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5 OL FE HA SOBER EE HT 5 SCANT: RIOR CRG rae PT RE GRR. SRR, Uh I te ie RTE MILER Diet a2 “HE ISNT eA By Thornton Fisher Roscommon Giant Back, Telling How Well He Was _— Treated Home in Ireland ' It Was Reported That Big Heavyweight Was Killed During Sinn Fein Uprisings, but It’s All News to Jim, Who's Here to Fight THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAROH 1, 1921. ii D? HE’S HERE TO PROVE THAT INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CLUB TO-NIGHT _ - Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Co. (The w York Evening World.) THEM OUT wiTH FREQUENT REGULARITY HE (3 ONE OF THE CLASSIEST AMATEURS IN THE CouNTRY Bue’ COULD KNOtIc A CLUSTER OF “PRO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SLY. Pouce bErr— BEEN WINNING FoR. 10 YEARS \ HE HAS Moran and Then Dempsey. By Robert Boyd. said, FTDR being reported shot and |Coftey. killed during the Sinn Fein up- risings went to visit his parents in 1919, Jim Coffey, erstwhile White Hope of the Frawley days, Roscommon Giant and Irish champion, is again in our midst, anxious for a match health. “Big” Jim was a passenger aboard the Cunard liner Carmania, arriving here from Liverpool late yesterday afternoon. it true you were shot while giv- boxing exhibition in Ireland?” we aakea vim at the Cunard Line pier, as he disembarked and hurried in Ireland, where he with Frank Moran and looking the picture of | Jeftri “Big” Jim chuckled with glee as be must have been some other Jim left here during the month of June, 1919, for bis home in County Roscommon, Ireland, He has a cattle ranch there which is run his father and mother. There he hag fnvested some of the savings he ace quired a few years ago when he was “white hoping’ in an attempt te prove worthy successor to Jim The giant motorman's battles with Frank Moran will always be remem- bered as his most famous ones in this city. Both Moran and Coffey were likely candidates for the title now held by Jack Dempsey. Jim had the ring science, and the sorrel-headed Pittsburgher the wallop. They met in two memorable battles and twice Jim, after outboxing Moran, mease ured his length on the resined can- t Billy Gibson, who was await-|vas after running into Frank's fae year rolla round. In New York GorDon WEAVIE Stincieing fete return of his former protege |mous “Mary Ann.” there are thousands of trams, MUNCE, AN ‘ \E HE ENTERE: in the Bronx. ‘The bouts between these two heavy- 77 7 4 Ne “Some onevelse asked me the same | weight gladiators will go down in his- Ag interscholastic leagus and AMATEUR Lecttnbog i question coming up the bay. It is|tory as two of the greatest ever held an intercollegiate body. MUNCE STOWS EY "Banking houses also have their AWAN IM ONE OR. Wo ROUNDS —_—— Amos Laitenen, a Giant With the Heart of a Mosquito, Makes Quick Exit From Mat in Match With John Pesek. By William Abbott. , wrestling bouts last night in © Tist Regiment Armory Provided the rare spectacie of & man deliberately jumping ‘out of the ring from fear. He was Amos Laitenen, herc!ded as champion of Finland, Some champion! The Finn was a giant in sive, but with the heart of a mosquito, After seven- teen minutes of so-called mat work, Laitenen quit to John Pesek, a N draska farmer, who registered # very rene impression in his debut Stanisiaus Zbyasko defeated Char- lie Peters in 48 minutes of hectic struggling and Nat Pendleton, former amateur title holder, pinned down veteran Mort Henderson, the Masked Marvel yoars ago. ‘The Laitenen-Pesek match was scheduled a# the feature of the pro- gramme and in some ts 1k wie, | f haigehory| in whirlwind fashi TN an with about twenty vantage began bravely | Beading hia Mghter opponent to high ab H i ate RS delay, ; 5 & i of 5 if match, As a Champion Finnish Wrestler Proves to Be Excellent Jumper ve. ® party and bunched up lke a jack. knife on th Gained his feet he purposely edged to the ropes to escape Pesek, who now was like an onraged bull. quite apparent at this time that the Tinnish champion was getting ready to do what In boxing ix known as a mat. When he re- It was Yet the Nebraska farme: seeing red, caught his victim with headlock and Laitenen screamed like a stuck pi out of this trouble only to fall mto an armlock. flips out of the ring, paced across the mat, He bridged himself én came tore back while Pesck After a short Referee Bothner stopped the unusual performance, declaring Pesek the winner. A word for Pesek. rugged chap about 196 and possessed indomitable courage, Jim Londos would make a wondeiful He is a strong, He and Stanislaus Zbyszko, who wi ling before some of the younger stars were born, earned a bout with Joe Siceher when he won from Charlie Peters, Who put up an unexpectedly stubborn resistance. Zby had an ad- vantage of about fifty pounds, and this proved the deciding factor, as he gradually wore down Peters and clamped on a triple appliance for the winning hold after forty-eight .min- utes of spirited work. It was a.rough match. fondness for butting each other like wo giant goa’ fast on his feet and also saved him- self several times with clever head spina. Hach time Zbyszko positively looked foolish as his int Both had a Peters was very victim squirmed out of his clutch. Bulk, howeve told in the end, Stanisious, after resting his treme! dous weight on the lucki rough | finally rolled him over with a selssors and wrist lock. Nat Pendleton, former amateur and champion, continued his the Finn, handled him rather and then dumped om through the The pair hardly got inside again Peaek charged like a bull. Th Olymplo ees Peters, LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. (Cepritem, 1001. ty Ths Pray Pubtwhine Oc. (The Mew York Being Werk) | ADVANCE DOPE ON THE BALLPLAYERS | Why wait for the training season to be started and finished when we con slip you the complete set of dope? The following headlines, which will pérch o’er the war correspondents’ bunk, tell the whole story now without forcing you to think. Bank on these: 8 6 SQUAD ARRIVES AT TRAINING CAMP AFTER LONG RIDE. * * 6 12 PLAYERS UURSING SORE“ARMS AND CHARLEY HORSES. ‘ aie eo ee GUBB LOOKS LIKE SENSATION FOR YANK PITCHING STAFF. ee PLAYERS PROTEST AT MEAGRE HOTEL RATIONS. ole) ie YOUNGSTERS MAY DISPLACE VETS IN YANK LINEUP. 8 8 SCRUBS HUMBLE REGULARS IN 18 TO 1 GAME, MANAGER RAPS ROOKIES FOR OVEREATING. GUBB SENT BACK TO NEBRASKA FOR SEASONING. MANAGHR ISSURS BDICT “AoAINST, GAMBLING BY PLAYERS. 18 MORE ROOKINS SHNT BACK TO MINORS STAR FLINGHRS GET YDS BLACKED IN POKER GAME. VETERANS TO START SEASON IN YANK LINEUP, HUGGINS PREDICTS PENNANT, AS ‘squaD STARTS NORTH. YANKS BEATEN 86-2 BY YAPVILLD THAM. the first time l've ever heard about {t. In fact the sojourn in my native land with my folks has been a most ceful one.” PeNnen told of the reports that reached this country a short time ago mentioning that he had been killed Marty Summers Defeats Lux In Big Boxing Show in Harlem Charlie Pilkington, Charlie Beecher and Jimmy Kane the Other Winners. By Richard Freyer. N four interesting ten-round bouts ] at the Central Manhattan Boxing Club, in which all the judges unanimously agreed on the decisions, Jimmy Kane defeated Packy Hom- mey, Charley Beecher outfought Freddie Jacks, Charlies Pilkington won from Charley Hayes and Marty ‘Summers beat Morris Lux of Kansas City. The best bout of the four was the welterweight battle between Lux and Summers. It was a keenly contested Dattle from the tap of the gong in the first round. Summers displayed all the ability of a promising welterweight against the highly touted Kansas Citf fighter. It was nip and tuck during the early part of the scrap, with first one fighter taking the lead and then the other. Summers seemed to know more about the Aner points of the fistic art, using a good left hand and a superlor brand of footwork that kept him out of danger from the stift punching of his Middle Western rival. In the ninth round, with a slight “Rocky’’ Kansas Gives Mitchell Return Match at Milwaukee oopegies Richie Hopes to Turn Tables on Recent Conqueror on March 9, TACK’S GOSSIP AND BOWLING NEWS Here are a fow facts concerning the American Bowling Congress Tourna- rent at Buffalo that the bowlers who intend to make the trip to competé in the tournament should know. The ;|torium there and will continue until lead to his credit on points, Summers caught Lux with a right cross while he was stepping inside. Staggered from the impact of the punch, srossy and half out, Lux reeled around, but fought back doggedly and held on until the end of the round. In the tenth, Lux came out and gave Summers plenty of stiff oppo- sition. Lux slipped to the floor in his attempt to evade one of Sum- mers’s hard rights, but regained his feet, and although bleeding badly and his left eye closed, made a strong finish. ‘The judges’ agreeing on Summers was a logical verdict. Jimmy Kane of Yorkville conceded six pounds to his veteran opponent, Packy Hommey, and le er taka a 10" beating in every rou! “Orne promising little Yorkville featherweight tried his utmost to make a fight of it, but the veteran of many years spoiled the youngster’s good intentions with his low and awkward style of milling. Hommey would go into a tortoiselike crouch; Jimmy would bounce lefts and right crosses off his rugged opponent's head and body with little effect. Hommey would let a wild overhand swing go as he worked in close, but it Invariably fanned the smoke-laden atmosphere of Jimmy Johnston's palatial fighting establishment. Tt was Kane's fight In every round. Willie Beecher made a creditable showing in his battle with Freddie Jacks, formerly of England. Beecher got off to a good start in piling up a comfortable lead by out- boxing the Britisher. The swarthy skinned little New Yorker shot his Nghtning left and right hooks to the face and dody of the foreigner until it appeared that he sooner or later must €9 down. Jacks's ruggedness told as the bout and this pone senior him to weather the volley of punches eent at him by the speedy Seccher. Jacks scaled 125 pounds and Beecher one and a half pounds lighter. In the other ten-rounder Charles Pilkington, @ ood little feather- weight, outfought Charlie Hayes in a irited battle. "rages, ‘a veteran of the ring, despite his apparent youthfulness, was out during the reign of the Frawley law, After, that Coffey retired and wae heard of no more. He wanted to see his old folks across the Atlantic whom he had not seen in close to eight years. At intervals his faithful matiager, Billy Gibson, received mall from, bis former white hope, but he slowly drifted out of the sporting spotlight. Basing judgment on the reports that reached here from abroad Jim was given up as dead. *Did_you box at al.” we ques- toned Jim, “while you were at home! near home, boxing-three rounds with the heavyweight champion of the British Army. Again, at my home in = mon, I boxed with the champion of the British Navy. Both these affairs were post-war celebration “In the other exhibition I opposed an ex-champlon of Great Britain. I forget all of my opponents’ names. Any way, I had little trouble with them. Oh, yes, the last bout was for the Irish Volunteers. “I suppose this is the bout "l was reported to have been shot in@ibut § had no trouble whatsoever and was treated royally all around. “I would have returned to thd coun- try much sooner had conditions over there ‘been better. At present there are no trains coming in or golg out of my home in British military forces are common: The geting re are most of the country and continuous uprisings, “The military are mtich more peace- able than the Irish constables, At times there are Irish volunteers shot in the streets Sys the f but it is invariably done by the mative po'ice, who know who the votiinteers gene aes, come over can- no! inguish jinn Feinets from the other faction. ie young fellows afound home who have cast their lot with ‘the Irish Volunteers are having a hand time of it, They do not live at home for fear the police, aided by the Militia, will put them under arrest. “I did bot see much genera} dis- order around my home, but mead of the serious trouble they were having in other parta of the ‘Ould we “Did you go to England at alr we Interrupted. E ics hae Caper “T felt ing e ridg again, so over to London to see a promoter by the name of Wilson. I had apletter of introduction to him. i. ‘When I arrived there in- formed me that he was in and. would not return for gome time. T tried my best to get a°match gome- where, but did not meet with much wurAtter that went to Liverpoo! en ive asked a promoter there by the pane of Taylor, who owns ths Lf lverpool when winning streak in the professional Rot fought im this vicinity in # couple of years, . | classed his speedier, younger and /Stadium, !f he could match me with ring seemed full of flying arms and|ranks with a victory over Mort Hen- By John Pollock. to-day dened ertiden of nerement te. cout ar | contest Cpened last night at the Audi- | classed Dy Iie spat reary some heavyweight. He scouted all rai | 088. It was great action while it|derson, who was handicapped with I lasted, but the two iocked grapplers went skidding through the ropes once more and fell heavily to the floor. Pesek’s face and back were age and unnecessary poundage. Pen- dieton was a busy workman, alwa: on the aggressive and striving for finishing hold. After twenty minutes poinne while Laitenen had his nose imped. hold, The Finn didn't relish this sort of yea satisfies the assemblage, and so it ig that to-night’s feature is amateur affair, bringing forth Billy Spengier, the champion of the R. Graham Biglow Wins Play- Off From William A. Knight in Tourney at St. Augustine. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 1.— R. Graham Biglow of the Woodway Club of Stamford, Conn. won the Play-off with Willlam A. Knight of tournament here yesterday, His mar- gin of victory at the end of the eight- een holes was 2 up. On Friday the pair struggled eighteen holes to a draw. Bigiow's b sana’ Aly him a jeg on the W. H. Beardaloy Cup. BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fia., Marek 1—More than sixty golfers. an eve number of m nd women, took p: in the annual mixed foursome on the Belleair championship course. The low net score was 0, and was made by two > se Miss E Tallman of Minneapolis, playing with her tether, D. N. Tainan, 97 with , in 17 handicap for a net of while Miss . r : Edith Cummings of Chicago, pairea with Walter Camp jr, made an 86 with a 6 handicap, Tiere was al the low groms, as the favorites, M Alex Smith and Ellsworth Augustus, Disying from scratch, turned in a card ot 87. mea an 8 Low! nts, Several important matters were. brought before the members of the Peekskill Golf and Country Chub nt is | their special raceting, among them the ehanging of the name, the formula; ety rc Vane Rap fiowiet The known In the golfing Hollow Brook Country Club, the name being derived from the stream that runs through the club property. New York, with an 82 SAMACLAR ATHLETIC GAMES WILL BE HELD TO-NIGHT. With a total of more than 664 ath- letes entered in the Amateur Athletic Union and interhotel events, the Sarva- clar A. A games will to» held in the Regiment Armory Tho contests wil! be the fifth of the kind run by the club and from the calibre of the men entered appear to be the best. ‘The evente will be held under A. “A. U rules and regulations, with several attractive events. Two metropolitan district cham- pa . in woholastic mil AU, 1,000-yard race the club ha: Of Mal Cucbiik of the E ent rd gg gate erat Bit A peat rae ee, Sty Pendleton curled a knee and head which was enough for the former Masked Marvel, ‘ Gleaned By the Golf Gallery club will hereafter be vorid as the PALM BPACH. Fla., March 1.—The governo! the Bvergjaden Club was played by more than twenty golfers, members of the club. New York and Greenwich won low gross with an 82. handicap tournament at Hamliton K, Kerr ot Low net was made this evening. open invitation seratch the relay and ™) high mp, will be decided~as well ag a ai. ard and 1,000-yard ‘invitation scrateh ‘addition there will be an in- lay and five other nts, th =m $80-yard “l special received the entries ston A. A., Jole Tom, Campbell of Yule invitation Dan Rogers, manager‘ of Rocky Kansas, the Buffalo lghtwelght, bas) §, "has accepted the match for Kansas with | stra #. Richie Mitchell at the Cream City] ,, 7 ‘T me where {t Is reported." said Johnny A. ©. of Milwaukee on March 9 Kan~| Keyes day, “that they tant find an . sas recently stopped Mitchell in one) for Midget Smith, Wall, my crack bantam, Willie round at Buffalo, Mitchell thinks bh owe the —— vA meet him, winner Spencer loot & decision yet. 1 will turn the tables on Kansas in this ve my KO, gi Tiehting wo, It im said that Kansas is to Tes) ‘Gaity at the Plooeer B. C, Seturday night, while colve a guarantee of $7,600 witn an! my new lightweight, Frankie Hyland, the orack option of accepting 30 per cent. of the | amateur, will make bis profesional debut st the gross receipts. | same time against che best available opponent, Cates ine |. 7H¢ Coltuobus Sporting Club of Yonkers, which ts a atx of the elgff fighters who are to battle | ssing big crowds to all of its boxing stows so, in the four twelve-round beats ot MaGison Sa0ste | rue, will sam enathier shew an Thutwey night. 12’ Gegten te-morrow. nldet ere Joo) deze 18 901155 canine al Morton of Yonkers: mecte, Buse wendes, the fist fans are so intorwoied: to the! acy Reg Allon for twelve rounds, wills ip the cuntes, Ansther Indusmarat for the font $9) soci tinal Young Briton ef Yonkers batilee Jack the fact that they will have ta pay only from Grit for ten rounds. to $5 for to me the boys in action, The [i — who vaitie ore as follows: Midget Smith ve 0: | Eddie Mead. manager of Joo Lgnch, myy that ""K. 0." O'Donnell of Philadsiphia, Johmny Butt | Lew Diamond did not tell the truth when be saps mm. Frankio Daly, Phi! Bloom va. timmy Kelly | that he (Mead) demanded $50,000 for Joo: to fight Mea’ Chale Bite sk. Duk Lechate Pete Herman at New Orleans on July 4, tmay baru to call of his elght- round go with Pote Hartley at the Olympla A A of Philadelphia on March 14, Jackson was taken Mt on Sunday, and his wife called in two physl- clans. ‘They have advieed him to take & rest for Derfvetiy willing \o moatch Jomch with Herman ab the Garden. At the Commonwealth Sporting Club of Harlem on Saturday night Mike McCabe will exchange wallops with Wille Feniour, the promisieg Harlem fighter, in tho main go of (en rounda Fentour has scored several kgockoute in suossion, and besides is & iff yxineber, Sammy Stone meets Wrankie Curry in the ocher (eo-round contest, © couple of weeks, Bob Martin, heavywelght champion of the A. B F., who recently lost the decison (9 ill Brennen in s fifteen-round bout a the Carden, has boen signed up by his manager, Jimmy Hron- son, 1 meot Parmer Lodge, the young boaryweight of Minneapolis, to = ten-round bout at & show to be held at Kalamazoo, Mich, om the night of Mart 11, An important bout will be staged at| the Me- chanics’ Butlding at Boston to-night. Pau! Doyle and Nate Selgal of Boston will clash in tho featurs po of ten rounds to @ decision for the welterweight chemplonsiip of New England. Helga! won the Ute ® few weeks ago, and great Interest fa dolog dimtayed in utcome of the boul, Biddle Tames, tbe California featherweight who made @ big bi with tho fight feos at the Gorden on Priday night by deoistrety dofrating Biy Murphy of Staten Leland io an elght-round bout, t im tine for ® bout with citer Andy Chaney, Billy De Poe, Sammy Mleger or Jobany Kilbene, James showed lmseif to be a very logical contender for @ fight with’ champion Joe Lynch. ‘Tremaine defested Pal Moore in Cleveland © fow nights agormnoarly putting him out maine hes defeated Joe Burman, Young ‘and Hart Puryear, He ona make 116 1-4 manager, Jimmy Duna, ls afer » match with Tgnok, When Bay Moore crack iiitle southpaw ‘Montreal ‘and bie for him York with the expectation of with one of the big fellows, Is railroad tare for the Swilnse ind Diba ppyine Hote: Yaad wee Marte, “asarlar" hate flatly Petuoed to In & foster just received by Prank Bagley treaa | bout at the Garden or Geos Taabes, the Ioat: Hcht Bearreeieht whe te! Gipone will soon return home M promnt Of Hau Claiy Ont, Tanne sare * bows Carl Tremajne of Cleveland now looks ithe) the | country. a an we ead to youpae the ‘Sheen Fo March 31. Bowling daily, singles and doubles, morning and afternoon, two squads of sixteen five-man teams each eve- ning> . ‘Total number of entries in all divi- sions, 14,200; world's record broken in all tournament divisions. Tournament entries include 934 five-man teams, 2,127 two-man teams and 4,280 individuals. A. B. C. offers $14,000 in prizes; other special prizes are offered for Buffalo nights at the tournament, Bert Bergman and John Kraoke are bringing ‘Tuxedo P the Tu rong ‘ef pin topplers ries, In all, the card was highly appre- elated by the spectators, the ref- creeing of both Harry Stout and ‘Tommy Smith and the judging being faultless. ‘ Joe Lynch Defeats Young Montieal. DETROIT, Mich. March 1.—loe ‘Lynch, bantam champion, won the popu- lar decision over Young Montreal of Providence In a ten round bout fought at the Wolverine A. C, here last night. Montreal! had the best of the first five rounds, but Lynch rallied In the closing rounds and earned the verdict. Mon- treal was in a bad way in the efghth duc to a hard right which connected on tho jaw sending the boxer to the floor, He took the count of eight and while In a xedo | bad way managed to last the round. Fulton Knocks Out Carla Fred Fulton, the Minnesota plasterer, Knocked out’ Mike Cartson in the sec- Fie | ond round of a scheduled fifteen round Mend says | fo Veave for # to shoot tn Cordes js of the opinion that his Grand Central team of Brooklyn can the measure any of Uke from section of the tt he bas accepted s ahal- Judeons to roll m series at the ‘alleys next Sunday evening. z Georgie Ward received the judges’ decision over Johnny Summers, the A. H. F. welterweight champion, in the feature bout at the Bi way Sporting Club last oleht. Ward Summers on the verge of a knockout soveral “put the soldier. li and man- ote on sv + | Te battle at the Freeport Sporting Club — hue refused Tortorich's offer of $26,000 f eh . Fulton led all, the way, this iplace in the final round of the|®¥ Cornelius F. Fox of New York, | Wille secaon, to crack Joral ishtwolght, 16119 rene iterman ae he dow et sees teen Gite last plant. ean to they floor three th an $1, and second low net was | sick with the grip and as © rewult his mansert, | 4: orortorigh’s club, Mead declared that hs ls times in the opening session. A few Afth annual St. Auguatine links spring | peored by A. Romeyn Pierson jr, of | Frank agtey, m.| seconds after the men had been called to the centre of the ring for the sec- ond round Fulton connected with a right to the jaw for the sleep producer. Phil Del Over Maxwell. Phil Delmont, the ‘east side light- Bronx rather abruptly in their sched~ uled twelve-round bout at the Star A. C. last night. Phil landed a left to he jaw in the seoond and Frank: for the evening. the decision over Jole Leon. the lead from the opening gong ai Johnny Mealey, Philadelphia's r omy Maury twelght, ai tity an ‘ardistte tacing: in eign here last night. Louts Hegash Scores Victory, BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March 1. the welterweight title, received the ref. ereo’s di of a twelve-round bout of Brooklyn bere mt Seeren Quick K. 0. weight, stopped Frankle Maxwell of the ‘Miller, a featherweight, was given Mealey Seores Three Knockdowns, PHILADELPHIA, March 1.——Taking maintaining it throughout the contest, around and then told me no on willing to fight me. I musgeated thee he get Joe Beckett for me, but British champion refused to'box me." ~ As Jim was shaking hands and leaving us to join Gineca we asked m the real nature of his missio: the United States, — “That's what fh want to more than anything else,” enia "T have heard all about pte Moran’s. success in England, They say over there no one will fight him He has fonght himself out of oD- ponents. He will return home short. ly if Carpentier does not te meet him, which is likely, “Wen % have been training all these months since my departure to Roscommon— boxing and getting into shape for campaign against all the heayies this country, I want to meet. Moran first and then, if I am sucosasful, ¥ would like to take on Jack Dem; ‘Will you emphasiz® that?” he con. cluded, crack of this rounds Louls Bogash of this city, wontender for leat Nelson Tae oleht,