The evening world. Newspaper, September 11, 1920, Page 8

_ UNTIL TIME AND HIGH LIFE ROB THEM OF OLD POWERS on — : q — Eiidea of “Slipping One Over” on Tit Held Holder Old as the Hil, But it Rarely Goes Through Successfully—Experiences of John L. Sullivan Meeting All Comers, and Attempt to Take Short Cut to Championship With Al Limerick. as oa vie = By Robert Edgren. it, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Fvening World) HERE had been some talk during the two weeks previous to Labor Day of Billy Mjske's chance to “slip one over” on Champion Jack Dempsey at Benton Harbor. Every time a championship has changed hands the newcomer has “slipped one over” on the champion. Wnvarinbly the champion is considered invincible until some little stranger comes along and pops him one on the right spot. This has happened so often that we are almost getting the habit of expecting a champion to flop. But if you go back over the ring records you may notice that champions don’t flop, usually, until they are old, or fat, or weakened by living im luxury to which they were ** total strangers before they hopped into fame and finance by removing some no fOTMOr decadent title holder from under his crown. Dempsey tsn't In that Wo class. He is only twenty-five, and he and the luxurious living have been ' strangers ever since he knocked out Jess Willard at Toledo fourteen Mase lean Weitere tet about the fellows wlio came along e Rania Récies a the. “experts” by up- in him, Last I heard of him he was setting champions that it may be a _novelty to mention a few instances #9! which the champion did the upset- ting himeelf. It's done now and then, geld top. re When Jobn L. Sullivan was on his famous tour, meting all comers and offering $1,000 to any man who could PRtay tn ering with him for four Prounds, he met a giwantic French- ian lumberman at Astoria, in Northwest. Long before Sullivan verrived the lumberjack was in train- pr Job on the doc A fellow who nearly had the world's championship once was Pueblo Jim Flynn. He never was in the championship class, but he came getting Jack Johnson at Las Nogas. fe always believed that match was a frame from the start, Johnson to lie down, Flynn to win, and an immense fortune to be cleaned up through the moving pictures showing a white man beating the Reno victor. There would have been millions in it, and Johnson wasn't above framing a fight If ho saw enough money in the deal.» THE SOFTEST CHANCE ONE EVER Lost. As a championship fight the affair Was a joke, yet a big arena was bullt for it and elaborate arrangements made for taking moving pictures— which wouldn't have been worth a nickel if Johnson won, Just before the fight Congress passed the law prohibiting interstate commerce in fight films, With no pictures there was no way in which Johnson could make big money by losing. He had to win, Johnson was fat, ‘bloated, und evidently out of fighting condi- tion. Flynn roughed around until Johnson, winded and in distress, ap- Pealed to the refereé Wildly excited at secing a chance to get the title, Flynn lost his head and fouled so fla- grantly that the referee had to dis- ‘qualify him in the ninth round. At that time Johnson was al! in, and any good middlewelght could have finished him, No second rater ever came nearer ‘than Flynn to walking to a championship. One of the times when It looked possible a second fater with a wallop might become champion -was when Frank Moran fought Willard. Jess had been out of the ring for a couple of years after winning at Havana, and was soft and fat. Moran, whose “Mary Ang’ had flattened several a big wywelghts and made him moe ag a walloper, was trained fine, hard as whalebone, tough and confident, Butebig fat Willard held to knook John L. out. He had ped all the best men for a hun- around, and there were ~@womne ing rough and tumble lads < im the camp those days. Locally the ~ Frenchman. considered a eure winner. The Kimbermen came in to . Tokee ‘the fight, and they bet the bunch «ef gamblerg that travelled with Sulli- van to a standstill. p the fight bean the big OO Sergey rushed at Sullivan, For Mi in his life the “Big Fellow” wae Werowded. His tour had become «a ene and the constant round «¢ -wine and all the rest of it put John L. vita’ poor condition for anything like A teal fight. For a couple, of min- ‘utes John L, was on his heels. Then Wis fury rose and in a headlong rusia ‘He drove the giant acrosy the ring rh against the curtain at the back. | ie ring was on a stage, and the cur- n-wae clone to the rear side. John's fs pe were swinging fast. Buddenly the big Frenchman went down with that shook the platform. | hn, puffing, walked to his corner. cirried the Frenchman out. e Sullivan's followers collectéd thou- s#sonds and every lumber camp within | & couple of hundred miles was broke month afterward. low Jol ~sout the big Frenchman with a swing-| «dng right hander on the chin. But In »dthe Northwest they still tell a story that Honest John Keli, or another of John's friends, having’ the bankroll, ~ fet on John, around behind atill “treating ‘em rough” in the old | A &16 ASTORIA LUMBERMAN WAS PREPARED “To TRIM, Sor L. SUULWAN +++ HE STARTED ALL RIGHT Twe Big Features Are Carded at Belmont Park This Afternoon. By Vincent Treanor. HIS ts Futurity Day at Belmont ah Park, phe day for which the Diggest two-year-old prize of the year is run. Nineteen horses are named to go after It, and among them are the stars of the juvenile division. ‘This season the stake is worth in the neighborhood of $48,000, with indi- vidual prizes for the breeder of the eecing John pretty ‘trveell winded, slipped pane gee With a mallet in his good gateght band, watched until Sullivan pushed the Frenchman against the -ourtain, and wher he saw the round S%ulge showing the position of the . ‘Wrenchman's head, tapped ‘him neatly mewid effectively just as Sullivan swung dam the giant's jaw, thus assuring “a wvlean knockout. The story may have ~®een pure fiction, but in tihe North- J-weat Ro man ever fights where a cur- “tain hangs close to the ring. a “COMING CHAMP” WHO MISSED | tr THE BOAT, ie A gigantic stevedore fieured siother championship rush — that lied. Shortly after the Butte #hook the sport. ying four rounds ith Jeffries at Butte, Mr. Conners Buffalo, who owned’ a line of lake “Taightors, thought he had discovered <ganad who could whip them all, His SQock foreman was a huge fellow "Hamed Al Limerick—a tow-headed jah giant with a battleship jaw, {Wie biggest shoulders in the world, ‘aw Uke hammers. and a love for *'¢rhting, In fact Limer ck fought his gy into the job he held, licking all “yivals. Seeing Limerick knock out dozen men who combined to t him up, Mr. Conners was struck wh the thought that Limerick de- ved a& Ghance to become world pion. Bo he sent for Tom ‘Rourke, the old-time manager. El Limerick over, liked his the cut of his fighting jaw, ond him to New York. There Lim- was matched against Jack janre, who had come East from Moran off at arm's length and laughed at his frantic efforts to land “Mary Ann” where the landing would do some good. Moran was too slow that was all. When Dempsey came along with a “Mary Ann” of his own, and plenty of speed, he knocked Wil- lard out practically in less than a round of fighting. Looking back over Gans history, there have been instances when champions came near losing to infe- rior men. But in every case it has been when the champion waa old,.or dinnipated. If Dempsey had lost to Miske his defeat would have been a novelty in bar 2 cea Benny Leonard Stops Loughlin In Ninth Round CAMDEN, N. J., Sept, 11—Benny Leonard stopped K. O, Loughlin in the ninth round of thelr bout here. | Loughlin was hit low in the fourth. He claimed foul and was helped to his corner, Referee Brenni asked for a doctor and when search began the referee started to count Loughlin out ‘The bout was continued and Lough- ‘lin made a sensational fight, The fans were on their chairs in the sev- enth yelling wildly for Loughlin to score a knock-out. The punch that stopped Loughlin was delivered whi “thought Limerick could go right neuen ak bane ~ Jeffries fo tasteitin, **kine the shortest WYCUE NEW MATCHMAKER Limerick started out fe. culm OF MADISON SQUARE CLUB ere, 28.6 Townd. But ther. wan} iting stuff in the miner, and fas'rouch about rough and| From a reliable @ource it was ose Limerick, and.e lot more|leareed to-day that there is ‘to be Bien of matchmakers in the Limerick, jabbing his head ‘back ca skit? left taught Jack by Kid Madi Square Garden Sporting following with a hard Club, The informant stated that As- ed that Lmanetsiy On |semblyman Marty MoCue would be 's chin eve: ithe man to take the place of Leo of beating Limerick | biynn, who is al present sasistant eee 7 He swung hin to Tex Rickard in booking the bouts to fight, but/for the big club. It was alao learned ‘him until he col-ltnat Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, the in Fe é winner, Of course, the Whitney entry, Prudery, Exodus and Crocus, will rule favorites for the Futurity. There were rumors yesterday afternoon that Crocus would not be a_ starter, Prudery naturally is the chief main- stay of the Whitney division, and !f she is beaten it will only be after a stubborn struggle. The public is fa- miliar with the form of each and every one of her competitors, and on | the face of the .returns it does not seem possible for her to be beaten, barring, of course, the accident: which are a natural accompanim of racing, There is a lot of good material in the fleld- opposed to her. The size of the prize warrants each and every one of them going to the post, and a stirring contest Is bound to hp the outcome. Club Stakes, the twin t In the Jocke; re with the, Futurity, which is S Usll, the postions champion, Man O' War, will once more sport colors, It is only to be regretted that Sir Barton or adme other horse of class is not golng to be a competitor in place of Sea Mint and Damask, neither one of which can make him gallop, For the honor and glory of the turf and for the reputation of this marvel in the shape of a horse, it is the hope of every turfite that . Riddle and Trainer Feustel will Jet him establish a ney record for the mile and a half. He showed that he could do it with ease when ho surpassed Thunderclap's mark by a full second in the Realisation. Man ©’ War deserves the chance to place the figures where they will remain as long ag those who are now living |o_ to the*races, There will be a fast track for both the $45,000 Futurity and the Jockey Club Stakes, and there should be a gvod race for America’ greatest two- year-old prize, the rain of Friday night having helped the course, which needs more moisture than any other of the New York tracks, ‘The presence of nineteen starters indi- cates an optimism on the part of nearly every nominator with a juve- nile of quality in his barn, and there ia the greatest interest in the out- come of the contest, which haa a \tar-reaching Influence because of the cash awards which go to the breed- ers of the first thr horses at the seventh round boi bas teran retired light heavywelght of fie, Tepes, faenaes ont rs OF 4 | Putladelphia, is to be th Pia Limes for Rickard in ¢ Ave tive for AT Glants ., aiid “stutt Givwnda, iad ig iat te, ene pfeaess * pide eneat mate finish, It ts this feature of the race bleh carries the sort of appeal that fs so helpful to racing, and it is o Poo condition which might well be conporated ip many of oux other tut Whitney Furnishes Choice - For To-Day’s Rich Futurity; Man O’ War SOME RING “ACCIDENTS” Copyright, 19, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) THE FUTURITY FIELD. The horses, weights and probable Jockeys follows {Star Voter 127 124 122 122 122 122 a1 ay 119 116 119 a7 at aut uy 117 1106 116 aa Faces Starter BELMONT SELECTIONS. First. Race—Fiying Orb, Lovely, cum Sah, ‘Becond Race—No selections. face—Whiuey entry, Our fourth Race — Man oO War, Damask, Sea Min! Fifth Hace—Ablage, Liola, Dor- Race — 8 M tABGE, wees OSE Me — prizes. Such @ provision has been found useful in connection with French racing, and anything which makes friends for the sport is to be commended, 13. K. 1, Mess entry, Despite the fact that many prof- ited by the victory of Capt, Alcock in the third race yesterday, few could get away from the fact that his per- formance was a form reversal, and any one would run out 6f excuses justifying, the colt'a good mile on a damp track in 1,373-5. It is said that Capt, Alcock hasn't been “right” lever since last year, when he beat Wild Alr in going such as that which iprevailed yesterday. He developed a soreness that Trainer FWtzsimmons wasn’t able to rid him of. Lately, ‘however, the colt began to work with more pep than he has ever shown, and it was on the strength of a re- cent fast time trial he was played yesterd: He scampered to those who remembered him as a dis-| aghast, he never relinquished the lead. ‘At the end he was well within Trablee, Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight day and attracted @ lot of attention. Big, smiling and \Jack is, he was extremely bashful \pna tried to duck afl admirers. Ho! which Mr, Riddle promised to send Dempsey one of the great three- the | year-old’ plates. : LIVE WIRES | By Neal R. O’ Hara. Miske got $5,000 a round in Kenton Harbor. That's about what the bartender gets In New York, Haten to politics will happen in Nations. Condition of the fighters was a tip-off on- thelr stamina, After the sera) Dempsey wrote a two-column article. All Miske could do was utter @ 100-wor interview. . . . higher rates, brings over his fighting trunks, a 8 Bt. Louis will see the World Series again this year from the bulletin board. - . . pennant for the Robins. Eee Anyway, Philadelphia gets first place in the tennis standing. rtebaa eae wate reculpis is the Income tax front early in the running, and while | tant trailer in all hin races looked! himself to beat Swegt Music and La champion, was at the track yester-) natured as ad a long talk with Mr. Riddle, the owner of Man O'War, as the result of You will notice both Cox and Harding moved out of Ohio to get some one to 8. ‘The Braves continue to split doubleheaders, proving that the unexpected Tilden is new tennis champion of the United States and the League of Of course Jess Willard lasted longer than Miske, but Jess was paid Nobody cares how many trunks Carpentier has this time so long as he Striking carmeh in Brooklyn demand a 10 per cent. increase and the ‘The referee is the third man in the ring, And the third man In tho AL UMERKIC Wee “Discoversp” WHEN HE KnocreD OUT A WAOLE GANG OF LOMESHORE MEN WHO ATTACKED AI. Ae WE NEVER. RaeracHeD JEFFRIES. Dodgers by Great Rally Beat Cardinals Again =e Brooklyn Players Tie Up Game in Ninth and Win in the Eleventh. By Richard Freyer 7S the ninth inning, folks, in the ] second game of the series between the St, Louis Cardinals and the Dodgers. ‘The contest is being staged at Ebbets Field and the visitors are leading the home team by a 6 to & score, Brooklyn {s at bat. Hy Myers beats out a hit to third. Konetohy sends a pop fly to Hornsby, the Cards’ second sacker. One out, Kilduff is giving a free ticket to first. Man on second and one on the initial corner, Miller sends a high fly to centre. Two down, The announcer informs us that Schmandt is batting for Smith, Ray hits at least seven foul balls to various corners of the field and then shoots a sharp one bag ger to centre, Myers scores ang Kil- duff reaches third. Ivy Olson, the most picked on ball player in Rubber- plantville, approaches the plate. On the first Ball Ivy hits a single to cen- tre, scoring Kilduff and making~ the match all square, papers and other things on the field. Considerable vocal outbursts by the ifans, After things quiet down John- ston goes out on a roller to Hornsby. Jeff Pfeffer is called in from the bull pen to relieve Smith, who took larquard’s place when the Cards | grabbed four runs in the seventh. Jeff {turns back the visitors in one, two, three order in the tenth and Ferdie |Schupp, St. Louis twirler, holds the Dodgers runiess in their half. Now comes the eleventh: The first | batter fans, the three following beat out wee bits of infleld hits. ‘Three on one down, Knode bats for Schupp —~— Frank Mulkern, matchmaker of one of the big boxing clubs in Milwaukee, to-day wired Dan Morgan an offei of a guarantee of $5,000 for Eddie ‘Tendler, the Philadelphia fighter, or Willle Jackkon, the local lightweight, for a ten-round boat at the big audi- torlum at Milwaukee on Sept. 22, Morgan he is ready to accept the match just as soon as Mulkern can sign up elther Tendier or Jack- son. "The officials of the Area A. ©, of Jomey Qlty, who intend to stage 2 monster boxing mow at the Jomey City Basctall Grounds on Sept. 23, today signed up another bout for taet dow, They hare engaged Willie Jackson, the Jooal to, at Net Tite Fitagareid (e Se Aumiaiion tmatler eto, a hampton Jack Britton, who be doing as much fighting 0 far this year aa any of the cham. pions, waa to-day booked up for another battlA by ble manager, Dan Mongan, Ue will go againat Jack Perry, the bard-hieting welterweight of Poygrid for ten rounds at eno Ox Britton te to receive $B *tnPan option St coe thin’ ol the eres oes Dwyer of the Bridgoport Athletic } third. McCabe running for Much throwing of atraw lids, news- | and walks, forcing in a run. three on. JOE SCHULTZ, a good boy, | Joe, even though he did come up and slap a single to centre, scoring two| Cards and giving them a three run lead. The next two batters go out. Are the fans leaving the grounds? Not on your tintype. They stick like leeches and start In throwing words of encouragement to the home play- ers. Brooklyn never gives up. Only when they go on an ocean tri, the eleventh, Miller shoots a double along the | left field foul line. A good start. Pfef- fer singles to right, Miller going t eft. 01 son out on a corking play, short to first, Miller scoring, One in, two more to tie, three to win, one out. McCabe scores from third when Johnston sends a sacrifice fly to cen- tre, Two in, None on, Neiss sin- gles through short. Wheat sent a line single to right and when JOB MULTZ let the ball roll through legs Nelss tallied with the tying run and Zack went to third. Told you that SCHULTZ guy w skate. Myers singles to Wheat scores the winning run. Final score, Brooklyn, 9; St. Louis, 8. Some game, Tho Dodgers added a few points to their lead in the National League | race, and as they engage in a double header with the Cards this after- noon, It is expected their lead will be increased a bit more by the time nightfail approaches, Hornsby and Fournier endeavored to home run the Brodklyns out of the lead. Hornsby grabbed his In the second with none on. It went over the right fleld fence and was a fine thing for a man with a twisted ankle to do, Fournier's came in the stretch Inning with two on. Over the rightfleld fence went that one, too, Other Fistic News and Gossip, of Bouts Held Out of Town. Fitzsimmons to meet either Lew} Looks like Pfeffer and Cadore to- day, Let's go, still \* iP. The Dodgers at bat in their half of INES SURE TOW MME SOME DAY, DECLARES AEN | Bobby Not at His Best Against Francis Ouimet in Semi-Finals, By Walter Hagen. Francis Ovimet will meet Chick Evans in the final for the amate championship. What could be finer? Yesterday's results were just as we had all expected, although {t was by mo means certain that Oulmet would get away with young Jones. Bobby's golf was not as good yesterday as it had been. He got a poor start and this left him an awful lot to do, as catching Francis Outmet when he gets a good running start ts not the easiest thing im the world, In fac’ Quimet gave Bobby no ‘chance ty overtake him after the morning round. Bob fought as only he knows how to fight, but the Boston sta with a lead of two holes, kept thi margin between them, After halving: several holes it was a cinoh that one or the other would crack. If Francis gave way Bobby would have been encouraged to go on and get the lead, but as he was the first to slip it meant a widening of the gap still further. The missed putt |on the seventh in the afternoon was | the beginning of the end, and Francis pers increased it to a 6 and 5 vic- Ir) tore driving of this pair was very close. When it was wet in, the morn- ing young Jones had the edge on account of his long carry. Outmet drives a ball that has more roll to ft, | from in.the approaching, but Outmet outputted the Atlanta lad and this told the story. Time r time Jones had an advantage only to lose it on the green when Oulmet ran down a Jong putt. T’am still of the opinion that Jones han a fine game. | He did nevhing yesterday that would lead me Heve that he {s not a good match play- er. He made mistakes, but Ouimet's work against him was of such hij Jass that Bobby simply had to pli ond fiddle. He will win the chan. nship some day, I am sure, His ¢ thence is bound to come. ‘The Evans-Allis match was a very cng-sided affair. At the sixteenth \hole In the morning Chick had gained nothing on his opponent, but from this point on the match was all his. Allis had kept~in the fight through. his fine work on the greens, In fact. he had patted his way to the semj- finals, but when he needed the putts in the afternoon to hold Chick down his putter refused to work. I know what this feelin; is. It appeared ax {f both Evans and Ouimet were out tuning up for to-day’s mateh. It will be grand golf and worth going a lon: way to see. Yesterday I led flag and helped keep the crowd back. I'll be on the job to-day and will get a chance to see every shot playcd. For the past year every one har been wishing that this pair would meet again and settle the dispute as to which is the better match plaver. Tam sure that Chick plays the bett medal golf, and to-day will “tell whether he Is as good as Francis at match play. At Pittsburgh the match went to the last green and Tam inclined to think that it will take as many hol to-day to come to a decision. It fe a long, tough grind. Chick's fine nutt on ‘Tuesday neainst Lewis on the last green has given him a chance for this title. Some say {t {s a hunch that he will win after such a lucky escape from being out of the tournament, ee Sharkey Boxes Cha: in Went To-Day, FEAST CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Jgck Sharkey of New York, conqueror of Jimmy Wilde, and Pete Herman, world's bantamwelght champion, clash for the fifth time this afternoon in a ten-round bout here. Sharkey is making 119 ring- side for the battle and is in fine form aad hopes to win by a knockout. The fans are wild over the New York as {tis his first appearance in the Weat since whipping Wilde. . _ Herman © Eddie Fitzsimmons Has Big “Offer to Meet Tendler i in 10-Round Go tivel al Sccogtedt th tos in Sept, terme as yet, round bout, deciaio bo hah u mat hia open Wikon haw hot Tom O'Rourke has just recelved a cablegram irom Charles Cochrane, the premier fight pro- | motor of England, in which he etated that the proposed international championhip "battle be tween Pete Herman, the Amercan bantamweight | champion and Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight cham. .( which was to have Been fought at London “tott through on aecount of Herman ing tie mateh, would have drawn ‘cro | in Bngland, | Prankte Edwerds, the promis Ttallan bantam weight, who has been Inactive the past few months owing to # dislocated ankle, has been matched by hin manager, to mingle with Frankie Farmer a the Armory A. A, Hilaath, M, J. Bent. 17: dimen, Douort 93 Ori ©. er 'Ba. ane wits Kid ate. Sasa, "e eats Al Roberts, who has pot fortune to get tte Staten Inland heavyweight, fought since he bad the mis. (houted ont by Charley Weinert tn @ fmttle at the Cxloweum A, OC. of Newark, N. J,, several mowthe ag, ‘bas started training again and expects to do considerable farliting this fall and winter, In the elghtesn monthe thet Ktoberts haa been abting Tad twenty-nine fights, winning twenty-five of them, ny Kaue, the fant foathornvight of York. bed up tor come together in a ten. jaion, at the big eae te ae Se Buy to penit ‘will Ineet dark ‘Lawlor, Tighuvelght™ be ‘ths' aathe' cit Dave Mo, boning MncKay, the fight gnuoter of Newaxe, mum be thinking of oonducting more in Now Jemes, for ho ie at prewent and Amusement Club, bee just offered Ceore Wilvon, the teiner of Georges Carpenticn and alo manager of Marcel Thomas, tho French wel- Hierweleit, an offer of « 81.000 grantor to mest J iawis Legend, uve ack e's te win J Bicwent, Baltimore, | taleg > daft uo Csemcion dienn}, Laqnard. for pax American Senior Golfers Win Oup. OTTAWA, Sept. 11.—The Seniors’ Golf Aasociation of the United Statex won for ‘another year the Duke of Dev- enshire Cup in annunl tournament with the Seniors of Canada yesterday, The score was 20 to 15, tne Americans tak ing nine matches and the Canadians seven, One was halved. ‘The Canadians got away to a good start in the rain in the morning, but. a strong finish won the event for the mericans, RACING AT BEAUTIFUL BELMONT PARK America’s Most Complete an@ Picturesque Race Course | MONDAY $2,000 Nassau Stzkes A 2-Mille Stee plechzse AL ecport Handicap | and 3 Other Brilliant Contests, “Pinky’k RAGH AT 2.18 P. Special Race enn. Station, 34d. St, and Th ano Flatbush Ave. Brogklyn. at Pipe and ae Tptarvada to 1.85. P, Speckal ” Cars Renerved faatie, winds! inciodine War Tex Keave ranting to-day. Say a Daly at 4B 'Y NOULM, KID Ni a, ae Dem GRUPP’ s 2 YMNASIUM, ee a Pwd meld