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Tex Rickard Safe
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NEW YORK, July 31.——Tex Rick-
ard, who has a reputation of never
having any real hard luck in his
major promotions. is not tempting
Providence in leaving anything un-
done to safeguard his coming
heavyweight battle between Harry
Wills, the Senegambinn stevedore.
Ind Luis Angel Firpo. Tex has en-
tered into an agreement with Lloyds.
the great English insurance house.
to protect Harry and Luis for $50.-
000 each. In case either or both of
these giants are incapacitated so as
to prevent the running of the big
show at Boyle's Thirty Acres Sep-
tember ll. Tex will be reimbursed
by the assurcrs. ' Death of either or
both will also permit Rickard to
realize on the policies.
“’1”: and Fil‘po were both cxulu-
tried and passed by tho representa-
tives of Lloyds. Luis is completing
his arrangements prior to leaving
for Saratoga. where he will pitch
sis camp. \V’ills is already installed
it Southampton. L. 1.. where he will
train for his big chance.
SPORTS BY BROWN
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According to word from New York
Manager Jack Kearns huannodnc-
ed openly that Jack Dempsey.
heavyweight champion of Holly-
wood and the world. will not defend
his listic title this year.
Kearns is overstepping himself if
he really has made sueh a. decision.
Dempsey and he will gain neither
popularity.not money by staying out
or the arena for another year.
Kearns figures, apparently, that
‘the \VlllsoFirpo bout will give the
fans something to talk about over
next winter and that there will then
be a. cry for Dempsey to meet the
winner.
No doubt LIi known methods of
publicity will be uncorked to arouse
enthusiasm over such a meeting.
and make it a. gold mine for the
champion should lather Firpo or
Wills win decisively in their match.
But. two other factors will react
against such efforts.
One is the lengthening of the
period of inactivity for Dempsey.
The other is the loss of favor thru
his idleness.
Willard's downfall and the can
of it at Toledo that torrid afternoon
in the wooden bowl at Toledo. 0.. is
still fresh in the memory of most
fans. Willard had not fought a. real
battle for years. He was far from
condition when he started to train
and had grown out, of the mood for
subjecting himself to a pillless per-
iod of training. Result. He stepped
into the ring with a roll of fat on
his tummy and a pair of “dead"
7 legs under him.
i Dempsey has not fought this year.
I Should he stay out of the ring until
incxt Fourth or oven Labor Day he
'vrill have been idle for nearly two
|lycars—a long time in this fast. age.
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fail.
The other factor is that his idle-
ncs’ after the glowing promises he
and Kearns made the public after
NATIONAL Lid-“51.15 Dempsey won the title is reducing
“_ 1' PC ’his popularity with the fans week
. ' .." ' ' ; by week.
New York """ {'1 "3 ”f3: f "You'm got a champion who will
Chicago ........ 1.11 i? "311 llight now, whenever there's any.
gitgzfilll’rfiil 1'3 45 41.1 body for him to fight." announced
Cincinnati _______ 50 7.0 .500 lxcal'llsuw'iliio.the 'boys were still
St. Louis ....... 40 .. .117 “In“? L-“rit' iii Joletlo. Dempsey
,Philadelphia 3.- 5:: .404 ,“W Mums lmth told the public
Boston ......... 3r. ’7') .375 .llurmg thmr (-xllii'ilinn tour that
.. followrd that the former stood
AMERICAN LEAGI'E. ‘roady 3‘ any time 10 fight—that he
,__.__c lcraved action.
\\'. L. pf, Fans have not forgotten this. The
New York . 41 .352 lplca. that there is no one worthy of
Detroit ......... .37. 4': ,367 la inntll~- ulth [Jilnpsoy at present is
“'ashington ..... .37 4:: .36! ,ot' tours'w tho hunk. it doesn't ring
st. Louis ....... 47 ~37 .500 .‘true a luv months after the cham-
(‘llicngo ........ 1.: :.l .474 Mon has been knocked out of the
(‘lovvlanrl ....... -l-'- 33 .484 lrl‘ng by a clumsy stranger from the
Boston ......... ‘13 All .4“; wilds of Argentina.
j‘hllatlclphla 3.“ in“ J"? l The boxing public is little inter-‘
, -. < _ ‘ . . - lestmi in Dempsey's motion lcture
l-ZAsl'luf-Tb Had-(J i. ‘l'vnrk aspirations. His picturlz's. nl-
““- l,_ i". i “1:211:13 iiilllcglirt'iih t.ahctloi'l. give his
_ V. . W . \ .630 - a. it rs- o ones “'10
Sprigéfii-Ildlw ""' 1; :5 “550 illlade himw-llttle to rave :lbout.
Hartford ........ . 31 47» .547- “my ar°.'"’er°3‘°d ‘" Jac“ “MY.
\vorcpswr ....... . :3 $7 "5 11911V3’W018ht champion of the?
New Haven ...... . 37 -'-l world. -It
Pittsfivld ......... l»: .f- ‘ ‘ ' -
Albanv ........... H m Connie Mack. as he struggles!
Bridgeport ....... 4; 29 _.ilu‘.!;lgain to keep his team out of tho'
————— VOW”- may get some consolation
'll'Olll the thought that things aren't:
- “8 dark as they were in 1916. That1
NATIONAL l.E.\Gl E.
Pittsburgh 6. New York 3.
f‘s‘t. Louis 9. Philadelphia 9.
t"l‘ncl'nnati 3. Boston 6.
l‘lncinnati 0. Boston 3.
l‘hicago 0. Brooklyn 0.
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Philadelphia 4. Cleveland
Boston 6. f‘llicago 7.
“'ashinglon 7. lletrolt 4.
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EASTER.' LEAGUE.
“'aterbury 1". Albany S.
Bridgeport 6. New Havrn 5.
Pittsfield fl. “'orcester 0.
Pittsfleld S. “‘orccster 4.
Springfield at Hartford (rain).
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LEADING FIVE BATSMEN
IN EACH .‘lA-lOR Lli.\(-‘l.’E
National League
'gamcs and Tom Shcchan
year pitcher Nnhors lost 19 straight
dropped 16
in a row.
Cominced that Chic
still far from through, fl
the state are cvincing considerable
interest in the return to the ring
of the Elm City boy who tonight
will engage Young Marcell of Holy-
oke in fistio combat at the Nutmy
stadium in New Haven. The scrap
is booked for ten rounds at 148
pounds. but friends of Chic believe
he has an excellent. chance of stop-
ping Marcel before the bout goes
to full distance.
Brown's greatest handicap
always been his refusal to go into
real strenuous training but this
year he started conditioning him-
self in June with the result that he
is now said to be in excellent shape
Marcel is both a clever boxer and a
dangerous hitter so regardless of the
outcome tonight the milling will be
hot and heavy While it lasts.
Johnny Mason of Bridgeport and
George Day of New Haven will meet
in the semi. final. ten round bout at
131 pounds. Day has been going
mil around the state during the last
to .nionths but then so has Mason
Both are eager for victory as a de-
feat would injure the record which
each of them has tried clean through
Brown is
ght fans of
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THE KINGPIN OF THE CINCINNATI REDS
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By NORQIAN B. llRO‘VN.
No one cares to dispute the worth
of Eddie lloush and Adolph Luque
to tho t‘inclnnatl ball club or their
part in the career of :lla: team. But
those who have followxl the ups and
downs of the 0th team this season
an: l‘rank -:nough to admit that
James Christopher Cavnncy. )outh-
l'u: shortstop, is the rczll kingpin of
ill l..lill. '
The rccords fail to indlcutc Cave—
ney's value to the team. Gazc down
the weekly halting records. it‘s
quite u. dlstancc down to the name
of Cnvcney. Jim "nits around .270
week in and \v-rnk out. Nothing in
that rccord to boast about. Nothing
Islartllng in his run~scorlng or base
running record.
But. where he does shine is on
the defense. it is his stvrling work
in in infield that plays the most
important part in holding down the
opposing “Hack. The ‘ upport he
gives Luquo and the ot er hurlers
is more than brilliant. The me-
’clulnicnl part of his work is perfect
and he has that uncanny ubiilty of
oulgucssing the batter most of the
time. He is the. life of the infield.
He and Plnolli on third make the.
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Babe Ruth.
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Some ball player.
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A great many fans, when you
mention the name of the Bamblno.
will my. “I am sick Ind Ural pf
madlng about that fellow. he is a
big bun." but still they go to see
him play.
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Babe Ruth has accomplished more
for baseball than any other player
on the diamond today. and I would
not be far off if 1 said any player of
all times.
\niatever the Babe receives for
playing with thc’stks. he is worth
more than he gets to baseball. He
has attracted thousands of people
into the baseball parks. Just to see
himplaysndtsthebastdruflng
card in baseball today.
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It looks as if the Babe was going
to come near the record for homers
that he set in 1921 this season at the
rate he is going at the present time.
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Player and Club G. AB. It. }I. Pct.
Hornsby. St. L. 93 355 7:3 145 .408
Wheat. Bkln. . 90 353 55 .133 .377
Cuyler. Ptsbgli. 63 248 50 92 .371
Fournler. Bkln. 96 362 64 126 .348
Roush. Cin. 79 302 43 105 .348
American [league
Player and Club G. A.B. ll. H. Pct.
Ruth. N.-Y. ... 99 335 99 129 .385
A'clid'c'n. CM. 57 155 45 71 .884
FIJI!” Chi. .... 83 315 52 119 .378
Jam’son. Cleve. 90 361 57 124 .343
75 72 128 .341
Goslin.. Wash. 100 :I.
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left side of the infield almost inl-liu
pregnabie. Working with the vet-
cranj) bcrt on first Cavcney held
up the ther side of the infield \\ hen
3n injury to Sam Iichne sent Crllz
a rookie from Minneapolis. to sec-
and.
Short 15 His First Love.
Caveney has made a business of
playing short ever sincc he entered
baseball. Other infieldcrs have been
shifted around considerably in their
true to the shortstopping Job. llr
played that position back in 19“
when he broke in with the Murray
[cam in the lhlon association. The
league suffered a. sudden death and
James finished the season with Salt
Lake City in the Pacific Coast lea.
gue. The next year Chattanooga in
the Southern association grabbed
him of! and his poor hitting caused
that team to ship him to Spring-
field in the Central association.
There. despite his failure to improve
his. hitting greatly. he drew the st.-
tentipn of the Columbus A. A. scouts
and he went up a notch once more.
only to draw his railroad fare be-
cause he couldn't hlt‘
Back In his native city of Frisco
age .
Special int-sirl-
Fans .
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their stuff in the. second lame
their series It Amusement Park a:
next Sunday. The Giova- nlne hopes
to reset-ac the score in this game. .
Ray Joyce. the “'llton
seems to be rounding back into
form again. At the start of the
present season. Bay was with the
\Vsshington team. but has drifted
until he has landed in Wilton.
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Joyce had considerable Willie
with hissnnstthesuu-tofuwsm-
son, but it has improved much dur-
ing the last few weeks.
Joyce no doubt will go back in
minor league ball next srason or
near the close of the present sea-
son. He has plenty of stuff on the
pills and has hopes of some day
landing in the majors again.
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Hong Pong Lee. Chinese heavy-
weight boxer, is the latest scrapper
to get. out. in quest of the title now
owned by Jack Dempsey.
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Last *ight Mg Fong Lee in a
bent at Mitchell Field. knocked out
careers but Caveney has remained.
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1919, Cnveney started all over
lie boosted his batting aver-
.'.\'3 to .272 in one season.
again.
age from
.the next year he raised it five more
Ipol‘nts and then in 19:31 shook the
pack off his heels and climbed into
lhu .300 class. He wound up the
Escnson with a .325 average.
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Cmcmnnti faced with the task of
x-cl-u:lding a slipping club. paid 1
fancy price for him the following
“inter and put him to the acid test
the \ory next season. Cavcncy
shown) right off th «hat that. the
audio! of praise sounded over his
1'“ lvling hud not esaggeralr-d his all-
iiity much.
Unco morn. though llr‘ found the
pitching battling. That year he
manngcd to hit only .259 . Last
year. hnwrvcr. he raisrd it to tho
more rcspectablc maf'k of .277. And
around there it seems to stick.
lie. is anotllt’r refutation of that
old adage that you must hit to stay
in the big show. lie can walk to
the pinto. without a but as long as
he plays the wonderful game at
short that he has been putting on
this year.
a schrduled eight round bout. May-
be the heavy crown will land in
cnlnl.
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If some of our box
to China And fight for
09. they would need s
tarry the purse back
try.
EPINARD GETS
FAST WORKOUT
HARATOGA SPRI
l-Ipinard will not be
fast. work until late next. week. Gene
Leigh said yesterday after the big
chestnut had his gallop here.
The Work consisted in nothing
more than routine Jogging. but there
was another crowd of horsemen and
01's had to go
Chinese purs-
speclsl ship to
to this coun-
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set down for I
\lsltors out at the track to he him
do it.
Leigh is pleas
horse is trainin
charge is now
ed with the way the
g. He says that his
feeding as thorough-
ly.at home as he ever did at Mai-
sons Lafitte and that the horse is
appreciably bigger than when he ar-
rived here.
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Bad News fa- lls. Nanette
From’ the recent low points July
wheat is up as much as 28 1-2; cents
a. bushel. an July corn 36 1-: cents.
The drought has shrlveled more
than wheat blades and corn stalks.
he first round orpr
Its consequences cannot fail to have
a withering effect on the pleas and
omises of demagoglc politicians.
;"nlost valuable players" during the
locust)!“ of l922 and l023 but Eddie
Losing baseball games by a one
run margin. is the record set by the
Philadelphia Nationals this year.
Although the club under thedeader.
ship of Art Fletcher is striving
vainly to maintain seventh place the
loss of practically.every third game
by s. one run margin has disheart-
ened the players to such an extent
that many of them were willing and
ready to throw in the sponge. It.
was then that Art Fletcher came
forward and in his managerial ca-
pacity told them that any club was
liable to get the poor,“Breaks" and
that the ship was never lost until
the mast had been submerged. Now
the team has taken a new lease on
life and they are fighting to keep
out of the cellar position now occu-
pied by n brief margin by the Bos-
ton Braves.
Roger Bdmsby of the St. Louis
Cardinals is being hailed this year
as the greatest halting “sailor: of
all time. Roger, who has led the Na-
tional [moo batsmen during the
pnsttwo years. btdp fair to keep It
the top of the ladder for many more
seasons to come. At the present
writing the St. Louis second-bunc-
nmn is hitting the ball at a .400
clip and gives promtsc of et-llpslng
the old maord of .420 established
some time ago by “‘illle Keelcr. for-
mu- right-newer on the old Balli-
moro Orioles.
Dazzy Valli'o. pitching phenomena
of the Brooklyn Dodgch has speed.
a last curve and control. the three
essentials of a pitcher. “’hen \I’ild
Hill Donovan was handing: the dos-
iinies of the New York Yankees he
chanced to come arross the Brook-
lyn twirlcr as he was playing on a
western minor league team and de-
cided to give the boy a. chance.
Vance had a poor season and failed
in show to any advantage for the
Yankees with the result that he was
sent hack to the “sticks" where he
was later found and developed into
a first class pitcher by Uncle “'il-
hert Robertson. manager of the
Brooklyn team. who has decided
that if anyone gcts .1 permanent
berth on tho twirling stuff it is going
to be Vance.
George Sislcr nlld Babe Ruth car-
ried sway the. honors of being the
Collins. msmd baseman of the Chi-
cngo “'hilc Son. looms up as thisl
Mason‘s playrr to strain Iii-l. posi-
tion. Although Eddie is thirty-seven
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ycsos old his hitting. fielding and
ham-running had provcn one of the
greatest factors in the. work of the
“1me (‘lly team this year.
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“'ltll Russ Young out of the lino-y
up for a few weeks the Giants havc
fuilcri to hit a steady stride and
much credv-nce bus lwcn given to the
revolves the destinies of tho cham-
pions. Although Southworth has
proven himself-capable of perforxn-‘
ing Young‘s duty in the field he
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falls to crenio the playing spirit
amongst the players that iloss
Young is capable of dnl’g.
The 'Phtlndelplils Athletics in 3|
game played in Boston on Tuesdayl
broke the world's root“ for Infield
assists, making twenty-diam. -
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The series which started yesterday
between the Pirates and the Giants
at the Polo Grounds is expected to
prove the. turning point in the New
York team‘s fight fw- the pennant;
The Pirates are the only team that]
has an advantage of \ictories over!
the mctropolttan ball lossers.
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NEW YORK. July 31.--When
Babe Ruth hit his 32d home run of
the season at Chicago he pulled up
to within the of the number he
had on July 30 of 191. the year he
set the record of 59.
On that day in 1921 he lit 11
87th homer. He is eight ahead of in
rate of last season.
His 32rd home run of this season
was also the 13th of the present
month. equaling his record of 13 in
a. month made in June. 1921. It was
hit off Hollis Thurston and had
more than anything else i. do with
the breaking of the league leading
White Sox pitcher's winning streak
of ten straight games.
Ruth has hit six home runs
the last ten days. This fast pace}
wouldnot be required for him to;
break his record of 59 for a season.:
He has 56 more games in which to’
make 28 homers. or one every two
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days—a difficult pace.
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Wins Feature Event
Noon Fire Disqual
Puts on Wild Mob
The victory of Saw-azen and lb:
disqualification of Noon Fire “orn
the highlight. in the closing day pf
racing on the metropolitan circuit
at Empire City yesterday,
Sarazen shovved all his spmd in
Winning the Floctingu‘ing l‘llintilt‘up
over the short six‘furloulrs rout-w,
beating H. T. \K’atcrs, Miss Star and
Laurano in what was ihv l’rulum
race of the program. It will hone in
take a better sprinter than has car-
rled colors this season to heal Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt :ds' tlm 1-.
year-old gelding. Sarazcll pu k up
126 pounds, giving from eight to sm-
teen pounds to his ficld. and arm;-
breaking much slower 1llan
went to the front at the
three furlougs to “in, will
pricking, bylour if‘nglhs. 'I lw Tl’ll-
for the race was 1.08
cularly fast 'for such a ll'H'N‘
he did not lime to run any l:l.\lul
than that at the end, :13 hi haul In.
his field anay hclorv tin-v 21mm}
live furlongs. ' '
Sarazcn “as ralhvr on ins swl I
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up llllny ware not no sun‘ hon u. ii ‘
he wOuld run. Both Miss Star and ii
T. “‘aters oulbroki- Saraz-u. Villl‘;
Laurano was away lll sum. ‘l.ll';.‘ n: a.
tangle and‘vns climbing all 1m nu}.
The firshnmncd two made 11.4 run»
ning well around the turn ll‘lllll ill" 1
backstrctch, but once Sul'azt-n -
tied in his stride he lll't't‘Z'Nl
up on Illl' outside illill
easily. .‘lilss Star iluzll;
but McClcnry. riding in
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same fashion he did on Btu-lapm'tcH
was little help to ilcr. He pulled ll' r
in so close to the rail ullhln llzr
eighth polo that she hump» «i
it, and ii. '1‘. Waters camv alum;
beat her a her-rd for llll‘ plum.
Lnurano, nhlch seems to i-c lll~
kind of a horse that “ill run “4H
only when he is front ran a par-
ticularly disappointlng MN.
The pace in tho Floelim: linldl-
cap was as hot as tilt (in); i"ex
stepped the first qum-lcr m :3 1—59..
the half in 46 1-fns.. livr- iul'lollgs m
59 1s5s.—- then it “as :l'l ovvr and
Sarazen went on to will in 1m. 8
B-Bs. Mrs. Vanderbilt. “ho “.42: at.
the track “as enthusiastic OU‘r
Victory. .
and
After Noon Fll'e filllSllFrl lust H
the preceding cvcnt aft-’2' Kuhll-TK
Bonaparte, the crmnl. about 7!.r
largest Week-end gatllvring of llll‘
meeting put on one of those mun
scenes for which Empire City is
famous. .
Had Jimmy Rulwr-ll gone on about
his busincss. Noon Fir: \\ ould lia-
won the “‘cst Farms l‘ul'sc, at N‘mr.’
six furlonzs. by lllmSc it.
went to.th(‘. post. but if “‘35? n i\\«»
horse race all tho “ay. l‘milapui‘fr.‘
broke fast and madc tho runninc.
Approaching the stretch turn lim-
well. on Noon Fire.
on the outside. Straighlcnod out for
home Noon 1"er quickly raced
Bonaparte into Sill'niissinn. Inn :1?
the eighth pole Fulu‘vll pull. d ills
mount sharply in~ the rail, (‘lllllilL'
Bonaparte off. Blcf‘loary. “ho was
away up in the saddle llkc n straple—
(‘llase jockey. alluh‘lu‘d up his mount
and almost went out of his snvl-llt‘
Noon Fire then “out on to win
easily.
lmmodiateiy the crowd began .1
true Empire (‘lty demonstration.
booing the officials m the stand.
crying “foul. foul." applauding
Bonaparte, Mllch “as nlmlll oven
choice with Noon Fire. Aftvr boll!
jockeys had been called into His
stand and questioned. Noon l-‘ilc's
number has taken down and the
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