The evening world. Newspaper, April 30, 1921, Page 6

(feng | j ve es, Rw Seales ha =e : ' i } a ry DEMPSEY SHOULD BE ODDS ON FAVORIFE AT-RING SIDE __ SAY PUGILISTIC RAIL BIRDS Men Who Know All Angles of Ring Sport Think Those Who Take 9 to 5 on Frenchman Now Are Getting Worst of Betting—Flynn Would Lay $1,000 Against $500 Cham- pion Wins by Knockout—Norfolk Refuses to Become . Dempsey’s Sparring Partner. By Vincent Treanor. ALL STREET is quoting 9 to 6 on the DempseyCarpentier bout. with Dempsey the favorite, but students of the boxing game aren't going to be guided by what the stock market says on the subject, Nine to five is all right, if, in the language of the wiseacres, there are enough innocents abroad among the Frenchman's adherents to take such a price, But go out and try to find them any place but in France and perbaps Canada. It can hardly be done. Right now 1 to 2 {s con- sidered generous odds if you happen among a lot of boxing regulars and some of them #ay that ringside will see these go to 1 to 3. They argue that Dempsey will have to be a big disappointment in his training to make the final betting any more Mbcral. Of course, there will be wagers made on the big battle at all kinds Of odds So-called “friendly bets” will be recorded at even money be- twean now and July 2, the date of the: mill, but where the wagering is done on a;business basis, the champion is likely to be the odds-on choice. bat lasts twelve rounds Dempsey will be the technical winner. ID NORFOLK, the colored heavy- weight, isn't going to submerge himself pugilistically by acting as sparring partner for Jack Demp- sey in his training for Carpentier. “No alr-ee,” says the modern Joe {8 an Indication of the fecling among those who follow the boxing game professionally we need go no further than print the views of Leo P. Flynn, manager of a big string of boxers and matchmaker| wolctt, at Madison Square Garden. It is di-| “Why should I be anybody's mpar- rectly due to Flynn's knowledge of| fing partner? I don't need the money doxeh and their ability, no matter| Mat bad. . “Bat ll tell you what I will do. ri rama ‘where they hail, that the bouts} box with Dempsey throughout his WALL ST.’S 9 TO 5 ON CARPENTIER NOT RIGHT LINE, SAY EXPERT et the Gardep have peen so uniformly | training if he'll put his name to a lit- iting and well contested. snuar"Do you think Carpentier any bet- ue piece of white paper that I'll hand him. If he'll sign articles of agree- ment to give me a chance at his title fer man than Bill Brennan?” Flynn| within a year or two [ll join his asked. “Do you think he is any gamer than "eenhan?” he continued. “Dy You believe he can stand up under as hard blows and still be able to night back?” “No, Yes,” lynn answered his own questions because we didn't wish to in- his line of deduction. if you think the Frenchman » -round better man than Bren- nan, Til just wager $1,000 against $500 that Dempsey will knock out Carpen- ter ih half the time it took him to put Brennan away.” Flynn stopped and waited for some) pne to disagree with him. He ‘was surrounded at the time by men of bia own kind, those whose busi- exclusion of anything else. There was no one willigg to argue the point with him, for the reason that they all agrced with him. There you have the real pulse of the peo regarding Dempsey and Carpentier, Flynn and the rest of them don’t know or care what Wall Street is doing in the matter, They mow conditions as they prevail in the boxing market, and they know what the odds should be, no matter who Js boxing. Thoy are generally rht, , ie tases are any Carpentier back- ers who are willing to take 9 to 5 for their moncy at this stage, we venture to say that Flynn, or others like bim, will gladly “lay” them all they car take, and at that feel that they ‘are doing business with thore who are allowing their judgment to fun away with their business sense, I’ i} wasn't for Dempsey’s showing inst Brennan there might not ve been any Carpentier match, gay these pugilistic railbirds; but in a md breath they retort that this “shouldn't enter into calcula- tons at all, t," they ask, “would Carpen- tler Have been able to do with Bren- Ban under similar conditions?” There are no means of knowing, except if one allows the opinion of those who have seen Carpentier in some of his best bouts abroad to con- vince them. These same believers in Dempsey’s ability to win insist that in Brennan, Jack was meeting a strong, tough, well-conditioned heavy- weight who would have given the Frenchman the battle of his life that same night. Of course, these are only opinions ef mén who think they know what's what in pugilistie circles, They may be wrong. Often they are; but yet f thay don’t know, on what line can the general public depend? Those who would like to see Car- ventier win, and possibly they are n the majority among those inter- esting themselves in the big match, must not overlook the fact that to do 96 the Frenchman must score a Imockout. He may win a “mera! victory” by having the better Dempsey if the bout lasts the limit (twelve rounds), but he won't take the title back to France. No desi- sion an be rendered by the refer at the end of the bout, according to Jeracy’s boxing law. and if the com- Goldstein Beats Thompson, Abe Goldstein won the judges’ dec sion Over Georgie Thompson in the ture bout of twelve rounds at Brooklyn Arena last night. Goldat kept ap an incessant attack on Thom, son's stomach and the latter weakened eenuiderably in the closing rounds, In An interesting semi-final of ten rounds Sailor Hammer, the Brooklyn fiywelght, was outpoinied by Jfmmic Tomaluss. The latter sent over a hard right hand punch to the Sailor's Adam's apple in the opening round, terfered with Hammer's breathiny loser, nevertheless, mufforing w handitap, put up a game battle, —_— the oo training staff right away. “What would I get being his spar- ring partner? 1 wouldn ve much time to get bouts for myself, and being a sparring partner isn't the best kind of advertising for anybody. I might get publicity, but it would be the kind with the reverse English. “Buppose I happened to hit Jack on the chin some day when we were boxing. What would happen? They'd call me a no account, double crossin’ nigger. And If he hit me on the jaw- Piece, what would the world hear? Nothing, only that Dempsey is knock- ing Norfolk out every day. “No, sir, Dempsey can have the Jamaica Kid or “Panama Joe” Gans, but not this here Kid Norfolk.” Jack Kearns was banking on having Norfolk work with the champion, be- cause he figured he was the one man pare to give Jack some genuine work- outs. HICAGO i going to be well rep- resented at the big bout. Res- ervations for 400 $50 seats have already been made and a special train has been arranged for through the general passenger agent of the New York Central to bring 200 of them here. In addition, 200 rooma at the Commodore have been reserved for the party. ~ ~enarse THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1921, RIT A OE TOIT RS Og ry) d i. FEE Oe cere, Two Women Win Evening World Headpin Fobs Last night was the biggest night of The Evening World Headpin Tour- nament to date, Twenty-five teams tried their best to dislodge the crack None-Such team's high total of 617, but when it was all over the None- Such of College Point were still in the van. Out of the twenty-five tears that competed seven were com- posed of members of the fuir sex, and by special arrangement of the ‘Tournament Committee it was agreed that 90 would be the minimum score for the ladies to qualify for a medal. Mrs. William Heins of the Hudson Ladies and Mrs. E. Wendt of the same team weer the only fair ones that rolled scores of 90 or more, for which tehy are to receive one of The Evening World medals, Mrs. Heing tallied 97 and Mrs. Wendt 90, Other bowlers that qualified for fobs wer Frank Mohrne, Excelsior, 109; L. Bull, Clifton A. C,, 111; W. B. phy, Noyes and Jackson, 101, No games are echeduled to be rolled this evening, but on Monday the play will be resumed, with @ score or more of teams competing. By William E, Simmons. HIGH WATER. Fair weather !s promised for to- day, though the fair weather prom- ised for yesterday proved to be "good Weather for ducks.” sea Captains and fishermen their catches and names in The World by senuw Telephone Beek- Deep can have published in the information, man 4,000, The Anglers’ Club of New York went to Hackettstown, N. J, in # body yosterday afternoon for a week end trout fishing trip. Reports from the locality indicate that the Ashing |e good. The subject of pollution was dis- cussed at the meeting of the United Anglers’ League, Thursday evening. Capt. John Klein of Bergen Beach, reported that in addition to the sew- age run into Jamaica Bay, vessels anchored in the fairway on the Rock- laway side were discharging large quantities of ofl upon the water, The oll forms a thick acum that defiles everything aftoat boside endangering! the fish. It was the consensus of| opinion that unless the nuisance ts} speedily abated fishing in the bay will| |be absolutely ruined this year, ‘The effect is already noticeable on flounder fishing which has markedly fallen off in last few weeks, It was unonl- mously agreed that {immediate steps must be taken to remedy the evil A committee, with Capt. Klein as | Chairman, was appointed to bring the matter to the attention of the local and Federal authorities and urge that prompt and stringent measures be taken to stop the menace, A Great South Bay fisherm: has alled my attention to a growing prac- lice of “sportamen” down his way. ' “ POLO, Several well to do anglers have made| ming would give him the chance of BE aS vt Goan) Lae heed ay Teep co seetas| bie fea NA ej ~ ABOUT FISH AND FISHERMEN | boats and an elaborate fishing outfit, gather shrimp by the bushel, and go fishing every day as soon as the weak- fish season is on. By liberal chum- ming they attract the fish about them o the disadvantage of legs well equipped brethern. They take large Quantities of fish and sell them to dealers along shore. Seven members of the Uncle Sam Fishing Club of Canarsie made the weekly flounder trip from Freeport Wednesday on the motor boat Lotte W., and caught 360 fish, The party included H, Rebmann, L. Haeberie, L. P, Schall, H, Wichmann, two adil! ors and W. Tinsley, It is said some of these angters fur- nish two to three hundred pounds of fish daily to dealers, Of course thelr rght to join the market fisherwen annot be questioned, but Is it sport The market fisherman is an entirely reputable citizen, He fishes for a li ing and is justifiable in doing 90, He contributes to the welfare of the people. Hut it looks like a small mat- ter for a man of Independent means to enter into competition with him. 1 once knew a fish dealer who kept a cat boat on Barnegat Bay, and em- ployed a man to mall it, “He fished every day during the season and took 4 large number of fish, but all he did not need for his own table he gave to the boatman to sell for his own | benefit, One of the most notable effects of this commercializing sport is to drive real sportsmen out of the game, My informant says he and other anglers of his neighborhood have entirely given up fishing in that locality. The channels are preempted by the men referred to, and anglers less well pro- vided with equipment and bait, must keep aside and get nothing, while they watch their more fortunate com- petitors pull in fish after fish, That Js undoubtedly discouraging, and so disgusted my friend that he h abandoned fishing altogether, Ye: terday I spoke of the Dowagiac min- now and its efficacy in Florida fish- ing. My friend might try that this summer and thus circumvent his commercialized sportamen neighbors, It sems to me their elaborate chun i THEY’RE AFTER BRITISH GOLF TITLE (Copyright by Robert Edgren.) Rue sare te nee Ns POST Coruna AERA + The Week’s Siftings By Thornton Fisher. “Not @ chance in the world,” The wise guys said Of the little bim With the yeller head. They put him on In the first prelim, And even the hard-boileds Pitied him. “Curtains for him In the first,” they said Of the little bim With the yeller head. His face was covered With welts and gore, But the little bim Came back for more, to put ‘em, ‘Through a blinding mist~ He tried to hit— He didn’t know enough To quit. ‘They counted nine When he took a flop, But he got right up And didn’t stop. ‘The little bim Was forcing the scrap When he struck the floor And took a nap. He lost, 'tis true, His fistic duel; But Bo, he fought Like a fightin’ fool, . Tex Rickard announces that the big quarrel will start at 3 P. M. Which means that we'll all be home about 4. | However It won't make much difference to the principals afterwards; ‘One of them will not be going anywhere that evening anyway. No wonder there's a house shortage on Long Island. There's no place It is scarcely possible to ride a few hundred yards on the island without passing a golf course or one in the process of construction, ture would have gone to seed, Will would hay instead this: Or This from Ray Rode, Garden City Country Club: “If George Washington had played golf it surely would have gummed up history—he couldn't have helped bat out a few good —Sopps Bonkins! J How b1D S SHOT rok ONS BE PLANED? the centuries To play, or not play, that is the Question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The slices and Hooks of outrageous Golf Or to take a Mid-Iron against a Sea of troubies, And by keeping the head down end then; to slice.to hook yo more; and by a Birdie, 10 say we end The Heart-ache and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to?. . .. To grunt and sweer over an awful"lie,” But that dread of something after that, The undiscovered Hole on yonder green puzzles the will And makes us play the clubs we can, Than fly to others that we know not, of. Thus hazards do make cowards of us all.» + + + + Relieving i ggelf of these remarks he'd have grabbed the old bas) @ betting man he'd risk a good bet Me ves fom the Americans to carry of the and beat it to tress. °" TOOm, . . eeeetncrer Unieas a man knows his course soon, he'll start off some morning to play, for Instance, the Belleclaire links, get out to about the sixth hole and find himself finishing up on the Oakland course. clubs will inadvertently meet on the third tee and it will require all the diplomacy of the State Dept to pry ‘em apart. foursomes from adjoining Can you imagine what would have happened had William Shakespeare been a member of the Stratford-on-Avon Country Club? A flock of litera- sat down to his typewriter and knocked off golf yarns Hamlet's soliloquy might have sizzied down like A oe Mien T Bow “Bosse” ‘Seusce & Swat Twat rps A Kumage and Vashell Pair in Ten- toh, Techiya Kumagae and & Howard Vosheli will pair in apecial exhibition doubles matches on the courts of the West Side Tennis Club, at Forest Hills, this afternoon. The Japanese and ‘American will be oppuseu uy Watson M. Washburn of the Davia Cup forces and Dean Mathey. Sam- uel Hardy, the Captain of the Davis Cup team, will have charge of the competitions, which will also Include singles. U. S. Golf Army Invades English Links for Try at Amateur and ‘Pro’ Titles Two Record Teams Go Abroad and With Evans, Ouimet, Jones on Front Line of Attack Chance to Win at Least One Cham- pionship Is Remarkably Good. By Robert Edgren. British amateur this season. HE United States ts going to have a strong army of golfers, both amateur and professional, in the British championships this year, Formerly a few individuals went ever, and they were lost in the mass of competition. This time Chick Evans, Bobby Jones, Francis Ouimet, W. C. Fownes jr, Paul Hunter, J, Wood Platt, Parker Whittemore, Fred Wright and a few more will try to make it interesting for the Eng- lish champions. Walter J. Travis, former American champion and only Anferican who ever went to England and won the British amateur, has slipped a little back from the championship class, but his performances are still remem- bered in England. When Travis won at Sandwich in 1904 he used @ men, unable to understand how an American golfer could possibly com- pete with the British sharps in the ancient Scottish game, pounced on the putter as an alibi and forever barred it We have sent over a lot of ‘nd.v'd- ual players since Travis's time, Dut never such a strong and well-balanced team. Quirnet went over once, and Fivans once, and both failed to pass the second round. Last year, when England had lost many of her best golfers through the war, and Ameri- cans were too busy to think much about golf, only five Americans went over. Bob Gardner reached the final match, and carried the Englisi cham- pion, Cyril Tolley, along to tbe -hirty- seventh hole before being put out. ‘This encouraged the United States Golf Association to send over @ well organized team this year. Chick 8, national chamgion, 1s one of the stars of the team, Evans has been a contender among the champions for ten years, Whea a small boy he lived across the road from the Edgewater Golf Club, near Chicago, He began playing with an iron. SOME PLACING! For a long time he practised ap- proaches by having a caddie, wearing & baseball catcher’s glove, stativped on the green, Evans became #0 skil- ful that he could drop every pitched shot into the caddie’s glove without making him step after the ball. He siarted short pitches and gradually increased the distance. To-day Evang ls recognized as the best player of shots in America. hen vane began playing in the big matches and going after cham- pionships, luck passed him by for a long time. Under the strain his game went off and his opponents nosed him out. In 1916 he won the National Open Cham~- pionship, the first National he won. A teow weeks later he won the Na- tional Amateur at Philadelphia. He is the only American golfer who ever won both Utles in the same year, He repeated last year by winning the Na- tiona! Amateur the second time For a long time Chick Evans was }a nervous putter, seeming unable to put with the confidence shown in other departments of his game, Last year he played a lot of golf with “snake” Ames, the famous old-time Princeton football player, who is an expert golfer. Ames made a peculiar putter, shaped like a stirrup, for | Bvans, and Chick used it with re- | markable results, This putter will be barred in England, where innova- tions are not wanted, After seeing Evans and Jones play last year Harry Vardon, the great English player, said that if he was &.... a Schenectady putter, and the English-| William C, Fownes, team ‘captain, is a Pittsburgh steel millionaire and a great golfer, holder of the American National Amateur title {n 1909. A CHAMP AT ELEVEN YEARS. Many think that Bobby Jones, of Atlanta, is the greatest amateur golfer in America, and that he is likely to win in England. Jones is now nineteen and a splendidly de- veloped athlete from playing golf since he was a small boy. He won the Southern championship when only eleven Jones's home was near the Eastlake Park Golf Club course. Born in At- lanta, he was a sickly boy, and the doctors advised his parents to “turn him out for air.” He was “turned out" on the golf course, and Stewart Maiden, a little Scotch professional at the club, took charge of him and taught him the rudiments of the same. Jones never was a caddie, Stewart Maiden says he “only showed Bobbie a few strokes,” and Jones developed his own style of play. The result was good, for Jones !s now said to have a form as near perfect as ever seen on any course, and Harry Vardon said last year that Jones's style is the best he ever saw in this country, Jones played his first National Ama- teur in 1916 at Merion, near Phila. delphia. He was a cocky, confident youngster. In one of the early rounds, against William Fownes, the going was nip and tuck “until in the sixteenth Jones sliced his ball jnto a layer of rocks in the rough in an al- most unplayable position. Mr, Fownes banteringly asked him if he was go- ing to “pick up.” “pick up nothing!” said Jones, and, taking his niblick, he popped the ball jout to the green and near the hole, He won the match. Jones is tall and chunky. Ouimet is tall and slim, Evans 1s of medium build. Travis !s small and thin. It's hard to pick out a champion's build in golf. USED TO BREAK CLUBS. Bobbie ysed to be rather impetuous when he was a kid among the cham- pions, He was a little bit conceited, perhaps. At any rate, he had a child- ish habit of breaking his club over his knee after making a bad shot. He has outgrown that and is as steady and cool as any one now. At the National Championships at Oakmont in 1919 Jones got to the final and was beaten by Dave Herron, This was Herron’s home course, Last year Jones got to the semi-final at the Engineers’ Club, Long Island, and Ouimet won. Jones and Evans 1920 played almost stroke for stroke until Evans came through at the fin- ish, Because of his brilliant play and increasing steadiness Jones is picked as a possible winner in England, Francis Oulmet became famous at Brookline In the National Open of 1913, when he defeated the English- men, Vardon and Ray, and won the litle. At that time he was a tall, slim boy and wasn't counted among the championship possibilities until the fifal match, where he showed amazing steadiness as well as skill, playing the English champion off his feet, Oulmet has one rule in golf, He says he never knows where his opponent's ball is and never watches an opponent's shot. He concentrates on his own game and doesn't even see the gallery. After his victory over Vardon and Ray some one asked him if he felt ner “Why, no,” he said didn’t even know they were in the mateh.” As a boy Ouimet lived across the road from the Brookline course and played golf when he should have been in School. In fact, he insisted upon giving all his time to playing golf instead of going to the high school, He was a real “golf bug." Often at night his mother used to hear him moving around in his room, and upon going up to see If he was sick, found ous. him practising putts on the carpet. The system worked in his case. However, Oulmet doesn't recommend it to other boys. If he had to do it all over again, he saya he'd go to wonool first aod play golf afterward. L ahemanal ty Rene Diem), TOUCH ME NOTIN FORM FOR FIRST START THIS YEAR Runs Fast Race Over Heavy Track and Qualifies for the Rich Preakness, iW RACING SELECTIONS. HAVRE DE GRACE. First Race—Lancelot, Anna Gale? dup, Spurs. . Second Race—Brookfleld, Bur goyne, Shandon. Third Race—Roas Entry , Jef= fords Entry, Billy McLaughlin. Fourth Race—Paul Jones, Ross Entry, St Allan. Fifth Race—Kirklevington, Two Pair, Master Jack. | Sixth Race—Beaverkill, Comme C4, Chasseur, Seventh Race—Bar One, Benevo- lent, Mather, HAVRE DE GRACE, M4, April 804 —Toush Me Not qualified for the Preakness, for which he is being pointed, by winning the Albemarle Purse, worth $1,425, at the Havre De Grace track, yesterday. It was the first start of the season for the handsome eon of Celt-Dainty Dame and he made a good impression by winning eastly in the fast time of 1.44 4-5 fon the mile and seventy yards. Ha raced the last mile in 1392-5, » splendid performance because the track was at least a second slow, if Rot more, to the mile. Rain fell heavily while the horses were going to the post for the steeple. chase, the second race on the pros gramme, and by the time the aftht race was called, the rain had soaked into the track. It was in that ki of mud that Touch Me Not ran. Hg carried also 100 pounds, but never~ theless Was conceding weight by the scale to his opponents—Some Baby, Wood Vivlet, Bagamore and Smart Money. He was slow to break at the start but by the time the first turn wag reached he had caught his field, bué in attempting to crowd through am opening next he rail was cut off Coltilett! was compelled to take up sharply and this cost Touch Me Nob several lengths. He then raced around the field in the run up the back etretch and thereafter was neveg in danger. C. S. Cutting in | Semi-Finals of | British Tourney cere ye, te LONDON, April 20—c. ir ee of New York advanced to the ser final round in the court tennis chat Pionship tournament of Great Britd yesterday by defeating C. E. ham, the English veteran, py 8cor at the Queens Club, the semi-final to-day Cut. ting will face Macott wiille Bruce wi take the court againat Haig, 4 According to a message receive the United ‘States Lawn Tennis Awe, the first round Davis Cup matches between Reigium and Czrecho- Poyakia will be decided on courts ag LONDON, Apri Spain will” mee Davis Cup_ tenni: June 25, 2 1921 “Davi staged in En) MPLBOURNE rralia, April 30, Norman E. Brookes, captain of the <iac tralasian Davis Cup team, has selected th be AnaerEON, J. B. Hawkes and R. . Heath to represent Aust 5 coming Davis Cup mateh rate seth Columbia Ready For Yale Race DERBY, Conn, April 30.—Condis tions were far from ideal for the Yale-Columbia boat raco here thig afternoon, The final practice sping of both eights were highly satisfac. tory, round 30.—England in the first the of the hes at Hendon, This is the onty , Play that will be Columbia's varsity eight yesterday rowed twice on the Housatonic, fi the morning drill the two eights went over the course, using a 26 stroke Coach Jim Rice called it a mere pad« dle. During the last quarter mile tha Columbias drove the stroke up to %& This was a keen Surprise to the Yale boathouse contingent, for they hag figured that the lank Colambiag would row a low, long stroke The two Yale eights were sent by Coach Guy Nickalla Im theses ing, paddling upstream three-quar< ters of a mile and rowing back gether. For the last quarter mite f lifted the stroke to 34, the first eight leading the second by a half length, The time was unofficially caught by Several spectators at 1 minute and 1 seconds. Tom Gibbons Scores Another K, O& RRE HAUTE, Ind, April $0.-— r the bell saved him’ from an’ ape nt Knockout in the first ‘round, n Walker of Kansas City failed to to the call in the ‘second of duléd ten-round bout: here last. th Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul. referee awarded the match to Gibs —————>____ Levineky In Easy Winner. fast night In every round of their twetvee round bout, Reed's eyes and lips were cut badly. {n the second round —_—_—_—___ [risus ar of 6-1 6—1, 6—2, in the third round\»- SYRACUS! oe 4 Ame 30.—-Bat ht heavyweight cham- Siow, defeated “Wild Bl" ieedteete,, /