The evening world. Newspaper, December 5, 1921, Page 16

— 16 cae is isis \ - Match. By Alex. Sullivan. OUNG JAKE SCHAEFER'S in town. The lad who performed ‘one of the greatest feats in -he Wistory of sports has arrived here his 3,200-point match with Roger Sy, the French champion, at Mau- 106 Daly's Academ: Starting this mc 7 Hem at 2.30 the new 18.2 world's | Palk-lirs title holder, whose conquest et Willie Hoppe startled the sporting world, will play Conti 400 points each ‘matinee and evening until Thursday fight, when the final will be beld. This Frenchman, Conti, is a great Player, too. He is the only one who iBtered 0, victory over Schaefer in the He defeated the famous wis- juite handily, 400 to 203, lent that he can repeat Surprise to sport fans, especially who follow billiards, as would the knocking out of Benny Leon- ‘or Jack Dempsey, or some horse ing Morvich, or some slugger ing up and taking Babe Ruth's crown away from him. Young Jake not only beat Hoppe ‘once but twice as they were tied for lace at the end of the regular ule and fought it out for su- lost 400 to 26 to Schaefer in it being the worst ever scored against the for- wonder” during his re- career. Incidentally, Jake broke the world’s igh in tournament a like $35,000 on the ith’s the big tourney. aa Sets Ease, "sees = Sees oer a match, 270 to 37 to have t's ae but i ih 335 i E Greenleaf won i tall At times his playing was and several declared that within eye? he will be world's at Seip game score was: Eat aa ‘Tim Flynn, at one time one'of the Dalkline players and is a close follower of the Sport, despite his age ef three-score is one of the experts who the athe bee boy will next champion at three-cubh- billiards, ‘The following letter was received o-day from an admirer of Frank ‘Taderski: ‘To Alex, Gulliven, The Brening World: In your article which appeared eee) at date oe i I ' ff i i i i af g if PE 3 | i 3 £ [ | 5 2. j a7 ke ef Hf i i Ee i i i it A i i the Flouser Rd YOUNG JAKE SCHAEFER MEET. CONT, FREN Bon of Famous Wizard, Who Recently Dethroned Willie Hoppe for World’s 18.2 Balkline Title, is Meeting the Only Player Who Took His Measure in Chicago Tourney in 3,200-Point in Friday night’s issue of The Evening World in regara to Ralph Greenleaf, you stated that as far as his game was concerned he was in a class by himself. When you say he is in a class by him- self you are making a broad state- ment and there are men who will agree with me when I say that he comes second after Frank Tav- erski,, the world’s undefeated pocket billiard champion, and if man ever feared that name it ‘alph Greenleaf. These men have met twice and each time Taberski was returned the victor, and I understand that Taberski has had a standing offer of two years to meet Greenleaf in ® 1,000 ball match o- better, and also a side bet attached, but to date their has been no response from the “Boy Wonder,” and unt! he defeats Frank Taberski, th reatest champion the game every @, and I think that men, like, Benny Allen, Frank Keough, John »,| Layden and a few others includin Greenleaf himself will agree wi! me, that you will be unable to con- sider that he is in a class by him- self until this thing occurs. E. J. COKELY. Schenectady, N, ¥.. Dec. 3, 1921. Charley Klein, owner of the Strand Billiard Academy, is ready to guar- antee Greenleaf and Taberski $1,500 1f they will meet. He is ready to post $600 with any local sporting ea‘tor to Kuarantee the purse. Taberski was champion up to the tourney arranged for the pocket billiards title in 1919. He refused to enter and Ralph Green- leaf was the winner. He won again ‘ast year, and also in the tourney conducted in Philly recently, He didn’t lose a game in all three tour- neys. Grenleaf is ready, he says, to talk business with fein regarding a match with Taberski, so it’s up to the latter. It was only recently that the Brunswick - Balke - Collender people agreed to allow Greenleaf to meet ‘Taberski, as he was “in dutch” be- cause of his refusal to enter any of the open tourneys _—_——— POLO GROUNDS TO BE SKATING RINK WITH TEX RICKARD IN CHARGE. You merry, merry little skat- ing cnthusiasts, what would you think of the Polo Grounds asa skating rink? Well that little thing is to be. John J. McGraw and Charles Stone- ham, owners of the Giants, were ip conference with Tex Rickard Saturday and the scheme is well nigh sewed up. The lords of the Polo Grounds want Rickard to manage things and Tex told them that he would be ready to tackle the job next winter, The plan is to flood the en- tire playing field. Rickard de- clared last night that he would make the Polo Grounds rink the most picturesque in all the wide world. S2 there, merry, merry little scooting skaters! is Johnny Murray, the lighiweight of Harlem. If the matchmaker of the Ice Palece of Philadel- pais will give the managers of Peto Herman and Midget the sum of $2,000 which they demand for thet lads! services ine bout, the boys will meet in main bout of eight rounds at © show to be the night of Dea 14, It is expected that will be clinched. Fiynn, who manages tie largest stable of tm this country, has five of his battlers meet- jo-night. George Shade, ult, Billy Marlowe and Ben Ponthieau are the men who will engeye tm ‘these scraps. Tast Monday night Flynn had three men fighting. Panama Joe Gans krocked out Joe Borrell, Eddio O'Hare beat Chuck Wiggins and Bamey Adair boxed Frankie Schoell. Mickey Donley, tho fast lightweight of Newark, and Eddie Shevlin, tho veteran fighter of Boston, been matched to mest in the feature bout of rounds at & show for the war veterans, to be aged at Providence, K. I.. on Friday night. As both men are rapid fighters they‘ ought to furnish jan interesting scrap. zaF John Cox of Now Orleans, who was inanager of 8 fow Mehters of New Qricans for several months ‘and who went into partnership with Eddie Mead end eotty Monteith, is no longer connected with that pair. Cax has been engaged by Leo Flynn to assist kim in looking after the numerous fighters whom be has under his care. Irish Johnny Curtain of Jersey City won an tm: Dortent fight om Friday night at Fall Miver, Mass, He knocked out Bobby Dyson, the good little fighter of Massachusetts, in the fifth round of a ten- round contest. ‘Tae bout drow & gate of $3,400 ‘and Curtain drew down the nice sum of $843 for his end. Curtain will got some more important bouts for this good fight. Much interest 1s being displayed tn the twelve- Found bout between Mike O'Dowd and Louls Bosash of Bridgeport, which will be the feature contest at the regular weekly boxing show of the Pioneer Sporting Club to-morrow night. Many fight fans are of the opinion that Bogash will outpoint O'Dowd. Johnny Inuhowss meets Sammy Cohen jo the semi-final ef twelve rounds, he sad Ntihy Carpentier Leaves fer ‘Tratnins Camp. e LONDON, Dec. 5.—Georges Carpen- tier will leav to train for Han, Cook, Jan. 12. He will occupy the old house used Frank as training quarters. nager Descam; has provided English butler anden French chef for Carpentier, who is re- Finest fully recovered from ‘ais recent WHAT’S WHAT IN RINGDOM Copyright (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Co., 1921. HEARING iarety —* ITS EITHER DOLLARS OR SENSE THAT 1S 1 .KEEANG JESS OUT OF A MATCH WITH JACK Rickard Expects Carpentier Here to Keep Engagement With Tom Gibbons in March—What Made Willard Lose His | Desire for Return Match With Dempsey? EORGHs CARPENTIER 1s ex- pected to come to this country for @ match with Tom Gibbons in March. Rickard, who has; an agree- ment with both men, says that he heard recently from Carpenticr’s chief trainer, Gus Wilson, who writes that Georges expects to make the trip and is in excellent condition except for an ordinary cold, which was the thing that made him cancel his match with the present English champion. The trainer asked Rickard to try to get him into Willard’s camp after the Carpentier-Gibbons match to train Willard for his bout with Dempsey. Apparently poxing news travels slowly in France. The Willard-Dempsey match is about as much of a fixture as last year’s fog. “T can't figure Willard out,” said Rickard. “He came on here several months ago crazy to fight Dempsey again whenever I could make ar- rangeinents, end went back to Kansas. Now I've sent him contracts, letters, telegrams and personal messages, and can't get an answer out of him. Is it because Jess has cleaned up a fortune in oil wells?” Rickard stopped and smiled a rem- iniscent smile, “I don't think so,” he said. “Pos- sibly he has made some money, but that big money in starting new oil fields is more or less talk, from what T've learned about it, Jess may have made a little cleanup. but he could use more. I don’t know what to make of it, Maybe—well—I don’t know.” Filling in the “May be"—it may be that Jess feels he ts growing old for such @ rough game as tackling Demp- sey. Maybe he remembers Toledo more clearly as the years roll by. Maybe he doesn't like the idea of train- ing six months or so and quite pos- sibly being annihilated again in a round or two. And it may be that Jess has “cleaned up" that half million in oil leases and retired once and for all to a life of elegant leisure and a perfectly comfortable waist line. Why should any one with enough money want to fight Dempsey, any- way? NON-FIGHTING CHAMPS, “There are only two ring champions to-day who aren't afraid to risk losing their titles.” Tex Rickard made this rather sweeping statement und added speci- fications, “Johnny Buff and Jack Dempsey will accept any match offered,” said . “Kither af them would’sign ar- ticles without dike the hame ‘of his opponent.” “The other champions waat, no-de- cision bouts, and the shorter the*it- ter, Some of them want to box with- out making weight, but the other fel- low must weigh in for them. Johnny ring, but I've offered nim matches that he won't look at. I'm willing to give him a match with Tendler any time he will make weight for it, with | a good percentage, and give him my| personal guarantee that the percent-| age will be bigger than any purse he | ever fought for. He prefers to take on other matches that won't pay him as well, where the title won't be risked. “Leonard isn't afraid. He's cau- tious. I have to laugh when I thinic of Rocky Kansas, who got a decision over Tendler, and a very close one at that. Kansas can't see ‘another match, but keeps bis new reputation safe by boxing small bouts, Jack Britton is a great boxer and a pretty good sort of a champicn, but he likes the no-decision short bout better than a@ hard fight with a decision that might possibly lose him the title. Kilbane feels the same way about it If they fight for me they have td| make weight, according to commis- sion rules, and go to @ decision, and I can’t get them.” This is a funny situation. Not so many years ago ring champions were tickled half to death when some pro- moter offered a few hundred dollars more than some other promoter, and making weight or going tc a referee's decision were matters of course in their trade. THE OTHER SIDE. Tl say this for Benny Leonard myself. During the war he “risked hie title” repeatedly in bouts for va- rious war benefits and never asked favors, Benny usually said; ‘Tell the other fellow to fight and get me if he can, I'll take care of myself.” Benny can earn about ‘$40,000 in any good bout, but he will fight for @ good charity for nothing. As for Jack Britton, his manager may try to be “a business man” in match making, but Jack !s as far from being timid in the ring as any fighter I ever saw. OLD-TIMERS WOULD HAVE TO Go. “What chance would a modern football team have with one of the big elevens of the good old days?” writes @ football fan. ‘The teams of Hogan, Garry Cochrane, Mahan or Eckersall would eat ‘em alive.” ‘The best answer to this is a re. mark Tad Jones of Yale made to me a few days ago. “Men are just a8 good now as they ever were,” said Tad, “and football 1s better. We had some great play- ers in the old days, but they played a different game. “I don't know how some of the great old backs would fit in to-day. They used to have three or four plays, and if they could drive them through and score they were all right. They had only a few plays tq watch on the defensive. “To-day you have to expect a play from anywhere along the width of the field or in the air, with varia- tions that make you need eyes in the back of your head, i “ln opinion; modern football would have:some of the great old- timers running around with their tongues hanging out. The game to- day is twice as hard to play as :t used to be. Of course, some of tho Wilson won't take a decision match where he might risk 'culng the mid- dieweight title. “Benny Leonard is a great littie fighter and I admire oo ta io tue OE stars of the old days would be stars in any game. But they wouldn't find anything soft about the modern bunch.” (Coparight, 1921, by Robey, Kxgneu.) — THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DEORMBER 5, 19 CONQUEROR OF HOPPE BEGINS MATCH WITH FR - - FORDHAM ENPEES BANNER. SEASON IN TRAC SPRTS About Forty Athletes Are Out Every Afternoon Trying to Make the Team. It can be safely predicted that Ford- ham is going to have a banner season in track athletics this year. Frank Gargan, the athletic graduate man- ager, is enthusiastic over the track outlook. As a result the Maroon col- ors will be seen flaunting in all the meets in this part of the country. He has given the supervision of the track team over to Jake Weber, the veteran Bronx trainer and former star wrest- er. Last year the famous Bernie Wef- ers was coach of the team. Jake ‘Weber has already begun the task of constructing a team that will be worthy of the college’s name. He has a squad of about forty mer out every afternoon working out on the track. Many a season has passed since the Fordham name was respected in the cinder world. In 1916 and 1917 Ford- ham was placed in the famous “Penn Relays.” The outstanding star of these teams was Jack Murray. He was “found” by Bernie Wefers. At Fordham managers have to try out for the teams they represent. Jack Was a manager. He was goaded into trying out for the team. When he did try out it was found that he was a natural runner, Then, with a little polishing, he developed into a star. Another star on the Fordham track was the redoubtable ‘Fordham Flash,” Frankie Frisch. Any catcher on the National League circuit will testify as to his speed. Ray Whearty, a senior, is captain of the present Maroon aggregation. He is one of the best long-distance in and around the metropolis. He has wonderful endurance. Other Fordhamites who are eligible to run under the Marcon flag are Eddie rell, Bernie Wefers jr., Eddie Haupt varsity foot- bi player. No mention need be made of the merits of these runners. Frank Gargan is trying to secure the use of two armories for the ser- vices of the runners. One will be used uptown and the other downtown. They will be used during the indoor season. The Law School will use tha one downtown. Old Half Miler Kilpatrick Dead} Charles H. Kilpatrick, manager of Spaulding’s store, No, 523 Fifth Ave- nue, died in a New York Central train this forning. Mr. lived at No, 2525 Grand Concourse, used the Central to come to 42d Street, He was apparently asleep with a newspaper in his lap when the train arrived and some friends shook and failed to awaken him, The con- ductor and other empioyees carried him to the Emergency Hospital in the station, where Dr. Paul of the Flower Hospital, who ‘as called, pro- nounced him dead. He said death evidently was due to heart trouble. Kilpatrick was one of the most prominent of American athletes of his time and had an_ international reputation for the half mile, for the New York Athletic Club team, which beat the London A. A. on the occa- sion of their appearance here, Kil- patrick was fifty-two years old. fn SAL Entries Pour Im for Mohawk Reley | nrh Carnival. Entries for the big indoor relay c nival at the 22d Regiment Armory next Saturday night, under the direction of the Mohawk A. C., will close to-night with James J. Brooks, No. 2497 Arthur Avenues, Bronx. SIZE HEFT OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE DOESNT BOTHER JoHiiy LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyright, 1921, “(The New York Evening World) by “The Press Publishing Co. ‘The following recipes'should be ueed for picking all-American teams: ee 3 ‘ - (PSEY AND BUFF ARE THE ONLY TWO CHAHRONS For an Eastern expert: necessary that you should have seen the players you pick, players on your all-American team. . For a Western expert: to you. Cross out two of the names Kilpatrick, who |™ American team. : For a Pacific Coast expert: * ‘Take any all-Conference team that appeals Pacific Coast player and one (1) Eastern player. Take not less than none and not more than one from the Pacific Coast. Season with two or three players from the Middle West and fill out all blank spaces with Eastern players. It is not in action more than half a dozen of It is not necessary that you should have seen even one of them, in fact, so long as you usc sufflicent care to place eleven and fill in blank spaces with one (1) Then call it an all- * Name eleven Pacific Coast players. To prove it’s an all-American team, mention several Eastern and Middle Western boys in your second and third string choices. ee It can thus be seen that picking an all-American team !s easy. But Jet some other guy pick one first. ENCH CHAMPION. $$ By Thornton Fisher |]\\() [EAMS | APPED ALREADY IN BIE RAGE AT BARDEN Rare Happening So Early in Six-Day Events Marks First Sprint. SCORE 15TH HOUR. uM. Lawrence and Thom: - 315 Grenda and Clark coe S18 Brocco and Geullett + 35 Piani and Belloni . . 315 Rutt and Coburn . . 315 MacNamara and Madden... 315 Drobach and Hanley » 315 Lands and Lang . 315 Girandengo and Verri » 316 Staffani and Peyro . 318 Buysse and Van He: . 15 De Ruyter and Van Kempen. 315 Kaiser and Smith .......... 318 Weber . 315 Billard and Alavoine. . 315 Belle and Gaffney........... 315 Leader—De Ruyter. Record, 342 laps, made by Moran and McNamara in 1914, A rare occurrence in six day races took place at the Garden during the running of the first series of sprints for points early to-day, when the team of Bello, Gaffney and Billard, Alavoine were lapped by the fourteen other teams. One lap before the finish of the seventh sprint De Ruyter jumped the field and easily won the points, In- stead of slowing down, however, he kept right on and before the other riders realized what he was doing De Ruyter was nearly a half lap to the good. Van Kempen relieved him at this point and gained a little more, After a few laps De Ruyter aga! took the track and a stolen lap seemed certain. Eddie Madden then acted as pacemaker for the other ew- trants, and after a mile chase suc- ceeded in catching up to De Ruyter. The riders slowed down after this, and when the score was posted th Bello-Gaffney, Billard-Alavoine com- binations were trailing the field by one lap. When Leon Errol, the well known actor, started the riders on their long journey at one minute after 12 this morning the ancient Madison Square Garden was jammed from the lofty rafters to the inclosed ring circled by the pine saucer. Brocco is still the idol of the fans. The Italian contingent still adore and idolize (..2 smiling Brocco. Brocoo is a Frenchman with an Italian name, having been born neare the Marne. His name has brought him all his fame and popularity. Who said “What's in a name?” SPORT CALENDAR OF AMATEUR EVENTS Dec. 10—Mohawk A. C., 22d Regiment Armory. Dec. 16—Cariton ¥. M. C, A, 13th Regiment Armory. ce. 17—St. Anselm's A. Jan. 14—Osceola Club, “ath Regiment ere .i7-Metropolitan championships, Jan, 21—Morningside A. C., 22d Regi- mean wee Brooklyn College, 18th Regi- me ToMinrose A. A. Madison ‘8—Samaclar A. A., 224 Regiment Armory. Feb. 11—Knights of St. Antony, 284 Regiment Armory. b, 11—Central H. 8. A. A., 1st Reg- | Gru iment Armory, Newark, N. J. Feb, 13—71st Infantry A..A., 7st Ar- Feb. 18—Wilco A. A., 18th Regiment AtReb. 21—Western Union A. A., 324 iment A: mory. 25—New York A. C., 22d Regi- OFFICIAL N. L. BATTING AVERAGES FOR 1921 Here are the official batting averages of the National League of those batting over .290 in fifteen or more games INBIVIOUAL BATTING. wc Name and Ciob. Bate. @. & ttersen, 4 Rerechy” neowre ie 431 238 Twomt a 6 Riviere, 3 i 2 oe 4 201 BaiResessaes: SERERES SESE Sees keh ment Armory. $3 ‘March National A. A. U. cham- 182 Plonships, 224 Regiment Armory. ry 147 March i1—13th District M. M. L., 13th 3 Regiment Armory. % BOXING, 3 Dec, 6—City A. C., clubhouse, Dec, 8—Progress Club, Newark, N. J. 31 noose: 11-18—St. Lucy ¥, M. C. C., club- p24 ouse. ‘Dec, 12-14—Met, Association A. A. U. 2 intercity, M: 153 Dec, ‘15: 128 house. oat i Dec. 20-22—Ctescent A. C., clubhouse, fi Dec. 37-29-—-St. Mary Catholic Union, | S2rultt tera. Pi, ' clubhouse, Kelleher, Johe “P.,. Chi Jan. 4-€—Brooklyn College, Brooklyn. | Kelty, George t-» Mew Vert e Jan. 4-7—New York A. C.,. clubhouse. | Rebertesm, Pi: a Jan. 10—City A. C., clubhouse, Sener cee” ohladuenios Jan, 16-18—Met. Association A. A. U.. | ba, hte State championships, Madison | § i @ e. 19-21—New York A. C., club- 25-27—Crescent A. C., clubhouse, ¢ Feb. 1-3—Brooklyn College, Brooklyn. Feb. 2-4—New York A. C.,’ clubhouse. | Weal Feb, $—Met. Association A. A, U., in- a ternational, Madison Square. 3 Feb, 14—City A. C., clubhouse, tae Feb. 16-18—New York A. elub- | x iz 0) Feb, 21-24—Croscent A. C., clubhouse. | Ti ra a: w March 2-4—New York A. C., club- i 4 mn A 4 house. ae PA 3 SWIMMING. ny Puceebaren, at Jan. 11-12—Met. water polo, swim- td tet 'S ming championships, Madison Square. —— Friedman Spends Busy Day Taking Om Extra Weight. Sailor Friedman took on two pounds | Pi a8 a result of his rest during his trip from Chicago to Jersey City, where he fs {o finish training for his twelve- round bout with Johnny Dundee sched- uled to be held at the Fourth Regiment Armory in thet city Friday night, Be- cause of this Nate Lewis, his manager, ted on a full day's work in the jasium and on the roads yesterday, At the end of the workout Friedman had taken off one of the extra pounds and Lewis said that he will have no let up between now and the day of his eht. Dund jee also put in @ of work. “The iitde junlor, Nyhtweight champion was never bothered by the weight question, inasmuch as he nor- Inalfy scales around 130 pounds, Dundee to-day weighs about 129 and he will en- ter the rin ction of a pound under this weigh! ry hard eo has iy the holders of college boxti | ships determined at 3 =SFagearesssastasee ye. 8e.2 * SENS wate evetine SoQSe=y: PmEerSirpersias i htt Serer] ft bat oie eiaeS.Ssissatiseezesse= 3s BEs=2 o 1 enaBu-wvaweleve! as: oo a as eenee PSSase Bevarnlasand: BBEz i 385 PabrSAseegesesysekec Rea sasE I2Fen! SSIS EFTy Poperr tts 3 BESSS: i BietSesetRssE FS esas PT , = segs 28 = # i 4 “ i 4 4 = Wittmer te Captain the Princeton Five. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 5.— Wittmer jr., of Pittsburgh, wen elected sesgsese: tion was carried on by mail, as several fee members of last year’s quintet, which made the choice, graduated in June, += RNR NNNRNNNNNOE | )