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The Washington times., 1920-02-03
GENE TUNNEY FLATTENS
ROBERTS IN THE LAST
Benny Valger Outpoints Joie Fox
British Fcath rweight
Challenger.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Gene Tunney
light champion OF tn
interallied armies, knocked out A
herts, Staten Island heavyweight
in the last round of an eight-roun'
bout in Newark.
"'d'e FitZsi'nmons, promising lighi
weight. outpointed West Side Jim ny
Duffy in every session uf their eight
round mill, but could not put him out
.,onny Nalger. who meets Cham
piOn Johnny Kilbane in Newark Feb
nary l6, outpointed Joie Fox, Britisi
featherweight. In eight rounds.
Roberts started in with great speed
nd, though outboxed by the A. T. +
hampton, weakened his rival at tn,
end of four rounds. Tunney slowej
p for the fifth and sixth. but shove,
ere life in the seventh. He dropped
Tobe~ts twice, the bell preventing o
knockout.
The eighth round had progresset
one minute six seconds when Tunney
connected with a solid right to th'
Jaw, AMI II was curtains for tn,
taten Islander.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
NEW YORK COLONELSN
SUIT AGAINST JOHNSON
Ask $500, ,0eO Damages, Claiming
Ban Has Tried to Drive
Them Out.

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The legal
battle between Coioneis Rupert and
Huston, owners OF the Yankees, and
Ran johnson. president OF the Ameri-
can League. has been reopened by the
New York owners who have instiga-
ed a new action against the leagu'
head. The Yankee suits now pendinE
in local courts. ask for damages to
the extent OF 100000
Rupert and Huston have three
specific compliments They charg'
that johnson attempted to Influence
he New York Nationals to refus
them permission to play on the Polo
iiounds and. that he has conspired
with five other clubs to drive then,
from baseball.
In a third suit the Yankees seek to
restrain johnson from paying himself
salary from the leagues treasury for
compensation as president, secretary
or treasurer.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03

Gibbons was at Camp Dodge Willie
Richie at Camp Lewis, Jef Smith al
Camp Dix, Frank Moran at Camp
Wadsworth. Battling Levinsky al
Camp Devens, Packey Mcfarland at
Funston, Joe ManIot at Camp Sheri
dan. Ritchie Mitchell at Camp Dono.
phan, with Joe yelling. Willie Mee-
han and Mike Leonard teaching box.
ing In the navy.
There were plenty Of American
boxers In the service, but few ranked
with the topnotchers. Bob Martin
Gene Tunney, Augie Rather, Eddie
Fitzsimmons. Mel Coogan. Babe Ash
er. Joe Lynch, Eddie Coulon.' Pa
Moore frankie Burns, Bill Brennan,
Joe Cox, Johnny Ray, Johnny Lore.
frankie Nelson and Monk Fowler, to
name q few offhand, did not become
instructors. They wore the uniform
and took whatever was coming.
Jack Dempsey may deserve th'
contempt Of his fellow-man, but II
seems a bit unfair that he SHOULD
carry the entire load when so man
others are deserving OF at least {
little of II. Dempsey really was any.
thing but a marvel in the eyes OF the
boxing world until he fattened Free
Fulton, and even tn n many couldn
imagine him ever defeating willard
Meanwhile, during those same day
other better known and richer rim
performers were lodging real servic
in one way or another. These ar
just facts, that's all, offered for Tn,
consideration OF anybody interested.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03

title was In any real service between
April, 1917, and November. 1918. That
was Mike O'Dowd, of st. Paul. worlds
middle-weight champion. He was
drafted within a week or SO after
winning his title and went overseas
with an engineer detachment.
Pete Herman, worlds bantam
weight champion. after making a mad
effort to be exempted, entered the
naval service. but 1t didn't seem to
interfere much with his boxing.
Johnny Kiibane. holder of the Amer
lean feather-weight championship,
was a boxing instructor for many
months at Camp Sherman and Camp
Custer. leaving the service after a
run-in with his camp commander.
Kilbane Is married and Is supporting
two small children. though he has
tucked away a comfortable fortune.
Benny Leonard was a boxing In
structor at Camp Upton. appearing
frequently In Philadelphia and Jer-
sey rings all the while. He Is not
married, but claimed to be supporting
his mother. He. too. has a comfort
able fortune. the result OF many
friends and shrewd investments.
Fereixs Champions IN.
As a result of the barrage laid down
against Jack Dempsey, II Is seen that
most of the foreign champions saw
active service. Georges Carpenter,
the European heavyweight title
holder; Jimmy Wilde. Briton's NY
weight marvel: Bombbardier Wells,
the British heavyweight; Joe Beckett
who recently lost to Carpenter; Tom
my Uren. Australia's middleweisht
titleholder; Il Johnny Summers, the
British welterweight: Eugene Bros
seau, the British middleweight; jim
nv Clabby, Australian middleweight;
frankie Fleming, the Canadian light
weight; Owen Moran. the veteran
British lightweight,\ and even Jem
Driscoll, the retired featherweight
titleholder of Great Britain. Criqui.
the French boxer, had part or MS
Jaw shot away in action. There was
no backwardness about the foreign
topnotchers, not a bit.
Americas topnotchers, from the
numbering Jess Willard down to the
smallest banty. showed considerable
skill in remaining on this side OF the
ocean. willard played around with q
circus as lonR-as possible and then
took up a Government contract. los
ing no money thereby.
Fred Fulton and Jack Dempsey, two
Of Willard's most persistent challen-
gers, never climbed into any uniforms
we ever heard tell, although Fulton
seems to be escaping any criticism on
that account.
Many Were Instructors.
Many Of Americas best boxers wer
instructors at training camps. Mike
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
TWOGOOD BATTLES
LISTED ON FLOOR
Tech Takes on Business, While
Central Stacks Up Against
Western at C: u.

Two Of the best games Of the high
school basketball series are being Of
fered today at Brookland IN the big
Catholic University gymnasium. Tech
plays Business and Central takes on
Western
Not until the teams actually take
the floor will II be known just who Is
who is basketball these days. The
half year ended on Friday and. adding
to the general stressful period In the
schools at present, the high school
coaches are having their troubles
knowing Just which players survived
the scholastic requirements.
Rumors have been nying thick and
fast lately as to the detection OF sew
eraI scholastic stars Business, Cen
tral. Western and Eastern are said to
suffer most heavily In the mid-year
toll When the teams take the hocr
today II will be definitely known just
who Is playing.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
COLLINS HAD AN ALIAS
FOR His DEbUT BATTLE

ed after q few attempts Instead. he
moved Danny Murphy. his regular
second baseman. out to right held,
and placed Eddie on second base.
After Eddie played the bag few
games IL would have taken a ton
of dynamite for Murphy or anvo"e
else to disiodge him. He played the
bag as though he had been bonn and
nurtured there and lived there ali his
life.
From that time on the average fan
is pretty well acquainted with Eddie
Collins career. He hasn't hid eim
self under a bushel.
Set . New Record
With the exception of two years,
Eddie has batted over 800 every
year since 1908. and has finished as
high as 1865. In 1910 he set a new
American League baserunning rec
ord. with 81 steals, a record which
since has been beaten, first by Milan.
and then by Cobb.
Collins has played on, six champion
ship teams, four with the Athletics
and two with the White Sox. Four
times he has been on winner, ana
has taken more money out OF world 3
series than any other player
Up to the series last TAN between
the White SoX and Reds, Collins was
known as the greatest money player
in baseball" but even Collins slump
in batting against the Red pitchers
cannot take any OF his past great
ness from him. In three OF the SIX
series in which he participated. he
hit better than 400, feat never ap-
preached by any other player.
For years there has been story
in circulation that Collins, during his
career at Columbia, used to appear
around the Polo Grounds. and the OLD
American League grounds In Ne"
York. begging McGraw and then Grit
fifth to give him a chance to PLAY
ball. Despite the fact that this story
has been denied again and again.
Collins still is referred to as the mar
that McGraw turned down" or "th"
player New York couldn't see."
As n matter of fact. Collins himself
has often refuted this canard. II"
once informed the writer that Connie
Mack signed him up when he was {"
sophomore at Columbia and that ur.
til Mack made him an attractive offoI
he never even considered the question
Of making baseball his livelihood.
Copyright. 1920. by Al Munro Elias)
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
TOO MANY FRIENDS;
FOLWELLI LISCANNED
Pennsylvania Authorities Say
Newspapers Support Cost
Coach His lob.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3-"rhey
told me that the support OF the Phila-
delphia newspapers beat me for
coach. That was the only reason
received forTmy dismissal"
Thus speaks Robert J. Folweil, the
most successful football coach In
years, OF his passing TO make way for
John w. Heisman. former coach OF
the famous Georgia Tech eleyens AZ
Atlanu
Folwelrs friends were given no
chance TO offer his name for consid-
Grafton. A secret meeting was called
end Heisman's appointment was
ratihsd hurriedly.
John c Bell, former States att ~
ney general. and prominent In p or
athletics, made a stirring appeal 'or
the retention OF Folwell, but fhc
cards were stacked and his appeal iell
IN deaf ears. Both Folwell md
Captain-elect Bud Hopper expected
TO address the committee. but the sis-
sion was breaking up before eit er
man knew OF IT. No hearing was
granted.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
NJ FREDERICK G. LIEB.

The Introduction OF the game m
which Ed Collins frst faced a zig
.sague crowd follows: "'Rubs' wal
IeII pitched great bal. but was beat.
en- In the eleventh inning In one OF
he crazy quilt games OF the season.
rhe score was 8 to 4. The prod gai
son, Eddie Mcfarland. settled the
game in the eleventh inning, when
re cracked a stinger too hot Tor
Young Shean to handle, and George
Davis came all the way from second
md slid under the anxious Mr.. Byrhes
for the winning run. Schreck was put
1ut OF the game. Walsh struck out
welve men and Waddel eleven men,.
Eddie certainly wasn't cheated!
hey sure put on a real game for
him. Twenty-three strike-outs In one
Same is going some.
Collins got the first Athletic pu e
out of the game. After Ed Hahn. too
frst man up got on base. he prompt
ly tried to steal. but Collins. ., as
Sullivan. took Schreck's smart throw.
and neatly plastered II on the run
ner.
1t Is interesting to note that GeorEh
Davis. the Chicago shortstor. who
scored the winning run. then was
thfrty-eight, just twice as old as
Eddie.
Just Barely Nineteen
Eddie Collins was born at Ta:ry-
town, N. Y, on May 2. 1887. making
him a few months past nineteen.
when he frst reported to the Ath-
letics. He graduated from the lrV re
School, Tarrytown. and Columbia Uni
versity in the class of 1907.
In addition to being a great col
lege baseball player, Collins. despite
his weight, was a crack scholastic
and college football player. He play
ed quarter ck on Columbia's team
OF 1905, Tom Thorp being fullback.
After that season Columbia abolished
football for 10 years.
After his graduation from Column
bia, Eddie returned to the Athletics
in 1907 and played under his own
name as a utility substitute. Mack
procured Jimmy Collins that year to
Dlay third base for him, and among
the Philadelphia bleacherites 1t was
believed that Eddie was old Jimmy's
son.
Mack tried to make an outfielder
out Of Eddie early In 1908, but desist-
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
WEEATLEY IN FRONT
IN BIG TOURNAMENT
Close Fight for the District Title in
Pocket Billiards at Grand
Central.

front today In the race for the Dis
trict OF Columbia pocket billiard
championship now in progress at the
Grand Central Palace by virtue OF
his 100 to ~ victory over George
Kelchner.
A crowded house watched wheatley
come through over Kelchner last
night in a stirring match The tour
rament is attracting a deal of atton-
ion. and the winner cannot be p ck-
ed by any of the followers.
Tonight the veteran Walter wai'arc
will play last years titleholder.
'harles Bartelmes and another red
hot engagement Is expected.
Here's how the contestants stand
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
LOOKING EN- OVER
-----l BY C----
LOUIS A. DOU G HER

Sly suggestions that Georges Carpenters pedal exmies
clay texture have failed of their though they have been
posthae from New York the fr the Would
be defenders Of Jack Dempsey seeking paint the European heavyweight
champion with the brush ubg the Utah
have cautioned that before audng Carpenter the skies
hero of the air, they investigate his claims
week said in New York that instead Of fighting
the bohe Georges Carpenter ground mechanic the French
aviation the thrill of hearing bullets
his direction 1t whispered that the French government used
Carpenter entertainer his than other
capacity this permitted its logical
might that Carpenter French uniform
skipped and hid cellar Ulster
else from the sound Of drumhre
The Washington times., 1920-02-03

Some OF thI Sc comments appeared
In this column. printed for what the,
might be worth. Therefore. becaus'
they appear TO be worth little ol
nothing her follows the statement o.
Thierry ]. Mallet, OF New York city
late captain of the. fr nch army
I2Oth Battalion OF Chas. surs Alpin'
(Blue DeNiisJ," sent to the Sun-Her
old In the metropolis:
in the sun OF January ~
Charles f. Mathison, writing
about the French champion Car
penIier, says that the latter dur
ing the war was never under hre
because he was detailed for work
In the mechanical department OF
the air service. Allow me to deny
that statement.
"In August, 1914, a few days
after his fight with Gunboat
Smith in London, Carpenter en-
listed. Being still under age and
unframed he was detailed in the
moor corps service as a driver
for a few months.
Was In Air Two Years.
when his class was called to
eolors he applied for aviation and
passed his pilot test in the spring.
He was sent to the front immedi-
dlely ana new tHeTC as pliot ioi
artillery and infa nlry observation
from the spring # 1915 to the
summer of 19l7-two years.. Be-
~; physically worn out ne was
Siirn 5, mt to Joinvi'lele-Pont as
physical and boxing instructor.
"The statement that Carp ntier
was never under fire is an error.
He was under fire for two years.
Personally, saw Carpenter
twice flying over the German
liIfes. in September. 1918. during
the Champagne attacks, the Sec
ond time in 1916. when the French
counter attacked at Verdun and
took back the fort of Dou mott,
over which Carpenter was the
first aviator to fly.
During that attack Carpenter
kept in touch with the infantry
waves by flying few yards ony
above the ground, and his lie X
less bravery was the taik OF the
whole attacking division.
Georges Carpenter wears tho
Military Medal (M. daille Mill
taire) and the War Cross Zero
de Guerre) with two pa Inns In
The French army no soldier can
y:n those two oecorat .ons with
out lighting, risking his life and
displaying the most conspicuous
gp'lantry."
Apparently, judging from this
statemert. Georges Carpenter Is q
-eal veteran of the great war, and en-
titiCd 10 all the praise handed out
to him.
Only One Champion In.
According to the wellknown records
only one American holder of a ring
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
Sailing Orders~


II you're weary Of the offiee
And your step mas lost its snap.
II you're looking for q lito that nts
4 big two-hsted chap
II you want 10 30 a-rovtng
All this jolly old world round,
Come a-runnin'. runnin'. buddy,
When the bugle starts to SOUND.
For we've got our sailing ordera
And there's Joy in all our hearts
q. we're dropping down the river.
And It's hey for foreign parts!
It's hey for Guam and Haiti
And the beach at Wakaiki!
The Marines have got their orders,
And they're putting out to sea
II you're tired Of the factory
Or you're weary Of the plow,
And you don't find any romance
In the job you're doing now,
Here's a chance to 60 q rowing
To the place Adventures found
So come a.runnin'. buddy,
When you hear the bugles sound.
They're cheering from the ferries
And they're waving from the
The duh old life. behind us
And the new life lies before.
We're off to make talk "howdy
With the Moro and Chinee.
The Marines have got their orders.
And they're putting out to SEA-
The young man who has not felt
the call of the sea, who has never
known the -wanderiust" - that
restless hunger for the sight OF
strange foreign lands and stranger
peopie-he does not exist But
how many men neglect their op-
portunities and grow old without
ever having wandered very far from
their own home towns
What have such men gotten out
Of life: What have they to look
back on but . monotonous round
Of uninteresting toil7 How they
must envy their more fortunate
perhaps more darinr-fellows. who
have travelled and s~en and done
who have lived life to the full!
How the "stay-at-home" must re-
gret his lack OF enterprise. as he
sits. one Of an interested group.
while some ex-Marine spins yarn
after yarn land true yarns they are.
tool OF his adventures on tossing
seas and under tropic skies.
The Marine and the Wide World
At the moment you are reading
this there is hardly a country on
earth where there are not United
states Marines, doing mems work
yes, and playing, too, as real men
play-storing up health and mem
orles that will last them to the end
OF the chapter.
There are Marines down in Cuba,
picturesque old Cuba, almost as
Spanish today as when the red and
yellow flag OF Spain floated over
MORO Castle. In Haiti-the queer
little republic, where the colored
folks speak French, Marines are
helping to slap bad little bandits on
the wrist when they misbehave.
That's llfe-life with Just enough
danger In II to make II worth the
living.
There are Marines walking the
streets Of London and Paree. They
are hearing renl ukeleles on real
beach at wakaIki. They are in the
Philippines and "somewhere east Of
Sue.," where Mr.. Eipllng tells us
"thers Amt no ten commandments
and . man can raise . thirst Nay
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
American Beef Makes
Wilde Heavier.

American beef is making q
bantam out OF Jimmy Wilde. the
British flyweight, who knocked
out, Mike Ertle the other night
at Milwaukee.
I'VE don't get the flne beef In
England that you have here"
says Dave Hughes, Wilde's man
ager. "and believe me, we are
all taking advantage OF It."
When the little Welshman
first appeared in Milwaukee. he
scaled lO3 pounds. Without any
particular effort. he has added
four pounds to his weight and
now easily makes l07 pounds.
He has hopes of getting up
around ia or l16. Then he
may take a crack at Pete Her
mans world bantam title.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
HOWARD AT CORNELL.

Irving Howard. former Western
ligh baseball captain and last years
eader on the diamond at Cornell is
ne OF the best infield prospects at
ithaca. Hughie Jennings will sta
he Cornell candidates February 15,
md John Henry. former Amherst
College and Washington baseball
layer. will take up the duties there
Lfter.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
NARY A SINGLE POINT.

Loans and Currency basketball
rlrvers made not one single point
against the Peck Stars In the Peck
!. ,Inasium. while the home crew got
20 points Ten chances were offered
the Treasury players from the free
toss line and Overbee and Scharfen-
berg failed on all OF these.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
YANKEES WILL PLAY.

The Y. M. c. A. Yankees who have
tnnexed twelve straight games will
tackle the War Risk Insurance ave
in the Boys Y. M. c. A. tomorrow
night Atherson and Murtaugh
Nloysius Club stars, are with the
War Riskers.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
PLAY AT PlNEHURST.

Allan Lard and Donald Parsons, OF
Chevy Chase, and NJ. Il. Stevinson, or
Columbia. are among the players
from this city at Pinehurst, N. C., for
the midwinter golfing season.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
MAY LOSE THREE LADS.

Business is said to have lost
Dutch" Held, Johnny Goetz, and
Goldy" Goldstein for the remainder
Of the season.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03

be Il isn't as bad as that, but the
Or lent is mighty interesting.
Days of Real Sport
Amy man who feels at home with
a gun and q fishing rod was born
to be q Marine. You see, a Mar ne
lives on and near the water so much
that he's web footed. and where
there's salt water there are FISH.
And In tropical waters there are
nsh such as Ash stories are made OF
FISH and turtles that would make
. New York chef weep Tor Joy.
And game! How would II be If
hunting leave way up into China
In search OF deer or bear7 Or sup
pose we were guarding Uncle Sans
big ditch at Panama and got leavC
to go out and pot a taguar 70 make
somebody leopard skin coat7
Home Life Of the Marines
No Marine ever seems to stay in
one place long enough to get rusty.
When he Is not just off for foreign
ports or just coming home from
service abroad, he Is on one Of the
big battleshlps which are always
on the move from one port 70 an
other Today he may be IN Guam
tanamo Bay. Cuba and the next
bound for France or Constantinopte,
or goodness knows where
And when he's on duty In the
States he may be at any one OF .
number Of interesting places-ouan-
ington: the League Island Navy Yard
at Philadelphia; the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. at New York: or he may be
at San Diego. in sunny California, or
Mare Island. in San Francisco Bay.
Work Time for the Marines
The Marines life is not all play.
There's work to be done. But it's
a mans work and interesting.
There are short, snappy drills
that teach a man to be on his toes
There are setting-up exercises that
give a man chest like . barrel
There are hikes, short ones at first
and gradually increasing, that tench
a man to walk on his own two feet,
md like II. And there's rifle prac-
tice. But that isn't work-that's
sport There Is wireless telegraphy
and signal work to be learned.
here rs training in scouting and
woodcraft. Maybe you didn't know
that every Marine is a regular Rob
inson Crusoe when IL comes to MAX
ing himself comfortable in a wild
country.
There IS artillery practice and
something of sailing, rowing and
seamarship For Marine Is
sailor ns well as n soldier. But it's
GOOD work-all OF 4.
In addition 10 giving n man physl-
cal fitness and mental Pl"rtness, tho
Marine Corps gives plenty Of oppor
tun'ty for learning n trade that viii
"reRn big mOnNy for him after his
lischarre. Thousands OF e~.Nfori-op
have immcdipt lv been taken INTO
"c'l npyirE iohs in civii life az
Nvin' ors. a'rNlano rnccN nIcs. gas
onrinn mcchnn'cs chauffeurs. wire
'ese one~ators rrintCre. harber.
Nn1l rlaySr, chefs. bakers. cleo,
tricians. for"rnen. e'c.. etc.
IN honorable discharge after two
three or forr veNrs' srr'.Ice IN the
Marines rs tho bost letter ~ recon-
'n"n'ation any man can have.
Tho Nrr're Cor~- w-n.. only
GOOD mcn, hut they d~n't have 60
- '.ilntT, 'ust ord rrriiy h--Ithy.
Don't shy. ~ cunt pass the te.t t.-
urtil vow have tried. Tho doctor.
rre kindly and courteous. Civ,
'hem n chance to look you over.
send for booklet.
~ you sre interested cnu NJ
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4'8 9th St. N. w.
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The Washington times., 1920-02-03
LARRY CHENEY DONE.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.--Larr,
ury. the veteran pitcher. has been
given his unconditional release by the
PhIllIes-
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
ROCKVILLE HIGH WINS.

Rockville High School. recently or
ganized In bagk' tbnll, scored 30
to-14 victory over the Georgetown
Junior Prep School, OF Garrett Park,
Nd, yesterday. a
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
WILL PLAY SATURDAY.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
'ashington and Lee will meet SAT-
'rday night in ~Lynchburg, Va. for
heir big game OF the season.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
EPIPHANY is TROUNCED.

Epiphany players received a 90 t.
IS licking at the hands OF the accu
rate Aloysius Club players. Th,
Aloysius lads will meet the india
Head card nails on Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
HOPKINS WILL ARRIVE.

Johns Hopkins University will ar
i've here Friday night for . basket
Nan game with Georgetown Univer-
Nv IN RYAN gymnasium
The Washington times., 1920-02-03
DATE IS POSTPONED.

Business and Western will meet a.
the end OF the schedule. their meet.
ing OF last Friday being postponed