The evening world. Newspaper, June 22, 1922, Page 22

j { KEARNS PUTS WILLS-DEMPSEY MATCH UP TO BOXING COMMISSION FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE =. - - By Thornton Fisher/STA0F BOUT IN NEW YORK NON Leonard-Tendler Bout Brings Back Memories of Packey »MoFarland and Other Old Timers. j 4 THE NY. STATE ATHLETIC BOARD HAVING SOLVED THE | FEAMERWEIGHT EITUATION (TS ~ AS SIMPLE NOW AS EINSTEIN'S EW TENDLER'S knockout of RELATIVITY o L Bobby Barrett threw the calclum on what may easily have been the main reason for the Leonard- Tendler quarrel and the barring of ‘Tendier for so long by Leonard, It's evident that Tendler is a mighty dan- @erous puncher, Bobby Barrett was and still is a great fighter, and one of the hardest } hitters of his weight in the world. ti But Tendler outfought him and knocked him for a row of minutes 7 HES AN ARIE THE BIG SHOWS ABOUT QM BUT HIS ced MAN “4 GUAD REIT TO START. THE ONLY GENYW fons Lael TITLE ONCE ©” (mM FEATH > QHAMPEEM = FEATHER HANPEEN: SH ANO LEFT (T TO A TENANT. ee, ZY Fe t ; (as Se vorseBs) \ =| THAT 4 J : 5 Ho BS __THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1922,' 9 ——— RIGHT THIS WAY BOY'S A ie) Champion’s Manager Says if Commission Has Authority to . Dictate to Title Holders it Should Have Power to @ License Championship Battle in Empire State. By Vincent Treanor. Jim KEARNS, manager of Jack Frank Moran boxed on a guarantes basis at the Garden here, und so dii Jack and Carpentier in Jersey City jast July. In the latter instance Dempsey got $300,000, out of which we had to pay considerable expenses Tex got gate receipts of $1,600,000, and his elfet expense was building ng arena.’* Kearns let that sink in and then remarked: “No, indeed, I don't want any guarantee for Dempsey. We'll tackle anybody on a percent+ age basis, and why not? “Why should Rickard stage a bout which might draw more thin $1,000, 000 and give us only $250,000? I say, $250,000 because I understand that Tex had said he wouldn't give Jack half of the $500,000 I am supposed to have v pr pect that such a bout would be pro-|demanded for him.” —~6 , moted by Tex Rickard, but Rickard THE FANS HAVE wired me out West that Jersey BEEN CONG HORE > pence PUBLISHED wouldn't stand it and neither would PHOTO OF THE Sock New York. If the match were made Dempsey, arriving in town from 1os Angeles to map out a fighting campaign for the heavyweight title holder, has a few things to say for himself and the champion. The first and perhaps most important is that neither he nor Dempsey ,has any de- sire to duck or sidestep Harry Wills. ‘Show, me,” said Kearns to the writer, “where Wills and Dempsey will be permitted to fight before the right sized crowd and there'll be no time wasted by us in getting down to matchmaking. It’s laughble to think Dempsey is afraid of the Negro “The public would naturally ex- “What percentage would you con«’ sider fair for Dempsey?"' we inter- posed, “why 50 ; FEATHERWEIGHT GROWS RINGER WHO THINKS HES to-morrow, Rickard, as I understand | wouldn't be unrensoncblees Rep THON KILGANE EVER HS eT EM TO THE him, wouldn't know where to hold it-| Kearns promptly. ‘‘After all,” he DID INAS WHOLE: Q PD WKMPONSI In view of that state of affairs Demp-| continued frankly, ‘the money in the pha; 4 45 THE APPONT Eb sey shouldn't be pictured os avold-ltning these days. Jack doesn't card LAT ICE ue =f : ak: ae = SRS |e eae ue, whether he fights Wills or some husky Kearns isn't’ worried about thetreweomer. The latter is likely to be threat of the Boxing Commission to] just as tough as Wills.” Robins Leader Thinks i instead of seconds. Hl The Leonard-Tendler meeting has i} been signed for and promised so i many times thet, personally, I'm not e going to be entirely sure it's on until j the men step into the ring } 7 i j From Jack MaAuliffe's time the ps lightweight limit has been 138 pounds, } weighing in at the ringside. Lavigno, ' } Erne, Gans and other great cham- t 1 pions all made that weight. Erne ; ‘went several pounds under it to fight McGovern, and Gans made 133 in trunks and shoes for Battling Nelson, a ee whose natural fighting weight when champion was from 180 to 132 pounds, ringside. Wolgast was below 130/Crowds Already Arriving pounds. Ritchie made 138 pounds in his championship fights, welsn| New London for To- weighed from 128 to 180 at his best. Ages Benny Leonard made the 188-pound Morrow's Big Event. mark when he won the title, but usu- ee ally fights at several pounds over] NEW LONDON, Conn., June 2 that figure. ; Boxing Commissions of late have|’ Preak in the weather from gray been busy raising weight limits, and|®kles to rosy sunshine this morning not only raising them but allowing] put the Yale and Marvard oarsmen ‘ added weight by holding the weigh-|in thee respective quarters on the ing in several hours before the con-|'Thames River four miles above here tests. The “lightweight” of to-day|in top notch spirits. ; would have been the welterweight of] ‘Three days of drizzle, stickine a few years ago. Tendler welghs| high winds and rough waters had not 137%. Leonard will not be much} dampened the enthusiasm of the oars- lens, ringelde, when he meets Ten-|men but it had held their spirits in dler, Kansas or any other rival for|check despite the fine showimg each 2 the lightweight title. varsity crew had shown ip its time trial over the full four miles. It needed only a burst of sunshine U ‘ent the present ‘accepted’’|to bring everybody in tle crews’ ghtweight limit Packey Mo-|quarters to their tip toes in anticipa- Farland would have been the] ton of to-morrow’s races rreatest lightweight champion we've] Visitors were arriving, hotels were ever seen, not excepting Joe Gana or] filling up, automobile parties wero any other champ whose skill has be. taking trips up and down the river come a ring tradition, Packey never| Valley this forenoon, and those in rot the lightweight championship sim- charge of arrangements were putting ply because the champions could bes jast touches to the program of the wi i Merten te hand fee MaFeciens| The racos to-day will be those of at hia best to do better than 185 pounds] the combination eights and the ““gen- ringside. Taking off two pounds more| temen's elghts;"" the latter for the weakened him, although he did make) Robert’ F. Herrick cup, in the late 183 pounds ringside for Welsh in Eng. | attermoon When the tide and water are land, jn a bout he won by miles, al-| "tite aotor Vehicle Commissioner ees, ne aaee no better than alr p. stoeckel has asked Secretary of Mihteicad” ean La saulch ter| Wit John W. Weeks to have the New ‘ibaer’ thank Caanal ean cetion i Bp London drawbridge kept closed from an half hour before the big race until some. He was extremely aggresalve.Jone hour after it in order to assist in He didn’t knock out many opponents. | reducing congestion of motor traffic. because he didn't want to. He often] In provious years the draw has been said he'd rather win by completely|opened right after the varsity event gutboxing his man than by kaocking|to permit excursion boats and yachts him out, Yet, lke Kilbane, he could|to proceed into the sound. The re- hit if he cared to, MoFarland’samaz Jeuit has been that. thousands of ing speed and skill were best shown| machines have jammed the roads lead- when he boxed Jack Britton in Madi-ling to the bridge on both sides of son Square Garden nine years ago.|the Thames River and it has taken Britton was as clever as he is to-day,| hours to untangle the mess and faster and tougher, He had be-| Immediate flow of vehicular traffic come famous through knocking out alis expected to aid matters and elimi- Jot of good fighters, and was gonerally|nate further congestion for westbound expected to beat McFarland. In the|cars at the Connecticut River toll ten rounds fought McFarland stayed] bridge at Saybrook close to Britton and laughingly] The policing of the highways to and punched, jabbed, slapped, pushed,| from New London and on the river turned and played with him the way a] roads is being done by the State po- cat plays with @ mouse, He held his|lice, working under direction of the face for Britton to hit, and then| Motor Vehicle Department, As the slapped Jack's glove aside and cuffed] force is a trained one it is expected Jack across the mouth, one side and] that motorists will find the well-or- then the other, with each hand in|dered handling of traMfc an agreeable turn. Deliberately using only the|]change from conditions in previous lightest punches, McFarland kept| years. Britton on his heels, hit him a thou-| To ald the spectators of the varsity sand time from every position, and|eights race who are on the river \idded Jack into such a rage that for} banks in following the crews with the only time in his life he swung the Regatta Committee wildly and hit nothing but the air a launch follow the com- | ((Copyright, 1vt2, by Robert Edgren.) | mittee boat with a cone hoisted to in- —————— dicate the position of the crews, blue LOUISIANA BOARD for Yule and red for Harvard ' WAITS FOR NATIONAL | HOLDERNESS UNABLE ASSOCIATION REPORT. TO PLAY IN AMERICA NEW ORLEANS, June22.—Any action | British taken by the Louisiana State Boxing Coomiasion on the Kilbane-Wilson title] LONDO: 92. (Associated Yuen! ing matter of the New York Box-| Press).—Angus Hambro of the Royal St. ing Commission will have to come from ee ee ee en the National Boxing Aasoclation, to ternational golf matches whieh the Leutal ‘4 commission and it was announced Iwenty-one other Blate commissions be- oc ¢, Jong, Dick Burke, Chairman, declared ven, Coch- erie rane Castle; Robert Harris, Royal end Chairman Burke stated that the New| Ancient: ©. Vite, Seonan oe gor York commission had taken the matter] ye ys, Torr Up With the Louisiana commission some time ago and that the matter had been the N Boxing Asso- Not Entered tn » of Edinburgn; Reger Wethered and €. J, H, Tolley » British amateur champion, EW make the YANKEES IN HUB AFTER DISASTROUS WESTERN TOUR declare Dempsey's title void unless} ll through his talk, Kearns let ia) he accepts the challenge of Wills} he understood that in eonsidering ? within an allotted time, but he asks: | witis match he was thinking of New - “If the New York State Commis-| York or Jersey as the battle ground, sion has jurisdiction over all fighters} with assurances in advanee that there and their championships, -vhy| would be no interference with it. shouldn't it have authority enough to] Dempsey is on his way East now, assure the public that a Wiils-Demp- | eccording to Kearns, having left Salt sey match can be held in New York?]Lake City yesterday, With a stop off “It's one thing to say that Demp-] or two, he should be in New York by sey must fight Wills, and quite an-|next Sunday or Monday. He ts al- ve Wi National League Race Live Wires Will Also Tighten Up He knows. Robbie is always Copyright (New York World) b Publishing Company, 1 rress | Robby Thinks Giat Giants Are Due} "'" our one best bet other to follow it up with— ready matched to meet Bill Brennan, When Molla meets Suzanne at wee) for Fall Such as Yanks The Cardinals got away with a eeu Saas do it In New York,"] at Michigan City on Labor Day, an bledon, it looks like nothing will be is —- 9 clean slate. Rain spotled the Giants’ hat’s kind of tangling up the sit-] after that would be ready to tackle lacking except Tex Rickard as match- Have Suffered. chance of revenge. The Western in- | Ndifferent Baseball Coats Club uation. “Suppose,” went on Kearns, | Willard about the middle of Septem- eaker? acai nat vasionda over the Giaute won tén Lead It Had Bef “we obeyed the dictation of the Box-| ber. Big Jess 1s serious about want- * 8 6 a ad erore and lost three games. Not so bad. To-day Brooklyn comes over for a fight. Next week the Phillles will take up most all our time, ‘They ing Commission, and signed cles to meet Wills, only to have the re- spected body tell us in the midst of training that the Governor would not ing another crack at Jack, and if, as Rickard believes, he is the only man cutside of Wills, with a chance, By Bozeman Bulger. Suzanne's heart action may be Yorn Uncle Wilbert Robinson weak, but there’s nothing wrong with her apparatus for giving interviews. Taking Trip. thinks {t about time for the Na- 11 b ena ee ie Dempsey will give him a return battle. tional League race to begin to nave 5 stand for it, c+ 8 will play five games at the Polo bert Boyd. . ; tighten up. The sudden collapse of ‘a hid - By Robert Boyd “As far as Dempsey and I are con- ‘The Red Sox are still dangerous, the} (:.. Vents smoothed out the gaps in| Couns BOSTON, Mass., June 22.—Shorn| cerned, the only thing between us same as any rear-end wreck would be. gaps . 2 ah the American League, thrning what of their leadership in the American]and a Wills match is the O. K. of Like the pigeons, Ken Williams seems to have the homing instinct The A's are now counting rainy days as victories, e ee Weill, anyway, the Yanks and Mor- vich know how it feels to be in second place. from Cleve a Special Steamers. to the oe 6 If Browns and Giants keep up pres ent gait, the world's series long-jump record will be broken along in early October, * 8 6 There is one satisfaction in watch ing the Phillies. You can always tell ‘em without a score card. oe Some guys are born lucky, some ac. quire luck, and others are forced in from third by a base on balls. eFest Distt aaa “T haven't specified any amount as * » The excellent baseball played by the| Dempsey's end.” added the manager.| View the Races at Pough- western clubs and the indifferent per-|"I am willing to go along on a per-| keepsie June 26. 5 ve cost | centage basis and would have been} | steamer Hobert Fulton Ieaves De formances of the Yankees have *|slad to have: tad. euch an arrange: | omens, Woe Ara wi ‘ the Hugmen the ground they took| ment with Rickard on the Carpen- Pon, 110 PM \ ‘ earlier in the race. tier match, but Tex wouldn't even Myo Steamer De Witt Coton 4 jet v. 421 St, at 10.50 A. M.; Perhaps this unsuccesstul trip eoRu ase Thetis Nea are aves Ww. 42nd St at v @) ¥ To land at Pough through the West has come to the} wa, with guarantees’ and having vation — traltt, principals in championship matches a citenmmers, leasing CLEVELAND, June 22 (Associ Press).—Babe Ruth has been banished from the game for the last time for arguing with an umpire, especially over @ decision rendered against another player, the champion home run slugger declares. Previous to yesterday's game between SS ses looked to be a tow-rope into a free- League race and badly battered by|the authorities, The public certainly for-ull, ‘That means renewed interest évery club-except'the Chicago White han large gate receipts. Just the Box, the Yankees artived (nses to-day hectic Western invasions in the his-] hing is a bust tony OF the Aine “Gov. Miller, you will remember, average. S'pose, for instance, a club if : ren Won ten straight and didn't lose but under their belts, the American nee CURE anole or te: toee ns F ple for the maintain and don't you make any J i , Ve . mistake about that. Whether tle Game Was Cause of His place. te Bene Wi best position possible to Arguments. for a long time, To words of venera- ble wisdom we must listen. He has appreciates the fact that there is no fun in getting all ready for a battle ‘Colonels, think they ave with a lot of time and expense in- suffering, “This National League business will tighten,” says Robbie, “because | Dea etdae Ginteon alana as it figures that way. When a ball cub Speeding west only a few weeks | Power pertecy hece iewen ya wins eight or ten games in a row It's FOR LIFE HE SAYS ago, gay, jubilant and confident with|{t was pretty nearly too late when Pgs ee Me 1 of the $500,000 he had guaranteed a ” BE EAL more UNRTLSRy aUR. yee won: turn to their native seaboard, down-| Dempsey and Carpentier." Two large Day Line one eee dees ‘ cast, their confidence shaken and on] Kearns at this point denied that steamers will anchor off losses come gradual or in a bunch it makes no difference. It figures out the same.” been playing baseball longer than any man who still can shoehorn himself into a uniform. nd after one of the most} volved, only to find that the whole bound to take a flop to bring up the a comfortable Jead jn the race tucked| Rickard found this out, and only for race, ‘The old law of average wil{ambino Explains Love for the verge of being pushed into second had demanded $500,000 for Dempsey] the course, affording the Robbie has been tround baseball “Now," says Robbie, “a flop is com- HOW THEY STAND Yankees as a blessing in disguise. « *& & ing to the Giants and it's liable to be ui The severe trouncings they received|box on a percentage basis, but that our luck to be on top at the fall. I'm|New York and Cleveland Ruth walked]... add poise to the American] never has been his way of doing bust- #40, A. By or 1028 As RATIONAL LraGur. figuring on pitching Dutch Ruether|into the umpires’ room at Dunn Field ness before. He always shied at the eo? League champions. If not, then they L W. L. we, | to-day—maybe Grimes and made thet announcement to Um- Pe tne dine | les of having fighters work with him Special Tikes, saga York and N.Yorw $f 21.638] ch "go 28 29 491] If the Robins take a fall out of the] pires Bill Dineen and Dick Nallin are doomed and headed for (he #ee-Jalong percentage lines, He gave eturn, ; St.Lo'is 83 26 .659| Cincin. 29 32 .475] chance they are likely to wind up] Ruth is under suspension for five} (nd division. jans and Nelson guarantees at Gold-| Restaurant — Lunch Room = Music Biklyn, 32 29 .625| Boston. 24 41 .446 P'ts’gp. 28 27 .609| Phil'ia. 19 35 .352 GAMES YESTERDAY. Brooklyn, 15; Pittsburgh, 14 (10 in). Chicago, 6; Philadelphia, 3 (called end of sixth inning; rain). New York Louis (wet grounds). Sincinnati aston (rain). GAMES TO-Day. Brooklyn at York. Boston at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LeaGue, +W: be FC. ie Bt.Lo'is $8 28 .603 [Chicago 30 43 404 N.York 37 27 .878|Wash'n 30 33 .476 Detroit. 33 29 652 |Phil'ia, 23 32 418 Clevind 30 62 -484|Boston. 24 35 407 GAMES YESTERDAY, New York, 7} Cleveland, 3 Boston, 9; Detroit, 8. rhe. elphia, 8} St. Levis, 0, Chicago, 5; Washington, 4. GAMES TO-Day. New York at Boston INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, ‘There is springing up in the West] feld, Johnson and Jeffries at Reno and did the same thing in Toledo with Hudson River Day Line Willard and Dempsey. Jess and Desbrotses Street Pier, New York the week around second place. days, three of which ts for wrangling If the Giants lose and the race| with Umpire Dineen over a decision} and swiftly travelinfl east a rumor tightens up there will be a lot more] rendered in Monday's game, for which} tat there js dissention in the ranks customers. This ought to be right eietce aha tee Griceucl ‘ nt ; amart solace to the wounded artiatic| ") Tee esecteds of the Yankees. That can be best temperament of Charlle Stoneham | ment with Dineen Tuesday over his fret} inawered by Miller Huggins when and McGraw wha want to see the | suspension. estioned in Cleveland relative to Champs -“in ‘em all When he entered the room Ruth was] the truth of the rumor: ‘There ts Speaking of Dutch Rusther—right | Ret in the least antagonistic nor was ya a certain amount of dissention Han teen levidance of whatie mane tne exolleds. ct ® app in every major league ball club from lize when he gets old] de,repentful, {fered no apology.| the highest to the lowest. Tie Yau ener ee a ee eee ania fel-| “Bul. go you think 1 am getting a|kees are not immune to this curse of onough not to be excited. ‘This fel-| square’ deal?” Ruth, asked Dineen as| tesstell but the trouble that might low, set adrift by many National] pe eat ons table. He had Just finished | eee ete are ig no greater League manager, was picked up by| practising with his team. fe A one Robbie very much as he picked up have nothing to do with that at] {hap among clive tt vontentment.” ht Dineen replied. ene ae tine i! When a fellow is down and out, it] Huggins does not take the recent to be a case of holding him| sf that has cost his team first “Buy a Bond and be responsible only for your m8 m | sfum On a visit I walked into the lobby] Sown,” Ruth stated. “Well, you can bet| place in the race seriously. He sa own losses.” of the St, Charles Hotel in New Or-] it's the last time I ever willbe auspend- | st16 pest of ball clubs go into slumps. leans last March, ‘The first man 1] for wrangling witn an umpire. In] 1.’ \. what makes the major league saw was Ruether, Instead of the] the future I bane baste ot she argu | aces interesting.’ olicking, carefree fellow who for-}| ments, especially Oy IAYRIV® (eRe Sa ECA ts a abcd Vas and) haa Lene mete The Yankees, in their swing through mary i nt “1 do not regret being out of game | the West, won three out of four from little concern about baseball here Was] necause of the money it costs me. {1 the Chicago White Sox, broke even Herel fr Ee maa not taken bis) (204, font need the money, but I dol with the Browns, lost four straight love to play baseball, For that reason with Clove- profession seriously ove rte when I can't get into the same, | tO Detroit and broke even Read the Bonding Companies’ advertisement in yesterday’s papers—they advise you to This is a frank confession to our original charge, that under a Bond “You Do the Work and You Pay the Loss” while the Bonding company gets the cash, You assume all responsibility, including your lawyer's charges, and they pay only when you cannot. ne P if patrirre W616 Fé|Tornto S845 Ys] atave you, met. the poset” ne| cAnother thing that hurts is the-eriti-| land. ‘This makes the total of the Under Our Policy Rech’er 37 25 .897|Red'ng 30 26 .453| asked, indicating hie wite—hi ciams. Some persons are saying that || Western invasion 8 z welcome the suspension because they| and nine lost. J. City. 31 21 600) Syr' give me an Bob Shawkey pitched effectively Buffal 25 38 .39° a very pretty girl, sitting $2 32 .500/ Newark 20 41 328 loun, WE Do the Work and WE Pay the Loss Rome Kab 6 against the Indians in the last game, GAMES YESTERDAY “She's made a ballplayer out of} ridiculous, as 1 realize that that ts im-]) Caine them down to eight hits. ; . " Blececavetul dvivine ‘ that fellow,” Robbie said to me as] posal! Others ciaim I have a ‘swellea | POMing You have an interest in all profits—careful driving Newark, 2; Syracuse, 0 (1st game). Syracuse, 4; Newark, 0 (2d game). Baltimore, 5; Buffalo, 3. jersey City-Rochester (rain). Toronto-Reading (rain). GAMES TO-DAY, Syracuse at Jersey City. Rochester at Newark Toronto at Baltimore. Buffalo at Reading. — TIPPERARY AND MAYO IN FOOT tart a five game ® “Te head.’ My friends know differently, The Yankees 5 eee Te eee t onal tune | "I want to be in there every minute (series here to-day with Harry Frazee’s t jox. tuke on a sense of responsibility. | beceuse t love to play baseball Boston Red it's just what he needed, She's the ss, too. Don't make no mistake about that, A lot of these fellows say he's through, but that boy'll win some ball games for us this year. He’ got the stuff and the incentive now Sure enough, Ruether, the cast-off, stepped right out and started piteh- ng baseball. He has won in the means real returns to you in large dividends—you want Real Protection—Profits, Not Losses. es: . 100 Buses, 88 Renting Cars Policies—Not Promises { 612 Cabs’ Covered to Date . WORLD MUTUAL Automobile Casualty Insurance Co., Inc. 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