Philly Entry Will- Make
tle Sheilld Prove/to BeJEval Adair-Er ,, ‘
g C
Square Garden to Witness ClaSh
‘ NEW YORK. Jan. 2.—Kld Kenton.
engulfed will! much Weenies-a
in: his weight. dropped into Gotth
own.‘ yesterday and went into pri-
vate hobnobhlng with big trainers
and well wishers at Madison Square
Garden gymnasium to talk over
the weight question. apparently more
.If a bugaboo to him than it has
’ been to Danny Kramer. who meets
him in Madison Square Garden to-
night for the featherweight chain'—
pionship of- the world. ‘
Kaplan has had to fuss much
more over that 186~poundmark than
Kramer. The latter. under the
' watchful and expe'renced ’eye of
grizzled Johnny Loftus offlPhiladel-
puts. actually built himself up for
this great trip! that he might train
own with ease. comfort and the
absomte assurance that he would
glid edown the state to the 138-
Dound mark without lifting a hand
unnecessarily.
, Loftus can bring a man to the
7 ring Wars and wager on a quarterof
,1"; pound. This used to amuse
' Stanley Ketchei when Leftus was
' chief of the diet and scales in the
Assassin 3 camp at Celine. Cal. Lof-
' tus tools Ketchel in hand when the
latter showed up at Pittsburgh to
light Frank Kalus. Stanley had be
out of the ring six months. folio
, his unfortunate meeting with Jack
without
himself foods that usually are found
‘_ .‘lfohnson. He got to Pitstburgh two
days before the dote of the fight and
as soft asjia dumpling.
But Johnny got Stanley into what
looked like good condition in. those
two
LThat is the sort of man who is
bringing Krauur to this struggle for
the featherweight title this evening.
snotty Montieth. who is manager
for Kopian. is a clever weight man»
ipulator himself. and it is quite
reasonable to suppose that he will
send Koploo into the ring at the
weight and as strong as it is possible
to get him.
Kaplan lea tremendous worker.
in and out of the ring. He's a red
buss-saw in actiom—ripplng. tearing
alv'vays going in. If he is strong at
the weighs he is going to give 'io
give the L‘oi'tus product a tough time
of it. If he has made the weight
herdiw—ateamlng. drying
and denying
I.
out before his time
training Ambler—he should ' win. if
he has‘had» difficulty making the
weight. Firemen, with his' strength
and hitting. is going to *make it
quite an even thing. Result hinges
on 'how hard each man has had to
work to make 128 pounds. They
are so closely aligned on the
weight question that the victory
might tail to the man who had the
least dimculty making it. It ought
to be a peach of a mixup.
By LAWRENCE PERRY. f
(Copyright. 1923)
:3 NE WYORK. Jan. 2.—-—W_lth ath-
laticgeomp’etltion temporarily at .a
slaindstili Yale and Princeton are
indulging in a polite Iitite war as to
which of the two universities par-
ticipated in the first intercollegiate
ootball game.
It is a matter of substantiated
record that Princeton and Rutgers
played the first intercollegiate
game in the fall of 1869. titty-five
"ears ego. Until now this claim
M13; been allowed to stand unchal-
_ tit now the Yale ‘Alurnni Weekly
come forth debating this proud
distraction and maintaining that the
ale-Columbk game of 1873 was in
reality the first intercollegiate foot-
ball .contest .
The News backs up this assertion
, uotEg r. Walter Camps book.
“tale: er Campus. Classrooms and
athletics." Says Mr. Camp. "In the
of 3873 Yale challenged Columc
an the first legitimate me
Wen colleges was played. "as.
“My.“ plaintively asserts Edward
pivotal-is. editor of the Princeton
.» mnl Weekly. “this first game;
ed by Yale was any more legiti-
e than the live intercollegiate
ACCEPTS
BOUT WITH. TOM slams,
South American Accepts 60-40 Split of $100,000
.-- Promoters N ow Seek Gibbons -- St. Paul
Boater Must Be Certain of
. Matched With Dempsey
YORK. Jan 2.—-—Luis Angel
Wot-Argentine heavwaeight now
on a pleasure trip. has ac—
terms for a 'fight in London
n- the fihusplces of the National
g 3 club. which is seeking to
on: Gibbons. American llgh
. vyweight. as an opponent for. thl'
fig. ‘ American in a zit-round boot
. oposal of the promoters to
‘ pm is said in Paris dispat-
,, to have give’mhis verbal censen'.
, for. a purse of $100,660 of
‘_ sixty per cent will go to the
' in addition to a $1. 000 belt.
" percent tothe loser.
don- the United States. elit-
to deal directly with Gibt
and Kane. . . . .
games that “proceeded it is not ap-
parent to the lay mind. , ~
“1.1.": continues Norris, "this-coli-
tention'should happen to fall under
the eye of the Hon. William 8.
Gunimers. "10. Chief Justice of New
Jersey. who was captain of the
Princeton team that played the first
intercollegiate game with Rutgers in
the autumn of 1869. no doubt that
eminent jurist would be interested to
know the difference .between a legiv
timate 'and an illegitimate game of *
football and in particular to be in-
formed as to why after all these
years that historic first game in
which he pgrticipated isnow branded
as illegitimate." .
It would seem that pending the
views of Judge Gummers it is dis-
tinctly up to the Yale alumni organ
to define the difference between logic
mum and- illegitimate football as
played in the late sixties and early
seventies. It is true that the rules
under which the two games were
played differed somewhat but not no
materially as to bulwark the atti-
tude Yale has taken.
In the meantime it is to be not-
ed that Michigan claims to how
played the first organised football
in the middle west having gone in
1fox'ltsli’e8 game and produced a team
n .
TERMS FOR
Money— May Be
by Rickard
V i‘ . '
~By NORMAN [5. BROWN
.Helen Wills and Big Bill Tilden
hold fast totheir titles and drew the
lion's share of the limelight dur-
ing the year 1924. The work or
the plucky feminine star from the
Pacific - Coast was. In some ways.
more brilliant than that of Conque-
ring Bill. v'I‘llden's victories were
confined to his native soil. Helen
Wille— invaded Europe and came
back with the Olympic champion-
ship. Thenlshe proceeded to hold
her own in the National tourney.
Tiiden. however showed himself
once more to be the greatest tril-
nis . player in ’ the world. He not
only triumphed in the nationalmcel
but was America's ace in the Davis
cup matches. The honors he won
during the year gave him a total
of eighteen national net titles.
Vincent Richards ranked second
to 'i‘liden in laying ability and in
the amount 0 calcium' drawn to
him. He gave Tiiden a royal bat.-
mu." 1.491 ‘rmDENI
tie in the semiJinals of the nineti-
al tourney. took Johnson‘s place in
singles player of the Davis cup team
and in the sectional tour-ales won
more championships than Tildcn.
Miss VVllls' year would have been
a perfect one for her but for her
defeat in the Wimbledon,
tourney. at the hands of Katherine
McKane. British star. Helen had
been deprived of a chance or meet-
ing Suzanne Lengien, French won-
der. when the latter withdrew from
the tourney on the advice of her
physician.
The French maiden's withdrawal
seemed to clear the field for Miss
Wills. The showing of the English
girl was a. complete surprise to all
the critics.
Miss Wills and Mrs. Wightman
won the doubles title at “'imbie-
don. however.
lilies Wills and Mrs. Wightman
[later won the U. 8. national
doubles title and Helen and Vin-
50 Years
.. 0f Baseball
By JOHN E FOSTER.
Special Correspondent
of The Evening Sentinel.
(Copyright. 1925.)
(This is the twentyelghlh ar-
ticle of the series which John
_.B Raster is writing to commem-
crate the fiftieth annhcrsary oi‘.
the National league which will
celebrated the coming sea-
XXVI”.
NATIONAL LEAGLE’S GREATEST
PmYERr.
Sam Thompson.
A big. ungainly ball player was
Sam Thompson. but what a batter.
and. what a player for the National
League to possess. lie played with
Detroit and Philadelphia and twice
in his career he batted better than
400. V There are few playerslwho
goon.)
May Meet Others
. According to
Paris dispatches.Fi
rpo. agreed to meet some other op.
ponent if Gibbons is not available.
Firpo named Jack Renault. Cane-
clan heavyweight. or Charley Wein-
ert. Newark boxer. who recently out
pomtemlhe Argentine. as candidate:
but drew the color line against Har-
ry Wins.
In- boxing circles it was considered
unlikely Gibbons would accept the
match in view of his disastrousmnq
social experlace with promoters
after knocking out Jock Bloom'iield.
English heavyweishtslut August
It was recalled he nailed to odiie‘ct
the run guarantee pledged him for
that host. Gibbons himself declared
. in St. Paul that it he accepted. he
would make sure his share of the
money wast-early. -
Another' consideration «your;
Giblébnmi‘s . his-Jr
prospects of a return
match with Jack Dempsey,“ L
1!!
To: Richard has considered pronlot+
“ “and indoor season 'attrec.
”odious Square Garden on
son.
:snj Wm glob the early outdocr lea-0
National League he
have lived to do that sort oi thing
inbaseball. Nineoi’theyesrsin
which he was on outfielder in the
baited better
than 800 and to the other years-that
he served he was almostsuo.
Sam Thompson’s career began in
s. rattler homely sort of fashion. The
start was much like Sam's position
at but where he violated all the rules
that m presumed to be set down
for proper placing oi the feet. and a
proper stance. and stood any old
way that he felt like standing. Usu.
ally he was half sloucnrd down. per—
muting all a: his weight to rest on
one leg. but. when he stood up and
lot drite. so could hit the ball so
hard that infielder-s used to blow on
their fingers Whl‘h they tried to stop
around balls that he boned. 'and
many outfielders raced halt way
acrén the toiwn to atoll up with
hits that. got beyond them; 7» ,
OnedaySam was puttinga‘t‘bof
on Mouse out in indiana where
lived. The town cl bjwa'stop
Detroit on no of the town players
0 report; The head of
SAM THOMPSON BSETOm
BASEBALLS f
Dmé‘falil“8v§§”3'&3£3‘ofilufif $235303
Who Ever Wielded the Willow ~— Was
Shingling' Roof When Called Into Baseball
OUTOFTHEGAME
After a little negotiation he suc-
ceeded an getting Son. to play (.th
afternoon ior his team. it is said
.hat the pr.ce Was $3.50 which cor.
responded to a days wages. and
thumps-JD thought he was driving a.
good oat-goth to get a lull day 5 pay
40! a hall day“ s wars because he also
had his time commg on the shins
ling job.
Thompson was picked right oil
the root as he stood and went. over
to the ball glound. Almost the lire.
thing that he did was to knock the
ball into the hereutor'ud be con—
unued to keep knocking. He was
the “Knockingeet kuocser" that the
matting club had ever seen and there
it was that fate changed the cut for
mun thumpoun. he! bade iarewell
to the hammer and the shingle nail
to lakeupthebotond makenlmaeii
lemons all over the eastern part 01
the United Suites as one of the great
Sluggers oi the big league.
Thompson's stance at the plate
had esery eVideoce that. the batter
was the laziest man alive. he hung
so on‘ one foot and leg that it ar-
mour. seemed as it he were gains to
nod shortly. and iorget that base ball
was being played. butoif the pitcher
threw one where Satin Thompson
wisEed to swing at the ball. his bat
sudde sprung into; action like a
rapier
bail; in it was hit on the center
where Sam earned it should he.
would almost surely pass out of the
tome.
~ . He was not a clever outfielder like
some hail players. because he attract
have a pair at heels that could run
r like the hoofs o: a deer. but he was
oath to was; he could get his hands
on Ind if all of the 9111131131911“
clubbed played house hedid. Barry
Wright would have died With " a
{champsonahip “Philly? team. which
wad the climanegers greatest ans--
,. bitten and never to be realised.
In his next. article so. Foster will
Trooount the careerof the treat-en
,V‘thirdbasemahotalitimemjimmy
Eng...
playmaduei. and the‘
cent Richards the mixed
doubles utle.
The outstanding European star
of the year was Jean Box-qua, wt: 3
won the Wimbledon tourney by
turning back his French brother.
La Caste, in the finals.
Richards and Willie Hunter sav-
ed the day for Americii in the Brit-
ish meet by winning the doubles
title. _
Despite the wonderful showing
of France in the British gallws
Australia turned took the Tri Co!-
or players on the final round of the
Davis cup matches and gained the
right to meet the U. S. Tildul’i.
Richards and little mu Johnston
made a clean sweep of all five met-
ches played.
The youngster who gave the most
promise for the future in the year's
play was George Lott of Chicago.
He won the national junior chem-
pionshlp with a brand of tennis
that kid fair for the future.
won
lion. appearing in 152 battles for
Pittsburgh. Roger Pccliinpnugh one
service 155 times with the Washing-
ton Senators.
The Pirates' inner defense truly
held together. with Mararnille and
Wright ptaylng almost every game
of the sch. duie and First Baseman
Charley Grimm donning a uniform
for 151 struggles. Pie Traynor the
third baseman. had about ten days'
leave during the year but participa-
ted in 143 tilts.
Close behind came the infield of
the Giants led by Jackson. The New
York quartet averaged 146 games.
illii Terry assisting at firs: base dur-
ing George Kelly‘s Journeys to cen-
ter field. The solemn Heinle Groh
gathered his record fielding average
in 145 contests.
to pass the long distance mark was
Jacques Fcumier. Brokiyn' 8 fits!
baseman. who appeared on 154 cc-
casionsand led the league in this
geSpect.
Others in the American League
who served through 150 games or
more were Babe Ruth. Yankees;
Eddie Collins. ‘Wn‘te Sex: Harry
Hellmann. Tigers; Goose“ Goslin.
Senators: Sam Rice. Senators: mu
Jacobson. Browns: Joe Seweli. In-
d'ans: AI Simmons, Athletics; Geor-
ge Sisler. Browns: Wally Pipp.
Yankees. and Everett Scott. Yank.
ees. .
, many *spectacuiar contests. Every
' the form of a last minute rush of
.anviile. formerly a star in that posl-‘
N i. common
The only other National Leaguor ,
Knute Rockne’s Wan
riots of Conference
Fame Defeat I'Leland
Stanford University
SENSATIONAL
Many Features Abound
as Indiana Cornfeds
Win Out by the Score
of 27-10
Pasadena. Jan. 2.—-—Notre Dame's
celebrated “Four Horsemen" con:
ducted their last galloping charge
against any enemy football team
when they closed their college grid-
l~on career in a most brilliant fash-
ion at Rose Bowl yesterday by
tunquishing hitherto undexeated Le-
land Sanford by a 27 to 10 score.
No more. spectacular contest ever.
has been wilncssei at this scene oi
mlnnie of the game was crammed
with sensation and before the con-
test opened -— before it could be
opened—there.was a «section in
more than 5.000 who tore down the
barriers in an effort to gain admit-
lance.
Stanford was the yrs! ‘to score.
Rockne as has been his custom this
scotch used iii-Juli second string
team to start the game. Glenn
Warner‘s charges saw an opportun-
ity and swept down the field forty
studs for a try at the goal. but mls~
sea by ten feet. Rockne then rush-e
ed hls regulars into the fray and on
the first play "Don' “Miller fumbled
the bail; Sanford recovering on
Noire Dame's seven yard line. from
which point they kicked a goal.
Layden scztred the first touchdown
for Notre Dome in .he first quarter
after continued tine plunging. Lane
intrepid a forward pass and ran
th length of thetflrid for the sec-
ond touchdown. Hu izinger of No-
tre Dame scored t 9 next touch-
down when he recovered a Califor-
nian fumble in the third canto.
VEaikel threw a pass to “Ted"
Shipley for California's touchdown
in the third quarter.
ATTACKED BY».
No ticnal Body Will Not
Recognize Tonight’s
Winner as Feather-
weight Champion
BALTIMORE. Jan 2.—Declari
that “so-called championships" be
under the auspices of the New York
State Athletic Commission have no
official standing outside of that state
and that the winners are looked
upon elsewhere as merely “paper
champions." Latrobe Cogs 'eli. pres-
ident of the National Box Asses
elation and chairman of the diary
land.Sia.fe Athletic Commission to
day launched an attack on the New
York Commission. charging
body with dominating the boxing
game and attempting to dictate the
Brooklyn.
matchcs.
Eddie (Cannonball) Martin. of
who recently defeated
He’ll 'Be Pirate Catching Ace
‘ , theen Louis (Kid) Kapla‘n. of Merl—
BOXINGHEAD
that -
. WM today characterised the st-
robe Cogewsll. puissant of the m-
I
form and inlet-gee victor-long 'ov‘er .‘e
Bridgeport Kaceysdi-zs at the ~
mory lam-evening. The game -'
featured by many brilliant shots '
both- man. in the first half Ms
a minute-.70! 'niay' lei‘t.‘ Benders
the visits.“ caged a pretty bask
from. :the center of the door a .
Court countered for the home tea
with a similar shot before t
whiaie~hiew.-
Big Geo” rte Smith was the has
scorer for ‘the India s
making. good five t or a possibl
six free tries; Captain McMahon we
next with three baskets and thre
fouls for nine points. Hart. cenle
{or theBrld‘gPpcrthuintet who wi
beacon in a‘ Norwaiit uniform be 1
tore the present playing season i‘
ever. tuned in a. neat game for in
team although he was decisively Oui-
played by smith the elongated Kor‘o'
walk center. The visiting center
left a sick bed to play the game and
all point.“ considered he did not
have a had evening. The game was
bitterly contested throughout the
opening period of play ending in fa-
vor or the home team. 19-15.
The Red Lion with their newly
organized quintet played a much
heater game» in the iatetr hail of
play than they displayed in the first.
In addition to their lead of tour
points. the held the Bridgeport
team to two field goals while they
were making four; “Jazz" Meeker.
former luminary oi the Red Men,
got into the Contest for a short while
last evenlngand although he did put
receive an opportunity to accomplish
anything brilliant he demonstrated
that he was as good as ever. Meek-
er is a popular basketball player of
the Indian; and he was given quite
a hand when he played last evening
at the armory.
In the preliminary game‘lthe All-
Collegiates defeated the Armory
Five 30-18. This game was the de-
ciding gains of the series and the
home team _ was decidedly out—
classed'in every phase of the game
bythe colleglansfi _'1‘his defeat was
iikewis ethe worst defeat suffered by
the militaay unit of the current sea-
son. The first half ended with the
All-Colleglntcd in; the lead by an 18-
8 tally and before the final whistle
blew they had almost doubled the
soldiers” tally.
the name went to
son and eight points each.
led the
relation as coach of ‘
Five. the resignation being due '
eligibility rulings of the soldiers.
some: of Josephine .
who was recently maimed m «an ,
tomoblle fatality and :75 «is.
lined.
the armory will be
American Legion
cenlly defected
Five who in turn gave
walkers their most du-isiw
of the year.
B hbaum. lg
SR 6. 0-1! . .
Scoring honor: 1.
Holmes and Fl:
an
Armory quintet With 5.
mid KJellander has severed
the A
A collection was taken on (a
Lounger;
Next Wednesday the ettrsrtlm
the Pt:- «I
This nan-"us
the \u- tum
m .x‘e
'63-.
The scores follow:
Main Game.
1.ED MEN
.McMahon.rr‘...........
Court. if
Meeker. if .............
Smith.c
Mason. rg
Lonchak. lg
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It
u..u...“ 4
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t;
Totals
BRIDGEPORT K
ahor. rt . ..
uokley. .1!
art. c . ..
ondnro. rg ...........
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Referee—chariots Mellow;
Preliminary hem:-
ARMORY l‘lVl;
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tall . . . . . . . . . :l
ALL COLLEGlATrS
son. rf ............
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lHt-ewvAfaln!
—.
tale a ,
arse—Sylvester Brothertoo.
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“V: or oil. '
For another your.
. 0 e 0
Kid Kaplan the Mcriden smpper.
was to start the your fight. it)
’ .a win over Danny Kramer,
in their battle at Madison Square
Garden. this evening.
'The Kid from the Silver City, is
going to have plenty of trouble with
the-,Quoker City lad. The fans who
attend tonight's battle should rc-
celve their money's worth.
D O 0
Stolen has Had a hard time mak-
ing 120 pounds and his backers are
now wondering whether he will be
able to man the weight or not. no
may be weakened trying to get in
under the limit.
0 O O
' On the other hand Kramer will
have no trouble coming in at 126
and will be in the pick; of condition
and very strong.
0 O I s
j 'M’erlden will send down a delt‘ll'll
lion-of 2.000 fans to witness their
0
Chat and Comment of
NorwaikF
- BylcRoyD. ' was
lino I
Con:-
(1010
tinsel
nectic s ontrv steps into the tin
O
star t
tor-y o .
the A .g ry Court last evening.
» O I
the to
goal a
Smith
team 1- the
this ye
Hart
visitors
a Bed
future. .
and 5"!
I to the l lontflt.
Interest' to
in action. Other clue.»
wt will send down
38.
e e e
Nor-walk fans will be at z
in the Garden when Co?
M:.
O O
Smith at center Wile II‘
the Red Men in their \
the lirldgl' 'porn Kane: ‘
g...
0
Big -orge still has his qt 0-»
t and tosed in four fin!
five fouls last evenly
playing with the Trcmo
Metropolitan Least:
0
-o jumped center tort -
t night. will be seen
n's uniform in the m
the Bridgeport lad u r ~«
odd considerable spt .
Time up.
..
Abe Goidstein. in a match for the
world‘s hontamweight title, will not
heirecognlzed as the 11} pound
champion. outside of New York state.
«lettered Cogswell, nor will the win-
ner of the match this Friday he.
den. Conn... and Danny Kramer. of
Philadelphia. be recognised as the
featherweight. champion.
.‘ Neither of these matches has had
the approval or the National Boa-
!nl Wm. Cogswell dachfl‘d.
adding Millie results of them also
would bilgbored by the Internation-
asking gluten. c: which the N. 3.,
The? York State Athletic Com—
Manon the commission by w—
Banal magnetism. as a “dose
dd W4 usy."
“When “Demo lights a chain-
snatch}: said Commissioner
Wim't‘seek Won
vernins body to risk his
m are not. endeavorlng imitators
any other body
We. are only directing b63-
tngin-‘thisstats salt should“ di-
‘.
tam chum
at the- “
Jan. ‘1 ~a
pie. thefcl
of th 2; ‘
compo M
any time
represents
at
day that ‘
weight.
oer A. 0.
make an
rule in 1b!
entered im-
the 'i’ionee
into the ti .
conumcto'a
might.
nouidhot _
an exception .
' mm to
a Martin ch
' mutual?
- Smith was i
cilia that ill
N MUST
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nonball) Martin ha
n. will be seen in am:
ewood Grove Club .
ding to. Clarence Gm
matcxxiuaxer. The rul
eAthletic Commisn
n to make 118 mun-
boxes» in this Stein.
0: the club announ :
lesion meeting yes:
tin would make
Eddie
iho co .
Frank B ey, helid of the
ed the commssion -
ption of the W’I‘”
'1; case on Martin h
. agreement to ho! J
evious to his coral.
and under the ’,
i called upon to ml
- commission. how!"
. way clear to
thiscaee
“- of Milwaukee
the first on record
.ger and hi. G03 1
‘ a check tor $3 .
ed by the com
res permitted M
, of the all“ “W
N's-to box in their 7;.
. forces» in the 1.»
”plop of a h
i. Fronts:
pnwlO fln"h¢
to solve it ‘iis
Hamid S
”“13“!”
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