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moo CITY. April 6.—3am
. the ”Boston Tar Baby.”
a life time of trying achieved
title of champion hero recently '
. hon ho flattened Jim Savage in one
d in s. heavyweight battle for
of Mexico. He
been champion of the
I end he would hove been had
but“. of his skin been diaerently
“nan" is riding now on the top
pave of popularity here. TheMexl-
sons are crazy over the dusky fight-
I
If.
Broke sad about at the end of the
good he drifted down here from the
Bates last {all and began boxing
whenever opportunity offered. Finally
a notch was arranged with Savage,
I white middleweight .and now it's
Georges Carpentier who will swap
punches with “Tham” in the near fu-
turo.
Bum Longtord is the oldest fighter
in point of service in the ring to-
dly. He has been fighting twenty-
olo years. 8 long. long time. He
ltsrted u I featherweight.
As s. lightweight he gained fame
by winning from the great Joe Gans
After cleaning up all the welters nnd
middleweights who would meet hilu.
Lennon-d went after the big ones. “1‘
stood 'nbout 5 feet 6 1-2 inches.
weighing about 160 at the time. He
had A powerful, gorilla-like build.
and his punch was a cruel one.
The "Tar Baby's" left or right
Jolt. s. terrific knockout punch. made
motclhmsklng hard for him. Jim
Barry. I. rough Chicago Italian, was
always eager to light Laugi‘ord, nnd
he made good showings. in their
fourth engagement Langi'm-d stopped
Barry in u. round. The thorium Stan—
icy Ketchcl was always ready for
Sam, too. Their only meeting. how-
ever. was a no-dccision bout in
Philly. It Was about cvon. although
the general belief was that Laugford
was "under wraps."
In 1913 Gunhoat Smith got a. dwi-
oion over Langford. but in it return
bout 8m put the Gunner away in
three rounds. Seven years ago Harry
Wills won a twrniy-round
from Langford. \V‘hcn they met
Again Longford droppcd Harry in
the nineteenth. Lnngford was whiz-
ling on the down grade thcn, and
inter Wills put out l.nn:‘i‘ord in thc
eighth. Frcd Fulton had previously
made the once feared "Tar llaby"
quit in seven rounds.
Last year Lnngford was so far gone
flint 'hlt Jackson sioppcd him in
fivo rounds. or late yours Sam‘s
opponents. respectful of his forlncr
{rent-m, have treated him gently. as
a rule.
Bun Langford at
have been at least. an cvcn bet with
the Jack Dempsey of today.
London! claims he is now thirty-
seven years old. At tilncs he asserts
he doesn't really know how nncicnt
he is. He looks forty-live. OnlyI
Lungford's color prcvvntml his win-l
till). the htilV} “'(ll-Illl. lilil' :nt sump; Th' (‘ompo Lli'c Guard basketball
time during his carvcr. Ho \vuulJiil‘nlll all-ind another victory to their
surely have \vilippcrl Tommy lTurns
after the pudgy (.‘anudian hall cstnb-
lished his right to tho crown. And hc
might possibly hnu- trimlnvd Jack
Johnson. The laitcr had one cn-
counter with him lacrore lu-atinr:
Burns. Johnson dcxtcrouslv avoid-
ed Langtord evcr nttcr. Jim .lei't-
ries was the our man Lnngford said
he could ncur limo lu-atcn. lir-
resred eventhe shnllofthcgreat Jert
thst wont intotlmt foil-nil llcno ring
millet Jack Johnson. "Ah'll
'01:: all. but donn gimme none uh ulat
bi: hairy boy!" was the way Lung-
rord used to put it.
New York Teams
on Batting Rampage
By Associated l‘rcus.
NE“! YORK. April 7.—.\'ew York's
two major lcaguo baseball teams went
on butting rampagcs yesterday nnd
sluggcd thcir way to victories, the
Giants‘over the Chicago White Bar :0
to 2. and the Yankees over the Brook-
lyn Robins 11 to 4
Two home runs were made by the
Yanks. Ruth made neither of them.
Enter. the delending champion will
most on tho board floor courts of the
“vs-Lb Mount armory in Brook-
W to decide who will wear the
.. Moor tennis crown this year.
hold the title in 019.
“the two won the We:
defining“ a
has '1‘. Au.-
dccision;
his best would.
take‘
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To the imperious call of the baseball
scuson. one by one veteran pitchers of
the Gaints staff are answering.
“ready." Jack Scott showed midsesson
form a wcck ago. Then Nehf followcd
and Hugh McQuillan at Vicksburg
yesterday pitchcd five innings of no
hit ball against the \Vhite Sox. Mc-
Grdw was elated.
One hundred thousand iron men
were. invested in the possibility of Mc-i
Quillan winning a pennant for the
(lainis whcn McGraw bought him from
ltoston and for n time it lookcd as
though :1 fortune was wustt-d on a poor
baseball player. McQuillian roundcd
into shape but vr-rv slowly and at
timcs showcd no inclination to train
at all.
And a fcw wr‘eks ago at Marlin be
limkc away from the spring training
clliirnly with .lcss llarncs and Jack
Scott. The three wcnt on a sight-
secing tour of Texas and finnslly re.
,‘oincd the team nt San Antonio. It
lcnkml as though Mcfirnw would one-
pr~nd the. trio and break up his pitch-
inl: staff. with thcm of course. would
go the chalice or “inning nnothcr pcn-
rmnt ml a chance to figure in a. third
f‘fillsf’f‘lllh’f‘ worlds series.
McGrnw thnucht for a number of
days and finally dcicrmincd to give
the thrccnnnthcr chance. lint he
madc plain that arothcr breakaway
would mmm thclr finish with the
Giants. pcnnnnt or no pennant. world's
swim or 0 world scrim.
The showing Mchllinn made in the
flvc innings he toiled nnd‘th‘e rounding"
irlo shapn of Scott and Nchf vindi-
cntrs again. the McGraw method of
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training and managing a hull club.
Compo Life
Guards Win
long list last evening when they de-
i'cnicd the Blessed Sacrnmcnt team of
lil‘ltifii‘port by the score of 28-15. In
thc preliminary game the Alumni '
team defr-atcd the Staplel high by the
score of 32-3.
Managcr ’l‘aylor sent Lanterysch
and Deattie in the main gamr hast
evening with the Life Guards. They
nitrmntcd at right forward and both
of these lads played a. good gsme. The
local team outclassed the Park City
five from the start to the finish of the
contcst and were never in danger of
being dcfeatcd.
linrry Quinn was the leading scorer
for the Life Guards. He tossed in four
baskets and one field goal for a total
at nine points. He also played a good
floor game. Scofltld and Driscoll each
scored three field goals. \K'etstint- lead
the visiting team in scoring with two
field goals and a foul goal.
Tho preliminary game was s inst
and interesting contest and kept the
fans on edge throughout. Carson the
left forward Of the Staples team tossed
in 13 Raul goals and one field goal for
a total of 15 points. Iiartigan was the
outstanding star for the Alumni team.
The score of the games follow:
)inin gumc:
COMPO GUARDS
0f the
Three Re
score of 3-
south by the New York Yankees. g
over a dozen will be rctnincd. Thrcc T: unusual.
recruits certain to be held for furthrr.
inspection are Outflcldcrs 'I‘uckcr and loithanded batsman.
Haines and Catcher Bengough. i
be
Li‘li-‘T '10 NIGHT: lIlNKTE HAINES. BERNIE BENGUL'GH. TUCKER
oungsiers taken
nut,I
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cruits Are Certain to
Retained by the Yankees
If Haines could" hit like Tucker and
Thc cases of Tucker and Haincs are Tucker could field like Halnes both
Hamcs is a. great llelder. would win regular berths in the out-
\er,v fast and a wonderful runncr, but field.
l'fllhi r shy with the stick. Tut‘kt‘r. u Bengough. ‘1”! Buffalo last year.
can sure hit will be retained as third string cltqh-
to learn as a 1 er. He has great promise.
Llcldcr. i
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them. but has much
Olympic mcct will
United States if a rcso
mlttcd to the Rome
week is adopted.
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U. S. “lay Hold Every 21-: luternntion ll Olympic Committee. Irecdy to propose either San Francisco
Third Olympic Meeti
rams. April ” 7. — Every
he held
third }
in thc'
luiion to ht: sub-l
conl'crcnc.’~ lirxi C
its author is Baroni
Pierre de Coubcrtln. new president of
OUR BOARDING HOUSE—By Ahern
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who in a dispatch to The New York or Loo Angeies as the scene or the
Herald of Paris last night is quoted as next Olympic games it the French de-
saying that he is convinced that hiscide that they are unable to meet the
proposal will rcccive a majority vote :conditlons.
from the conference.
'l‘llc .imcriccn mprcsentativcs. Gcn. ‘
f‘hnrhs Shcrrill and Col. William Wth honing fish add a little
May Garland. icft Paris yesterday to vinegar. \Vhen talking than out of
attend the Home conference. They are money use a. little sugar.
BELLHoPs
but he got a double on dtwo singles. G. F. 1’.
Bob Meusol and Everett Scott wore Carlson. u , ________ _ . . 3 n 6
the long distance poiers. The Yanks Lautcrbach. rf . ..... . . . o 0 0
now have won four and lost two in newt“, rt _ . , , , , , _ , , , , , o n 0
their series with Brooklyn and the H. Quinn. c .. . . . . ..... 4 l 9
Giants have taken five to the 801: four. sponpm, rg . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ‘l 7
"‘"‘_“‘_“-‘—“—‘ Driscoll,lg............ 3 0 6
Baseball Teams I '- — *
. . i Total .............. 13 2 28
Arnwng HomeI BLESSED sacnmmxrs
G. F. P.
PWDELPHIA. April 7.—Locnl )Sirauss ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 I
baseball fans will have their first op- ‘ Scltcnrlch """" ‘ ' ' " ' 2 0 ‘
Mnitytodaytogcta line on tholprsr’" 1 1 8
1", m. of the Philadelphia 'V‘ clstlnc. ..... . . . . . - . . . 3 1 s
We! and American League clubs . Delmore ' ' ' ’ ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ‘ o 0 0
when they meet at Shibe Park in the ... '— __,
m 0t ‘ thrco game post-season Tots-l .......... e . . - . 5 3 15
series. The Phillies arrived home ycs- Preliminaries:
term and the Athletics were due to- i STAPLES HIGéI F P
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“veal new nu." “1” l)“. in the ‘ J. Renttis. ff . . . . . . o . . . 1 o ?
Phillie. line-up. notably llolkc, last i "3’90". 1' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 n 1"
m with Boston. who mil play at “”9"" c """"""" 8 0 “
M base. and Sand. formcrly of St. Lyman. PK """""" ’ O 6
Imoncc. who will he, in Managrr Patchcn. 1" ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' o 0 0
Mhor's old position at shortstop. M“"°“°"‘°"- " “"' " ' 1 ° 2
, A... other new comers is Wilson. a _ ‘- '—
3" catcher from New Haven. - Total '”””'""'” 9 I: .1
- ; . s'rAPLl-L's ALUMNI
G. F. P.
Richards and Hartigan.lf...........3 s e
\‘ornkshl. rf . . . . . ...... 2 0 5
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NEW YORK. April 7-—Vlnccnt 62%;;ng is . . . . . . . . . i 3 ‘3!
Richards. ranked third in the Nation- ._ —— —-—
u-l tenni- ct-ndinr. and Franci- T- Total 13 4 ,3:
Baseball Challenge
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Chat and Comment: _of Special Inter—:5: to
Norwalk Fans.
By LeRoy D. Downs M
Even in winter, its spring training planning on 1- Ln; . -
that helps a high jumper. out tO-lliul"(l'.\. l
o o o they “ll! 01ml.
Young Snips the Stamford fighter‘about ‘13
who recently entered the professional 11101113:-
is under the wing of Ray Bliss. Bliss
\Ya‘br
is trying to match him up on _ 1‘ -
the next card in Meridcn. 0f “10 MW» 2 .. i
o o 0 now pinging \ . '
'tcam. v.'rr 11.3.. j . .
Manager Don Taylor of the Compo i 1r, 0. m“... 1. .
Guards gave some of the young- rl
players a. tryout with the Life Guards
in lost night's gamE‘. Lauterbnch and
Beaxtie alternated at right forward.
0 O 0
Buck Lynch was again on the
mound yesterday against the Cleve-
land American League tcam for Tor-
onto. lie turned in it fine exhibition You: 3 p;,~-_.- . ;
and Toronto defeated the big long-x lard {0} “S ;-,_;
uers. ’of Stamford m: r
. . ‘ Pancho has inn. w
From Lynch's showing this spring, s‘lnct his it“! i... .
with the Toronto team it looks as il‘i should make a. 1;.
he had at last hit his stride and will in;
make good in the International. Ma:.- innit-k Nu::{”r«~ « '
be Norwalk will have two pitchers in sent in his mm c z. r
the big leagues.
O
actixe list for .
F
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Totug 1:113!»
pail-ilk (.70 Li 1
for tlir‘ir lion: v
lug. Tiirsr in!) ;
3 some light.
bouts on l:~ :.t :a:- .-
llas ('llltrLIl the 1-
_____._.
Several factories who had teams in
the. Industrial l.cague last scason.
have organized nines again tfil’s yrs“ i
Why not getfihusy and form another ‘
Ari 013.11 “'1‘! iv .
Pnh‘i as r. if. 2" 15‘
sent soc-mitts. NIH it: ’
League. j the work of half: l
° ‘ ‘ i with a great deal 0:
The East End baseball team isi season.
DON’T WANT FlRPO TO GET. c
By HEXRY L. FARRELL
NEW YORK. April 6.——\\'hcn he teami‘ to lvw
more around, Luis Angel Fir-p0 will be {Lu t. heavy-u
read after the jury of experts had seen the“ South A: -
Brennan to the mat with wild swings of arena-man.
"Let him get clever before he talks about Dempsry.
do good withtout boxing." said all of them but Jimmy Iic F».-
Jimmy. wise old veteran of the ,ring and the best tract. .
is handling Firpo and trying to Q: shot—did With l» t: '
took in he rough. a green. wild? h”pail made lnm‘u
world. a, , .. . 5"
"There's one ,_ ‘ Mount ‘him to do, and tan's .7
doesn't need it. All; holds to learn is to hit st?ai;i.i :1
hand and he'll be there. A man who can take a pun-u
hit iikehe can ,hit like he can doesn’t need any clcrcrzl- ss " =
Jimmy also figures that Firpo is too lit-in? and that 1.” - .
work at nbout 215 pounds. fie weighed 235 when he c’m'" ' ‘
America. and De Forest had to work ten pounds ofl him in F
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_Firpo is being advised too well to be ird into :2 rrr‘
Denim, or Tom Gibbons. Against a rather slow ommr-
or a. light upper. like Roper. Firpo is perfcctly able now YO ‘
Be would be almost sure to be knocked out. h0wcv~.-r. if 2:! . j '
boxing. fast-moving. double-handed punchcr likc Dcmps' y . ~ '7
South American also has to get in better condition. it v
his own exertions several times in his fight against Wr‘r r“
removes some of the flabbiness around his belt l;r_- “if. 1,_
ever he goes against a hard body punchcr.
O 0 0
Babe Ruth broke the surprising information to frittfz. fir » ,
his vision was so defective he couldn't read ntnro the n r. l _-v;
having the print run into a blur. Oculists said that it “1-; 1 '
that enabled him to get such a perfect vision of the MM. 1. ‘ .
into the closet for the quest of bones to ratilr- it \\‘Qf"-i s: ' ‘
3/10an and his Giants knew Ruth had something wrot‘. \‘
October of 1921. and in the fall of 1922 they discovered I". i ,
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1.
Everyone is predicting big things for the Babe this y-‘nr i
morale mill not be hurt by brooding over the injusticn w‘ l' , ‘e ~
because he in in better physical condition and he wants to :7.
not the bust that the Giants made him look like.
There's another reason. too. and a more logical out.
The Babe's 852.000 contract expires this year. and if '1‘.“ w t‘
some also next spring he will have to be The Buster and not :2 ~, :
C O O
Whén Charley Comlskey let Dick Kerr go because tizc v , »
wanted 82,500 more on the year and when he disdardcd «‘lmr: v 7. ‘ -
one oi! the best young pithhing prospets in the big leag'lc i-4’ ~ ‘
wouldn’t accept a raise 03100 a year. Charley can't exact‘j: m. .‘1'
buying pennants, even it he did pay 8100.000 for “'iilte Hal-mu.
O O 0
Examples are so frequent as to make it almost a rule tith‘ " " .;
isj'enerally rigid: in a. controversy with the average cluh l“ rt?
are some instances. however. when it comes to light that iim . a . .
has e. pecuuu- problem in handling a ball player. M
Jock Scott was s. caston! pitcher late last. season, with .1 l :i . - .
job mid no money. John McGraw picked him up and nwry i. .
The Ginnts’ trainer brought his arm around and .Scott was a :t': . ‘.
world's series. He bobbed up this spring as a hpidont for mm“ c ' ‘
when he went South he brought a. fine on himself for drinking or z '
the. training rules.
)1me might be right. in asking: "\\'hat the
like thntt" ‘
can you d > . .
‘ so.
It would scorn that there are enough huekics on thrv Giants. 5 ,.
want to pity ball and get. in the next world's series to hand.“ a .e '
headed players who try to spoil the chances for the whole tram.
McGraw. acknowledged one ‘1 "
greatest baseball manai-l- 5’
time. is 50 years of age. nit-i J" __
will be 51 tomorrow. McGrif'fi“,
born at 'I‘t'uxton. N. Y. in 1V3 '_
Ruthie at Scranton. P3»- Apr” Q' .A L...
_The two have been assoelnm. - .
Managers Have
‘ . zippy Birthdays
m YORK. April 1. -- Hunger
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John router or the New York years. omelet SthgnavcrdltE‘te-‘s ;” 3-
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