0N POWERFUL RIGHT HAND
. YORK. Sept. 9.—Luis Angel
’who meets Harry VVllls at
[Thirty Acres September 11.
. the enigma. of the prize
*flthough he is a veteran of 32
during the five years of his
in
~ tho giant Argentine enters
Jinx to fight \V‘ils for the right
.Menge Jack Dempsey for the
eight championship of the
his course of action will be
... behind an inscrutable mask.
chances of victory will rest up-
the use he makes of a tremen—
~- right hand and powerful body.
Violating orthodox methods of
g, ignoring ring technique
scorning scientific boxing. Fir-
once a stevedore on the docks
Buenos Aires, employed the ele-
’ r-tal equipment of a fighting
a rugged body and a powerful
”-«t hand. to battle his way
ugh waves of criticism and
- k the marvel of modern heavy-
ht champions—Dcmpscy—out
Lung a year ago.
A rugged body motivated by a
flafle—track mind. a stubborn will
and fearless courage, enrnm‘i' for
,mc the name of "“‘ii-l llull of
the Pampas" during his rise to fame
.awhich constitutes one of the. pictur-
mus romances, of the prize ring.
‘I Born October 29. 1595 in Argen-
Ina. of an Italian father and a
.I’Bpanlsh mother, Luis grmv up as a
bootblack, an odd job man :1an
-mduated to the manly occupation
of atevedore. Labor was irl-tsumco—
'Vobservers claim that Luis still shirks
heavy work during his training por—
dads—and in 19l7, ili'l’u )nrinlhs nftr-r
he witnessed his first Iviirnrs fishi,
3'pr entered iiic rim: and was
first round by
knocked out in the
:‘ngel Rorlrigur-z. now rwircd.
«i The setback only angurrrl lll" fit.
We “Wild Bull “ho lur-“lnl river
a. score of amateurs imrnm his first.
professional fight in 614‘pi1"n.iwr,;
1919, with fin Al'ili'l'ii'f'll, \‘.'3lii:.ni
Duly. Firpo won i-y :. kliFiP'rZ‘Ilil in
loven rounds Lilli] hml n-id-ni ll
other knockout victims .‘o his rt’corrl‘
:xwhen he first came to in;
(I‘lllilll':»'
in 1922.
Firpo was met by no bands or
public acclaim when he first arrived
here. Landing unostentatiously, he
trained in cellars. fought off hunger
but never thought of abandoning
the career which he’ had chosen.
When an opening came he knocked
out Sailor Masted, Italian Jack Her-
man and Joe McCann before return-
ing to Argentina. where he won his
first big purse by beating Jim Tracy,
an Australian.
Since that time Firpo has been in
the public eye. He came to this
country early in 1923 and knocked
out Bill Brennan. Jack McAuiiffe
and halted a come-back by Jess
Vi’iliard. Before each fight his
equipment as ridiculed. and it was
freely predicted the. Dempsey would
easily conquer the crude workman
from Argentina But the champion
was knocked down twice and hurled
out of the ring before he beat the
“'ild Bull to the canvas for the sev-
enth time, to Win by a knockout in
two rounds in the most spectacular
prize fight in history.
Firpo grew in business sagacity
as be advanced in power. He man-
ages his own affairs. combs the
country in bornstorming fiilrries and
his financial bouts with Tex Rickard
and other promoters have attracted
'!,lmf)St as much attention as his
fights in the ring.
In the ’mldst of negotiations for
.1 return match with Dempsey. thc
“Vi'ild Bull" suddenly announced
that he was through with prize
fighting: but when Rickard offered
more attrnc ive inducements, he
rhrtngerl his decision. In his own
country he has lmnn regarded as a
national hero because of the atten-
tion be attracted to the South Am-
rrican continent. lie is now im-
piif‘alf‘d with immigration authori-
tics lwro in a legal battle which has
a woman in thc background.
Firpo won 24 of his 32 battles by
.knnckouts, and scvcn by (incisions.
Allis knockout. by Dempscy was the
only rcvwrsc of his professional
cur-er. The i'i‘illillt: h'm? with \Vills
is com-Morn} lzy the impu'iI-nt "\Vilvi
\lt'iil" as :t morn prr-l‘mi’nnry to an-
ioihcr championship affair with
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According to all rr-ports liuis Fir—
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Mill Harry Viiilv.
.ang at lioyir-‘s: 'i‘ivii":
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We have hrs-n flfikf‘u‘ scinrnl limI-a
in late to pit-k r. whim-r fur lllln
J" lo. but \vlmn ii (-mmw In this
- n W0 are rntlit-r doubtful.
o o s .
We have a slight. imuinc toward
..th. SOuth American. [in F""'ll‘l‘4 to
3’. in bettr‘r condition for this hunt,
all! he was ‘.'.'h“ll ho frzcrvl Jnr‘k’
=. psey at the. Polo (lrmmds 111st
"mer.
Wills can be knrx‘kvd out. this was
Wthl sonic yours turn by thc
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summon Em
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to
N orwalk F ans
1,0 is in good siz‘zrw .‘vr his affair.
D. Downs _._1
' ‘\I'll(‘l’3bh’i Sam liniiginrd, who «lur-
img out! of tin- runny \i‘iils-langfnrd
5 mints slammrd one uvcr that lundcd
iright on the button and put "any
i to 5100]).
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i I‘irpo has a punch that will put
’wim. in 53m p. it in: lauds it. This
liltfi this «iv-iv'i‘imntd when lit: knurk-
2!) limw B, Sl-viion .‘\. in thv'ir famous
lI‘Jui. at the 1'«-lo Grounds.
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Most of ”It! critics “110 have look-
ul l'lrpu ovi-r sol-in to agriss that
iht‘ has improu'd (nor his style of
’lnst summer and if this is a fact,
\tu look for 1111-0 [1) “in on Thurs-
day night.
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It Will he no great shock to us
if \Viils shuulrl win the sl‘rup, but as
we stated l)|'2<)r~:, we have betn
asked to pick a. winner and we are
doing our best.
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be display lug just. the proper news-
-pap('r clinics, it we came out and
i rl'lllifihle'd the opinions of our esteem-
;(ld contemporary and therefore we
“ill not. enter into any discussion
.txhat-so-evcr “1th him as to the
‘mt-aus of improving the Sorwalk
High School football tram, despite
;I:i~. criticism of our opinion, which
i appeared in his worthy sport column
i last evening.
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“To stated and we still maintain,
that. the High School football sched-
ule, as it stands at the present time
it; against them. This has been the
(use in various branches of sport
.it the High school of late years.
The managers of the various teams‘
have not. been careful in drawing up
their schedules.
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The High School eleven will hold
its first practice tomorrow anter-
noon and it is up to every student in
the High School, who can. to turn
out for this practice. We hope that
me. material at. the Junior High
school will also be called out for
these practices, the knowledge ob-
mined by them this seasm, can be
, used to good purpose in the' making
up of future High School teams.
f N. Y. U. Has Workout.
The initial workout of the New
Xurk mL'niversity football squad will
be held today on Ohio Field, Univer-
sity Heights. Following a. day's
practice on the home field. Coach
Tom Tharp will take the squad to
Fort Hamilton for a two-weeks'
grilling.
Eddie Butler, former Cornell star
again will be on hand as coach for
the backfield, which will be practi-
cally new this year. He has several
young candidates who bid to make
up for their lack of experience with
speed and brawn. Chief among
them are Boliticl. formerly of But-
gers. who transferred to N. Y. U. to
enter medical school. and Ralph
\Vhite. who will be eligible for the
varsity team by the middle of this
month. having completed his first.
t‘-=ar in the February to September
Vision.
,mong the regulars expected back
'1' are Tracey. who is ~captain:
'48. O'Neil, Hannlgan, Doyle.
- Hausa. Rochafe‘uer and How-
Frairn and Hausa are spoken
likely contenders for the Job of
shack. ‘ ,
JAPS’ AFFECNON
FOR 315mm.
Base Running
TSINGTAO.
currence, and frequently 7,000
natural amphitheatre in Tsingtao
where the ball tossers perform.
One of the fastest outfielders in the
Tsingtao aggregation, who formerly
tendency toward risky base-stealing
and consequently is kept safely on
the bench where his examples will
not upset his mates.
Asa. rule the fans are intensely
loyal and they could teach American
crowds a. few lessons in sportsman—
like behavior. They look upon "raz-
zing" as something that isn't done.
feelings of others and to "razz" a
player would be uupardonable. For
the most part a. crowd of Japanese
spectators maintains a funeral sil-
cnie, but it will burst into a salvo
of applause without rhyme or reason.
Sometimes a. player receives a con-
soling wave of handclapping after
making a mr-ss of a grounder or
muffing a high fly. A long foul ball.
almost fair, frl‘quenily moves the
crowd to a. display of sympathy. '
Japanese pitchers have a habit of
uttering a War cry us they deliver
the ball. This is supposed to help
the morale of the team. Sometimes
the twirlcr shouts the equianc-nt in
Japanese of. ‘Arc you with me?" to
which players reply. 'To a man."
It is customary to present a huge
wrcnth of flowcrs to the winnig
(cum, and it is not uncommon to see
an ornate silver cup presented to the
winner of a single. contest. Hundreds
.0.‘ dollars are spent on prizes and
awards to players including all sorts
of merchandise. clothing and Jewel-
ry.
MODERN STARS
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ml Jack humps-y out of the ring in- '
BECOME SOFT
Knute R oc k n e and
Fred Win 8 o r Say
Athletes, Are Not Up
to Old Times
Sr-pt.
LOS ANGELES. L—Are
Amoricnn whit-tics becoming lady-
liko and soft?
Knute Rockne. famous football
coach of Notre Dame University and
Fred \\'insor, Pacific Coast manager
of iighicrs. who "discovcrcd" Jack
Ilvmpscy say “5 cs." '
’loth Rockne and Winsor arc cm-
phatic in declaring that the atlilcte
of the future will be a limo-colored
gimp—flabby. effeininate. ineffective.
Luxury. prosperity and easy living
are the three things turning youth
of America into drawing room pols.
unworthy to grace the gridiron fields
of olden days. according to Rockne.
The Indiana coach. long consid-
cred an expert judge of athletic men,
who has been in Los Angeles. in-
structing at the l'niversity of South-
crn California Summer Coaching
School. sees no bright future for the _
nation's athletes, despite the pinn-
ing of the Stars and Stripes atop the
world's mast. in the Paris Olympic
games.
“If American football material
may be taken as representative of
American youth. then there is an
alarming tenden1y toward eflemin-
acy." declared Rockne. "This is so
much the case that it seems to me.
unless a, change is soon wrought.
football games of the next genera-
tion will be reported in the society
—not the sport pages—of our news-
papers."
Winsor. former manager of Demp-
sey goes further in his indictment of
youth and America's brawn.
LEADING SWATSMITHS
EASTERN LEAGUE
G. AB. R. H. AV.
Lefler, War. 137 556 112 205 .369
Yordy. Wat. ' 132 489 89 168 .344 A
Webb. Pitts. 117 403 69 138 .342
Fall, N. H. 74 119 18 68 .333
urcell. Brid. 100 411 69 136 .331
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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G. AB. R. H.
- AV.
Hornsby, S L' 126 472 108 204 .432
Wheat, Bklyn 126 502 85 189 .376
Cuyler, Psgh 102 408 85 151 .375
Young, N. Y. 116 467 102 162 .347
Bressler. cm. 101 829 35 113 .343
AMERICAN LEAGUE
G. AB. R. H. AV.
Ruth. N. Y. 138 465 131 181 .389
Jamieson, Cle. 128 585 86 190 .355
Falk, Chi. 119 449 69 159 .354
Speaker. Cle. 129 479 94 166 .847
Collins, Chi. 132 496 93 170 .343
Hartley Reports to Giants.
. Grover Cleveland Hartley. who
comes back to the Giants after an
absence of twelve years. will report
at the Polo Grounds today. H'artley
has been with the Columbus club for
years, and though he is at an ad-
vanced age as ball players go. re-
ports from the American Associa-
tion are to the eflect that he still is
a. very able catcher. ' >
“Hartley is an agressive fellow.”
says John Meal-aw. “and I figure
that he has a few good years left.
He will be of great value to the club.
I believe. and I am very glad I was
able to get him back." - -
e Goldst’ein Easily f
Rog, Hornsby Has Goad Chance-
To Beat High
IS UNDYING
Large Crowds 'Attend
Games—Abhor Wild
Shhntung,’ China.—
Sept. 9.—The Japanese love baseball
with an undying affection. A crowd
of 5.000 spectators is a common of-
o
8,000 people cover the sides of the
The Japanese play the game con,-
servatively; they dislike taking long
chances and abhor wild base running
played the game in America. has a.
The Japanese are considerate of the
Record
Dufiy, abdve, of the Red Sox in
By NORMAN E. BROVVX
Rogers liornsby, batting demon of
the National league. is now thunder-
ing down the batting trail on his way
to two new hitting records.
If this ("ordinal star maintains the
dizzy pace he has set to date he
mny— '
Break the season average record
of .438. set by Hugh Duffy of the
Boston Red Sox in 1194.
And shatter the record of Hans
Wagner, who led the National league
in batting four consecutive years.“
. The mark set by Duffy in '94 has
been threatened seriously but five
times up to this year. For the three
seasons after Duffy hunk up his
great mark it set-med destined to
next year he reached the .410 mark.
Then “'illic. Kcr-ler brushed all op-
position aside and with his little
choked swing swatted his way to
fame and s. .432 average,
Keeier slipped the next vear,
though. and wound up with a .379
average.
Ed Delehanty took a crack at the
high mark in 1899' and succeed-rd in ;
chalking up an average of .408 for-
the campaign the Philadelphia. club
The remarkable season batting average of .488, set by Hugh
_Hornsby, inset, if the St. Louis star keeps up his present terrific
ash! » '
fall. In 1895 Jess Burkctt. with the.
Cleveland club. climbed to .423. Thai
180 i-, may be passed by Rogers
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hmi i-xcr rulvd the National league
baring roost more than two years in
Sli"(‘r;35l0l’l when he held the title
four consecutive seasons. It seemed
improbable then that his remarkable
run would ever he equaled.
l niil the liornsby reign Jake
Denim-rt was the only man to throat-
.:it four—yvar record. Jake man-
to win the hitting honors in
5-: and 191-3. Larry Doyle dethron-
him in 1915.
Then along came Hornsby and his
bat.
li-‘rc is a comparative table show-
ing the years \K’agner reigned. his
arc-rages for those years. and what
Hivrrisby has done the four summers
\vi:.-. h carried him to a tie with the
great lionus.
\K'agncr Hornsby
Y. or Aver. Year Aver.
iii-91 .339 192" .370
1:" T .350 1921 ..398
1‘. ‘~ .364 1922 .401
law- .339 1923 .384
\\.:;rnor's greatness as a batter
his l’.'.'\ (:1 been huestioned. Hi3 hit—
ti..i: needs no defense. The man who
lv'ri the National league a total of
~ight times. will always be classed as
(an of the grcntisst hitters of the
camp. But glance at the above aver-
;u~s. “'agmxr hit the .350 mark but.
waged that year.
Dclohanty‘s mnrk ended the 4M,
reign until Hornsby, while winning;
the National league crown_thc thirdi
consecutive year, shoved his nK‘C‘l’ugr-
just one point above the .400 lincxf
He had comr- within three points of:
.400 the previous year.
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‘stztntiinz rvscnrd of lionus the Great
\Vngncr was the only man wiv-
an of those four years. Hornsby's
west avu-rage is .370. Two of those
-:.rs he has bm-n at the .400 mark.
An average of .439 or better for
the second baseman is not impos—
sible. Should he reach it or better he
will fihaitvr with one blow the long
and that of Hugh Duffy.
SPORTS
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By i
BROWN i
If Johnny Dundee is really sin-i
cere in his announcement that he'
has relinquished the featherweight,
crown and will not defend it he be i
comes an unique figure among n-c-z
ognizcd champions of accepted
weights. He takes rank as beingf
the first world's champion to givel
away his jeweled hat wthout evcr
defending the title.
Dundee won the world champion-
ship July 26, 1923, by defeating I-Ju-
gene Criqui, French warrior, in u
ls-round battle in New York City.
Criqui had held the title since thei
preceding June 2. when he had.
knocked out the veteran Johnny’
Kilbane in the sixth round.
Dundee also places himself in the
odd position of having no titles—
having lost the junior lightweight
title to Kid Sullivan a few months
ago.
last summer Dundee was acquir-
ing titles—he won_ two—after seek-I
ing a crown in vain for 13 years.
Now he is giving one of them away.
Can't beat that. -
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There is a whisper going around
Tin Ear Alley that Harry \Vills is
working with a sparring partner
_who is being kept out. of the public
prints. The rumor has it that Harry
is boxing with a giant heavyweight
who.rese1pbles Fix-p0 to a marked
degree. This man of mystery just
stands up there and throws right
swings, a. la the Wild Bull. and
Harry proceeds to duck them.
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If the Yankees do hold their
heads up in the closing weeks of the
campaign an dland their fourth
straight pennant the Bush-Schulz
battery will break into another
world's series—Just 12 years after
tasting their first bit of world's
series melon. The two broke into
the 1913 series while with Connie
Mack's famous old outfit... Both
were "in" again thongs: year. In
the winter of 1917 the two were
traded to Boston just“: time to get
tuned up for another act in a
world'- series in 1918.
The battery mates were separated
in 1921. Schang figurin'in a whole-
sale strap between the Red Sox and'
Yanks. The New York club won its
first world’s series-thatdall. Schang
was in it but Bush rained out. The
next winter Bush and 8am Jones
and menu Scott were traded to
New York for Quinn. Collins. Peck-
inpaugh and Bill iPercy. Josephus
and Walter were together again..
racy, surge (inns-tall slants that
year and last year.
Babe Ruth has been in six world":
series. ”is first was in 1915, with
the Boston Red Sox. He was still
with the Soxlcts in 1915 and 1916
and his departure for New York in
the winter of 1019-1920 helped
wreck the Boston team.
Everett Scott was also in the 1915
world’s series as a. Bostonian. He
was one of Ruth‘s teammates in
1915 and 1916 but didn't move over
.to New York until time for the 1922
campaign. thereby losing a chance
to figure in the first of the Yanks'
world‘s series divvlcs.
It is estimated that those veter-
ans have collected something like
$30,000 from the annual inter-
league games. Not so bad for birds
that the Federal League hooaters
once called "slaves."
Nine lightweights of more or less
promise have posted forfeits to ap~
pear in a. tournament in New York
:11 opponent" to meet Benny Leon-
ard in a match for the lightweight
championship he holds.
The nine are Benny Vaiger, Alex
Hart, Cuddy De Marco. Billy Gill-
more. Johnny Mendeisohn, Jimmy
Goodrich. Harry Mason, Johnny
Dundee and Ray Mitchell.
The tourney. as planned,
day's best joke.
First of all Luis Vicentini. Jack
Zivic and RockyKansas are left out
in the cold because they have either
been licked by Leonard or .whlpped
by the other contenders. Yet Val-
ger, a hasbeen, is in, with a chance
to grab of: the opportunity to meet
Leonard—due principally to the
lack of A1 fighters in the list.
Johnny Mendelsohn proved even
a. poor setup for Benny Leonard in
an exhibition in Philadelphia. last
fall. Leonard's last light of 1928.
Sid Barbarian, .who looms as one
of the eleverest young lightweights
in the country. may be allowed to
participate. Jacle Bernstein is an-
other man who may notbreak into
the pretty.- Bernstein whlpped Zivlc
and Zivic licked'Barbarlén. Despite
the success of, Bernstein he will not
have .a chance to show his wars. in
the elimination tourney .unless the
officials change their minds. .
From another angle the urney
stacks up as a lake stair. " n—
tenants will have in sun co in
writing that victory in tho elimina-
tion matches will assure them a
crack at Leonard in the near future.
The wise promoters will try to
schedule them in a couple of match-
is the
Have Ever Held the
Coveted Davis Cup g.
NEW YORK. Sept. s—Aithougii
27 nations in all parts of the world
have sought possession of the Davis
cup. emblem of team tennis supre-
macy, only three. the United States.
Australia. and Great Britain. ever
Have held this coveted trophy, which
will be defended by America in the
challenge matches beginning Sept.
11 at Philadelphia.
Of these three, the United States.
chiefly through its triumphant march
of the last four years. leads with
seven victories. while Australia has
six to her credit and Britain five
The historic cup. a perpetual tro-
phy to be contested for by nations
having recognized lawn tennis or-
ganizations. was donated by Dwight
F. Davis. present assistant secretary
of war. in 1900. Since that time it
has been contested for 18 times.
competition this year marking -thc
nineteenth annual play for the tro-
phy.
In 1900. the first year of the com—
petition. but tWo teams. the British
Isles- and the United States. played
but since then nations have swung
into line until this year 23 teams en-
tered the lists to compete for world
tennis honors.
The linitcd States scored the first
victory in 1900 at Boston when
Dwight F. Davis. donor of the tro—
phy: Holcombe “'ard. holder with
Davis of the national doubles title in
1899, 1900 and 1901 and M. D. “’hit—
man defeated the British team three
matches to none. In 1901 there were
no challongcrs and the cup rested in
this country. In 1002 the British
Isles challenged again but the United
States won its second victory.
From this point, however, Amer-
ica's tennis star was dimmed and
supremacy passed first to the British
Isles which. chiefly through the bril-
liant work of the famous Dohcrty
brothers. held the cup from 1903 to
1906, and then to Australia, where
Brookes and “'ilding. another great
combination. kept the trophy from
1907 to 19]].
_ Britain finally broke through the
Antipodean defense, and won the
trophy in 1912, only to lose it the
following year to the United States.
But Australia came back with a
great victory by Wilding and
Brnokes in 1914 at Forest Hills and.
with the world war causing a sudden
break in the series. held the cup un-
til Tiidcn and Johnson brought it
back to America in 1920.
A recapitulation of the series fol-
lows:
limo—United States:
lee: 8—4).
INN—United States:
les: 3—2.
1903—British Isles; United States;
4—1.
1904—Britlsh Isles; Belgium: 6—
British Is-
Brltish Is-
0.
1905~—British Isles; United States;
5—0, -
JQOG—British Isles; United States;
5—0.
1907—Australasia:
3—3.
1908—Austraiasia:
3—3.
1 9 0 S—Australasia;
5—-0.
; 1911—Australasia:
l’ 5—0.
1912—British Isles;
3—2.
ISM—United States; British Is-
les: 3—2.
lam—Australasia: United States;
3—2. '
1 91 9—Australssia:
4—1.
1920—United States: Australasia;
5—0.
1921—United States: Japan: 5—0.
1922—United States: Australasia;
4—1.
1923—‘United States; Australasia:
4—1.
British Isles:
United States:
United States;
United States;
. Australasia;
British Isles;
Sport Briefs
\Vllls Ready for Firpo.
In spite of six weeks training at
Southampton. L. 1., Harry Wills. the
negro heavyweight. has not. gone
stale. 0n the contrary, competent
physical culture experts say that he
is in fine condition for the twelve
round bout with Luis Angel Firpo at
Boyle's Thirty Acres next Thursday
night. Wills has been extremely
careful not to injure his hands. He
took no chances with them in the
scrap with Hartley Madden and has
been strengthening his knuckles ever
since. If the negro's “mawleys”
stand the strain, his immediate fol-
lowers believe that he will win de-
cisively. . _
Wills intends to scale at about 220
pounds prior to putting on his fight-
ing toga. He is the biggest man,
barring Willard, that Firpo ever has
met. The negro also is a more
scientific boxer than any of the Wild
Bull’s opponents. not excepting
Dempsey. As a slugger Wills is not
a' world beater, but he can hit hard
enough. when he finds the‘ proper
opening, to make the other fellow
tumble. .
If Wills shows the strength and
skill with which he stopped Fulton
several years ago. Firpo will have
his hands full. Firpo carries a. kill-
ing wallop in his right hand,. but he
knows little or nothing of defensive
cleverness. . '
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Although Tvrus. Raymond 'Cobb
still is claim!“ the American League
pennant for the Detroit Tigers, his
chance looks like a. forlorn- hope.
The Tigers have three games less to
play than the Sandor. and Yankees,
who finished *thelr home schedules
yesterday. To win the championship
the Tigers wouldhave to take three
straight each fronrthe New York
and Washington teams and then,
as against other. "likely" boys file-
aroma-wank
capture practically all eleven; con-
Boston, '
an no
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. lNDAVlS‘PLAY
only Three Counties
mugged.
HASUTI'UE
min; WINNING
. . ovu- RYAN AT QUEENSBO i
Takes Ten of the 15 Rounds—Bout Is Fast F .
Start to Finish—Jack Renault Is Awa .j,
Judges’ Decision Over George Godfrev
Philadelphia. '
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn 7, New York 2.
—&——————————_
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York 2. Boston 0.
\Vashlngton 8. Philadelphia 4.
EASTERN maria
Pittsfield 6. New Haven 0.
Springfield 2, Albany 1.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis. (2.)
ADIERICAN LEAGUE.
New York at Boston.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Detroit.
EASTERN LEAGUE
Albany at “'aterbury.
Pittsfield ax Hartford.
Bridgeport at Worcester.
New Haven at Springfield.
XATIONAL LEAGI'E.
W. L. P.C.
New York ...... 82 54 .603
Brooklyn ....... 88 5‘ .697
Pittsburgh ...... 78 54 .591
Cincinnati ...... 74 63 .540
Chicago ........ 70 63 .526
St. Louis ....... 56 $0 .412
Philadelphia . . . . 51 84 .378
Boston ...... . . . 43 88 .353
:AIKERICAN LEAGI'E.
G .
\i . L. P.(‘.
Washington . . . . 79 56 .585
New York ...... 77 58 .570
Detroit ......... 75 62 .547
St. Louis ....... 4'0 65 .510
Ciev'eiand 63 75 .457
Boston ......... 60 75 .451
Philadelphia. . . . . 60 75 .451
Chicago . . . . . . . . 58 76 .433
EASTERN LEAGUE
- \V. L. PC.
\Vaterbury MS 60 ' .589
Springfield 5 L: 64 .5633
Hartford :0 65 .552
New Haven 7;: 75 .489
Pittsfleld ii 10 3'7 .472
\Vorcester of S0 .435
Albany (3-! TS .451
Bridgeport 63 84 .429
Chicago. Cobb has concluded his
series with Cleveland and Chicago.
whereas the Senators and Yankees
must play three games with each of
those teams. Cobb has six encount-
ers with the tail end White Sox and
a. total of five with the Athletics and
Red Sox. But the New Yorke and
Washingtons. while scheduled for
only three each with Chicago. will
play four each with Philadelphia
and Boston. '
'A miracle would be performed by
the Tigers if they should win all
six games with the Senators and the
Yankees. The former. equipped
with the best pitching stafl in the
American League. ought to record at
least two victories‘ln Detroit. The
Yankees, however. might not do so
well in View of several erratic per-
formances since surrendering the
leadership to the fighting Grifimen.
Both the New York and Washing-
ton teams may run against trouble
in' St. Louis. where the Browns
usually are hard to beat, but in the
other cities. with the possible excep-
tion of Detroit, they should have
comparatively plain sailing.- Inas-
much as pitching wins pennants. the
Senators appear to have the call.
With Fort Worth already an easy
winner of the Texas League pennant
for the fifth year in succession, in-
terest is centered in the eflort of
Clarence “Big Boy" Kraft to reach
' to fear from Ryan.
or pass the home run record of.
Babe Ruth made in 1932. Kraft has
fifty-four home runs to date. ~and
has eight more games in which to
make five to tie Ruth. or six to pass
him. The Texas League season
closes on September 14. but the club
has a. double header in San Antonio
and one in ‘Beaumont.
Kraft is no youngster. having been
playing ball for upward of fifteen ,
years. He has always been a hard
hitter. but only in the last four years
have hishome runs been attracting
attention. He has been the main of—
fensive force :of the Fort Worth club
for six years. 'bighe is 80 years old
experts have been-predicting his fin-
ish each season. . However. this year
he hm‘slx’nosc‘doubled his home run
mark of 192,: any 19;! ‘ when he hit
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NW YORK. Sep'. 1‘-
stnin, bantamweizht
the world, had no .12“ -
ing that title \vhwn hr.
Ryan, of McKe‘lspm:
the Queenshoro
Island City.
Abe won by a.
able margin. Ln:
youngster prc‘.‘~=-] tn
contendrr. Gel-1v
iially a ”front fl}
and bettf‘r aftur 5:;
when he found that be t». {I l
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Sr: ‘-
ivy
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never in doubt stir-r .-._‘_ ., "
stein took that roun. . I
four in rapid sucm‘rs~ »
positive morcirzs, "“--
needed to lend him
win.
011 the sconc- slzc ‘
was given onlv L
were the fourth
The second and ?
tha= other tC-n ro‘
stein.
The champirr's n
nounccd 35118574 n',
challenger was 1:7.
The fight was i “."r
first round to tic-2 2. ~~
lj-c-iicd the prv‘vd‘ic'i‘;
tics who prophrei-
hard thing to
not a dull momrn‘ 2'
fifteen rounds. R
out stall at the " -
know cnmigh ant w"
cnougli to stand
Ryan's one chm . -
the clevr'nth rour-i -
had Won the {in
In this round T-
his corncr known.
hope remained in '1 L: V
trier desperatwi).
attack and
champion off his -
series of wallops :Ezi‘
back on the rows. ..
last effort. howevrr .. .
easy victim after that
There was little
either side. and
stage of the procre-
much like a clianzzac .
was ever in d’iil‘lvl‘ r' ‘:
ed. Thor-re was a '. “
ed about. nicer r,’ at." ‘~
an old wound ‘La' .
Goldstein's left
.round.
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MINT-1‘1 ‘
Rm IS In Ilavigrr,
The only rim» . , «-
battle that Ryan vs:
Roing to the ma' v-t-
stanza. after TO"‘I“ ‘r -‘.
big effort in 11‘.- r ‘
this round t‘r- '
fightt'r was
along the rop- ~ ”
series of ti. r. -
siraight to 1h»
leenth round i
bad shape,
weather the st
In tho svmi-
ulcd for ten ro
of'l'tica. Won 0.1
Snyder in the sic .
ham was hit MTV .3:
continuc. Graham .2: I
weighed 119 1—2 pr~
In a six—round i-
emo, of Italy. 123
with Charley (”Kl‘l"l :. :'
Ridgewood, whosv r: * 3‘
1~S.
In the opening (“-r'
rounds. Dick Siurph“
of Greenpoint. my :-
sion over Gus Sch
York.
The attendance “'1.-
than 10.000.
a
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PHILADELPHIA.
Renault. of Canada. '6 >
decision over George C. ' '
delphia negro been
night in a. ten—round ? "
marked by much (11"
fight was held at tip: 1*: ’ ‘
National League has-v
nault weighed 20" pc-‘x i= ’ " = ‘
trey 215.
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