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V knockdown timer 1
Iveryone knows that the New
Sees State Athletic Commission will
"' ”point the referee and judges on
'0. day of the bout and that the
I [floral public will not know who is
”to ofliclate until the officials actu-
; Ill! start to work.
? But isn't is strange that scarcely a
word has been said or a line written
about the most important question
of referee. judges and timekeeper?
No one expects the contest to go
the limit. Almost everyone expects
Dempsey to relieve the officials of
turning in a verdict by deciding the
hue decisively with his fist. .th
with a world's title in the balance
and with a million dollars at stake
it certainly seems as if there would
ho considerable interest regarding
who the men will he who sit in the
Judges’ chairs.
Certainly the question of a referee
is a most important one.
There Is always a chance of the
third man in the ring having to pro-
claim the winner or loser on a foul.
Should either Dempsey or I-‘irpo
strike an lncnpacitlng blow below
the belt line Friday night it will be
up to the third man to proclaim a
new champion or rccrown the old.
Who will decide whether a. blow is
fair or foul and if the rules are lived
up to?
Who will those most
duties be assigned to?
In case of a knockdown It will be
up to the, official knockdown timer
and the referee to Jointly render the
count over the fallen boxer and per-
haps separate victory from defeat by
the mvii-st frai'tion of a second.
Who are the two men who will do
the counting?
Here it Is it day before the world's
championship contest and scarcely a
word said or a line written on the
question of officials.
The strange silence over the ref.
sreo question is something di‘t'iilcdly
unique in ring annals. It is without
l precedent
. liig Man Likely.
; The It‘n‘l‘flI Impression is that it
who
important
will be a big man physically
' will be assigned the task. If the
'- commission swim-ts a big "than. that
means that l‘atsy Halt-y, Kill Mc-
Partlnnd. Joe “(‘rl'iait‘ln. Andy Grif-
fin. or any of the other referees of
smaller Mature will not get the job.
The 1'UllllllIKthfill will have to
choOse from among .IllL‘k O‘Sulllvan.
«Johnny lliiukiiii. Jack Appel and
men of big hulk and strength. of
that quarti-t ()‘h‘ulliviln sr‘cms a. log-
ical sell‘i'ttun, but no onu l‘lln lie
H'l'talii of llixt \vlmm thi- (‘ummim
Alon \vill pill in it his twin \vhis-
pet-ed Amie! “ill be the man.
But lxn‘t it strange, that. with a
‘ world's iii-:iiiuelglit i'IllllllDitlnflhIp
l in the blilrilit'o llll'I millions of tlol-
‘ lars lit. stake th: r»: ti.“ liven no dis-
cussion mer the officials“
It. will tic T"IY‘|I‘IllIHTiII that the
New Jersey S'J'v‘ Atlili-tlc i'om-
mission s.~:.it..l the ri-i‘orve for ihi‘
Dempsey-I“.irpuntier bout.
Do you ricill the columns of
space that “ere giien to that most
important ll‘l‘IIilln lll'l'I (if the nw-
eral trips Manager Jack Kearlis
made fl'uln Atlantic i‘ity to Jersey
City on it. and how it was even
hinted that because of the mix-up
over the referee. the big bout might
be called off?
Kearns ro-peatmliv was quoted as
saying the Commission must select
a man suitable to himself and Demp-
sey or tlivro would be no fight. The
frequent pouuwows between Kcarns
and the Jersey officials showed that
the Commission was having hard
work convincing Kesrns of their lie-
lectlon. llarry l'lrtle. would suit him.
Remember the columns of space
that were taken up over the discus.
Ion of the probable third man in
the ring for the Dempsey-Brennan
go in the Garden? Manager Kearns
naturally gave that matter cqpstder-
able thought. He wasn‘t going to put
himself in the position of having his
meal ticket rendered valueless by
any act of an incompetent or dis—
honest referee.
Johnny llaukup. you will recall.
Was the man whom the Commission
chose to offlclate then. If Haukup
was acceptable to Kearns. then per-
:lrslp: Johnny again will be named
r man in next ‘ i '
bout. Fri lay nights
The referee question was consider-
ed so important in the recent Demp-
sey Gibbons contest that Kearns im-
ported his friend Jimmie Daugherty
horn Pennsylvania for the occasion.
Manager Kearns is a great pub-
licity source. lie always can be
counted upon by the newspaper men
to have something interesting to
fly for publication. Hence his ap-
pasunt overlooking of the referee
Men in his talks with the sport-
bg writers seems rather peculiar. It
. not like Kearns.
It also seems strange that the
sporting writers haven‘t discussed
0. flatter of referee at all. Almost
. Ill d thed sporting writers. other
‘ an the public at is e be-
., “flat the one-armed Argonne
.will be easy for Dempsey
E“ Lt there will be no
”is
i
need of a
hand judges’ decision to deter-
" e w nner. The fact that
. .sstef the sporting writers apper-
hve nothing important to de-
d‘e robebty accounts for their
. hag: interest in the oflcials.
.‘ probably is of the
:mthe i. as every one else regarding:
I»... m. om» of Friday nkht's fight.
it last. widering that millions of dol.
i s use at stake for him and that a
Ftlshosest or incompetent set by. a
I.l'lefer“ might mean the loss of the
Nrr‘w "’I‘ mimic. v
with it. one naturally would ex.
the referee question to be up-
roopt in his mind and that he
isobardea himself as usual to
Who are to be In judges! The oflicial timekeeperl
(”flink the referee and jut!"
Ihamflonship and everything that‘
H0 WILL BE THE THIRD MAN
3' 4 IN THE RING TOMORROW-NIGHT ?
Who is going to be the third man in the ring when Jack Demp-fl
defend his title against Luis Angel Firpo of Buenos Ayres tomor-
The
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llCKETS F OR
BOUT PLENTIFUI.
$2 50 Admission
ards A r e Selling
Everywhere for $75
—Receipts Pass $1,-
000,000 Mark '“
NEIV YORK. Sept. 13.—A canvass
of ticket speculators revealed today
that tickets for the Firpo-Dcmpsey
bout are plentiful and that boxing
fans are not rushing to the ticket
scalpers as yet demanding seats at
any price.
A system of price graduation is in
vogue. with 827.50 tickets selling
everywhere for 875. Other seats as
far back as forty—live rows are being
offered for 850. while 822 tickets are
bringing from $35 to 840.
The most popular offer at all the
agencies is a $16.50 ticket for a seal
in the lower stand and in the semi-
circle between first and third base.
The general admission tickets sell-
ing at 83.30 will be put on sale the
afternoon of the fight.
The receipts for the bout have
passed the $1,000,000 mark, accord-
ing to Tex ltlckard. and with the
capacity placed at slightly more than
31.300.000 it is evident that few seats
for the big bout remain. The fight
is to be held on Friday night at the
Polo Grounds,
"Never saw anything like it in my
life." said Rickard. "The demand
for tickets for the bout is far ahead
of anything I ever expected. 1 will
say that l was hoping for a sell-out.
but to see it so clore’to a. real thing,
a few d1ys before. the bout is a no!
pleasure for a promoter. “'0 are not
sold out yet. hilt the prospects are
bright. that for the ilrst time on rec-
ord in boxing a. promoter can open
his gates on the night of the tight
with not a reserved seat unsold. l
confidently expect to be able to re-
port by Friday morning that not a
rerervvd scat remains.
“All the $5 and SIG tickets are
gone. The. ringside seats were take
as soon as the seats were placed on
sale. I Judge that right now less
than 500 of the $25 ones are avail-
able. All we lime are the 815 and
$20. \Vhen the patrons learn the,
conditions no complaints are heard
and they just take- whatever they
can get. I would like to give emu-y
buyer a ringside seat. There are no
preferred customers. It's the old
story of "first come. first served.’
This has been our systom. and I
Sire-as it mlzat be a pretty fair one.
"I rchlly helic‘e that if i had ion.-
000 seats i could have sold them for
this bout. It may seem like a lot of
toasting on mv part. but I never was
more serimls in my life. If I had a
place that would accommodate be-
tween 1.9.0.000 and 200.000. naturally
I would have a greater percentage
of the lower priced seat.- than I have
for the present show. i feel confi-
dent that Dempsey and l-‘irpo would
pack the place.
Tex Rickard. promoter of the
Dempsey—Firpo bout. announced
yesterday that he will stage the
opening show promptly at 8 o'clock
on the night of the battle. He will
have Dempsey and Flrpo start fight-
ing as near 10 o'clock as possible.
the sporting writers.
The present situation of having a
world's heavyweight championship
encounter only a day away and
practically nothing having been said
or written on the referee question
certainly is unprecedented.
You cannot recall any heavy-
weight championshlp in which Dem-
psey. “'lllard. Johnson. Jeffries.
l-‘itzsimmons. Corbett or John L.
Sullivan ever engaged in in which
discussion of the referee and officials
did not start until practically the
eve of the contest.
The Job of officiating as referee
over a world‘s heavyweight cham-
pionsh'ip encounter is a most im-
portant one. no matter how much
in prowess the champion overshsd
owe the challenger.
“'ho will be the. third m‘sn in the
ring Friday night?
Zarazen Makes
It Fifth Straight
BELMONT PARK. Sept. 18.—
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt’s unbeaten
two-yesr-old Sarasen kept his
record clean and won his fifth
straight victory here yesterday
afternoon.
strong field of Juveniles home in
the annual renewal of the his oric
Champagne Stakes. Wil
Woodward’s Aga Kahn. bred on
his Belair Farm in Maryland.
was second. and Gicord Coch-
ran's double entry. Snnspero and
x
Spick and Span. finished third
and fourth.
Sarasen won with the same
marvellous case that has charac-
terised every one of his victories.
He ran his field dizzy in the first
half-mile. stepping the distance
in the remarkable time of 0:45
2-5. and simply galloping the rest
of the way. Sande began easing
him up fully a furlong from inc
wire and his margin of three
lengths over are. Khan might.
have been tripled if he had so de-
sired. Hls time was 1:.45 3-5 for
the seven furlongs.
ONESWAT MAY
WIN FOR LUIS
South American Back-
ers Pinning Hopes
on Terrific Punch—
Parallel t o Jefiries’
Career
While boxing fans cannot be per-
suaded that Luis Firpo will last more
than three or four rounds with Jack
Dempsey. the South Americans, who
are backing the man from the Ar-
gentine. are pinning their money and
hopes on the chance that he will
land one terrific punch that will take
all the fight out of the champion.
In this connection the parallel in
the ring careers of Ii‘irpo and James
J. Jeffries is being pointed out.
Jeffrles fought his way to a chum-
pionshlp in two years and during
his climb his record was not as im-
presslve as that of Firpo.
in his first two years Jeffl'ies
fought nine bouts scoring two knock-
outs, two draws and winning live
decisions, Flrpo. in the last two
years, has engaged in twcntyrix
ring battles and has stopped twenty
of his opponents. He was stoppeg
once himself and won the other flv
bouts on decisions.
Jeffrlcs. at'tcr embarking in pugi-
lism as a sparring partner for Jim
Corbett. then training to defend his
title against Bob Fltzimmons. was a
lumbering awkward youth of twenty.
Even when Jeff challenged Fitzlm-
mons nearly two years later he was
more of a joke in the world of fistl-
aria than l~‘irpo was when he et out
to fight his way through th other
contenders and up to Dempsey.
They say Firm: has no left hand
and that he will be a mark for Dem-
psey. They raid the same thing
about Jeffries but the big boiler-
maker developed into a good two-
tisted fighter. Jeffries was not only
a hard hitter but he could “take it."
His fight with Tom Sharkcy at Coney
Island proved that. I‘irpo'has not
been put to such a severe test as he
has won most of his battles with
comparative case a shows no
marks of punishment.
Flrpo's age. is given as twenty-six.
t there Is reason to believe that .he
is around tweniy~nine. Dempsey is
twenty-seven. Corbett was twenty-
slx when he defeatcd John L. Sulli-
van. h‘ItzImmons was twenty-eight
when he began boxing and thirty-five
when he won the championship from
Corbett. Tommy Burns was cham-
pion at twenty-five and Jack John-
son thirty when he won from Burns.
\V’illard was thirty-two when he re-
lleved Johmon of the title.
Jeffries and Dempsey were the
youngest champions. Jeff was twenty-
four when he stopped Fitzimmons
and Dempsey was twenty-three when
he defeated'VVillard.
The fact that Ii‘irpo did not beglni
his ring education in his early twen-
ties is cited as a handicap for him.
Experts declare a man cannot devel-
op property unless tr starts young.
However. Fitzimmo s and Willard
were twenty-eight when they began
their title campaigns.
A match was arranged yesterday
between Kid \Villiams. the former
bantamweigh champion of Balti-
more. and T rry McHugh. the fast
little featherweight of Allentown.
Pa. They will come together in a
twelve-round contest at the Gaicty
Theatre of Baltimore on the night
of Sept. 16. Williams will most like-
when he brought 0. i
B!
if: a great life if you don’t week-
en.
O C 0
Near time for the big fight.
0 O 0.
Tomorrow is the day. Just think
of all use lang, green that Tex Rick-
ard will take in tomorrow.
0 O 0
W111 Papyrus the famous English
three year old be able to show at
his best on the American tracks; In
tEngland they run on grass in Ameri-
ca they run on dirt.
0 O 0
He will be taken off the beat and
brought to Belmont Park. where he
will be pitted against America's
best, and under conditions that are
all unfamiliar to him.
. 0 O 0
It is now being whispered around
that Papyrus is the property of
American owners and that he was
English Derby.
0 C 0
It looks as if there was more truth
than poetry in that statement steer.
all.Sorneoueissoinztobethegost
in this coming International race
and it looks to me as if it was going
to be the public once again.
0 O O
The public is the goat for s. great
many things. In fact we are all easy
marks. All that some promoter has
got to do is to announce that. he is
going to stage some affair that looks
good from the outside and the public
Sport Barrage
- Chair and Comment of Special Interest to
Nor-walk Fans. -
”Boy 1). Downs '
purchased shortly after he won the‘
J
falls and hands out their good mo-
ncy.
. 'e e e .
g Chsrlcsmhwhoswamtthu-
glbh Channel a few days ago.
should have made his try a few days
before. The other two swisumen
who‘d-onset! the'chaunel this year
received $1,000 each. but that offer
was withdrawn three days before
Tom made his swim.
‘ O 0 0
The Norwalk Sporting Club are
making preparations to stage their
first bout on September 24. They
have the new ring and are busy set-
ting it up at the Armory.
0 O 0
Johnny Leonard and Red Cap Wil-
son should furnish plenty of are-
works in them-tn bout of the chow.
Leonard-ls a contender for the inn-
ior lightweight title now held by
Jackie Berstein.
O O 0
The Red Men Separates are plan.-
' ning on putting another strong team
in the field this season. Tiny were
one of the best Junior basketball
teams in the state last season and
in fact made a great many of the
heavier fives in the state step at a
fast pace to defeat them.
8 O O
The High School football team is
fast rounding into shape for the
Opening of thelr season against the
strong Greenwich High eleven. They
hope to start off with. win this sea-
son.
Good Shape
The Stamford High School foot-
ball team will Open its season on
Saturday. September 22. with the
strong high school eleven of Ansonia.
The game will be played at Hallo-
ween Park. The reputation of the.
Ansonia football club is well remem-
bered by most Stamford folks. this
team having defeated the local High
School in their last meeting two
ycars ago on the same ill-id.
The squad of the up-rtater's has
been in practice for the past five
weeks on the Milford estate of the
Mayor of Ansonia and reports eman-
ating from that hamlet are that the
FIRST GRID GAME SEPT. 22
Stamford High Will Play Strong Ans’onia High
Eleven at Halloween Park—Both Teams in
\
school will be represented by a'good
football team this year. The Ansonia
team will be without the services of
four of last year‘s stars. but members
of the 1922 second team are expected
to well fill the vacancies left by grad-
nation.
The game should be a hard one
for the teams, both of which rank
among the best in the State. A real
battle is in store for an early season
audience. The Stamford eleven has
lost a few of last year's players. but.
after ten days of hard practice ses-
sions. the team appears to be fast
rounding into condition.
' {
Hugh F. Pierce formerly of this
city and who is a personal friend of
Jack Dempseys was a visitor in this
city yesterday. Mr. Pierce has Just
come from the training camp of
Dempsey at Saratoga, N. Y.. and is
on his way to attend the Dempsey-
l“Irpo light In New York city tomor-
row night.
He stated that Dempsey was ir.
great form and that the champ
should have very little trouble with
the South American. In talking of
Dempscy.'l\lr. Pierce stated that
Dempsey was one of the cleanest
living follows that he had ever met
that he thought that he would rc-
taln the championship for a number
of years.
Mr. Pierce said that if the sport-
HUGH PIERCE, FORMERLY
OF THIS CITY,
HE SAW AT DEMPSEY CAMP
TELLS WHAT
ing public kiiow Jack Dempsey as
his friends did. he would be the
most popular champion that ever
held the title. He told of the num-
ber of fine things that Jack did for
charity. which never reach the news-
papers.
Mr. Pierce is a staunch supporter
of the champion and has been his
champion on a number of huntl
trips. He is also a great friend of
Dempsey’s brother. '
He visited a number of his old
friends while in the city. Mr. Pierce
when he resided in Norwalk was in
the drug business and had a host of
friends may of whom met him yes-
terday. He will leave today for the
scene of the battle.
‘BOOTS’ RETURNS
- PROMISES FUN
The return of Harold ("Boots")
Lever. the former University of
Pennsylvanian captain. to foot racing
marked by .his appearance on the
track at Toronto last Saturday. as-
sures Qme hectic sprinting on the
boards next winter.
Running in the form that be dis-
played at the Intercollegiate A. A.
gamesfit the close of his college
career_ Lever shapes up as a foeman
worthy of even the flashing speed
that Loren Murchison. the reinvest-
ated national champion. has display-
ed in his recent races on the clnaors.
It is possible that Lever and Mur-
chison may get together as early as
ly lose to McHugh on points.
the New York Athletic Club fall
nations IS GONE FOREVER. axiom. On
HOORA‘I
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WW
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m:
s
903’s Wot.
«menu ves-
THAT mm- . i-
FW’S.
Barnes at Travers Island. on Septem--
ber 22. where a Izo-yard limited
handicap will furnish the medium
through which a meeting between
the national titleholder and the in-
tercollegiate champion may clash.
Failing to meet at the Winged
Foot meet. Murchison'and Lever will
doubtless come together in several
handicap sprints during the early in-
door eesson. as well as in the “spec-
ials" that will feature the running
or the more important board door
meetings in February and March of
next year. '
After the games of the Boston A.
A. next Saturday and the New York
A. C.. on September 23. Loren nur-
c‘hison will probably lay aside his
sprinting pumps-for an extended rest
from competition. The Ncwurk
flash plans to make a short cam.
palgn in May. Murchison. by the way
has not met-a serious setback -in
competition since the opening of the
indoor season last January.
Badgers Pay $50,000
“ For Two Players
The Brooklyn club yesterday
closed a deal with the Postlan-f
:lub of the Pacific Coast League
for Shortstop Johnny Jones and
Pitcher Byron (Rube) Yarflsln.
The Dodgers paid $50,000 cash
4or the‘ players.
Jones has played 130 games for
Portland. with a batting average
of .800. His fielding. experts be-
lieve. will equal that of Hollocher.
Bancroft or Galloway. He is
twenty-two years old. He bats
right-handed and is fast on the
base lines. -Pitcher' Yarrison is
twenty-three years old. is a right-
hander and the leading pitcher of
the Pacific Coast eLague. with a
record of fifteen games won and
four Lost. The deal was closed
with Scout Torn Turner represent-
ing the P land club and Fresh,
dent Char s E. Ebbetts and Ed-
ward J. McKeever representing
the Brooklyn club. ' .
Russo LIKES
STAMFORD
Will Resume Hard
Training for His
Bout W i t h Angelo
Monday Night
Stamford. Sept 13.—
Young Russo. who is to don the
padded mitts with Young Angelo
at Saint Mary's Field Monday night.
stated yesterday that he has decided
to make Stamford his home for the
future. He resumed hard training
yesterday for what looks like
a stiff battle with Angelo.
The latter has taken a. much needed
rest from the ring and appears like
a “second Harry Greb" in his daily
workouts. A large number of An-
gelo's followers will welcome him
back to the squared-circle.
The rest of the participants are
all ready for action and the card
appears to be a good one. The
scheduled bout between Irish Jackie
Moore and Chick Dorsey hasn't lost
any of its pulling powers and Clar-
ence Smith's debut into professional-
ism is attracting the atention of
many. Promotor Joe Chlmbole said
yesterday that Monday night’s show
will most likely be the last out-
door show of‘ the season.
~.o
W. .. . *— __.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. PC.
New York 86 52 .623
Pittsburg‘ 79 55 .590
Cincinnati . ‘ 79 5? .531
Chicago * 7: 63 .53:
St. Louis 63 66 511
Brooklyn 65 68 .489
Philadelphia 44 88 .336
Boston 44 89 .331
GAMES YESTERDAY
Brooklyn. 6; Philadelphia. 4.
Cincinnati. 4: Chicago. 0.
GASIICS TODAY
Brooklyn at. Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
AMERICAN LEAGl‘E
“1 L. PC.
New York 88 45 .662
Cleveland 7 i 5 7 .555
Detroit 66 60 .524
St. Louis 65 62 .512
\Vashington 6 2 6 8 .4 7 7
Chicago . 58 71 .456
Philadelphia 54 73 .425
Boston 50 78 .391
GALIES YESTERDAY
New York. 2; Chicago. 1 (first).
New York. 5: Chicago. 3 (second).
Detroit. 6: Washington. 4 (1: in.)
’ GAMES TODAY
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at. Boston.
. Detroit at. Washington.
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
- w. L. PC.
Baltimoro 101 ' 51 .664
Rochester ‘ 93 62 .600
Buffalo ‘ 79 75 .51:
Toronto 78 75 .510
adding 7: 73 .43:
Syracuse 67 86 .483
Newark ' - so so .400
Jersey City '60 at .390
GAMES YESTERDAY -
Newark. 8: Jersey City, 4 (first)
Jersey City. 6: Newark. 4 (second)
Rochester. 10: Buffalo. 3.
Toronto. 7: Syracuse. 1 (first) .
Syracuse. 4; Toronto. 3 (second).
Baltimore. 18: Reading. 1 (first).
Reading. 11: Baltimore.,2 (second)
GAMES TODAY
Newark at. Jersey City.
. Reading at Baltimore.
Syracuse at Rochester.
A1T04
to place money on Jack against
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,192.
RRi-zilicl DEMPSEY Mill BE \
Dempsey money, flooding the market yesterday, jumped the
odds back to 1 to 3 on the champion and a steady rush of bent,“
who battle at the' Polo Grounds tomorrow night, is expected to
further widen the odds and it is predicted that Dempsey will en.
ter- the ring at least a 1 to 4 favorite.
\
FAVORITE FRIDAY
the challenger, Luis An gel Firm
FIRPO HAS EVEN
BREALSAYS TEX
Despite Predictions of
Sport Writers,
Matchmaker
Thinks Luis Is All
There
It is freely predicted by the ex-
perts that when Luis Angel Firpo.
the pet of the pampas. meets Jack
Dempsey in their bout at the Polo
Grounds on tomorrow night he will
be k cked kicking in a round or
two.
The other night Tex Rickard. who
is promoting the bout. under the
auspices of the Polo Grounds A. C.
interrupted his chase of a gang that
is reported to be attempting to flood
the market with counterfeit tickets
for the big mess. long enough to
voice his opinion of the match and
express his reasons for making it.
“I am stak'lng my reputation as a.
promoter of boxing contests——and I
am Jealous of it—on this match."
said Rickard. “I am resdyflo stand
or fall on the ressult of it. If it is
a. ‘bust'- I will be not only ashamed
and humbled but discredited as a
matchmaker.
“ I have been promoting cham-
pionship matches for twenty wears
and more and. at the expense of be-
ing accused of flattering myself,'I
think I am safe in saying that I
have never staged a bioomer‘. I am
positive the Dempsey-Firpo match
will not mar my record. .
“I know I' am flying in the face of
the experts and perhaps the majori-
ty of erudite boxing fans. but I
cannot bring myself to believe with
them that I-‘irpo is merely a set-up
for the champion. a lamb being lead
to slaughter. If I thought this I
would never have made the match.
“In my opinion Firpo is the most
dangerous man that can be sent into
the ring against Dempsey at the pre-
sent iimc. I am satisfied that. wheth-
er he wins or loses. he will vindicate
my judgment. I figure that the
match fawn! be «productive of more6
action. thrills and keener competi-
tion than any other I could arrange
for the champion.
“I am offering the public a con-
test. That is all I guarantee. I do
not say that Firpo will beat Demp-
sey. Neither do I say that. the
champion will beat his challenger.
But I do think that Firpo has an
even chance. And. regardless of the
result. I am sure that when the
match is over you will have to ad-
mit that my judgment was not at
fault in pitting them against each
other.
“Flrpo is the biggest. strongest
and most formidable opponent avail-
able for Dempsey. lie is another
Jim Jeffrlcs. He is the hardest hit-
ting fellow that the heavyweight
class ever embraced. He is game.
He can take the heaviest punches
and continue fighting and still be
dangerous. If he is knocked down
he will get up. And every moment
that he is on his feet he will be
raising merry hob with Dempsey.
"Firpo is slow? Yes, when com-
pared with Dempsey be Is." The
champion probably will outspeed
him. but this is offset by Ffi'po's
punch and strength. I think that
it is the punch. not speed. that will
be the determinative factor in the
match. ‘ .
“If Fir-p0 can withstand the
punches of Dempsey for s. few
rounds he will lick him sure. That
is the most questionable factor in
the match. I know Dempsey: I
know his limitations and his capa~
cities. I also know that Firm is
just the type of opponent who will
give him his severest fight. It is a
matter of doubt in my mind whether
Dempsey can hurt Fir-p0. .And. not
being able to hurthim with one or
two or three solid smacks. he is go-
ing to have the very dickens of a
time retaining his title."
E.“—
Articles of agreement were signed
yesterday calling for Jimmy Kelly.
the veteran battler of. Harlem, to
meet Pete Hartley of the Bronx in
the star bout of twelve rounds at
the show of the Commonwealth
Sporting Club of Harlem on the
night of Sept. 29.
By Al Poeeu'w
The largest single lie: h‘.;de y
terday was recorded at Frniuj 4. C“.
of No. 20 Broad street. New yof‘
This bet was $9,000 against e- “'
that Dempsey would “'ln. ...;= c
has 815.000 of Dempsey Mali}.
wager against 35,009 that Damp...
will win. Odds of 7 to 5 3,. g:
on a considerable amount of L» 9,
commissioned with Fried 8; C.) A
iDempsey will win by a kn)c}ii—:u{
Backers of I-‘irpo who hat-eel.“
waiting for longer Odds on .5...
favorite were right on the ‘ob to
take up the bet at 3 to 1 was} m
there was too much Dellipbt’y {yr-.5.
on the market to Dt-rtldt 21:1,,» to
again shorten the quotations. D1:-
nell & co.. 0‘ No. 44 Ilruad street,
New York. report many ne‘er».
anxious to place bets a: 8 to 5 1.5;:
Dempsey will win by a kcscl-zocz.
There was an entire lack of Hypo
knockout money yesterday, The
backers of the Argentinian did not
seem to be optimistic crouch to
think he would win by a ktor'
and whereas 6 to 1 was lir'zrg r
ed a few days ago there Wire
quotations on this pfOpOSllllin at
today.
TRANQUIL NOSES
OUT PAPYRUS
Premier English Three
’Year Old Beaten in
Running of St. Leger
Stakes
DOXCASTER. England. S'f“.
Papyrus. classed as prc-z..;- r 2::-
thrce-yeanold and prospr ’ ~,
petitor against America's in 4
age in a race in the L'n;t- i
was beaten in the ruTlELIL"
St. Leger Stakes here yes?! .
Irish's celebrated thoroug? i :.:
ished second to the Earl of .Wr ;
Tranquil. by Swynford out c. ,
issima, with H. H. Agn like“: T :-
esina. by Tracery out r-f 1‘ '.~ 7
running third.
~Thirteen horses ran. Tim .- s
were about 4.500 311.132.," .1 3 ‘f-r
gdisfaace about one mile six A: :
half furlongs.
The betting against the v .: :er
was" 100 to 9. against Pam'r ;' 1' :3
8, and against Teresina 1‘” ..
PAPYRL’S‘ LEGS (‘l‘T l.\' I!“ l.
LONDON. Scpt. 13.—l‘.;_. ~. '3'
Derby winner which has in» r: r. -'
Cd for a race in the L‘s-std
with the best American 1hr» .1....r
old. was badly cut about
legs during yesterday's r::
the St. Leger Stakes. C‘.’
a. telephone message reui‘:
aftern n from C. J.
Augusggdelmonts agent in ti:
tiallons for the international re
There was some crowding i'»
five furlongs of the St. inrvr * i
been covered. .‘Jr. l'ltzEL-ra .2
and Papyrus came from it“
bleeding from two wounds.
above the pastern and tho o'Zt-r it
the ankle. Trainer Janis sazq‘ 1.9
did not think any tendon< w- re c 't
and that he expected the act:
would heal rapidly.
Mr. Fitzgerald‘s message can?
after word had been rcccixed of the
signing at -Doncaster of tlie confrérf
for the international race in '!;e
United States. It is understood ’l‘n‘.
Ben Irish. the owner of Papyrus. is
coming to London tonight to see .l.
B. Joel to ask the latter to role-cw
Jockey Steve Donoghue from ins
contract to ride for Joel at the. New-
market races early next mornh. s'i
that Donoghue may have the in? C?
on Papyrus in America.
Major Belmont. it is underfim‘fi.
assumes responsibility for the tram:-
portation expenses and cuszcmf
charges connected with Papyrfif
trip.
in
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p
If:
Interest at Belmont Park.
While the result of the St. Lagcr
was not expected to have any direct
Influence on the shipment of P3P?"
cue to this country for his ma'cvh
with Zev or the alternate at Ila.-
rnont Park next month. news of th-‘r
performance of the colt was awaited
all over the world, either to confirm
or to discount the superiority which
he established over the English
three-year-olds in the Epsom Derby
last May.
Just as the Belmont Stakes (one
and titre-eighties miles) is the Am-
erican equivalent to the Epsom Der-
by (ouc'snd one-half miles, ) so the
8*- 1431' (one and three-quarters
miles) in the autumn corresponds
with the American Realization (one
and ilve-eighths allies) won by Zev
last Saturday. .
Papyrus won the Epsom Derb)‘.
29' won the Belmont Stakes. 26"
confirmed his victory in the Belmont
by winning the. Realization. and it
mztbereforc. natural for every de-
v‘m of the turf to look toward
Mud to see whether Pally?“l
wuuwuep honors even. and there'
fors die the internatiorml match its
_ Waco.
use; ,m apert- have stead-
i
7 Myra-Inhaled um meme W
best three-wold of his
Britain. that his Derby “6‘
Awas something of a fluke. and
Perth. owncd‘by the American
' X. Hacomber. 5'0“”
his superiority 0'"
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