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‘1 te wi i | a : am going to make Bagley deny that _ @tatement or say he was ‘kidding’ ruled with a “mulled fst,” constantly task, 2 $10,000 1S STAK GIBSON RISKS BIG MONEY TO CHANGE GENERAL BELIEF HE HAS OUTGROWN CLASS Manager of Champion Puts Himself on Record for First Time on Important Subject of Benny's Weight, in Explaining That He isn’t Dodging Matches in New York to a Decision—Plans to “Show Up” All Who Seek Publicity at Leonard’s Expense, By Vincent Treanor. 8 Benny Leonard a lightweight or is he not? if Has he been clinging to a championship the legal welght of which he bas outgrown? “Has he been fighting “easy marks” and evading the Issue with genuine contenders for his honors? Has he been dodging bouts in New York because he ts afraid to stake his title in decision bouts as pro vided for by the new boxing law? In summing up, has Leonard's failure to box in New York been due to his tnability to defend his cham plonship at 135 pounds, weighing tn eight hours before ring time, the welght Hmit of his class tncorpo- rated in the Walker boxing law? f IFWthe adove questions were submifted in referendum to the sporting world the answer would be almost unanimously YHS. But the sporting World would be entirely wrong, that is, unless Billy Gibson, manager of Leonard, has gone cloan off bis base. Without any trumpeters to blaze the way or flashlight photographers fm bis wake, Gibson, accompanied by Dan Cassidy, the modern Riley Grannan of the Bronx, stalked into Tex Rickard’s office in the tower of Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon. He flopped into a chair and Rickard ewivelled around from his desk to meet the business-like Gibson “I am here,” said Gibson, “to put wp $10,000 as » guarantee that Benny Leonard will defend his title against any one or all of the so-called _ eontenddrs for his title. I am presenting a brand new spectacle {n pugilis- tic annalk of @ champion challenging men who should be challenging him, if they aré on the level, but it looks to be as if they are all bum fakirs, Tam tired of reading tm the papers about lightweight fights, where ‘the Winner is to meet Leonard for the title.’ mean it He and Jackson are not going to get any more publicity at Leonard's expense.” Gibeon, usually placid and even- tem, got all ‘is off bis cheat without interruption, Finally Riok- ard asked: “Who will Leonard fight?” “Anybody,’ roped Gibson; “Jack- the | ecn, Welling, White, Tendier, Dundes, anybody you can get." “How about Jack Britton? Rickard thee asked. esa “Britton too,” snapped back Gibson, “What weight?” “At 145, at 2 o'clock,” gait Gibson, ier whatever the welterweight lmit a “Has Leonard made wolght for any~ body lately?” inquired Rickard, = | “Yes, for Charley White,” answered Billy. “We weighed at 11 o'clock tn the morning and fought at 2 o'clook in the afternoon.” “Does anybody know just what Benny weighs now?" persisted Rick- “Not even his own brother; but rn Hrd $10,000 that he will ene hie e at championship weight against Ri rolled his cigar between anyboly who wants to box him ir Me teeth, Leo Flynn braced himself he proves weak, that's my funeral. egal Rickard then requested Gibson to rive him @ day or #0 to find an oppo- | nent for Leonard for Nov. 27, and the! manager consented, but he says he! how he had to dig up doesn't want to lle around here Id) ‘get. @ chance at George With the champion waiting for som: 2th Btrect, Jack Skell; iy and then recalled re- THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ED TO PROVE LEONARD. IS REAL LIGHTWEIGHT By Thornton Fisher BPCWN RESIGNS AS WITH THE (WONDER. IF (VE ANY OF THESE THE BOXING COMMISSION MIGHT WELL PROHIBIT A AGHTER FRrow TRAINING DOWN TO A WEAKENEO CONDITION Dartmouth Should Give Cornell a Close Contest bertson on Job With Ro Green Mountain Eleven Bol- stered 10 Per Cent. With Captain Jim in Line-Up. By Wiliam Abbott. ITH Capt. Jim Robertson back in the Hne-up the Green Moijntain boys from Dart- mouth @hould give Cornell's big Red team @ stiff football debate Saturday at the Pole Grounds. Robertson has been out for practice this week an! his return will bolster Durtmouth's strength at least 10 per cent. The big Green leader ts not only one of the hardest fine ®usters in the East but ts « toe artlat of exceptional abil- ity, It was Robertson's big right foot that helped to cause Cornell's downfall last year in New York. Robertson was injured early tn the season. Because of his loss the Han- | over team was defeated twice The strong Penn State machine, ne ot few unbeaten tions this | tide of the ‘Alieghantes,. triumphed over Dartmouth (14 to 7) in o sensa~ | tlonal battle, Syracuse won by the score of 10 to’. But uth won | from Holy Cross, which im turn lick- ed Syracuse. i uu Dartmouth always came to the Bix 4 of the lightweights to decide whether ‘or not to take a chance with him, \Just at present Leonard haa offers for three fights In the Northwest which appear like money makers. t Unait. | the big question,” answered “I have been asked every~ but I am here ready to put 10,000 that he will defend bin tide the legal weight. If he is weak re, that's up to us, we lose $10," and the championship if is beatén. The powsibility that he "t,do the weight and be strong @bould be an tncentive for anybody ‘who thinks he has a chance to beat . to jul at a chance to moet him. =e know I lay a many @ night “ goleraing &@ chanee to match nard against Welsh, never taking feto consideration whether Weish ‘Would be as weak as a fledgling or a» strong as Jack Dempsey. “The boys who are irying to mak | the public boliove they want # chunc @t Leonard nowadnys evidently are mot encouraged by the fact that Leon- ard may have to saw off Present Leader of Club Plans to Step Out as Soon as Hughey Makes Good, By Robert Boyd. URING the Inst ten years New York has had many baseball leaders cast into its midet— some of National prominence, while others merely were endowed with the practical knowledge of the game. ‘They came suddenly and vanished in the same manner, Leaving nothing to keep thelr memory green in the hearts of fandom of the Metropolis. GriMith, Chance, Chaso, Stallings, Evers, et al, are the names of mi who strove to put the "Big Town’ om the up in the race for a pennant all great men on the diamond, yet easily forgotten almply because they lacked the color and personality that go with a successful baseball leader. Following in the same path ae these men who bave made their bid for fume aod to @ great extent falled comes baschall's most interesting per sunality, Hugh Jennings, ‘True, tho turmer Detroit leader comes, aocord- jug to the terms of agreement with the owners of the Giants, to act as coach and business executive of the club, but the present leader of the ‘team signifying his fntention of stepping down, sould he be suc- cessful In securing a cepable succes- D to Make the weight for a championship battle. I.may have to bring him into the ring like Eddie Fitesimmons was dragged in the other night, but I am willing to rus that risk, \f for no other son tham te change the grow spreasion that tt is Benny who is afraid to defcnd hie tte, instend of it being that the so-called contenders @re not honest im their desire to get into the ring with him “ AM bot singling out any one in particular in (this bisa,” went on Gibson, “but last week, when I got back from ultimore with Tevuars, Loe drat taiog 1 saw ip be Byouing Word Was ap inte: view will iis LC, Manager of Willie fuckoon, It Wie rus actor Jackeon KuOCked OUL Fitnsuius ano Mile Boarcely ould bave bad time mh Wwaen up, “L bave posted §2,600 with Tex ickard,” Bagwey wae quoted as say- “lor @ Gumich Wilh Benuy Levu- Lightweight Limit, 146 E eclock, wad I will ada ou ioe” 7 Peel a now! Bagley and aout Geutinucd Otorom “that naturady in- led my intelligence anu, incident- é the impreasion among |sor, argues well that the leader of Worle songs) hat Leonard| the Giants noxt year will be Jen- er wan ali of 3a on or had | mings. The Giants in New York until ro- cently have always bad the lion's share of Gotham’s baseball patronage, largely due to the faot they have been repremented by a team of well achooled |ball players coached by a past tnnnter in the technique of the game, who be ‘riled’ Inty @ taaseh with him, ‘ “The Grat thing I did after getting ) By bearings was to get in touca wits y to find it whether or not 4 had any of J: n'a dough. Tes nickel of it. Now, [ idn't have a ‘Whe reporiors at the time and didn't driving ¢hem tor all be was Giants’ Style of Play to Undergo Complete Change Under Jennings ‘Town with a well-coached, hard-play~ ing team end a big cheering battalion with ite famous indie is. There te nothi to show t the eleven the New pahire collage will etart ‘Theee Caar-Iike methods have pro- gues Foaaite ne8 itenine ney bere COTE rt wapoD) when eventually revealed. ‘With the aévent of Jennings, should be aspuine Lippe command, the en- tire team will undergo a vast obange for the better, Wor Hughle ts the type of manager a ball player will strive bis hardest for, In knowledge of the game Jennings aa nO pee: copt that it might be im the handling of pitchers, but when ome considers that he won world’s championships with the Detroit team snd supervised the moundsmen, it has ® strong tendency to biast that theory, As far ag personality, he has no equal in the game to-day, and withal he ls a diplomat of the dia- mond par excellence, A manifestation of Jennings’s un- oanny way of keeping a toam together might be cited, Many years ago wher Ty Cobb, a “busher,” just came vp from the “aticka,” Jennings sent the recruit to play centre feild, with “Wahoo” Sam Crawiord tn right anc the late Matty Meiatyre playing lef! field —two veterans and 500 hitters Cobb, jn his naxiety to make good persisted in taking balls in Mcintyre's territory, which started 4a “brawi’ hat led to subsequent fistic engage- mente between the veteran and the busher, Although they fougbt con Unuously during the playing eeason Jennings man: to keep bis outfleld intact, which, incidently, was onc of the greatest in the history of the xame. This and bis ability to bandie & team with “Ty Cobb a member, places him in @ category of leaders whose like have been fow im this city. BEFORE 4 SIGN UP Poricie ss UNPAID FIGHTERS epyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Ce, (The New York Evening World ) cere ! JESS WLLARD WHO 15 SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM AM acciDENT AT TOLEDO, Julvy, (719 Wit SOON ATTEND A CONING= OUT PARTY IN HIS HONOR owen) BY JACK OEHPSEY GotH. th AFRAID TO GET THEAIQ WHILE THOSE ROUGH: NECKS ARE Saturday will be different from the Dartmouth standard except, perhaps, Robertson's long range punting and drop kicking will be out of the orui- wr nary. Coming trdm a victorious Navy eleven, Gil Doubie has instilled new life at Cornell. The yeteran coach had to start from the beginning and Football Notes At Princeton, PRINCETON, N, J., Nov. 4—The portals of University Field, where the Princeton football team holds its dally practice, were “closed to the outside world” yesterday, and just what Bill Roper gave his charges !s problematical, At Yale. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. Yale freshmen made their to the Bowl for the year yesterday 4.—The trip build up a brand new machine. So far he has almost perforiaed mir- acies. Cornell has not only won all her games, but has rolled 1p convine- ing scores, Forty-two pointe sane’ Colgate and 24 aguinst Rutgers ate certainly indicative of a strong scor- ing punch In the Ithaca team Io Kaw, Double bas produced one of the most brilliant halfbacks In this sec- tion of the country. This youngster hot only runs with the speed of a frightened decor, but his all-around work makes him an ideal “threat” for Cornell. Both Dartmouth and Cornell are rugged teams and their clash will one of Saturday's feature gaince. Judging by the carly sale of tickets there will be a big turnout for the Groen and Red strugsie | Tt te Ukely Bill Roper will make geveral last minute changes {a Princeton's iine-up for the Harvard battle MaManmon, a big strapping fellow who played on last year's championship freshman team, has Won @ permanent on the yar- ally et left guard, fod through- out the West Virgil: contest | Saturday and Impressed the Princ ton coaches with his aggressivenc: and ability to make openings. Stin- son, who was out of the gume for three weeks because of ‘njuries, doveloped so fast the last week that he will Ukely replace “Shad” Davis en at There js also @ hint from Jung! town that Rope: in order to ja more power into the offense, may | start Frank Murrey at fullback in place of Al Wittmer, Murrey |s one of the fasiest men in football just Row and his long sweeping end runs would make the afternoon very un- comfortable for Harvard's ends. It was Murrey who sprinted 60 yards through the entire Middy team for a touchdown. Yale will not tempt Fate and play Mal Aldrich against Brown this Gat- urday. Tad Jones evidently wants to spring his best bet, fresh and sound, aguinst the Tigere next week, Penn State leads all Eastern _col- leges in points scored. ‘The State College team in etx games has rogis- tered a total of 232 points to 28 for opponents. Durtmouth and Penn have heen Penn State's strongest op- ponents, Harvard with 158 points has made the beat showing of the Big Throe. although Princeton has been the moet successful In stopping opposing teams scoring. Swathmore, with 6, and t Virginia with 8 have been the ory tallies made against the Tigers Contre College made two touchdowns against Harvard, the only points feored on the Crimson this season. NACK WINS AWARD OVER PITTS IN FAST BATTLE. Aubstituting for Rarney Adatr, Charley Pitts, the Australian ehtwelght, lost| the referce’s decision to Allie Nack, the Harlem luchtweight, In fifteen fast rounds at the New, Star A. C, last nlgit, This marked Ne@'s frat appearance eine the Frawley law days, and al- though he outboxed Pitts in the major- Sty of the rounds the Auvtrailan made the progressives encountered th Johneonlan frotion seems to have been “wasted energy,” as both partic: have decided to attend the mooting tr Chicago next Monday, introduce sbv- Jeral renorvationa, talk considerable lund then wet at thelr more important Hebabilitaling the National —Apendeteemntciene ‘The talk about a basebat war when | {y hit with the fana by Aghtng back ry round. * & substitute, Pitte's showing was & cTeditable one, considering that in ‘ik he Was facing one of the cleverent | boys tn the Hxhtwelgnt division, The lad from the land of the Southern Cross came along strong in the final rounds, Anling Nack with rights and lefts to the gtoraaeh that made Hack brisw into play | ientific boxing to stand vue ges Austvelion and were defeated by the varsity by & @ to 9 score in @ game which brought nothing but eredit to the Yale cubs, couched by Chet La Roche and Charile ‘Last. At Harvard, CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. ¢—Loth- rop Withington, leader of the Harvard football for ea im 180, who has been identified with the varsity cvsching ayatem ever since he played, made a visit to Soldiers’ Field yester- day una looked over the work ef «ito Crimson'’s rush line. Withington, every has helped groom the forwards for thelr vig games, At Williams. WILLAAMS'TOWN, Nov, 4.—Williams will face timoiiton here Saturday and the work of getting ready for this nine is occupying the attention of Joe Brooks this woek. The victory won by Hamilton over New York University, ladicates that it 1s aa opponent which must be respected. The Purple expects to win, ali danger of over-confi- dence has been removed since the da- feat suffered at the hands of Columbia on Saturday. ‘At Dartmouth. HANOVER, N, Nov, meeting mouth College to stir up enthusiasm over the football game with Cornell. Probably a thousand students will ave for New York to-day or the day after to support the team when it lince Up agal ye Ithacans. The teain will leave Friday moraing om the At Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, — Nov, 4.—Mike Whitehill, the Sal pales from Rutgers College, in practice yesterday showed football that has marked him as the season's sensation at Penn. For weeks Whitehill has been handi- capped by injuries and has been able to play only for @ short time im the ames, At Columbia, The Columbia freshman football team threw a scare into the hearts of the vaeralty pl on South Field yeste ‘noo! Ca held youngsters the powerful first atiing team almost helpless in the fir few minutes of the dally scrimmal The varsity seemed unatle to Ket Koll and it was only when Eccles was jected into the came at ha! thi the firat eleven came to life. Fecles ran wild and scored two touchdowns belore the freshmen could collect thelr wits, With only one day of real work remain: before the Swarthmore contast ‘ell! drove the team unmerelfully end dida’t call a halt Ull long after dane At Cornell. ITHACA, N. ¥., Now. 4—The Cornell team that faces Dartmouth on Sature will be far better equipped as far ¢ football ts concerned than he the feat by about the same time last your and on 9 to 0 score before the Green That muck ts admite tious supporte id even Gilmour that they haven't a tue same fleld, even by the of the Ithe 101 Dodle won't chance to win. ’ ——$—.————— PIMLICO SELECTIONS, First Ra e~Ten Buttons, Tamariak, Parhalian. Second Race-—Pare entry, Elmer Johnson, Sea Play, Third Raco~Favour, Lovely, Little Maudie. Fourth Race—Whitney entry, Perr entry, Yellow Hand, Fifth Race— Broomepun, Blufter, Harmonique. Fixth Rice—Regal Lodge, Albert A. Reps entry, Seventh Race — Locus Leevres, Lovely, LosT. STRAYED OR, STOLEN - ONE MIDOLE~' WEIGHT CHAMPION mA mass was rig eerie ‘at Dart-| 2 ‘ M WHOS BEEN LETTING BILE DEFOE LIE AROUND So CARELESSLY He UNCORKEO A GRAND OF FIGHTING BEFORE NY. FANS RECENTLY THAT SHOULD BEND A CHILL THROUGIN THE FEATHERWEISHT DIVISION A. La “Fae WILBANE, WOULD MO HAVE A CHIMic F CHANCE WITH EER 6°: tH a 1S ROYHO BouUT Camp Tells How Quakers Work Their Shift Plays Under Heisman’s Direction halfoacks. The latier, In the Min- nesota game, outkicked Eckberg twenty yards to the punt Penn Formations Start in Motion When Quarterback Shouts “Hike.” Stagg, out in Chicago, has uncov- ered some good men, but none ls better on the recelving end of a for- ward pass than Crisier. By Walter Camp. EXRHAPS they don't understand John Heisman up North. At any rate he opened their ey the Interpretation Meeting when he told all about his “hike* plays and said that he wanted his op- ponents to know that the word “hike” was not a signal for a shift, Dut was the act- ual signal for the ball to go into play, and that it always went into play when the — “hike” was called. Which reminds me of some other In- teresting things. There ls a story golng that a scout from Chicago once went down to see Jimmie Sheldon’s team at Indiana, and Sheldon asked him if he would act as Mnesman. The scout was very much pleftsed at thie, but when the afternoon was over found thet he had not seen much, so sald to Jimmie: “That was @ Kood joke you worked on me I didn't get any of your lays." Whereupon Jimmie said: “;ii give them to you,” and he did. ORTHWESTERN has finshed out ome good men in Palmer, the quarterback, as « forward passer, and Grausniok and Lane, the Zuppke, at Illinois, does not seem to have much worry over backfield the two Fletchers on hand. Then, wo, he has a good end in Carney. ards, at Wisconsin, has one of ar passers in Varr at quarter and a wing man in Weston, who, in- ciJentally, Is the star of Middle West ends, They have been saying good things about Stinchcomb ever since the ser- vice days, and Ohio State means to make him @ second Harley, He only fan a kick-off back niaety-seven yards in a touchdowa against Oberlin! A great many person were surprised at the beating that Pittsburgh gave West Virginia, but it was largely due to the fact that West Virginia wan without Rodgers, and, moreover, Gien Warner, by watching the West Vir- ginia-Lehigh game the week before, had devised a capable defense far the forward pass. It was @ good game of professional football between the Chicago Tigers and the Racine Cardinals and we saw some of the good old-timers in action. For the Tigers, Des Jardin, the old Chicago centre; Ghee, the Dartmouth quirferack. and Barrett, the Cornel? back, all played, But even with these men in the line-up the game resulted In a tie, as Racine had Paddy Driscol!, Halstrom and McInerney, The best feature of the game was ‘hat it went rapidly. with almost no penalties and no physical injuries, Cogrright, 1920, by the Consolidated Prem Ase BY JOHN q Pouiccr and Gossip Fitesienmons and Eddie Wagond, Che retemn we! terwoight of Philedelobta. ‘They will come to amber in 9 ten-roumd comet at Reads Nov, 15, Michael Angelo, the fist Reading, offered the bout with paced Kt up, aad Wagond was given It Fistic News Champion Jack Britton \s matched wp for another fight by his manager, Dan Morgan. He will go against Morris Lux, the Western welter- wolght, In a ten-round no decision bout at a show to be brought oft at the big Convention Hall at Kan- tas City on the night of Nov. 18 Lux has been doing some great fight- ing in the West so far this year. Avela Taatner, the Hronx middleweight and Bryan Downey, the husky flatter fram Colum. bus, 0., were matched to-iny over the lone dis tame telephone (9 meet in an elght-round dout at the Olymipia A. A. of Philadelphia on Moo- day evening, Nov, 16, ‘Tole ought to be an in- teresting battle as both mes are fart fighter and stilt panchers, Tierman Taylor, who has teen staging eo many exconsfil boring shown at the Candes Sportie Club, bes jum been appointed thejnew match: motor of the Olymola A, A. of Poiladelphe, Harry Eéwanls and Leon Rains, owners of the club, made & Whee move in selection Taylor as) ‘uate matetrpaker ea he knows avery angle of the | gene ead, besides, knows what bouts 10 put om, | ‘The fire boring show of the East Mew York AL A, whlch te pocated at Atintle Aveuwe arc Vermont Btrest, Brookiye, will te beld to-morrow ight, Batdling Lahn qeetn Tomins Tobin for fifteen rounde, Johnny Gray gom againt K, 0. {Joo Daly im & ten round bow and Marty Williams (hooks up with Chuck Tucker im the prelipiaar of four, round, Haring bad file pose ent open tn @ recon ‘bout wi Kid Willie at the Purela a, © jot Dalimore, Sammy Seadow, the Ciocinnat foatticeweignt, will mot be able to fight ageu, [fOr st Yonat four woke, Wiliaine wosideatall, batted him im that figit wtich compelled him to beve four stitbes taken im the cut. Mw manager, Al Lipye, bas been forced te cameel wee bouts he bed bin booked fox, Frankie Brows, the former local featherweutt, who te now making Vhiladeltie hie trae, will engage in another battle on the nigit of Nur [ AL, He will embacge punches with Willie Oume ! round bout, (0 & decision, at a club a! Mew. Giro ban fougit ameay fbi | paate Wieteher, the lower east olde dant champlom, and Sammy = Nadie, ex-amat champlon, whe will meet tn the star bout of ff tern rounds at the New Siar AC. of Haslem on next Monday might, are working like bearers for tbe contest, 2 pach Boy Is auatous wo be presented with the championship belt donaied by Match. maker Eddie MoMahon. In thelr last onesgemen The ehedulet betwora chaumoton Jac? Britton and Joonny (irifitow of Akroa, 0, Louienile, Ky., on Nor 8 hae been put tor four west on acount of Uciffithe being jald | Wp with & Reary gold, Gritfih's physician bas ad viecd Alem not to ateennyx to do any boxing wnt'l | the te thorotsgily well, ‘The euxtese will be eli the carty part of ext month, -—>—_——_- fins) Mike Arma, the Harlem fi atherwot ‘exchange punches with Jack Courtney of Torkrilie, Browne’ Man er Ie Given Release, Chameton Tick Britton ls matebed fer an- que tient ty bls tasager, Dar Moren | 87. Louis, Me v. —James T Vil go agsine Morrie Laux, the Western weiter. Burke, manager of tho St. Loula Amer Geant, ta & (en-raund, no decision, bow at a iean League Club, has been released abow to be Mrought off at the big Conren at Kansas City on the wigbt of Nor, 18 1 bas Lem doing some arent fighting tn the West far ote Jet, & meted wen eoemmged today betrem Bette from that team, acoorting to an an nouncement made by Business Man ager Quin to-dey, No succeasor ha» beon named in Burke's pluce up to the present tame, 1 te nh he material with Walquist, Crangle und) OFA RFERE OF CARDEN CL Bill Peeved Because He Was Sidetracked and Jack Skelly Substituted for To-Morrow Night’s Show—Abe Gold- “Stein, Instead of Sharkey, to Box Lynch, By Alex. Sullivan. TLL, BROWN, official referee of the Madison Square Garden Club, announced to the writer to-day that he would never referee again, Thie after twenty years’ ser- vice as a third man in the ring. He handed in his resignation te Pro- moter Tex Rickard yesterday. The reason for Brown's surprising action lg that he ls peeved because he has been side-tracked as thind man for to-morrow night's show. “When I accepted the job as of- ficial referee at the Gurden.” said Brown, “I only accepted the position from Tex Rickard after he assured me that no Influence would ever be brougnt to bear to make him choose pone one ese for the pluce. “At the time | pointed out *o Tex that there would probably be ughters @nd their managers every now and then objecting to my oiliciating. When | step through the ropes I'm in there to sufeguacd both the pudlio and the promoter. 1 do this by soe- ing to it that se Ser are do what they are paid foi t every second they are in the ring. “L keep them meting all the time, I don't permit @ny clinching of any kind of stalling that will siow up the bout. | thake them fight. The the jast thing jm the world that some boxors want lo do. “l heard that Jos Wagier, mane ager of Sharkey, objected td having me referee, but wien 1 asndd Tex he suld this was not #0, that the change came through the request of the State Boxing Commission. “Tex sald that 1 would be only side-tracked for @ night, and that ‘ | Tuesday night I would referee the Jett Sinith-Mike O'Dowd bout in the Garden. I told bim that 1] was no toy wud they couldn't handle mo as ghey wanted to, “Lam yiad ubat I don’t have te de- pend upen boxing for my living. I know Where the next threes square Meals are coming from aud I tho iy about high time Lt rvtre whan try w make me @ convenience, “If I do say it myseG fam Of the repulation 1 bave Built up for A a RR ee enter mysclf an 4 equarc, hovest official I have always aimed to give the fans the best there was in ine, and now Umit it has reached the stuge where they thing they can Randi they like 1 have made up quit retereving for good an “The Boxing Coram! all time. mers Bay there are some seventy-five other vefere pending upon the sport fer a living and that they aN should be éven a chance, Bince when naw the Loxing Commission become ax em- ployment bureau? “Lam giad to gee Jack Skelly get the Job to-isorrow night in my plice, He once acquitted himself weil as & featherwelent, and from what I bear he is a good referee.” However, Jack Skelly won't referee the Jack Saarkey-Joe Lynch bout to~ morrow night #3 expected, for the mplo reason there will be no narkey-Lynch bout, as the former adly sprained his wrist training for the bout Abe Goldstein, Willie Lewis's promising bantamweight, haa been substituted in the feature event of fifteen rounds. The prices have Leen cut to half by Promoter Rickard for this card. Close followers of the sport think that Goldatein, who has been rap-dly brought to the front by Willie Lewis, the former welierweight star, will surely outpoint Lyneh, A few weeks ago Goldstein made his debut in the Garden against Patsy Wallace, Phil- adclphia’s leading bantamweight, and he won with lots to apare. This was no mean achievement when it ls considered that Wasiace ie the lad who gave Jimmy Wilde a fight m Canada last Al Lippe, manager of Jeff Smith, who'll box Mike O'Dowd in the Gar- den next Tuesday night, objecte to Paddy MuHins’s statement that Smith yan out ef @ previous mateh with O'Dowd. “O'Dowd didn't agree te meet Smith,” writes Lippe,” anti! the day Yefore we were to eall for Murope, Smith waa under contract te box on the other side and had his eomplete ring paraphernalia aboart the ship when Mike consented to meet him. That ~as the only reason he agreed to meet him at the ime “O'Dowd In the past hes had etfors from Minneapolis, Halifax, Denver, Toston, Camden, Newark and Phila- eiph'a for bouts with Smith, but he turned them aN down, “The fans won't blame Mike for running out before after they eee the wav Jeff whips him next Tuesday nicht” oe Abe Lynch Y* Goldstein 18 ROUNDS, CmAnee GPA, BROWN VR. ORO, OYO. WARD Va PICT nT WILILE SAFWR V8. JIMMY OGATTE Adin $1, Resermed $3, $4, 65. 1 ELEC THON DAY. MORN. AFT EVE... DARTMOUTH | CORNELL atte aus