The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-20
Chip Lost Whole Day When
Dairy Rocked Him to Sleep.
Pitt. GridirOnist May Challenge
Jess willard to Match.
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

"Snowy'' Baker, the Australian
promoter, sent the following as an
aftermath of the Les Darcy-George
Chip fight in Sydney on September 80
which Darcy won with a knockout in
the ninth round:
Chip was in a bad way after be-
ing knocked out and his seconds had
some trouble in bringing him to. Tom
Mcmahon was pulling his hair and
shaking his head, while Jimmy Dime
was slapping his face and in othef
ways trying to resuscitate him.
asAt last George came to with
jerk, and when Dime called to MIN
he seemed as tho he woke with a
start, for he said:
b Hello What's wrong?'
Dime smiled a sad grin and re-
".You've been knocked out
Chip looked at Dime for few
seconds, and then grinned:
Omit trying to kid me, Jimmy,
he said How could 1 be knocked out
when the fight doesn't begin until to-
night
Dime had quite a time convincing
the stupefied Chip that he wasn't in
his own bed on the morning before
the fight. but that he actually was
on the floor of the ring in which
Darcy had dealt out to him such a
crushing defeat
Higher Education?
Fullback Walker Jean, of Heidel-
berg College (Ohio) played an entire
game against Western Reserve (Ohlo)
with a broken rib.
A PENNSYLVANIA player kicked a hole
in the jaw of Captain Bob Peck, of
Pittsburg. A doctor plugged it full
of cotton and Peck finished the game.
A Yale player smashed Halfback
Ruble, of w. and ]. in the nose, near
ly king it, but he stayed in.
COfan of NOtre Dame. was tackled
so hard by an army man, that he was
knocked unconscious. When he re-
covered he resumed play.
Berry, of Pennsylvania, crushed un-
der the weight of the Penna State
line, and bruised and bleeding, fought
his mates who carried him from the
field. He wanted to stay in the
battle.
And so, ad infinitum.
jess Willard Take Note!
| John Balm Sutherland. of Pitt, who
ranks as one of the best football
guards in America, never played the
American game until two years ago.
He is a Scot and went to the Univer-
sity of Pittsburg for his schooling d.
rect from his domicile over the sea.
Sutherland, by the way, is an all
around athlete and his boxing proves
has influenced many enthusiastic fight
promoters to urge him to become a
professional heavyweight when he
graduates. But Sutherland is going
to be dentist
Two winters ago, Sutherland, who
towers 6-1 and beams 800 entered
boxing touring in McKeesport, Pa.
/ -'just for fun" Pat Heron and
Bob Peck, fellow footballers for the
Panthers, went along to act as towel
| swingers and seconds.
When Peck and Heron saw Suth-
erland's opponent they begged the
| Pitt boy to duck" The rival slug
ger weighed only 269 pounds, was
several inches taller than Sutherland,
had a tremendous reach and the rep
utation for being a great boxer and
| a "kill-'em- dead" hitter.
Sutherland would not beat it-so
Peck and Heron did. They rushed
out to get an ambulance and nurses
and doctors and embalming fluid and
| a shroud for Sutherland. When they
got back. the fight was Overland a
doctor was needed for Sutherlan nd s
foe The collegian hit the other fell
| low inst 0nca-and pnndni0hf