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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
PERSHING'S MEN
TAKE GESNES in
BITTER FIGHTING
Shells From Yankee Guns
: Fall Thick; Explode Ger
man Ammunition Dumps

With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 5.-1n the at
tack made on Thursday east of the
Argonne forest. the corps holding
the middle of the line met with most
determined resistance during the
day. The Americans advanced be-
hind a terrific barrage fire.
The Americans before noon had
driven the Germans out of Gesnes.
They also cleaned up Exermont and
Chehery and captured Fleville; mop
ped up La Viergette. LIE Menil and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
FORREST F. DRYDEN. President.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER
Harrisburg, Pa, August 81, 1918.
RERITII DINO PRInGE

Harrisburg, Pa, August 81, 1918.
REBUILDING BRIDGE
SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS will
Room 10. Court House. Harrisburg,
Pa. until 10 o'clock A. M. Monday,
September 23, 1918, for the rebuilding
of the County bridge over Fishing
mouth (Fort Hunter). being the sec
ond wooden bridge going east from
Fort Hunter. Said bridge to be re-
inforced concrete; earth earth tilled arch.
on file in the County Commissioners
Office. where they may be secured by
making a cash deposit of Ten Dollars
il plans and specifications are return
ed within thirty days of the award of
the contract.
The bids or proposals must be
sealed, plainly plainly marked Fishing Creek
the County Controller. accompanied
by a certified check payable TO the
order of the Dauphin County Com
than 10 per cent. of the bid price.
Said checks being held by the Com
missioners until the provisions of the
notice to bidders. which accompany
the plans and specifications have been
All bids or proposals. accompanied
by certified checks. received by 10
O'clock A. NJ, September %. 1918. will
sioners' office at IL o'clock A NJ. of
the same day and date.
The Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
The successful bidder will be re-
ouired to- execute contract and fur
Anish bond satisfactory to the County
commissioners in a sum equal to the
fuil bid price within 10 days after the
award of the contract, for the faithful
performance of the same.
HENRY w. COUGH.
County Controller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05

MINING
Last Sale.
Deaths and Funerals
JOHN w. PATTON

JVTIN w TNIT TVN
John w. Patton. aged 50 years, died
carly this morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Charles f.. DeWalt, 625
Muench street. Funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon, at 3
o'clock. The Rev. II. :. Hershey, pas
tc" of the Green Street Church of God,
will oftciate. Burial viii be made in
ton was for twenty-three years an
employe of the Atlantic Refining
Company. He is survived by his
daughter, a grandson Charles e.
DeWalt, Jr, and two brothers, Jacob
Patton and George Patton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
Armenian Troops Aided
in Defeat of the Turks

Boston. Oct. 5.-Announcement
that Armenian volunteers, many of
them from this country. participated
in the British victory over the Turks
in Palestine, under General Allenby,
was contained in cable messages re-
ceived yesterday at the headquar-
ters here of the Armenian National
Union of America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
MARGARET HOPE KABLE

daughter of Mrs. Mary Kable. died
yesterday noon at her mothers resi-
dence, 52S Curtin street. Funeral SER
vices will be held Tuesday afternoon.
at 1880 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Sny-
der, pastor of st. Matthew'S Lutheran
church, will officiate. Burial will be
made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery.
Death was due to typhoid fever after
a three weeks illness. The child is
the granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Bricker and of Levi Kable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
TO THE PoLICYHoLDERs OF
THE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

NOTICE IL hereby given that a meeting Of
the policyholders of The Prudential Insurance
Company Of America will be held at the Home
Office of said Company in the City Of Newark.
New Jersey, on Monday. the second day Of
December. 1918. at twelve o'clock noon. for the
purpose of selecting four persons to be voted
for by the policyholders' Trustee as members
of the Board of Directors at the annual election
of Directors of the Company to be held on the
thirteenth day of January. 1919.
At such meeting every policyholder of the
corporation who is of the age of twenty-one
years or upwards and whose policy has been
in force for at least one year last past shall be
entitled to cast one vote in person or by proxy.
FORREST F. DRYDEN. President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
SAMUEL e. FITTING III

Samuel E. Fitting, Rockville,
widely known here, is seriously i'll
with Spanish influenza, it was stated
to-day. Doctors say the influenza
is developing into pneumonia and
that his condition is critical. He
has a host of friends here and is
active in civic and industrial affairs
of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
MRS. MARY NJ. CUNDoN

Mrs. Mary NJ. Gundon, Paxtang. died
yesterday. She was the wife of Paul
Gundon. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon, at o'clock The
Rev. Harry b. King, pastor of the
Paxton Presbyterian Church, will of
iiciate. Burial will be made in the
PaXtang Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
All Camp Hill Churches
Are Ordered to Close

There will be no church services
in Camp Hill tomorrow. At a
meeting of tho Board of Health to-
day the order was issued for all
places of worship to be closed. in
conformity with the ruling of the
Harrisburg Board of Health.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05

NOTICE is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company on October
4. 1918. for the issue to the under
signed of q certificate for one ~
share of Preferred Capital Stock OF
said Harrisburg Light and Power
Company in lieu of certificates lost or
destroyed.
Boston. Mass
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
JOHN L.. CRISWELL

John l.. Criswell. aged Sc years. died
at his home, 5i2 Seneca street, yester-
day, after a brief illness. Funeral
services will be held Mondav after
noon, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be
made in the Shops Church Cemetery
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
NEW YORK CIJRB STOCKS

Following quotations furnished by
Howard y. Riley and Company, 212
North Third street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Land Title Building, Phila., Pa; 20
Broad street, New York City:
INDUSTRIALS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
MRS. FRANCES LKRAMER

Mrs. Frances ]. Kramer, aged 25
years, died yesterday noon at her
residence, 111S North Sixth street,
after a brief illness. The body will be
taken by Hoover and Son to Sunbury
tomorrow and funeral services will
be held there Monday at the home
of her brother, Jay d. Kunkel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE - Whereas letters of ad-
ministration to the Estate of Sol
Weddings, late of Harrisburg, Dau-
phin County. Pennsylvania, have been
granted to the undersigned, all per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims or demands
against the estate of the said de-
cedent will make known the same
without delay to
TONY DEMMA,
$40 South Second Street,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Or his Attorney,
ROBERT SUCKER,
Russ Building,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
FRANK H. SuaEEER

Frank E. Shaffer, aged so years. a
Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman,
died last evening at his home. $40
Delaware street. Pneumonia was the
cause OF death. Funeral arrangements
viii be announced later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
MAR X ETS
NEW YORK. STOCKS

Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel-
phia Stock Exchanges North Mar
ket Square. Harrisburg; S36 Chestnut
street. Philadelphia; 34 Pine street.
New York-furnish the following
tionS Oman Clnsa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05

barrel. $150QAc0; South Carolina. per
barrel. Sl.50Q4.00; Norfolk. per bar
lei. S2.00@4.75; Eastern Shore. pei
barrel, $3.00@5.00.
Flour = Dul!. 'ater wheat. new.
100 per cent flour. S10.00@10.25 per
barrel; Kansas wheat. new. s1O.7Sq
lilo per barrel; spring wheat. new,
$10.75 @1l.10.
Hay = Market firm; timothy
No. 1, large and small bales, $4,000
81. 90 per ton; No. 2. small bales, S34.0G
@35.00 per ton; No. 3, S28.00@32.0Q pei
ton, sample, Sl2.5O - per ton. nu
grade. $7.50Q11.50 per ton.
Glover - Light mixed. $4,000
34.00 per ton; No. l. light. mixed
$32.00@32.50 per ton; No. 2. light mix
ed, S2S.00 $500 per ton; no grade
SlS.n, n -o.UU per ton.
TaHow The market is firm
prime. city, in tierces, 1Sc; cit!
special. loose. lshc;. prime county,
l7hc; dark, 16@16hc: edible. In
tierces, 2O0G20hc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05

vices will be held at the residence
Monday The Rev. Homer S. May,
pastor of the Fourth Reformed
Church, will officiate. Burial will be
in the Paxtang Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
MRS. ISABEL III. f. sHEPLEY

Pneumonia was the cause of the
death of Mrs. Isabel II. Feltenberger
Shepley, aged II years, yesterday, at
her home, 1922 Berryhill street. she
is survived by her husband. Roy Shep-
lev, and an infant son. Funeral SER
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
CHICAGO CATTLE

Chicago, Oct. 5. = co. 5. Bureau
of Markets.. - Hogs - Receipts,
5000; market 10c to 15c lower. Butch
ers. $1S.75m19.25; light, $1S.25@ 1900;
packing, S17.S5@1S.65; rough. $1,000
1915; pigs, good to choice, $16.5O@
1850.
with a week ago best native steers
steady. $500 to $500 grades mostly
csc lower; cheaper kinds strong to
csc higgher; western steers. 25c to soc
higher COX stuff. soc to S1.00 higher;
canhers advancing most; stockers and
feeders mostly zoe higher; bulls 25c to
soc higher.
Sheep - Receipts. 1000; compared
with last week western lambs 15c to
fat sheep and yearlings, 75c to 81
lower; feeding and breeding sheep, 25c
to soc lower.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05

o. L. Romberger. 2234 North Second
street. announced upon his return
from New York, last evening. that he
has received an appointment as Y. NJ
C. A. secretary for overseas service.
He will leave Monday for Camp Mills,
Long Island.
Mr.. Romberger has been engaged in
the hide and leather business during
the past five years in Pottsville He
has a brother, Roy Romberger,> now
serving in the Aviation Division of
tho American Expeditionary Forces in
France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-05
HUNDREDS PERISH AS
MUNITIONS PLANT GOES

IContinucd from First Page.]
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Additional Classified Ads
on Opposite Page
GARAGES
ACCESSORIES AND REPAIRS
AUTOMOBILE TIRES. sllghtlv nsed

AUTO RADIATORS of all kinds re-
paired by specialists. Also fenders
lamps, etc. Best service in town. Har-
risburg Auto Radiator Works, sos
North Third street.
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WIN. PENN GARAGE
3O4-6 Muench street. Limousines for
funeral, parties and balls; careful
drivers; open day and night. Bell
4564.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
LAWRENCE LYKE
LEADS JOCKEYS
Lyke Has 178 Victories to
Credit for Season; Won
Big Stakes.

New York. Dec. SL-The race
among American jockeys for the title
OF premier jockey Of the 1918 season
was holly contested
With the close Of racing in the east
at Bowie, a plunge into the records
OF winners shows that no less than
half q dozen jockeys passed the cen
fury mark in finishing first during
the season
Jockey Lawrence Lyke, whose SEN
sational riding was the center OF com
menting among racing experts, leads
the list Of Jockeys for the year with
a total OF IFS victories His grand
total would no doubt, have been
larger had he not been set down by
his employer, Commander Ross, for in
subordinatiou-
Other jockeys who passed the cen
fury mark were Sands, Robinson,
Luns. Eusor and Howard.
Lyke's string Of victories includes
number of important stake events.
among which were a half dozen won
with Cudgei. He won the Crescent
City handicap on Sasin and followed
this event with three victories on
Cudgel. the Susquehanna handicap at
Havre de Grace and the Merchants
anu LA4AA-AE AAeAAAAANe-li1 - 4 A-----N-s IL
also won the Spring Juvenile and
Chesapeake handicaps at Pimlico. the
Kings County st Jamaica, the Ken
lucky handicap at Louisville, the
Youthful and Southampton at Jamaica
with Lord Brighton and Jack Hare,
the Brooklyn handicap at Queens
County, and the fremont stakes at
Aqueduct with Cudgel, Roamer and
Lord Brighton He added TO these
victories later in the season Follow
ing is a list Of the jockeys winning
more than 100 races in 1873
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
STROLLS THROUGH
SPORTVILLE
b WILLIAM F. KIRK.
Hunting Song.


Dayy gng Of fTinges,
hoped hanging shortly his
hunting
hunting fiction lie the editors Of mOnthHe
Hawatha slaughter Not
f
with thought Of
huning shoul-
bring back triumph like the hvyhing Tdn Mr. Long
p-ue
journey
something through
spotsi
eyes pulled BrOdie
o dust,
the WId lIinnesota, though
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
BLISS BOXERS
TAKE MURPHY
At FAST PACE
"Parson" Wedge Has Task
Of His Life, Say Coxhill
and Sudenberg.
BIG BOXING ARENA
MADE WINDPROoF

lAfE0EFEE gets any advance news
" about what is 10 happen az the
studorium on New Years afternoon
rrhen Tommy Murphy and Fred r.
wedge meet Tor ten rounds. don't get
it from Murphy. The sport editor Of
The Herald called on Murphy Monday
20 interview the sorrel topped battler.
what condition are you in. Tommy
was asked zine" and Tommy be-
came silent. Give me a short de-
sc-lption o. what you believe viii
happen. say IL the first three or four
rounds. when sou and the 'Parson,
come together was requested OF
Murphy Wouldn't attempt any such
thing" replied the honest Tommy AT
least le- your friends and hackers
know how long you believe the battle
via last IN beat Wedge and that
vas AL Tommy had TO say.
Murphy Winner.
Bliss boxers o. big caliber, however,
Who are training with Murphy, have
more &c SAY. sgt Beaver. Fifth cav
airy. q good judge Of things fistic,
says. Murphy realizes that he must
be both fast and hard TO beat Wedge
we have not been understanding the
.Harson-' Tor speed have had Tom
NV working with CoXhin- When I
tell you that be has been absorbing
from four 20 ten rounds OF such bonn
hzrdment as Johnny sudenberg hands
out. rou VIII be convinced that he is
able 10 stand al that wedge can hand
lim and then some"
Tommy Fast.
BERTHE CoEhill saws that Murphy has
raincd both strength and speed OF
late I know that Wedge is an old
fighter and FAST says Coxhill. but II
he believes that Murphy IS burde1ed
wlfh the pace Of an amateur, he has
the surprise OF his life coming when
the uIlluE starts Johnny SUDDEN
berg says 4 am now IN better trim
than ! have been since coming to
Bliss II Wedge can weather for ten
rounds such fighting as Murphy has
beer putting VI 7 VII be badly mis-
taken and ready 70 say that Wedge
has made the comeback he talks SO
much about 7 think Murphy VIII win
81 considerably less than ten rounds
sudelherg's friends say that Johnny
s. ID mrch better shape than ever. 1
which speaks volumes for Aurphy's !
work
All Working Hard
All the principals in the New Years 4
bouts are III for battle. CoZhill and 1
carter are both ready both having /
been n training for several weeks be- s
fore the present show was billed The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31

New YORK, Dec 3L-Ihat some
young BAH players OF real ability will
come out OF the army is indicated in
a letter recently received from
baseball fan abroad. He related about
a game between two soldier teams.
and on one OF these combinations. was
Mike Menosky, the former Washing
ton outfielder. The pitcher on the
other team had an easy time with
Menosky. much easier. in fact. than
the major league boxmen were accus-
toned to have against Griffith's out
fielder in prewar days. The fans in
quired as 70 the Identity Of the young
ster and learned that he never had
played professional ball. but was just
young pitcher from the middle
west" Evidently army life gave him
a chance to develop a skill which had
been latent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31

in America the New York a. Z. was
looked upon as the supreme arbiter.
It made the laws which the clubs in
other cities were bound to follow and
was the supreme court OF amateur
sport This naturally aroused ieal-
ousy and opposition. and in the early
sos the National Association Of ANA
teur Athletes OF America came into
existence. in spite Of its name, II
was almost purely a New York body,
and the amateur sportsmen OF other
cities did not take kindly TO It In
1883 the A A L. entered the field,
and. while the old association hung
on for a little while and pulled off al
American championship meet in New
York in opposition to the A A q.
championships in Detroit, the New
Workers. quickly realized that they
would have 10 climb aboard the \
A. L bandwagon-
The organization started with a
membership OF is clubs, and = mem
Der Of each was appointed to the
board OF governors. At the 1883 meet
ing only five clubs were represented,
and the association seemed doomed.
1t was then that A G. Mills suggest
ed the plan OF d!stricting the organic
alton, and four associations. repre-
senting as many parts Of America.
were formed By 1880 the union was
on a sound basis and its supremacy
has never since been seriously threat
ened.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31

during the
NJ Gonzales
une E. L
n
E. J
Eolocner number hits
Daunert three-base
hits 81
with
n
m Rouse
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
HUGGINS HAS
CLASSY TEAM
IN 1878 ANKS
Recent Deal Makes Hug
gins Men Look Like
Strong Contenders.
HAS 25 TWIRLERS
ON PITCHING ROLL

NEW YORK. Dec 5f-spotlight for
IN Mister Higgins. operator, and make
it strong
Hug" isn't asking for more than
his share OF the sIimeHght.~ for he is
a mighty modest midget But nod
esty or otherwise. the boss Of the New
York Yankees deserves quite a bit Of
attention. for he'll bear watching from
now on when IL comes to campaigning
for American league pennants-
Coming from st. Louis to the Tanis
just at the time when Uncle sam was
getting ready 70 toss his hat into the
big arena to turn the tables on the
kaiser. Higgins was naturally held
back during his first season as man
ager Of the New York club
Has Clear Way.
But the wars over now and, with
a pouderOus pursestrinE tossed aside
and unlimited money 20 spend. Hug
gins IS getting a team together that
VIII be a burr under the saddle 20 all
rival American league managers dur
ing the 1913 season
Gets Good Ones.
Hug put over the first big deal
OF the stove league season when he
secured Duffy Lewis, Ernie Shore and
Dutch Leonard from the Red Sox for
A~d-ll " eli ~ " 1A-rl-s T rank AzlAlDD-Lr
slim Love and cash So Tar as cash
goes, the Red Sox got all the best OF
that deal. for the Yanks didn't get
any cash But in playing talent Hug
gins got what he was after-tWo
crack pitchers who are sure to be
regulars and corking outfielder who
VIII I'm a long felt want in the yam
kee outffeld-
Plenty OF Tosaers.
Hug" isn't through making deals
yet. He has 25 pitchers on the Yam
kee roster, many OF whom viii Be
traded He has other talent 10 dis
pose OF and other holes 10 fiji He is
after two more good outfieIdsrs ana
the chances are that one OF the In
field positions viii be filled By a new
conner. Watch Hug" when you start
calculating about the 1913 peunant
ramble in the Banjohnsonia1 circuit.
He's little, but Oh. Boy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
Southworth Leads National
Batters; lack Wheat Second
Of Batsmen Taking First Ten Places in Percentage
Column, Eight Are eft-Handed; Several Famous
Players Far Down List; Cincinnati
Leads in Club Batting

w H soUroRT Ftsbu stands at the head Of the list Of 100 bats
Wheat BROOKLYN second on the LIST with
third list
The irste batter
right handler OIowinG hen md
"
following
loowing % The with their records.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31

same IS true OF Silent Sontag and
Artie LeFebvre, who meet for six
rounds Red" Margoiis has been
working out with Tommy Murphy
Jack Arnold has been working with
Rfveter Casey, Red" Hogan. Parson
Wedge 7 will be able to go six
rounds New Years at q faster clip
than in my last two bouts" states
Arnold johnson. motor transport
group. and -Buzzsaw@ Contour are
both said TO be in good trim
The Stud0rium, which has been en-
tirely surrounded with canvas as a
wind shield and the top covered for
% feet inward entirely around the
big pavilion, Is now a fine spot for
sun baths. No wind enters the arena
even when a stiff gale is on. Lieut..
Carl J. Studer has everything in read
mess for what promises to be the
biggest show for many moons
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
MIKE KELLEY MAY
SUCCEED JOE KELLEY

Formal announcement OF Joe Kelly's
release as scout for the New York
Americans has been made in New
York Rumor has it that Joe viii re-
turn TO the International league as
manager. Rumor also has il that
Mike Kelly, who managed st. Paul
last season and many seasons before
that. viii succeed Joe as a scout for
Miller Higgins
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
McGOYERN IS DEAD;
BRITT UNDER ARREST

Boston, Mass, Dec. sl.-Terry Nc
Govern OF Philadelphia. a boxer
known in private life as Frank di
Leo. who was injured in a match last
night with frankie Britt OF New Bed
ford, died at the City hospital today.
His skull was fractured by hitting the
floor when he was felled by his op-
ponent IN the sixth round. Britt was
arrested today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31

New York. Dec. 30.-Fred Anderson
is the first Giant to be discharged
from the service. The spitball artist
who is a dentist. was an enlisted man
in the medical corps at Camp Wads-
worth. and was fitting himself for a
commission when hostilities ceased.
Anderson declared last season that
he intended to retire from the game.
so perhaps he will not report to John
McGraw in the spring.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-31
DEMPSEY Sinks
GUNBOAT SMITH
Jacks BUSHES Too Much
For New Yorker; Smith
Dropped Nine Times.

Buffalo. y. Y. Dec Slack Demp-
sey knocked out Gunboat Smith Of
New York, in the second round Of
scheduled ten round bout here last
night. Dempsey weighed $50 pounds
Smith Us.
Dempsey scored nine knockdowns in
a brief bout lie noored Smith with
a left jolt in the first minute OF fight
ing. smith took the count and was
apparently dazed when he recovered
his feet He tried TO cover. but after
a few seconds Dempsey knocked him
down again. Throughout the rest Of
the round smith was on the defen-
sive. trying unsuccessfully to parry
the blows which repeatedly sent him
to the floor
At the opening OF the second round
Smith attempted 20 take the often
sive. Dempsey sidestepped his punches
and rushess knocking smith down
again. As the New York man came
up a right swing caught him on the
head and he went 70 the floor for the
full count