The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-03

AHSWerin yer wish.
The Lord made nshin'
An a feller orter nsh,"
Stanton.
great amount OF probIemattca
gossip has been going the rounds con-
corning the birth place OF JAcR Demp-
sey. who has risen In an instant 10
one of the highest rounds In pugilssm.
One writer discovers that Jack Demp-
sey real name Is Harry Dempsey.
and that he was born in Salt Lake.
Another discovers that he was born
tn West Virginia. while still another
says he was born in Virginia town
Soon they will get Dempsey so twisted
that he will not know his own name
or birthplace.
Jack Dempsey Fred Ful.on. or per-
haps some dark horse, are going to
put the vital question up to Jess VIII
lard very shortly. The question to
Willard is ITO be or not to be-" The
present holder OF the heavyweight
laurels will eisher have to fight or
give up the belt. Perhaps Jess is wait
Ing for a circus TO come TO town
Tie art of boxing has been benefited
by the war more than any other srotr
Above all, It has been given an omni-
potent place in the army training
camps. with paid instructors and ape
ctRl arrangements for it's instruction
Some OF the greatest professional boy
ers have been requisitioned by the
government and they are paid regu-
lar salaries
The government is using boxing as
It's chief sport because It is a fasci-
mating and clean sport when super
Vised by the proper officials ana un.
der the proper environments. II also
is manly art, where one must either
do or die Boxing Is great developer
OF ones physique, and Of muscle and
Drawn. The government is doing well
In teaching the men two kinds of
aghting.
The bootleggers indeed. are aeet
traekmen in running the blockade
Yesterday a prominent citigen was
awaiting car at the Ola Dominion
wharf when dusky-hued person came
up and proffered flask OF whiskey.
The citizen was indignant He board
ed a oar, intending to tell the first
copper he saw. He alighted at Twen-
ty-fourth and Main streets with this
purpose In mind. but was hmm ediately
approached by another negro. who
asked: Boss, wanta buy a quart In
"C~Nr 'AiN%OHs hAAES arc HGSL runners.
It should be no ones purpose 10
knock ana desrsdate anything in these
war times. and especially not SPORTS
When we said that II was definitely
assured that the International league
was on the quistus II was not given
in lowering tone. but with the ambition
to give the fans the advance news.
Our informant a-weii-known Rich
mond sportsman, says he would be
willing to ofyer to I odds that the
International league would not oper-
ate in one city. And especially. he
said, he would take delight In bet
ting President McCaYerty. of Toronto
or Jack Dunn.
Someone mentions Buffalo in a new
league of six cities. Buffalo seems to
be PROSTATE already, and could hardly
play in normal times.
The suspension of the International
league viii not lose anything for the
Richmond Exhibition company. When
the league resumes operation their
franchise will be intact and they will
have their old place IN the leagues
standing. II they so choose. The 500
stockholders will be protected. also.
The selling of the players of the
different clubs is a criterion.
To give another writer's unbiased
viewpoint a Buffalo paper says:
1T was only few easily numbered
months ago that the International
league. riding on a high and curvettinx
horse, snorted at the pinch penny |
methods of the American association, |
which IL had always considered bit |
lower than real Glass AA. even IL |
those initials did stand for American |
association, In revertins to the one |
umpire system and hiring about all the |
cast ons and the aged and infirm. In
a baseball sense, for players.
And now look at the state of affairs |
The international league has coma a |
cropper and been thrown Off it's lofty |
nag and apparently been broken to |
bits and humbied in the dust. Not |
only broken and humbled, but ~broke"
as WELL