o
'D’Bushy Graham of Utica. N. Y..
for tho bantsmweight crown by
.mrwhoiming Chick Suggs. New
:Iodford negro in the feature bout
“a bantamweignt carnival at Madi-
zln Square Garden. last night.
was New England champion was
. pie. before Graham's shifty at-
dIck. while the Utica flash landed at
Mill on Suggs' head and body.
Graham swarmed over Suggs from
.Iho start forcing the right continual-
ly. Suggs. unable to fathom the
New Yorker's attack. landed scarce-
”... dozen meeting blows during the
«meat.
3:. Suggs was content to let Graham
dorco the fighting in the first round.
Both danced around with little dam-
age to either resultlna.
UaBo'th landed solidly to the head
in several brisk exchanges. In the
inwound Graham slipped to the
vas in dodging a left hook. but
_ . up immediately.
.“fl‘he fighting gathered speed in the
bird round as the negro swapped
hit and right swings with Graham
. a full minute in the center of the
dong. A heavy right hook to the
h'ssd and another close to the heart
‘ . tthe negro.
was. fourth was a wlfd round with
r aham's weaving style upsetting
. h‘e New Bedford boy. Graham had
'- better of the mixups that spotted
round.
Graham scored with left hooks to
-. - head as he danced out of Suggs'
. g arms in the fifth. The negro
filed vainly to land his left in ef-
dbbtive fashion. Graham landed six
.. ts to Suggs' head without a re-
' sit in the sixth. The negro mixed
willingly but was unable to score dc-
cisively with either hand.
The Utica flash swarmed all over
, gs in the seventh, hitting him as
he pleased. Suggs appeared bewil-
dered by the storm of blows. He
managed to score an occasional left
lab.
The little negro landed two clean
, his to the head in the ei hth, the
_ heavy blows he ha scored.
t sham danced about hooking
Suggs to the head continually.
,Graham staggered Suggs with o
w -vy left to the head in the ninth.
I-I‘g then hit Suggs five times with-
-Iit a return. Suggs managed to
pin» Graham to the ropes. where he
~ tiered hlmvabout the body.
sturaham danced thmigh the tenth
-eoaslonally landing both hands ,to
we head as Suggs followed him
~~ :und the ring. Suggs. poking out
ith both hands, failed to land a
i blew.
'{Andy Martin of “Boston. won the
.ibision over Vic Burrone. New
nork. by a wide margin in a fast
'-il-round semi-final. Burrone's two
. ed attack could make no progress
net the smart defense and clean
‘V'nching cf_ the Boston bantam.
srtln landed at will with both
.. uds throughout. the bout. Martin
, ighed 122 1!: Burrone. 122.
ggohnny Green of New oYrk. and
' cho Denice of Manna. fought ten
iiing rounds to a draw in the
‘ und'bout on the card.
l0 SPEEDY UIICA BOXER
3 Now heading Contender For Bantamweiglit Title
-Andy Martin Victor Over Vic Burrone—Johnny
1. Green and Denice Draw.
stepped to the head of contenders
Nahum weighed 118; Suggs. 118%. ,
Today’s Genes
‘m
listless! League
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at'lroohlyn.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago. '
American
New York at Philadelphia (2
Washington at Boston.
Detroit I8 plmiand.
FAMOUS BATTLES
FOR THE ‘
HEAVYWEIGHT
TITLE
By the Associated Press
Jim Jedries
June 9. it”.
bout “after the first hard blow.”
right.
game or not at all.
scaled 157 pounds.
probably close to 212.
tie that the moving picture machine
was In fine working order. and
would prove a success.
"Kid" McCoy was disgusted with
the whole performance, saying it
lacked science.
Interviewed after the booth Jeff-
ries declared: “I believe I am the
best man in the world.”
Chief Devery said after the 11
ounds that every thing was "all
right." ,
Leading Batsnien
In Major Leagues
AMERICAN national
G AB I! 1! P0
l‘otiierguL‘Det 81 200 50 Ill .8"
Manuals. DetZJII 404 77 184-381
Ruth, NY.. .. .128 4" 180 I" .8"
Burns. Clean. .1” 504 88 188 .88!
Hellmann Doom 4” II 155 .8“
leader a year ago today—Speak-
er. Cleveland. .880. .
w
narrow/u. ruinous
' _ G AB It II PC
llargravr. Cin. 83 240 88 I! .870
Chrbt'un, (.‘In. 80 238 88 88 .34.
Smith. Pglta... 81 834.: 88 H~Md
Grant'rn, Pghdi. 855_ 54 "I .841
Slcpll’son. GM. 14 304 .39 1’0, .841
leader a year cap today—Jons-
by. St. Louis, sss. ~ .
EASTERN LEAGUE.
o as n n no
Bowman, NIL!” 414 I8 181 .80!
Oberc, ngt.. .130 cos ,n in .us
Cosgrove. NH. 5! lib. 41 71 .858
Schinlsei Infill” 501. 80 1! M8
Sperber, PittsJOil ass is i see
close 'quarters. The Filipino scored
the only knockdown in the first
round. .
Al Brown ‘of Panama won from
Joe Ryder of Brooklyn on a foul in
the fourth round of first ten-round
bout. A left hook to , the had!
dropped Brown to the csnvsrgrosu-
i’rhe fighters kept the crowd in an
roar as they slugged away at
ing after 20 seconds of fighting in
the round. .
WOMEN’S
d. ,2
WESTERN CHAMP
knocked out Bob
Fitssiminons before a crowd of lo.-
000 st Coney Island in eleven rounds
' William B. Dev-m
police chief. was present to stop the
Jeifries. manifestly in trouble is
the seventh. came back to win with
a left to the jaw, followed by s
The i'l-yesr-cld Fituimmons. op-
posing a Juvenile of 23. tried to
make i‘. a short dgh‘. realising that
his gctory must come early in the
The contestants did not weigh in
and vwhon Fituimmons said, he
Jeffries an-
nounced his weight at 148. He was
It was announced before the bat-
Othor clubs not scheduled.
lesion League
Bridgeport at Albany.
Hartford at Providence.
New Haven at Pittsileld.
Waterbury at lprlngileld.
International Lssgus
Newark at Rochester. ‘
Jersey City at lyracuse.
Reading at Bulalo.
Baltimore at Toronto.
Club snail...
sauna Leaguo
W. L.’
St. Louis ..........is 54
Cincinnati .........74 54
Pltuburgh .........71 of
Chicago ...........69 so
NewYork .........eo 64
Brooklyn ..........to 10
76
78
American league
W. L.
New York .........ao 49
Cleveland ..........74 55
Philadelphia .......71 68
*Washington ........87 60
Detroit ............88 62
Chicago ...........64 66
St. Louis ..........52 78
Boston ............42 00
Intern League
w. L.
Providence .........85 48
Bridgeport .........81 54
New Haven ........77 55
Springfield .........71 63
Albany ............06 66
Hartford ...........61 72
Waterbury'.........48 as
Plttsfleld ...........44 so
International League
W. L.
Toronto ...........u 51
Newark ............85 60
Bun-l0 sssssoOIo-sls‘ 61
Baltimore ..........84 60
Rochester ..........'I4 18
Jersey City ........e5 79
syi-scm ...........58 84
Reading ...........so 110
NATIONAL mail]:
Boston at New York (rain).
at. Louis. 8: Chicago. 1 (2nd
rain). . ‘
Other clubs not scheduled.
amass mourn
Detroit. 4; It. Innis. d.
. Washington at Boston (rain).
Other clubs not scheduled.
. .
V LEAGUE.
Other games postponed (rain)
- *
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Danie. 14: Reading. 0.
Toronto. 1; Baltimore, 4.
Rochester. 11: Newark. 1.
Jersey ‘City. 0; Syracuse, 6
innings). ' -
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Indianapolis. 2}: Toledo. 8 (14!)
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Portland. 4: Sacramento; s.
Hollywood. 2; Lou Angola. 0.
Hinton. 4: Ian Francisco. a. '
. lentils/0: Oakland. 4. _
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attests. r: linuisshm 8r
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Chattanengm 10: Jimmie. 4.
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New York sit Philadelphia (rain).
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Pittsileid. I; Springdeld. 8 (1st).
Springfield. 2; Pitts'deld. 1 (2nd).
Louisville. 0; Columbus. 5 ( st).
. Louisville. at Columbus. 2 (and).
Indianapolis. 1: Toledo. 2 (Ind).
Milwaukee”: It. Paul. 4 (1st). ‘
Milwaukee-It. Paul (sud—rain).
Kansas air-Minneapolis .(dnd—
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ments of pastlming.
PC.
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.586
.585 leading in both.
.583 .
.608,
.451
.408
.214
run~scores and hase-sieaiers.
Ruth. George Sislcr. and others.
Reds the Rube has developed into a
his hitting has been stout enough to
We are back after a V67 pleasant
‘vscation. We all need a vacation
'. Once in a while. Jack Dempsey is re-
tumingtotheringsftcrarealiong
. vacation. We notice that old Battling
[Minsky hasalso decided to end his
vacation and take ' of the boxing
game. Bat tapped somebody on the
in first‘l'eturn bout the other
t and it was curtains for the re-
j calves-of the wallop. .
O O O
(11
Everybody .in. this section is ac-
quainted with Battling Lovinsky. lie
hung his hat in Bridgeport for sev-
ers moons and during that time
raa e.s great many friends. He was
2 a real fighter in his day. but we
donft expect .to see him go far over
the ,comeback trail. '
' O O I
Speaking of ending Mr. Den '5
“outlaws-roof the opinion???“
Jack will'ba able to take another
' Here are six National League players you are
hearing quite a bit about these days.
Hasen Cuyier. youthful Pittsburgher. is leading the
In 1925 he topped the
.taliying brigade and finished second in swiping has-
socks. In this campaign he stands i i‘lnc chance of
. Leo Meadows, tile hurlcr wearing the "cheaters."
is having one. of the best years of his career. Lee has
.been the big dependable on the McKechnie staff and
should the Pirates come through to their second suc-
cessive flag no lltlle credit will be due Meadows.
Rube lircssler used to be a pitcher. But like Babe
Rubs Coirid tunk the
leather: in other Words. Rube was a hitter.
turned to first base and the outfield.
SPORT BARRAGE
A Local Writer’s Slant On S arts In N lk
And Elsewhege orwa
g .
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SIX TWINKLERS IN NATIONAL‘ LEAGUE
MEADOW?
HPCKWILSON
They are show-
ln various depart-
YCEI'.
Rajah of Rap.
So Rube
With the Cincy
good ilelder. while
push him right up
Tunney when they swap punches in
Philly. ‘
0 O 0
Local football stars are starting
Ifor the various training camps.
Norwalk has turned out several first
class gridders in the past few ses-
Mllllcan with the Navy. Charlie Ro-
selle with New York University.
“Hawk" Skidd with Manhattan are
all stars and players of which Nor- 1
walk can well be proud. !
a e s “ J
The Twin City Sporting Club had .
hotter hurry up and decide Just who
Is gain to swap punches in that ;
main baht at the next boxing show. '
Mulligan was the card's first and.
what he was taken off, Jim Bones
was substituted and now they are
talking of res-fem. [
0 O O |
According to all repo ts. Young:
Mulligan and "Smokey” hm smithl
sit: his boat with Tunney is over have parted company. They haveI
it he pounds-cs. Tim is a great done that before and have always
‘ g, .butwedm’t ‘ thsthe is reunited. They may start all over
great (high to stand up under the again. Wouldn't that be fine
ruche- thet Demo-or will shoot‘in- o o 0
Football
0 O 0
Soon. 0
wolghtfwho’is ”battle Johnny Ris-
WRYAN ,
moi JOINING ‘
x no this
seems. in... em. s.—- ‘
"Sol as I play tonnls I shall do‘
he. tiie‘Clsvolsnd baker boy. at the
Hartford vuocioius. nonm~ night
.t“..‘."t.‘l'..’?.“:..".,.”‘.““..'
‘ assoc-ism city; risen-ts: was.
, 0°43“ ”exhumed-will tune up
so as amateur." declared Ips-
Elisabeth Ryan. California team:
around the first division.
and Brooklyn since 1909.
sons. Burt Benton with Yale. Billy' ‘
\VHEAT.
near the head of the National Lbsgue cloutlng column.
A recent operation. however. put him out for the re-
mainder of the season.
"Pie" Trsynor, termed by some "the greatest third
baseman in baseball." has been busting the agate this
Traynor has been hitting hard and often.
stands a splendid chance of taking home the batting
crown so long held by Rogers Hornsb
in
y. the Cardinais'
,.
“Hack" Wilson has done much to keep the Cubs
"Hack" can hit, and when
he connects they go. He's one of the leading home run
wailopers in the old circuit and a mighty valuable
player for any man's team.
Zack Wheat has been with the National League
That's quite a span back.
But Whest can still play ball—can still hit—can still
cover ground in the field. This season Wheat has had
a penchant for two-base hits and may lead the organ-
isation in the "doubles" line at the end of the chase.
WESIPORT MII'I
Squad Working Out.
1cm: wan/ms
The plan to organize a third major
league undoubtedly grew out of a
feeling that there must be a lot of
wealthy fish running in the financial
storm that are ready for hooking.
O O O
The Notrc Dame football team will
have two captains this year. which
may or may not have the effect of
making the Irish twice as tongh as
usual. -
O C 0
It may come to pass that the Ses-
quI Bowl in cloistered Philadelphia
will be the place where Mr. Dempsey
will make hash of Mr. Tunney or
vice versa. as dear old Uncle Ben
used to say.
0 O 0
If Molla Mallory wins the women's
title many more times they‘ll start
referrli‘ to her as the Pop Geers of
tennis. ‘
e e 0
Our yo‘ung son doesn't believe
Single G is a horse because it he
was they'd be calling him gee gee.
SMITH MEETS
JOHNNY BROWN
Steve Smith. rugged Bridgeport
featherweight. will not meet "New-
port Johnny" Brown tonight in Bos-
ton 'as originally scheduled. The
bout will be held Tuesday evenmg
in the Mechanics hail. according to
an announcement by Promoter Bob
McKurdy last night. ’
Jack Slim-key, claimant of the
New England heavyweight cham-
pionship. will battle George Godfrey.
Negro fighter, on the same card.
Smith greeted the announcement
of the postponement with enthus-
iasm. The change will give...him
three more days of training for the
contest. Steve fought a hard ton-
round tic-decision battle with Richie
King in Akron, 0.. Wednesday eve-
ARI'ISTS 9
PLAN BUSY RING SEASON
Johnnie Rappe On Squad Again—Ray Davis May Turn
Pro—Al McGuiness Will Return—Have Large
r4
Several members of the Y. M. C.
A. boxing team have started to
workout in preparation to the com-
ing boxing season. John Rappe.
li‘red Hart and Gordon Russell are
among the boxers who have started
to train. Rappe‘was one of the best
boys developed at the "Y" under
the coaching of Dr. David Sioman
and Chick Dorsey. The rest of the
"Y" squad will report within the
next few weeks and begin to train
for the series of ankateur bouts to
be staged in these parts during the
winter months.
Ray Davis. captain of the "Y"
boring team has declared his inton-
tion of turning professional. At ihc
present time there are no prospec-
tive candidates for the middle-
weight class. Al McGuiness of East
Norwaik, who boxed under the
colors of the “Y" last year expects
to stage a comeback. He injured his
head in a bout at tho armory last
year when his head struck the floor.
Pat Davy will assist McGuiness in
his training.
Ted Coleman another East Nor-
waik boy may be induced to return
to the ring. Coleman was declared
by Eddie Casey. Jack Delaney's
trainer to be a second Bob Fitssim-
mons when he saw him in action dur-
ing last year's boxing season. Plans
are under way to stage several box-
ing tournaments at the Westmrt Y.
M. C. A.
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