W H V ZHxr, EVENING PUBLIC ,1EDGER-PHILADELPHIA; TUESDAY, FEBRtJARY 26, 1918'' tf' '' T i LEAGUE CLUBS WILL HOOVERIZE ONE MILLION BONES, ACCORDING 0 WISE DOPESTE tITTED HAS THE WELL-KNOWN SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE THREE BATTLERS GO TO SLEEP CHINAMAN'S CHANCE OF SEEING IN THE PRELIMS AT OLYMPIA A. A J, THROUGH PERENNIAL PAY PLEA. BUT TED LEWIS KEEPS AWAKBI ,( r- i ; I Early Bouts Are Short, Sweet and SpectaciH eeghman's Connection With Deal Likely to .n I lar; Bartfjeld and Lewis Box Draw; Phil I Franchini Makes Hit Beating Mendell Start Inquiry and Possibly Produce A Genuine Baseball Sensation ggj-- i - ( U 6eEM 50Mt! CueVER SHOiAJS I Tm& FlftST ACT UJsS !?. WA HA MA ha GRErVT I but that om last miGmt .stopiD - The. GEComD act ggfl fin nfl HA H ClrtCfM J WAS A CORKER- NOVAJ ILL I CR,ME THE. TmIRO ?gH OELievtf ME TUiS i5r-mu, See. What TVae. CR'TicS. hau wa s wSAfvltTV- TmE gg.l IS A HIT- . DOmT "'Mujy'- T6 .SAV-- UIOOUBTGOLY A - MAN AGfiMeNiT SHOUL b Jg uuneu Ivt seen such Good J V SUCCESS - ee APre6TSD row l EtvjrcRTAnJ'rto.oT r777frty) - I PLAvitj6 A Jorre. ow ML-nv 070ZW'WM f . ' I Th6- umSUSPGctg Public !- i 'i. - V SteOROB WHITTED, Mho lias been uattntvu u ui.isu, 13 UIIO Ul Biles' payroll. It's acalnst tho rules ,ck to tho papers before showing extreme bashfulness and It usuallj la KHio last day when his affairs aro straightened out. It will bo, remembered (V-.tlMt last year Whltted decided to quit ?'.' ... . .. . . ,Ti,Doost in salary. llo said he deserved y report at the training camp until something was done. Finally Pat Moian ., asueu mm 10 visit, at. 1'ciersDurg as !, reluctant outfielder was Impressed with hi' J0"'? for the season. r U ... .-. .... , tvnen ivniuea was traaeu to tne AVAF. fflA Attn TTa n'tnlai-1 .-. mol-i & uvh- u iiuii.i.u i,v ii.ii.uiii lh .V , ,, ... ... ... .... jij j)-ui.iJiu.j3nijjs unu cui in on mo worms series money occasionally. Jim futf. vi.iiicjt, uun.tcr, woo inuuo me acai KLrf exchange for Sherwood Ma gee, Insisted that tho men report and een Tjj- overruled ueorgo siaiungs in tno matter, wnuteci mauo a special trip to n-w lorn una aemanoea a Dig salary, bif cult the game. Ho said that the trains home and he did. George evidently believed that tho . Bresldent Baker to cancel the deal sy uanncy stepped into tho breach and pHwjih. the Phillies or quit tho game altogether. This ruined tho outfielder's S' Hopes to stay in Boston and ho finally riEORGL alwajs" holds out for all the money ho can get, and It - Is Pat Moran's Job every year to explain things In such a way that he can see his way clear to work for tho salary offered, with a chance for a bonus. That bonus stuff was the bait in 1916 and 1917. Weeghman and His Bankroll Dragged George From Home tf "MOW comes tho rlp to Chicago and the announcement that Whltted will K "" talk things over with Weeghman lu an effort to land on tho Cubs' team. v This seems strango and unusual, for George hasn't a Chlnannti's chanco ot playing on tho samo club with Alex and Klllefer unless Baker says so. He Is the properly of tho Philadelphia club, and unless ho Is relented or , aojd all of his conferences with tho doughnut king will mean nothing In ' his young life. Thero must bo something behind tho Mslt. howcer. for a. player seldom uses his own money in tho winter tlmo to make 1500 mile trips and call on alien magnates uules3 ho Is suro of moro than an ctn break. A deal may now bo on for his sei vices. Who can tell? After being publicly icbuked by tho National League for his methods In tampering with players on lival clubs It does not -ecm possible that Weeghman would attempt to luro our Gcorgo from Phlllle. Tho Hornsby episode and .tho J230'.00O bankroll did anything but help tho game, and tho other magnates were exceedingly sore, as they say at the hotel. The chances are that this Whltted adventure will bo Investigated, and If he made tho trip on a special imitation, tho Windy City magnato is in for another call-don n. Whltted is a great ball player, but could not bo considered a first-class Investment, from a baseball angle, this year. He Is In Class 1 of the draft p .and likely, to be called ut any time. Under thoso conditions a magnate would be- crazy to Invest money on such an uncertainty. At any rate, George's. i Visit has aroused thn h.lhnll wrrM nn.l !, ..l.nl .- .. mi i. . . g, ....... ...... h' - milC trouble In tho National Leaguo Is that tho magnntcs do - not seem to bo working together. Instead of taking a firm stand against tho proselyting athlete and endeavoring to put tho l.d on tho holdouts theclub owners seem to bo at loggerheads. When everv. thing Is running smoothly somebody breaks lu with a $1,000,000 speech and tho stuff Is off. Jloro teamwork is needed in times like these. Big League Clubs Will Conserve Cool Million HOOVERIZING In baseball In order to clinch the world's series play for democracy Is to be evidenced ln many ways this season. Salary-cutting and conserving ln traveling and ground expenses, not to mention lopping off the scout system, all point toward war baseball In its truest sense. And whatever may be said In the controversy between magnates and p'lajers tHo owners undoubtedly hao agreed upon an etenslo program of wage chopping, the figures of experts placing tho general reduction at $1,000,000 under last season's figures. ' The average Ealary roll of big leaguo clubs Is stated to bo at tho 1125,000 mark, exclusive of manager's pay. Tho coming season, according tcj reliable authority, tho average payroll will bo from $75,000 to $S0,000. Yorking with these figures as a basis, it can bo seen that tho average difference between the pajroll of 1017 and 191S will bo around $30,000. For the sixteen clubs this would be $800,000, which figure does not Include reductions that naturally will result from cutting expenses In tho offices, on grounds, on road trips and ln scout work. These reductions, it Is esti mated, will amount to $200,000. Tho present "BallshevllU" situation ln baseball, which finds tho owners and players locked In" a heated battle for dominance. Is only a natural' flare back from tho Fed League upheaval, which left players with the idea that T the fat cuts of melon should continue during normal times. The issue now Is forced as a .result of the war. when slicing of everj thing Is the general program, and results will be eagerly watched by the public, which alwajs occupies the well-known position of advantage as the Innocent bystander. J , "ItriTHOUT formal organization and with pressuro from magnates " and tho public the players seem doomed to a losing light. About the only chance of holding a standard wage and certainly an In crease this season Is to have tho Government take oier tho parks and havo players classed as munition workers. Great Sports Town Develops But Few Stars THE easy-going, semltroplcal old burg, New Orleans', -is, perhaps, tho , greatest town for sports In the country. More average athletes aro turned out there 'In proportion to tho population than anywhere. This : doubtless is duo to the fact that outdoor games aro played the year "round fsi.jln baseball, colt and tennis In particular uro falrlv o-nnri r.ir,.n ..-, , Ffe found In great numbers. Efc' T nln.n.t. 1, K.A ..M..I.I.. EvA "'""i0 " Bviiitiiiiiia ui f'-i, did not turn out moro big leaguo ball fc .through tho winter, but outsldo of th-circle ana wno cks out a rew casual p.- Ins two or three times during tho y. C Players names suggests anythine except French origin. f Tho Kew Orleans Southern League . elent policy ef passing up the more jyeer Johnny Dobbs will give several ? There probably are two main reasons why New Orleans has failed to 'erne through as a producer of ttnart baseball talent. One Is that the nonu- VWce- la not overly ambitious. Another Is that constant play tends to pro '','sluce a large proportion of fair players, but few stare. And still another ; sjonslderatlon, perhaps, Isew Orleans is off to Itself and does not como Into Writact with outsldo Ideas and Influences as do places more closely Identl- iti with other communities. Va , Ui t-i A AM3NO tne tfiueanda oC bu" V Xi. lots only ono can bo recalled $ t1' on8 dld not Btlck- Reference iJJtPaul Sentell, w-lio has been managlnff teams in the Texas Leartue i&V ' tho last few seasons. Ty Cobb Has Rival for IT COBD not only la tt)e Ideal baseball player, but" he has the ideal base- t'baJl name. Tho monicker is oo ' box scora and 't Is tho shortest and easiest name to pen Into a story. 1 AltibBtt other noted "playera of.the present day who bear easily written !.. . on unh nt the short and' snappy variety, are Max Carev. ifni 'niiehJh.OiacartVltt. Jack Iibmv! Loon JUno. John lienty and collda' at n'I?odre,; perhaps, KdiWiijrh'txme are abbrnrlate4,by the MM"" . '. ' - .1 i- KO nOtllr,Ils1IlJPI,f,Vj,, " VttU Ty Cn wtu-aaTeapccis, flirting with Charley Wicsliman'o luu JUUSfr JJVI aiBltrui. Iiui-uum Vll mi for Gcorce to affix Ills John Han- baseball forever If he did not receive .. . . .... a slight incrcaso und refused to Ills guest ana taut tilings oier. 1110 Pat's oratory, and ctcrj thing was . . . mns in mis no was not cninuiaiic Im 17natnn i Iiafa Minn i ts-i iiim-tiVn in uuv.un, xiicic iiicj "lis nutiua ... . ........ which seni ueorso ana uugey nero no was rciusea ana tnrcatenea to still were running and ho could go trouble uier the contract would force and accept another plajer. Hoecr, announced that Whltted must nl.iv signed. ...V uutviui'iiiciua win ue anxiously - - .. . .. . . .. u. Hosiery wny tno L,Tescent City nlavers. xnmrrii i-,- ...... occasional stars already In tho main shekels during the off-season bv nlsv. week In a mild climate, nono of tha club has decided to cliango its an- promising ones, and this season Man- a trjout Plaers produced on New Orleans who played In the big leagues, and Is had to tho old Philly Infielder, Ideal Baseball Name trimmed that tho wholo title would fit Adams, PlnK Bodle, Ivy Wlngo. Ired others. All. of tho above, with the ro real, honeat-to-goodness names, nickname, route; Ty, for Instance. l..!eni - ll. .. .!. ...in i. i.i mwhbs iu-ui ui iu uur. iikuv avfiiy uu;bouiiu. ji is x.ew fiiue, ThasS PuwmY -- i Tueftc MUST Bt a That critic C&rtmiml-y didm t see Ti-ie .shouj- 'LL REa"D AhJOTkER NORTHEAST MAY WIN THE CAGE TITLE TODAY Victory Over South Philadel phia Will Give Archives Pos I session of Dutch Trophy ! PLAY AT NORTH BRANCH I'AUL PREP Will Xoithcan High soli nj repeat It performani.0 of List fall hun Its w.ii rlnrs dethroned -iulh Philadelphia lllc'i for the football title'' This nfternoii t i- tuo institutions nut-t In an Inton-cho-iastlc Batketball League contest at th North Branch Y M C A . fu- poei ui of the Dutch Tropin .-ymbollr of t'n cage championship A lctory fjr Coach Cc.ir i;ei nc " proteges oer the quintet from Sout'i Philadelphia will n sure th.- Northeast five of the Dutch Tropny for tho cnsjlns year, which Is now in th troph uiso of the downt w:i Institution A defou for tho Archil ts will gli, fie Sjuthen flic a splendid opportunity to tie up tht team standing Northeast Leading Northeast Is in first place, two full games In front of Southern Today's ontest Is the la.-t titular tilt on the Northeast schedule w hlle Southern mut engage In thrfo more game It Is ad mitted that only a series of mishaps will keep Southern from tying Northea-t If nucces-iful ln todav'H attack as the otlKr ! two games are with the weak members I of tin organization Germantoun Hlg'i ' and Krar.Kford I Southern appears to lmc ometh i " Ion Nouheast this year Tho downtown football ileien was the only member ' the league which was capable of down ing Coach snjdcr's champions The same is true in basketball. The only de feat registered against Northeast was recelied fiom southern, since which time howeier both teams have undergone many changes due to the giaduatlon of seieral ttars Strong "Informal" Team Central High t Indoor traik stovk Is expected to Jump Tnan polntr, when the monthly i-cho'jtlc reports are Is sued a few days before the annual in door "quads," which will be held this 5 ear. Marth 11, ln the Second TUglment Armory. Bload street and Suseiuelianna aenu When the reports are Issued It is ex pected that the faculty will lift the ban which has ueen piaceu on uimiin .uej- linger, who Is one of the l.e-t sprinters In the east aim uu CMineni oruici Jumper; Poppert, a former West Phila delphia High sprinter, smith, iiho won the Junior Middle Atlanta State scholas tic half-mile run last spring and a flrtt class eiuarter-mllei . Jimmy itussel, a high Jumper with a record of file feet file inches to his credit, Hulley, a hurdler, who finished second In the Ju nior Middle Atlantic State eicnts last jear. and scleral other men who are counted upon to tally a few points The aboie mentioned alone are suffi cient to glie tho best of the local teams a stiff battle, but when It Is remembered Doctor O'Brien has a squad at present which was capable of defeating North east by a margin ot iweno pointr, tne edge In Indoor tra.U athletics appears to be on Central's Fide j Sports Served Short Otto Itel-elt siored another iletory oier Joe Usr In th 1hrc-Cuihlon Etlllsrd LeaEue at Green o and moied Into a ll for first place for jln city chsmplonshlp, nelselt Is In a deadloole with Harry Cllne. earh hailns won eein matches with two defeatr. Cnrwln Ilu-toii, ot Detroit, defeated Tiaild McAndlfla. Jr of Chicago. 300 to Ml tri the openlne sams at Detroit of the. class A national amateur billiard tournament .llniiiu smllli wilt not play reeond bass for tho Olants durlnn the coming bassbal eason Th! Ilttls second baseman was sold tithe Iloston tlralff ll was strictly a iash deal, no other plaers beln luolied. The women's solf championship began at nellealre. Fla with a quallflmr round of eirhieen holer Ths winner of the medal was Ml" C- K Schell. of Cincinnati, who did; tho No. 1 course In OS. latest reports from Boston say that Ed Barrow will become president of th Rl Sox If Dill e-arrisan van no i"i;w w " J!! th club until th return of Jack Barry from th naial service. Klitr plarers, .rcpresentlna mor than forty different norlnern ana wcsitrn eiuns. started In th first dsy'a play of th .juall. Jylni round In th second annual olf tourna JnJrTi on th rit. Auausiln links. U. J. nJn..- riVT in r-liih. rhli turned In "card of Si" lw ,c0" o th ilv"m pl,y' ......! KUeLhefer. the new world rham tilnn t thi'es-raishfon billiards, defeated W?"- " r,i -. former tllleholder. ln an lntVrsTat Three-Cushion llllllsrd Leaaue match i'm. by th. score of rai to 33 at -rnum tiii,i v.... ..... ..,., W, T. Ml inneran, of- Erie. Fa., who Onl- pin a in in intarnaiioDai iuuo last pi i ..-,.- - ...-... . - v 1 AaiP IT IA1 ILL. OC Mnc T . i-rviusjx avrv' ol Think me PRoO'JCTioM AT ThR mistake: Belcher Theater is am ABSOLUTE 'failure- it 15 IMAMS AMD full. bF IMPOSSIBLE k (9k zxZa OUIMET'S OPPONENT IN BRITISH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP GOT TOO BIG A LEAD ON VARDON'S CONQUEROR American Never Struck His Stride and He Later Admitted That His Defeat Was Due to His Lack of Steadiness Ily CHARLES (Chick) UVANS, Jr, 0N T J elm 'nil: third da.v of the list Brltlfh chsmi lom-hip the Anw leans at Sand wich etpf-ilcnccd another surprise They were just beginning to recoier from the stmnge downfall of Traiers. when the tocoml heaiv blow fell Although this lids the third day of tho tournament It was only tho -econd match for Trancls Oulmft and hl op ponent. II t Tubhs. They had both 'ested the day before and the winner of their match was t-cheduled for another match In the afternoon For that reason their play was set for 9 21 My own came was not to start until IS 15, and I remained quietly tor an early lunencon ' -U the hotel In Deal The disconcerting nes of Ouimct's defeat met mo when I reached the club It was rather shocking at the time, but as I look back upon It now from a calmer inntage point I think that many of the things that lnppened to us then should hue Lien expected Too Much Expected Perbans we weie taking ourselies tco seriously, or rather, wo were taking while Tubbs Just reached the front edge Oulmct and Traiers too ser'.ousli. for 1 Oulmet putted to within seien or eight elo not think that tho lest of us really feet of the hole Tubbs'o putt left liltii hoped In the bottom of our hearts for j with but three feet to coier a half much more than a good showing But seemed certain Oulmet missed his putt there was a tcudencj. to state It uiUdli. and held out his hand the game was to think that because Oulmet bad beaten , Mr Tubbs's, 2 up Vardon and Ray in America nnd Traiers , There Is no better sportsman any had sailed triumphantly through peietal I where than Francis Oulmet, and there of our national championships that either fore It Is almost kuperfluous to say that or both had a good chance ot defeating ho took his defeat well. It seems er the best Britons on their own courses, We were reasoning from the wrong premises all through. File rounds, all thirty-six holes except possibly one, and a god draw at homo were one thing, and eleien rounds, ten at eighteen holes against plus men ln Britain were de cidedly another. Oulmet s opponent was H S Tubbs, of tho Llttlestone Club, which is som where on tho south coast ot Lngland those magnificent jouns giants so often and not far from Sandwich He, one of M'GRAW SAYS SP1TBALL IS DIRTY AND DANGEROUS Manager of the Giants Lines Up With Tener Again&t Freak Pitching NEW YORK. Feb :fi --Describing the spltball as both "dirty and danger ous" John J McGraw, manager ot the New York Giants, jesterday aligned himself with the members of the Na tional League rules committee, who haie declared In faior of the abolition of the moist ball, the emery ball and all other freak dcliieries ;&m8i5Si3'aSSg FREDWARD FULTON Minnesota plasterer, who bat- Wad Frank Moran at New iasssssssssrS". "-' "'?iasssssssss! " i ssm m - mr mimmr m- w..m imm(-':- mm .Jmmt OiallHk- V "m.mmW lialH :-mmmm i imwm wl&mmmmWr' ' iWr 'PassssmI'- PassHi w Tgwz m i ' " v i . ' , Si L" ' ' ""J 3? ' ' . " i H L-v . . , j j j &tazbAt 3lTUATI0Ma ARE TAKEN seen on ltaglMt courses, had been "cratch nt his club when but Feicntcen years old and was then plus Ho was twenty-six cars old, six feet Iwo Inches In height and bronzed as an Indian I cannot find that he had an blL' tournament successes to his credit, and I do not think that any one before the match had tho slightest doubt of uuimet's comlrg through His wuccess was one of those foregone concluslon h.u concluded otherwise Ncicr Struck His Stride The golf plajed by both was merely fair To use u, commonplace expres s'on, Oulmct neier struck his stride. At the short sixth pulmet was 2 down and he was 1 down at the turn At the fourteenth he was 3 down, but on the sixteenth he reduced It to 2, and on the Feienteenth he sent It down to 1. His chances began to look good Winning the eighteenth hole would probably haie presaged Ictory on the nineteenth But as I said before Oulmet was not going his real gait and his second shot rolled off the back edge of the green i bard at the time to feel that one has traieled thousands of miles only to en counter defeat, and the blow falls all the harder when a man has not been able to summon up his best game Oulmet, howeier, met this extra blow with his usual smiling cheerfulness Speaking of his defeat later, he at tributed It to his lack of steadiness. He said that Tubbs's game on that day had been superior to his, "and he deseried to win." The words of a true sports- man FRAZEE HAS A NEW PLAN TO CURE HOLDOUT FEVER If They Don't Sign They're Left Be hindIf They Repent They Pay Freight Tho first ultimatum to tho holdout ball plajers of the major leagues has been Issued by President H. H. Frajee, of the Boston Ited Sox. who has in- formed his players that if they hac not signed their contracts by the time the club is ready to start on the southern training trip they will be left behind. If they get a change of heart after that they will haie to pay their own freight to Hot Springs to talk their StaAtikfaei AStaii Itl t a nliik ArrlAlAtn V V ttas Etated in bafeball circles yesterday that many or tne other nubs would pursue the tame course taken by Mr Krazce Notes of the Bowlers Th third series of th two men cham pionship of the Quaker City Learu will b rlaied tonight on th Keystone alleys, when Campbell and lacLachlan meet Bailey and Emedley and Qamou and Dynes tackl DeJIano and Allison, . Cook, rolling in a five-came contest against Knox and Trucks, cais ono of th best exhibitions In p!nseatterlng eier witnessed , v.l 1 luv.il l'c,i tUBBiit tlirill tur 41U1 Ullie, i scoring his best In th third came, when no maae ;ji pegs, aieraging .&u pecs tor th ill games he rolled. The highest Indlildual reeord mad by C wagner, of Newark, N. J., In the bowling tournament at Cincinnati, of HSO pegs falls to com up to tho record held In this city bv '"Jim" Ouest, who on February 2 rolled 71d plna for three games. Trueks's aierag was not as largo as Cook's, but In bis second gsm be tnada th lara scora of a total of Ufa pins, M When While Elephant took three stralsht from the Maneto. of the Quaker City League, they tied up with tha Ulrard squad for first place In their league. Majeslle took three lu a row from Wynd nam. but they were three distinctly hard fought pin contests, winning th llrst by two pegs, tho second by several pegs and th last by a single peg "Jim" Brown featured wiiu a Dig ; tally in his last gam of 238 plus. Big scores seemed to be th aim of the Quaker City bowlers last week, whsii th following hung too and oier for a single. f:am King. 235: Campbell, 228: llacLach. an. 22Si Ouest. SS2 Uler, 2231 Torn Jonss. with 1112 and 210. and a w. Guess i ijidm't; EMJ-OY Tn SHOUJ APTER ALL. OR ELSE. TrtShe. CRiTiCS CR PcHftM&cNi FULTON OUTCLASSES JESS, DECLARES M0RAN Fredward Opines That He Has Finally Disposed of Yel low Streak Rumor ALWAYS SURE OF RESULT NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb JS "Fred Fulton Is a better man than Jess Willard, and I was whipped by one of the best fighters that eier- stepped Into tho ring" i Frank Moran. who last night took the I count from Fulton in the third round, I today lolced this praise of the big Mill- . ncsota plasterer. "Whllo I will say that Fulton is bet- I ter thin Willard," Moran continued, "I am not prepared to say he Is the equal of Jack Johnson. I was in good shape and i hae no excuses to offer I was beaten by n better man I suppose I am grow ing a little old I felt my ago a bit last night when I tried to set a hot paco and was met with an equally hot pace. But I shall not retire I have my health and the boys at CamrV Loie will stand by me I am going back to Wadsworth mo. gne tno teiiows ma nest mats in me. I hope Willard will glie Fred a chance If he does there will be a new champion." Tulton declared today his showing against Moran proved that ho has stam ina and Is not afflicted with a "jellow streak." "Haling read a good deal of late to tho effect that I was possessed of a el- low Streak I went Into tho ring with that taunt ringing In my ears. "Well. I showed them the stuff I was made of I stood up and exposed my Jaw and let Moran hit me twenty-six t'mes'. I counted the blows. Two or three of them shook me a little bit, but I was no more scared than if I were sit ting ln a barber shon reading the snort ing page I took a big chance in letting a husky fellow pound ino at will for u. minute, but It was worth It. I just had to show them and I did. Moran is grand fighter and ho was braie to the last minute." DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT nrr?7r A f FAT war eFVTI'l)l".ne Monday nlsht UliaUiTil .fl Mil A Ml M-4 Ui . M. MM MILWAUKEE. Wis., Feb. :G. Jutt one man, Fred Fulton, stands. todsv between tank Deinnepv and Teo'. ,?-7,i j'et"te" JacK ucrnpsey ano. jes.. illiaiu. mo iicav.vwuiEJii i-iiumiJiuii ui tno w orlci. Miicn uempsey rigntb as no fought against Bill Brennan hero last night, no lesser man can stand against him. Dempsey ilrtually knocked out Bren nan In the sixth round, tho referee stop ping the bout Very few fighters haie taken a better licking or taken It better than Brennan. In slxty-seien fights Brennan neier had been knockod off his feet and his record Includes a Hot of about forty knockouts. Dempsey knocked him dow n four times ln the second round and twice in tho sixth. That ought to be answer enough to the question, can Dempsey hit? Just once, did Brennan'a robuct wallop find Dempsey for a punch that stung. Dempsey took that punch and came back fighting like a tiger. Brennan's launted defense crumpled like paper before Dempsoy'a attack and his deadly left hand could not find its marl". Dempsey punished the big Chi cagoau lu eiery round but one. JESS WILLARD WILLING TO FIGHT FREDWARD NOW That Is, Provided Fulton Is Willing to Make Terms Suitable to Him .TArKSfiN-VILLK. Fla.. Feb. 26. Jess Villard, heaiywelght champion, when Informed last night that Fred Fulton had knocked out .Frank Moran, said he would meet Fulton for the 'champion ship if Fulton Is willing "to make rea sonable terms." Willard added that lie would be will ing for the fight to tafce place as soon as arrangements could be completed. O'Dowd Defeats Greba ST. PAUL. Minn.. Feb. 26. News paper critics gave Mike O'Dowd, of this city, claimant of the middleweight cham pionship, a shade over Harry Qreb. of Pittsburgh, at the end of a ten-round bout here last night, Greb did most of the leading, but couldn't get Inside O'Dowd'e left hand. Chicago Athlete in Aviation Corps CltlCAdO. Feb. 28. Nelson Norgtn. former star Chicago UnlysrsUv athlete, has been arcipUd for th Unl.d fetatea avlatlor .sf. AB4feM lutA sail vt sk 1 A4ssa By ItOIlERT OLD SIAN" MOrtPHHUS paid a Mslt tt lo lug Ulllipiv .. t la&L iiihiik iiu butted In on three of tho five acts on the program. The old boy seemed to he Hi M,..l a.... a.. .. .1.. . .... h.lnnllic i Jack Lester succumbed lo his charms aim went to sleep after two minutes oi i llcflltlnv Im 4I.A r.nAnlnW rAllli.l Tl II (tl I ft I Hutchinson. Jack Hagan's pride from I New Hacn, Conn , assl'ted with a nice- ' ly timed wallop on tho chin. Kddle I r.iliner, ono of the home toun hos, took th Hop In tho fourth stanza of his mlup with Kranklo William", and Jack Thompson, tho dusky lieaww eight flash fiom St Joe. Mo. lielned Mr Moinheus toiislderably whn he flattened Andrew jomison in tne tecoM rnaptcr 1 ..ii..cfr?,t.v,as Ti"10 ,0 nor" ln on 'I10 -. iii'iu i. uul iiiu uiu inrfii na nm fnppnv enough to catch Mr. Ted Lewis, tho wel terweight champion Mr. Lwls sprinted , .. . ... ... . . . .. ." terwelght champion Mr. L-wls sprinted . beautifully and managed to steer clear of Mr. MornliMia dtuI Kntrll,, nBri(1.M for six lounds, It was a nice little act I und nothing happened ,lr- .! .1 "".., i.. . I. ,..,,. , . i.4i4i..w in n, ' r.,. T. ' i T iual,mc" .gain to determine who is tho better Franchini Is Good By far tho best bout of the fir ming was the semlwlnd-up, which brought together Phil Kranchliil and Joo Men- dll. Trom start to finish It was a I strenuous, scintillating and sensational scrap and pleased ciery ono except the Smllers. who rooted hard for Mendell. . Tho newsboy champ finished a poor scc ,ond. franchini once was disguised as Phil j Wagner and did some good work over In New York Ho was anxious to make a I good showing here, but tried too hard 'Hi hits well from any angle, has u nice j left Jab and his right cross Is a beauty. Ho handed Mendell a sweet lacing, hut Moo took It like a little man und came back for more Mendell. by tho way, showed up better last night than in any 1 of his other fights, despite the fact he was trimmed He looks llko a good boy and tho Smllers may pick a win ner yet If they stick closely to him. Hughie Takes Hagan's Advice The opening bout was short and sweet but quite interesting whllo It lasted Hughlo Hutchinson mingled with Jacu Lester and showed that he possesses a regular bs-lcague sleep producer con cealed in his good right mitt Hughlo has been training faithfully under the watchful eye of Jack Hagan, who could box some himself a couple of years ago, and absorbed some of his teachings. Evening Ledger Decisions of Ring Bouts Last Night OIAMrit A A. l-o'dler HarMe-ld llrew with Ted Kid Iewl!!uk Thompson Mopped Xmlreu Johnson In the snondl I'atil KrJitf-tiinl outpointed loe Mendell: Trankle Wllllim-. dropped lvlille rainier In the fourth! Huglile llutehllioll kilocl.ed out .lurk Lester In the llrt. Mitt OIU.KAN. lred l'ulton srored a tfrhnUal knoikuut oier l'r.mk Morttn when the IstlerV seronds threw the sponice into the rliis in the third round. MIIAtAlKI't: Jutk llrtniisey so out classes! Hill llrenuun that the referee Mopped their hrheduled ten-round bout In the sixth round. hT l'U I, lllke O'Dond shaded Iltirrv Creti In n ten-round crap. IIOhTON Terrj llrooks knorked out .Ilmnir f ofTey, who plni lied-hlt for l'aul Doric In the fifth round. AKRON George Krne ileTc ited thick MiiElloue In a tuentv-round bout. DUN M3t. Col. Kid tMIUums, of nl. ttmore. wan uwnrdesl tlie referee's de rision oier Joe Klne Leopold In it ten round bout. Scraps About Scrappers By BILL BELL .fuck Welnsteln, manaser of i:ddln O KeefA. will take A few hoers under his I management In a short lime Jack Intends Mealing tome of Connla Mack Ideas. Lew Tcndler ni"ets a Btronz opponent next Monday nunt wnen no noxs i-eir. nun- ley, the durable Dane, lu tho wind-up cf the Olyrrrii) A. . Joe Welsh, nobble Gunule's champion tackles Willie Moore, of the fishtlne Moore family, ln the temlwlnd-up to the Hartley- Tcndler bout. Eddie McAndrenH, under the handling of Eddie Kelly, expect toJ'Ut an end to the IhlV .,.,,, ,r, ,h9 id.uD of tha Cambria . A C. 1 ricay nteht. ) I ,",''-,.- IKS ftoundtr from return Minneapolis, meets Leo llouck in ln Lancaster ItA.icV frm Wlcririnit terrlne, beating Christmas Pay at th National A. C The matelimnker of the hoxine club In Ithlehem Is Wing to obtain Jog unens !,.,, t0 d utreement to meet Knockout t,ierfc. Although Meie nemner and Dannv I rush appeared In tho ring against each other not long ago they are member of the same etablo now and working with each other. Stevo nppears with Joe Tuber In th rtnal bout of th Plcl.w id: A. C, in ISaltlmoro tomiTiow nlMht, , mriTtKMrnrtrin'Rti'rArfflimTtffi GlRARD America's Most Jrnnous Cigar ID Never gets on. S3P I your Txetves I KSIMP Iteal Havana I AV. MAXWELL mm Jack told him to go out and hit IsA.i Jl on the chin and llughle followed Instri , tlons. ""t"' At tho start the bovs eliinuj i.... J Im .. n.nl1.i..lu ....... . '"M teemed too tame. They therefore betin to tnrow riRlit leads In eery dtreriim '1 1 1 nf 1 1 t lllllr.l,lnM 1. .. ,!..l ' - " fl until Mr. Hutchinson landed one fluih 5S on Mr Lester's chin This proved to b' a double knockout, for Herman Illndln. ySl the well.knnun slinU nlinrh...k. H ISA ages Lester. nlmot fell In the water Yifl bucket and frantic illy hurled tlio (.i TM In tho ring. Iloth were sacd after to S ...1..... .. .1.... i nl lilluuii-0 ui iiiiiiik rj Thompson Wins Again i'JR a .Tack Thompson mnde rtort work rf I' Andiew Johnson, who came all the wit's r..... 'H... -'n.i. . ..,.- , . - , i.iii .o lum iu larifl n lacine. nt. CtI1a nt i liAlhAd r0 mlJ 1 . lu'Vl '. ,h.:,v ""' .' VJf " -"'" i! r Aa II IS 11 ciIIaII ilmna villi, it.. .... . ". .. " "" ' . . '..' r""".v'. " "" uw at (Ml ll VAtt lTil SAIlIrlrt' An ... pv,..,,! left l..l,s. rleht l,nn1..' ..i'V? .... ---- -- - - ...-- -.u ...... vvuj nunriiq. lint im niti tiiia m ..n i.u.ivi.c-,, ..... l.U urn Thompson biffed him a couple In th, back of the nock In tho M-cond Ltanu ' -- -J r. and this spelled the end. Andrew couldn't fight u man he couldn't tee, to sent out tno s u h unu the rescuing towel sailed majestically Into the rlnr Thompson will meet Big Bill Tate on .Marcn u. As for tho wind-up. It was entered by all Hi en Leon n.ilnes, who never gets excited oier anj'nlng except the crowd and tho work of the boxen. smiled at tho end of the first round, thn expressing Jov and gladness Ho ru I perfectly satlsfled and elldn't care who knew It A Great Battle Howeiei, Mr I ems and tlia brai roidler put up a great little scrap, but" the welterweight champ was in better racing form Uo nutsprlnted Bartllell In llio of tho six rounds and when he tired the oldier slipped him some hefty )p wallop", which made Ted moro fttlgued. jl Bar' field made im excellent showlni J-B iiespito ins awuwarciness, and his garri son finish earned him a draw- Lewie had the better of tho early rounds, but loo muc-h sprinting almon proied fats.1. Ted Kid played the lilt and run. and It seemed to be us effectlic as using that n . I sign in a no-hlt, no-run oasehall game, But In Justice to tho boxers, we mut admit that they tried hard, and Bartfleld in particular was busy ciery minute of the lime. We gotta hand It to them they put up a great performance and deserio a boost Instead of a slam. 3 NEW CAGE MARKS . MADE IN THE AMERICAN Two Team ind One Individual Record Established at Traymore Hall American Basketball League record! naio been broken quite frequently 4a-1 ing the season Just completed, but iilj Pitt performances were eclipsed hit I night lu tho grand llnalo of the mr'i? pUy when three new marks wtr es;,i tfit.llehiMl !,! Tho Hi st new mark was made in Ui"a. opening game of the night, Glntrilt Alumni and Hancock. Although tola clubs had many chances to score, not a field goal was registered ln tho Bee-'; ond half This was tho first tlmo UilaJ lua uuueu mis jciil I Rubo Cashman and Jimmy Bros:nr! next broke the Individual hlh-scorhtt'JJ record Jimmy's name will go dowiigll in the record book, but It was only sci'&'l compllshcd through the untiring efforts of Ttube Cashman Of course, the other members of tho team, Moorehead, Dun- j leaiy ana uiemcK, iea urowu. mi j It was "ltube" who made the record-.-tfl breaklnir nerformance possible. The for-- ' mer record of ten mado by Powell, of Hancock, was bettered by one In the other game of the trlple-heider, B. B. I. without tho services of Supr- man. Newman and Franckle, lost to Y. M II. A. In the low est-scorlni garoo f. nf tl,n i;i- nnil onA flint W-ill Stlnd fOf Tl years. The first half ended 4-4, only fa one field goal being scored In the fmeen'jSj minutes oi piay, mai uy nviii-n. SUITS $1180 ns nvnirnin eMss JL OBDEB KEDfCED TROM 30, 55 and IM iM PETER MORAN & CO. WT S. E. Cor. 9th & Arch Su. Open Monday and Saturday Until 0 o'etafoa Cambria A. C. . JKi?ffiS5 FKI1Y EVEMNO, MlHIJi i w Laldi .Mc.nurew is. lummj ...... Tour Other Crackajack Bouts S-ff ?B mitelfrSt'tyi"?. w iiinaiaiiii t,iipt wr". , , -if vvj t.'VV.''' tfli a "'. ' k U.41 liwiti.al'a'iv. I
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