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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
MCGRAW OUT
 AGAINST LONGER
 WORLDS SERIES

New York Sept. 4.-BasebaU owners cnd fans disagree on the advisability Sf lenEthcning the Worlds Series to i've out of uiuc games. Charles A. Comiskey, tmprosario of thg White SoS, who expects to got slice of the big melon this year, came out boldly yesterday against any change in the established custom At Belmont Park John McGraw and Charles A. Stoueham. chief owners of the New York Giants, were not enthusiastic over the proposal NCGraw said
 ''Td Hkc to see August Hermann, who has stood up under many losses tn baseball. get as big a return as possible from the Worlds Series, and I'll like Co see an the fans who may be in a position to sce Jhc games have every opportunity Co indulge themselves But it Is a question iu my mind whether interest would hold up 1T the two teams arc so well matched that thc fuu nine games would br necessary or 1T rain carried the series over two weeks or longer.
 ''In 1912. when the Boston Rcd SON beat the Giautp after eight games, in cIudinr +Ie. tt was asserted that interest larEeH toward fhc end In spite of tho c,osencSs Of Inc struggle and the kccn rivalry between thc two teams
 "It IS a question then, how tho New York Club will vote we will give tho matter 90 lot of thought be fore making a decision"
 Col. Houston, part owner of tho New York Yankees. before hearing that Cpmiskev was against any change expressed his views aH follows:
 "On general principles. | ann against the Worlds Series Ii smacks too much of cuumerCieH=n. Out of con sideration. however. for Charles A. Comiskey. whose White SoX are likely to win tho pe1nant this year, I will vote to lenEthen the series If he is for it If he is against if. I am against it-"
 Some close followers of the game were outspoyeu in opposition to the recouu endat5u7 of tho National Com mission. These took the ground that # was nothing more or less than mon ey grabbing and that August Herr ma1n's plea for inc fans was only a cloak 10 cover the real purpose of a change.
 The clubs In both leagues must vote on the question within eight days, and the result will be announced at the next meeting of the National Commission. which has been tenta- lively set for Saturday, Sept 3.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Money may or may not be the root of all evil But there's no denying the fact that it is the root of all narrow and dwarfed sportsmanship. We pay money to see the finest cxpOsi- ton of skill in sporrs,-for the pro- fessiOGals are usually the most tai ented performers for some reason. At the same time We are treated to worst exhibitions of sportsmanship or rather none at all, to balance mat ters. Professionalism, in turn, reacts on the spectator and often brings out the scores of notable exceptions to be found in professional compe- titiOn but as a rule you will find that amateur athletics Is conductive to an inCOmpa rably higNer standard of sportsmanship. The cause for the difference lies not in the type of athlete There are just as fine fellows in professional sports in the amateur world. It's purely the existence af the rOot''-the competition for money against tests of skill and endurance out of pure rivalry and for the fun of the thing.
 No better example of unalluyed sportsrnanship is to be found than in the game of tennis and the character istics of those vsho engage Tn the pop uIar pastime. The recent matches at Forest Hills and the minor journeys which antedated them substantiate this fact Rarely does one see Q dis play of poor sportsmanship on the court. Magnanimity and square deal ing are the w2tchwords for spectator and athlete alike in the sphere of tennis Here is just one instance of the kind:
 In the recent match between Nor man F. BroOkes and Willis Davis at Southhamton the American came very near losing the match simply because he was bound to play fair with the great Australian racquet wielder. At
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
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BECKETT DECLARES HE IS
 READY ID TAKE ON DEMPSEY
English Champion Says He Will Refuse to Meet Fred Fulton But Will Meet Georges Car pentier of France.

London, Sept. 4-Joe Beckett, tri- umphant in the role of challenger for the worlds heavyE % ig Int champion ship, talked yesterday of the victory which had gained him that position But Beckett's enthusiasm over last nights conquest of Eddie McGoorty was running wild only because he believes il places him in line to meet Jack Dempsey
 "Carpentier is next" Beckett said 'I do not think he is a. good as Me Goorty. I should dispose of him easily I do not see how the Amcri- can champion can refuse am English man a chance to fight for the worlds championship.
 Its too early to discuss my chance of beating Dempsey. Gut I'll give him my best and I think he---and the crowd at the rinE-wiu know there's been a. fight"
 The big Briton said he had no in tention of fighting Fret Fulton, as the latter was listed among Dempsey $ yictims-and he wouldn't meet any of that category.
 "NIcGoorty is a wonderful fighter Beckett remarked. "I had no doubt of the result. however. though ! thought I would win sooner than ] did.
 My victory was due to secret train ing, which developed my footwork and my speed in punching and de- fence Bernard Mortimer, my man ager wanted to surprise McGOorty. I think we did too, though I did not exert myself to the utmost. NCGoOr- tvs punches didn't harm me.
 "I was surprised that I was able tO hit the American SO easily. How ever. l still have room for improve mcnt.
 "NIcGoorty was q hard man to knock out. hit him repeatedly with my left nook and was amazed that he didn't go down. For a while I thought he would stick out the twen- ty rounds It was a right to the short ribs, followed up by a left hook that put him out
 "Whatu I use on Dempsey I can't talk about that. He must agree to fight me first"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

the kindest words he has for the vic
 tor is ''WaitH I get him in the ring again or the worst I should have got wUz a draw or that cut I got over the eye didn't come from a blow we bumped heads in 9 cIinch." etc. When Frank Gotch won the wrest- ling title from Tackenschmidt in Chi cagO, Hack gave up after Gotch had beaten him at his own gam mo---roush- ing. The Russian Lion was actua fly
 blinded from Gotch's primitive meth ! od of sticking his thumbs in his op- ] ponen's eyes. The match was pulled | off in the stock yards---a. good place | for the butchery of spurtsmanship's l fair name.
 i That trick of getting" the forrnid- | able football player isn't a lost art in either the professional or amateur phase of this great American game. 1 Major league baseball is chuck-fuH ] of umpire-ibatin as we all know. And many's the game played under | protest because some human umpire may have errer in just one single de cision as did the linesman at Forest Hills
 i Hockey and Lacross are both ! damned full of rough stuff" stimu- lated by the wild character of the game Both are so full of action that there is little time to moralize on i "spOrtsmanship." The result is many players are ruled out for unfair meth | ods which may or may not have been | intentional
 i The same may be said of horse racing where jockeys, riding under i the excitement of bowling crowds and | lclatterinE hoofs. will perpetrate al- most any trick to bring his horse in
 first---if he conceal the action from | the eyes of the judges. But it's all in i the game of getting the Coin''---a noxious phrase which has everything i to do with promoting good or bad | sportsmanship.
 Copyright. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

crucial period of the game-when victory hung in the balance on the winning of a stroke or the flabbinE of it-the linesman misjudEed one of BrOOke's returns and called 'OUt' when the ball was really good. It was a much needed point for Davis but being a true sportsman the Cali fornian couldn't see his way clear to take it. He accepted the lincsmaR' s verdict but "righted'' matters with BrOOkes when it came his turn to serve shortly after. Davis immedi- ately slams a double fault in the net. A few of the spectators who under stood applaude5.
 Then Davis threw himself into the game whole-heartedly and defeated his man. That was genuine sports mauship difficult to find anywhere in the realm of professionalism.
 Again in 1914 when r. Norris Will lia'us Eefeated Maurice Mclaughlin for the national singles championship We f1nl another example of sterling sportsmanship. The Comet had just before vanquished Norman E. Brookes, tho genius of the court, in the Davis Cup matches and he was being ac- claimed the greatest player the world had ever seen. Due largely to the re- laEing of the tension supplementing an international match, Mclaughlin unexpectedly me- defeat at the hands of Williams. The latter generously asserted that Mclaughlin should have won and that +Ee Comet was the greatest player the courts had ever produced. From the most accom- plished player on the court to the smallest official connected with the game not Q cent of money is paid fo. victories gained or services rendered in tennis
 But let's have a cursory analysis of sQortsmanship in pro" sports.
 There isn't a harder loser in the world than the average pugilist Though he receives a lusty thrashing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
PENN FOOTBALL
 PLAYERS START
 PRACTICE WORK

Philadelphia. Sept. 4-Half dozen promising gridiron warriors formed the first instaIlment of the Pennsyl- vania eleven this Fall when they an swered Captain Bert Bells informal preliminary call for candidates yes tcrday afternoon, and spent several hours in light work on Franklin Field. It was the first practice of the year on the Quakers' garden. Lawson Robertson. the Red and Blue track coach. who this Fall will have charge of the conditioning of the football men and who has a number of new ideas concerning the best and quickest wGy of getting the candi- dates into condition. took charge of the work yesterday. Practice does not start officially until Saturday, when all candidates have been asked to report for the roll call, and 1t Is expected that Bob FolweII the coach, will be seen before that time.
 Bells call brought forth a varied array of players FTeinie Miller, one of the stars of the 1917 team, who has been in France with Bell in Base Hospital Unit 20. was one of the first to report. He was followed by Blon- dy Wilmington. who last year made a great impression at tackle, and promises to put up a hard fight for that berth. or perhaps a guard posi- ton this year. Wilmington pulled q tendon in the Pittsburgh game last year and was out for the rest of the season, but he is ready now to give them all a fight for line berth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
GRIFFITH NOT TO PITCH WALTER JOHNSON IN THE
 SERIES WITH DEERIOT

Washington. Sept. 4-Walter John son will not pitch against the Tigers when they play here on September F. 13 and 1A. This announcement has been made by Clark Griffith.
 When the Senators played in ChiCa- go recently adverse criticism was caused by the failure of Griffith to pitch Johnson against the White Sox. Critics in both Cleveland and Detriot were much exercised over the fact. In explaining it Griffith said that Johnson was i'll and that he could not work against the White Soy, and added that in order tO equolize matters he would not pitch Johnson against Detriot. However. when the White Sox invade Washington just before the Tigers on September g, 10 and II, Johnson will pitch against them
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
FRED FULTON MAY BE SIGNED
 FOR BECKETT

Boston, Sept A-Joc Beckett's win over Eddie McGoorty and FuIton's ' one-round victory over Arthur Town ley in Charles B. Cochrane's tourney over in London. Tuesday night. made a whole lot of pugilIstic history with more to follow.
 Beckett established himself as a real international heavyweight possi- biiity, while Fulton, by winning His first fight abroad in one round. ap- pears to have s..pped one over on Jack Dempsey.
 For Fred Fulton has boosted him self into the British Hmelight, and undoubtedly has already fired a chaI- lenEe at Beckett for a battle which the Britisher may find some difficulty in avoidin~. Such a contest is bound to be fraught with many possibilities that Tom O'ROurke of New York Fulton's manager, was able to see last June when he quietly sailed over the pond with his new protegO
 Now he is on the ground floor with a winning heavyweight of a general rir-y reputation fully as worthy as that credited to Beckett. and, in the event that O'Rourke can bring the pair together, it may mean a battle in q 4 ton and Dempsey for the worlds title
 True, Beckett may have noticed that Fulton is dangerous and attempt to sidostep; but sidcstepping in England and sidesteppinE in this country are entirely different propositions. The British sporting public may wink at Beckett's doing such a trick because he is their heavyweight standard bearer but the chances are all the other way. British followers of ring sport, also it's writers, have never been very strong for a "swanker'',
 Beckett, of course, may be a whole lot better than we on this side con- sider him, and put Fulton out of the running in the event of a meeting be- tween them. all of which would not prevent the holding of a big battle next July, wherein Dempsey would be one of the participants.
 IL is too esrly yet to do any pre- | dieting, but it can be said at this | time with safety that in the event of a Beckett-Fulton mill being arranged, ! and we may look for it in the near | future, Fulton wisl have plenty of | packers on this side of the pond | Incidentally, the situation presents a | lot of big league international fistic i interest; it is to be hoped that the | promoters on both sides of the pond 1 may know how to decently eater to | it and keep the sport on the boo:
 wave as it now sailing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
CONTSFFY DOES NOT FAVOR IHTGFB SERIES
 FOR WORLDS TITLE

Chicago. Sept. 4.---CEar1es A CoT1is- Key. owner of tho Chicago Americ uS, last night declared his opposition to the proposal of the National Baseball Commission that the worlds series be increased from seven to nine games. He said that he cotIld see no reason for turning from the custom of play ing a series of seven games to decide the worlds championship.
 "I believe that when an oFga niza 70 ton esta btisfes custom 1t should be followed" he said. "Of course if the league votes for nine games then we viii have to sec what is to be done. I sympathize with ths fans who want to see the games each fall and who arc disappointed because a g. 900 ca paeity ball park will not seat 150,OO persons, but this situation cannot be avoided
 Members of the White Sox had no game scheduled yesterday and the players witnessed the game between the Chicago Nationals and Cincinnati to get & line on tine club they expect to meet in the baseball classic next HpOBth,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

Kunz also announced today that his return to the ring will not be short lived. He intends to get right back to the game and stick to 1t. The Battler declares that he will fight any man in New England who can make 13S pounds. This challenge includes Louis Bogash, of Bridgeport, who claimed Kunz's title when ths South Norwalk pugilist first entered his sO-called retirement.
 It is the opinion of most of the fight fans of this city, that Kunz will score a victory over Allen next Fri day night. One local man, who has followed ring activities for many years, said today:
 T saw Kunz yesterday afternoon shortly after he had gone through his training stunts with Cans. Aside from a few pounds of surplus weight which he will be able to work off in a few days, the Battler appeared to be in great shape. I never saw hiv'1 in better physical condition. = money will most certainly be on Kunz next Friday night"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
OLD TIgEE BOXING FANS HAD TO SNEAK
 TO WITNESS BOUTS

In view of the modern method of headIiuing n fight it's interesting to
 recall tho way the followers of the sport had to chase it around from one quiet placo to another to avoid
 the sheriff.
 Frty-seven years ago today, Sept
 8, 1872, the little city of Detroit, then but a shadow of it's present greatness,
 was the gathering place of what was
 perhaps the most noted assemblage
 of boxers ever seen in an American
 city. They were intent on pulling off
 a battle for the lightweight cham
 pionship between Billy Edwards and
 Arthur Chambers. and the authori- ties were equally determined that the fight shouldn't take place. It was originally planned that the contest
 should be staged in ohio. but the Buckeye sheriff had got wind of the affair and organized a posse which drove tho sports out of the state. Detroit .F then made the rendezvous
 with tL idea of slipping over to Canada to pull off the bout.
 After a sparrinE exhibition in De
 troit hall on the night of Sept. 3rd
 the wise 'uns slipped to the river front and boarded a ferry boat Be sides Edwards and Chambers. the crowd included the pugilistic stars of all divisions Jem Mace. Inc great English gypsy. who had whipped Tom Allen for the worlds title a couple of years before, was among those present on that midnight voy- age, and, so, too, was Allen, who afterward recovered the American hcav.y~N-eig}lt ctac-gl' onship. Ned o. Baldwin, the Irish giant. hero of , many famous battles fin England and America: Sam Hurst. 'the Staly- 1 bridge Tnfa nt" the e1:-champton of i England; Tim CoIIins. famed as 'the | Iron Man." old Barney Aaron. the ! veteran of the British ring; Johnny , Afackay, who had been Heenan's ! second fin the Benicia Boy's fight with ! Sayers; Harry Hill, Arthur Gore, and { a host of other sporting notables i from two continents took the boat ] across tc Windsor.
 1 TG the early hours Of the fourth. in
 9 cold. drizzling rain, the party sci ! forth on board a couple of tugs, and ! just as the sun was struggling to break through the clouds 1he sports disem- 1 parked on a little island fin Lake St Clair The few Indians comprising | the population fled in wild alright | at the appearance of the crowd and
 well they might. for they we're a pretty
 fierce looking lot, Jem Mace. all
 ways fond of a joke, slipped eoir i, to a beatman and had '-.s.i ovsrturr
 the boat Ia which Collins was taken
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
CHARLEY PITTS WILL
 SHOW HIS WARES IN
 JERSEY CITY TONIGHT

New York, Sept 4-If the Chief srloo- Walker of inc Weather FOun- dry. who has sprinkled gloom on the dCv otees of all outdoor sports. viii Temporarily suspend irrigation three Australian boxers will tonight have an opportunity tO exhibit their yrowess in the open arena of the Armory A. A, Jersey City. These boxers are Jimmy Hill, reputed to be inc Les Darcy of Inc featherwoight class, who is to meet Mel CooEan, one of the best lEhtweights in Amer lea. Tn an eight round bout. If Hiu is as formidable as his Australian ad- rnirers claim. the bout between him and Coogan should prove to be one of inc best ever seen in this vicinity Coogan will apply thc acid test to the Australian. for the Brooklyn lightweight Is a clnssy boxer.
 Charley Pitts, an Australian light weight. will clHsh with Eddie Fitz- simmons of YorBviIle. who has dcvcl- oped into one of the heaviest hitter- fin the lightweight class- This bou: should be in the nature of n thorough test Of Pitts
 Hector Melville. a featherweisht rival of HuTs. will also show his hAllt aksllHsL tommy AlultaJ oi Charley Teecher. Altogether. it should prove to be an exciting night for tho Australian glove men.
 Hill and Melville for weeks have unsuccessfuIly tried 70 get matches with leading nghtwcights and feath- CTS, and naturally failed because they were not well enough known here to draw a substantial crowd. However. if the trio can beat the men they are to meet in the ring to- right the visitors will not lack for good matches in the future.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

good physical shape. His two years of ring inactivity seem to have had no bad effects on him, and it is be- lieved that he would be able to step into a ring today in just as good physical condition as he was two years ago when he was meeting all coIsers in the state.
 During the past week the Battler has been going through some stiff exercises with Young Joe Cans, the New York negro middleweight who trained him for his famous battles with Chic Brown, of New Haven. several years ago. Cans, whose training and fighting abilities are well known, asserts that Kunz has lost none of his old punch or cunning during his period of retirement A number of cuts and bruises on the negro's face give mute testimony that the South Norwalk fighter can still put over the old wa1lops with considerable steam
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
GARRY FORTUNE
 MAY BE SOLD
 TO THE RED SOx

IIttsficId. Sept 3--Edward Barrow manager of the Boston Red SoT, has made an offer for Garry Fortune. the clever young hurler who pitched and won the deciding game for Pitts field in the Eastern league p0nnant race here Monday and Chalked mp his 18th statEht win. Both Fortune and Mickey Devinc, the peppery little backstop, are to bc sold. according 10 an announcement made yesterday. It is possible that both may go the Red S0x to be used as a battery. Deviue caught all but one of Furtune's s wins this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
BATTLING KUNZ SAYS
 HE WILL HAND RED
 ALLEN BAD BEATING

Norwalk, Sept. 4-'T never felt bet ter in my life, and I am confident l will hand Red" Allen a decisive trimming when we meet in Bridge port next week."
 This statement was made today by Battling Kunz, at his training quarters in South Norwalk, where he is going through daily workouts in preparation for his bout with Red" Allen which is scheduled for next Friday night in the Casino.
 Kunz certainly appears to be in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

ashore. with the result that the Iron Man" got a thorough wetting and became wild with rage. The metallic person afterward s.ood at the ring side clad only in his hat.
 When the stakes had been driven and the ring formed, Chambers and Edwards lost no time in facing each other. Billy Edwards had whipped Joe Collyer, the English lightweight champion, and claimed the worlds ti- tle and Chambers also had a good record. Arthur was a game, dura- bIe, but rather awkward fighter. while Edwards was clever and quick. Billy had the fight all his own way, and was rapidly beating his slowfoot- ed opponent to a pulp, when a clever trick was pulled which made ChaInb- CTS the victor. Under cover of a blanket which had been thrown over his man, Arthur's second bit him on the shoulder. The next time they came to a clinch Chambers shouted, He's oiting mei' Te referee looked, and sure enough there were deep marks of teeth on Arthur's shoulder. Edwards was disqualified and the victory awarded to Arthur on a foul Billy went crazy at that, ran from the ring and jumped into the lake, ap- parentiy with the idea of ending it all,. but the cold water cooled him off and he swam ashore Chambers got q, 900 for his Victory" and Ed wards got nothing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
K. OF C. 10 GIVE
 BABE RUTH DAY
 IN BOSTON PARK

Boston, Sept. 4.-Big Babe Ruth is to have a day that will be all his own at Fenway Park.
 Eager to pay deserved tribute to q brother knight and an athlete who has carved his name in baseball an- nals so eloquently with his mighty bat, Pere Marquette Council, Knights of Columbus. have decided to hold Babe Ruth Day at Fenway Park on Sept. 20, and the occaA Aon will be one of the features of the local session.
 As there are several knights on the Chicago team, including Cicotte, Faber and "Shano" Collins. 1t will be big day all around, and the White SoN will probably have their share in making the programme a big sue cess.