The evening world. Newspaper, March 21, 1922, Page 22

i LOSS OF ‘ _ Burman Beats Local Idol “In Lively Twelve Rounds; Martin Is Disqualified Midget Smith Evidently Returned to Ring Too Soon After His Battle With Pneumonia, and Isn’t in His Stride Yet—Sieger ls Fouled—Johnny Mendelsohn Makes Hit Beating Pete * Hartley. By Vincent Treanor. IDGET SMITH, the local ban- M tam {dpl, hasn't struck his fighting* stride yet. Accord- ingly, he had to bow to the will of the judges and referee at the Garden Jast night. They declared him loser in his twelve-round bout with Joe Burman of Chicago. It was a fair decision. Smith hasn’t been right since he was taken down very suddenly with the “flu” when he was about to mect Joe Lynch. He had a close call, and jtithough he spent several weeks re- cupertjng at Lakewood he went back to figtting too soon. He has had three bouts since his recovery, including *that of last night, and while he has ~ajl his former willingness he is inck- ing in the admirable “pep” he showed in his bouts with Pete Herman, Joe Lynch and Jack Sharkey. The snap isn't in his punches, his judgment of distance, especially with his right hand, is off and the old bounce jsn't in his feet. While beaten last night, the Midget had little to be ashamed of in the showing he made. He was simply outboxed by the heady Httle Chica- goan, but there were times during the bout that Burman looked only a punch or two away from a flop. Once in particular, in the eleventh round, the Midget, after overreaching number- less times, found Joe's jaw with a han right. Burman went staggering back against the ropes and the Mid- get's adherents scented a sensational finish. Again, toward the end of the round, Smith crossed over another sight to the jaw. Burman, however, eyened the effect of the latter by a straight blow to the Midget's chin as the bell rang. Burman’s left hand really won for him. He kept popping it into Smith's face while he worked the right to the body. The Midget’s best work was done at close quarters, when he pounded Burman’s ribs with his nights. The Chicago youngster, how- over, never was tong in offsetting this with a piston-rod body attack with both hands. Both did considerable holding, and Referee Patsy Haley was kept busy splitting them up. Burman landed several low punches in the seventh round. Once Smith seemed badly hurt by one of these, plainly below the belt. He didn’t complain, and after a momentary halt continued fighting. Haley found it necessary to warn Burman in this round. Aside from the star bout of the night, the best entertainment of the evening was furnished by Johnny Mendelsohn, a newcomer in these parts, from Milwaukee, and the well- named Durable Dane, Pete Hartley. Mendelsohn showed up remarkably well and was entitled to the decision. He is unusually steady for a light- weight and can hand out punishment as well as take it gracefully. He has that Packey McFarland trick of keeping an opponent on his heels. He backed Hartley from rope to rope continuously, took some healthy wallops from Pete as if they were love taps, and never stopped driving the Dane before him. With a little better defense, coupled with his variety of attack, Mendelsohn would figure right up with the top-notchers in the lightweight division. ATTENDANCE FIGURES AND RECEWHTS OF THE SMITH-BURMAN BOUT By John Pollock. Over 11,000 fight fans attended the boxing show Madison Square Garden last night, of whom 10,708 paid for tickets to see Midget Smith of New York and Joe Burman of Chicago bat- tle in the feature bout of fifteen rounds, The gross receipts, in- cluding the Government tax of 10 per cent., brought the amount of money taken in at the show to exactly $86,482.70. The net ceipts figured up $30,644.15, from which the fighters each received 15 per cent., which gave them 4,596.62 aplece. The State drew down $1,612.85, which was 5 per cent. of $80,644.15. The tickets sold for the fight, including the Government tax, were as follows: at re 1,985 at $1.10,.,.....$2,183.50 2,265 at 2.20. + 4,938.00 2,669 at 8.30. 8.477.70 1,885 at 4.40. + 6,098.00 2,499 at 5.60. 13,774.60 Total $35,482.70 at top speed and gave the crowd un. limited opportunities to show its ap: preciation of the milling. It was « genuine scrap, sprinkled with classy work at times by Mendelsohn which should make him popular with the Garden patrons. The Pepper Martin-Sammy Sieger match, which promised so much, ended abruptly after two minutes and ten seconds of the third round. Sieger went down on his side moaning in ap- parently unfeigned pain from a low left hook delivered by Martin. Kid MePartland, who was the time-count- ing judge at the ringside, began to call off the seconds. When he got to six, Haley motioned him to stop, and then ordered Sieger's seconds to carry him to his corner, Sammy was still groaning. An argument between rival seconds over the propriety of the punch threat. ened to produce some excitement, but it was nipped in time. Sieger was carried out of the ring to his dressing room and Haley had Joe Humphries tell the crowd that he had disqualified Martin for delivering a foul blow un- intentionally. This made Sieger an inglorious winner. Martin had been hitting low for a round or two before this, but there Was little to choose between the pair up to the sudden termination of the urgument. To tell the truth they seemed afraid of each other. The seconds who staged their un- culled for low-brow act will probably be dealt with by the Boxing Commis. sion. They, or maybe only one of them, simply showed he didn't belong in sportsmen's company. The opening bout of the evening between Jimmy Carroll and Mike Mc Jabe went the eight rounds, the last one giving Carroll a close decision. There have been better nights of For six rounds he and Hartley went! sport in the Garden, All the Sport News Is Here MAY TRAIN IN U. 8. The Secretary of the Australian Tennis Association is strongly in favor of the Davis Cup players of that country playing all their matches here in order to become acclimated by the time the classic is played. SPEAKER OUT FOR WEEK. Mana: Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians, who wrenched his knee Sunday, may be forced to stay out of the game for a week. FOOTBALL DRILLS ORDERED. For the first time in years Columbia will hold spring football drills, it was announced by Head Coach “Buck” O'Neil. HORNE TO “PRO” AT RYE. William H. Horne, the English as professional of the Rye Country Club at Rye, N. Y. golf professional, has been MRS. MALLORY TEAMED WITH MRS. moRRIS. In the draw for the women’s national doubles championship, which begin Mrs. L. G. Morris. at Boston to-day, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory was teamed with N. Y. U. ELECTS BASEBALL CAPTAIN. John P, Flynn, a senior, was elected Captain of the 1922 baseball nine of the New York University. CINCINNATI BOWLER LEAps. H. Stewart of Cincinnati rolled into first place in the all-events division of the American Bowling at Toledo. Congress tournament, now current KINSEY BROTHERS TO INVADE HONOLULU. Howard and Robert Kinsey, Metropolitan doubles champions, will il for Honolulu to comp: @ in the Mid-Pacific tournament. FALK SIGNS CONTRACT. Outfielder Falk of the Chicago White Sox, recently a hold-out, has signed his contract and will join his club at Houston. VAN GERBIG TIGER CAPTAIN. Howell Van Gerbig of New York City was made Captain of the Princeton hockey team for next season. BOS TO PLAY CUTLER. Ary Bos, the amateur billiardist of Holland, will play two games of 400 points each with Albert Cutler at Maurice Daly's Academy to- morrow. NEW YORKER A WILLIAMS CAPTAIN. Sherman Jones of New York City has been re-elected swimming captain of the Williams College team, CANADIANS ACCEPT WILLS TROPHY. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided to accept the Ha.nilton B. Wills Trophy as an pions! i Sea of North America on condition that two of tne trus international trophy for the cham- = THE MAN BEHIND THE FIGHTER | | i KEARNS DEMPSEY MIGHT STILL BE KNOCKING. OVER TRAMOS OUT IN THE Sticks WILLARD TRIED TO MANAGE HIMSELF AND LOST HIS TITLE For. HIS TROUBLE SmallField for Amateur Golf Event| As Result of Rigid Restrictions Only Those With Handicap of ) Four or Better Eligible to Compete. The smallest entry Ist for the ama- teur championship tournament in the history of the United States Golf Asso- elation will be received this year ns the result of the rigid restrictions made by the Eligibility Committee, of which James D. Standish of Detroit {s Chair- ian, Under the new conditions imposed only those with a handicap ‘of four or better will be included on the 1922 elljrt- ble list. Letters have ben sent to the various sectional associations by Stan- dish, and these bodies are urged to send iu prompt returns. With each letter are inelosed cards for the tabulation of records, the latter necessary in making possible the work of compiling the list. Standish says that it Is his ambition to reduce the 1922 roster to the hundred mark, This might work a hardship on @ number of fine players. The 1921 handicap ist of the Metropolitan Golf Association showed a total of only nine- teen golfers with a 4 allowance or bet- ter, and {t ts probable that the 1922 sheet will have about the same number. Standish lays particular stress on thi fact that the Elegibility Committee de- stres a player's record of all important events, whether invitation or sectional, His letter to the secretaries of the sec- onal associations follows: “The eligibility ist of the U. §. G. A. fs compiled each year for the purpose of naming those players whose skill in the game of entitles them to compete in the national amateur championship. The number of entries in this event in- creased so rapidly during the past few years that it is now necessary to exact more strict requirements of eligibility than in the past. Accordingly the stand- ard of play required this year will be a handicap of four strokes or less based on the Calkins system together with a commendable tournament record during the past three years, “The Eligibility List Committee ts compiling a file of all tournament rec- ords and blank forms are enclosed on which you will please record the result of the amateur champlonship of your association for each of the past three years. If your association n supply this information, play. section may not be include eligibility list. It is suggested that if you have not these records available they can be secured through the local PI ‘Please supply the committee also with the official handicap Ist of your association for the year 1922, if one ts published. Co-operation from all sec- tions is asked in limiting the number of entries In the amateur championship to those who actually have a chance of winning and in making the ellgibility list of the United States Golf Associa- tion a real Roll of Honor.” Fi ti N BY JOHN d G 2: USTLC NEWS porrock AN Ossip Having defeated Charley White in against either Jack or Tilly Shade their battle at Madison Square Gar-|'" ‘" : den on Friday night, Champion| yrankic Genaro, the ciever flywelght of Johnny Dundee now intends to go] this city, and Sammy ¢ n, another good after a match with Benny Leonard | loca! boxer, will clash in the main go of for the lightweight championship] (Mele rounds at: Sera aaprS title, Dundeo declared to-day that|anotier twelve-round scram tenmn esate he is entitled to a bout with Leonard| goes on with Marty Summ asa result of his victory over White and other good battlers. Dundee's my Wy Fruzzetu, next fight will be with Jimmy Good-| the. vm beating In a you days ago, wii rich of Buffalo for ten rounds to af Vout at heat teernd decision at Toronto, Canada, On} on Thursday night. te will swap punches April 4 with Beet Spencer for twelve rounds at the — Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn Champion Johnny Kilbane wit sail on -- the steamship Aquitania for E and to-day. As Jock Malone, the crack &t Paul Johnny expects to spend several weeks see-] middleweight, ia a ere ite with the ing England and Ireland, and tf a suitable| fight fans of 1, it pected that a offer te made him for a fight in London ho] great crowd. will turn . his thinks he will go through with at least one|ten-round go with Av New bout before he returns to America, He saye| York at the show of the Cor fal A. € he will defend his title when he comes back| in Mechanics’ Building in Tieston on Rate to this country urday night As Jimmy Sullivan, the lightweight of New George Eagle of Calilc will meet York, had his ar in, and his face and] Allentown Dundee, th: ur fighter of eye cut by being thrown from s Pennayivanta,, in ‘a twelve-round bout at y a few days ago, his manager,| the Allentown (Pa.) A.C. on. Thursday ompelied to enll off | Might. Eagle will have to fight hw hardest, him, one with K, 0, Loughitr and the other with Joe Jackson of Philadel phia. Promoter Paulding of Philadelphia has signed up Wille Jackson of New York meet Frankie Rice of Baltimore in the main go of elght rounds at the Ice Palace boxing show of Vb Ma on March 2, Jimmy Hanton mects George Chaney and Johnn Mealey battles George Young’ Erne of Buffalo in the two other eight-round bouts Jimmy Kelly offers the fight fans another attractive card of weekly boxing show « 5 7 Club of Brooklyn y night. Mel Coo- gan of Brooklyn mv Manton of the main elve rounds. k Demp. sey In two ten-ro: Italian Joe Ga ' fr mate to meet " Moa f the west side for twelve 1 way Exhib A f Mrooklyn on April 3. Sammy \ { Mar takes on Happy Gorman her twelve-round scrap. At the show on ‘Thursday night, Benny Vali { Harlem battles Bert Bpencer of Hire f a Bounda: A enecial box be ntaged at the " Brooklyn on Friday 5 There will be ube Her man of California necting caves Brooklyn, and | Duteh Brandt Te im ‘ takes on W f Paterson, and Tommy, Loughran of i’biladelphia will go as Allentown Dundee in the last aix months has won many fi John Welsmantel has so far arranged two ten-round bouts for the next show of the [Ridgewood Grove Sporting Club on Satur day night. Willie Allen will take on Teddy Seldman in one of them, and Chick Kansas will battle Billy Ryckoff in the other, The main bout has not been arranged as yet Joe Miller, thw Pacific Coast bantam, won his second consecutive victory in Boston 1 night, winning y over Rurney Meln | was awarded the referee's decision at the Elks show George Kerrigan Wins Golf Title At St. Augustine AUGUSTINE, Pla, March 21 George Kerrigan, young golf pro- jonal of the W © Beeches Country Club of New Jersey, won the annual St, Augustine open championship tour- nament yesterday with a score of 145 for thirty-six holes, ‘This 1s the second tournament Kerrigan has won in the South this wit Only about a ‘week Clarence Hackne pluyed well in the morning, BILLY GIBSON TOOK CHARGE OF LEONARD WHEN BENNY Was @ SMALL KID VENING WORLD, TUFSDAY, MAROH 21, 1922, PEP” DUE TO “FLU” COST MIDGET SMITH DECISION Copyright (New York Evening World) } » \\Y \ NN \ Back OF THE SUCCESS OF EVERY GREAT FIGHTER HAS BEEN A GREAT by Press Publishing Company, 1922, NA \\ \ NYY YAN NX \ MANAGER. Copyright, 1 Babe Ruth is now tance in his home run we know the putt his bunts Cec! Russian chess marvel, A. A. Ale- chine, has challenged Capablanca. A. A. Alechine may not %e such a guy ume of chess, but it would man to beat him on an Australian ballot o: 4 c8 ng for dis- Next thing Bam wili be trying to Dick Ki Sox that rr ultimatums the White the must sign him this week or he joins the semi-pros, But Dick is soing to be with the semi- pros whether they sign him or not. + eas Horse racing craze has hit Russia LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. (The New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Co. hard. Soviet sports are now fol- lowing either the Russian ponies or the Russian ballet. henced If Jack Dempsey meets Strangler Lewis in a wrestling-boxing match, here are some other bouts that look just as nift Johnny Wilson vs. J. Ogden Ar- mour for the Ham Championship of the World, oe Joe for the trophy. Humphries vs standing W. J. Bryan broad = talking Joe Beckett ys. the diving medal. Steve Brodie for Toogood Lives Up to Name in THE EVENING WORLD DPIN TOURNAMENT. uled to bowl to-night: ‘Teams se! No, of Teams, Nameoke 4 Library Bureau 2 Spencer, Trask & Co. 2 John Hall 1 Amicitia 1 Humphrey 2 Empire State 1 Scotti aA 2 Winton No, 2 1 New York Central Railroad. 1 Red Star (R. H. Macy & Co.). 1 Atlantic National Bank... 1 Total 19 Seventeen teams from bowling clubs ind by houses in the metro- politan distriethowled in The ning World Headpin Bowling Cha pionships at Thum's White Elephant uleys last night. Out of this number a half dozen were rewarded with sil- yer medals for rolling scores of 100 or more, Toogood of the Neptune Meter Company rolled the highest total of the evening, 110. Other medal} winners were: Velten of the New York Edison Company 105, Campbell of the Neptune Meter Company 103, Baarada of the Neptune Meter Com- pany 102, Souza of the New oYrk Edison Company 100, Donnington of the J. G. White & Co, team 101 The high team laurels of Inter- Chureh team of Brooklyn were never threatened at any stage. Neither was the high individual score mark of 113 held by mmy Lund of the Olympia club “Uncle Joe” Thum has announced that the entries for The Evening World Bowling Classic are now well over the 600 mark, and his slogan is “One thousand teams or bust!" EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDING Wilkes-Barre Headpin Meet|, OTHER FIGHT RESULTS. Al Aoberis Jostphs, won tweive ROSTON—Be Leonard easily out- pointed Johnn nton, ten rounds PHILADELPHIA — Bobby Barrett knocked out Hymie Gold, three rounds Johnny Gill outpointed Soldier Bartfletd, CON TICUT—Kid Kaplan knock- ed out Artie Rose, two rounds NEWARK—Louis — Firpo, hea’ weight champion of South America, knocked out Sailor Maxted, seven rounds. UTICA—S. Baird, Yorkville, stopped Sailor Whi two rouni MONTREAL Montr stopped Frank York, in first round inviatble Ringsiders didn't re blow MASSACHUSETTS — Young — Luby won decision from Kid Black, ten rounds, HOLYOKE—Paul Demer won deci- sion from Willie Murphy, ten rounds, MERIDEN, Conn.,—Kid — Ferguson outpointed Frankie Quill, eight rounds. OHIO—Jack Wolfe knocked out Eddie Smith, two Tut Jackson one ‘round -Bill Burns outpo! eight round stopped od y_ Griffin, PVELAND—Cleveland amateurs won three of five bouts from Philadel- phia_ invaders. MEMPHIS—Young Sharkey, bantam, defeated Young Jack Dempsey, eight rounds, NEW_ORLEANS—"Happy" Littleton, New Orleans, knocked out Frankie Murphy, Charleston, thirteen round Sscoaseentaneienteiatinemnenitinammenmemmnannsentemttaerteeeeeaaatieemmmmmetr ee ee ‘ ! By Thornton Fisher ¢ KNBANE NOW MANAGES HIMSELF, TOM .O'ROURKE y MADE A FORTUNE FOR HIS WELTER CHAMPION JACK BRITTON, NOW A MEMBER. OF THe STATE AWLEN® BOARD WAS SPONSOR FOR, MANN FAMOUS FIGHTERS! Fordham Spruced up for Opening of Intercollegiate Ball Seaso® Coach Coffe Has Promising Material From Which to Turn Out Winning Team. HEN the Fordham nine faces the University of Pennsylva- nia aggregation of baseballers in the opening game of the season a week from Saturday, baseball will get its cue to step upon the stage of col- legiate sports. Twenty-four games stand out upon the Fordham schedule. The Maroon will go through the sea- son in fitting style if they live up to the traditions of former teams of the institution. Coach Coffe has the advantage of having six regulars from last year and two first string pitchers to build a team around. He has also a fighting bunch of freshmen eager to displace the veterans from last year and to fill the gaps left by graduations. The team is in fine condition, hav- ing been in training for the last month, The squad has done on an average fifteen to twenty laps around the track every afternoon after prac- tice. Coach Coffe believes in showing a good example to his charges, so he leads them around the square. The men testify readily to his endurance and speed Ed Cousineau will start the season as catcher. He was catcher for the last two years. He has a fine batting average and his fielding is superb. Above all, he is a fighter. When he is in need of a rest McPeak, a fresh- an, will take his place. He is show- ing up well. ‘The infield will start with Schermer- horn on first base, Shankey on second base, Malley on short, and Mike Dunn on third. ‘This line-up is subject to change if such men as Paul Mcl.aug- lin, Steve Lesko and Garrity can raise their batting averages in the practices before the first game. The outfield will probably bring Donovan in left field, Keough in cen- tre and Lou Healy, the football and basketball star, Into right field. The pitching staff is bringing some worry to Coach Coffe. He has only Capt. Tim McNamara and Joe White, veterans from last year, to depend upon. If Fred Waters, rated as one of the best college pitchers in his freshman year, comes through with the goods this season, Coffe can ease his mind on that score. Waters was suffering all last season from a sore arm. But so tar this year in practice he has been going like blazing guns. Also Coffe has Bob Kiley, a man who was rated very high in scholastic cir- “cles around Boston, to develop. This 1760 (Seventeen Sixty) TOBACCO Smoke and Chew 162 years on the way! Way back in the year 1760 this company started the eXx- perience that made possible this big full-value package of superior lav Eat..1760 P. LORILLARD Co. PACKAGE pitcher shows signs of being a won- der. He a fine assortment of curves and a fast ball. REMOUNT SERVICE GETS MARE FOR MAN. 0’ WAR WASHINGTON, D. C., March ae D. Riddle of Glen Riddle, Pa., In order to assist the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps in its breeding, has donated a service to Man O'War to one selected mare. The remount service has a numbe- of excellent half and three-quarter bred mares, but it did not possess a really high-class thoroughbred mare suitable for this purpose. A. B. Hancock of Paris, Ky., who is a member of the breeding commission connected with the Federal Remount Service, vealizing this condition, has loaned for a year the mare Star Puss by Jim Gaffney out of the good race mare Star Jasmine by Ogden, and she out of Star Cat by Star Shoot. Somebody says that no- body ever looked so well in a union suit as the gent on the advertising pages of the magazines. Who cares? 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