The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 30

CHAMPION | LEONARD IS UNDER WEIGHT FOR TO-NIGHT’S BOUT CHAMPION AND RIVAL BEFORE CAMERA TO-DAY |S[FINMETZ STARS LEONARD WEIGHS 134 12, ROCKY KANSAS SCALES 13 Advance Sale Passes $85,000 Mark. Fans Already in Line to Purchase $2, $3 and $5 Sale at 6 o’Clock. Champion Benny Leonard proved this afternoon to the entire satisfac- @on of a large crowd of fight fans and Members of the State Athletic Com- | tussion that he is a legitimate light woight. at Madison Square Garden to weigh In for his fifteen-round bout against Rocky Kansas at the Garden to-night, snd the beam, set at 135 pounds, did| Bot move, The exact weight of Le ord was then taken, and he sciled 184% pounds. Kansas followed Leon- ard on the scales and weighed 155 pounds. Tom O'Rourke weighed bot! men. It was announced at that the advance sale of tickets to-night’s battle had pagsed the 8® @00 mark, Every reserved seat hw been sold two days ago, but the garden for Benny stepped on the scales} t six) Tickets Which Will Be Put on Jo'clock, the $2 |be place don, sale At 2 o'elock thi Jwere already Street lake bate | onen Ww the final count # expected the $3 and $5 tickets will afternoon 500 fai lined upo nthe ith ide of the Garden waiting for of the cheaper. tic! is made it receipts of the Leon- ard-Kansas bout will be of record breaking proportions. The previous high mark for a boxing show staged |i the Garden in which prices ranged the same as to-night’s prices, from $2 to $15, was $133,745.60, Leonard was also one of the participants in | this show having Ritchie Mitchell as an opponent Leonard appeared in the best of ‘ape when he stepped on the Garden seales this afternoon. He did not seom too finely drawn and was con- fident he would retain }\s title. Kan- 1s also looked the perfect athlete I stated he hoped to give Leonard the hardest fight of his career. Leonard and Kansas Represent Entirely Different Types of the Fighting Man. ee NYTHING can happen in A the ring.” ‘That's what Jack Dempsey, the cham- pion, rarely overconfident, always Says about battles in which he fig- ures. It holds true in every bout wherein two well trained men meet. Tt is particularly applicable to the Ughtweight championship tilt at the Garden to-night in which Benny Leonard risks his title in a scheduled fifteen-round bout against the tough Rocky Kansas of Buffalo. Alto- gether different types mentally and Physically, the match is interesting for various reasons. All indications point to a victory for Leonard on a decision, {f not by the old fashioned kmeckout route, but it is by no means @ sure thing betting proposition either way. Kansas has as good, if not a better, chance of landing a knockout #2 any of the present day contenders fer the coveted 135-pound crown. Such a result would certainly be sen- ®ational but sensations and surprises are not new to pugilism. They come every once in a while. Remember Toledo? We don't expect any such Shriller to-night, but in line with ruminations, “you never Dempse can tell. BONARD, sleek and brainy, has all the tricks of the boxing game &t his glove tips. He is strong, without being rugged. He can box and he can fight, according to the de- mands made by the other fellow—but his opponent rarely gets a chance to carry Benny away from his own ideas of how the battle should progress. In other words, Leonard won't be made te fight the other chap's way unless Be Eeddeoly loses his head. 4 rule the champion outgenerals thie foes. He lures them into making @ mistake and then hops in to take advantage of the slip-up. Never d: Leenard let a punch go without he ing a fair idea of where it is going. Instead he manoeuvres for openings. He creates holes jn an opponent's de- fense and then shoots his through the openings. The power of @ otiff forearm and the weight of his well rounded shoulder blades go with every driv Defensively the champion is pretty nearly perfection. He is sharp eyed to begin with. He can see punches starting and dances in, out and away from well meant blows which would land on almost any one else. M this it might be inferred that hitting Leonard is next to impos- sible. It is not. He can be hit, as anybody can be hit, at some time or | other, by @ persistent foeman but it fs the timely hitting that counts. So far in Leonard's career he has man- aged to escape the successive swat- fing that usually paves the way to defeat. Once Richie Mitchell hit him fists | never got another opportunity to re- peat the punew Leonard isn't given to discussing his fights In advance, so nothing on the subject of his opponent is com- ng from him. Billy Gibsen, however, talks of Kansas and not in a belittling way. It is to be assumed, however, that the popular manager is reflect- ng Leonard's notions about the Buf- man “Benny will wim” said Gibson to- loy, “He had little trouble beating in Jersey last time they met,] it he knows that Kansas is strong, willing, game and no-man with whom to take long chances, If that back- and punch which Rocky uses were arred, | would feel better about to- night's fight. It has been considered a foul punch, but the Athletic Com- nission rules permit it, with provisos, Roeky THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, LOFTUS, SCHILLING AND TAPLIN REINSTATED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB. Johnny Loftus and Carl Shill- ing, famous ex-jeckeys, were granted licenses as trainers at a meeting of the Stewards of the Jockey Club yesterday. Loftus h: been on the ground for two years, and the efforts of Shilling to be reinstated have almost caused a aplit between the Jockey Club and it is all right, says the rule book, if the blow is landed with the full of the fist, that part of the hand within the knuekle region, but if struck with the wrist it isn’t fair. Beyond the Devore and the Tightwads, By Bozeman Bulger. Big Time Comedy, One spring in Marlin, Tex,, the local talent put on a theatrical show. They begged the baseball team to take part and Uncle Wil- bert Roliinson and Arthur Fletcher agreed to get up an act and try It out. Their rehearsal was held in the lobby of the hotel and they never got any further than the first gag. You may understand why: Mr. Robinson—Well, Mr Fletcher can you tell me which Is more val- uable to the farmer—the dog or the hen? Mr. Fletcher—Why, I should say the hen was most valuable. Mr, Robinson—Why do you say the hen is more valuable? Mr. Fletcher—Because lays eggs. Mr. Robinson—Fggs-actly! There was a shower of things, and thus ended the career of two promising minstrel men, the hen Must Have No Secrets. The ie, the Giants out of the pennant in 1908, woulti have been one of the me's greatest pitchers but fo for vr hia Eastern Racing Begins on April 1 date set for the season in elder Covale who beat April 1, is the opening of the Maryland this tleally th n the East, Ac racing year, This is prac- opening of the racing year ording to the an- Maryland Racing ack nouncemen th Commis euch tra twenty-three Into a ion is given ng, divided ng and fall season, except in the cuse of Laure which is as- only,- The eme f euvl track has been notified tuat the assignment of dates Will beeon fr v with the filing | within te wck budget for the The dates are: Southe ud Agricultural April 1 to 14 18 30 signed a full ineeting manag lays of the t nit year Maryl (twelve du (eleven days) Hartt A | and Breeders Grace — April days). Sept. Yo 1b to ly Se Maryland Jockey May 1t (awe to 13 (eleven dit Maryland Club, Pimileo days), Nov, 1 ve te Pair, Ine Laurel— om the chin and floored him, but this way the dying effort of a well licked man. Benny weathered‘it and Mitchell re 4 Oct, 2 to 28 (twenty-three dates are inclusive aie excepted days) and Sun days Wik. “WA eRcAWe BerORE thet mente aurine the COMME NsEAL Your. the Maryland State Racing Co: mission. Eddie Taplin ha received a traine: Tommy MeTaggart’s applivation for rider's papers have been de- nied by the club. Base Lines Baseball Happenings Away From the Ears and Eyes of the Fans—Robbie and Fletcher Didn’t Get Far—Covaleskie, Josh absentmindedness. His failure to note what was going on was always a trial and tribulation to Billy Mur- ray, the manager of the Phillies, In one game there was a runner on first and the game was close. ‘To the amazement of everybody Covaleskie took a big wind-up, let- ting the runner steal second. Later he scored, Murray was burning up when Covaleskie got back to the bench, “What do you mean—taking a wind-up like that with a runner on?” he demanded to know. “I didn't know there was a run- ner on first,” said the pitcher. “The rest of ‘em knew it—didn't anybody tell you?" sarcastically inquired Murray. “No, sir, If anybody told me I djan't hear 'em.” “All right. Now fellows,” an-. nounced Murray to the bench, “hereafter anytime there are run- ners on bases I want you all to tell Covaleskie—especially if he's pitch- ing. We'll have no more secrets on this club!” “Thank you, sir,” said the big Pole—he meant it, too. In the Dumps. Josh Devore, the flectfooted little outfielder of the Giants, was given to taking @ crack at big words and nearly always getting them wrong. Josh had a bad slump in batting, hadn't peen able to get a hit either by slamming or bunting for four days. On the fifth day he sat in the ccrner of the bench, showing no inclination to move when the club started for the field. “What's the matter—sick, Josh?” inquired McGraw, surprised. “No, it ain't that, Mac, I ain't sick—I just feel—oh, I don't know, Mac. Well, to make a long story of it, this thing of gettin’ up there every day and rollin’ out to first is gettin’ too darn monopolous for me!" Nailing the Tightwads. A few years ago ballplayers had a bad reputation among beliboys and waiters around the circuit on account of their hesitancy about giving tips—their efforts to duok them. Several players of the old Yankee team when Clark Griffith was man- ager were in an all day poker game in a hotel in St. Louis, it being a rainy afternoon. Every few min- utes they were ordcring ice water, but giving up uo small enang When the boy would arrive with the pitcher and knock some one would yell for him to leave it out- side the door. This worked suc- cessfully for some time, Finally the boy got on. “Just set the pitcher outside the door,” some one called to him as he brought the last one “Yas, sir, I will,” hg called “Providin’' some ger will his dime over de (rampom.” back, pitch Promaster. HOW CHAMPION LEONARD AND KANSAS COMPARE -Chest (n BENNY LEONARD jormal) Chest (expanded). Cop LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. right, 1922, .New Yor Evening World) by Pr FEBRUARY 10, 1922, Publishing Co, Mid-year examinations for the football stars seems to be mostly cross- examinations. . . Two Nebraska athletes admit taking pay envelope for playing football, It ts getting so poker, craps and dares to play for nioney now. ° . but they claim they didn’t know it was loaded. y ° . ° the saxaphone are all a college guy Connie Mack does not fear Investigation of his 1931 team, Not one of his boys played professtonal baseball. . ° Zbyszko proved that the new fall styles in wrestling are satisfactory to him, . . Yes, brawn ‘s invincible in wrestling, but we should like to see Mr. Zbyszko throw two naturals out of three. MeGraw {s spending the month at the race track in Cuba, where it is not 80 easy to name the first mene winhers. ° The only thing they pick in the Mattoon Square Garden is fights. Fistic News 4 Gene Tunney will be a very busy. fighter for the next ten days. He is booked up for three fights by his manager, Frank Bagley. His first go will be with Jack Clifford for twelve rounds at the Rink A. C. of Brooklyn, to-morrow night; his second with a good light-heayywelgnt at the Ice Palace of Philadelphia Tuesday night, and his third with Ermillo Spalla, the Italian heavyweight, for ten rounds at the Mechanics Building of Boston on Feb. 17, Jack Kearns, who has many other fighters under his management besides Jack Demp- sey, will have four of them meet _ 04 16m in the big-show to be staged at Madison Square Gardén on Feb. 24, The fighters whe Kearns will have battle ure Jos Benjamin, Jimmy Dutty, be Herman and Jimmy Darcy. All four men hall from California and they will compete in the four tenyround contests. Jack Britton, who will defend his title of wolterwelght champion in a fifteen-round go with Dave Shade, the creck welterweight of Callfornia, at the Garden on Feb. 17, ts already below the required welght, 147 pounds, weigh in at 2 P. M. Jack welghed exactly 146% pounds, which te evidence that he Is in excellent shape, Shade is al- ready below weight. ‘The writer learned to-day from @ reliable source that Tom Gibbons, the crack light- heavyweight of St. Paul, who fights Harry Greb of Pittsburgh tn the main go of fifteen rounds at a special show here on March 18, 1s to receive $12,500 for hia end. Greb ts to draw down a guarantee of $10,000. This bout ‘ought to pack the Garden (o its capacity, Jack Clifford, the sturdy Brooklyn heavy- weight, who battles champion Gene Tunney at the Rink Sporting Club of Brooklyn to- morrow night, declared to-d: that he will sive Tunney © hard battle, as ho claims he ls in fine fettle this time, and besides that he has learned considerable more about the boxing game since his ecrap with Tunney at Binghamton, N. ¥., almost two ye: ago. Despite the fact that Champion Benny Leonard will be the favorite in the betting over Rocky Kansas tn championship fight at the Garden to-night, Kansas will have plenty of supporters, ae his thousands of Italian friends Intend to wager on him to get the decision, Kansas ts in Italian, and nating defeated Lew Te wittte Jackson, he 1s now an Idol among his coun- urymen in this vicinity. Terry McHugh, the crack Allentown ban- tatnwelght, boxes Jones tn Buffalo to-night. McHugh says he'd ike to box Pepper Martin even though he'll have to give Away welght, as he is confident he can whip him. ‘The Pioneer Club ts likely to use Jack Bernstein, the speedy Yonkers lightweight, againat Franke Callahan, Feb, 25, while the Ridgewood Club wants to use him’ GOW CUM armen BY JOHN POLLOCK and Gossip March 2 and the March 11, Commonwealth on Jimmy Johnston, who {s trying to unearth & young heavyweight who might develop into & good enough battler to go against Cham- pion Jack Dempsey in another year or two, will have three of his scrappers battle at ‘the Pioneer Sporting Club show Tuesday night. Mike Collins battles Wolf Larsen for twelve rounds; Frank Johns meets Pat Ma- larkey, ten rounds, and Pat McNannenny vs. Barney Feintuch for ten rounds. ‘Three twelve-round bouts which have all the earmarks of @ pugtlistic treat have been arranged for the Btar 8, C. for Tuesday night. Mickey Brown meets Sammy Stone, ‘The second bout brings together Jimi Cooney, one of the best little Harlem box @eveloped in that section, and Har! Biard the California lad. The final ie between Jack Hausner, the rugged Harlem featherweight, and Jimmy O'Day, another Harlemite, Battling Leonard, the promising bantam- weight of Philadelphia, who has been fight- ing in such great form since he placed him- self under the management of Frank Bagley, was signed up to-day by Bagley to moet Battling Mack of Camden in ene of three eight-round bouts to be staged at the Ice Palace of Philadelphia on Next Tuesday night. Leonard bas won many fights in succession. Willie Jackson, who goes against Charley ‘White, the crack Chicago lightweight, in a fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Gar- den on Feb 20, has another bout on his hands, He has been signed up to meet Frankie Rice, the Baltimore lightweight, in & twelve-round decision bout, at @ show to be staged at the big armory at Baiti- more on Feb, 27, They will battle at 195 pounds, weigh in at the ringslde. — SHOEMAKER iN FINAL BILLIARD Feb. 10.—The national amateur pocket billiard tour- nament ends here to-night with a game between Howard Shoemaker, New York, titleholder, and William H. Leu of Rock- ford, Ills, Both have gone through the week's play undefeated. Shoemaker also {s goheduled to meet C. Earl Patterson ot Chicago in-one of the. afternen games, the other bringing together jus Gardner of New York and Carl a. Vaughn of Chicago. $e HEALTH FOR SUCCESS Lessons Body Bulldin, Et oe Flesh Redi peed iB" SHOWERS, MASSAG TE BRIEN ae JACK O'B Madison Square 7540, 7883, 4139 ad Bo . ender Coe NEW YORK BOWLERS IN TOLEDO TOURNEY TOLEDO, 0., Feb, 10.—New York State has eighty-~ the five-men even. of t ing Congress tournament to b to oficial fig A. L, Langtry, Feb. 27, according given out to-day by B.C. Secretary. Twelve of these come from New York City, while Buffalo has 34, Roch- ester 13 and Syracuse. 6 Seven other New York towns and cities make up the total. are NEWEST THING IN GOLF IS A WOMAN “PRO” CLEVELAND, Feb. 10.—Mrs. George Harrison is believed to be tho first woman golf professional in the country. She has been retained by the new Can- terbury Golf Club to become assistant to J. H. Way next summer, it was announced to-day, and will teach women members of that organizaton. AT THE OPENING OF LAKE PLACID MEET International Skating Cham- pion Captures Mile and 220-Yard Events. LAKE PLACID, Feb. 10.—Will- iam Stelnmets, Chicago Ice speedster, had things about his own way in the ovening events of the diamond trophy championship. By winning both ths mile and 220-yard events Stelnmets, who won the international champion- ship at Saranac Lake last week, took a big lead in tho field of the five ama- teurs qualified to compete for the trophy. His day's work gave him sixty points. Joe Moore of New York, who Gnished third in the 220-yard dash and second tn the mile, earned thirty points. Roy Me- Whirter of Chicago, the national cham- pion, by winning second in the 20-yard dssh and tleing with Charles Jewtraw oi Lake Placid for third place in the mille, has twenty-five points. Jewtraw garnered only five points and Charles Gorman of St. John, N. B., the other competitor, failed to place in either race. yard dash, wh opened the trophy competition, was a dis- appointment to the spectators, the time teing 19 4-5 seconds, or one-fifth of a second slower than was made for he same distance in the Lake Placid Cup event, competed for by skaters who hat failed to qualify for the more important natch. Two of the preliminary heats of the second string co)tes’ also equalled the mark of the picked fleld, Jewtraw. who holds a record of 19 1-5 seconds for 220 yards, was expected by many to wih the event. Immediately fol lowing the crack of the pistol he lost his stride and went down to one knee, He had drawn the outside position, and this, together with his mishap, proved -atal to his chances. Steinmetz drew the pole with McWhirter second, Gorman third and Moore fourth. Jewtraw tried to get back into the race but without success. The summary follows: 220-YARD DIAMOND TROPHY RACE— Won by William Steinmetz, Chicago; Roy McWhirter, Chicago second; | Joe Moore, New York, third. Time, 19 4. MILE DIAMOND TROPHY RACE— Won by Willlam Steinmetz, Chicago; Joe Moore, New York, sbcond; Roy McWhirter, Chicago, and Charles Jewtraw, Luke Placid, the for third ‘Time, 2m. 56s, ‘ARDS, LAKE PLACID CUP FINAL —Won dy Pal Forsmun, New York: Eddie Lealle Boyd, Lake 19 UARTER MILE LAKE PLACID ‘AL—Won by Richard Donovan, Bt . ake second; Gus Petz; Chicago, tina, Time YARD RACE FOR BO ‘oF 16—Won by Lionel Norton, Lake Placid; Maurice Cogan, Cleveland, second; Harold Fortune, Lake Placid, third, Time, 40s. REDS SIGN STAR SEMI-PRO, CINCINNATI, 0., Feb, 10.—Thurman Wical, right hand pitcher ef Port Will- fam, Ohio, has signed to pitch for the Cincinnati National “League Club. 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