The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-06
ON THE SCREEN Of SPORT
By Hugh S. Fullerton.

a joke" he said when Carpenters
hackers put up big cash forfeit I'll be-
licvc they intend to fight. Why should
he fight? He can 20 back and get a big
purse against Beckett in England Then
he can tour France as the liEht heavy
weight champion and gather In :or-
tune. If he fights ne runs Il two 10 one
chance OF losing everything.
The minute he agreed to fight Lee
whisky l decided he never would ftrht
Dempsey He had nothing TO lose. He
could have had the Dempsey match
without fighting Levinsky. SO why take
such q risk"
The fierce enmity between the fac
lions seeking control of boxing In New
York City, which is hurting the sport
there and which in the end will kill it
again. may accoun: for the talk. but
it sounds plausible.
outclsaged.
Walter Hagen calculated that. on an
average course he used his driver four
teen times, brassie two times. driving
iron twice. maShle Iron ten times,
n.aShie niblick six times. ntblick and
midiron twice each and putter. thirty
times. We agree with him on the first
three clubs. after which we use mid
IRON twenty-five times. hIhlick seven
teen, mashiC thirty-one and pu:'er fifty
eight.
4 woman writer in the American
Golfer has started an argument which
ought to be decided by 8. real test. As
Il drawing card such 4 match would
attract one Of the biggest galleries in
the history Of American golf. Her ar
Sument IL that Miss -hleXa Sterling.
wearing kniCkcrbockers. could beat
Chick Evans if he wore skirts; She
claims that the impadtmenta would add
at least six strokes to Evans score and
~ Of al
take as many off Miss Stcrllng's score.
Having seen Miss Sterling get "
four on one hole at Mayfirld. Clers y
land. which Is seven hundred yards (hE
my count and ever three mountain
ranges) it seems doubtful whether dis
pensinG with skirts coult help her game
much.
Hugo Bezdek Is winning a big name
for himself as football coach. his PcRn
State machine being one Of the smooth
est working and most powerful in the
East. Saturday It was hitting on all
eleven cylinders and swamped Penn. SO
that Bezdek's chance of again having
prior claim to the Eastern champion
ship IS bright
Bezdek was a pupil Of A. \. Stage.
at Chicago and played on chamrion-
ship team. Then he ~ ct out to WASH
ington and developed championship
clubs. Barney Dreyfuss employed him
to manage the Pirates. and he took q
mass of tripe and almost made mar
malade out OF IT..
Then Barney commanded him to quit
either football or baseball. and Hugo
stuck TO his Penn State work and eS-
capped getting touched with the slime Of
professional ball.
always will believe that Pittsburgh
would have had the best chance for the
National League championship this year
had Bezdek remained at the helm. This
Is not criticis.N OF Gibson. Gibby is eN-
tremely popuA- with his players and
handled them we'll but the Pirates lost
so much time getting whipped into shape
under the new manager. last spring and
early summer, that they were under n
big handicap when they finally got
started right. With the hardest part OF
his schedule finished Bezdek has an
uncrippled team which ought TO go
through the season unbeaten. Besides
which. the record and reputation Of Penn
State this season Is clear and clean.
Copyright. 1920, by the Bell Syndicate,
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