The evening world. Newspaper, December 6, 1920, Page 16

Were some years back. rh FANCY PRICES CHARGED PUBLIC AROUSE GREAT DISAPPROVAL WHICH MAY DOOM SPORT 4 -—____ Promoters Are Advised to Cut Guarantees to Boxers or Make Them Perform on Percentage Basis—Prices Compared With Other Sports—“The Man in the Street” Who Can't Buy Seats Same Time as Those Who Can Afford Better Tickets. By Vincent Treanor. HE time has come for boxing p: ters to sit The fans are beginning to file objections to the run by them. And when this situation develops, as it js beginning to develop, Judging by the number of letters received in the sporting mi somo action should be taken to nip it in the up and take notice. way things are being now, and there will be till the day of judi- ment, but every now and then a legitimate “kiek" Is regist least of affairs in the world of sport, We have received numerous letters dealing with boxing and the way it is conducted.) Not the anonymous kind of. letters which are more or less cow- a@rdly and which invariably find thelr way to the trash busket, but Teal letters signed by the writers and with addresses attached. We read | these letters cKrefully and more of‘en@————___ than not decide that the senders are | Madivon Square Garden absolutely right. Abuses such os are) jianded out to the pubic, I went complained of should not be toler- to the Garden to purchase six pewry | $2 seats for the Joe Lynch- For instance, Dr. Alfred Greene of Weed ae rein Wreties No. 205 East 234 Street writes in 4) window I was told that the §2 complaint of promoters: tickets could he had in the eve- “I think you should uphold thr| MINK At 6 o'clock. Now the ques- tion ts: Ik the man that pays $7 for @ ticket any better than the man that pays only $1 and $2? All that I have to sny to Mr, Rickard or any other promoter is that he had better cater to the poor man, because it was the poor man Evening World standard of fighting for the public (as your other depart- ments do) and try to get the promo- ters.to reduce ‘heir prices, cut guar- antees, and, if necessary, jus: give percentages to the performers before it jg too late. You know that it ia] that brfaght boxing back to New the public who supports the game| York State, So let's go, snap into and not the boxer. it. Let the clerk, mechanic, truck “Did you take into consideration the| river, banker and broker get their tickets to the fights at one you " Rapwenmamrece! COMBAT Sharh wit so game titan denowiine ther other Fijeee. The highest price for a nigh class vau deville show on a Sat-| You, 1s the promoter of fair play, urday or holi ight is $3. Baseball; Wil! bring the above “kick” be- ons de eshte night ie ee $1, but} fore Mr. Rickard, I remain a close hting. that tales the cake. Popular reader of your colunm., prices to-day range from §1 to for JMES A, KEEGAN, “& Joe Lynch Rooter.” seoond and third raters. Rotice the Sharkey-Lynch pr! were cut to $1 to $7, instead of 8210) Fur the benofit of Mr. Kee ‘or the efit of Mr, Keegan, we $19. Tex. Rickard must hav been | will say that Tex Rickard probably Upped off that New Yorkers ‘stay | delays the sale of the admission tick- away from unnecessaries when they | ots wise to themselves and are not Guspicable. anecul ushamed to present him or any other promoter with an empty house.” We would here call the doctor's at- tention to the fact Mig on Garden was at the $1 to $7 prices for tickets to pach’ person Mei: Ly: and Sharkey, and probably | those tickets dn. sale eho Paes would have been filled at $2 to $10, other priged tickets “the clerta; ire, the plans of the ators and with view of permitting those who cant afford the higher priced seats to get them at box office rates. He has a plan of selling only two of these —_— chanie and truck driver would find OWEVER, the doctor continues: | the boxoffice stripped of all the paste- “Why should Lynch and boards by the speculators, who get them by hook or crook, before they could get there, to sell them te the ‘clerk, mechanic and truck driver” at double the price, or more, depending bn the bouts to be fought Sharkey receive $10,000 guaran- | ees? Not so long ago Lynch was glad to box for John Weismantel, and: a_semi-final at that, for about $300. The admission then was % cents bud. We all know how hard it is to please everybody. We might add that it can't be done. There are objectors and "kickers" | red which merits attention at, Buch is the case with the present atate | NDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1920 THE EVENING WORLD, MO IC PROTEST ON HIGH COST OF B ‘THE POETS KNEW GOLF Copyright, 1920, GOS, \WONDER WHERE THE Gane 1S TODAY — ( JAC. POWERS AND FRANK ¢ CASEY PROMISED THEYD BE OUT RAIN OR SHINE: “NOW FADES THE GLIMMERING LaNoScAPE OM THE SIGHT: p AND ALL THE AIR A SOLEMN STILLNESS HOLDS — GRANS ELEGY SMD FILES-ON- PARADE “It DREADIN' WHAT IVE GOT TO WATOH THE COLOUR: SERGEANT SAID - weiPuiue \ RUBA SO WHEN THAT ANGEL OF THE AT LAST SHALL FIND You BY HE RER “BRINK , AND, OFFERING HIS CUP INVITE YOUR SouL! “WHAT MAKES You Look SO WHITE SoWNITE?” FORTH»TO YOUR LIPS TO QUAFF-You SHALL HoT SHRINK ” the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Bveuing World) iM ov — 9 OH, WILLIAM, WHERE DO THEN FIND GUYS Mike YouT _/ = oT — on (4 NOT Paaricurann— MAKE MINE \ce- SIN oles DARKER DRINK, WYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM OXING BOUTS A” SAE IS THE DARLING — ~ OF MY HEART-AND Ste | SHE LIVES DOWN Rm ALL-EEY! ‘AT CLUBS HER of By Thornton Fisher THEY'RE ATITAGAN! ——— OW, ANNTHING, AHOREW - DRAG iN a SHOT | ¢ ‘AND $0 THE-YEARS, THE CHANGEFUL NEARS, HAVE RATTLED ON APACE CE BILL SUNG TENOR aNd | SUNG BASS” EUGENE FIELD ‘> “MY LorD, WE HAVE STOOD HERE OBSERVING HIM, SOME STRANGE COMMOTION ISIN HIS. BRAM: Me BITES HISKIE AND STARTS , STOPS ON & SUDDEN, LOOKS UPON THE GROUND, THEN LANS WIS FINGER ON WISTEMPLE, ~-** * IN MOST STRANGE POSTURES WE HAVE SEEN HIM SET HIMSELF.” KING HENRM VID SHAKESPEARE | Letson and Anderson Hea + Richards and Behr Placed at) “MET” DOUBLES RANKINGS. No. 3 by Ranking Com- ae No, 1—Benjamin F, Letson Jr. and mittee. Frederick C, Andervo — _ Ne. 2—A. J. Optendorf and Francis 1. Hunter, Benjamin F, Letaon fr, and Frederick! ‘yo, R-Allen H, Behr and Vincent C. Anderson, two of the younger stars.| pichardes |head the ranking list of the doubles ai eantess Sih; Memdarhdd and | Pairs which wns Issued by the Metro-| aieeeg p, stammett. politan La: Tennin A ination = ‘ ig i‘ lerday, A'‘few yours ago Letaon was | Ne» S—Harry J. Steinkampt and Cart one of the frst to wis the national boys'| Jolifte, champlonahip title. when that. tourn Nis) QGatutiow: Vandivinler ond mont was established on the turf at Forest Hills, Latson and Anderson performed in re- | markable fashion during the past sea- | Philip Vandeventer, No, 7—Iarold 1. ‘Weber. Taylor and James son, ‘Their greatest victory wan iy the winning of the New Jersey’ State cham- Ne, St. W. Knox and Anton Von plonship titles, They were among those| Mernuth. who reached the finals in a number of| ) DS, B. MacAilister and George the most important tournaments, the | > ational Iadoor championship being one| G. Meore Jr. of thin group. nee Vi i Embree Hi. Henderson, Chairman of| wo Denote Y* Srwbane and Ht the Ranking Committee, held strictly to records made in metropolitan tourna- menta In declding the rankiags, This! course cauaed Vincent Richards, former | ingside Heights forces, recéived @ national outdoor champion and holder of ranking of No. 8 There was some {he Indoor titte with William 7. Tilden| surprise at the ranking of Stephen 2d, to drop Into third pla with Allen) V. Brubans and H, M, De Mott of the Behr as his partner. The failure of| Hoboken Club in tenth place, al- | Richards to recetve a higher award, (t}though it was generally pd: was oxplained, was due to his limitel|that they had done well. number of a neces in metropolitan Competitions during the past aeason. Some degree of surprise’ was occa- The following pairs were consid- ered but not ranked because of in- sufficient data: sloned because of the placing of the) Willard Botsford and Frank ‘T. Vandeventer brothers, Ludlow and Anderson, Ralph L. Baggs and J, H. Philip, the Princeton stars, as far|Lowrey, leonard Beekman and Wal- down on the list aa alxth place, They | were among the most active of the tournament campaigners during . Princeton had thy better of Columbia, however, as L, W. Knox ter Merrill Hall, Cedric A. Major and Alrick H. Man, Roland B. Hatnes and Anton von Bernuth. The ranking included only ten pairs for this season. A longer list is ex- the and Anton von Kernuth of the Morn- pected next your. Metropolitan Doubles List | Hoppe Defends | Billiard Crown, | Starting To-Day Willle Hoppe will be put to the an- nual test as to whether or not the bil- lard crown {s settled firmly on his brow | in the tournament in the Grand Balls room of the Hotel Astor, beginning to- | day. Those who stand as disputants to Hoppe's superiority on the present occa- sion are Welker Cochran and Jake Schaeffer. They recently won the pre- liminary competition in San Francisco and are sanguine of accomplishing what Uigy failed to do @ yeur ngo. ere is no doubt as to Hoppe being in rare form. He has need to be, for the attack upon his 18.2 balk line laur- els this year appears more formidable year, That's Landis, the baby thi of $29,000,000 and no decimal poin enough for him. . The Judge is the new head ¢ Car of Baseball—the Czar Nicho to him. But Ban will continue to for what he does, but for what he how to grab $20,000 a year. than usual. Hoppe has held the chan:- P| plonship fifteen years. In the tourna- ment @ year ago he won every game, Under the new deal, Landis is responsible for 0. & counted a single high average o LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyright, 1920, by The Prom Publishing Co, The highest salaried guy in beseball will sit on the bench next but the Judge copped $29,000,000 worth of advertising, mains the same—that’s Philadelphia. | | (Tee New York Ryeniak World | at plastered Rockefeller with a fine Rockefeller never paid the fine, That was fine ee of baseball—the foot of Wasebull re- And Ban Johnson is still the las TI, if you know what happened grab $30,000 a year in salary. ot knows, And afl he has to know is o. the fourteen major and average of 47 g-31, while hia top league clubs and the two Philadelphia teams, He lays down the law Tun was 164, In recent practice the C. ‘ he uidesaibepedl ce Ghs Tun wae ee alta er ote with: high | lke Ty Cobb lays down a bunt, which is not to be aide-stepped " run of 158. Judge's middle name is Mountain and he cannot be moved Cochran looms up, as Hoppes most os « a ‘ous rival. The young Western . layer collected the amazing run of 266 Landis will still be Judge of the Federal Court as well as the boss i In’the ‘tournament Jast year, and with four victories and two defeats he tied | with Ora Morningstar ror second money | Cochran's best average in that competi- tion was 44 4-9. In recent practice In of baseball. If the American and still collect salary from the Feder: Job. National leagues go blooey, he can, al League, no long as he holds that’ | Detroit Cochran put together a master- . . . | FRU CUA Saad entogtasne wane The Judge thas $10;000 for an expense account, which is plenty if In tournament competition, he keeps away from New York restaurants. He also gets $42.00 from Jandf the, San Francisco tournament! taseball and $7,600 for the Federal Judge work. That's $60,000 for the year's toll, The Judge's income t like the dozen leading batters in ran gave evidence of having on Schaefer, who finished fourth a | | the cue batties of last season. Wheth- | es or not this is correct will be dem- | onstrated this afternoon, as Cochran | and Schaefer open the tournament | with the matinee match. The winner will encounter Hoppe to-night. | even ought to give St. Louis « \ | prove that baseball was on the le ‘A guy ought to do a jot for baseball at sixty grand per year pennant now and then ax this year should make him look he money league oe He That would vel. jo $1 ringside. Same holds for Shar- key until he beat Wilde, Should they get more than 60 cents admission to- day?” | in this latter point, the doctor, in- our opinion, takes a narrow view. Both Sharkey and Lynch are worth considerably more to-day than they | They have| mproved in their profession, and in| these Gays of the high cost of every- thing, they are entitled to bigger money, but at that $5,000 each should ie plenty for them. Doctor Greene doesn’t criticlam to the Garden like this: “Look at the Pioneer Club charging | $2 adrijasion for Friday night fights. | _ +s - Tex Rickard’s Terms and May Accept Offer of Either Jersey | City or Newark Promoter. | confine hi He goes on By John Pollock. Unless Tex Rickard gives Billy New Jersey May Lure From Here Leonard-Ritchie Mitchell Bout Champion's Manager Balks at’. Yow. wo rita | ment to mort Jim Monat Sport Schedule At New Y ork A.C, During the last few yeurs the New ° ® Nutley, Nod. A boxing ame agai decid Ho has signed artiol of agree: nin & twelve-round bout AC & show (0 be winged at Newark, No 2, on Athletic Club, has always had Cbritmay Day ateryoon, Flixsimmons recently de lan extensive winter er programme for foaled a fighter a: Liltaabens, whines alven bitin | « i Ce COMET it wiiin has alee Dim Vth inembers. This year will be no exception, Both at the elty alub At the Star Sporting Club of Harlem wo-ulaet n s 3 Ga Kooekout Pull Delmont, who bas sored many | Sech Gtemetiand Conceal aes nd at Travers Island an ex- fener ie ie ii Xe OL MON be agains Pease Saseats of Hal 4 i ae ener sane tne Hegiee | Gibson the terns he demands for) jem ia the feature bout of fifteen rounds to a dé ent athletic programme has been den seat, but look at the Ploneer's| (@™Pion Benny Leonard to fight! clon. In Me semi-final of tin rounds Mickey Me-| prepared that will surpass any win star bouts. DeFoe, who stopped his| Richie Mitchell, the crack Milwaukee Le - Re a will take om Kitty Waker Ther) ter schedule of its kind ever given opponent, Frankie Brown, in three| lightweight, in a fifteen-round bout," ee by the Mercury Foot organization, fanpes is fore, drew (8 and up, when] at Madison Square Garden, the bout ie Denies, the rugerd Mabtwelghi of New | both in quantity and quality of | Between these two great lightweighta | {i pnd Jen Cision, the lomi febter, Bare amusement robawitity 4 cp fu ned up to meet ine ten-round tout | “USE 7 : IRE doctor says the International |W! 19 4 probability be fought either to 4 decision at a new boxing club that has Pe arco ee RSEMBTA MORE will uel an Sporting Club deserves due| 2! the Ist Regiment Armory at New- crwolied at Moviog, Tae batile wit be contested | AMMEN bexlne tournament nurs : ark, y or ve e -;\° an to s 3 “s e ‘ we city credit for backing the Walker |“! %: J the 2d Regiment Ar-/% Pes 18 end Uw weladt to to by 135 monde | oiGb house.” ‘These will be the pre law. “But the law seems doomed If mory at Jersey City, Promoters (harley Dowsserick, manager of the Pioneer Sport | Uiininaries: for the finals to b neld for no other re: than this: the son | Prank Black ond Dave MacKay of, \ne Club, se booked o ,dmission prices for boxing entertain. |‘ Newark Sportsmen's Club and ments are exorbitant and ridiculous, Yave Driscoll, manager of Arena | Lae malgae iat as well cancel) A. C. of Jersey City are both afte rinting order for the petition] this Shi; and) they. have ‘offered blanks to show Governor-elect Miller | pi) pre pat Disy t ered taat more than a million fans are in| ll Gibson terms which he is ser vor of the law.” ously thinking of accepting, P Dr. Greene is correct in many of )Oter Rickard, the writer Jearns, 4 is Mtataments, but it isn't entirely |My willing 1 xive Leonard 33 er the fault of the promoters that ad-| Cent. 0! © RVORS pts, which Gi. | mission prices are so high. The box-| 82" has turned down ers themselves are responsibler To tham the Walker jaw is 4 wind. nt bent in the "W fall, and they are making the most sean sndy Mochi of Milwa of it, For instance, can you imagine | iienle Mitenell, in a ten-round bout at the Quevus Johnny Dundee, when asked what lie berry A.C, of Milwaukee. ‘The men are to feb! wanted to box Benny Leonurd, saying ja! 14s june MYL, and Biliton teceives $35,000? And this after his bout with | cne-tnird of the croas rew ipl Wille Jackson. Then there is Bill | Brennan. who is to meet Jack Demp- +)! Rivland to nant there will be 9 fait fn S@y g00n, guaranteed, according to ; iin Inerate te fant fas in this country, ‘i Whet we hear, $95,000, Dundes his | gress aearrwvisht, and Prank deren, toe amet, | | often fought-outside of New York for wim branwe! $1,000, and not so long ago the name | opera money look good to Brennan, “Why | the “jump” in the prices for thgtr! services in New York? We can’t an- | y at @ hall in tendon, favorite ly the be at Hecker Joe Lynch, whe knocked oui Jack Sharkey ewer the question. i ham, ome tion with conditions which pre- | ksork our shar nd also wagered $000 vail is contained in the foliow eo deetdon My wade all told ing letter, It is another instance of | 4 the {mpossivility of pleasing ev hedy. However, read the let West 49th Street Dear Mr. Treanor—4 and count- Jess others like me, huve a kiok to er against the way the $1 and #2 Uskets for the fights vt Young Mon’ on on Dee if on amount of the time short for Sharkey 10 ert inte ‘shape, sod bout for the nia: | Ui" following Saturday, Dec. 1! show of thet club on Priday night Monday evening a domino golf Tommy Noble, the tau | tournament will be 4 for ull wy tet Bobby Michaels of Serer Civ in the members. ‘The following night of fifvet rounds, This ought to be w leah fencing contest will take place {u, fens the Nunes Cup, Saturaty, the 18th a there will be a vaudeville smoker Juki Wolamaniel tus completed mis card of bouts! On the evening of Thursday, Dec tor pening bexing show of his Midgwood 23, Dr. Jigoro Kano, world's. fore Sorting Chub Myrtle and Cypress Avenues, | most authority on judo, an advanced Brookiyn, on Maturday nisht. ‘The card te: Outeh| form ‘of Ji jitsu, will give an. In Brand: rs oe tawnant, fifeco rounds; Kid Dube teresting talk in English, explaining [MK 0. 00 Daty of Biocktn, and Youn Jor the history of the wa and (he pein Rivers v5 Hank Sokroeder, $18 rounds | cipal holds. Al Lipow hae matched Jor Mandel of rook, Friday, Dec. 81, there will be the io’ athe Welly: WOdaaluecatiin| Ube fount: at funnual New Year's celebration at the Niwr, Mas, w-taoerow nlabt, and K.O. Lowghtin| SUMMer club house, Travors Island ty meet Mike Paulson for tim rounds at teeding | The regular New Years Day cor Te, tonight. Moth Mandell and Lowtiin have | lation will be held at the city elub boeo Detiling in thelé beet form ia the lam few | house Jun. t sth A handicap squash tournament will be held in both classes A and B, Jotiany Hunde, the feat jooal Hralian Haltwelaht. | peo 10 sorompantid by Gorm Smith, let seeierday fer) ‘The nine-year-old Polis) chess wd bse Lge dn Hs he catia ign "el expert, Bamuel Rzeszewaki, will up. ee ra Urisene llabiwelant. 10 & fineen- | pene at the city club house Rome ou the aight of Dec 14, Dundie is a playing ning to be announced lat Me ste pei Beet ae Ue ead |Wgainet weveral No Y. A.C. members, MoAndie, manager of the Com ith NS ea st ieee ene" | NEW ORLEANS SELECTIONS. ait-round bouts and one ten tound go al his show Maturdey nigot. The main ao ou next Malurday Firat Race —YDanlel, Secretary eventing will by betwren Paul Dosle and Walter pent Lo | Mobr of Brooklyn The club made ite fire inenry cond Race-—Carli Oppor * phow wince It Res berm running on Sacurday | tunity, Nominee. ’ Third Race—Jack Straw, On High, ‘ once $400, ara Syider Bosch, the Calsforaia lgbiwelamt, and Fourth Race Tableau D'Honneur veils Piiagrrsld of Brooklyn have been takes Panaman, Jock Scot : to meet in the semi-final of eight rounds att afifth Race—Parader, Day lly Olwple A AL of Palladetpbia un Deo, 13. A\ BAS Race-<Dr. fihafer, Poultney, that club to-night Mike O'Dowd wilt oway puocher| Hank O'Day. with Jen Howlands of Milwaukee in be star bout Bovent Race—Misn Filly, Search: of eight rounds, light 11, Broom Peddler. Sree Extensive Winter EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY What Happens Every Day name of Merwin Jacobson, the) Football League rewarded the efforts of the Astoria Footvall Club In the match thnore outflelder, lewle all the rest| (he Astoria Toomen tee West Harlem in the batting averages of the New In-| at Harlem Oval yesterday, The score ternational League for the 1920 season | Was ‘ CAN ga) 3: OAS haif time the win Just Issued, With the great figure of | "*'S led by $ to 404 for 154 games, no one else I# near ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec §—Assum- . te .| Ing the correctness of published reports him, Frank Brower, the Reading slug- ite. University of, pennayivaria ser, Kaye him a merry chase for two- ' wii) deoline to enter into the home-and- thirds of the season, then went to the! home series of football games with the Washington Senators, and the rest of | Naval Academy on the buals arranged between the Navy and Princeton. the the fold’ never threatened. athletic authorities here will look for another ‘strong opponent, The first Joe Pearman of the N, Y, A.C. game of the series to be played next won the A. A. U, national seven: | season would be on the home «rounds mile walking championship and fred ee Cy arth aad Princeton plays Faller of the Dorchester Club of Bos. | °F q - jton retained his A. A. U, national he Dalley brothera won both {ten-mile-run title in these events, | prizes at the traps of the Larcl held ut Glenn Park, Yonkers, yester- | Yacht Club seatora Lairence C. ‘de 5 eiley was the high scratch gunn so dats with a card of 88 out of a possible | Peter Zubludofsky of the Morningside 100 targets f A. C. won the weckly road race of the — The soccer team of the Erie Athleti Marlem Athletic League yesterday after- | F noor from # feld of intoen runners. | Association defeated the Mederal Silb- | the second half the Celtics went af Zabby,’ us he is known in athietic cir-| yards eleven by @ acore o » 2 fn the | GulaKHOwoe tt | cles, also captured the fast titne prize, | third round of the annual A, F. A. Cup | their opponents from the blowing of th negotiating the four and one-Dalf mild | ties at Harrison, N. J., yesterday, whistle, Some great team work and } course in 25.67. | —_ basket shooting by Johnny Beckman, ‘ i N y «| Driscoll Secares W ce to Vake) the Celtics’ star player, gave the New Hid. Thorpe, eowch of the New Yor ‘ | York boys'a big lead over the visitors: viversity baseball team, will start | Jackson's Place. In the closing period the home 4 x tng the squad of candidates during | When Dave Driscoll, manager of the Si Mosberg: the Arena when York Oyul yesterday ufternoon rons te Navion wont the. tt ting the pest boxers of all their football relations Saturday after ah argument as to where a 1921 game should be played, have not scheduled games with exch other on the gridiron, Gene Tunney, who mee’ and Al Roberts, who is to tackle Mickey hannon, report themselves to be jn tip- top condition for their respective bouts. ade twe aly and) thr the coming week, More than forty men | Arena in Jersey Clty, received word eet de twenty i and three have been reporling for practice dally. | 150+ qwtitie auckson would be unable | 8 After battling for oyer an. hour and|to meet Mel Coogan in the all-star box | prankie Rdwarde twenty minutes, during which time] ing show he has arranged for to-mor-| dlet te Jackle Carti neither ide was able to score, the soc~ i ediately got busy and! op), : ae : cor team representing the Robing Dry | TOW night, he eae Hately got huey and) ‘The Inauguration of Saturday night Dock Football Club of Brooklyn, holder | has substituted Eddie Wal [shows at the Pioneer Sporting Club of the American Football Association | lyn. lbronght together Frankia Hdwards, the Cup, succeeded in breaking through the ii] loxe several tit'es at 5 > : oppoming, defense and defeated tha]. Pwo boxers w least side bantamweight, and Jackie meets © n of he New rl hall Chub 6 Je Tity in e e mo Peven OF the, New Fark poche cian | rank Cassidy in one of the ten-round | Curtin of Jersey City in one of the most jp Scere, OLE oa) too ie ne Real | batten, Mosberg ls at present holder | bitterly wantestad ten-round bouts ever y Pcie world's” nmateur lghtwelght| saced at any boxing arena’ in New CHICAGO, Dec, 6.—Two of Un | in the Olyinple games last Aug! breaks brought about Saturday in Cautdy ie holdersof the national aura football “relations between traditional | Ughtwelght championship. rivals in the Western Conference have | S00, RENE OMe Cte into the ring to- ext Into other branches of sport.| morrow night, thelr” titles wil auto~ it became known lant night that Wis-| matically fall from them. and they will | conain and Ohio State, which severed | tinmediately become professionals. ts Leo Houck, | Original Celtics | Beat Canadians | In Net Contest The Original ties basketball | quintet successfully defended its title | as champions the United States | when the five defeated the Half Moon team, champions of Canada, in a fast game at the Tist Regiment Armory \jast night. ‘The contest was wit- essed by the largest crowd that ever | tattended a Wasketball game in this | city, over ten thousand fans crowd- ing their way every available | Inch of space in the armor) | The first half ended with hoth teams | having twenty-three points, ‘The Cel- | ‘ties had been leading in this period | {up to the Jast minute of piay, but the | Half Mooners shot three baskets in the mindte and evened the score into York vrom the beginning to the final gong oth voys went at it at a pace that had the large crowd eheering and Applauding every minute they wei In the ring, Both ‘stood toe to toe, awap- ping punches, Edwards received a cut over the left eye in the third round which bled continuously and whieh handicapped him greatly, Curtin ago bled from hard punches received unter hia right optic, The Judgen disngre and the referee awarded the bout to th | j dizzy whirl Jevening clothes, ‘had put | of 2.45 3-5 GARDEN’ ANNUAL | GAY RACE 1 ON anata Brocco, the Italian, Is Still the Most Popular Rider in Grind. L By Richard Freyer. NE MINUTE ofter the muffled sound of the bell in the Merre politan Tower tolled the hous of 12 over the quiet metropolis, Fry Stone, the celebrated actor. now siar- ring in "Tip Top,” a Brondway pre- duction, fired a shot from the starter'« un, sending fifteen riders off on the of th twenty-ninth, Jy- ernational six-day race that Swit draw to a close two hours before th night next Saturday. ‘The anclent edifice of sport, Mace-/ ron Square Garden, was jammed from the fen inclosure forming the inside boundary line of the trie to the steel girders, Wild-eyed and casily cited six-day bike fans from the e side and other corners of the city, old and young, many «jo had to start to work at sunrise tile morning, waited in line until the end- Sabbath hey might ‘see r ites sta These same followers of the cast side rubbed bows with New York's 400, man who had tn just’ “Ye. Sunday evening recitmt, having had a chance to change attire, When the popi | trigger of the Smith & Wesson, send- turned from 1 not th r actor pulled the ing the riders off on the nine tap’ track, shrieks of “Brocco!” rang out! from mong the “gallery god Rrocco, the perpetual favorite of the fans, the doughty son of Italy. plug- ger, sprinter and pilferer of Tips, once more was the attraction of (hp thousands who jammed their wo¥ into the smoke-ltiden Garden, A half an hour before the start of | the grind tfle announcer informed thy only three actors pearance for. the actors’ special invitation race of tw thirds of a mile. These were Fréa Stone of “Tip Top,” Joe Jackson, t% vaudeville star, and Poo Han ford of the Hippodrome. The popular Fred Stone was at- tired in a white silk shirt and AME trousers, while his actor contempos ries wore bright colored bathing sults. . Considerable st was mada; fested in the ac race. Jacks; who for the last ten years has beon making a live doing stunts 0: ‘t wheel in vaudev!! houses, Jumned nto the lead and held it for the da tance. Fred Stone finished second an Poodles Hanneford third, In the time enxious crowd t in an After riding around the track far s eral laps the riders got off to rolling start, Kramer. McNamara, awrence, Debaets, Brocco, Ver. Leane, Suter, Van Hevel, Miquel. Be dell, Smith, Byron, Grimm and Van- divelve starting respective teams. The riders lost little time in-start- ing thelr wild, -raising sprints, Deboets was the first one to jump the bunch. He sped around the sauree track like mad. Brocco took the lea from him after riding one mile, Th» little Italian rider opened up a ¢ between himself and the rest of thy field. wh his [Italian admires cheered themselves hoarse, . was soon replaced aa pacemaker be] Oscar Bas, the popular Swiss rider Ege was leading the field when Julia the race for thew | Van Hevel, the Belgian, cut loose, ant before the riders were aware of it he had a lead of half a lap on the field Around the oval track he tore with the other riders in hot pursuit, ‘It looked certain disaster for some of the trailers and that they would surety be lapped. But after circling the k for over a mile at a dizzy pace, Hevel was displaced as leader Frank Kramer, the many. times world's champion sprinter, was lead- ing the stretched out field at the end of the first hour's riding, coverinr twenty-three miles, Just before 2 ofolock Verri of the Italian team elit up the steep embankment and jumped whead of the riders. While cireting the track the first spill of the race oc- curred, Willie Coburn sliding down on the steep Fourth Avenue turn Jules Miquel, who was right in his wake, also fell. i i iii re I i 2 i i rs F i fl i F # H F ALL ABOUT FOREIGN EXCHANGE A booklet, i ae change Explained,” has been issued by uss and will be gent post-paid upon request for OR-22, and neither have Mingesota and {U- + [and the f fares awarued the bout to th W2H é Pe et tecee it euent Hesonsnae they Pilkington mn: Decision: | proval of many of the fans, ‘The boya| ve M‘Kenna aCo, i pal WATERBURY, Conn... Dec, | put up such a whirlwind battle that 25 W. 459 ST. NEW YORK hes o 7 «| Charley Pilkington, New York's leading | they will be romatehed for fifteen co sige nore gf Kale. national snpere | featherweight, tede a great hit with| rounds. ‘The wolghts were; Edwards, | ali rival# again this sea and they| the Waterbury fans by galning the ref-| 122, and Curtin, 125%, ‘have arranged a serio ia teets| eree'a decision over ‘Tony Capon! of{ Ih the star event of fifteen rounds | |for 1921 which tneludes saxementa| Rock Island in a twelve-round bout.| Kewple Collender won over Farry Hill, | with virtually all the Eastocn univerai-| The contest was ulp and tuck up to the| the judges#disezreeing in this” event | tee prominent in aquatica, tenth round. “iKeington then forged|elso. Although this was u good, fast —a- ahead. The boys have been rematched| bantam contest, it was met nearly as| Fake Bas or Another victory in the Metropolitan! for Dec. 14, interesting ax the semi-final 4 ’ iden seh a el aA en ek