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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29

FORMA 7YON OFNA 7YONAL BODYFOR|
PURPOSE TO UPLIFT BOXING GAME
WILL BE ATTEMPTED NEXT MONTH
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL
s,or,s Editor Evening Public Lc.irer

THE formation OF national governing body to direc.
the conduct Of the boxing throughout the United
States will be attempted in New York next month, when
representatives of eighteen states where boxing is per
mted under law and delegates from other centes where
the is conducted under local option Will meet IN
three days session.
The idea Is to draw up a code which will be
elective in every where boxing bouts held in
other words to standardze the rules Plans will be dis
cussed to elevate the professional ring sport to plane
never before experienced in this country Evils which
have corrupted the in the past will be aired and
concerted effort made to eliminate them Everything Will
be done TO give the public clean, honest wholesome, up
and up boxing.
According to present plans holders Of championship
titles will be compelled defend their laures stated
intervals be fixed at the coming meeting Failure to
abide by this rule will in the forfeiture Of the title
effort also will be made abolish the inflated purses
which appear be quite popular and also establish
scale of admission prices to be operative all over the
country which in the opinion Of the governing officials is
reasonable Taking moving pictures at boxing bouts also
will be done away with, according to the plan.
The most important ruling If the new body is to be
taken seriously is to cut down the size Of the purses given
20 boxers. Nobody objects to athlete getting as much
money possible, but when he demands exorbtan fees
and refuses appear unless his terms met then 1t is
time 70 take action Boxers now are getting more money
than they dreamed Of Ordinary fighters, who never
have had championship claims never will, making
S25 600 year up. Stars have incomes toaling six
figures The public pays for this and gets little for its
money.
Here is an example. Benny Leonard Richie
Mitchell in New York next month IL is championship
buttle, but Benny should worry. He knocked out Mitchell
IN Milwaukee rounds q couple of years ago. At
that time Benny not drawing down big money.
curse OF $4,000 for an ordinary battle tops Now
in match against what virtually is set up he
receive $4,000 From the chances that
Benny will not consider matches unless the ante is big
IT rs the same NTH the Others. Tor -notchers
i ike Dundee. Jackson, Tender. Yelling Jack
ShGrkev and many Others demand fortunes rher
thcy step into the ring against fairly tough oppo-
nert. They eren 'cdnt a couple Of thousand dolcrs
10 battle bimbo. Let's nope this condition 'cilI be
"Ndngcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29

sports editor of the PUBLIC LEDGER will represent Penn
sylvania and New York Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland,
New Jersey Connecticut, Colorado Wisconsin, Mime
sofa Montana, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma, West
Virginia, Florida and South Carolina also will send
delegates.
This means that a set Of rules drawn up and adopted
at this meeting will be effective in all of these states The
game will benefit If the proper code Is accepted The
Army Navy and Civilian Board Of Boxing Control will
be absorbed and the body will be supreme pres
dent will be elected and of national prominence
will be sought.
For than six months the International Sporting
Club under whose auspices the meeting Is to be held has
been working hard the plan and much correspondence
has been exchanged with governors of different states.
WE HOPE the delegates riU take broad
W minded rietc Of the boring sport and enact laos
~hch scM elevate the game to the position IL de-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
DOLLAR MARK OFTEN
SOF'7,ENS THE A THLETE
$4,000 Beauties Diamond Prove Fragile Assets ~
O,vners and Usually Lose Their Dash in Face
OF Danger-Money Saps VitaLity j.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

ny
NOW thot the oroy is In your hoiv
~ Who long hooe kno,cn your fodino
primo, -
Before yos reooA tSe dark gone-ohere
That dead years knoW beyond al
Time
Accept, 0 fading year, this thought
From one oho's slipped both cheer
pnd curse,
Though yos might have been finer
- tCrosDhf,
Yo1 might have been bro,ned sight
porse. ...,'....
The Greatest Coward
CONSIDERABLY gossip has been
~ shifted back and forth as to various
heights OF, courage or skill. 81 49,.
There should be no room for debate
about the greatest coward, which, as
you have guessed, is The Dollar =
A. certain man II" a front line trench,
rainsoaked, lice covered and under
tone. Only his life was at stake.
The same man In a Wall street slump
went into a nerve collapse and broke
down completely. He was losing his
money.
n Leading Example
YOU may recall a certain episode in
l. the life Of D'Artasnan, the eight
ing Gsscon Of Dumas Three
When he had nothing but his sword.
any danger that might turn up was only
a part Of the days program, to be taken
with all the thrill Of sport.
Later on In his career he amasses a
large fortune. Riding along one day
this thought struck him with stun
ming suddenness: Il am rich--but am
I any longer brave?"
Taking Chances
THE young ballplayer with his career
L to make will take any sort Of chance.
The game, at that time, is 100 per
cent Of the program.
But, when be is getting $12, 900 q
year on the average, he Is no longer
playing with the old dash and carefree
indifference to- danger. As Charlie
Dryden once remarked: Its the high
priced brio -brac Of the diamond tha,
Is always the most fragile" The star
steps into slight injury and Is out two
weeks.
Twenty five and thirty years age
found star ballplayers drawing from
$2400 to $1,000 a year, the wages paid
Nap Lajoie and Ed Delehanty on the
| old Philly team. In those days when
some ballplayer had brace OF fingers
cracked he merely lashed them together
lost five minutes in the process and then
resumed play. This is the exact thinl
that happened on the old Cleveland cluf
of 1892.
Wealth and Condition
WEALTH usually brings about a life
w of ease. Or at least touch Of lux
ury that develops softness. E,
Money can soften most Of the rough
spots along the journey in a physical
way.
And once softened, It Is no easy mat
ter to hold the virility of the old days
when Hard Luck was the iron isted
trainer.
The Case Of Willard
WILLARD kept to n rugged road
w when he was fighting his way up the
ladder on the trail Of Jack Johnson.
Never a fancy boxer, he was q pretty
well knotted type Of citizen when ht
| finally reached the goal.
He was hard enough then to take one
Of Jack JOhnson's most robust wallops
on the jaw and charge in for more.
Having arrived at the peak be soor
came upon the lure of softer. easier
ways OF life.
At Toledo he had worked himself
into good physical condition. but thu
old hardness and the old stamina were
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Suspend Boxers and Referee

New York Doc 20,--Thc boxing Com.
reteree FOR al INDEFINITE term, Ks~pio Cal.
pndrr was punlsh- ed for falling 20 appear
for a 'aI' with Roy Moo-c az Madison
S4uare Ga-'"n on I'"r"ur"r o.. jimmy
Sul.i1ar ia!lod 20 show w 70 box Sammy
n De,srrher - psye Rogrnherg wss the
other fighter 20 suffer. He VAS not on hand
KldEcwood Grove SpOrtlng club on December
IL Tommy Connolly. an upstate referee
was set down for failure 10 rectify the mia-
take ot an announcer al a nEht held n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Scraps about Scrappers

Mlckey McNcaIIy IS p-~foo.lnr a ,.,2'ch,as.
CRtCh-cnn match N%i"~'r "PlI"k n szHO.
The g,ar, P.,. anal I,aE Pandonl.ry :
Russia In cphlun,1 'yu With ths show az n"
rrO,Nd"vp Theatre 'ri. yht. Tho C0Ut"R' WI
30 u d rulsn p'r.eq - nat u.n'. hoa
ysro put ur ~ 'h- Sl1IrnuI here iRst s"as, n.
and IL. shows w,r" "e.l attended
Pete TSrrl Is al ou. 20 start Martin Judge
aEn'n AIer 'n" M""aEuns l.xrr n@d
manager decided to give him m"u'h's saca-
lion Tyrcli believes that judge now - back
In hiu old time form. and prepared g. g.ye
the hest his weight worthy battle. Marrr
hks competed IN thirty bouts during tho year
Of 1920.
Al Nelson announced today 'hat his
brother. Joe, had been matched for Ms next
bout at Chester Pa, where Wilus Eritl 10
staging bouts at Lioyds Theatre Nelson
II 70 boz In the star hOur Of the nrst show
following Brtrs New Years program.
Sam I'cwis has, received seYera! offers 20
referee bouts at. Havana this season. Sam
doesn't think tfat the Cuban promoters Sal
pas him. enough, rs he likes PhiladelphiA
~ weak Ia~is was toe official referee Of
elul AtUavsha about nvs yeArg $50. Ac-
sssaAs 90 tneosNAitea rsosavsA bg Ssu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Rockies Farmed Out During Winter

TUNES have changed-especslly in baseball. Once
upon a time the ball clubs would journey southwark
with couple of carloads Of recruits and the morning
glores would explode after the first week Then they
would be shipped northward to wait until job found
for them in the minors.
Now it is different The baseball magnates have dis
covered that it costs lot Of kae experiment with the
green material and therefore the experimenting
much as possible Instead Of waiting the rockies
20 hooie down South they have adopted plan of farming
them out to minor league clubs during the winter.
Yesterday the New York Giants released a whole flock
Of players. Some back the alfalfa while others
were shown the exit sign Players who purchased
for huge sums were sent away without a trial, McGraw
figuring 1t would be better business let one else
give the boys the over.
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati Detrot-in fact, all
OF the clubs that signed many players last fall
ready dsposing of them The Phls not in that
class. They will hang on to their two players.
THE "holesale buying Of players IN the foil seems
to be all bunk. Much publicitv IS received at
the start aud the mdgnotes pointed real guys
but before any money changes hands the caivcrs ore
tcuVinI fuenflv,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Holy Name Wlna

=, The Holy Name Catholic Club y, a.,,.
Norris etreets. handed 81. Hsnry's M Srss
Zoo p o,S lop5se; E,.n sstnss on their home opr
the seors OF I'll TO 49,, In the orsi,n ~
sams Holy Name secOud trimmed 81. Hsnryy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Perry Awarded peeTsIo,

New Orleans, Dec. 40 -. Jack Parry a.
Pittsburgh. was awarded the decision c,,sr ~
Young. Denny, of New Orleans, in q dttssm.
round bout here last night. Denny weiShss
1oi pounds and Perry i50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Notable, at Cobb Banquet

Detroit. Dec. 20-Dehnitc Vord was ie-
ceiyed yesterday from Ty Cobb that he would
/, IN his city the latter part Of January
10 h" the guest of hOnUr at banquet GEE
bTating his acceptance u the rnanaEeTship
cent. .sns m'h htsh In ba'afan and political
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Belgian cueIst', t4iuh Aver,os

New York. Dec. .2S.--Edouard Horss,.,.
the Belgian btiiiardist. ,avcrseed 100 IN HI:
sIhibition, match With Joseph Meyer, at ,ths
The foreign player ended his stfins OF NloS,
points in four Innings. while his oprons.y
was counting SO buttons. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
BwruS Couldn't Think Fast

THE passing of Dick Burrus from the Athletics was
l. expected Connie Mack predicted wonders for this
youth but when he stepped fast set there was
something lacking. He could hit fairly we'll field his
position, but when it brain work Dick was up
against it, Not that he dumb or anything like that
He just couldn't think fast enough.
Burrus might develop in league where he has a
chance to play every day He has the makings of great
player and this year will do lot toward shaping his
future
Connie now is on still hunt for an outfelder He
needs badly and will pay any price. At the New
York meeting Frank Navin, of Detroit tried to swan
Fagstead for Nayor, but Connie refused to fall He is
in the market for outpost however and hopes TO land
one before the team sets sail for Lake Charles.
TIE toll tutor has established q record IN the
major leagues in the lost sir years. He has
tried out players than any other rranaosY
and IS StN trying them out
CopvrL0ht. BY Public Ledger Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29
Laurete. Knocks Out Ns,,,,.

Troy. N. Y, Doc. ,ao.-Youns taut,,. =.
Troy last night knocked out Young SsIsoSSt St
OF North Adams, Mass.. In the third saursj
OF a scheduled ffteen-round bout, ''NN'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29

boxing VIII thrive tbs season n he Cuba
capital.
Williams news., 1920-03-26
NEWBERRY AND HIS USES

Senator Newberry of Michl- gan and his lawyers pretend to be confident that, in spite of his conviction of violating the Cor rupt-Practices Act, he never will serve a dsy in rr:son or pay a dollar fine-which may be set down as a gesture of defiance and a prophecy that is only a boast. For the moment the out standing fact S that an honest standing fact is. that an honest United States guilty and 9 fear less Judge has sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $10,O0O. Sixteen of the culprits associat- ed share in his punishent.
 We have laws which operate chiefly to restrain the preda- tory poor. There are laws that penalize words spoken or writ. ten that may be construed as a menace to the Government. In some cases these laws have been used to stifle opinion. De-. signed to safeguard Govern ment from assaults more dead ly because they are secret, the Corrupt-Practices Act applies principally to the predatory rich. It forbids the purchase of offices. It makes debauchery of the ballot-box a crime. The verdict against Newberry and his crowd, therefore, is a vindi- cation of the basic principle of democracy, that the law is no respecter of persons and that it is aimed at desperate wealth no less than at desperate poverty.
 All the evidence in this case showed an almost incredible disregard by the defendants not only of national and State law but of common honesty and de- cency. Sums of money largely in excess of the total amount lawfully to be used in the State were spent in single counties and cities. The outlay brazenly admitted was S178,OOO where as good judges estimated it at four or five times that figure. No other Senatorial election, even in the old .wide-open days. ever developed scandal of such magnitude.
 Personal ambition and vanity had much to do with this bac- chanal of poodle, but party ne- cessity was uppermost. The control of the United States sen- ate was at stake. All of the
Williams news., 1920-03-26
ORIGIN OF DooR-KNocKERs
Ample Proof, That They Antedate Western Civilization by Many
 Hundreds of Years

The origin of door-knockerS is al- most lost in obscurity, and their devel- Opment from mere articles of utility to objects of art has been a long, slow process of evolution, covering centu- ries and antedating western civiliza- tion by many hundreds of years. ~4
 The first general use of knockers that is positively known was among the ancient Greeks, who probably adopted them from the Egyptians. We are told that the Greeks considered it breach of good manners to enter house without warning the inmates and that the SpartanS gave this; notice by shouting their arrival, while the Athenians announced themselves by using the knocker. Its introduction doubtless cameNat the time when doors superseded hangings, for the purpose of insuring greater safety or privacy.
 In the Greek houses of the better class a porter was in constant attend ance at the door to admit visitors. Slaves were usually employed in this capacity, and were chained to the door, posts, to prevent their wandering and shirking the monotony of the duty,
 
 bar of iron was fastened to the door by chain, to be used as rapper by those desiring entrance to the house.
 It is said that this strictly utilitari- an rapper, as it was first called, was often wrenched from the door to be used as a weapon of offense by visitors who were not friendly disposed toward the householder. A later development was a direct consequence of this mis- use, the next type being in the form of a heavy ring fastened by strong clamp or plate to the door, thus serv- ing the double purpose of knocker and handle.
 From Greece the custom was trans ferred to the Romans, and with the western trend of early civilization to nearly every country of Europe. The introduction of knockers to England. where together with Italy and Ger many they have attained the greatest artistic development, was no doubt due to the Roman conquest of western Eu- rope and Britain.-Architectur
Williams news., 1920-03-26

Every community in Arizona should have a Wild Flower Day" while the blossoms are beautiful in the hills and on the enthusiastically Press Letter
 
 A. F, Kinnison, Extension Horticulturist of the College of Agriculture, A has recently held pruning demonstrations in Co., chise and Pinal counties with the county agents.
 
 Mrs. Albert Lebsch has receiv- ed word of the death of her sis ter's husband. MT. H. $. Lind sey at Excelsior Springs, Mo-, on Wednesday morning. Death resulted from complications which followed an attack of in- fluenza and pneumonia. The re- mains will be taken to Council Bluffs, Iowa, MT. Lindsey's boy hood home, for burial. Mrs. Lindsey, who visited her sister last summer, has the sincere sympathy of her Williams friends in her bereavement.
Williams news., 1920-03-26
VIOLIN ALWAYS THE SAME
For Centuries Shape and Substance of That TunefuI Instrument Have
 Not Been Altered.

Even in this age of hustle and change, some few of the old standbys remain unchanged, but at that it is rather startling to realize that the vio- lin. probably the best loved of all mu- sical instruments, has remained virtu- ally unchanged in shape or substance for three centuries. In that time the harpsichord, lute and spinet have pass ed away, the harp has been improved, the piano has been invented and de veloped, but the violin, which took a hundred years to assume its present form, since the days of the great Stra- dwarf, the worlds most famous vio- lin maker. has remained unchanged.
 The violin is popularly supposed to date from the days of the ancient h. dians, but the present instrument had its beginning back in the days of the troubadours, who used musical boxes called violes or guital f1ddles. And as the years went by the little violes were improved. The shape was altered: bit
Williams news., 1920-03-26

by bit the instrument changed. Now a bridge was' added; now a waist i; openings on either side of the bridge were added.
 dustry rose to its greatest achieve ments in the developments of Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari, Italian vio- lin makers living in the town of Gre mona. Since their time there has been no change, and the finest and most priceless musical instrument of today is a Stradivarius violin, made three centuries ago by the master craftsman Stradivari in Cremona,
Williams news., 1920-03-26

funds so lavishly used did not come from one man or one fam fly. It turned out, exactly as was foreseen, that the election of Newberry was necessary to give the Republicans a majority in the Senate. If Henry Ford had been chosen the body would have been tied politically end it's then existing Democrat ic organization would have con- tinued to this day.
 Thus it was the bought cleo tion of Newberry that enabled the Republicans to pack the Committee of Foreign Relations with last-ditchers and bitter enders opposed to the peace that brought Henry Cabbott Lodge into the ill-starred lead ership which has humiliated the United States with petty re- venges and standpat obstruc- ton, and that accounts for the fact that we alone among the belligerants responsible for the overthrow of autocracy are still in a state of war. On the one vote of Newberry, purchas- ed at great price of cash and conscience, the whole miser- able partisan conspiracy has depended. Without that vote we should have been at peace long ago.
 Newberry's guilt is personal. but morally the judgment pass ed upon him must fasten itself upon the spurious majority of the United States Senate whose misused power was gained by the very practices that consign him deservedly to prison.
 New York World
Williams news., 1920-03-26

The choir of the Episcopal church held special practice Wednesday night and will meet again Saturday. They are very busy preparing special music for Easter.
 A large delegation from all western states is expected at the League of the Southwest meeting in Los Angeles, April 1-2-3. Big problems of the southwest will be discussed by speakers of national reputation. Dr. R. B. von Kleinsmid is pres ident of the organization.
Williams news., 1920-03-26
Wreck On Santa Fe

A. wreck occurred on the San ia F'e, this week, a short way this side of the tunnel. It was caused, so rumor has it, by a car of steel, which got to sway ing and fnally>toppled over. A Mexican is reported to have been killed and two others in- jured.
Williams news., 1920-03-26

The ''pomegranate high-ball" Is the latest. California horti- cultural aut thorities believe that the pomegranate is destined to "come back. A pomegranate grove in Arizona may be com ing financial success.
Williams news., 1920-03-26

Coming This Month Dr. SwiCert, Arizona's Opto- metrist will be in Williams on his regular visit the latter part of this month. Exact dates later. If you need re- liable optical service, wait for him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
SPECIAL TO SUN.

Bulletin. BY a vote Of twenty-three
to twenty, with ten members not vot-
ing. the Republican National Commit
tee this afternoon refused to place the
regular Republican delegation, from
the Fifth Missouri district, on the
temporary roll of the Convention.
Immediately after this vote was TAX
en- the committee unanimously voted
to put neither delegation on the tenn
porary roll. The vote resembled one
heroic effort on part of the Wood
forces supported in the matter by
scattering votes from committeeman
favorable to other candidates who
were misled as to the facts in the
case, to save the face of their pet
delegation. At the situation now
stands the next move of the Fifth
istrict forces must be made before
the credentials committee of the ma
tional convention. Committeeman
deny that their action is in any in.
tended to prejudice the case of the
regulars. their attitude is that the
trouble in the Fifth district should be
settled by dictates of party interest
within the district and not referred to
either the national committee OF ma
tional convention to settle by force
Fred w. Dabney.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
CHAPTER VI.

We arrived in Atlanta on Friday
morning at 100 o'clock and SO an
xious were some of our party to see
some sections of this bustling City
which is Justly termed THE New
York of the South" that they refused
to retire, but sat up discussing the
stirring events and lavish entertain
ment of Tuskegee. AS soon as our
car had been parked for our stay in
the City a number of the young
bloods including Drs. D. NJ. Miller,
Howard NJ Smith, E. c. Bunch, p. B.
Ramsey, ]. E. Miller. made it uptown
to the famous Decatur street where
everything keeps open all night and
as many Negroes apparently can be
seen on the street at 100 o'clock in
the morning as at 100 o'clock in the
afternoon. They came in about 500
o'clock the same morning telling us
what a wonderful City, Atlanta was
by electric light. Charges were i'm
mediately filed against them by Pros
ecuting Attorney c. H. Galloway and
Judge ]. w. Hurse assessed a maxi
mum fine and costs against each one
of them for being absent without
leave AT 500 o'clock the local com
mittee called with automobiles and
escorted us to Auburn street, the
great business thoroughfare of our
people where we were served a de-
lightful breakfast, our party being
equally divided between two of the
leading Cafes in the City, either of
which is a credit to Atlanta. After