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FORCE OF'BLOWS
Say Willard Is f’l‘oo Old to
Stand Punishment
of Firpo.
NEW YORK. May 19.—-Speclai to
the lentinel).—'I'he Evening Telegram
today prints a copyright story by
George B. Underwood. in which it is
asserted that Jess Willard will not be
allowed to meet Firpo in New York
state. Underwood's sources of infor-
mation are authoritative and he
knows what he is writing about. The
story follows:
Jess Willard is not likely to be al-
lowed to box again in this State.
On most reliable authority we learn
that the medical examination Willard
was subjected to before his encounter
. with Floyd Johnson in the Milk Fund
bouts had the doctors in doubt as to
the advisability of allowing him to
perform and that if all the expert
opinion has not been unanimous in
declaring Johnson was a light hitter
Willard would not have been permit-
M to box.
Willard was not subjected to any
gruelling punishment in his bout with
Floyd Johnson. .less’ prospective op-
ponents now. however. are of an ex-
ceedingly dilfcrcnt type. The terrific
hitting Dempsey and Wills, who have
been suggested as opponents for him
and Luis Firm. whom Willard has
agreed to meet. all would wreak im-
measurably more severe punishment
on him.
The State Athlrtic Commission is
likely to dot-hie that it would be Inl-
wise and (langt'rous to permit a meet-
ing belwct‘n tho i'nrty-yrar-old \Villard
and such proved savage. annihilating
hitters as Dempsey and Wills and such
a hitter as Luis Firpo seems to be de-
veloping into. and who in fact already
can strike a most damaging blow with
his right hand.
Because of the Milk Fund bouts be-
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from engaging in ring contests was. as
a special favor to the Milk Fund waiv-
ad in “'illard's case and sanction givus
him to box the light-hitting Johnson.
Indications are that Willard's license
in this State now will be revoked.
There is nothing the matter with
the health of Willard. He is an ex-
ceedingly robust and healthy specimen
for a. man of his years. but he has the
heart of a. man of his years. and the
weight of medical opinion is that. it is;
unsafe for a man in the forties to be'
Iubjcctcri to severe punishment from a
heavy hitter.
In the test Willard was put through
at Yonkers on the day of the bout it
was shown Willard's heart required
three minutes to revert to normal.
.Tho pulse of boxers in the twenties
an dthlrtics under the same test comes
back to normal in {mm one to two
minutes.
William J. Brown. the noted physio
cal culture expert. declares that there
is grave danger of a fatality it a man
past forty is struck a hard blow under
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JESS \VILLARD
the heart.
Chairman Muldoon of the State
Boxing Commission. who also is an
authority on physical culture. feared
that 0. man of Willard’s age might not
rally from a stiff punch to the body.
and requested the doctors to put Wll~
lard through a more searching teat
than usual.
After the examination Bcotty Mon-
iieth, who handled Willard. was given
special instructions about the manipu—
lation of Willard's chest in between
ing a charity affair the rule which pro-
hibits a boxer past thirty-eight years
the rounds. and urging him to take
long. deep breaths.
It fortunately turned out that Wil-
lard was not subjected to severe pun-
ishment for Johnson played right into
his hands from the first clang of the
gong. walking in stolidly and letting
Willard meet him with right hand up-
percuts and counters. Willard landed
more than forty such blows flush to
the Jaw before bringing Johnson
down. .-
Experts at the ungaido were unani-
mous in their opinion that Willard
' would be tame prey for a Johnson or
aWilla. sndmanyofthotnahdo-
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Southpay Kinney
Jumps the Athletics
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 19.—
Walter Kinney. Philadelphia south-
paw. jumps Athletics. “’alks up to
Connie Mack. says: "My turn to-
day.” Connie says no. Kinney
states if he is paid to warm benches
he wants to be traded. Connie says.
“Pack up your extra shirt and hit
the trail." Kinney bad Just been
reinstated this year.
second rate American heavyweight.
It. would be suicidal to attempt to
match Firpo with either Dempsey or
Wills at this stage of the Argentinian'a
development. Brought along right
under Jimmy De Forrest's tutelage
and given plenty of fights under his
belt. Firm) in eight br ten months‘
time is likely to develop into a fighter
who will put even the Manassas Maul-
er or the Black Panther of Now Or-
lesna to the acid test.
There is only one big heavyweight
encounter ready to be staged this year.
That is the much talked about and
long awaited duel between Dempsey
and Wills.
There is no other rival for Wills ex-
cept Dempsey. and no other worthy
opponent for Dempsey except Wills.
Every indication is that Jack
Kearns. who has exerted every means
to avoid having Dempsey meet Wills.
at last is in a corner, and that the one
big bout the. sporting public most do-
sires to see is on the eve of being con-
summated.
New York will furnish the battle-
ground. It is the one and only place
for it. ‘
Jimmy Wilde Arrives
for Bout with Villa
NEW YORK. May 10.——Jimrny
Wilde. of Cardin. Wales. world cham-
pion fiywelght boxer. arrived yester-
day on the Aquitanla to prepare for
a. title match with Pancho Villa. of
the Philippines. at the Polo Grounds
June 10. .
Accompanying the Welshman were
his wife. his trainer. Benjamin Wil-
liams and his friend and personal ad-
viser. Ted Hughes. They were met
at the pier by Tom O'Rourke. pro-
moter of the match.
Wilde appeared in excellent shape.
He stood on a scale proving his
weight of 118 pounds and dlsproviug
recent reports he was too fat to get
in ahapo'for a nywoight contest. Ho
mid he had been training fior three
months. ,
Home Run Hitters
of the Major Leagues
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HOW THEY STAND
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. 1.. P.C.
New York............ 29 8 .714
Shilouia.............17 12 .686
Pittsburgh 14 13 .513
Cincinnati ............ 13 13 .600
Chicago . ..... ........ 14 14 .5uo
Boston ............... 1: it .462
Brooklyn ............. ll 16 .407
Philadelphia 7 18 .280
Games Yesterday
Cincinnati. 7; New York. 0.
St. Louis. 3: Brooklyn. 1.
Pittsburgh. t: Boston. 8. °
Chicago. 10; Philadelphia. 7.
Games’lbday
Cincinnati at New York.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pith-burgh at Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
\V. L. P.C.
New York ............ 19 '8 .706
Philadelphia .......... 15 10 .600
Cleveland.............16 13 .536
Detroit............... 14 H .500
8t.Louls............. 11 ‘15 .423
Washington...........10 ii .417
Chicago .............. 10 1| .417
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Boston .............. 8
Games Yesterday
New York, 8: St. Louis. 4.
Boston. 6: Detroit. 2 (10 innings).
Chicago. It: Washington. 8.
Philadelphia. 4: Cleveland. 1.
Games My
New York at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Washington at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit. '.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. P.C-
Rochester ............ 19 3 .700
Baltimore.............17 a .654
Budalo .u...o-o.....- 13 11 .5‘8
Toronto sovcssssossaao 1‘. 11 .200
Jersey C“? .....o..... 11 1‘ . ‘0
Newark ............... 9 18 .409
Ra“ln. ass-seseeaoosa 10 1‘ o‘t':
SYI’ICIIIO 19 .16.
Coo-chooliuoa 7
”Yesterday
Reading. 8: Jersey City. 6
Baltimore. 9: Newark. 0.
Toronto. 4: Syracuse. 2.
Bufialo. 4: Rochester. :.
Games My
Reading at Jersey city.
Baltimore at Noni-k. ‘
Buaaioat Rochester.
Toronto at Syracuse.
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rants—club ~ (3.4.3.3. a. no
waist. .Brooki‘a .25, it 17 so .413
Wylfltaloaisia,_ so at as 400
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Emmy. '.....,rt,,uo 11 u, .ua
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Rawlings to Report
to Phillies on Monday
PHILADELPHIA. May 19. -—
Johnny Bawiings. second base-
man. recently tuned over to the
Phillies by the Giants. will report
to Manager Art Fletcher here Mon-
day. Fletcher intends to use Raw-
lings regularly beginning about the
middle of next week.
Fletcher also announced In re-
lease or Tod Dennehy. outfielder.
to Sioux City. Iowa. team of the
Western League on optional agree.
ment. Dennehy is a Philadelphia
boy. .
Springwoods Meet
Italian-Americans
The strong Italian American club
of New Haven who forced the Spring-
woods to go twelve innings to defeat
them this season. will play the
Springwoods Sunday afternoon.
This club without a. doubt is the
hardest hitting bunch of ball players
that the Hilltoppera have ever met.
Leach. who pitched for the For-
sythe club against the Bushwicks
last Sunday. allowing this hard hit-
ting team but seven binglea. will be
on the mound for‘ the Elm City boil.
The line-ups: ‘
Springwoods Ital. Amer.
William oaaaaa-II - DIO0.0IIIICI Ol'l'
Lonchak 2b ..... La. France
Kohaut ........ lf ........ Herring
Cole ........... o ........ Raising
Gabor ......... 8b ........ Stefano
O'Lichney ..... rf .......;' Volardy
Stanley ........ p .......... Leach
Redway ....... 1b ....... Lincoln
Chantos‘......i. if ....... lla
East Ends to
Meet Sokols Sunday
The East Ends will play the Ameri-
can-Russian Sokols Sunday afternoon ’0
at the Wicko lot and a good game .is
to be expected as the Sokola played
the Danes: team a 8-8 game hat Bun-
day at Seaside Park. Bri port. The
Lenox play Wilton Sun ‘ at Oran:
held and always turn out agood team.
The East End monument is out»
ttattng at the present time for a
same with the Ilene: team for some
time in the near future. ‘
On Sunday. its: 87th. the East
Ends take on the American
Battery team of Stamtbrd. who gave
the Locktmodo a. lot 'of trouble. last
Sunday. ,, ,
.The same team that'hssltakoa. the
field in thoipast throawookswilibo
the lineup oi the last Ends. and”.
Beaten? 'Artn Useless!
NULLISANWINS
out noun
Young Luby K. 0.’s Sammy
Waltz in Main
Bout.
STAMFORD. any 1'.—
About 1.000 fight fans saw the dual
indoOr fight card of the soann last
night. in Elks' Auditorium. in which
three Bridgeport lighters won docto-
ions. two by knockouts.
Young Luby. the hard-hitting fea-
therweight. of. Bridgeport. won over
Sammy Walls» 0 Hartford. la the
ninth round of scheduled 13
round bout. W seconds throw in
the towel as he was tottering and
about to hit the canvas tor the seventh
time. Lolly asst Waits to'tbo canvas
twice in the opening round with hard
rights to the law. tor the count of
nine. The Park City “Tiger” dropped
his opponent again in the second.
third. fourth. and sixth. Waits took
the long couat on each occasion. Inau-
agod to clear his head and fought
back after each knock-down. It was
apparent that the onootimo nears
champ had lost the am in his
legs when the ninth opened and real-
ising his chances were sore. his m-
onds threw in thotowol.
The eight round ssni-fiasl bout was
one full of action from the first gong
until the anal ball. when Rotates wor-
ry Lee. of Bridgeport. awarded the
verdict to Young Winn. 9:
port over Chic Dorsey of No
Mulligan was the summer through-
out the battle and after repeated at-
tempts. opened on old out-over Dor-
sey's right on. which bled promuly
from the fourth roundjata the and
or the ant. Both fought a «out
fight until the third. when both hat-
s'roasy. Both ,
ohoetsastnoyl the .
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alieofthoParkCity.Wout
Cobain, otthbottyJathoaav-
fSATURDAY, MAY 19’ ‘
4ND ELSEWHE' {
By A] Posen
_IAYSIS!
81'. ANDREWS. Scotland. Kay 19.
—‘I‘ho United States has two down to
Great Britain. with eight to go. at the
conclusion of play yesterday in the
golf tournament for the Walker cup.
Of four two-bail foursomes played
yesterday Great Britain won three of
them. Until late this afternoon it
seemed certain that each team would
win two foursomes. but suddenly S.
Daviaon Rerron. with a. lead of six
up and only 12 holes to go. began
playing like a beginner. and not a
very promising beginner at that. Her-
ron dubbed drives. made miserable
mistakes with his iron clubs and miss-
ed short putts until he broke the
heart of his partner. George V. Ro-
tan of Texas. who “had been playing
well. but without encouragement.
What was worse than breaking Ro-
tans heart. Hermon threw away. the
match and the opponents of the
American pair. E. V. E. Holdorness
and W. L. Hoppe. won on the home
green before a gallery of four thous-
and.
lust Win I-‘ive.
'l'o tie the .British team for the
troflhi'. the Americans today must
win five of the eight singles match-
”. They need six victorisa to win. A
tio will enable the men from overseas
to retain the cup won by Southamp-
ton a year ago.
Robert Gardner. captain, and Max-
Psll B. Harston alone of all the
Americana triumphed yesterday Their
task was to boat Robert/limb and
EC. v. L. Hooman. and they found it
“easy. Neither Harris nor Hooman
seemed able to take the shortest route
between tees or cups. or. once they
arrived on the greens. to make the
ball drOp into the tin without tap-
ping itan immoderato number of
times. The Englishmen lost by seven
and six.
Wuhan! and 'llolley Win.
Great. kitain's new champion.
Roger Wetherod. was the bright light
of the first day's play. Paired with
Cyrir'lolloy be aided in crushing the
american amateur champion, Jess
Sweatser and his partner. Francis
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HERRON’S COLLAPSE CAUSES
DISASTER T0 AMERICAN
Pittsburgher and Rotan Lose Match After Beings
With 12 to Play in Walker Cup Matches With
English Team at St. Andrews.
Oulmet. Tolley and 0313::
with fine steadiness and com-
Wethered with a brillzance ....
champion. But Sweetse: in“
about Ouimet neck. He spu‘
moment. only to sink to ..
the next. Twice he even :35
awful blunder of lifzzzg ts
both times to see the urn},
a weak. short shot.
The youth from Yale and“
Boston colleague were {our .
the end of the morning mug
went live down on the f...
the afternoon play. where w
sent: a 30-footer for a hail.
Before they reached the {an
afternoon game the At
several opportunitzcs lo .
British lead. but the: net:
take advantage of 0 ' {rag
and the Britishers finished :3
at. the thirteenth. where it
got another birdie, sznkzngt
putt. which ended matters
score of six and five.
Neville-Johnson 10!.
John F. Neville of Sat:
and Harrison R. Johnson cl
were beaten four and thrash:
“3130.1 and TV. A. Murray. ,
players after gaining a lead c!
holes in the morning round.
in 35 in the afternoon—a
American pair could not imp -
Neville was able to meet m
ard 'set by his opponents in
son could not. His driving
ting were all right bu: whe:
his iron club in his fists he
and the British went ahead.
Today Ouimet has as
tunlly to avenge his defeat!
by “'ethered. Dr. 0. F. “'i'v-
Oregonian. who was left or.
foursomes. has been placeda
bottom of the singles and r3
Murray. Fred \Vrighz. Jr.
was out of the fourscmes .V-
will meet Holderness today.
The British were happy is!
They felt that their
were won cleanly and that the
cans lime only themselia' to
for Losing.
Clint and Comment
Champions are flocking into New
York these days. The only one miss-
ing is Dempsey; . .
What has happened to Normie Sey-
mour! it looks as if he has given
up W1 for good. Normle has a
number of good games left in him
and it is a shame that he quit the
game so soon.
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Wouldn't. it be line if the Ath-
letics came back from their Western
trip in first place. Mack's team is
playing a great game at the present
time. ,
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Mack has seine fine young pitchers
on his team. and with the hitting
that they are getting behind them at
the present time they should turn in
a number of wins.
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The Sentinel lads are still waiting
for that baseball game with the Hour
team. It looks as if they would con-
tinue to .wait.
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Its-moss thatlle local High
School doaa not take more interest in
track athletics. They ve some fine
material for a track t in the local
institution. and with a little coach-
ing should be able to turn out a
oorking team. .
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It is getting near time for the an-
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Sport Barrage
’of Special Interest '
Norwalk Fans.
By [eBay I). Downs
nual flock of Engilsh Channel
more to start training for their
attempts.
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It seems good to see 01!?“
in Detroit's box score! one!
Let's hope that we see it “701‘
during the remainder of the
Young Luby of 1321.1;th
“nmted last exfnisg.’
hung a K. 0. on oamml
Hartford. Luby is In rare I.
,1 will -
the present time, a: ‘
of the fighters at his “”61
deal of trouble.
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The Dorsey—Muztigan 2“”
a. fast go throughout. Muslin;
the aggressor anal eatsfd
slon. which met with the up
most of the tans.
gilt |
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If Mulligan willd get do“ is
game seriously an
neaa. he may still #3 5°31"
pugiliatic circles Th“ 1“
make-up of a good “me"
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Babe Ruth is Noun!“ ‘2“
the home runs now. B"
next month he will be “p t .
leading home run hitters i; ‘
leagues and at the end or
son he will be far in 1”“
Wait and see.
81119. will box Tommy SEIKO“
Haven. Esposito narrow in
Elm City youngster VIE!”
chmpionship and MC tto. V
angling for a return tin-1”“
I! Quite tall for a fly“ a «I,
mean left jab which 1“
in: effects. I “6'
Buddy Budney 0 than!“
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tackle Nick Loxinack 0
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