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FOUR BOXING
CROWNS ARE
"LOST [N 1922
Four champions were separated
from their titles during a rather
tempestuous year in boxing. Johnny
Bun being a victim of two major
operations. The reigning sensa-
tion. however. was the stunning
knockout of Georges Carpentier by
Battling Siki. a half savage from
Senegal. in a bout for the worldfi
light. heavyweight championship.
The so-cailed "orchid man” was a
10404 shot before the bout. but
Siki led the way after the second
round and scored a clean knockout
in the sixth. ,
Charges and countercharges were
aired after the affair. each accusing
the other of foul tactics, Only a short
time ago the Senegalese. suspended
and deprived of his title by the French
authorities for unbecoming conduct
gave out a statement to the effect that
the bout was framed. The question of
a return fight is being considered.
This was only one or many bouts in
which form turned hand-springs. A
case in point was the Mickey Walker-
chk-Britton fight,- in which the
welterweight title changed hands.
Britton was an odds-on favorite until
a short time before the men entered
the ring. when' the betting shifted
suddenly to Walker.
\VALKER “'INS EASILY
Because of this the New York
State Atheietic Commission called
off all bets. an unprecedented ac-
tion so far as modern puglism is
concerned. Walker easily earned the
decision. buffeting Britton all over the
ring during the last nine rounds.
At the' start of the year Buff was
the proud owner of the World's ban-
tamweight and the American flyweight
titles. and at the end he owns neither.
Joe Lynch deprived him of the ban-
tamweight belt by scoring a knockout
in the thirteenth round. and a little
brown man from the rice paddles of
the Philippines subsequently came
along to flatten Buff for the long
count in the tenth round. thus ac-
quiring tte flyweight title. The lit-
tle brown man was Pancho Villa.
unknown and unnsug twelve months
before.
TUNNEY SUCCUMBS
Another dethroned champion was
Gene Tunney. In an unguarded mo-
ment Gene allowed himself to be in:
veigied into a match with Harry Greb
with the American light heavyweight
title at stake. and Greb flayed his way
to an easy victory at the ’end of
fifteen rounds. At the end Tunney's
face had been reduced to hunlan harn~
burger.
Jack Demsey signed, an agree-
ment to meet Harry Wills for the
heavyweight title. at the insistence
of the New York State- Atheletic
Commission. but nothing has come
of it. The Commission -had set a
precedent in this respect by suspend~
ing Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Wil-
son for failure to accept challenges for
their respective featherweight and
middleweight titles. Both champion~
ships were declared vacated. but this
decision was not accepted in other
States.
Benny Leonard had his most active
year since falling heir to the light-
weight crown. This he defended suc-
cessfully against Rocky Kansas. Ever
Hammer and Lew 'I‘endler, ”the great-
est lightweight attratction since Gans
first met Nelson. At the end of
twelve no decision rounds Leonard was
awarded the unofficial verdict by a
great majority of the critics. although
Tendler had the champion in distress
in the eighth round. A crowd of nearly
80.000 witnessed the bout the greatest
turnout since the memorable affair
between Dempsey and Carpentier.
Compo Life Guards
to Play Red Men
The Red rMen Big Five basketball
team will stack up against the Compo
Life Guards of \Vestport this evening
in the first game of a'home and home
series. In the preliminary game the
Red Men Separates will take on the
fast Park City Five of Bridgeport.
Both of these games should be among
the fastest to be played at Red Men's
Hall this season.
The Life Guards have a very fast
team this season. and on last Friday
evening they defeated the Stamford
Separates by the score of 23-22 in one
of the fastest games of basketle ever
played in \‘Vestport. Christmas night
the Stamford team defeated the Red
Men by the score of 32-17.
' The local team will use their strong-
est line-up against the Guards. Court
is in tip top form again and will be
able to play during all of the game
this evening. After the game dancing
will take place. Music will be fur-
nished by Schule’s Jazzateers.
The teams will line-up as follows:
Life Guards Red Men
Carlson Court
Right Forward
H. Quinn Clancy
Left Forward
E. Quinn, ’McGran . . ........ Meeker
Center ‘
Driscoll . . . ........ . . . . . . Blackman
.. Right Guard
Schofieid Mason
Left Guard
Siki Files Suit for
“Return of Title”
PARIS. Dec. 31.——“Battling" Siki
filed a suit in the civil courts yester»
day against Paul Rosseau. president
of the French Boxing Federation. for
annulment of his nine months' dis-
qualification and for restoration of his
title of European heavy-weight cham-
pion. which he won from Georges Car-
pentier. -
The suit is a result of Ro-eau's fail-
ure to answer a formal summons
served upon him last week directing
him to produce within three days the
records upon which Siki was disquali-
fied. The Senegalese boxer reasserts.
an the action begun yesterday. his con-
tention that the federation's action
was illegal because he was not allowed
" “live his testimony-
. .
‘.‘ ed” Roberts,
BY BILLY EVANS
Jim McMillan of the University of
Illinois was‘ the outstanding forward
in "Big Ten" football during the past
season. ’
McMillen is unquestionably the best
guard the west has produced in yeairs.
He is entitled to Ali-America consid-
eration. Recently he was elected
captain of Illinois for 1923. . '
Wrestling. according to McMillen.
had much to do with his success on
the gridiron this year. A year ago he
was good but not a great player.
At the close of the football season
last year, McMillen took up wrestling
and developed into the college cham-
pion. The ert of wrestling learned
McMillan how to use hi sarms. legs
and body to their greatest advantage.
This fall, McMillen brought wrest-
ling tactics into play on the gridiron.
Jim says he did everything but actu-
man he faced. .
So much for McMilien and wrest-
ling. »
May Turn Wrestler
"Red" Roberts of Centre College
has for three years been one of the
niost-talkdqtbout athletes in college
football. Last season marked the
close of his football days.
During his career at Centre. Ro-
berts has been showered with about
every honor that can possibly come
the way of an athlete. He has been
in the headlines of every paper in
the country. He has been an All-
Ame'rica selection.
It is now the ambition of “Red"
Roberts. famous college football play-
er, to become a professional wrestler.
\Viil football ability make Roberts
a great wrestler as wrestling has
made McMillen a great football play-
er? ‘
It is possible that upon his gradua-
tion from college. Roberts will be
taken in hand by Ed "St ler"
lewis. the heavyweight champ .
Has Good Chance
Lewis. who is a Kentuckian. knows
GRID * STAR? «'
ally hold. He greatly outplayed every
.- .si'iu'i-‘H~ NORWALK EVENING summer;
Famous '
s
.0: ins/1'
Roberts well. has wrestled in private
with thb Centre star. and has this to
say of "Red's" ambition:
“Roberts might make a good man.
He has the weight, speed and cour-
age. In addition. he has a fair- idea
What is the most difi‘lcult task that
confronts the manager of a. bail club?
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It is reasonable .to suppose that all
baseball managers, whether the lead-
er of s. big league team or an,smateur
aggregation. meet with the same ob-
stacles.
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To get the major league viewpoint
on what is the toughest assignment
managers are up against in an effort
to turn out a. winner. I put the ques-
tion to a half dozen big league man-
agers last summer.
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No doubt the question of preset-flog
harmony on a club will strike many
as the big issue. True. harmony onyzs
bail club is vital to success, yet har-
mony im’t the answer.
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Discipline also looms up as a very
necessary quality. Regardless of the
greatness of any baseball aggregation.
lack of discipline. which also means
lack of condition. is fatal. This fact
has been proved of a recent date in
major league circles.
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While the various managers with
whom I discussed the question of the
greatest task of a manager. touched
on discipline and harmony as very
necessary. none of theme rated either
as the most vital asset to a great ball
club.
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Pitching is the greatest my of
every major league ball dub if you
are willingvto take the word of the
men who are directing the destinies of
the major league clubs.
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"You must have the pitching if you
'OUR
are to get anywhere in baseball." re-
marked one manager. >"lf the pitch-
ing strength is there. you can always
patch. up some of the other apparent
weaknesses. “'itliout pitching. how-
ever. you are lost. Npthing is more
discouraging than to get. six or seven
runs. and then have the runs and hits
that should win the ordinary game is
one of the most demoralizing features
in baseball.”
s s s
"Pitching is the thing." said another
leader. "and it‘s another thing to
make proper use of the pitching that
you have on hand. Selection of pit-
chers is the hardest task after you
have acquired the pitchers. One day
you select a pitcher who holds the op-
position to two runs. but your team
gets only one. A fine exhibition of
pitching is wasted. The next day
your team gets a half dozen runs. but
your pitching is unable to hold the op-
position in check. At once you wish
you had started the ptcihers the other
way."
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1
My observations agree with the
opinion of the managers. Pitching is
the big thing, and proper use of the
pitching on hand s just as necessary.
Icsnwellrecallonemsjor league
manager who started the season with
what I considered the best stuff in the
Amman League, any to have it
burned out by August. Indiscrimin-
ate use of regular pitchers in relief
roles caused the trouble.
,. s o o
By such a system. the manager
stayed out in front until August. Then
his-pitching wilted and he was lucky
to remain in the first division.
. ”RED" ROBERTS
of’ihe wrestling art.
twisted bone in his left fore-
ans might. possibly handicap him.
'l‘h' arm was broken playing footbai
and.apaprently set improperly.
")toberts says the
bot lr him. that the broken arm is
Go f Champions
Have Hard Time
1 to Hold Titles
Notort is so fickle with its cham-
pions golf. It is the exception for
the ti e holder in any class to hold his
crown for more than a. year. "Chick"
Evan holder of the Western amateur
cham onshlp in 1921. is one of the
\fcw c ck players who succeeded in
retaini-
Fol
champi
his title in 1923.
ing is the list of the 1922 golf
s 411 .tho more important
classes:
British pen . . . . ..... Walter Hagen
British . ateur . . . . Lord Holderness
British omen . . . . . .......
. ..... .‘ Miss Joyce Wethered
Open . . . Gene Sarazen
. Amateur. . . . Jesse Sweetser
Professional ........... .
............ Gene Sarazen
. . . Glenna Coilett
ateur . . . . . . Chick Evans
Five Beats
henectady High
The Sch nectady high school basket
ball playe. . champions of their dis—
trict were eaten by the Passaic high
school's fix at Passaic Saturday by a
score of.“ to 21. It was Pnssaic’s
ninety-secc d straight victory without
a defeat in our seasons.
Blood un overed a. new star forward
in Hamas. ho tallied four field and
twenty out f twenty-six foul goals for
a total of enty-eight points. Capt.
Knothe an Keasler also shone in all.
departmen of the game.
Casey w Schenectady's ace. scor-
ing thirteen points. Gray proved a
clever gua and Captain Connors a
tower of st ngth at center.
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: .- . ; WRESTLER
allege Athlete, Aspires Ito Mat Title
as strong as the good one, so it
might not interfere with him on the
met.
"I hope Roberts definitely decides
to take up the game. The advent of
the college athlete into the sport is
certain to elevate it." '
suspension N of
Lifted by Boxing
Board of State
HARTFORD. Dec . 31. -- Sammy
Waltz. s. fighter of this city was found
not guilty of violation of mntract and
"Young" MacAuliffe. a referee of
Bridgeport. was indefinitely suspended
for improper conduct to s. member of
the state board held here last week.
Governor Lake congratulated the
commission on its work and told its
members lie had,been approached by
three governors of other states at the
recent conference of governors and
told that Connecticut had one of the
best boxing commissions in the
country.
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Frankie Flermn' 3'
Wins by Knockout
Frankie Fleming. Staten Island's.
contender for the middleweight cham-
pionship. showed a crowd of Brook-
lynites a. real knockout punch when he
toppled over Otto Johnson. the fight-
ing motorman in the third round at
the Rink Sporting Club last night. The
knockOut. a right hook to the jaw.
came one minute and three seconds af-
ter the bell rang for the third round.
Fleming had the better of the box-
ing as far as the bout progressed. He
kept on top of his opponent with left
jabs and rights to the Jaw and body.
The Staten Islander shot his punches
quickly and the knockout blow did not
travel far. '
The bout with Johnson served as a
sort of workout for Fleming. who is
scheduled to meet "Irish" Fagan in the
star bout at the Newark A. C. in
Newark this afternoon.
Sid Terris knocked out Tommy
Hayes in the fifth round of their bout.
Aranak 'Will Play
N orwalk Big Five
This evening at the Norwalk Armory
the Aranak basketball team of Ham-
son will be the opponents of the Nor-
walk Big Five. The Battery C team
will lineup against some fast team in
the preliminary game of the evening.
The Aranak five are one of the fast-
est teams in this section of the coun-
try. and they will make the local live
travel at a fast rate of speed to score
a win. The Big Five will present their
usual strong line-up. O'Boyie may be
back in the game this evening.
The preliminary game should also
be a fast contest as Mgr O'Boyle of
the Battery team states that he has a
surprise for the local fans for tonight.
The local soldiers are‘going at a'fast
clip just at the preseit time. After the
games dancing will take place. Music
will be furnished at Gall's Pep Orches-
tra. '
, Kaplan-Travers
Bout Is Closed
Lew fBrown. manager of “Mickey"
Travel-sand others of the pugilistlc
bend. seated himself in front of a
typewriter yesterday and the result
was a letter in the day's mail to the
sports, editor. ,
Iii-it. the well-known manager of
mittsters asks permission “to state au—
thentically" that the .Travem-Kaplan’
match "is closed and my forfeit is
being forwarded to Dr. Stoddard. box-
ing commissioner of Meriden. Any
doubt as tothis statementgcan be veri-
fied by. the matchmaker, George
Dwyer.ll . ‘
Lew continued to employ the Hunt
system on .the keys long enough to
grind out the fact that "Travers is in
earnestjtraining and will repeat,th
victoryover-Kapian. Hehssthroede-
'clsto‘ns‘.over.him andtwo drawsssnd
lanai-cw decision mono-donor! by
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All of the local basketball courts
will be busy this evening.
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The High School and the Alumni
will fight it out in Community Hall.
Lawrence McMahon wil be in the
. Alumni line-up.
C O..
The Norwalk Big- Five will have
their hands full with the Aransk Bas-
ketball team of Harrison. This should
be one of the best games of the sea-
son.
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The Norwalk Red Men Big Five and
the Compo Life Guards play the first
of their home and home series this
evening at Red Men's Hall.
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New Canaan has booked a great at-
traction in the Sien Separates of New
York, who will play the New Canaan
basketball team this evening. They
are one of the best teams in the coun-
try.
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Chief Les-sen one of the best known
basketball players in the state. has
been barred from playing with the
West Side basketball team. of New
Britain. because of his K. K. K. activi-
ties. The basketball fans in that sec-
tion. so it is said. are very much
peeved over the chief's action.
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There seems to be some hitch in ar-
ranging for the Knplan-Travers fight.
It is practically certain that the two
fighters will be matched and that the
bout will be held in Merlden. Micky
O'Connor of-New Haven is also after
the bout.
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The fur should fly when Angelo and
August come together this month. in
Stamford. The little Italian fighter
from the Lock City is out to regain
his state lightweight title again.
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Clarence Marino. The fat boy from
Greenwich who was on the last card in
inary bouts in this show. He will meet
Young Saxon of Bridgeport. It is
hoped that Merino will be in better
condition than he was on his last ap-
pearance.
aomrord. will fight one of the prelim-l
..M9Nl)AY,'JANUARY 1, 1923.
men the Job ;
Sport Barrage
Campent of Special Interest to
‘ N orwalk Fans.
It is expected that a -...
of local fight fans wm g '
Lcck City that evenu; z .7 - ..
Kilns fight. The troufie 05:1}?ng
having with his car ls al-C'n‘i. Ever.
the present time, and i »
top shape on the eunirg (.11:- ‘ c
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u down 10 lie
The Wakeman Memorial '
team. of Southport. mg ar
Annex-y, against 12".:- Battery C
January 24. This aizoui-i l-t » r .
game as the Memorials a a gen
best junior teams in this sew 3n
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It is hoped that the so
the local High Schoci um.
i"; ETA r" 2‘»!
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'r-C'is‘ ai
=5 a re.
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solution to get behind the F21“
teams which represent :2» 'r
tution in the various 3:29 . .
sports this year.
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The New Canaan GIT?
strong basketball team :. .s - -. ,
They gave the Devon Gir’s 2. .mm
trimming the other night, iv ‘
score of 24-9.
Rose Kelley .1... we
forward of the New Caha
re-
tossed in ten fouls during 1..'. Zamfn
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Jackie Hogan. the litiie f- fear: 0'
the Lew Canaan team. sure H: a
great eye on him. There is
dom a game played that he
score at least ten points.
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The Danbury Big Five are
to open their liaskeiinail sax.
next. Tuesday evening. "Sun ‘1?
son will again be seen in the D2-
line-up. It has been some time
he has been seen on a basketball ,«
around this section of the c" :‘rv
The last time we heard of him, 1;»; has
in China.
v". v 5. '.
L~t£et
! asked
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George Sclzoen. who played T5...
the Danbury team. a number of yea—g
ago. will also be in the line-up. ABA
does not seem to slow George a: wry
much.
0 O C
Young Kunz. the local fighter “<9
getting into condition for hi
with ‘Willie Angelo on Janna
This bout will be for six rounds. 7:55!
two boys recently fought a draw at:
Stamford.
Will Derrili Pratt and Rip Collins
add the strength-to the Detroit club
that Ty obb expects of them?
Derrili, Pratt has never been rated
a star ball player. As a fielder. Pratt
never advanced out of the ordinary
else. In addition. he is slow of foot
—slways has been._
Pratt's big punch since he broke
into the majors has been his ability
to hit the bail. Pratt hits a mil as
hard as any right header in either
major league when he connects. A
fast ball is his delight.
It is suicide for a pitcher to hand
Pratt a fast-bail diet. The pitcher
who has a change of_ pace. a good
curve. and mixes them up on Pratt.
can- greatly handicap his hard hit-
ting.
Dartmouth Awarded
' the Hardm° g Trophy
LAKE PLACID. N. Y.. ‘ Dec. :1. —-
Dartmouth was yesterday awarded the
Harding trophy in the college winter
sports carnival here after the two-
mile snowshoe race. protested to the
judges at the finish. was run over.
Weston Blake of Dartmouth won the
event Saturday in 20 minutes 55 seo~
onds. D. Anderson of McGili was sec-
stnnding of the colleges at the close
was: Dartmouth. 25 points: McGili.
17: New Hampshire, 10; Williams, 8;
Yale 6; and Wisconsin. 5.
The race was protested Saturday be—
cause eight of the ten contestants took
the wrong trail the other two being
the only ones to finish. The standing
before the start of the race Saturday
was such that had McGiil been able‘to
win first and second place it would
have carried oi! the trophy by one
point
Battery C and
All Collegians
The Battery C basketball team will
clash with the Norwalk All-Coilegians
in the prelimmary game at the Nor-
walk Armory'this evening. This should
be one of the best preliminary games
at the Armory‘thls season.
The Collegians will have some of the
best basketball players in their line-
up. that'hss beenaturned out in this
city. 'Mod 0‘! these players are now. at-
tending various colleges. Among those
who will be in the lineup are Lo‘le
Tarlov. Hanion. Malcom. McMahon.
and Burns. _ ~
New Hunters’ License
The hunting licenses 10!: 1923 are
celved by Herbert R. Smith. 'tOWn
clerk. shows. They come in three parts.
ons' of which is the stub for record by
issuing official: the second part con-
tains the form on which the hunter
reports game killed. and the third in
the individual's license.
The principal charge in the license.
however. is that. instead ,of ‘bringing
lathe report of game taken. or send-
ingiti‘nbymail. the hunter mum
pliss_ for} new .. license. .. .
l
and, and Dunson of McGill third. The .
issued in a new forin. the supply re-'
Detroit Banks on New
Men To Deliver Goods
Nilles outpointed Moran with s}.
heavyweights or two or three 0:" ::.~
Th0 (not that Pratt is :ow p 321:1;
with his fourth American 1.63239
team is proof that he has his -
ing's. He started with st. [6314:
was sent to New York in a trade
that brought Joe Gedeon. S? ‘wkrr
and several others to St. Louis. .".
he was traled to Boston. and tr \2-
next with Detroit. where he mi
probably end his major league ram-a
“Rip" Collins has the Stuff 3 t 39
has always been so erratic tZ‘: ~ .' is
indeed hard to class him as a Y‘E’T'ifi'
entitled to a ranking as a reg-2‘9:
It reallv would occasion 1:0 :rcat
surprise if southpaw Francis. s= .
from Washington. would proxc 7' "'9
valuable to Cobb than either Pr.“- w
Collins.
Nilles Beats Frank
Moran in Paris Go
PARIS, Dec. 31.—Marcel Siilrs. :E 9
French pugliist. defeated Frank 31:72.1
of Pittsburg Saturday night on p1”):
for the heavyweight championship (f
Franc
Nilles won after fifteen hard roux-is.
in which yout and cieverne- had i‘:.e
better of experience and gamer "
jabs. while the Pittsburgher was 51.2 '-
ring for an opening to land his famczs
“Mary Ann." of which the Fire—ne‘-
man was wary fighting under or-‘
to keep away and never mix. i»-:1::;
satisfied to win on points.
A cut over the right eye. “‘11.“:
opened during his training. and lied
ocpiousiy in the early rounds. but :0
the surprise of‘everyone Moran came
back strong in the latter part of :he
bout. showing decisively to advant..ge
in the 13th. 14th and 15th rounds.
Although the victor. it is not “10‘th
that Nilles would stand much clumre
with any one of a half dozen Ann r :1
light weights.
Ray Sends Cheque
for That $100 Fine
CmCAGO, Dec. 31.-Joie Ba): 11;:-
ner of the I. A C.. has dug deep .d
bmfisht up $100 to pay an A. n». 1.
fine. That this is some feat at Ci
mas time will be admitted by ;. .1
headset families. The check 5:— on
reach New York by Dec. 31.
The fine all came about last winter
when Ray was invited East to Darn-:1»
pate in some indoor games. lirs. 1.:av
thought she would like to sec- 5W
York. a most reasonable point of x z- W.
which even Joie admitted to John
Bohr. trainer of the I. A. C. “Tere-
upon the Eastern club said “Bring rel.-
810118. we will pay her expenses 100-
So the family went East.
This. in the eyes of the A. A. U.
was a terrible thing. Joie was sus-
pended untilJan. 1. 1923. and ordered
tony a. fine of $100 or lose his ama—
teur standing.
fl-i‘
* There are said to be 500 bootleg-
i
make out the report at the finish. ap- ord.
get-s in Washington. but one must ’re-
member that there are more than a“
Concussion theta—Columbia neo-
' use: fly! Rm isn't afraid ”
licenses will be Issuedgfor duck unionist”- concessions. 0! co!!!"
not - The trouble is that the foreitfl'
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