Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27

Fitzsimmons will be recalled as the
man who brought Benny Leonard and
Charley White together at Benton
HArbor last year in most successful
gate for the Dempsey-Miske bout in
the same ring last Labor day. Fitz-
simmons is reported to have planned
three big fights for Decoration day.
July 4 and Labor day. and for one
of these dates he is more than will
ing to take the world heavyweight
struggle on Tex Richards hands
Faces Man-Sized Job.
If Fitzsimmons is really stacking
ND against Richard in this matter ne
has selected a man-sized job. This
would be the ca, even were the two
promoters to SIT all even, but as
the matter stands, Richard has In
contracts and the like which viii! give
him pretty big handicap. Probably
the whole thing. with respect to the
heavyweight battle, will boil down
to mere talk on the part of the PACK
country promote ro,d Yet e,,,, ms ;75e6eo
gate with Dempsey and Carpenter as
drawing cards is not regarded as q
ridiculous assertion by New YORK
sporting men. IT should be borne IN
mind that there are no limits TO
the prices of seats out in Benton
Harbor. As for Jess Willard. 1t Is
known that the Benton Harbor pro-
Queer has given him more than one
earful of talk of late.
No Turf Date Conflicts.
Racing men who have been won
Aerinx whether New York and Mary
land would come into conflict over rae
ing fixtures this spring now may ne
treasured There will be no conflict
not this spring. anyway. The season
ut
first week in April it is predicted
;Havre de Grace will take on next and
then the spring season will wind up at
Pimlico, a few days before the season
begins in New York. Turfmen tell me
that the spring, summer and fall sea-
.sons of 1891 will undoubtedly be the
greatest in the history OF American
tracks.
Dunn Hearding His Starr.
No minor league manager develops
more star ball players than Jack Dunn /
Of Baltimore. He has four or five now
for whom various major league man
ayers would give their eyeteeth. But
Dunn isn't doing business of that sort
this year. But that he is not funda-
mentally disinclined to do business is
evinced by the fact that he sold out
fine crop Of stars some years ago. They
included Babe Ruth. Ernie Shore.
Thormahlen and Lamar. At the time.
however, Dunn needed money, con-
dition. think. due to the old Federal
League row.
Pal lIoore's next fight will take
place out in Aurora, ILL.,. on January
81, when he meets Jimmy Kelly of
Chicago. The winner has been prom
ised bout with Joe Lynch for the
championship.
Would Fight for Charity.
WIN wonders never cease, Sailor
.EkDedman's latest wheeze is an offer OF
aeonement for the bad fights which he
Charley White put up at Kenosha. Wis.
srecentIy. He suggests another fight I'M
der the Same conditions and terms as
the last hxxle the commission to get 5
per cent as usual, the promoter to take
his share and-now for the knockout
the fighters share is to be turned over
TO Mayor Thompson for charity. Can
you beat it?
Freedman says in winding up his
offer: Both Charlie and l owe the pub
lie something for that bad fight. The
public bet on US and many lost. They
should be given a chance to wager again, i
and they should be given a real fight
Maybe Charlie can do better next time.
i doubt it. also doubt II he is sports
man enough to accept this offer. If he
Is q real sportsman, and il he believes
the public should get chance to see
real fight. il he believes we should re-
deem ourselves. let him accept this
offer"