. has agreed to box
"signatures
» tract for the contést, arrived in South
the extent of many columns.
.3 of a ‘Dl‘nvcr paper received here
' noon
illcnvcl‘
‘ hinbui‘y. Conn. on July 4.
cipals and their managers, Promoter
1 Post and the
motor
battle.
. deposited
, "a
pm “‘lihni‘l‘nitou ‘ W vent
mhflom
than i
it than
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30,000 Seats Reported Ship-g
used From Chicago For]?
July 4th Boxing Contest l
Preparations for the boxing cnn'
test between Fred Fulton, of Min-
nesota. and Jack Dempsey, of Utah}-
tlu- contmct for which was signed?
the principals a fewdavs ago
in Denver. Colorado. are being car?
tutu
. vied forward by the p'romotcrs of the
1; enterprise.
although details of the
arrangements are still inc—oniplcte.
‘l was announced today that Fulv
ion is to make Danbury his training
place and that he will establish head-
ouarters there later in the month. He
in an exhibition
bout in New Haven for the benefit
of the Red Cross while training here.
“Joe" Mulvihill, who secured the
of the boxers to the con
Nor-walk early today from New Hai‘cn.
' and is expected to reach Danburi' this
' afternoon
to go ahead with the an
rancemcnts for the contest. It was
.L't‘f-n'but to day that.”30.000 seats to be
.' used in the archaic be constructed on
1 the Fair Grounds or elsewhere have al-
ready been shipping from (‘hicaeo in
' order that there may be no uncertainty
about their arrival in time for use on
1 Jnlv Fourth.
The proposed contest is receiving
attention in the sporting: pages of
newspapers all- over the country" to
A copy
to‘
div contains- a threecnlumn picture
of ‘Mulvihill and ,thc manpgcra of
til.1 putrilists, taken as thveysicncd'
the contract.
The following was printcd in thc
.ltenver Post concerning the sluninl!
" of the contract:
Fred Fulton at
today, in’ the offices of tin"
Post. Signed to mcct in a
twenty-round contest to a decision at
The prin-
lack Dempsey and
.I l‘. Mulviltill of Danburv. and Otto
Plato. sportinc editor of the tilenVer
Kansas City Post, met
this~ morning in conference and at
noon the (agreement was played. Pro-
lMulVibill arrived in. Denvch
two days {12:0, had several conference;
with Managers Kearns, and last ‘iL’lll
announced himself ’d‘s‘liopefui for the
Harris Rosc'ot' New York ciiv. who
‘- come to Denver to see the Dempsey
‘ I'cikev battle of last night.
5 int-ans of bringing all
5 .ccrncd
I of New Yorks sporting . celebrities.
was the
parties con-
into cldse tout-h. Rose is one
Together with lliulvihill. the promotcc
of the contracted bout. Rose was en-
abled to act; as mediator of all difti»
bodies which may have arisen.
“Honest John" Kelly has been nam—
ed as official‘stakcholdel‘ for the bit:
bout. Kelly in all probability will act
as referee 'ol‘ -thc"bout." All moncv
so far is in the hands of
Otto Floto. named as western repre-|l
‘1 scntalive. .
Kelly is one of the east‘s foremost
sport lights. He has been affiliated
for years with big nuitches and bilge
s-portting'evcnts. Rose: stated this
morning in the offices of the Post
the reason‘ for' choosing John Kelly
is lhat~ he considers him the most
efficient man today in New Yofis city V
fur the positionxof stakeholder. l
Promoter Mulvihill. who is the pro-
moter of the his battle has made the
Post his headquarters while in Ben
ver; Local “sportsman have been
greatly impressed with his style of
conducting his promotions. He ha:
no methods that are of the hold-up
variety. He is indepgiidently ‘rich
and is not a promoter of the pro-'
fessional variety. He merely enters
this both with the idea of bettering
the boxing came. ' l
Voluntarily. nrcnigicr Mulvihill hasi
offered. and the ‘principals havo'
agreed. to allow" ten per cent. of the:
gross reccpitt; of :thd big battle to go'
to war charities. all has also ar-
rrdizcd for motion pictures to be lak-
or; of the bout and they will be turn-
(mover in theirl entirely» to . war‘char-
ily pursuits.
The New Haven Journal-Courier.
H“ (51 ‘
With Jess Willard, world's heavy.
Weight boxim: championl in the SN
clusion of his Lawrence. Kan. home,‘
foliow'm': the failure of the bout in,
which he was to defend his title.’
attention is now turnlnu to lite pro
posed bout lt'fww‘tn Fred Fulton of:
Minnesota and Jack Dempnev of Salt:
Lake City. Mt nt‘dlllg to reports from‘
n.2,, rest. 10“ woman. the New tin-‘
Yen promotes. has signed both hold-“Q
for a twentymound comm to!
take place it bullion July 4. {
Whether the coolest will ID the way.
SPORT
Baseball
occupation.
On the emphatic contrary, it is deb!!-
is no useleSs
edly useful—it that which provides
clean open an entertainment has any
utilitarian value at all—is excedirgly
interesting. and, by those who provide
it, represents performance of the ut-
most skill. The professional baseball
piay‘er labors only about. foulI hours a
day, it is true. but those four hours
are intensive, and into his limbering
practice as well as into all
his exhibition before his patrons he
puts all he has. He takes pride. in
doing his best whether his “audience"
numbers 300 or 30,000 and seeks at.
ways to maintain a degree of profi-
ciency which will make that best as
good as the heel ’to be found in any
craft or profession. You may'not
know it, but no Murillo. Canova. Rusk-
np, has
in. Hart. Booth. Padcrewski Wanao
maker. Cellini. Mayo Arliss, Cluck,“
Brahms, (lcnce, Faversham, Walter-
son. Sir Christopher Wren or Wendell
Phillips cvcr had a more profund love
and respect for his art, occupation or
accomplishment —what-evcr you choose
to term itlthan has the, big league ball
blavers for iris. What he docs he
does wonderfully well, and in a field
of specialization so difficult that few,
reach his Standard. ;
Throwing the eighteen ounce hand
urennde a form of competition
about to he introduced into intercol-
legiate athletics by the Middle West
and in point of Usefulness and spright-
linr—ss is likely to mcci with more fa-
vor than such ponderous feats of mus-
cle as heavlnc the fifty-six pound
weight. There are three things willt‘ll
it alwav's seemed to me. could not one
siblv be disguisl‘d as fun»the fii'ly-«
six pound weight, the tug of war and
the nveraac much house comcdv of
the films.
is
While awaitinu the conclusion of
negotiations with the Belgian military
soccer team. other Belgian soldier:
now in this country are ready to show
what they can do on the soccer field.
Three hundred and fifty llclgians who
formed an armored motor suuad‘and
did dutv in Russia. have conn- hcre by
way of Siberia and (‘hina and are at
Fort Tottcn. This squad includes
five soccer teams. From those a
picked eleven will meet the New York
Bootball (‘iuh of the National Leaguc
at Lenox Oval tomorrow at 5:30 p. at.
These soldicis players had their first
encounter in this countrv with a San
Francisco team, which they defeated
by 7 goals to 0. ’ . 3
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Officials in the British Wu
Miller was in New York some time
ago lookin: for a place for’that bout.
When the western promoter asked for
a display or finances to balance the
bids made by Mulvihill, the Connec-
ticut promoter withdraw from the
field. The governor of Connecticut
later took a definite stand against.
holding the bout between Willard ,
and Fulton in Connecticut, and"lt ls
problematlcal whether_ he will recedc
proposed FultotnDempsey contest.
The twoboxers are without doubt.
the leaders in the heaVywelght dill
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r- Office.
vision, and a contest between thcmf:
if it were to have adefiniteresulll
would" produce a logical opponent for 1.
\Villard. Fulton has long been look-1
ed upon as a formidable foe for the
title holder, and he has triumphed-T
MEAN»
rare ,
\
‘ icans.
none of the promoters angllntt for the
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Kelly hit brown with everything in the
ring during the first round, but in the
third round the bl‘ll was sto‘tfi a
It was stated that this happened in the
first round,‘but that Kelly went out for:
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the second and third rounds. I". was
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having received reports of the remark- ' Dundeg and! DeFoe Ill tUn-l asserted that Kelly fractured a bone in
able work accomplished by the inter-
weaving of sports in the preparation
of our soldiers. In an editorial on the
subject the “London Sportsman" says: :
The military authorities have de l
cided to effect some important alter;
ations in the methods of training our!
troops, which will be developed to far
greater extent than hitherto on athle-
tic lines, with a lesser amount of ill?
formalities of drill. This must in-
deed be a story blow to some of the
writers in certain newspapers, who
have seemingly gone out of their way
to give the cold shoulder to indul-
gence in sport in war time while the
record of what has been taking place
has been on a scale approaching Vail"
ishlng point. May one express the
hope that thev will have the courage
to acknowledge the falsity of thcit y.»
sillon and mend their waysfiloxintn
cross—country running and ‘other alth~
lctics. wrestling and/football, will he
prominent items in the new curricu-i
tum, and it is anticipated that thereby
the period nccessnrv for securing the
lighting fitness will be “materially rc-
duced.~
\Vht‘n Ynlrs baseball team defeated
Harvard‘s nine hr 3'» to 3 at New lia-
vcn last Saturday it closed its sea‘ron
without a tlcfcat. ".l‘is true that be-
cause of the war the season was on"
of the shorten in the history of the
game at Yale. but is a noteworthy ac
complilzhmcnt ncvcrtheless. Old era»
duatcfi now remember a similar
Yale record and Harvard mulchcs it
only once. its team of Nd» went
ihrouuh unbeaten. Partiruhnlv is
Yale's record ioicworlhv licf‘allsc was
made pmfiible onlv by the rcularkulllc
pitching: of Frank 'l‘alcott, a senior who
never before had played for llll‘ Blue.
(‘rcdit for ihc development of 'l‘ulcotl
must be given in Dutch (‘urtcr, rated
the greatest pitcher Yale ever sent in-
to a come. Credit for the' general
lillllwlllK ofihc Elis belongs also to
Zeke Bronson. who was resident head
coach. l‘artcr ranks 'l‘alcoti among the
crcalest Eli pitchers of all time. .
'l‘nlcott pitched all except one of
Yale's contcsts and he gave a total of
only two bases on balls. Illa control.
is almost uncanny. We remember on-
lv one college pilchcr who approached
him in that respect. That was liar-
rison "lie Mott of Lafayette‘wholalcr;
not a trial with the Cleveland Alncr.‘
in the major league Deb‘l‘hlt's
control proved his undoing: He put
the ball over too greatlrcgularlty.
over many who have challenged his
position. In the last year, ilOWi‘Yf‘
Dempsey has forged to the front oil
the heavyweight ranks with a rush.
until “now he' is generally concadcd
to be the equal of the former Roches-
ter, Minn. plasterer. Efforts- have
been made for many months past to
women match between the. boxers.
but until the recent announcement
up has pracltlcc’as well as into ‘ in
match was successful.
ONE CAUSE OF FAILURE
We are fickle and uncertain. eVer
falling. ever liable to be disappointed
and dissatisfied. often only because
we have not realized our appointdfl‘
mission and its necessities.‘-Rev. T.
.Carter.
exciting Bout—Bloom andl
Pierce Draw-Burns Leads;
Reddy-'—-Lynch Refuses {oi
Box Shubert—Kelly Hurt'
Hand
Dundee and Defoe.
In the fifth and last bout of the night
the men to bring the action were John-
ny Dundee the veteran .\'ew York light-
weightland Billy Defoe of St. Paul. The
bout went the. twelve rotinds carded.‘
There were no especially exciting mo-g
ni‘ents. Defoe being~mo.:t of the time'
unable to score on Dundee and Dun:
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dec ebing able to hit llcfoe but the ,
blows doing “very l
foe.
Terry Lee, the Bridgeport referee
was the third man in the ring and his'
foe along with the amount, to have,
been receive by the late George Mom:
roe was contributed to the widow oil
the dcad rvfcrcc and PX~BOXDR I
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Aflcl‘ many attempts to induce Joe
Lynch to meet Al Shubcrt no success!
was recorded. (her two hours were,
spent in wrangling over the matter ball
Lyncluhcld out that Khubert was ovcr-'
ittlc damage 01? De,
' weight and on that account Lynch re-l
fused to enter into tistic relations with]
the New llvdl‘ortl scrapster. 1
Phil Bloom and Harry Pierce Draw.
The first bout :1! the show in the
New llauu arena last night had as
principals Phil liloom, the Brooklyn?
lightweight , and llnrry Pierce of.
llrooklyn..nlsn. ’l‘lu- bout was rather!
slow for rounds. with Illooml
showing slcnce but in the fourth and‘
from that round on to the twelfth the}
well stood ice to no ann‘ (hanged in n
dogging bee. 'llel‘erce 'l‘erry Lee gave
it draw decision. which was satisfac-
tory lo the Spectators.
j.
threo
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Frankie Burns Bets Raddy.
In the ‘sccond bout the principaln
wore lt‘rankle llurns. the Jersey Cit)"
bantumand Battling Roddy of New:
York. Roddy catnc in overweight and!
ilurns objectcd to this feature. Burns‘
agreed to box if the th‘leiOfl was a
draw if both men were on their feet at
the close of the twelfth round. This
was agreed to and the men went lo“
work. In the eleventh round Burns»
slammed Roddy hard and this also"
happened in the twelfth. The det‘llf‘?
ion would likely have, gone to Burns)
had one becn'rcndcrcd. 5
Lynch Balk: at Shubert. ‘
In the third bout Joe Lynch. the Nm‘ 1
‘Ycrk banlam. was corded to meet Al'
Shubcrt of New Redford.“ Lynch vrcfus.
ed to box, claiming that‘Sbuhert. last
over weight-and further That -Shubertl
weighed 125 pounds instead of 119. as;
t
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agreed upon. 0n the other hand Shu-I
bcrt stated through his manager that»|
‘Eddic Head. manager of Lynch. and:
Dick Culley. manager of the Arena.
had doctored the scales and that Shu»:
bert was perfectly willing to show on
regularhcales that, be weighed not
more than 119 pounds and asked that
the weight be taken in the ring before
the spectators. Lynch was obdurate
and his manager and the. manager-of
the Arena denied that they tampered
with the scales in any .way. They stat:
ed that «shtibert weighed 125 pounds
when the men weighéd‘in for the bout/
Kelly's HW'in‘jure‘d. "
in the. fourth bola billed name may I.
of New'l’ork was booked to face Chic .
a finger. From the way Kelly started“
out in the first round he would have
given Brown a severe lacing and pas.
sibly have kayoed him before the ‘
scheduled twelve rounds had been
traveled.
Referee Terry Lee handed the (TL-
cision in the Dundee and Defoe bout (it
Dundee. the latter having too high
lead on points for the man from St.
Paul to over come in the twelfth round
rally. V
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$11 0838 SlAVOHEilSSA
Pittsburgh 3. New York 2. ‘
innings).
Chicago 5. Iloston'3.
(‘incinnati at l’hiladtriphia.
poucd).
Philadelphia 6. Cincinnati
(Post-
‘1
American Leanne.
Chicago 9. New York ‘2.
lloston 5:13clr0il 0.
Washington :3. (,‘leveland 2.
l‘illltltlt‘l])ll.£l 2, St. Louis I.
STANDINGS 0F THE'CLUBS.
National League.
Won Lost l‘,(
New York 2!; l3 .tiw:
("hit-act) 23 I2 .lifz‘.
Cincinnati :fl Jo .ii':
l’ittsbuich is is go;-
i’liilntlt-lpliid 17 :3” .13”
Boston h .313 _l’-:i
St. Louis '. ‘2" Jill:
Ill otxlll} n
An‘crlcan League.
\I'nn Lost l'l”
‘ in'fiitill ‘26 1d ,le
Nrw Yolk 23: 17 .377:
St. Louis ‘2“ 17 ill
t‘lilcuco ill 17 .53
Cleveland 2‘.‘ 2i .Tilt’.
\Y;i>.ltitirton 18 Ill .lilzl
Philadelphia In 31'. .119".
Detroit II: 21 .5182.
WHERE THEY "LAV “TO-DAY.
National League
Pittsburgh at New York. (flaunt.
starts at 3:45).
St Lou : :1!
starts at 3:30).
t hit-duo at“ Huston.
(i‘incinnati at l’hlladrlphia.
liroolzlyn.
American League.
New York at t'hicagn,
Boston at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
international League Results
inches-tor 13. Buffalo 5.
llinghaniplon ‘6. Jersey City ”
~.
Southern ’Asso‘ctah'bn‘nesttlta
Little Rock 1. Birmingham 0.
Nashville- :l, New Orleans 2.
Mobile 6. Chattanooga 3.
Memphis 5, Atlanta (I.
CHIEF .BENDER REINSTATED.
CINCINNATI. June 4.—Chiel‘ Ben
dcr. pitcher of the Philadelphia I.\'a
tlonai League club was yesterday rc-
stored to good standing by the Nation
al Baseball comission.- Bender's appli-
cation said' that ho has'con‘cludcd to
return to baseball. and-tn aa'muos' a:
he had violated none of the rules of
organized baseball no penalty wasln
illctcd.
HOSPITAL Norse
Discharged ‘ Monday:
| Brown, the New Haven lightweight; ley Page. “3351110”. -
St. Louis 15. Brooklyn 1'3. (Twelve
1 because of enlistmenta.
(flame-
Iomens a wide ber‘tli.
Angeuujvt- ?
Quattonc." Ascension avenue-and‘D‘lidt -
uvuasu “ulna not?"
the gr‘ound that Kelly injured his hand. i
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Harvard’s Victory Closed lflw York
One of the Brightest Years .
in College-Rowing .
Harvard's victory over Yale on the
llousatouic last Saturday brought to a
' close one of the most successful r’ow-
ing seasons in the three score and six
years history‘of “the port among the
college in this country. The results
of two months of competition fully iusv
titled the‘ return to the sport and we
3 may be. sure ‘tflathI’E‘ll‘if next spring
still should find this war with us row~
ing again will be retained as an inter~
j collegiate activity.
Harvard’s success over Yale was as
had been expected, but it must be
realized that the Eli’s opportunities for
practice were limited and that while
Harvard had the same crew all
through the season the lllue from timc ~
to time was forced to make changes
Then again
l’rnt'. Mather Abbott's- bereavement de-
prived the Elliot his uninterrupted
services for the big race. Yale lost by
two lengths. but it gained immeasur-
ably. It must be commended for the
spirit that prompted it to organize a
crew in the face of seemingly in'utr.
mountable handicaps.
There was our thing that rahter puz-
zled up there on the course at Derby
last Saturday. Prof. Abbot protested
the presence of llill llainca, thc. llarv-
urd coach, on the referee‘s boul.
Ilaines. It will be remembered. is a pro
ftwsional. We think Prof. Abbot car-
ried “informality” rather too far.
linines came as Harvard's coach. on!
)it' was entitled to all the privileges ac
corded the Yale coach. be he :‘mlaleut
or professional. From time to time we ‘
see things in college sport which are
decidedly peculiar.
them.
That was one of
GREENS FARMS MAN'TO MARRY
lilill’lGldl’O‘R'I‘. June air—Erwin .‘.!.
Jennings. millionaire president of the
Erwin ill. Jennings Company, Inc. n!
this city. and resident of Greens Farms
(‘onn.. will tomorrow wed Miss Jean
Thompson "of Schuylkill. N. Y.. who
Ehas for several years been nurse and
1companion for the six chilrden of Mr.
' Jennings." The wedding will take place
. at the home of MISS Thompson.
SlLLY WASTE OF TIME.‘
The man or woman who is blessed
with good; common sense gives all
signs. dreams or other superstitious
We eachglndl-
vlduully. must play. our own part. fight
our own battles-innit work for success
if we hope to succeed:' bqu we are
influenced by every windvthat'blows—M
if we trust to “luck" to helpms‘alfi?
our way .then we are simply chasing a.
myth and wasting time that'can never‘
be recalled. .
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to =biiious attacks or constipation.-E.=;
should obtain a quarter pound of lime. , 2
stone phosphate at the drusl atam‘
Barber Manager
las Whip Hand: and 'Will--
hr: “2‘ Crux injunction '
There will be no Fred Fulton-Jack
Dempsey battle at "Danbury orranyh
place else if John Reisler. "John, the
barber" has anything to say about it
While there is every chance against
the completion of the bout because of
the prejudice against prize fights of
ditch a nature in this state. Reisler .
how has already stopped several‘houts
in whiclrllempsey was scheduled to
appear threatened to bring further in-
junction against Dempsey who broke .
his contract with him.
Dempsey has succeeded in winning
a couple of court decisions over Rein» ‘
ler but the latter still contends that.
his contract. with the Coast fighter is .
air tight and he claims that if Dempsey
defaults he will prevent him fromfight-
ing anywhere.
There is no doubt that the battle be-
tween Dempsey and ‘I‘ulton would be
‘almost in the nature of a champion-
ship affair.
in their class.
The two men are thclbest
The western promoters fear Reislen
and have cancelled matches in which
Dempsey was scheduled to appear.
A contract is a contract and it looks
from this range if the Barber Is going
to stop the Fulton tight which Damp»
scy backs on. '
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An Inside.~.Bath-.. 1: .,
* MakesYouLook-
and Feel Fresh»;
Says": glass of not! ‘water' with“ "
phdtphato before breakfast ‘
keep: illneat tawny” ..
Thisi ' excellent,“ commodweng‘al: .
health mean» being” m
adopted by million. 1 . .
Physicians the worm ovcr recom-
.,.
mend the inside bath. claiming thi‘s‘ta , ,
of vastly more importance than 9“",
side cleanliness, because the, skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood. causing ill health, while the. “l,
pores in the ten yards of bowels do..
Men and women are urged to drink
each morning. before breakfast
glass of hot Water with o. teaupbonful
of limestone phosphate .
harmless means of helping to wash
from the stomach; liver. kidneYS‘ilnd
bowels the previous day's indigestlblo‘ _
mater-tall, ,poinons, sour bile‘ and toxlnw
thus cleansing, sweetening and puri- "
tying tlfé“entlte‘-allilltentui'y canal - boa
,forc. putting more food' into‘ the stom-"l
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lnatlvo'tbrghmn. ‘ . ‘
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This will cost very little but ls numb.
ciont to demmtfate ltllel'valubl oHn-u?»
side. bathingli'l‘h’ollo Who" continue if?”
each morning :lare‘ assured“ of" pro-if“
healtll and lutpettl‘iauice.c
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