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South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

in a Mercedes, a German-built car.
This year he will drive a Ballot bug.
Resta will be at the wheel OF a
Sunbeam.
He won the classic in 1916 when
the race was cut 10 800 miles. The
italian raced but one season during
which he made $4,000. His return
to the game is teing watched with
interest.
Milton. the worlds speed Ging,
vii drive a DURAN Special.
He made the fastest automobile
trip ever negotiated by mortal MAI
when he famed the sands at Day
/ tona Beach. Fla. at the astounding
speed OF 156.04 miles per hour. So
/ fast did he burn his way through the
air that his boa; burst into flames
while he was at top speed.
! Ills cool head saved him. He SIM
lily drove the flaming car into the
ocean. A few minor burns were niS
/ only injuries.
IN glancing at the entry list OF the
| coming speed carnival one can see {
| dozen novels written about everl
name.
These men are a new type oi
sportsman.
They are the kind who spend for
tunes and give their lives for one
superb hobby-speed.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

In the sydney Referee" NJ w. F.
Corbett has the following TO say
about the Shade-Lockwood quarrel:
Occasions when comparatively
crude heavyweight boxers have
given champions and near cham
pions Of their day a tough time may
easily be recalled by followers Of
the game. How Bill Brennan quite
recently brought Jack Dempsey's
soaring stock down with a wallop
IS we'll remembered. The things that
rom Sharkey did up against the
mighty Jim Jeffries when he was in
his prime were not so long ago that
F. thousands of readers of the Ref
cree can have forgotten them. And
what mighty man was
rough. unpublished Joe Goddard less
than thirty years back? Hence it
should have been no surprise to find
Ray Lockwood. the big fellow from
the United States via the Philippine
Islands. causing Billy Shade a good
deal Of trouble. much anxiety and
not a little physical suffering at the
Stadium on Saturday night last be
fore he could be sidetracked as a
/ factor in a most exciting battle
There was. to the eye. more than
I the difference between the men in
make and size than the declared
weights-Shade. los: Lockwood. les
/ indicated.
Lockwood stood over his oppo-
nent and bulked bigger. He pos
T sessed another and a telling advan-
/ tage. if he could have made the best
/ use Of it, He was more rangy than
/ Shade.
In the ninth round the boxers
were fighting with all their strength
and power. and as close to each
other as they could be and have
anything like freedom Of arm action
/ The house was wrought to a high
( pitch OF excitement. as had several
/ times been the case during the
/ struggle. for struggle il surely was
always. The determination and sus-
\ tanned nature Of this last rally was
/ q dO-or-die spectacle.
suddenly Shade lifted 10 the chin
a right uppercut charged TO the full
with vim. There was no mistake
about it's power. and there was nc
failure in its effect. Lockwood fel
helplessly as If a mule had kicked
him.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
Yet the faster they fly round the

Yet the faster they fly round the
zoo laps the more money they make.
Many of these powerfully built
racing boats are junk after reeling
of the 500 miles.
Death Curves.
And death turks at every turn for
the men at the wheel
Each year takes it's toll in acci-
dents and fatalities.
The winner Of last years speed
way classic-Gaston Chevrolet-was
later killed in a crash on a Cali
fornia racing saucer.
Deep lines soon mark themselves
IN the faces of these picturesque
speed romancers. The gray OF
worry comes into their hair.
They age before their time. But
each year finds practically the same
group of drivers back at the wheel
Speed fascinates them. 1t be
comes necessary TO them.
De Palma and Resta Will race
under the Italian flag.
Milton viii fly the Stars and
Stripes.
De Palma's Time.
Dc Palma holds the record for the
Indianapolis speed derby.
In 1915 he clipped off the 200
laps IN 8 hours. 33 minutes and D.
ecconds lie made his great record
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
ATHLETE WINS OUT
AS JUNIOR LEADER
Gus Desch, Olympic Star, tc
Pilot NOtre Dame Class
Class Next Year.

Gus Desch, member Of the Amer
ican Olympic team and worlds rec
ord holder in the 40-yard and 44O-
yard low hurdles. was elected Iresi-
dent OF the junior class of Notre
Dame university at the class cleo
tions held Monday. Bill Voss. mon
ogram football tackle, was elected
to membership in the Students ac-
ivity committee.
Desch, a law student at Notre
Dame, halls from Newark. n. J.. and
first came into prominence at Notre
Dame when he tied the worlds rec
ord for the 40-yard low sticks at
Chicago in his freshman year. After
the Olympic tryouts he accompa-
MED the American team overseas
and took third place in the 400 me-
ter event in a thrilling finish in the
Belgium games. At the Penn Relays
at Philadelphia two weeks ago
Desch flashed into national promi-
nence by breaking the only world S
record which fell at the carnival
when he stopped the 44O-yard low
sticks in 1894, clipping 2-5 OF a sec
ond from the old record.
Eddie Anderson. football captain
elect and selected as all-American
end on several mythical teams last
fall, was elected TO membership OF
the s. A. c. as a representative of
the senior class last Friday. Notre
Dame athletes have been unusually
prominent in all class activities dur
ing the year and Coach Rockne is
I Justly proud Of the class rating of
! his stars.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
By DEAN SNYDER.

There'U be plenty of speed IN the
international 500-mlle auto races on
May 80 at the Indianapolis speed
way.
Tommy Milton. Ralph De Palma,
Dario Resta and p other speed
demons will furnish If.
II is the most expensive sreed in
the world.
Each speedboat costs its owner
$4,000 and upwards to build and
get ready for racing.
When the . racing bugs leave the
line on Memorial day for the Ions
grind they'll represent between two
and three million dollars worth OF
harnessed speed.
Record Purse.
The purse this year approx
mating 100000 is the largest ever
hung up.
But # isn't the unkle of money
that thrills the drivers.
It is the glory of winning the
worlds premier speed test that
counts.
The men. who guide the steering
wheels and puU the throttles. are
speed crazy.
Tho auto racing game to them is
romance-ncl the winning Of
money.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

Billy Shade Now a light Heavy.
For a while we thought Billy
Shade might grab the middleweigEt
honors when ne returned TO Amcri-
ca after his successful invasion OF
Australia. but from tne latest ac-
counts we find that VIII las cut
grown the middleweig,.t division by
quite q lot.
His last fight in Sydney was
against Ray Lockwood. who lasted
nine rounds Shade. we are in
formed. tipped the scales at 165
pounds.
He won't get within ten miles Of
Champion Johnny Wilson with his
165 pounds Wilson is not only a
good picker. but he's also very care
ful about the weight of his oppo-
nents.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

Pete Stinchcomb. the Ohio state
star halfback. has cracked the big
Six" broad Jump record with a leap
Of % feet and I inch.
Manager George Gibson pu, a
bashful rookie by the name OF John
ny Mokan in the game the other
day. All he did was hit a single,
a double and a triple and make a
cacridce hit.
EquaIlng the 1OO-yRrd record OF
o SIS seconds is becoming ordinary.
Allan WoOdring of Syracuse Is the
latest TO pull Charley Paddock
Tex Rickard VIII get into the
swim" still further by building the
largest swimming pool in the world
at Madison Square Garden.
IIrehie Jennings sizeup OF Ty
CoDb's Tigers is that they'll finish
OnC-tNyO-three. Hughie once was
considered a good guesser.
MoTnted police viii guard the
pari. mutual betting booths at Can
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
THE MSLDER SAYS

adam race tracks this summer TO IN
sure honesty.
Dan Cupid IS probably opposed 70
the famous "heart sock"
Speaking OF a return 90 normally:
an iuaeldcr's business is picking mp
every day.
Many a rookie has staged come
back-to the home town.
A bird who can take a blow and
then give one Is not necessarily a
counter At" fighter.
Jack Dempsey used 10 pick
peaches. Now he knocks 'em OF.
The umpire fans the pan and the
fans pan the umpire
Kots0naros and his championship
wrestling ambitions can now sit
down-or rather up. Z5yszkO put
him on his shoulder blades.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
FROSH DROP CLOSE
GAME TO SENIORS
Capt. Sluss, Maxey, SabO and
Foster to Compete in
State Track Meet.
LEAGUE TANDINGS.

AFTER a weeks lay or during
preparation for the Northern Indi-
ana track and field meet, high school
.interclass again got under way at
Leeper field yesterday afternoon
with the Seniors taking the Fresh
men over by to 6 score. The
game went only five innings. being
called because OF darkness.
Scoring two runs In the first the
near-grads led the entire FIVE in
nings, the freshmen bringing up
their count in the fourth inning when
erratio fielding with timely hits put
three runs over the plate. Again
in the last half Of the fifth the yearl-
ing outfit threw a scare into the up
perclass ranks when with two out.
the frOsh rallied, scoring and placing
man on third. Swintz. however.
worked true 70 form and bencked
the next man.
Coach Hastings viii take four men
to Franklin, Ind, this Saturday to
compete in the state high school
track meet at Franklin college. The
South Bend entries in the state last
year resulted in only Capt. Thorn
son placing, he taking first honors
/ in the quarter mile.
-Four Go To State Meet.
Capt. Sluss and Maxey. two vet
Grams OF last season, and two new
men, Sabo and Foster. viii display
! their wares this year. Capt. Sluss
! is expected to land a place in the
shot by virtue Of his showing at the
Kalamazoo meet in which he con-
tested with the best in Michigan
and many strong Wisconsin and Ill.
inOis schools. and Of the large list
Of entries he was beaten by only
one man. and that. by a very few
| inches. Sabo. high point man las
Saturday. should place in one Of the
three events in which he is entered
He probably will have close cOmpe
tition, however. in both the broad
jump and the dashes.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

Maldwyn Jones OF Dayton. o., one
Df the crack motorcycle racers Of
the country. has been signed 20 race
here at the two-day meet at Spring
brook park May 1880 The races
are under the direction OF r. +.
Wegner and will be run with The
sanction OF the NJ & A T associa-
ton. Jones IS no stranger TO South
Bend racing fans. having appeared
on the Springbrook track number
of times last season and holding the
distinction Of making two world s
records on this half-mile track. He
hung up a mark OF 1902 for mile.
also 5.12 FOR hve miles, on Aug. %
last year and during the fall and
winter seasons on the California
coast these figures have not been
beaten.
Jones rides 2. Iarley-Davddson and
has been IN tho racing game for 10
Years He Is noted as a clean. fast
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

rider and has q record Of - con-
secutive races without a spill When
not engaged in racing he is en-
plOyed as an aeroplane tester at the
McCrook field. Dayton. o.. and is
frequently I'm the air on test SPINS
He is q daring aviator and when in
the saddle OF motorcycle never
seems 20 be able 20 get enough
speed out Of his machine % satisfy
HIM He IS one OF eight professional
riders so far booked for the May
meet
As an evidence OF the interest be-
ms taken IN the gasoline bike races
thus early in the season a party OF
so riders from South Bend, Ansha-
waka and Elkhart have arranged 20
meet here at r. G. Gross shop at
$50 a. m. sunday. May %, and so
90 the opening race meet of the sea
son 20 be held at Porter, Ind, on
that date
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
COLUMBUS TAKES GAME

BY Associated Press:
MILWAUKEE,, May 16- Lingrel
lasted less than two innings Monday
and Columbus won its first victory Of
the series s to .. Danforth pitched
excellent ball, allowing only two
clean hits, three others being
scratched. Catcher Clark was
elected from the game by Umpire
Johnson for disputing a decision at
the plate. Score;
Columbus .....332 900 O00--S 13 ?
Milwaukee 100 100 OG0-2
Danforth and Wilson; Lingrel,
Trentman and Clark, Gregory.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
KANsAs CITY ~ MmD

By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. No. May Is -
Kansas City turned 13 hits and is
bases on balls into 16 runs Monday
and defeated Toledo. The visitors
FIVE runs came In the third and
sixth innings on groups OF hits.
Mead. who relieved Morisetd, gave
II bases on balls. FIVE OF them in the
third inning, when the locals batted
around and got 10 runs Score:
Toledo ......OO3 OO2 600 s z 3
Kansas City .0O1 O2O Skis 15 2
Morisetti Mean and Bresnahan,
Manush; Fuhr and McCarty. Black
we'll
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

But the fallen mans wits had
not completely left him. At the
count OF nine he started 70 rise-his
movement was necessarily slow.
1T could not have been otherwise
with one so seriously shaken. He
had barely stretched himself erect
on a pair OF tottering legs when
out" discovered him not in a
proper shape to continue. Conse-
Quently Joe Wallis declared Shade
the winner"
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
N. D. TENNIS TEAM
WILL COMPETE IN
STATE TOURNEY
Mccarthy and Pfeiffer Will
Uphold Schools Laurels
Today.

The NOtre Dame tennis informals
viii enter their first intercollegiate
competition at Indianapolis Tuesday
when Ed Pfeiffer and Judge Nc
Carthy represent the school In the
Indiana intercollegiate tourney. The
local players viii enter both singles
and doubles
Pfeifrer won the Notre Dame tour
nament last year and was formerly
interscholastic. champion OF Ken
lucky. Mccarthy. manager Of the
local team. was a member OF the
team which won the Kansas state
doubles championship last year.
The meet viii be held on the
courts Of Butler college and the
Hawthorne Tennis club OF Indian
aPol!s, and the competition wiz in
clude some Of the best racquet
wielders in collegiate circles. Bas-
tian and Hennessy, OF Indiana. are
rated class A in the national stand
ing. and other stars OF Indiana
schools are we'll up in the rating.
Handicapped by Inactivity.
Pfelffer and Mccarthy VIII be
Handicapped by a lack of playing
experience during the season. as the
Elkhart meet OF last Sunday was
the first OF the year for the NOtre
Dame men. Pfeiffer suffered a
slightly strained eide from a siren
uous serve last week, but viii rely
upon his usual cutting game. Nc
Carthy showed a fine service and a
fair volley game during the week 8
n.rre T. rra
Captain Wegman and Hanrahan.
the other two members OF the y. D.
first string. will probably represent
the school at the Western confer
ence meet at Chicago on May %.
The contest on at Notre Dame 20
discover the best-built man IN the
school was scheduled to end Mon
day. but Rev Bernard Iange In
charge or the measurements has
decided 10 extend the time two
weeks because Of the interest which
has been displayed by the students.
More than 100 men have been meas
ured TO date. and the director Of
the work has set 500 as a goal.
Measurements viii be published at
the conclusion eof the contest.
shaw leads Form Race.
Buck Shaw. football tackle and
one Of the best shot putters in the
west is leading the race with a
mark OF 91b. which comes very near
ro the measurements of the perfect
Is formed man. Zero is the mark Of
perfection Eddie Anderson, foot
ball captain-elect aHd basketball
guard. is running Saw a close sec
ond. with Judge Carberry and Har-
very Brown tied for third. DeRou-
let. Tom Lieb, Leo Cavanaugh and
Russeck are grouped around the
fourth station. with many ties far
ther down in the list. Gold medals
will be awarded 70 the four high
men at the conclusion Of the con
test.
A fertile topic Of conversation or
the campus is the wonderful show
ing OF Kentucky Oberst in the jave
lin throw. The big candidate foi
the spear honors had never handled
his weapon until the outdoor tracl
season began. but has already scoret
in both dual meets i'm which he ha'
competed. setting a new field recor'
i'm the Michigan Aggie meet Of las
saturday. Oberst Is q favorite 70
the event in the Indiana state meet
and will probably win a place In tn
Western conference carnival.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
JAPs DEFEAT INDIANA.

BY Associated Press:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 16.-
Waseda university OF Japan defeated
Indiana 5 to here Monday by
punching hits for five runs in the
seventh inning. Indiana scored
three runs off Anita, who started
for Waseda, but were unable to hit
Taniguichi, who relieved him. The
score:
Waseda 1000 600 5O0-5 II 3
Indiana .....21O 900 O10-4 10 4
Anita, Taniguichi end Kuji; Camp
bell and Minton.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
Work on Yank Baseball
PGrk VIII Start To-day
By Associated Press

NEW YORK. May 16.-The New
York Yankees Monday formally as
sumed title to their new baseball
park across the Harlem river from
the Polo Grounds. Grading viii be
started today.
The ground which was purchased
from the Waldorf-Astor estate was
reported to have cost S62O,0OO. The
plant. which Will seat $4,000, will
cost $2,3OO.OOO when completed.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

one Of Robert Lewis Steyenson's
earliest publications was "a scientific
paper. contributed to the proceed
Incs OF the Royal Society Of Edin-
burgh. Il deals with the effects of
forests on climate.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
MICHIGAN BLANKS OHIO.

by ASsOciateU Press.
COLUMBUS, O., May 16.-Mich-
igan defeated Ohio State Monday 5
ball game. Dixon Of the visitors
allowed state only one hit. a single
by Fessler, and received perfect sup
port. Score: r. II. Z.
Michigan ..101 1O2 OOO-5 II 0
Ohio State o.. 900 600 O0O-0 l I
Dixon and Wick: Griffith. Fish and
Huffman.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17
FRENCH CHAMPION
ARRIVES FOR BIG
SCRAP WITH JACK
Dressed COnservatively and
Appears Coolly Deter
mined to Win Belt.
BY HENRY L. FARRELL.

nttcd Press stan correspondent.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Georges
Carpenter invaded America Mon
day TO fight Jack Dempsey for the
worlds boxing championship.
Looking rather pale and thin. the
Freedman walked down the gang
plank from the liner Ia Savoie
shortly after Il a. m. He was re-
ceived with cheers. by a big crowd
on the dock.
"I am going to win this fight,
Carpenter said earnestly 10 the
newspaper men who thronged
around him.
Il Will win, no matter how long
II lasts, but I hope II viii be short.
"The betting in Paris when we
left there was about so TO so"
Says He Is Fit.
Carpenter said he weighed 175
pounds and that he felt At. He
planned to leave at once for his
training camp at Manhassett on
Long Island. Light training will be
INDUCED in for eight days, after
which the challenger Will get down
to real work.
The fighters sartordal outfit was IN
marked contrast to the wealth Of
color with which he dazzled Amer
lea on his first visit here about a
| year ago. Monday he was attired
very quietly, his dark suit of con-
! servative cut being topped with a
gray soft hat. His cravat was
maroon and he allowed himself a
/ thin white stripe in the sOcks-an
echo Of his former kaleidoscope
/ splendor.
Many who met him remarked on
his lack of color. Passengers said
he was seasick for the first two days
Of the voyage. Thereafter he went
| through a light workout daily on the
upper deck.
! Georges brought several in his en-
tourage but left his wife and their
baby in France. He hopes 20 take
the championship back TO her, he
! said with a smile.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

More international conferences
have been held at The Hague and
more treaties and alliances arranged
there than in any other city in the
world.
Joseph Bonaparte, who was forced
on the throne OF Spain by his ambi-
tious brother. Napoleon i. resided IN
the United States, near Bordentown,
n. j.. for Is years.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

Knitting was not invented until the
art OF weaving had been practiced
for centuries.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

The order of the iron cross was
instituted by Frederick William III
in 1918.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-17

The system Of preserving green
fodder by ensilage was invented in
France.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-22
BUD PUGH IS
HOSPITAL CASE
Attack Thought to Be An
Act of Revenge by
Police
ALLEN UNDER ARREST
Balked Holdup Game. But
Taxi Mishap Put Him Up
for Repairs

e.,ai.l 10 The World.
% PpSETLESVILLE Sept. 21.-- Bud
pugh. father of Felix Pugh, the lad
rgEo was fatally injured on the
rirbf ~ August II by two robbers
,gbn broke into a garage at Ramona
yvbqro he was might watchman,, Is
wing I'm a hotel at Ramona shf-
to-iHg from painful injuries re-
loiya1 late Monday night, while a
man who gives the name of Allen
aud woman declared 10 be his
80, are in custody OF the county
According to Pugh, Allen and his
vy,te had been working for him
,rsbiq form near Avant. When he
,c,rrncd TO his farm Monday night
p,eb saws Allen met him with a
winchester rifle and ordered him
W throw up his hands and give
n, the money he had on his person.
pgrh told the officers that he
argued with Allen and succeeded
in getting to the house where he
grabbed q revolver and forced
Allen to drop the gun. Pugh then
started TO Bartlesville with Allen
and his wife. using the services Of
a tayicub which he obtained at
Ochelata. on the road the taxi
swervud suddenly according TO
pugh, throwing him to the ground
and rendering him unconscious for
time.
Upon his recovery he went TO
Ochelata and notified Deputy
Sheriff Blythe Of the affair, Blythe
overlook Allen/ on the road and
-placed him under arrest. The
woman was caught at Tulsa later.
Local peace officers ere of the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-22
Charter Amended to
Separate Offices of
Mayor and Police Judge

Special 10 The World.
NEWKlRK, Sept 21--Although
but 90 votes were cast in the
special election, nevertheless the
citizens Of Newkirk have thereby
amended their city> charter To the
extent that the office Of police
Judge Is no longer included with
In the office OF the mayor. In the
future the police Judge will be
named by the mayor and other
city commissioners. George Albert
is mayor and will soon name a
police Judge.