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CHAMPION AFRAD TO RISK ~ MEETING HIM, IWSISTS JESS Tired of Under-Cover Methods of Seeking Return Battle With Conqueror, Willard Now Is Out in Open With Defi—Demp- sey Says He Is Willing. By Robert Edgren. 'm entitled to a return match with Jack Dempsey and I’ve been after it over two years. A couple of times I've thought the match was on, but Dempsey has slipped out. I don’t believe he wants to take the risk of meeting me again. I'm ready to sign any time and it’s up to Dempsey to say whether he'll give me a match or not. If be will, let's go to it. If he won't, let him say so and that'll end it. It's up to Dempsey. That’s Jess Willard’s defi, hot off the bat. According to Jess, he is ary of trying to use diplomacy. It hasn’t worked. Now he’s coming right out in the open. “I gave Dempsey time to enjoy what he was entitled to after Toledo,” ays Willard. “I was determined to get a return match from the start ut I didn’t hound him for it, I worked quietly to get it. “Once I trained three or four onths, in touch with Rickard all he time, and went to New York and igned Rickard’s articles, thinking it ‘was all settled. Then I went home to ontinue training. But for some eason Rickard didn’t get Dempsey. rhaps it was because Carpentier ame over and they all saw the pos- ibilities in an international match nd side-tracked me. There was a ‘world record gate in it and I don't blame them, But I've been quietly efter Dempsey ever since and haven't been able to get him to agree to a match." “So you really were in training that times” I said. “Sure—good hard training.” torted Jess. “Our house was full of boxers and boxing gloves for two months,” put fn Mrs, Willard. “] had half a dozen sparring part- ners,” said Jess. “But since then haven't you given out the impression all along that you were indifferent to fighting again, and all tler up in business?” Yes, I haye,"’ admitted Willard. 1 thought that was the best way to get him. I didn't want to appear too anxious, although there hasn’t been a minute when I haven't been quietly on his trail. It looked as if I might hever get him at all if he thought I was in shape. “I thought it was going to work out all right. Rickard wired me to be in Los Angeles when Kearns got out here and there'd be something doing +-to be on the spot and pin him down to arrangements for a match. Kearns arrived, met Dempsey and went away ‘without a word. I've gone from Kan- ®as to New York after that match, he snapped. “He was~so game I hated to hit him. I hoped they'd stop it, Yeah—and usually I like to sock those big birds and see them flop. I know they'll be all right again in half an hour, “I never was so sorry for anybody in my life as I was for Willard. I let up till I saw nobody was going to throw in the sponge for him. I'll never forget the look in his one good eye, popped nearly out of his head with the most desperate expression I ever saw. . . “Jess felt the championship slip- ping and he was trying with every- thing he had to hit me one sock, and I'd knocked all the speed out of him, so he could hardly move his arms. He could see my punch start and he'd try to suck with me, and he knew his arm was so slow and heavy it wouldn't leave his side before my punch landed, “Say, he wouldn't even try to move his head away from a punch! I'll bo satisfied if I'm as game as Willard when some young fellow comes a-ng some day and socks me out of the title.” The New York argue. “This ought to be a good year for Jack,"’ said Kearns. ‘Brennan, may- be, and Willard and Carpentier. Whatever elge happens, that Car- pentier match is one some time before next June. No, Carpentier won't fight Greb in the mean time. “It's Dempsey and Carpentier in London next spring for the biggest gate ever known. “They paid $50 and $60 for ringside seats in England to see Ted Lewis and ‘arpentier, They'll pay $100 for Dempsey and the Frenchman." (Copyright, 1922, by Robert Edgren.) re- eort didn’t offer to eee __'@HE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, ~ WHY WILLARD “ oe % Dempsey HAS no Excuse’ YW, FoR. TAKING ON BRENNAN AGAIN = OR ANY OTHER. SECOND. RATER.” WILLARD ASSERTS. ——- & A CLEVELAND DIRECTORS Wednesday. TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY CLEVELAND, June 24.—The direct- ors of the Cleveland Baseball Club will hold @ reorganization meet here next PI Barnard will be named President and Tris Speaker continued as manager, in accordance with the wishes of the lat. James C, Dunn, who had control of the | Daube: club, &nd from Kansas to California. Jess Scoffs at Brennan. m entitled to some kind of ac- Rion. Now all this dodging around ts off, as far as I'm concerned. I'm the best man Dempsey can meet and he thas no excuse for fooling around with Brennan, whom he's beaten twice, or sny of the other second raters. I'm he only man in the country the pub- ic wants to see him fight. Any other match he can make !s a Joke—untess he should fight Wills, and that matcn fis out of the question because mixea matches are barred practically every- he Fistic News and light heavyweight champion, left for Pittsburgh last night with hi manager, George Engel, where he will start training for his ten-round battle with Hughey Walker, the Kansas City heavyweight, in a ten-round bout at Forbes Field on the night of June 26. Greb is also booked up to fight Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia for eight rounds at the Philadelphia Baseball Park on the night of July 10. “I'm in much better condition than 1 was when I began training to fight Dempsey before,” Willard went on. “Then I'd been living ’in cities and knocking around through a lot of moving picture stuff that kept me busy and left me only a month for regular training. I was soft. I didn't Feel good, “From the time I left Toledo I've fiaken care of myself with one idea in mind—to get Dempsey again and win back the championship. I've been in the country all .the time and have @one a lot of work and walking and feme running. My legs were my weak point at Toledo. They're good now. “I was soft from easy living. Now I'm hard, IT don't know what I weigh, ut I've been a lot heavier than I am n White I've been roughing it for @ couple of years, Dempsey has been living in cities and going through the stage and moving picture stunt, so Champion Jack Britton, who fights Cham- plon Benny Leonard in a fifteen-round bout at the Velodrome in the Bronx on Monday night for the welterweight title, 1s well un- der the required weight for the battle; he Lew Paluse, the Ittle Weastener who fought several goods fights while in the East, has been matched up by his manager, Leo Flynn, to meet Tiger Berrington 2 Ogden, Utah, tn a ten-round bout to pe fought at Ogden on the night of July 40, Paluse Is to recelve @ guarantee of $1,000 for his end. Johnny Curtain of Jersey City and Danny Adwards, the fast colored bantamweight of Seattle were signed up to-day to meet in a twelve-round contest at a show to be he.d by the Oakland A. A. of Jersey City on ily 10. be at his be conditions are reversed, 1 SURF! ay anata ee Gee | BRLIFVE T CAN BEAT DEMPSEY | fienter. AND WILL BEAT HIM IF 1 CAN INDUCE HIM TO FIGHT ME." Dempsey Says He Is Willing. Al Boyle, the New York boxer, and Tony Marengo, formerly of Boston, will clash in he star bout of twelve rounds at the box- : ri]. | MK Show of the Ridgewood Sporting Club 1 anes eeelned Interested In WII-| of irookiyn to-night. Frankle Coster will irc nallenge. ‘ ake on Frankie Curley in the semi-final of “I'd as soon fight Willard as any] ten rounds. There will also be a six and ‘and any time suits] 4 four round contest s only one hitch, I've - 1 Floyd fearnaha ha Ea Because he rec g expenses a “ity, when his bout with Floyd Johnson of Call- date for Michigan City, fornia, which was booked for the Queens: simmons to pick my opponent. 1 boro A. A. of Long Island City, Know he’s been trying to get Bren- called off twice had been on account of rain, Capt yian, but it will suit me as well if he] vob Roper, the Chicago heavyweight, has gets Willard, ‘ > back home to start training for his “If not, Willard ean have a mate with 2 Ibbona at “Omaha, Neb, nny time—two weeks later, or a week, |°" 7Uly 4 pee we the next de A match has been nged by T “4 wish T had some big fellow like] win, the *ght promot of Boston, lwotio Hehtevern cane Frank Carbone, the game Tallan x that I think Willard’s casy, nt of Hrooklya, end Tommy. 5 1 like the excitament. CO ee ae a a never thought T could @rop] rommy Lageh of New York meets Jack i the way I did in Toledo. T] peta of Providence, R Ly ip an eight. felt lncky He . big man to put] round bout wown with a punen - } Floyd Johnaon, the promising your Yack Defends Willard as Game, | ncarsweient of California, who wax trough: “aw, Willard isn't game,’ snoered| Hast for fights by Alec Greggians, may tw @ New York sporting man who stood | *eh 1 4 twelve-round go with Jim Treace Mearby I've seen ‘that big quitter AB? tL g Island City one weet, pretty near jump out of the ring from to-night =e. ¥ nid ate: Bbree ov four times,” Dempse who was lying on the ant Ray Smith, the heavyweight of table, sat up suddenly Ca & yeu Lelieve be isn't gante,” bas Maa buaing Hue agulu will Wy his hand at th Kay auockvd ous Jim bir "hes BY JOHN POLLOCK and Goss bout in Philadelphia sev good showing against the Charles Bodine of Camden, mith's new manager. big N. Soldier McGee, West Side, has another match on. on next Thursday night, three other bouts contested. ‘There Sporting Club of Harlem to-night main go of twelve rounds, Lou Bogash will In another twelve-round scrap, Jimmy Kelly will battle hook up with Tommy Robson, Sammy Good of California, Earl Baird and Kid Kaplan put up such a fast bout at Bridgeport recently that they been rematched to box twelve rounds have to @ decision there July 29, Miller, nm name, Joe Geller, Island, one week from to-night, Sammy Sieger, Weight contender, moved a note! east side pionship of twelve-round bout Island last nigh ¢ over t amplon, Great Britain, featherweight « Criqui, ip Harry Greb, the new middleweight] Holand the Baltimore heavyweight in a ‘al months ago and he still thinks he ts able to make a fellows. a, ts the welterweight of the He was booked up to-day to tackle Willle Burke, of Brooklyn, for ten rounds at the boxin show of the 102nd Medical Regiment Armory be will Jess McMahon will offer the fight fans another good card of bouts for the regular weekly boxing show of the Commonwealth Major League Averages NATIONAL LEAGUE. layer. rt, It is expected that B, 8. } Tornsyy St: WILLARD, IN SECRET TRAINING, DEMANDS MA 1922,' oe neornan q ty” EVER ONLY THING 300 HITTERS. Club. Lout e, Philadelphia Tlerney, Pittsburgh Rohwer, Pittsburgh Jarey, Pittsburgh . Miller, Chicago Dunean, C| alker, Philadelphia, Schi In the The State Commission has ruled that Joey Tony Palazolo's California bantam, who recently knocked out Paddy Owens in seven rounds in Boston, must box under his He meets Fentour. at the Surf Avenue A. A., Coney SIEGER WINS DECISION OVER TOMMY NOBLE feather- h nearer the championship by whipping Tommy Noble, holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt, emblematle of the featherweight cham- in thet at the Surf Avenue t. Noble ugene O’BOYLE EARNS DRAW. LONG BRANCH, June outwelghed by eight or Andy O'Boy the welterwelght, held 4,—Although nine pounds, promising Bronx Jack McFarland to euvwnd rougd and was disqualided, Wille Pittsd Cineinn ultz, Shinners Smith... Robertson": Douglas . Jon Whi Player. Mitchell 3, iff Griff nston Myers . eat t th. Boston Bt. einnati Hollocher, Chicago Powell, Louis r Mit PITCHING RECORDS. Player. dore hell WRESTLE TO A DRAW «GIANTS, ROBINS. Italian heavywels si declared & draw, ailing LEADING BASE STEALERS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. ND CALZA nd draw, while Artle Mar- featherweight, and of Yonkers fought | erey, Pittaburah Hornsby, St. Louis > —-- Young, New Yo Stutz, Chicago + WILLIE HARMON WINS. precip ail BOSTON, June 24.—At the,Walkover Shoe Park. Brockton, last night, Willte] ZBYSZKO Al Harmon, Boston's craat Jightwelgh, beat Frankie Quill of Brockton ina ten-round bout, dropping him for the — int of nine in the fourth round, the} posPoN, June 24 bell saying hl ss nd George Calza O’BRIEN FOULS HARTLEY. agian : In the final twelve-round bout at tt fon a Steeplechase A. lust night Shamus | Could reve o nm hit Peter Hartley low tn the 'hirty minutes’ w wrestled to a drew here fall and after Wircard save e's ; Bean QUIETLY ON Dempsey’s Treat SINCE HE Lert ToLene, 1S Thar HE CAN'T TAKE On WILLARD OND BRENNAN TeGeTHER, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Ss! Worrying Dempsey 800 HITTERS. Player. Club. i. Sisler, St. Lout: 12 Stephenson, Clev 43 Collins, St. Loui 9 Speaker, Clevel: ay Heilmarn, Detroit BA yYNelll, Cleveland 15h oT ilue, Detroit ... 213 3 Cobb, Detroit . AST 68 Karr, Boston 33 12 Hauser, Philadelphia . ti 6 Miller, Philadelphia a4 cy Bassler, Detroit 193 65 MeManus, St. Lo 240 80 Heimach, Philadelphia a 7 lerton, Boston . 6 2 che Detrolt. 22 Van Gilder, St. 43 4 Tobin, St, Louls 240 Bi Hooper, Chicago 243 ki By eld, Bt, Lou! 241 i ner, St. ou IMO Galloway, Philadelphia. 206 6 Olark, Detroit .... 96 38 4 oe cy 12 i Boston 3672 McInnis, Clevel 33301 Haney, Detroit . 95 2 Menosioy Howton 16 50 J. Sewell, Cleveland, mu YANKEES. AD. OW 170 62 53 n 38 rn it 0 t 66 18 a 23 FH in ‘ yevormer 10 PITCHING RECORDS. YANKEES. ; % 3 5 : LEADING BASE STEALERS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. SS |SET DATES FOR MATCHES w. lL. PoC. 1 7 is Annual Rumson July 15 to BOSTON, Afth round ght t the nislaus Zt BOSTON, hour and the , polo Rumson Country Club and the Mon- 1outh County Cups will be held at the Club Field, before the Unity Club of Re cycle track for the heavyweight hamptonship of New England, a@ title lynn has held for ten years, giand middleweight, nth consecutive knockout at the open air show h «out Nimie Mi FOR MONMOUTH POLO CUP. tournaments for the Rumson, N. J., = PORKY FLYNN SCORES K.O. , Mase., June 24,—At the first pon-air show staged in Greater Boston is year Dan (Porky) Flynn knocked t Tom Ce ‘otter of Weymouth in the of @ scheduled ten-round re ie caine KELLY SCORES A K. O. June 24,--Hambone Kelly, scored his jast night by knock- e in the third round of & echeduled tem-reund boub Dane he feat of Harvard makes Yale’ Stace Sture’. Yale Eight’s TCH WITH DEMPSE WANTS DEMPSEY MATCH Copyright by Robert Edgren. JESS apmrts HE'S Been Doines Roa pwom ON THE MILLS WRANSAS FoR “Two Years. Dac, WAS ASTONISHED MEN Jess. FLOPPED aT “TOLEDO. * Victory Over Harvard Insures _. Corderry as 1923 Coach George, Old Eli’s Thirty-Five-Ye ar-Old Rowing Head, Who Re- lieved His Brother Joe Three Weeks Ago, Deserves Credit for Triumph Over Too Confident Crimson Crew. By William Abbott. NEW LONDON, June 24.—The de- rowing season @ success, All those early set- backs are forgotten in the joyous sat- isfaction of taking the Crimson’s number, And furthermore, the Blue's decisive victory here yesterday in. sures the services of George Cor- derry as head coach for another year. In Yale circles Corderry is regarded as a miracle worker. In the short period of three weeks he relieved his younger brother Jim and made such rapid progress with the Blue varsity that It completely outrowed Harvard in the annual classic. Corderry just naturally seems to ac- company success on the water. Hoe has coached many crews in England, Germany, South Africa and Brazil, und with a big percentage of vic- torles in each land. The Yale head coach {is now thirty-five years old, with a pleasing personality, quiet spoken but possessing a sharp eye for rowing ability. Unhampered by outside interference, Corderry is qualified to establish a definite rowing policy for the Elis which woyld materially increase Yale's prestige on the water. Around Harvard's quarters at Red Top there have been persistent ru- mors that Dick Glendon, who will re- tire as coach of the Navy crew after Monday's race at Poughkeepsie, will assume similar duties at Harvard, Dr. Howe, who coached the Crim- son this seagon, 1s expected to receive the title of rowing director without the necessity of, doing any actual vwachiig. hundred Cambridge students engaged in row- ing on the Charles River this year, and this large turnout will require » There were six director as well as a coach in the future. Certainly Harvard wili take extra precautions after yesterday's defeat The story of this race is similar to the 1924 contest, the Yale crew finding itself in the mick of time and outlast ing an overconfident Crimson adver sary. Harvard followers fairly radiated confidence before the big ra Why not? The Crimson outclasseu the Elis in the two preliminary contests which were supposed to reduce Yale's morale for the strenuous pull of four miles upstream in the varsity classic. Like 80 many times in the past, Yale rose to the occasion, and with a do-or-bust spirit elected to decide the issue In the first mile of the long haul This proved winning stratc The start was at the railroad bridge, with emooth water and a light follow ing wind. Harvard, hitting a fast stroke, gained the lead for about one hundred yards. It was the only time that the nose of the Cuinbridge shell was to show in front Stroke Ewing in the Yale shell answered Harvard's challenge by raising his beat, and when both crews settled down to thirty-two to the min ute it was Yale, the samo combina Fagsed work io practice TABLE SHOWING HOW YALE WON OVER HARVARD , Distance Yale Harvard % mile 2.84 2.87 1 mile ... 5.17 6.21 1% miles .. 7.62 7.68 bee 10,87 10.46 18.24 16,20 19.07 22.06 SS made its friends despair, that showed the most power. Gradually but steadily the New Havenites drew away from the Crim- son, At the one-mile flags Yale was half a length ahead. The race was still young and Harvard rooters con- fidently expected a spirited rally from their oarsmen at the proper time. At two miles Yale was over two lengths In front and getting better all the time—very little splashing, with a nice run to the boat between drives, Harvard appeared content to stay be- hind and stick to its thirty-two stroke, Approaching the three-mile mark the Crimson did spurt a little and recovered about half a length, but Yale answered this with a sprint of its own and Harvard soon ceased its threat. Entering the final mile down 1 lane formed by two lines of gayly decorated yachts, Yale speeded up The expectant Harvard strong finish never materialized. The Cambridge ads, just about spent, had nothing in_ reserve. Yale, never letting down, continued to open the gap between the two shells, The race at this stage was so onesided that Yale rooters in the long, colorful observation trains began to chant their old funeral dirge about more work for the undertaker and poor Harvard. At the fimish line Yale was easily four lengths ahead of Harvard. Racing conditions were almost ideal The sun shone down on a spectacle such as only the picturesque Thames can produce, witn the river alive with all types of boats, from canoes to sea- going yachts, and the countryside jotted with cheering spectators, with (housands more on two long obser- vation trains that followed the crews. Harvard captured the two races earlier in the day, when rough water ind high winds made the going haz- ardous, Im the opening event the Yale freshmen crew floundered with n two hundred yards from the fink and the Blue oarsmen had to be res- cued from the water, In the two-mile juntor race Har- vard led all the way and won by four lengths, aR Se ISLS WILSON WANTS $60,000 TO BOX HARRY GREB ROSTON, June 24.—Marty Killflea, manager of Johnny Wil when in formed last night that the New York State Athletic Commission had revoked the middlewelght champion's Ucense be: cause he had failed to box Harry Greb, sald he was willing to have Wilson meet Greb or any other middleweight, It was merely a matter of arranging terms, he anid, adding that he considered a purse of $100,000, with 60 per cent. for Wil- 1, @ fair amount for a match with b. AE EY OF TIGER GAME, President Ban Johnson Noties fies Miller Huggins of Hig... Decision, ee Te) By Robert Boyd. 4 BOSTON, Mass., June 24,—Ban Johnson, President of the Ameriehmy League, in an answer to Miller . gins’s protest of the last game in thay series with Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigemm, June 18, has politely informed the! mite manager that his protest ‘tia#” been officially disallowed by the America League mogul. ia Huggins filed a ‘protest after they game in Detroit, basing his claim 6h! precedent the American Ledgiie! President established a few years agoy following a game in Chicago duringia Yankee-White Sox series. The rulimy” since then has never been tested “By! any team in the American Leagne| and it was considered concrete, , @@n) cording to precedent. The chief»; the League has evidently not adhere" to the ruling of a few years ago in” considering the protest of Hugging. or, else he has been misinformed as,to the facts in the case by his umpires? ‘The rule referred to was that in ¢he: event that a crowd lined the outfeld border no player was permitted: tev back into the crowd for a ball amd) catch it. od It was to go for a two-base hit er whatever ground rules were estabe; lished. 5 Aaron Ward, the first batter up. the seventh inning in the last game, of the Detroit series drove a hit inte, the crowd in deep centre field. The crowd opened up for Ty and he went back at least fifteen for the ball, making a splendid that under the prevailing ground entitled Ward to three bases. gins protested the decision of 4 brand at the time, but received fio. satisfaction from either umpires, - debrand or Ollie Chill, Br, The American League Presi Ln ruling on the protest has eviden! been on the correct information fur nished by the umpire-in-chief of the? day, that Cobb did not go into “the” crowd for the ball. That is the only! basis upon which he could have made’ his recent ruling to Huggins if he tias® not considered his edict of a few yéarw’ ago in Chicago in force any longét)'° The disallowing of the appeal of Huggins was handed down of the’ grounds that, according to the report’ filed by Umpire Hildebrand, Cobty wid: not go into the crowd as there was-m rope there to prevent im. Many/oft the Detroit players said that Cobb; go into the crowd, and as far rope ts concerned there was no ropey lining the outfeld. Order was .pres, served by several mounted policemen,. Once again the Yankees got, the, worst of the breaks, and the $35 they are bouncing around the Ameri-, can League circuit they need all they’ can get. See 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE. WwW. L. Pe.) w. L” A N.York 38 22 .633|Chic’go 29 30 wee. St.Lo’is 33 27 .660 Cincin.. 30 32 48% Brook’n 33 30 .524) Boston. 24 33: A@h Pitts’h. 29 28 .509/ Phila.... 21 35 .376 GAMES YESTERDAY.“ New York, 9; Brooklyn, 1. ey Philadelphia, 10; Boston, 9 (10 itty" Cincingati, 6; Pitteburgh, 2. “ ' Chicago, 5; St. Louis, 2. : GAMES TO-DAY. waute Brooklyn at New York. ; Boston at Philadelphia (2 gamea)s: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. © Chicago at St. Louise AMERICAN LEAGUE, an shied WwW. L. FC, w. e St.Lo'ie 36 27 .585| Wash'n 31 33 Os N.York 37 29 .561|Cleve'd 30 34 48g Detroit. 35 29 .547| Boston. 26 35 426 Chie'go 32 32 .500| Phila... 23 33 411 GAMES YESTERDAY, Boston, 5; New York, 4. Washington, 3; P' Detroit, 10; St. Louis, 6. Chicago, 6; Cleveland, 5. GAMES TO-DAY, New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Washington, , Cleveland at Chicago. . , St. Louis at Detroit. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Ww. bk, Pc. w. kL . 48 17 .738 Toronto 31 34 ‘er 38 25 .603 | Read'g. 30 38 .441 Buffalo. 34 32 .515| Syra’se 26 39 .400 J. City, 32 32 .600| Newark 20 42 .823° GAMES YESTERLAY, Syracuse, 9; Jersey City, 8. Buffalo, 10; Reading, 4. Toronto, 3; Baltimore, 2. Rochester-Newark (postponed), GAMES TO-DAY. Syracuse at Jerse; City. Rochester at Newark, ” Toronto at Baltimore, a a