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THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAROH 10, 1922 SCH MADE l’N? EVERYTHING —a— Gibbons ahd Greb Match Up Like White and Dundee in Ring Style. NY one who can pick the win- ner of a Charley White-Johnny Dundeo bolt, which, by the is scheduled for March 17, should by the same Incthod of deduc- tion be able to tell who will win next Monday night's Tom Grob clash at the Garden. The prin- these two goritests “are Strangely alike in stYle. wembies Gibbons. Dundee is a small edition of Greb; The lightweight pair met recently and White got the »Pateree’s decision, which was fiowed by a how! of protests from the Dun- dee adherents. Many of the news- “oBEper accounts of the battle said the was unfair to the Scotch ; Gibbons and Greb have met /The first time, it is practically that Gibbons had the bet-~ but Greb claims: to have ‘om the last time, at Pitts- As with White and Dundee, question of superiority between almost where it was before ever met, hence the extraordt- interest in Monday's affalr. Gibbons-Harry COST THEIR SHADOWS | jack DEMPSEY 22 BEFORE THEM [ray BEcoM OLD WORLD FIGHTERS DURING HIS EUROPEAN LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. New York Evening World), Publishing Company. The Sultan of Swat is now the Mahatma of Mazuma. JAMAICA’ TO OPEN RACING SEASON; 152 DAYS NAMED es May 3 to May 24, Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica; nine- and talls it was. compromise. for five years. Then came the Babe got $300,000 Huston got the Copyright, 1922 by Pre May 2 to June chester Racing Association at rk; Nineteen days. dune °16 to July 7, Queens County Jockey Club at Aque- The holdouts are tiganing out, It is a pleasure for magnates that pay hotel bills to know that some one in baseball is thinning out. That six-day race is the only thing Jack Dempsey ever stafted ONDITIONS are gifferent from that he coul their previous meetings Much as a decision will be ren im the Garden bout and. this stifle any future claims, it getting back to the similarity the two pairs of rivals, every fol- of ring events knows that ite hits harder than Dundee, but lacks In effective , duly 8 to July 29, Empire City MRacing Assoctatioy at Yonkers; nineteen days. Aug. 1 to Aug. 81, Saratoga Association at Saratoga Springs; ‘twenty-seven days, Wills-Dempsey muss on theory that it will be worth that much to see his Boston ball park fied once more. . The only President that hasn't gota theory for improving coll football is Warren Gamaliel Har- “Rain Checks Glant Practice.” t latter nih ben eb up in speed. To eer ehe ‘Dundee has to be jept. 2 to Sept, chester Racing Association at Bstmont Park; thirteen days, Sept 18 to Sept. 30, Queens County Jockey Club at Aque- duct; twelve day: Oct. 2 to Oct. 14, Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica; twelve The pay check is one article that Babe Ruth will take pleasure in indorsing this year. First time rain checks got into the headlines this year. same is true of Greb. He is eens all the time, His very of ‘hands and feet makes him Bo0d to those outside the ropes. If Frank Baker doesn't jack up his speed for this season he will have to knock out two home runs * to score once. Babe compromised with Huston Til tossed a half dol- lar in the air. Babe called it -tatls How Grenda Rates Chances Of Rival Six-Day Riders is the second best riding in his best form and when he he is second to Goullet as Eddie Madden ts a classy Se In all his fights he néver, ap- ‘tly, has been checked or slowed ‘which is saying something, His attack has always served to p-the other fellow so busy pro. ing himself that he has little time ie the offensive. ike Dundee, Greb may not hurt man, but his whirlwind tactics are b? th to bother any but one with head. He got Charley Wienert'd #0 badly that before he knew it ley was swept off his fect into a heap on the floor. boy wasn't hurt but he was badly flustered that he didn’t get bearings until the bout was prac- over and he had lost. course Weinert is no Tom Gih- The St. Paul man‘has a muc ior fighting brain and is a rlore ive and scientific puncher, atill RE has had two cracks at.Greb and blots made no serious dents in Pittsburgher’s reputation. 't get the looked Oct. 16 to Oct. 28, Empire City Racing Association at Yonkers; DUNCAN AND MITCHELL TO COME HERE THIS YEAR. In a cable from Abe Mitchell received here yesterday the famous British golf star stated that he and George Duncan the holder of the, British open cham- pionship in 1920, had definitely made up their minds in regard to another visit to America during the comirig season. that he dnd \Duncan the Majestic, Veteran Makes Interesting Ob- servations as Garden Grind Nears Finish, him third with Eaton and Egg follow- ing in the order named “You belong somewhere among that By Robert Boyd. LD (POP) GRENDA"* the most popular rider in the six-day race and for that matter the most popular rider in the world: , ” There {&. always bitter fecling ex- isting among Some times they have to be moved to separate training quarters so they will not come in contact with each other but Grenda’ could be put anywhere and with ariy of the riders and every- thiig would get along nicely Alfredg Goullet, « countryman of and Ray Eaton, have chatted with during the present grind, and the rest of the riders have a world of Grenda and But for the rider as well. “Grenfda and McNamara ones we wil have to b race," is the slogan among the rid- ers in the Garden, is having on years in his long ca He is thirty-two. prominence b; pionships at Tasmani in Australia, eighteen and then in the racing game. Grenda was eating his largest meal of the evening in his training quar- » asked him for his per- sonal ‘opinion Most of the riders have bad colds ana Grenda ts among these says It will not affect his “Yes, somewhere thereabouts," an- swered the tall Tasmanian, took the liberty to rank him in be- tween Madden and Ray There will be some great changes befar® to-morrow night,"’ “The strain is beginning to tell on the riders and they are grow- The Belgian team of raeves and Jeusert, of Olivieri and Bolzoni and the other Belgian entry of De Baets and Persyn are out of the race and be- fore the final hour the field will be further reduced,”* would repair at once for Skokie, which fm tp be the scene of the championship, in order to get into con- the American blue for clean shit, ; —»—_—_ CARPENTIER TO REST. Jeorges Carpen- ban heavyweight will be confined to his rooin for several days as a result of an operation for an Infected condition of the threat. Carpentier told correspondents yesterday that while the operation was not serious enough to require that he remain In bed he would stay Indoors. for the ne days and then leave for a month’s rest When he returns to who have studied Gtb- style say he is an an- ical puncher. He picks out spot and strikes at it like ter driving a nail through a He keeps up the steady ham- until something gives. The spot on which Tom devotes of time is in the region of the ribs. Poke yourself there and This reduces an nent for a hook to the jaw. ike Charley White, Gibbons wastes blows.. This deliberation in at- Js followed out at the expense of theatrical stuff used by Dundee It's value therefore ly to be overlooked by a none wo ‘ ‘how it feel: By John Pollock. Lightweight Champion Benny Leon- ard and Johnny Dundee, junior Jight- od Lewis, scheduled to be ht in London on } t to win the y 11. Carpentier stated that while the opef- ation was painful his condition was not matched to box ten rounds in a no- decision bout at the Cream City A. C. of Milwaukee, March 27. dickering between the officials of the club and Dundee, Frank Mulkern, the matchmaker, mands Dundee was inst a man slower than Greb, Tom en Over Conlon, ck, Hartford fe fight over Dick Conlon of Hamilton Club in Passate Although Conton weighed nine pounds more than Mack, he coul not stop Mack's fierce body punches. in his presnt condition would like a 3 to.1 shot Monday night. inst the tireless worker the Pitts- her has alway#*shown himself to winning several cham- his birthplace youngster of Altoona at th only the battle holding out for VER in Philadelphia they have This time Mealey took no a lightweight who is quite a ances with his walloping rival, and to the surprise of the crowd the buut to attract a Is get Smith of New Yor q He is Bobby ngling youth, with a wal- Whenever he fights he packs the of the crowd are bad mara baghe while Bobby Michaels of sorest man in the hese wasn't work- his judgment of distance in the opoprtunities he altogether his showing was a bir ppointment to Jimmy Doughe ty, sportsman, who came down from 4 high station In elvie af- rrett because of his ng inborn «bility to duplicate tie Bov Fitzsimmons, whom he fay eriee New York will go best teams in the race on eye terms with us, are not a formidable bination and we do not fear t ve bold that lap until the there wifl be no question about. the winner of the r ine, and the oy him every second he is in action may be punched all over the ring en floored by a hefty opponent, there is no telling just when he ‘Three other bouls will also be ntaged, had was poor, the officials of the Olympia A. matches he mado for the club Scotty Montieth, its matchmaker, has rentgned hiv poaition with the club, Aw the same thing had happened with other mateh> makers of that club 1 shows of that swing his trusty right and br the Leipersyille It ts just that habit of king his wallop at the most in- time that makes Barrett a the way riders rate thelr contempe Barrett returned x nteM po: ring in Philadelphia last Tuesday it after a Jong layoff, during wh suffered acutely from a severe . of rheumatism, His reappear. was a signal for the that ever attended an indocr ing show in Slowtown co was packed: was another inny Mealey, the ability of the other rider his opinion but the imp tiality of Grenda and perience as a rider moved us to him to rate the The full card of bouts for tho bosing show to be held at Madison Square Garden jous offspring something rema and then haying the kid shut up I Flournoy ts as follows; Johnny Dundee Ve. Charley White, fiftoon Dougherty insists that Barrett * Guglimint va. and that time Barrett's opni day Dieyele rider in the whom Barrett bad Mationed im a few seconds last time chin. day as he ever was. 1 think McNu- @ing considerable (ighiing io the last tow NEW CLEAN-UP BATTER FOR WORLD'S CH ‘ , By Thornton Fisher GIANTS ALSOPUT: Copyright, 1922 (The New. York Evening World), by the Press Publishing Qo. HORNSBY’S SALARY SETS NEW RECORD FOR -HIS LEAGUE 8ST. LOUIS, March 10.-gRogers . Hornsby, Wading Batsman of the National “League, who has been out, late yesterday agreed to sign a contract and will depart for the Cardinals’ training camp at Orange, Tex., in time to partici- pate in the exhibition game at Dallas, ‘to-m with Cleve- tand, @ was jounced. The agreement was reached af- ter a conference with Branch Rickey, manager of the team. Terms of the contract were not made public, but it is understood that the salary is between $20,000 and $25,000, with a clause in- creasing it if the club finishes first, second or third in the league race. Hornsby has been demanding $25,000 and the club recently of- fered $17,000. The contract, it was said, makes Hornsby the highest paid player in the league. MAY CHANGE FIELD GOAL IN NEW FOOTBALL RULES, Members of the Football Rules Com- mittee will meet fn yearly session at the Biltmore Hotel this evening for the consideration of such changes as may be deemed necessary In the rules of the game. With one possible exception ho rad- The feeling is general that the game can struggle jt is, although the eral interpretations nd the clearing up of leal changes are likely. along pretty well a need {a felt for of knotty point certain rules. If any radical change is made it will be in ghe goal from touchdown, which now adds one point to the score for a kicked from directly in front of the posts no matter where the touch- goal down is made. Lewis Héadlecks Bulgartan Wrestle: NASHVILLE, March 10.—&d. “Stran- gler" Lewis, wogjd’s heavyweight cham- pion wrestler, retained his title here last night by throwing Joe Petroff, Bul- garian heavywéight, with a flying head- tock after an hour and twenty-three minutes. Leonard and Dundee Matched For Bout at Milwaukee March 27 o— FIGHT RESULTS. 02D MEDICAL ARMORY—Frankle Maher knock! out Artie Lewis, four rounds. Eddie Kane stopped Tommy Hilliard, six rounds, YONKERS — Marty Summers * was awarded a questionable decision over Jimmy O'Gratty, twelve rounds, JERSEY CITY—Jimmy Carroll out- pointed Charley Murray, ten rounds. ILLINOIS—Mike Gibbons outpointed ‘Tommy Murphy, ten rounds. Tommy Carney and Johnny Donahue, ten rounds, draw. WISCONSIN — Jimmy Muzzy out- pointed Dummy Whirley, ten rounds. NEBRASKA—Dave Shade outpointed Morrie Schlaifer, ten rounds ALLENTOWN—Jacklo Clark easily beat Jack Stone, New Yor, ten rounds ed & technical knockout over Otto Hughes, heavy Ploughboy Harris se wolght champion of the navy. months, has been signed up for another He will ten- bout by his manager, Leo Flynn, hook up with Frankie Murphy in a round contest to be fought at Deny on March 20. Schoell at Buffalo, Monday night. Johnny Relaler has been matched to meet mver in & twelve-round the Commonwealth Sport Joo Leopold of 1 feature content ing Club on March 2, As Frank Bi an option of pting onesthird of gross recetpts for Ratner to fight Jaci Janey ino return batie at Bridgoy Conn, on March "7, It books as if mateh will not be staged. Promoter thinks Begley wants tov much for his er, Frisch ‘Moved Into Honor Po- SAN ANTONIO, March 10.—Dave Bancroft, captain and shortstop, is to be “lead off’ man for the 1922 Giants. Frank ter, as the man who hits fourth in @ line-up has come to be known. ‘Pep’* Young was the official dragout man last year, but has changed places with Frisch in this year’s Ii Groh, who came from the Cincinnatt Reds to play third base for the Giants, finds himself batting No. 2. His Known skill in advancing a runner ie responsible for this. It's a long time since the Giants have had any other lead-off man than George Burns, but the fans will soon get used to Capt. Daye Bancroft. Ha is @ good walter and fast when he gets on, so he should make an {deal leader of the club's attack. In addi- tion, he can hit the ball when needed, as his .319 batting average last season attests. e é Bancroft drew sixty-six bases oat balls last year, against eighty for Burns, who was leading off. Most of the time it was Bancroft’s duty in second position to advance Burns, and the may do even better in the oases line the coming ‘season. The fitst line-up of the Giants for Springs, but as yet he has not faced | 1922, which gave an indication of the way the World's Champions will take the field this year, came at the start of a practice game with the young- ISADORE FINNEGAN “AND MIKE LEVY cou. HUSTON © wie OMIT - cons FROM ws RECREATIVE Ruth’s Arrival in Camp | Signal for Big Time To-Day New Orleans Fans, Anxious to See Bambino Bombard the Fence. any curve pitching. . At Sherveport last year in the first game against the local team he struck it th: ol ere times. On that af- te: oon the Habe was swinging wildly | sters yesterday, and the onlookers thought that the ‘choice of a lead-off ‘ man lay between Bancroft, Groh and noon he picked: out @ good ball and) ryigch, and there wasn’t much sur- prise when ‘“‘Banny’’ got the nomi« at balls that were low and on the out- (Special to The Evening World.) “ Rut the next after- NEW ORLEANS, March 10.—New Orleans eagerly awaits the arrival of Babe Ruth, the busting Bambino, and the highest paid player now perform- ing under the big tent. clouter of them ail, generatfon, will reach here some time and no doubt there will be a delegation of the local inhabitants at the station to giye him a roaring wel- With the Babe will he Col. Huston, the man who recently decided Ruth's salary for the next five years on a flip of a coin. According to Mike Franklin Baker and Al Devormer, all of whom went through the bolling-out process with Ruth at Hot Springs, the rounds lighter than last Season and his physical condition Just what the poundage of Ruth is will be revealed to-mor- row when he steps on the scales which were placed unexpectedly in the club house this niorning before the arrival of the players Ruth will play in the game to-mor- tow and so will Baker and McNally. The former kingpin of the home run side of the plate. drove it over the right field fence. There was no practice game yester- day because 4 high wind blew acfogs | nation. there was a bat- e regulars and | up: Baker showed} Bancroft ss., Groh $b, Young rf, Here is the way the regulars lined The greatest past or present ting session in which rookies participated. that he has not lost any power to his} Frisch 2b, Meusel If, Cunningham ef, swigg by sniashing several long drives} Boone 1b, Smith c, and Causey p. eep centra and tight field. looks as young as ever and is going to} stay as they are, but there is some give McNally a real battle for that} question about the second three. Last ‘The first four men are probably to third base job. Grimes and Johnstoi Will Sign Dodger Contracts. (Special to The JACKSONVILLE, March 1 receiving ultimatumns from Presiden’ year George Kelly batted No. 6 and drove in 122 runs, against 87 for Meusel. He is on his way from the Coast now, and Ike Boone subbed for him yesterday, so the Jin-up toward the bottom of the list doesn’t mean | tion Is that Kelly will go back into his old niche. Meusel will hit sixth, Charles H. Ebbets, Burleigh Grimes} ine game as last year, and the new and Jimmy Johnston, who have com-| centre-fielder —Shinners, the} ham or Boone—will drop in ahead of the catcher. Babe is some ten posed the hold-out Dodgers, have surrendered. appeared in the Hotel Burbridge yes- terday, while Grimes has been grant- ed another day grace end is expected] sent over an even 100 runs batting y much} third, while Young, batting fourth, wrangling that the two players have] only accounted for 102. finally consented to attach their sig- ip’ position because of his value ag a driver-in of tallles last year. He BANGROFTAT TOP OF BATTING ORDER sition as Reward for ri 1921 Hitting. (Bpecial to The Evening World.) Frisch, Fordham’s famous up. Heinle great deal. The general expecta- Cunning- ‘risch was placed in the ‘‘clean- natures to a Brooklyn contract. How- ever, the contracts they will sign are practically the same, offered to them the day the Brooklyn Club sent out this year’s contracts. Last Wednesday Ebbets, after fail- ing to get the recalcitranté into line, decided to take severe steps. He wired ps and Johnston that they rt here by Friday, and if didn’t sign thelr contract by the increase each was offered year's contract would be cancelled and that they would not be allowed to make the trip North with hitters will in all probability start the pastime at third base, and along about the fifth inning McNally will succeed him tn the line-up. be on first base, Aaron Ward at sec- ond and Johnny Mitchell at short, for Wally Pipp will player, is still at Hot Springs. Ruth will cavort about in left field and attempt to hit a few over the gar- The fences are quite a distance from the plate here and the only athlete who has been successful in driving the ball out of the park so far has been Glenn Killinger, the for- mer Penn State grid hero. batting practice yesterday - Killinger drove one of Tecar’s fast balls over the left field fence. But long fences don’t mean any- thing to the Bambino and he is apt te bang the ball out of the park on the In two games here last year against the Brooklyn Robins, the Bambino went home runiess, and now le is anxious to show the folks of this town how far he can drive a baseball. Ruth has been hitting a few at Hot Ag Speci FACTORY; i SAuJ | High had a fleld day at bat in the regulars and the The first time game between the Yannigans yesterday. up he drove out a double to left his second trip and another two-bagger the third time he He also made in the ninth Men’s & Young Men’s Suits & O’Coats appeared at first on Ward's error Bert Griffith, wito played the first time since the the Yannigans and Regulars started, also played well. outfield for the In Fall, Winter and New REMEMBER: We are manu- Sport News At a Glance ment has been reached between Roger Hornsby, Cardinals, and the club owner: layer will be the largest paid performer ‘n the National Leag tht aahiiae is said to call for between $20,000 and $25,000 g year. defeated Oxford in an international rifle match, 740 to 708, at New Haven. The second series of matches for the National indoor polo eham- ake place to-night in the new Squadron Arena. ic High School's basketball team played its first game in for the New Jersey Sta ed the Emerson High School, 43 to 13. Sandy Herd and J. H. “Taylor, the crack British golf professional will make their first appearance on their coming American tour 36-hole matoh at Wykagy! course, New : George Appleton of Buffalo, a senior, was elected Captain of Har- vard varsity crew. Georges Carpentier, heavyw month's rest after the recent operation on his throat. . Ryan were the winners in the amateur State pocket billiards championship tournament last night at the National Recreation Academy, Brooklyn. ; Jim Barngs and Jock Hutchison added another victory to their list ting two of. 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