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Evening sentinel, Tuesday, August 31, 1926 · page 9

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I, ' Are Winners.

Georgie Day. New Haven Junior
lightweight was awarded another at
the infamous decisions that have
, in vogue in New Haven this
season when, eferee Billy Conway
declared him he winner over Mike
erino. of Bayonne. N. J.. and
dormer 180 pound champion in the

at City. in: night.
, "Only the unpopqu verdict which
ved the majority of the custom-
,ers marred an excellent fight card.
fihe Dayenallerlno clash was as
W and furious a ten-round bout as
Minoued in Connecticut in a Tough
time. It was a battle with the bark
- from the pool of the opening
i ng until the fihal bell. Both
-hters threw science. skill and all

-e other nineties that decorate the
‘ of boxing over the top ropes and
tight in old time barroom fashion.
Day. sometimes referred to as
clone Georgie." was made to
ppear like a mild, breese by the
; rious and hurricane glove-toss-
~-g of Ballerino. The New Haven
. htei‘. tor the first time since his
ireiiminary day. was forced to rive
vund to an opponent and retreat.
erlho many times during the
' ed in to take two or three

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

- to lead one. Mikes punch.
carried more steam than Day's

, caused more damage. as at the
i? h. Day slouched into his chair.
. --. a cut decorating his left eye.
, lips blood-smeared. the left ear
, ffed up to three times its normal

lerino chased after Day with
1’ . hands and easily showed his

 

DRGlE AWARDED DECISION
IN BOUT WITH BALLERINO . .

New Haven Battier On up After Reel Hard Battle-
Silverburg ls Defeated—Roxie and Tommy Jarrett

 

 

superiority over the New Havener at
long range fighting while it seemed
that Georgie was playing a waiting
game. and wanted Ballerino to cents
to him and then met him in' close
with short punches to the face and
stomach.

Day was staggered twice during
the battle. a terrific right swi
to the chin rocking him head
heel on the ropes in the second
round. while another solid right to
the stomach nearly heat Georgie in
two in the final frame whieh saw

us gait as the opening session.
Day was given the decision, but
the plaudits usually tendered to the
Victor went to Ballerina. They were
elonly matched
weighing 132 pounds.

Pinkoy Bilverburg. state fiyweiglit
champlhn struck a snag in Joey
Euio clever New York bantarn-
weight and was defeated in the
eight-round semi-final. The bout
was marred by the holding of both
boxers. especially Silver-burg. Eulo
had three pounds advantage over
Silverburg. the former scaling to
Pinkey's in pounds.

Young Roxie. of Newark. N. 8..
was given the decision in I. six-
round bout with Beotty Horsburgh.
of Ansonla.

Tommy Jarrett of New Haven
won the decision in a six round bout
with Ernie Tadesco. of Newark. N.
J.

Tony De Palma'of New Haven.

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and Joe De Filiipi. of Newark. N.
J.. boxed a four round drew.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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' Mc’l‘lgue. who has been fight-
-- r more often and also far
‘ . impressively sinoe losing his
. I'ld's light-heavyweight title then
’ did when he held the champion-
'ip. will swing into action again
i. . ht when he tackles King Bolo-
~ a the Panama. heavyweight. in a
'7 l ve—round bout at the Queens-
ro Stadium.
Their show postponed twice the
eel: before last on account of rain.
e Queensboro ofliclais as we as
-e fighters are more than eager for
kindly Break from the weather
hich will permit them to finally get
.-a card out of the way
Mc'ri'gues appearance again s t
-omoa- tonight will not be the
Lilli-pound ohampion's first invasion
the heavyweight ranks. Only r'e-

for more or less attention.
mm has been hyped once.

 

‘ other triumph. although Solomon, s.

 

THE JAW.

Here we see jaws of the famous pugiiisis. whg’il battle for the heavy-
ht championshi pat Philadelphia Sept. 23.

As you know. the law is one of the most vital points of a “huh
3. tom. A solid pudch on the “button" usually means a little nap in
'- . c with the hard ring door for a pillow.

How will these laws stand the terrliic socks that will be shot at them
on the two list cutters come together? Will one take the sleep-produc.
punch? Ah. that's the big ouestipn troubling the fanflook these days.

' or seer-elites» be a wsliop to tho mid-section or a crash below the
‘or even use other spot for that matter which wui start the reel-
. en the trail to defeat, but whether yes or na‘tbe Jaw alyeys ponies

1 a. feat ii 191! in one rJuna. in his fight with Coi'pentiei' Dempsey
stingingoleut in the second round which W him clear to

cently he turned in one of the most
impressive performances of h i a
career when he decisively outpointed
Johnny Rieko. the Cleveland heavy-
weight. at the Garden.

Because of this victory. Mo'l'igue
is expected to come through with an-

mueh faster and more experienced
boxer than Risko. is generally a:-
peoted- to give Mike an interesting
evening. The King will hold ad-
vantages in height. weight and reach
over Me'l‘igue and if the latter ever-
comes these hls odorts to oght his
way back as a serious championship
contender should receive a big boost.

The ten-round semi-final also
premises to be an interesting scrap,
with Knute Hansen. the Danish
heavyweight who made such a good
showing at the Garden last week.
0 p p 0 sin g Quintin Romero. the
rugged Chilean battler. Heavy-
weights also will feeture the eight-
rounder in which Johnny Grosso of
Mount Vernon will tackle Ubrgeant
Jack Adams of St. Louis. Alfredo
Persia and Jim Sigmund will meet
in one of two fours. the other four
bringing together Jimmy McNamara.
Greenwich Village bantamweight.
and Eddie Ziegler of Washington
Heights. '

Jim Flynn. "Fireman Jim." tuni-

h boxers battling at as fast and

physically both.

National League .
w. L. F0.
Pittsburgh .........71 50 .I37
Cincinnati .........'(d 53 .5
-8t. Louis ..........'II 54 .5
Chicsgo ...... . . . . . Cl 53 J“
New York .........so to A“
Brooklyn ......utJo 70 s‘.‘
Boston ......s.....43 7d .831
Philadelphia .......i| 75 .m
American League
. W. L. PC.
New York .........79 it .sss
Cleveland ..........78 55 .570
Philadelphll. .......70 57 .551
Detroit ............68 60 .5“
Washington ........es 60 .520
Chicago ...........62 05 est
St. Louis .........i.52 70 405
Boston ............l2 88 323
Eastern League
W. L. PC.
Providence .-.......85 47 .6“
Bridgeport .........7t 54 5“
New Haven ........'ld 5'8 557
Springfield .........59 . so 525
Albany ........... .85 es «s
Hartford ...........01 is .m
w‘tfimuw Isssseess“ . 8' s".
PltuflETd esssgss-sn" 3. J,‘
International League
W. ‘L. PC.
Toronto ...........ss It MI
Baltimore ..........n u .5“
Newark ............ss 59 .us
Buffalo ............8t 60 .55!
Rochester .........72 7: .500
Jersey City ........u it .447
iiyraeuse ........... .417
needing ...........id 1:0.221

 

 

 

 

 

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MAllGARET FISH

She won the 25 yard dash. finish-
ed second in the 50 yard swim and
was third in the diving at the
Country Club water meet Saturday.

TotTEy’s Games

National League
Boston at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis (i).
Cincinnati at Chicago? '

Other clubs not scheduled. Yo

American League
Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Basic
St. Louis at Clevelandp
Chicago at Detroit. '

 

 

 

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Eastern League .
Springfield at Albany.
Waterbury at Hartford.
Pittsheld at Providence.
New Haven at Bridgeport. .

International League
Jersey City at Rochester.
Newark at Syracuse.
Baltimore at Buffalo.
Reading at Toronto.

Club SEE};

 

 

 

Yesterday’s Results

NATIORAL LEAGUE
New York. 5; Brooklyn. 2.
Philadelphia. 5; Boston. ii.
Pittsburgh, 3: ELI-dull. 0 (1st).
St. Louis, 5:'Pittsburgh. 3 (2nd).
Cincinnati. .8; Chicago. I.

enuresis moon
Washington. 13: new tech. s.
chines-o. 5: Detroit. a.
other clubs not scheduled.

 

 

 

Albany.‘ 3
vidence. I: Weld: s (1st).
“done. 3!: MC. 10 (M)
vOob gaines sched ed.aled

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mass-loses. moon
Reading. 7: m 0 (fed).
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esteem. it mas. s. - u
only some scheduled.

 

.. big letters of amateur sports are
‘ rooting for him

' parts to be a better ail-around player

' with 0. C. Pyle in his corner hold-

,compromised with Mr. Pyle by tell-

 
 
 

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Pyle's Bid 0f $6,000—
Earns $27 Weekly.

—*
Although Eddie Tryon. former
Colgate backfield star. may event-
ually fall for the golden ducats of
professional football. he is putting up
a stiff battle and those few remain-

0 will.
Eddie 'rryon as land by many as-

then fled Orange. is fighting a
tougher battle than he ever waged
on the griddron.

Old John Dollar is the antagonist.

ing a heavy bucket-full of dollar
bills. Pyle is exerting all his wiles
to induce Eddy to desert his rank-
ing as an amateur and throw in his
lot with the New York Giants pro-
fessionai eleven this season. Eddie.
who has been improving his mind
and his back. on the Jersey City
wharves working for a manufactur-
ing concern since leaving Colgate
was approached at his furnished
room in Jersey City early last week
by a representative of Mr. Pyle.

He was told a lucrative offer
awaited him if he would sign up
with the pro outfit. Eddy was non-
committai. However. he agreed to
meet Pyle. and called at the Astor
Hotel Thursday night for a conform,
ence with the pro sports promoter.
Here he was given a good offer.
understood to be $6.000 for the sea-
son lf he Would put his name on the
dotted line.

Eddie was still on the fence. Al-
though one of the poorest of the
Simon-Poon..hls Weekly earnings
being 827 while he is “learning the
business." he still felt that there
were other considerations greater
than the ' almighty dollar. Eddie

ing him he would take a few days
to think it over.

And today Eddie is on his Way to
Congamona Lake. Southwiok Mesa. _
to talk the matter over with his
widowed mother. who is none too
affluent, by the way. It is also whis-
pered that there is a sister—some
other fellow‘s-who may be consult.
so on the subject.

he that as it may. Eddie is in the
throes of a hard mental fight. He
likes football—likes it well enough
to play it--amatcur or professional,
for the funof the thing. That 86,000.
or any partcof it would look mighty
good to Eddie reposing in his first
right now and there is always the
question of the future possibilities of
professional football as a career.
Eddie knew the meaning of the
word “poverty" in his early days at
Colgate. They tell the story yet at
the Hamilton academy institutihn of
the suit. made to fit a man weigh-
ing 160 pounds which was donated
to Eddie who tipped the beam at
“5 in the days of his direst need.
and the sterling "back field star
heaved many a tray full of hash be-
fore he began to heave his way
through an opposing line. '

He honors the views of his many
friends that he should remain out
of the professional field. and at the
same time he feels the lure of the
grid.

 

Chattanooga, 2: flemfliis. 0.
Little Rock-Nashville (rain).

WESTERN LEAGUE
St. Joseph. 8: Omaha. 6.
Lincoln. 6; ITulsa. e.
Des Ifoines. 9: Oklahoma City. 6
Wichita. 3; Denver. 2 (1st).
Wichita, 3; Denver 1 (ind).

m Iona-re. LEAGUE
York. e; WilkescBll'i‘O. 2. .

' “union. it: liarrieburg. 1 (1st).
sol-antes. s: Harrisburg, i (and).
Elmira. t: Wiiusmspert. a.
Shamokln. I; Triple Cities. 8.

TEXAS LEAGUE
Houston. 3; Dallas. 0.

- San Antonio. 13: Wichita Falls. 0.
Beaumont.'7: Ihreveport. i.
Waco. ti Fort Worth. s (it ins.)

NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE
Hsvsrhill. t: Nashua. e fist).
Haverhill. I: Nashua. 2 (2nd).
Salem. 1; Lewiston. 0.
Lawrence. I; nanometer. e. ”I

Mylo med
Robert Mn). nebular silver-us
lag man. whose ephemeral fame
as a terpsiehorean marvel‘ was
quickly supported by sartorial inter-
ests at the Nomlk Inn's Outing.
Wednesday afternoon. says booster
letters are a great thing. “For
years." he says. “I had suffered with
spotsinfrontofmyeyes. Iwentio
every doctor. and none of them

 

 

 

 

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tioel‘i' i went right out and

bought a sentinel. i had
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TIGER FLOWERS
.WILI. BATTTE
AHKE McTTGlIE

Bout Planned For Chico o
Clash Soon—Pepe 0
Be Signed Shortly." '

 

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Tiger Flo w e r s, middleweight

the Georgia negro, announced insil
night. The championship will not
be imol cd Miller stated as both

class limit.

Rosenblum contest. lo take place
soon, will be signed shortly. Miller
said. Rosenblum, the pride of lini-
lem administered a crushing dill 'll
to Johnny Wilson. former middle»
Weight champion when the latter
assayed a comeback last week

ABOUT hours

TONIGHT
QUEENSBORO STADIUM—Mike
lime VI- King Solomon,

roun Knute Henson ‘5. Quintin
ItomerocRoins. 10 rounds; Johnny
arosso. \e. Sorgt. Jack Adams, ti
rounds; Alfredo Persia is. Jim Sig-
mund, 4 rounds [Jimmie McNamara
vs. Eddie Ziegler, d rounds
22]) BMW. ENGINEERS—AI Irv-
ing vs. Fred Ulmsn, I rounds. Boh-
by Anderson vs. Frisco Baiusta, 8
rounds; Mike Carrier vs. Johnny
Johnson 8 rounds; Harry Brooks
u. Frankie Curicy, 8 rounds.
\l’EDNEbDAI. SEPT]
MITCHEL FIELI). illempsiesd.
Ii. l.)-—John .l‘atl'ick Sullivan to.
“sit. Keller. 10 rounds; Benny
liall, ts. Pierre Do Oaive. 10 rounds;
3 six round bouts.
THURSDAY, Sept. 2

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-
Obit-k Suggs vs. nushcy Graham, 10
rounds; Vic Burrono s. Andy Mar~
tin. lo rounds: Pancho Denice, vs.
Johnny Green 10 rounds; .loe Ry-
der vs. AI Brown. 10 rounds.
S'l'AltLiuiiT PARK HTADIL‘M—
Amateur Tournament. for: special
bouts.

 

 

miner. saw. a
oosnv isharm MANUEL-Ar-

sounds; Andy Di Vodi vs Tommy
Jordan. 0 rounds; Tony Oanzoneri
vs. Murry Layton, 0 rounds; Barry

 

champion, will meet‘Mlke Mo'l‘igue.
former lightweight champion. in ai
iI-round contest in Chicago. Sop-t
tember It Walk Miller. manager of!

men will come in over the 150-pound '

Articles for a Tiger Flowers-Maxie _‘

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[dive and third In the girhs’ swim

l2 1 noon.

 

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DOROTHY lll'LL
Won the heys‘ Mill girls’ diving
contest, was MN'OINT in the girls’

at the County Club sillurilny ui'icr-

 

libbi'ts w. l'oul Guloiln. ii rounds;
Paddy Flynn vs. .im‘y Werner, ii
rounds; Eddie Goldberg is. Louis
Lewis, 4 rounds.

ILOCKAWAY BEACH Alli-ISA—
A. A. ll. bouts.

LUNG Til-ZACH S'I'Allll'hl—Ar-
chic \Vuilu'r vs. Iii-ll (‘np “llsun, ii
rounds; Joe Kuiiall \s. Micki-y Mi:-
Gowun. 0 rounds: Tommy Lori-um,
w. is't'otty Millwon, 0 rounds; Ulio
Zicmbors \5. Frank Knoll ii rounds: I
don Locklinrt \s. "only Cicerone, 6'
mantle.

SATl'ltDAY, Slil'T. l

BlDUE\\()0i) (limit: a. l -—1
Joey Rom vs. Ticlui) "-.lill ii imuuh; "
Joe Kuiklell \s. Jue .iicnuinii ii
rounds.

 

 

 

Viscount Grey has been ui-cmn
young men not to permit ill!“ moiurfl
car to drprivv llli‘ili of ilu~ “Sr of:
their loge. Thai, \illl ilcpi-uil upon,
ihclr agility-New York iii-min;
l'osi.

 

The plan of n Valparaiso marry-
ing squiie lo liii‘fll iii a cake lull ml

by him. msv be for tho purpost‘ oil
postponing the first blow to 1110‘
bridegroom.»lmlianapnlls News.

‘Coiiiplllih the loot.

ATEli

PAGE NINE

 

 

 

WALTER LISSBERGER AND .
id FRIENDS WILL OFFER PURSE .

 

Mrs. Corson, “Trldly” and Large Field Would Compete
—Swim Around Manhattan-Dudley Field Malone
Issues Statement For Ederle.

 

The proposed around lilanhatnn
swimming contest between Gertrude
Edcrlo and Mrs. Gnde Coraon. cou-
qucrorspf the English channel, may
assume the proportions of a "stake"
luce with fifteen or twenty swim-
mcrs competing for $126. 000 prize,
is said today.

Dudley it‘lold Malone. Miss Eder-
lc'n manager. slated flint no decision
had yet been made regarding the
challenge of Walter Lissbcrger of

’Norwnlk. win today oilcred a purse
‘of 825,000 for a

match swim be-
tween Trudy and Mrs. Ciemington
Carson around Manhattan Island
.‘ilrs. Carson, the mother of two chil-
lll'L‘n. made the diiilcult crossing
Saturday, the second Woman to he-
Bho was not do-
companicd by a tug as Trudy was.

“The air is full of challenges."
mid Malone. “They want Miss lid-
crle to swim the Great Lakes, ihere
are offers from San Francisco {or
her to swim the channel to Catalina
Island, lllCl‘O are other things. but
they will all be considered. accord-
ing to time, place and importance.

"Miss Trldcrlc and her friends yi<ld
to no one in their admiration of the
splendid achievement of Mrs. Cor-
sen, but it would be unfortunate if
the ill-advised friends or representa-
tives of Mrs. Cerson attempted to
raise an unfair discussion as to
whether Miss lidcrlo “as liiilcd by
her accompanying tugs. The Alum-i-
can public resented iliis lnsinuoiiun
from British critics, and ihm “Olllfl
be no more pleased uiih it if it come
ll'Olil liuiuc sources."

"Ilemrii Prom Claim"

“It Is not ucwsuim lor Miss Eil-
ill- in suliu mound Blauhniinu is.
l.luii Mill anybody in. prme that she
is the champion of “lo uorld. Hit

‘Iifliillilli‘llll‘il rvcurd proves that."

“Airs. i‘orsim wun fllill‘ll by good
uonihcr in the day Hill“. and .1 moon
.it niizhi, ullicll Alisa l-Ii'lcrlc dlil liul
have, and yet she made the crosslnx
ill sloucr time. This means that if

l )liss Edcl'lo swam with Mrs. Corsnn

on the some tiny. and with the emu"
uoailicr. she would be lllc winner

hold Ryan vs. Eddie Anderson. loiby his “ifs to each cnuplc lilil‘l‘iiil Ly too milrs.

‘\a sum] is amour» equals or
bi'niku inc l‘i"‘\JI‘il. “1"“ it
lllllv‘ rumurh for a mulch mire.

champion in any line of athletic en-
deavor always has the say as to the
time. the place and the circum-
stances of a contest. Miss Ederie.
as champion. therefore has the right
to make any decision she desires for
a race.

swimming champion, and not a talk-
lng champion."

Malone stated that Trudy already
had received offers of contracts from
bone. tide concerns which totaled
more than 31.000.000. Total of all
offers would amount to 31.500.000.
he said.

Soon after lilalone‘s statement.
Arch Bolwyn. theatrical producer
who is managing Mrs. Corson's af-
fnirs. stated that if Miss Ederie ac.
copied the challenge for a race
around Manhattan. twenty friends
of iissberger's were prepared to bet
:5 000 cnch that Mrs. Corson can
boat a field of twenty of the best
swimmers in the country around the
island.

The Referee

When did Edith Cummings win
the western women's golf title'i—D.
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What Was the result of the Tilden-

 

 

.ii tennis championships?—-D. mp.

Whore did the Yankees obtain
Bob Mousel'f—ii. l-‘. A.
Vernon, Pacific Coast League.

 

A London clergyman says that
some of the people who go to night
clubs will feel so uncomfortable in
brown that they will break the bolt
to not. out. Arc there to he pndlocks
hereafter. t00'.‘-—.\’mv York Excning
Past.

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,No doubt on :1 platform for a limit
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