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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-14

FOR SALE -Four-year-old Purch-
con Colt, weighs 1926 lbs. Extra
good. Price 5000. Also one yearling
OF same type. Price reasonable. APP
ply to WAYLAND FEAMSTER,
Baker Mills, ". Va
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-14
CLASSIFIED COLUMN.

FOR SALE Five passenger Ford
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Apply to WAYLAND FEAMSTER,
Baker Mills, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-14

Let us remind you of few
small HOUSE CLEANING needs
that we have in stock:
Golden Star Cleanser and Polish
er. Liquid Veneer and Liquid
Veneer Mops. Chair Seats. Car
pet Sweepers. Waste Baskets.
Clothes Baskets. Vacuum Clean
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and Mating Tacks.
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We have SUITES in the Latest
Designs, and prices on them will
please any one. In Winter heavy
Furniture should he used as it
adds to the cheerfulness of the
Home during the cold months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
SURE FIGHT WILL
Be A DULL AFFAIR
Star Man Disagrees With
Other Writers as to VIII
lard Dempsey Go.
SUCCESS AS SPECTACLE
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July I'm the judg-
with ring affairs this Willard-Demp-
sey fight is one in a thousand. in that
ENTHUSIASTICALLY nothing-accu-
lately can be foretold of it. any
unanimous verdict. 'Anything' being
an all-inclusive term. means that the
battle may develop into twelve or less
rounds of the fastest kind of milling,
with both athletes using every ounce
and atom of the strength, skill. speed
and science at their command. thus
amply rcpaying those who hooked the
family Ford or sold their liberty
bonds to witness the greatest specta-
Gle in the history of fistians. That be-
ing the case, We humbly beg to differ
with the vast majority of boxing
sharpS.
With all due respect to the experts
1--WE make no claim of being one of
them). II there is one single, solitary
thing about this Forthcoming exhibit
ton that seems assured it is that the
battle for the heavyweight title will
be Il wOefully drab, fiat and uninter-
esting affair That is the actual con-
test for the cha mpiouship itself Con-
sidering the number of preliminaries
the unparallele size OF the purse the
mammoth size of the arena and the
record attendance and receipts al
ready assured. the affair easily will
the entirety there is no question that
IL will more than prove worth while
But the main event itself is almost
certain TO prove a flivver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
YOUTHFUL RACKETERS'
TOURNEY NEAR CLOSE

Play in the junior boys and girls
District championship tennis tourney
being played on the Dumbarton Club
courts is nearing its close. Larry
Phillips has reached the final in the
boys single and the other semi-f1nal
match in this class, as well as the
Semi-finalS in the junior singles, will
be decided today. Play in the doubles
also has reached an advanced stage.
Yesterdays summaries:
JUNIOR SINGLES
Second round Ballenger defeated Dudler,
g. 60; Beale defeated A. Knapp, by de
fault.
BOYS SINGLES.
Seminal round-Ph;ilips defeated Manning.
81. 81.
JUNIOR DOUBLES
First round-Sullvan and Edwards defeated
Baienger and keIiher. Is. Ct. 6-3: Taylor
and Burke defeated Fowler and Shoemaker.
10y default: Haas and Manning defeated Knapp
and tonklin, by default
BOYS DOUBLES
First round-Renton and Conway drfea ted
Wrenn and partner. by default: Hufty and
FAULT.
Seminal round Dudley and Phillips de-
feated Haas and Manning, 81. 6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

ing 10 the number OF tickets SOLD on
the result should the pout go the iui'
We've fo'ihds MILL, =.
ENtlE Tram ar ''iS -
, 'lt."ai'itS - - - w., -
80; 'tS .anH' "mu -, ,,n.or ,,rs Dnr.
thfy ,rri,.n sn,,;I nerccntara, OF
.bc,, 90 1;r.rtI, tn hot,ls and claim
rooms for which tbrv made r.serva-
mons a month ago and which they
arc PRIVILEGED TO occupy at the rate
OF s. Il bed. with two to ten beds in
a room. The others walk around the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
Thompson Makes Good Start.

Lefty Thompson, the pitcher secured
from the Athletics by Jack Dunn,
twirled his first game for the Birds
yeste rday. He held Reading to six
hits in the first six innings and as
the Birds had piled up nine-run lead
in that time, he eased up, all of Read
ing's runs coming in the seventh,
eighth and ninth rounds.
Thompson proved himself a heavy
weight with the bat, as he slammed
out home run and three singles out
of five trips to the plate. His homer
came in the second inning, when he
sent the ball over the rightfield
bleachers after Egan had reached first
on an error
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

There is just one chance that the
largest crowd that ever gathered for a
ring encounter will see u bruising. rough
and tumble smuggling bee. and that is
for Dempsey to really sting the cham
pion, not just hurt him with punch
but make him mad. In that event there
will be enough of action to satisfy the
most calloused follower of boxing. But
having nothing to do to retain his
crown save to remain on his feet for
twelve rounds and prevent Dempsey
from piling up so many points that the
judges cannot overlook them Willard
may be expected to stall. push, hang on
and back off for the th;rty-six minutes
OF actual milling, secure in the knowl-
edge that these tactics Will retain for
him his most priced possession, the
heavyweight championship of the world
the lodestone which has netted him up
ward of half million dollars since he
gained it and should bring in as much
more during the next two or three
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

TOLEDO Ohio. July 3-Rules gov
erning the heavyweight championship
contest between Jess Willard and
Jack Dempsey in Tex Richard sloo,-
900 arena here tomorrow are to be OIL
ticially interpreted at meeting to-
day, attended by Ollie Pecord, the ref
cree: Richard and Maj. a. ]. Drexel
Biddle. judges of the contest; the
boxers themselves, and Jack kearns,
manager of the challenger.
Previous to the meeting willard eN-
pressed himself as being willing to
box under any rules, but suggested
that the contestants be permitted to
box as long as an arm is free, to
break at once at the command OF the
referee and to break clean. Rlckard
said he understood that straight Mar
quis of Queensberry rules We're to APP
ply, the boxer to take care of himself
at all times.
Kearns. who spoke for Dempsey,
said he intended to press the point
that the judges should not sit to-
gether, but on opposite sides of the
ring He also said that he did not
care how the rules were interpreted,
so long as each boxer and the referee
agreed on what was to be exacted.
The only blow that probably will be
barred will be the kidney punch.
which under the rules of the Toledo
boxing commission. is prohibited in
all matches staged in this city. AS
Record is the official referee of the
commission and tomorrOWs contest
will be staged under license granted
by the commission the punch I'M
doubtedly will be barred. No provf-
sion is made however, for the rabbit
punch, which. Willard's admirers say,
is a favorite blow with the champion.
The blow is delivered on the back of
an opponents neck. and willard. as
well as Dempsey. used it with punish
ing effect in their training camps
The punch, it was indicated, would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

willard and his youthful challenger
planned to spend today in complete
rest. The champion planned to TAX,
a motor trip into the country this
afternoon TO escape the eyes OF tho
curious and go 10 bed early tonight
in the stone residence he has occu-
pied with his training retinue since
his arrival here a month ago.
4 brisk walk over the highways OF
the Maufuee bay shore district was the
program for Dempsey this morning.
Jack kearnS. manager of the chal-
lenger. planned to take him on mo-
tor spin through the country this
afternoon to keep his mind OF the
contest and also to avoid the crowds
which have fiocked to the challenger :
camp in ever-increasine numbers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
PRINCIPAL AND OFFICIALS
THRASH OUT RULES TODAY
Willard and Dempsey Ready to Agree on
Almost Any Cid Thing Kidney
Punch Will Probably Be Barred.

allowed so long as the boxer using it
did not hold his opponent with one
arm.
Richard said that it was likely that
the boxers would agree to tape their
hands in their dressing rooms at the
arena and in the presence of a repre-
sentative from the rival camps. VIII
lard previously had said that he desired
to have Dempsey and himself come into
the ring with bare hands and TO adjust
the cotton bandageS and a thin layer of
surgical tape while in the ring. To do
this. however. Richard said, would
cause unnecessary delay.
Betting on the outcome of the bout
has proved surprisingly Light to date,
Notwithstanding the gathering of thou
sands of prospective spectators. 1t was
estimated this morning by one of the
foremost wagering commissioners that
there was not much more than $4,000
in actual stakes III the hands of the Va
rious betting concerns. He explained
this situation upon the theory that
while the adherentS of the two heavy
weights were sharply divided in their
opinion of the result. each contingent
gent had too much respect for the fStic
ability of the rival contender to lay
heavily on the chances of their own
favorite.
In some quarters sentiment appeared
to be vcering toward the champion, for
while Dempsey hackers We're offering
even money on the challenger q day or
two ago, they are now asking that Will
lard men lay 10 to 8. Even when these
ODDS are granted the switch does not
result in any large sums being turned
over to the Stockholders. At the lead
ing commissioners quarters the black
! boards are filled with various betting
propositions which have remained un
aiken with the exception of a few freak
bets for several days. Some of these in
clude: one hundred to one thousand
dollars that Willard does not last three
rounds. 500 to $500 that Willard does
not respond to the call for the seventh
round. In the part>mutUel betting the
heaviest play is being made on the sew
enth and eighth rounds, while Dempsey
is almost two-toone fayorite. accord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Philadelphia at Boston, Boston at Brooklyn.
brooklyn at y. York New York AT Phila.
Cincinnati at Chicago. Chicago at Pittsburgh
st. Louis at Pittsb'sh. ST Louis at Cincin ii.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Brooklyn. I: New York. J.
Boston. /: Philadelphia. t.
cincinnati. :: Chicago. =
ST. irG.s. /: Pi1tSbur-h. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

was circus catch, which received
a lot of applause.
Griffith made mighty good move
when he sent Menosiiy to left III
place of Charity at the beginning of
the eighth. Mike caught two long
drives in that inning. which it is
doubtful if less fleet fielder would
have got. and in the ninth went over
near the foul line and grabbed Peck
inpaugh'S fly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
Real Fight Is Ulikely.

In the last analysis what a boxing
fan pays money for 10 see is fight
\ fast, clever exhibition between
speed merchants will do. and a toe
to-toe smuggling match or rough
and-tumble fight is even better: but
10 feel he is getting the moneys
worth the spectator wants to see
both meN fight, and il is in this that
the thousands who viii gather at
Bay View arena tomorrow are likely
TO be disappointed. There is nothing
radical in this view. 1t is not the
result of inside information" tips
from the camps or anything except
the ring records of the contestants.
All the reams of space devoted to
learned discussions of the probable
plan of battle of the gladiators is
futile
Dempsey is fighter pure and sim
pie. and always has been. lie will
rush in from the first bell and fight
like fool. and as long as he is able
to keep on his pins will do nothing
else. just fight. Willard is not a
fighter. never was and never will be.
He probably will not fight Friday in
the sense that fighting means fero-
ciOus. belligerent aggressivenes
The chaAl enger and champion both
have set styles of ring compartment
they have used since they first en-
tered the game. These tactics were
not adopted by either They came
natural to them, and any attempt to
use any other would find them as
completely out of their element as
a fish out of water. Dempsey's vic
tories all have been achieved through
the medium of sloughing his oppo-
nent into Inconsistencies in short
order. His caliber as purely a boxer
was illustrated against Miske. COM
paratively small man. who he did not
beat because he couldn't hit him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
Willard Great Safe Player.

Willards ring record is replete with
instances where he confined himself
exclusively to covering. backing and
playing il safe. He made Jack John
son, an almost purely defensive fight
er. come to him. and beat the big
black because johnson wore himself
out humping the Kansan and lost
heart when he saw that his best de-
lvered and hardest drives were hav-
ing no effect on the mountain of bone
and sinew opposed to him. Superior
condition was the deciding factor in
that scrap. Had it been a limited
round affair. the negro would not
have been dethroned at Havana four
years ago. After fifteen rounds of
and often, and still unable. to erase
the smile from Wizards face. John
son, with the knowledge that twenty
five rounds remained to be gone
through with under the scorching
rays of tropical sun, knew his end
was in sight. Fitted physically for
fifteen rounds of fast milling. johnson
did not possess the stamina to go
further and be strong. His habits
and mode of life had used him up too
much for long route, and when a
convenient opportunity presented it
self he Topped. nineteen rounds short
of the limit.
In this Fourth of July encounter
Willard Will have to travel only
twelve rounds His own statements
that he is in splendid physical shape
are cOfTODOGdteu DE the OT1cldl pny-
stefan of the Toledo boxing board
1t is reasonable to assume that the
champion, who absorbed everything
Jack Johnson had 10 offer for twenty
six sessions. should be able to stand
up under the blows the smaller
Dempsey is expected to rain on him
in the course Of twelve. To be sure
the Johnson battle was four years
ago. and four years means a lot to
an athlete beyond the thirty mark,
but the champion never has dissipat-
ed, and has spent the intervening
ilIne largely in the omen and with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

Two-base hits Baker, Lewis '2,. Shaw
Three-base hits-Judge. Rode. Stolen base
Hannah Sacrifice Picinich Shanks.
Sacrifice 1y-Gharrity. Left on bases-Wash-
ington. 10; New York. I. First base on balls
OF Shaw. 8; off Thormahlen. 3; off Nelson
l. Hits-Of Thormahen. in = innings; off
Nelson. in l inning: off Mogridge, in .
innings. Hit by pitcher-By Nelson tShanks).
Losing pitcher-Thormahlen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
Fight Returns at Lyceum.

Returns from the Willard Dempsey
fight tomorrow are to be read from
the stage of the Lyceum Theater, in
connection with q wrestling match
between Joe Turner and the champion
of the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

Printers took another beating in
the Government League. dropping
their contest with Zone Finance by
to 10 The winning nine made
four runs in the opening inning. The
work of Lemeric, at short. and Frey,
at third, for the Printers, was ex-
cellent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
Browns Slug the Ball.

Collecting twenty hits of three De
troit pitchers for total of twenty nine
bases. st. Louis won yesterdays game.
II 10 .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

shops won another game in the Ter
minal Railroad Y. NJ. G. A. League.
batting kearney. who started on the
mound for Southern. rather hard.
Quinn held the losing club to nine
hits and famed eight. The batting
of Posey, Hughes and Burnhert fea-
tured for the winners each man con-
Meeting safely three times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
One Chance for Action.

daily exercise that his circus stunts
called for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

G.MES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW.
New York at Washn. Wash'n AT New York.
Boston al Phila. Fhila. at BOSTON,
Detroit al St Louis Detroit at Chicago
Chicago Mt Cleveland. st. Louis at Cleveland.
-:ESCLTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Washington. 6; New York 1.
Boston. 4: Philadelphia =.
Chicago. g: Cleveland. l.
81. LouiS. II: Detroit. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
NOT AS EASY AS 1T LOOKS

'Ratted for Mogridge in seventh.
tBatted for Nelson in ninth.
fRnn for Hannah in ninth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

Naval Hospital beat shipping Board
insthe Departmental League, scoring
s runs agains; 3. Nicho,s. pitching
for 1.-THE winners, famed seven and
allowed only five hits. The two hits
got by the losing club were made by
darlington and Strunk. the former
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03

In the fourth Pipp led off with a
long fv to right center, which SEEM
ed in a fair way to roll against the
scoreboard, but Sam Rice went back
and with final leap grabbed the
ball with his back to the plate. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
AQUATIC
IN TWO REGATTAS
Potomac B. C.. Rows at Phil
adeIphia and W. C. C. Pad
dies in New York Events.

Potomac Boat Club oarsmen and
Washington Canoe Club paddlers
leave here today for philadelphia and
New York, respectively. where they
are to take part in two regattas. The
Potomacs are to row in the Peoples
regatta. an annual event in the
Quaker city, and the w. G. c. men
are listed to compete in the cham
pionship events of the Atlantic di
vision of the American Canoe Asso-
citation.
Both the aquatic clubs expect to
make a-good showing. The Potomacs
have been working some time and
will put in the races some Wei
trained crews. The shells in which
they are to row were sent to Phila-
delphia yesterday, and Immediately
upon the arrival of the rien today
they will be taken out for trial spin
over the course. There will be "A
change in the Washington Canoe
Clubs four for the first time since
1914. Karl knight being scheduled
to paddle in place of Reginald Ruth.
erford, the latter not finding it con-
Senient to make the trip.
Cloffeps won from Too Shop in the
Navy Yard League yesterday by
to 3. Lyons pitched for Tom Crooke's
aggregation and got away with a
we'll pitched game. He was ably OPP
posed on the mound by Ryan. Crooke
led the players of both teams in
slamming the ball. getting a double
and two singles out of the four times
he faced the pitcher. Burns played
a good fielding game at second base
for the losing club.
Naval Hospital beat Shipping Board
in Z he nan aytF mel RAJ n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08

Two-base hits, G~arverich, 3; Hin
kle. /: E. Killinger: S-base hit,
Brown: home runs. ]. Smith, Wea-
yer: sacrifice fly, E.. Killinger. Gar
Werlich; struck out, by Eisenbergcr,
4: by Bamford. 5: Washirger, s;
base on balls, Bamford, 8: Washing
err, 1: left on bases. Commonwealth.
G: Motive Power. 5; nit by pitcher,
E. McCurdy; stolen bases. Brown,
Hinkle, 2; Stewart. Viewer Lightuer,
Gerdes: wild pitches. Ba,rford. 2.
Time. lao. Umpires. Cook and Hen
nv, Scorer, McCahan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Sad Tales in Wake of
Dempsey Willard Fight

the chin for the first four knock
downs. He upset the defeated cham
pion for the other three knockdowns
with right and left swings. The
first blow that upset Willard was a
short right swing to the heart fol-
lowed by a left hook to the chin.
Clerks are finishing the task of
checking up the gate receipts and
attendance of the match.
1t developed to-day that onces-
sionaires. who expected to reap a
rich harvest from the crowd at the
Fourth of July contest lost heavily.
| AID. Q. Thatcher, matchmaker of the
Toledo Boxing Commission, who con
verified an abandoned fve-story
building into a sleeping dormitory,
dropped S4.100 on the venture. The
night of July 3 only nineteen persons
registered, and twelve of this num-
Der succeeded in avoiding the clerks
who were supposed to collect So
from each sleeper. One concession
aire who invested $500 in peanuts
sold $40 worth.
More Hard Luck
Emil Thiery and Barney Lich-
~tenstein of Chicago, who had the
lemonade privilege claim that they
got the worst deal of all. Bat Nell
son, with economy in mind. set up
a tent for himself just inside the
barbed wire fence surrounding the
arena. The night before the fight
he decided he would take a sponge
bath and seeing a lot of big tanks
piled up nearby made an inspec-
ton and found them filled with what
seemed to be water. He thereupon
decided in favor of a plunge bath
and jumped into one of them.
Thiery and Lichenstein discovered
next morning hat Bat had bathed
in some of their treasured lemonade.
Dempsey and Willard are about
the only ones who have not made
any complaint about the financial
returns. Dempsey, however, was
besieged by an army of creditors
soon after the fight, but he paid them
all promptly. He says one Salt Lake
man reminded him thai he owed him
six bits.
Tex Richard says his profits on
the Dempsey-Willard fight will not
be over 500, 900. The gate receipts
have not been counted yet. The
money, tied up in bags, still reposes
in a Toledo bank vault but Tex says
the total will be only about $780,
I 600, although two weeks ago the
indications were that it would reach
S1,O00,0 600.
Willard, accompanied by his wife
and two personal friends, started
from Toledo yesterday to travel
home to Lawrence, Kansas, in a
seven-passenger car he bought while
training. He expects the trip will
consume about a week. The swell
I ling over his left eye had entirely
disappeared and the only marks he
bore was a slight discoloration owe
the eye and a cut lip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08

East End BANKED st. Mary's in
the City Junior League game last
evening by a score of 5 to 0. kar-
matt twirled an excellent game for
East End, only allowing his oppo-
nents three hits. East End started
right off in the beginning and made
sure of things when Strine walked,
Shower singled. Strine going to third.
Books walked, filling the sacks.
Dunkle sacrificed Strine home on a
bunt, Stoufer singled, sending
Shower and Books home, Reed dou-
bled to left, Stoufer making third.
Peace tried to bunt but was thrown
out at first.
One more was added in the Sec
ond frame and another in the fifth,
while Karmatz held his opponents
at his mercy all through the game
and their only chance of scoring
came in the fourth when two men
were given a base on balls after one
man was retired. The two next men
became victims of Karmatzis curves
and the side vas retired.
Tonight the two Steelton teams
meet at Nineteenth and Greenwood.
Hygienic and st. Mary's are both
putting up stiff games and to-nights
game is sure to be fast.
On Saturday afternoon Swatara IS
scheduled to meet the Boys Bri-
gade, of New Cumberland. at New
Cumberland, at $50 o'clock. The
Boys Brigade squad has been put
ting up a fine record, winning
tw~enty-seven games without a de-
feat. The last game Swatara played
with this team resulted in a defeat
by 4 to 3 in fourteen innings. The
score:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
RESORTS
AT ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.
THE WILTSHIRE,

Virginia ave. and Beach. Ocean
view. Capacity $50. Private baths.
rLnning water in rooms. elevator. etc.
Amer. plan. special weekly rates.
Booklet. SAMUEL ELLIS.