The Washington times., 1920-11-20
SAYS BUGS"
Baer::
Signing Champs Up Is No
Cinch. Promoters of Star
Sporting Events Deserve
Some Credit for Ar
ranging Events. !,

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Football
fans would like TO see Notre Dame
and Penn State pull and haul for
the football championship. Which
is a neat ambition and still legal
unless Congress passed another
amendment last night. But getting 'em
together lis "a horse collar OF a
different size. The same fans seem
to figure that all the promoter Of
a big fight has to do is to feed the
COW a little hay and then skim
the cream OF an ocean OF milk.
But getting two champs together
amt quite as easy. as losing All UNI
brella in the cafeteria season.
Lookout Dempsey and Carpenter.
The boys wore out eleven G strings
fiddling about and now are further
apart than an ostegenarian's teeth.
They may drum away next June II
they happen to like the color OF the
1921 calendars. But nothing is Of
fetal and Carp will probably sail
over here just to clown in front Of
the moving picture lens. Then he
will paddle away again suffering
from double mumps of the bankroll.
GETTING 'EM TOGETHER.
Same thing with Tender and
Leonard. Looked like the bout was
made up like a Pennsy train. when
suddenly Tender picked an idea out
OF one OF Butterick's pattern cata-
lokues and demanded $4,000 washers
for his end OF the works. He got
the muddy end OF the magic wand.
Returns from the outlying districts.
No fight.
Boxing isn't an ounce worse than
any other sport. Lookut ice skating.
Mclean claims the championship.
but refuses to prove II. NorVal
Baptie, the forty-two-year-old racer.
wants to sprint away from Mac,
who demands that Bapp stick up
$500 buttons bail for appearance
on the day of the trial. Now $500
isn't much money in any sport ex-
cept ice skating and tick-tack-toe.
The match looked fixed when sud-
denly somebody reached down in
the gypsy dream book and dis
covered that they could grab an
1S.0OO-dollar guarantee in Philadel-
phia. The match was held up while
they Investigated this rumor with
the aid Of a nutcracker and but
terfly net. Result: No checkee,
no skatee.
NOTHING BUT BLANKS.
The boys with the champion live
leather belts refuse to take much
chance on losing 'em. Can't blame
'em. Their particular brand Of
sport is their bread and butter, but
the champs crown is cake and
cookies. The Philopatrian Club Of
Philly Is trying to stage handball
match between their champ Heeny
and Jim Kelly of Brooklyn. Kelly
is present duke. having won the
title by playing somebody eleven
games in Ireland and eleven games
in Brooklyn. Heeney's friends
claim the regal derby for their man
and demand a match. Kelly Is will
ing to play, but his duties on the
New York police force keep him
buster than an ant before rain
storm.
The match has been throwing OF
sparks for about year now, but
there hasn't been enough f1re to
keep any oody warm. Both men are
amateurs and play for sport. But
when the match takes place, the
wealthy members of the Philos are
ready to take on any wagers up to
so. 900 Of those embroidered certifi-
Gates. But the tug never gets close
enough to the wharf for anybody
to throw out the hawser.
indicating that the promoter or
a championship match in any form
deserves credit for getting 'em to-
gcther.