the West Hoboken A. C. yesterday, the three eight round bouts scheduled for last night had te be postpened until next Friday. The main event will bring towether Charlie Beecher, the east side {and Frankie Dixon, the rooklin ™, England. (ly Bieger of Hobo feather eger. torn champion, will’ clash with Frankie Wilson Adgeport in’ the third eig.t-round bout, Augie Ratner, the Bronx middleweight, will fight his first battle under Frank Bagley’s man agement at the Arena A. C., of Jerwy City, March 6, Ho will go against Jeckio Clarke, of Allentown, Pe., in the the i alt found Willie, Peensrn Zohn oe, atte fin otetay alse ‘het pastes te RYSt Shample PR “The DAY BEFORE 4 FGHT GEORGES 15 So NERVOUS “Teun HIM FUNAY Stomes. SIT AROUND AND WATE Re REAL PEP Champion, Forced to Limit, | Throws Londos With Wrist Lock. 4 By Vincent Treanor. | ITH his body lying with all its weight across the chest of Greek Jim Londos, and ap- Plying a plain old-fashioned wrist lock and nothing more, Joe Stecher finally pressed his Greek adversary’s shoulder to the mat at the Tist Regi- ment Armory last night. Two hours and thirteen eeconds had elapsed from the time the match began. For} once in his career Steoher found the scissors hold ineffective, and had to revort to a trick from the book of old-| time wrestling. At least six times Stecher applied the scissors, and al- though it came within an inoh or two of flattening the Greek on more than one occasion, the latter always saved bimself. Londos won "an enviable place in the wrestling world by his |Showing. He has amazing strength | @nd speed, and a defense that has | been rarely equalled. And he is game. | A crowd that jammed the armory from fiéor to ceiling went away well satisfied. They had seen a great match, better in fact than the recent Stecher-Caddock affair, and crowded | with action. There was not a voice of adverse criticism of the work of either man, On the contrary, the ar- mory rang with almost continuous applause, Londos knows a lot about the mat game, and he gave Steolier a real night's work, His only failing that yas apparent last night was that when he got Stecher on the ground, as he did often, he didn’t know what to do with him, . Cheers greeted both men when they were introduced by Joe Humphrie: Londos got a wonderful reception, but that accorded Stecher was treinen- dous. It lasted two minutes, Bothner, the referee, also got his share of ap- plause when presented. It was a won- denful show of enthusiasm on the part of the crowd and an unmistakable tribute to the mat game. Bothner in the middle, with Stecher and Londos on either side of him, made @ fine subject for the flashlight Photographers in the ring just be- fore the match was begun, Stetaher’s weight was announced as 214, and that of Londos as 202. Londos was almost a foot shorter than Stecher. Londos made a grab for Stecher's neck after they had been at it ten minutes, Joe stepped in Hike a fighter getting inside a swing, and the move put Londog on the floor for the first time, with Joe in back of him. The Greek lost no time in getting to his feet again. As Stecher locked arms with Londos shortly afterward, the Greek pulled a Kid McCoy trick, and deliberately planted his right foot on Joe's toes and tried to push him off balance. Londos was supplying plenty of action up to this stage. He set the crowd in an uproar by grabbing Stecher around the thigh and slipping his hands down for a toe hold. All Stecher could do was to go down on ail fours with Londos behind him. Joe, however, was out of danger shortly. Londos with his favorite leg throw- ing trick got Joe on the ground, but in doing so nearly became the subject for the famous selssors, Joe had him from behind with a body hold and was trying to squeeze his knees around his ribs. Just when he was about to accomplish this, Londos got away with a series of bullfrog jumps and was soon on his feet safely A fine exhibition of ground and lofty tournament followed this, dur- ing which both hed what appeared to be good looking holds. Londos, diving for Stecher’s legs and upset- nee pat ubeculan de th K New York Boy ° . ean 4 | Runner Up for _ Skating Title: (Special to The Svengng World.) ‘The international outdoor speed sluab-, ing title went to Everitt McGowan St. Paul with @ total of 120 points when he captured the half-mile, mile; two-mile and three. mile races. He, had a close competitor in Joo 1 ot New York, skating for Lake Plaidy! who scored 100 points, ; Joe made his points by taking the! the 220-yard dash, 440-yard 4 second in the three-mile and thint tm: the one and two-mile races. Moore} got the jump on the field in thet 220-yard “dash, amd kept his lea@. to the head of the homestretch,! where Ed Horton of Lake; got abreast of him, with Jowtraw of! > i ia | Lake Placid hugging his heels. Down ithe stretch they fought, with Moore, Day terore The ToLepo —— Fiant DEMPSEY WAS So —— NERVOUS HE Drove inh Car ALS NER THE wrestling f | 08 "$0. successfull: \ Joe's legs so far apart his feot with Joe on his back, | iggy riding” Yashion. g In trying for a body hold on Steck, er, the Greek put himself into a fins and spread position for the head lock. “Joo reached And applied He at List seemed to have Londos, Bothner flopped on the ground, peered un- dernda} by, but -Leor dos struggled hand to free himself.” Ha threw his legs violently in the air and finally, with @ superhuman effort, got his head out of chancery. ‘The crowd roared its approval. “He's the Joe Walcott of this game," said Referee Both: to us over the ropes. from Stecher emerge! head lock when the a Londvs| it near- ly an hour, with right ey bruised and blackened Rough stu this match. Londos was still going on his feet Annual Meet of Stecher Wins Great Match | Against Greek Wrestler | With Old-Fashioned Hold’ val and @ great assemblage of ath- \letes will be seen in action. Among |sorae of the most important events; will be an $0 yard dle race with, Warl Thompson, the Dartmouth re~ presentative who recently shattered i«™ the world’s yard hurdle record;,' 7 Walker Smit, of Cornell, intereol-, that he got] t finile champion strong, and was as fast as a lightweig! r lock on Steche and tossed him on his rolied right up on his Right after thie St scissors cleanly, and it & Londos must siecumb s ” locks and wrist holds too, but after seven minutes of the most wonde resistance the Greek got free. The crowd yelled itself hoarse. Londos, had to bridve and twist, and only the strength of a supern enabled him! to break the most perfect Stecher scissors hold w c ever seen, eral times the referee was flat on h stoi hn pee beneath shoulders, but was enough to stave he winn on Stecher's bac got Stecher was nea to a fall thar in any matah in a long time wh Londos got a scissors around his body and gradually slipped his less up| around Joe's throat. At one time the Greek had his ankles right over Stecher’e Adam'3 apple. Tt didn't! seem fair, Joe had to bridge an wiggle for three minutes to get awny. | Right after thie Stecher got another) perfect scissors hold but without the all important and accompanying wrist lock. Londos succeeded in get- ting away by applying a toe hold,| and finally arose to his feet with Stecher on his shoulders. They were at ft two hours at thie stage. avery- body agreed that Londos was a wor der. He had shown a most effective | defense to forestall the far famed| scissors Huggins Here To Round Up Yankee Holdouts Miller Huggins, the manager of the Yankees, is here from Cincinnati and he'll work until the Yanks start for Jacksonvi!le next Saturday at round- ing up the few dissatisfied ones in his outfit. He found that his task is far easier than confronts most managers of big league clubs, however. “T think it 1s safe to say that nover before in the history of the game has such a small percentage of players been signed at this season—one week from the date of the start to the training camps,” said Huggins. “{ don’t care to say who has or has not signed with our club—just yet. But 1 think our differences will all be smoothed out in a frendly way. Messra, Ruppert and Huston want to be fair, and I expect that the players will show fairness in return. Huggins was asked about tho report that Armando \ flelder who des and refused to © Play again this didn't enthu a bit “M is now un \ sald ¢ manager @ n't been sent & contract and I don't expect to take him to Jacksonville to train. In me I tried to put through idee ot the Chinas fuot ¥ think I will stand we now, t the | + wi TE THUMM SESS, Sk BS, the line inches ahead of! nd a foot behind. n lined up for the final race, which Me 20 nd Jew~! of the three Gowan won, M traw thir . Ed Horton of he 220 we cond and y York third, 5 the natio: as well as int clampion sb rdles Rose Johneon of Chicago won thet Ualf mile race in the women's gham- pionship. E. Dunlap, also of Chicago,} was second and C. Carey of Cleveland! third. 4 New York A. C. Carded Tonight The annual athletic games of the New York Athletic Club will tale! place this ovening at the Twenty.‘ Second Regiment Armory. Club end} college stars from throughout the country have signed entry blanks for! the Mercury Foot Soamd floor carmi- " cyer 600 will Dring! Eby of Pennaylvanta, | . New England quarter aud Jimmie O'Brien Jake Drise of Loughlin I Millroge, I and other | sure strides in the o and, Har- |) ard will m special two mile }"., y and Tvania, Cornell, | Princeton, Columbia and | Georgetown have it out tm ~~ special one mile relay. —— ‘ sto Play Ansomia. ; of the best basketball games o8) season has been arranged for to- afternoon, when the crack Orte-) k up with the Amsonie) f Connecticut. These two quinn, tets met the early part of this year, the Celtic's winning after a sensational con, the r Academy basketball eauad n this city lest mfg! 4 will go to West Point this morn | ing to engage in the first contest im this branch of sport ever Leld between’ \ the gervice school. , of thusiasts visited Grand Central last night to help usher in the fifteenth | annual motor boat exposition. craft and engines of all sizes eng A goodly crowd motor boat en»; de- | scriptions are on view on the main! floor. The accessories are located on; the second floor ' opeaanne P Prep Swimmers Poly Prep defeated Manual in a dual swimming meet tn the er's tank yesterday by a score of ‘ Tuints to 23. Poul Genthner of Bete | 4 |eMtired’ the’'S0-yard swim” int seconds. He won by five yards from | Johnson, a teammate. Victory for Horace Mann, ‘The Horace Mann basketball defeated the Hackley former's court last night 34 to he winnii throughout. A 10 to 1 Shot! Use ED. PINAUD'S and 10 to J you'll =< bald. j Your barber will tell Chat it is the beet HAIR TONIC, even though not the most profitable for him. ROLLER SKATING AND PROFESSIONAL RACES SATURDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS, 9TH REGIMENT ARMORY. LTH SY. AND TH Ave. All the ¥ 8 Wil Appear, RACES AFTER SKATING SESSIONS, TURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVI sun ND MONDAY MATIN' at Ska: