The evening world. Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 22

Sr ee eee eal ‘oss ee q “CLUB'S MUDDLED STATE 8 ARED Hundreds of Thousands Han- dled With Little or No Accounting, By Vincent Treanor. OMETHING approaching the truth about the Internationa! Club came out last story of gross mismanagement wnfolded ts hardly believable, yet the moving spirit of whom . A. Gavin, who recently sailed for Engiand, a sum of money approxi- $689,000 has passea in and out hands of somebody, and there im the way of accounting for Gutesam Borglum, the new Presi- dent of the club, who has undertaken the burden of Its reorganization, made the facts known as follows: Six hun- dred and eighty-nine thousand of dol- tare in membership bonds were sold originally. Of this $78,000 is still due. oF _ Six hundred and sixty thousand dollars was the purchase price of the site for the organization's proposed clubhouse st 19th Street and Lexing- tom Avenue, $200,000 on first mortgage and $226,000 on second mortgage. The tatter is due, foreciosure proceedings a@ving been instituted and a receiver , askd for. How this deal was manipulated, who engineered it, and on what au- thority, none of the members ever anew. They don't even know now. Nobody is aware of anything dealing with the club's financial affairs. That is, up to last night, when the dirty Vinen was hauled out of the hamper and aired for the edification of those present. President Borglum under- took to explain the situation, but it remained for Frank A. K. ‘Boland, counsel for the Hotel Men's Associe- sion of this city, to climb into the ring and reveal some surprising things connected with the club, which he !earned from a personal investigation that touched only the surface. Mr. Boland spoke as an incensed and irate member, who not only part- @d@ with $500 to join the club but was instrumental in getting sixty her members to go into what thought was a@ good thing—a club of sportsmen, interested in good, elean sport untainted by commercial- ism, He admitted that in having in- duged his frien 11 prominent hotel men, to join he @ lot to answer - lr now, Counsellor Boland finds that he and every other member is enmeshed tn the muddied-up affairs of not only the International Sporting Club, but aiso an I. 8. C. corporation, and, as he sald, probably other kindred cor- porations. As he recited some of the details of what borders on a whole- wale trimming of all concerned, Mr. Boland said that if P. T. Barnum could come back he would laugh him- elf to death over what was put over on the members, He added that Me. Gavin's only idea was to impose on turing. ie no good reason to doubt tt. | P’ tte organization by four imcor-| 04, FOR MEMBERS the credulity of @ good bunch of sports, ports, According to Boland, none of the club's obligations have been met. For instance, he has been told, he sald, that the rental for the club's pulatial ottices on West 42d Street had not been paid, that the Govern- ment was after the club for State and Federiil taxes on fights pro- moted in Brooklyn, that $126,000 of expenses up to last May had deen in- ourred and paid out, Some of it, a small portion, went for legal services, and one item, $15,000, was for sculp- “What relation scuipturing has to the club I don’t know,” suid Lawyer Boland. The club’s equity in the 49th Street roperty amounts to only about It ought to be $800,000, he In what capacity Mr. Gavin acted in handling the club’s money and affairs the speaker said he didn’t know. “Money was thrown In the gutter.” As an instance of this Mr. Boland said the club had on its hands $50,000 worth of steel, specially fab- ricated, presumably for the club building, which must be used or junked, Boland went on at great length while the members sat flabbergasted. Originally treasurer, it developed that Mr, Borglum had nothing to do with the finances. “Mr. Gavin has been signing the checks,” fairly shouted Boland; “disposing of your money and mine. The whole thing shows the unbusinesslike wi we have been carrying on our busine! Mr, Boland told the story of the Lynch-Heiynan bantain championship fight at Ddvets Field. The gate re- ceipts were $101,000, yet at final reck- oning the club was out $600. The State and Federal taxes on the show weren't paid, the $7,000 rental due Mr. Ebbets is still uncollected. $13,000 was paid for lighting the fietd and the ring, and it will be remem- bered the power for these was sud- denly shut off on the night in ques- tion. Seventy per cent, of the net gate went to the fighters. The Welle-Fulton fight promoted tr. Newark by the club drew $97,000, yer nobody knows how it was dispensed or distributed, The same “What bi wi did it ali go?” asked Boland in dospair. Mr. Boland laid ‘all these matters before the members in brutally plain language and askel “What are we solng to do about It?” 3 “We had too many generals, ad- mirals, high potentates and million- aires on our committess. Now we are all commoners. We've been trimmeu. ‘We know it. Can we get together and clear things up?” Mr. Boland and Mr. Borglum dre optimistic enough tn think evesything will yet come out alright. A commit- tee has been appointed to Investigate everything passible and report back within a week, The members liked the spirit in which Mr, Boland talked and showed, evidence of sticking be- hind him and Borglum in an effort to rehabilitate the club. The meeting was preliminary to a real good boxing show cf three bouts. Red Cap Wilson and Krankie Calla- han of Chicago fought eight rounds Wilson winning the decision, and Al Norton lost to Frankie Murphy of Denver in another bout. Murphy shqwed himself to he a real good bat- tler. In the other bout Hugh Hutcht- son won the judge's decision over Larry Regan. CFistic News 222% and Gossip) Champion Bennv Leonard, who fights George Ward of Elizabeth, M. J., in the main go of ten rounds at Madison Square Gardén to-night, and is also matched to meet Pinky Mitehell of Milwaukee in a ten-round fo at the Cream City A. C. of Mil- waukee, on Jan. 2, will not accept say pay for his go with Ward, turn- \ tng the proceeds over to the Bronx Jewish Hospital. For meeting Mitch- eli he will get a gaurantee of $15,000, with ap option of accepting 45 per gent. of the gross receipts. Mike Gibbons, who fought Tommy Rodwon of ho fights Pete Hartley in one of the pretiminary heats to the Benny Leouard-Georg Ward fight st tho Garden to-nivut. fe to eogno tn another wrap fm Dec. 5. He will hook up with Joo Tiplite of eiladcipiia m the main event of elght rounds at Wado Hermas, the sensations! featberwetyht uf tho Pacific Coast, has recovered’ from his opera- tion to San Francisco and will leare there for “Now Kork this work, Herman ts thy fighter who WOR 99 mony fignte at the ciuds in thie vicinity sdferal month#bgo. Tex Rickard has seed him ap for thyve fights a the Garden, the firk eum to bo eld o0 Dec. 18. By knocking ot Dan O'Dowd, the New England Ferman Miller in @ twelve-round battle at Balt! more last night, has agned Ais man up for anotbir battle Ho will hook up with Mike Burke, tho promising Myht heayywelght of Greenwich Villar, tn the feature bout of twelve rounds at tho Pio- heer Sporting Club, on Dec. 15, of the prelimtuartes to the feature bout of E EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921.1 AFTER KEWISS (it BEAT IT FROM THE RING IH PROTEST UE AGTURNED HOWEVER. Washburn Likely To Rank No. Lin ‘Met’ Tennis List Members of the Ranking Committee of the Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Aspo- ciation held @ session Iast night at which the list for the season was con- sidered. While no official announcement will be made for a few days, the fist ia said to include approximately 100 players holding representation in the clubs in this vicinity, According to reports, the committee nas experienced consideraple difficulty iu determining whether Vincent Hich- ards or Watson M. Washburn is to re- ceive the award of No, 1 which was held last season by Ichlya Kumagae. Outside of the committee, the opinion was expressed that the top ten of the Metropolitan list would be about as fol- lows: No. 1, Watson M. Washburn; No. 2 Vincent Richards; No, %, 8, Howard Voshell; No. 4, Ichiya Kumagae; No. Dean Mathey; No. 6 Frank T, Ander- son, No. 7; Frederick C. Anderson; No. § Walter Merrill Hall; No. 9, Vander- bilt B. Ward, and No. 10, Herbert L. owman, Tho officials of the United States Lawn Tennis Association are to hold a meeting to-night at which its Rank- ing Committee Is to review the list of twenty names submitted for the national ranking this season. Football Season Just Ended Was a Record Breaker for fom county ‘etwees ett mith sng ibe icTigue at the Garden Thursday night wilt bring tonether Ji ley, the bard Uitting Louteitie Attendance. ammy Mehtwelght, and Phil, Salva: ‘Tummy Duffy, tho wost slide lightweteat, fights ‘Young Goukt of Brockton for ten rounds at Lowell, Mass, on Dec, 1 and Bert Syeneer of Brookiya In the main bout of twely attle to & twelvo- Found bout in the latter city, Fight fons tn Jersey City wil! get chance on Monday night to witness a series of bout ‘ought the main go Johnny Dundes, the pew 130-poun champion, will beok up with Satlor Friedman Chicago tn a twelve-round go. Besides this tn portant bout there will be three other eoutests be- tween crmnly matched fighters Friedman arti Vincent ““Pepper* Martin, the goo@ tittle toca! twelve rounds at Brooklyn on next Saturday nlgat Poll Franchin! wit other twelve-round battle, Dundee ¥ Jobnony his newly acauin crown by defeating the main event of tw Broadway Exhibition last night. ly Defeats Wallace, junior, Nadie Club, Brooklyn. did not have any trouble winnin, lace weighed referead the bout, which was witnesi m at 1364 large crowd. of Maryland, BALTIMORE, Ma. ‘ov, here last night, dropping his opponent for @ count of nine in the eighth round. Miller, middleweight champion of Mary- land, ‘took severe punishment from the .|third round to the L It out by holding was so badly punished it was ten min ute before he wai ad Goldateiu Gets Dectston. te ps Club which furnish plenty of rral hard sorspping. 10 in town w-day to finish up tls training for the contest featherweight with the numerous vlotories to his credit wo fer this year, has been matched to iect | Jackie Norman of Brooklyn em tne main go of the Rink Sporting Club of hook up with Johnny Green of Boston tn the Dundee successfully defended lghtwetght Wallace tn ve rounds at the Dundee sent Wallace to the mat in the second and tenth rounds and 123%4, while Dundee tipped Johnny Donnelly Fay Keiser Wins Over Champion 29,—Fay Kelser of Cumberland won the decision in twelve rounds over Herman Miller last, and only stuck in the clinches. He able to leave the Abe Goldstein won the judges’ de- cision over Harry London in a twelve- 4 bout that bristled with action at Hi By William Abbott. | HE 1921 football season was a aT record breaker for attendance, ‘The game's increasing popular- ity hit every section of the country, In the East, throughout the West as} far as the Pactfic Coast, and even; down among the Bermuda grass in! Fiorida record crowds came out for the most important conteste, Yale becauso of ts huge Bow! played before the greatest crowds. The Bulldog averaged nearly 70,000; for ite three principal games—73,000 | for the Army battle in the Bowi, 2 | $0,000 for the encounter with. Prince- ton in the Bow) and 56,000 for the| game with Harvard in the Cambridge Stadium, p Atiendance ut many other colleges was only restricted to the size of the playing arenas, which in many ciises were increased by the erec- tion of temporary additional stands. The West like the East, had its full quota of record crowds, Ohio State averaged 23,000 for all its games and other conference teams touched new high figures, ‘Tho season along the Pacific Slope was also marked by great outpour- ing of rooters. Next year California | will be cluttered up with immense football satdiums and they will very likely be filled to the brim if the game continues its present popularity. Looking to 1922, Yale has the t| brightest prospects of the Big Three. | Bowl, A ae SLs was ap Ace ae Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Ce, (The New York Evening World). He Took HIS HEAD Locic, AND 1 Those Two “srvush Stour” PERSONS PERSPIRED LIKE A HEAVY APRIL SHOWER- fg: 'SHER~© har side ~ PENNSYLVANIA ELEVEN BEATS THE BARRIER PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.— Winter fvotball practice got un- @er way at the University of Pennsylvania to-day. One hun- dred and twenty-five men re- ported for the first practice yes- terday but rain caused a post- ponement. The innovation is the result of Pennsylvania's sea- son of gridiron defeats. Head Coach Heisman told the players that one of the reasons the 1921 team did not make a better show- ing was the failure of sufficient football materia] to report for Practice. The present candidates answered the call for men with previous football experience. For the first week the recruits wil! be put through only the prelim- inary workouts which are cus- tomary in early September. Scrimmages will be started next Monday and by the end of tho week the coaches expect to start a series of regular games. Hela- man said he was planning the formation of a large league of six or elght teams and that an elim- ination set of games would be played. 208,000 People Witnessed Three Big Yale Games Brown, star guard, and Kane and Tierney will all be missing when candidates are called next autumn. While the problem in the line will be serious one for the Crimson coaches, the backfield will be well taken care of with Buell and Owen as the nucleus. At first glance Princeton's outlook seems very dubious with the loss of Keck, Lourie, Garrity, Wittmer, Stinson and Baker, wit’ were regu- lars this season. Snively, an end; Morgan, a guard, and Gilroy and Cleaves in the backticld will give ti Tigers four veterans to work witb Herb Treat, former star Boston Col- legs tackle, will be avatiable in 1 as will “Swede” Rowe, a former La- fayette star, Alford, former Nav back, together with Newby, Van Ger- bif, Gordon and Bob Stinson, wh played a Uttle this season, will all pe back in college. Barry, star quarter: back on this year's freshman team | which tied Harvard und lost to Yale 6 to 0, will probably be the varsity quarter to take the place left vacant by Don Lourie. If the Navy is willing to travel the | extra distance,| next year’s Army- Navy game will be held in the Yao According to Major Phi'p athletic officer at West Pouat, dete are in fuvor uf going to the Bowl, with {ts greater accommoda- tions. Thirty thousand more tickets would be available, which would go a long way toward solving the terrific Jemand for ticke' .r that game. ———_—— CENTRE ELEVEN TO PLAY COAST TEAM NEXT MONTH. DANVILLE, Ky. Nov. 29.—Centre College will struggle with a Western team on the football field at -an Diego, Cal, East vs, West tournament, late in December, aovording to an e@nnouncement here to-day. Dr. Frank Rainey, Chairman of the Fac- uity Committee of Centre, said the .|Tad Jones will be at New Haven throughout the winter and spring months perfecting his item that before long is bound to reward the Elis with a winning eleven, Of this year's team thet defeated Princeton 18 to 7, Yale will lose “Mack” Al- drich, one of the greatest Captains game would be played either on Dec. 24 oF 26, and indicated that Centre's opponent would likely be the Leland Stanford University, University of Rovere California or Washington ate. The Centre squad, which will leave Danville on Dec, 14, will be com- posed of the twenty-two letter men, the Blue ever Into, the star tackle; Guernsey, giant guard, and Sturm, an end. iaduation, maaeiay ithe lina Mae 5 iy e line, 4 ecomber and Crocker, the ends; coaches Moran, Myers and Thornhill. "The team will work out, the an- pouncement said, at Donver, Salt Lake and San Francisco and will ar- cive at Gan Diego Deo, 21. | | | WATCHING THE ZBYSZKO-LEWIS THING - - - By Thornton Fisher — LEWIS: SCORED << 5 jae ee LO ON. ‘THE FIRST FLOP @Y TOSSING 2BY IM THE, AIR WITHA HEADLOCK AND CROSS -@UTTOCK MISTAKEN GN MANY For AN ARC State-Commission Helps Zbyszko to Keep Mat Title By Changing Rules Again Strangler Lewis Fails to Regain Crown Largely Because of Referee’s Incompetence. By Robert Boyd. PANISLAUS ZBYSZKO of Poland, the old man of wrestling, retained his heavyweirht catch-as-catch- can wrestling title from the opponent he wrested it from less than a year ego, Ed (Strangler) Lewis of Ken- tucky, not directly as a result of his supremacy over the stalwart Ken- tuckian, but chiefly because the State Athletic Commission again suddenly changed the rules governing the mat wame and the incompetency of the referee in his declaration of flying and rolling falls, Contrary to the rules that have al- ways prevailed in the State that pin falls were the only method upon | which a wrestler could galp a victory over another, the State Athletic Commission representative had Jur Humphreys announce before the start of the first bout-that in the future pin falls would not be compulsory. Fiying or rolling falls in which a wrestler elther rolled his opponent over on the mat, or, in tossing him to the mat his two shoulders momen- tarily hit the canvas, ‘The unusually large gathering that attended Madison Square Garden tu witness the struggle between Lewis and Zbyszko did not take kindly to the announcement that the commis- sion had again tampered with the rules and they voiced their disap- proval strongly. Both mat gladtators started off very cautiously after the sound of the gong had died away in the arena. They confined much of thelr grappling 1or the first fifteen minutes to sparring for a hold, After wrestling for six- teen minutes the men went to tho mat. Zbyszko tried many a body hold on the Kentucky man, but none of them held. Lewis displayed the bet- ter wrestling in the early part of tie match, and after 17 minutes and 31 seconds put a henadlock and cross buttock on the forty-six-year-o'd Polander, tossed him over his shoul- ders, scoring a flying fall, After a short rest the men started again with Lewis displaying the much better work. He repeatedly tried to put a headlock on the Polander but the thick, broad neck of the foreigner and the perspiration prevented him getting a tight grip. After 11 minutes of hard wrestling on the Johnny toehold referee Zhyszko Strangler put a that Fleeson forced him to relinquish, as the two holds barred were the toe- hold’ and the strangle. Zbyszko in getting away from one the of vicious head- Stranglers ‘Twelve Cyclists Arrive Bete From Abroad. Teelve foreign cyclist, including Maurtce Brocco, will arrive to-day on the steamer La Touraine from Havre, France, to compete tn the annual six: day race, which starts at, the Madison Pauare, Garden, (arise det Ruyter. dos MD prods Haan ‘Alavoine, Louls Billard, Marcel Buysee, Jule Van Hevel, Con- Orlando Pian, 8. Gtrarden; ni, ‘Gacton® Bellont and Francisco ———_—_——_. May Re Dect- sion in Ruth Case To-Day. GHICAGO, Noy. 29.—Judge Kenesaw M Landis, Baseball Commissioner, will announce hfs decision in the Babe Ruth ase within a day or two, ptobably to» dey, It was learned last night, Rutn violated ‘one of the rules of the major by. storm= mes locks clamped on a body hold and arm lock and rolled Lewis over. Ref- eree Fleeson slapped the burly for- einer over the back much to the sur- prise of Zbyszko and declared that he had scored’a rolling fall in 2 minutes and 26 seconds, When ‘this was announced by Humphreys the crowd went Into an uproar, It lasted for five minutes, while Lewis, at.the advice of his man- ager, Billy Sandow, left the ring and proceeded to his dressing-room, Zbyszko did not score a rolling fall. Lewis was resting on one shoulder, biding his time to quickly roll out of the clutches of the Pole, and in tura- ing from right to his left side Fleeson stated that Zbyszko had scored a rolling. fall. Lewis was out of the ring for ten minutes, A representative of the State Boxing Commission persuaded him to re-enter the ring and continue the match. The men wrestled for fifteen min- utes, with honors even. Zbyszko to gain confidence, while Lewis appeared discouraged, The giant Pole got a body hold on Lewis that the latter broke by get- ting a head-lock on his older oppon- ‘nt, It appeared as if Lewis might score another fall with his much ireaded head-lock when “Zeaby” with a double arm lock tossed Lewis over his side that referee Fleeson de- clared was a flying fall in 14m. 56s. Bedlam again appeared to break loose inside the Garden as Fleeson de- clared Zbyszko the victor, This time it was not that the crowd did not ep- prove of the manner the wrestlers were performing, but the incompetent manner in which the match was ref- ereed and last minute revising of the rules by the State Commisston. | Huggins Thinks Yanks Only Need A Boxman or Two Miller Huggins, manager of the Pennant-winning Yankees, came to town yesterday and talked ba | for the first time since the | Series ended. He hasn't talked business with the Yankee owners, Cols. Rup | pert and Huston, he sald, regarding | re-engagement manager, and | won't until later. He has let the dead past bury its dead, as far as the World's Series 1s concerned, and is looking toward 1922 and anothe: pennant for the A. L. in Manhattan “No trades yet,” said Huggins. He looks remarkably well, considering the illness he experienced after leav- ing New York for Cinc’nnati. A fortnight in camp at Hickman, Ky. has put @ color in the little chap's cheeks and a snap in his walk. d another good “We're going to né pitcher next yer sald. “That a result of the s ries and the games just preceding ‘t. I haven't given a thought to other positions, If 1 can get better men Something may be done, but a team that could win as the Yanks did looks pretty well as jt 1s." Askod whether he'd try to get Joe Dugan from the Athlet! uggins said he hadn't talked over that with Connie Mack since last year, but if the Philadelphia’ manager get rid of the thi s ‘fants to baseman he said the Yanks could find vse for him—in- dicating that he thinks pretty bighly of Joey Dugan. Huggins said ho thought a training trip to the Coast could be made with- out hurting the physical condition of his men, as far as opening the season here in infd-April ig concerned. How- ever, there doesn't seem as bright a chance of the Yankess making the Pacific trip as there was a week ago. | It’docgn't look as though It could be | made to pay, even with Babe Ruth in it; and with him out, as @ result of Judge Landis's sentence, if it comes, the trip would be a filvver. ind The Highlands have reorganized a basketball team and will engage in their first contest on Dec. 2. The Scotchmen have an aggressive bunch in their line-up of Tranaltes, Croke Williams, Howley, Texas and Mann. Manager Charles de Tranaltes pro- poses to specialize in arranging last- minute games. He may be reached at No, 170 West 98th Street, City. Telephone Riverside 9158, A fast centre or guard, weighing 165 pounds, is anxious to connect with a good heavyweight team. Any man- ager who needs somo new material may find just what he wants by com- municating with F. J. Kline, No. 164 East 82d Street, City, Or telephone Lenox 8284, The following teams have open date: Sunset Triangles, average 180 pounds, travelling. W. Weber, No, 9 Fourth’ Street, Brooklyn, St. Bartholomew's Boys’ Club, 115 pounds, Home and travelling. Ad- dress Philip Feick, No, 209 East 42d Street, City, : Assumption Arrows, 115 pounds. Especially anxious to play St. Charles quintet, Booking manager, Michael Bunting, No. 92 Orange Street, Brook- lyn, Phone Main 2386 J between 6 and 7 P. M. Parsons Big Five with Sebulters, Campmeter, Tommy Smith, Jimmy Clinton and Reyle. Challenge Mac- Dowalls, Brooklyn Whirlwinds, All New Yorks and other leading teams. William Sanders, No. 144 West 27th Street, City. Beacon Five, formerly the' Gien- more A. C.; travelling team in the heavyweight division. Were victori- ous last year over New Rochelle K. of C., R. H, Macy Men's Club and 3t. Rartholomews, Communicate with B, Bernstein, No. 820 Concord Ave- ue, Bronx. PYgitent Geparates, the crack deaf bef WITH HE BASKETBALL PLAYERS NEW YORK LEAGUE TEAM LOSES TO COATSVILLE / COATSVILLE, Pa, Nov. 29,—The New York team of the Eastern Basket- ball League was sent down to another defeat here last night when the local representatives defeated them 24 to 22. The New Yorkers were strengthened by the acquisition of Marty Fricdman, Harry Riconda and Barney Svdran. Unsuccessful attempts of the New York boys to shoot fouls accounted for, the defeat, bef mute team which recently defeated the All Norwalks of Connecticut and the Mercury Five. Manager, Joseph Worzel, Telephone Rhinelandér 3940. Akawobs of Hoboken, average 100 pounds, Last year held perfect win- ning record, Address Eugene Goertz, No. 626 Washington Street, Hoboken, Englewood Club. Wants to arrange games with Visitations, St. Rose, As- sumptions and others. J. Samisch, No, 2077 East 14th Street, Brooklyn. Telephone Worth 9100 or Coney Island 8876, Montane Cubs, averaging 125 pounds, Travelling. James McHugh, No. 86 West 103d Street, City. Shamrock A. C, of the Bronx, light heavyweights. Manager, E. Freud- enmacher, No. 2319 Powell Avenue, Bronx. Mystio Midgets of Harlem, 115 pounds. Line up with Cutler, Lumbard, Hoyt, Byers and Kennedy, Will travel anywhere, any time. For games ad- dress the manager, J. R. Heath, Ni 274 West 117th Street, City. 7 phone University 8814. Penn Five, 120 pounds, Games to be played on home or opponents’ courts, Manager, Joseph Manhelmer, No. 2019 Prospect Avenue, Brons, Srecpenntsenee eee nte eee SCHAEFER-HOPPE MATCH FOR TITLE. NAY COME HERE Local Promoter Willing” to Guarantee $3,000 for 18:2 « Balkline Contest. Charles Klein, owner of the Si Academy, Is anxious to stage the posed Schaefer-Hoppe match for 18.2 balkline billiard title, wh! young Jake won in the tourney i# Chicago last week. Hoppe has already challenged his conqueror. Kieill writes as follows: et To che Billiard Editor; ~ Dear Sir—l see where Witte Hoppe is already ohallenging young Jake Schaefer for a match for the 18.2 balkiine billiard title, which the latter so impressively won in the recent tourney in Chi- cago. 1 am one of those whe think that he is entitlod to match right.away. He has beem a credit to the profession for nearly @ score of years, always conducting himself well in and out of the academy. 1 am willing to guarantee the two players $3,000 for a championship contest, and of course they oun split the purse and name conditions to suit themselves. I think that Hoppe was probably a little off form last week. At any rate, he is en- titled to a chance to redeem the honors he so successfully de- fended over a long stretch . years. Yours in sport, CHARLDS KLEIN, Owner Strand Billiard Academy. Greenleaf ‘ants to Meet De at Three Cu Ralph Greenleaf, the world’s po billiard champion, who has been m ing rapia strides in the three-cushial billlard game, which he really i better than the sport at which he b proved absolutely supreme during th past three years, would like to-mes Alfred De Oro, former world’s chi pion at both pocket and three-cus! billards, in @ contest at the game. “If De Oro will give me a handicap,” says Greenleaf, “of five points in fifty, T will make a! het that I can defeat him.” = Greenleaf has already beaten ay players as John Layton and De Oro tt private, and he is anxious to find o! what he can do in a real match wit one of the stars. - Charlle Klein, owner of the St Billard Academy, where Greenl easily beat Tom Hueston, another mer pocket billiards and three-cushft champion, last week, at pool, is tryin to b&ng about the meeting bet Greenleaf and De Oro. Schaefer Comes From Behind Beats Con VELAND: Nov. 29.—Young Sehaefer came from behind with @ of 158 and won the first of a of four games yesterday from Ro Conti, the inch champ, by @ sci of 400 to $18 at 18.2 balk-line billiards) Conti had a lead of 219. You might think any body could design a shirt! }} Try it! ‘ : You'll find you'll need complete and different set ry of patterns for every of neck. For the “1414” man you must build a shirt to fit t shoulders and body. For the “size 18” n you must leave room fo “heft” and “double chin”! It’s a real science! But why worry? = We've plenty of shirte built on scientific lines for every size of man and boy -—lines that have proven their merit through years of satisfactory service. Silk. Silk mixture. Flame nel. Madras. Percale. A wealth of beautiful patterns, | ii Down-to-date in price and up-to-date in style. 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