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“Gunboat” Smith and Georges
Carpentter Each Certain He
Will he Victor—Belting at
Evens, $1,000 is Cabled
1.'1:{.1Li.\'. July lt..~fiunboai Smith
and tleoiges Garpeiitler are ready {01
the greatest battle of their lives, which
tithes place tonight at Olympia lo de-
cide who is the best \vliite' heavy
weight boxer oi the world.
lioth are equally confident and on
the ‘eve oi" life right the betting has
aettied to even motley. Many Ameri-
l'lllln lil'l‘ bitching Smith. and .lim Coil-
rI-lh has cabled 11. thousand dollars to
Jim iiucltley. Smith's manager, to buck
(luniiout.
'l‘lntt there will be a record throng
at Olympia tonight is already evident
by the udvnnce bookings. which sur-
pihs even those for the Wells and
(‘olin Bell and Welsh anti Ritchie
fights,
Women spectators will be one fea-
ture. not 11 few having come speciully
from brie to cheer the French ehanr
pion.
inquiry by a correspondent at the
Hotel Metropole and at Harrow. the
respective quarters of (‘Iarpcntler and
Smith. has brought the most options
tic predictions from each chmp.
”i expect to win." was t‘arpentler's
concise prediction. while Gunboat
Smith says confidently: I
‘ ‘ Therovill be only one man in it at
the finish and that won‘t be Carpen-
tier."
Frenchman ls Fit.
(‘arpentier passed the day quietly,
having finished all his serious training
before. the left France. lie declares
II he never felt fitter in his whole career
as regards condition, and he expressed
the opinion that he was boxing now
better than ever before. He attrib—
utes much of his progress to the fact
that Tom Kennedy has been assisting
in his training.
'“l thing i out faster and can last the
pace." he said. “And all i shall have
to do is to wait to get in a punch that
' i believe will end it."
Smith will arrive in London today.;
and his exhibitions with the big no-
gro. Bob Armstrong,Il1ove impressed
those who have seen him training.
Among the spectators oi the tight to
night will be several midshipmen and
a snmll army of bluejackets from the
United States battleship Missou‘rlmow
at Gravesend, while several hundred
French sportsmen already have arrlv
ed from Paris for the flgiit..and more
are coming today.
Johnson an Orator.
With 11 bathrobe covering his ebony
form and 9. Marc Antony expression
- supplanting his "golden smile." Jack
Johnson scored probably the greatest ,
oratorlcal victory of his career last.
niglitjwhenIhe spoke in defence of
Miami: Johnson for ten minutes before
I crowded audience in a South London
music hall. _
The negro champion is appearing.
I there this week in sparring exhibi-
,. tionn. and the direct cause a! his ore--
tory was an article appearing in a
I . weekly newspaper charging him with
having “lined" his fight with Boron.
Birthing I "friends. Romans. court.
II‘V...‘t1'ym§n'-’ bikinis and with the 1m.
,, flour a! his right hand pointed milie-
leader or the orchestra, he sold:
‘ {'I'll give any man '31, 001) who will
I. comoopootihostpgeandpmothnt
' i hated {lib tight, or irlet! to, and I'll
8i” no mo of chlld"—-‘dter Slime
heritage-"Om it he can prove he
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Jess 'Willard. the (1‘ foot. (1‘ inch cow
oy. ha~ been picked by man) goodI‘
judges as the white man must likciyi
to humble the black champion. lie isi
a fair boxer with a tremendous reach. "VER; IJflHlsunI
and is a heavy hitter His best blow
is a right uppercnt \1 11le has humid-ileannefle, Famed by ”WISH"-
ill) Heated hmoc ulnnever it con Gallium“ BM“ and Wills
net-ted. Like Johnson, Willard lsa
dti'em-ive tighter lie seldom leadsbuti Joe Jeanette oi Hobok d it
depends ultogtthti on countering. lI'oriHing Jim Johnson ul b0“if”; Ian at;
IIIII reason It i° mung!“ that l'e“°"mIin the main bout 2.1 t t (III-“II 111::
have a good chance against Johnson Stadium A C. New :irrfi’“:' :at 'IlIte
in u long tight 1 ' .. . as iilgi ,
with the r.c nl
lohnson signifies his willingness to near going :0 lllllhli‘ooIiIIiiItstIIlw-me 5°
11 1 was no
fight Willard six rounds bei'ore a lhil- joke with him. J
ndelphiu boxing club. Willard should‘ . . eunnetle IIICIIIIIIII III“
go down in the that round. but through
not accept anything less than twenty . . . , ,
rounds as, Johnson. now on the back- :114:0351bL:“[h;hI;1Igl,IItuM§::[I:;iuIIiI: lior
ward .110 would. in all probability. out-' opponent 10 d .1 ‘ l "5
point him in six rounds. but youth, “ an eanmtte sank to
the tioor.
strength and endurance would count;
ior Willard in a twenty round bout.
Fluiberinore, Willard being at least
live inches taller than Johnson, would
be able to do that leaning act, which
has been Johnson's stronghold with
lighters smaller than himself.
Johnson’s famous uppercut Would
also be well spent before reaching?
Willard on account of that great
height. I
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Referee Billy Joli stopped the bout.
Ind after Jeannette is seconds hud help-
ed him to his corner gave Joe three
minutes to decide for himself it he
.wcre tit to continue with the bout.
When the time was up Joe replied in
tthe atlirmutlie.
Both men were in an ugly trauma of
mind. .Johuson because he thought he
[was robbed oi a knockout. and Jean-
inetie on account oi the foul blow. The
ilioboken man threw all his boxing
A BROTHER BATTERY' Iisklll to the winds. tore. into Johnson.
The Boston Braves this year have a and by the time the ninth round had
battery composed of two brothers, arrived the latter was holding onto
George and Fred Tyler. This is moboth Jeannette and the ropes.
iirst time in the history of modernI Johnson made his best showing in
baseball that such a combination has the sixth session, but he completely
been seen. orge Tyler. the pitcher,‘exhanstcd himself by his eilorts.
is one of the best of the left handem.‘ ———-—-———-———-———
when properly handled. Catchers who
have worked with him. declare he is J‘GK "OEY I"
the hardest pitcher'to catch they ever Two Lula B‘IES
worked with. l
Manager Stollings was seeking 1., Tuesday’s 23~inning game at Savin
belie tida‘condition and asked George “Wk between "‘9 IWhito Wings and
what “pomp he worked best w.itli the Hartford Cliampa.'wns just like
Geor “with!“ “My brother pm digging up I family photograph for
catches me better than any one l ever Jack “0'" "h" "0"“ ”0““ "‘9
had." Iwmmm a word swung: sent mm m ‘0' “1° Chm" "l 0""
out orders to get fled Tyler and he lng “‘9 '0‘" hour session. H0“ “‘5
was brought intd'camp. He lacks an in one °l the only “’0 “he" games
perience. but is strong. heavier than "9“ PM“ in“ went 10"" than
George and promising. T‘Q’Id'” prolonged “5"“-
Tyler brothers recall Martin Walsh.l 1' M“ ”9 remembered “l“ 0"
who was a brother of the f11.mounICIhlo.Labor 1’“: back in 100641111 Red 5“
caso pitcher. One spring Martin was and Athletics were nIip Indiuck attho
tried oot’by the Chicago Cubs. in tho Iold Huntington avenue Igi‘oundl in
hope that his immense strength couidEBOS‘on f“ "9‘er “V9 “W”- white
be annula- until he could Ipitchas well their “'0 Phil“ 0“ * inning“ 0‘ “1°
as 15¢ The first night out on the best kind of ball. On that occasion.
spring training trip Martin grew con-.toov HWYI who wore a Red S“ unl
ildential. Itorm. was out for flgbt‘ till the last
”1 have it all fixed" heI 331d "Thgjmon was out. The Athletics won. «1
..wntm Sox and the Cubs will win the to 1 after a heartrendlns contest.
Epennanis in the diaereui leagues and and the fans. who mute to see a
T'piay for the world's championship. Ed doubleheader holiday offering. had in
”bad 1 wnijpiign against each other in “am matches to find their may enter
the opening game. Bots oi the (allows “18 Dark. They didn't want the sec-
at home (Built 1'11 beat him, and the and same. after eeeins such a contest. .
K. or C.bu11ch is coming to see that for all sorts of ball was crowded into
game I invited them" that live hours. in Tuesday's game.
Barring ‘r few details. such as his Jack was at bat eight times. hit solely
release betore the season opened the thrice, stole a base, made two putouto
plan worked fairly welL‘ and one assist. and was moved up on
the happy side of a double play. with
gout making anything that looked like
Etna cousin of an error. This almost
gduplicates his record in the big game
at Boston, eight years ago. allot which
,goes to show that the same thing will
ghoppen again it everybody has pn-
tieiice. (Where will the long session
BOU 1'3 FOR THE WEEK.
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Tonight.
Gunboat Smith vs. Georges Car-I
penlier at London. ‘
Friday. .
Danny Ridge 113. Fighting Jo'e Hy-
FlElliEllS CAN'T SEE ‘ 8" .ifllilisfll WRITE!)
BALL; ERIE DEF—Hid Til FAKE BOUT WITH
Milli“ ON JUNE 2""
LYNN. Mass. July iii—Although
the sun was shining brightly all the
afternoon the game between Lynn and
Portland in the New England League. 1A1NDUN,.Juiy Mir—1h sensation was
was held up for iorty minutes yeslel‘ mused today among lllt fight inns.
day because the outfielders could not “Ibo “I“ he” w ”mud "'9 Gunboat
see the ball through a thick log Only Smith-Carpentier fight tonight when
once below has such a phenomenon 3 1““ paper printed 11 story 53““5
interfered with New England League the Juh'l‘s‘m “0”“ hunt “I“ fixed
baseball. when during a game with A iacsimile agreement. signed by
lIaii lther a ball was 1051 in the out Johnson. is printed with the unit-1L.
field and Lynn “on with a home run. and reads 3‘ ”NONI
Yesterday a home run was made by
Orcutt when the bull he hit was lost
in left field. The game was called at ceipts Of Uli’ contest Willi Frank
the end of the ninth yesterday be- Moran on June 27 on a basis of it)
cause 01 tog. the sun still shining. with per cent. to Moran and 60 per cent. to
a tie score. 3 to 3. me. provided Frank Moran loses in-
sidc of eight rounds (signed).
“JACK JOHNSON."
“Alter the fight he must return this
receipt."
According to the amount 01 the ne-
‘Ii'l'i‘ {CW NI ”1“ present day athletic gouations leading up to the draw 1n°
followers know how the late Mike at this agreement. Johnson first in-
.ilurpby. acknowledged to he the slated upon getting 90 per cent. 01' two-
greatest athletic coach ever produced. thirds share of the gate. which \11.
broke into the training game. Here's eiine. the promoter of the match, al-
the wny it happened: towed the two lighters. Venue rc-
Awuy buck in the spring 111' is.» ceiviug the remaining third.
.uike Finn. \\ ho is new manager ot‘ the 111111 McKetrick. Moran's manager.
M‘Impm: ball “fill" kept a cigar and states ink on article that Johnson came
newspaper store in \atick Mass. A1 to him and cached w give Moran N,
that time protessional spring running instead m in per cent it Moran would
was hum”; a great boom throughout agree to be knocked out in the eighth
New England and all the crack sprint: roundI .
ers made their headquarters at l-‘iuu's \i 'K i'k ‘ 'll 11' l t
place. Whenever one of the towns liI‘II mi“ ”bud”: islugrtedugVo
through Massachusetts or Connecticut 9 b on t e groun I at N" on jubu'
hed the means. and was willing to
wanted to advertise a bit they would d hi J h t l
hang up some money for two or three 0 unyt 11., to get 0 neon nto “8
ring. in support of its contention
races and would always send to Finn ti 1. Johnson 1 a crook and sh old
to at the 1111 at. The event would be in ‘ a I o
8 II never again be allowed to light, the
advertised.” 11 professional (but ruc- p 1' p bit it it ay or
in 11111 any and choral drew bi “P” u 3 ‘58 Whfll 11 s are -
8 8 8 ly g cerpts from letters written by John-
crow do.
Mike Murphy “ as 0'“ of the star son to McKetrlck two days belore the
sprinters and he and Steve Farrell iight~aiter )chetrick. possessing the
who now ‘iraln‘a the Univoriaity of signed “Emil“b ““5 ““08 ‘9
Michigan athletes. were the aeratcn “Old “1“ 388m ‘
mall. in most of the‘ 1mm“ 01 One of these excerpts is as follows:
course, moi was notIflYing to in. “Now. Dan. 1 must see you to get
made out at the running game. and things straightened out . . . l'm
Murphy had a bottled beer route no 301111; to have things 0 K. before i
a business. He owned a horse and 11111011 gloves."
wagon, and for a number oi years The story has caused a sensation
he did a thriving business. lint in the here. but not the least astonishing
spring of 1888 the noticenoe law went outcome 01' its publication came in
into effect in the towns where most or the Savoy bar when a w-ell known
his trade mine from. Mike was much American sportsman told of a no less
broken up over it. amazing disclosure concerning the
On his way home one day. as usual. fight in Paris.
he stopped in to see Finn. and was According to the lnlormaut. there
bemoanlng his but! luck at having was It carefully laid plan to double-
Soon to. give up his business. Finn cross Johnson, 110 he couldnt poe-
Iald to him. sibly win, and only the tact that Car-
"How would you like I job. as train- pentier developed cold tech, genom-
er. Stucky‘.’ (That was the name Mur- ing to the man who was the in-
phy was known under when he was side. caused the plan to tail rough.
running). 1 have Just received a iet~ - To .bezln with, the ochegners knew
tor irom lute. asking me to send them Carpentler Was perfectly willing to
I men to train ‘the boys!" meet Moran in achaiiipionshlp con-
Murphy said he did not know enough test—which would be easy it Moran
about the some to go there. won the championship. This Wartime
“Make a try at it. Stucky." said schemers‘ first and most important
Finn. ‘They have Sheri-ill and a cou- bait. -
pic of other good men on the team. in addition. however-Ho Icasb offer
and that will help you out a bit." was made to Carpentior in his capaé-
June 24. 1914.
‘l hereby agree to divide the re-
HOW MIKE MURPHY i
BECAME TRAINER
tBui‘ialo Enquirer).
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While they were talking a telegram ity as referee or $2. 500 it he would,
come from Yale saying. that the coi- agree to do one of three things:
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land. Kid Chakas vs.Joo Goodney and
Patsey Green vs. Howard Melton at
University IA. 0.. Cambridge
Joe Rivera Vs. Johnny Tillman at?
Vernon. Cal.
Freddy Bully Iva. George Alger at
Berlin, ,N_ H. ‘ , g H
, . . Saturday.
Nick Famakoo vs.‘ Fred Hicks 11‘
Winnipeg, ,, ..I' .
ii. .72
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EASTERN "sectarian
Friday.
New Haven at Waterbury.
Bridgeport at Hartford. .
«Row Britain It Bpflfilfloid.
New motion It PltMIold.
.1111: been let out by men. rm cent the Job.
'Zellar. of, Pittsileld. Tammy played
Kid (ironin wont to right “his ind do: moi-nine with Lo
- lunar . Monmouth“.
be in 1922. Jack?
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aowosn sumac.
Tommy Burden, the 511113010111»me he “mud take his
10311111.: must have a trainer within
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sensational ballot-times, bnt‘Maoagor 309’! OF GlRL FOUND‘
ileum- neatly decided to get a more I
experienced man. Tom {look- signed .WATERBURY, July I—le. The body
with the Electrics and was placed on or alias Mabel Tyler. need so years
om base, Boning going to Second. drowned at Lake omopaug. yester-
Wolfe to about The; way zollor we; Haven. woo recouped at 8 p. in.
ohms his team about M door to do}. The lake was dream“ but this
has attend more on chow acoré method produced no: mum. Frank
with insoluble.» I . ‘- rumor recovorod the body with a.
Well played into the Norm muting hock. Hero
body he has recovered
mm. body who not recovered. ‘
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CHALLmoI Add. one.
Millie “I ‘nongeolthlhmilc.
. impossible.
n. of French
(1). To aWard Moron the decision
two days. ‘klurphy read it and told it Moron lasted twenty moods. and it
advice and do- Johnson hadn’t punished him to such
an extent as to make such Indecision
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(2) To call the .‘ight a draw it
MAN'B STILL IMIBSING 11mm was so helpieuly beaten that
nothing else could be done.
(3). To declare Moran the winner
on a tent it Johnson violated the .
Federation roles ‘ot- hitting on
the breakaway.
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outrun? HEADS 1.181".
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4: the ninth Quimet. national open golf champion.
from voters who headed the list with a cord or “it
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AM ERICAN LEAGUE.
YosterdIy'o Results.
Chicago. 3; New York, :3 t
game). New York,
end game, 8 inningsl.
Boston, 4; Cleveland. 0.
Washington, 3; Detroit.
15th inning by agreement).
other games postponed. rain. .
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Standing of Clubs.
W." L
Philadelphia .......... 45 32
Detroit ............... 4.3 37
Washington .......... 43 36
(‘hicngo ............... iii 37
Boston.......... ..... 44 38
51'. Louis . ............ 12 :13
New York ............ 30 47
Cleveland ............ 2t} 53
Games Today.
31. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Boston.
Cleveland at Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Results.
t‘hicago. 5; New York, 4.
Pittsburgh, 4; Brooklyn. 3
St. Louis. 5: Boston. 3.
Cincinnati. 6; Philadelphia, 4.
Standing of Clubs.
W. L.
New York ............ H 31
Chicago ............... 43 37
St. Louis ...... . ...... 4‘.’ 39
Cincinnati ...... 39 40
Philadelphia . .36 38*
Pittsburgh .. . . . . ..... 34 38
Brouklyn ....... .. . . . .38 33
Boston ...... .'.......‘.33 43'
Games Today.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (2).
Bonto nat Cincinnati.
Philadelphia It St. Louis.
Other. team; not scheduled.
FEDERAL 1.96%.“...
Yesterday's Results.
Brooklyn, 4; Pittsburgh. 2
Buffalo. 7; Baltimore, (.1 (first game).
(Second
Buli‘Ilo. Baltimore. 0
game).
81. [101113.2; Chicago. 0.
Indianapolis, 5; Kansas City. 3.
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Standing of Clubs.
W. L.
Chicago ,.; ..... . ..... 46 32;
Indianapolis .......... 42 33
Buifalo ............... 39 35 ,.
Brooklyn ............. 37 " 34
Baltimore ............ 40 37
St. Louis .. ....... .._.35 45
Kansas City .......... 35 45
Pittsburgh ............ 30 43
Games Today.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
Baltimore at Buffalo. _,
lndlfitapolia at Kansas Gity.
.St. Louis at Chicago.
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iNTERNATtONAL -LEAGUE.
Yoshydoy‘o m‘ 11..
Jersey City. 4; Newark. 3‘ ((12 "
bingo).
Baltimore, 2; Providence; '1.
Rochester. 3; Toronto; 2.
first
2: Chicago, 1 (sec-
d in
W. L. P.0I .3
New London ......... 45 21 .683
Waterbury ........... it) 24 .625
Bridgeport ........... as 29 .561,
Springfield ........... 2 34 .435
New Haven .......... 30 32 I
Hartford ............. 31 33 .4“
l’ittsiield .............. 211‘ 34 A33
_New Britain ......... 15 49 .335
Games Today.
It”??? London. ti; Wflfirbury. l‘av.
Bridge port, (1'; Hartford. 3.
Standing of Clubs.
P.C.t New Haven at Bridgeport.
"554 Hartford at Waterbury.
.543 New Britain at Springfield.
«544 New London at Pittsfleld.
.538 -. .-_M...
.537 WEEK'S RECORD OF RUNS IN
.525 THE BIG LEAGUES.
.390
.3211 National League. .
New York ............... ...“85
Philadelphia ........... .. . . .. . .18
Brooklyn ............ 3
Boston ........... . ........ ....23
St. Louis ........ . ..... . .......20
Pittsburgh ..... 4
Chicago ........ . ...... ........13
Cincinnati ...... . ..... . ......!8
American League.
Philadelphia ......... . . . . .. . . . 0
New York ....... .............. 7
Washington ....... .. ..... ..... 6 ,
Boston 8
Chicago 7 I
Cleveland ........ . .. . . . 1.
Detroit ......... . ......6
P'C'l St. Louis ........ ......0
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'538 Fedotol League.
‘519 Kansas City .......... “m...“
'49} Chicago....................I..‘28
"5? St. Louis .. ......... ..........11
‘4” lndianapolls ....... .....2l.'
“‘65 Brooklyn . ............. ..._.'..‘5'
'4“ Buffalo ....... . ...... .....211
Pittsburgh ...... .............. 3
Baltimore ..... . ..... ..........'22
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P. C. i
.590
.560
.527‘
.621
.519
.437
.437
.411
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Buffalo, 10; Montreal, 0 (first game).
Buffalo. (lg—Montreal. 2 (second some).
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Baltimore .............51 29
immanen- ...........47 32
Bunnie ...........-...46 33
Providence ....43 35
News?“ 38‘
Toronto ..............36° 41'
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5%
.682
.551
.486
MES—-
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International League.
Baltimore ..'....12
.Iifontreal ..3
Rochester 16
Toronto ........ &
Buffalo .. ....... ..............81
Providence .. ...... ..........16
Jersey City ....... ........... f;E
Newark ..... 1,...III113,
RED ALLEN . DEFEATED.
Red Allen. of Bridgeport. warm
pointed by Johnny Carter, the
rounds. last night. before the Stadium
A. .CII in New York. . I‘I‘IlI
go the heavy cars.
has always been
strong, which no
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Town Car 37 50—11. 0. i1. De‘ N
Complete with equipment. _ .
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