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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-18
TYPICAL SUMMER'S DAY
IS ENJOYED IN RICHMOND
port Themselves in Shields Lake.
Parks Arc Filled.

old Mercury was kind TO Richmond
yesterday. The highest he went was
Sc. while the temperature at S o'clock
yesterday morning was rs low as
90. The dag was more like the halmy
ones of the oIdcn days. aud little COM
p!alnt wns registered as TO It's torrid-
itr.
BYRD Par! had its attractions ana
those attractions drew the crowds,
although with nil the DOWN town
parks nllcd with happy throngs, one
would not be sure he missed anyone
from their ncighborhood resorts.
Sthl there Was the usual crowd at
Shields Lake and in big Byrd Park
The sparkling waters OF the lake
hcckone! To III" masses. The masses.
however. preferred To loll along the
banks, while the several hundred
bathcrs gained much applause from
the multitude as fancy movements
We're made. or circus stunts were
pulled by the high divers
Professor stein and his band of
soloists We'd with the attractions Of
the lake, and they held the crowd
half mile away. This crowd. too
applaudcd as the strains from some
well-known air spent themselves
through the boushs. and when "'rhc
star Spamglcd Banner was PLAYED
Their" We're scarcely II score of an
Americans apparent. for the great
ihronE almost as one man arose ana
domod it's hat.
Tho c;ty's pet ducks and ducklings
In Reservoir lake. gave hearty wei
com" 10 the boating parties. as they
padded about In the cooling brccz,s
and made merry with the sparkling
water spraying Itself upon them
Whenever some clumsy oarsman dug
too deep into the "hrinv."
ne grass was made to play upOn"
said Superintendent Humphrey Calder.
and he found that his slogan had h,en
taken M by hundreds of little ones,
ana big ones. too-who rolled nuJ
cavortcd about like lambkins upou a
hillside
While hundreds of motorists drove
through IN" park. few OF them halted.
for III" call OF the wild. represented
by cary street Road. Horscpcn Road.
iHdEe church Road, and all Tie other
dr!vcwayS leading into the Wilderness
had reached them. and blackberry md
hu"kl"berry bushes saw little res,
within radius Of twcnty miles nf
tho city
capitol hin ana Chimhor,vo
Heights hal their quota. l,ibhv IJil
was ~ us own. with ever bench
hlled. Monroe Park proved n nouulor
resort, as did Jefferson Par. ana
Washington square. There wcr. mo
rrostrations. Ola Sol behaved b,,I-
somesy. and 20 prove their. cont.mnt
for him hundreds sat in the sunh.n,,,s
aIong the banks OF MAYO Island ana
watched the merry throng pass by.
amount Of yarn is used cxcon, +, l..
or different grad. which nnrb,ns
might t'hd TO increase it's rcsiIi.n,v
'H"t that's no; the chief cans. ~
the Wild Hitting orgies you raon
about daily Ease up on ia. down.
trodd"H pitcher. Let him co, u grin
on The ball so he can curve i, and
Keep bait in play longer. 4 bnt,cr
has less chance OF meeting u d,r,t
Bal Soiidiy Don't allow the umpir,s
to toss out now bali for each ha .tcr
to hit at: then You will see batting
rcsuming state OF normaIcy. or
rather the Kind folks speak of today
that prevailed in tho good old days"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-18
BLACKSTONE TAKES LONG
CONTEST FROM CHASE CITY

BLACKSTONE. VA, July I'm
one of the prettest games of ,hs
season blackstone defeated chase
City Saturday, 5 to .. IL was
pitchers battle between Curtis ana
Thompson. Blackstone got TO Thomp
son in the thirteenth and landed Tor
three two-base hits in succession.
scoring three runs. Curtis. pitching
for Blackstone. was mater OF the
situation throughout tao contest and
had the Chase City lads at his mcrex.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-18
Miss Ryan Retains little.

DUBLIN. July l1.--Miss Elizabeth
Ryan. of California, retained the
Irish Ladies' Lawn Tennis champion
ship by defeating Miss Wallis Satur-
day in the final OF the tournament,
The score swas g., Ga.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-18
100000 Deaths Reported In RussIn.
BY United News.l

COPENHAGEN. July 17.-Thc
health ministry of the Southern Rus
sian Soviet government reports Co.,
600 deaths in the present plague OF
cholera
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-18
GREEKS IMPLICIT SEVERE
LOSSES ON THE TURKS
Icy United Ncws.1

ATHENS. July l7.-Turkish conn
tcrattacks against the Greeks arc re-
ported under way in various sectors.
the kcmalists hurting most deter
mined blows along the AfOn Karahis-
sa. front in IN attempt to rccapturc
the line. These have thus far broken
down the Greek generals claim. ana
the Turks have suffered severe losses.
Decisive lighting is reported in tho
vicinity of Kutachsa. developing sue
ccssfully for the Greek forces.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
PREDICTED THE REVOLUTION
Book t55t ForrtcIis Separation of
American Colonies.

KEENE \. n, April i6.-Quain;-
ly phraacd weather warnings. inter
lardcd with old fashioned words or
wisdom. including prediction Of a
successful revolt In America, while
the colonists were still praying for
the health Of their English ruler.
are contained In a collection OF al
manacs owned by NJ. Il. Franiels OF
this city. Some of the paper bound
booklets date back to 1854.
Tho prophecy dealing with IN"
revolution was printed I'm u copy Is
sued about the time that Washing
ton was following the peaceful pur-
suits Of survcy. II was made by
Lord Kamcs, British nobloman
who said.
"Our North American colonies are
I'm n prosperous condition increasing
rapidly In population, In commerce
and in opulence md they have the
spirit of free people and are In
famed with patriotism. Their pop :
ulation will equal that OF Britain ana
ireland In less than "A century and
they will he n match for the mother
country IL they choose TO be inde-
pendent. a people animated with
the now blessings Of liberty will not
incline To kingly form or govern
mcnt.'
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
GREATEST RIGHT
BOAST OF LODGE
Morris Opponent Here
April 26 Is Hard
Hitter

special 20 The world
MlNNEAPOLlS. Miun. April iG.
Tho greatest right hand of any
heavyweight m the business today
ls the boast Of Farmer Lodge Of
Minneapolis who viii display his
fistic wares to rhlanomn fans April
So. At Tulsa against carl Morris,
once considered the most promising
white hope In the heavyweight
rank.
Farmer Lodge has gained the
reputation iu this part OF the coun-
try of being able To- floor any man
IN his division on whom hc lands
with his good right hand.
Fur the past three weeks Tommy
Gibbons has been using Lodge as
chief sparring partner. since Tommy
has gone to- New york Mike Gib
bons has taken Lodge m charge
Miko Rays Lodge viii knock out
Carl Morris IN sis ur seven rounds.
Does Century Dash In 10.
For a big man the Farmer iH
probably the fastest foot racer In
the world. lie can go 100 yards In
10 seconds flat.
Lodge H. a huge man. Weighing
I227 pounds when In fighting trim
and standing six feet four Inches
! I'm his gym shoes. lie has "A reach
OF sc inches and rs a well built bat
/ tier
Tp until nino months ago. Farmer
Lodge never did any gym training
/ to speak uf lie worked an day and
occasionally stepped out nud picked
/ up some easy money lie showed su
. IL tnnlt
/ him over and he was given consid-
crahle gym tutoring since then hc
/ has developed rapidly and is nov y
/ fast boxer. fast on his feet and can
| hit hard with both hands, nnd u
considered a leading contender an
/ the hcavvwCiRht ranks.
started Fighting In \rmy
Farmer Lodge fret took up iight
ing when in the army as member
Of tho 322nd machine gun company
in the send division, lie saw action
at Chateau Thicrrv and ~ the hni
tie of the Marine II was during his
leisure hours that officers IN his
company impressed by his size
build ana wallop, CuRNcd him t'
take up boxing. Before he lcft IN,
service, he had taken part in -
ring battles His most important
bouts were with Rob Martin A. u
T. champion. whom he held ~ O.
draw Ht La Mons. France, and AndN
Anderson whom he defeated In lt
rounds
Farmer Lodge a. only - years old
and has been In the ring game foi
about six years. He has met som'
Of the best battlcrs in the heavy
weight class.
Not Understanding Morris.
Lodge ia not understanding Car
Morris. He has been told by rini
/, experts who have seen Morris In a,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

suit OF this battle. although VIII
linms is not as good as he was few
years ago, and the impressive worn
Of Herman recently showing that
he has n knockout punch, Indicates
that he at least has chance To
finish his foe.
Mike GibbonA, celebrated "St.
Paul Phantom" who retired from
the ring nearly two years ago, VIII
return to the squared circle bhls
week and meet Chuck Virgins AT
Minneapolis. GibbonA liz out to win
the middlewight ChaN piOnship, held
by Johnny Wilson. but he wants TO
test himself In two or three bouts
before he tackles Wilson. This III
the first one. Gibbons has been
training faithfully for weeks ynd IN
under the able management OF Mike
down to t6O rounds, but Will be a
| few pounds above that when ~
| meets Virgins. who IL n 40
| FOUNDER. Virgins Is "A good tri2l
| horse for Gibbons. lie is fast, but
/ he is not punCher and the skiU
and craftincss OF Gibbons should
carry him through, at the same
| time giving him II chance TO see just
/ how good he Is before hc meets q
/ better fighter
Benny Costcr, who meets Joe
| Lynch Monday night in New York
| is taking on good deal this week
| because ne fights Jack Sharkcy one
Of the leaders Of the bantams, Fri
/ day night In New York. This boul
may have TO be postponed II Costel
meets with trouble in the Lynch en-
/ gagcmcnt. Sharkcy has been re
gaining some OF the prestige he lost
| when Knocked out some time ago by
Lunch
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

NEW YONlt, April i6-Jack
Dempsey is marking time these days.
waiting Tor his coming battle with
Georges Carpenter e. roll around
July o.
Since he won the title Dempsey
has done "a lot of marking time. lIis
bou'g with Huy Miakc and Bill
ircuuuu have been the only ones
Of amy Importance IN which he has
appeared. and Manager kcarns has
often lamcntCd the fact that up
puu"nts have boon SEQ scarce.
Dempsey viii not hc such "A lone
some champion iu the future, how
ever. If present Indications do not
go umisa Thcrv are several heavy
weights eager to- minglc with Jack
who are merely waiting until after
the Carpenter bout
only Short Rest.
II b,mp-pV beats the frcnchmnn
and ho viii bc riugsidv fayotitc
he win have only short time to
rest up before he must start training
for his Labor day affair with Jess
willard. Tex Rickard has ths match
srwcd up and means To- go through
with 10.
I'm addition to willard. there is
tain, of % return bout between Dcmp-
scy and Wll brennan. Fred Fulton
Be- also ou the tran of the champ and
Buh Martin ana hob Ropcr are com
INK ou. Harry Grcb f. another battlcr
who insists that he wants "a chance
ut Dempsey, hut II would seem that
iu the face of Grcb's recent attitude
toward u match with Tommy Gib-
bous lac must hc ioshiug the public.
Prospects Are Many.
GrCb was offered bout with Glib
hons by Dave prisCull. the demon
Jersey city promoter Driscoll want
cd sir Tom and the Pittsburgh bait
lcr the worst way and was prepared
tu give them a liberal slice of the
gate. nut Grob couldn't zee u. lie
told Driscoll he would rather have
Gibbons In Pittsburgh, whore 1--WE
could draw much better"
sun on the trail ot tireh. brennan,
Martin ana the champion himself.
Tommy Gibbons goes on his way,
mcrrilv knocking or opponents the
promoters arc able to get for him.
tie has disposed of three men In
four rounds in his last three bouts
up tu this writing, beating Al Reich
In one. Paul Sampson In two and
Sergeant NorCross IN one. with such
q hcavyWuight Champiunship pros
poet AZ Gibbons coming on and the
/ Carpenter and willard matches IN
virW, the curly headed cham pion will
have an opportunity to make quite
profitable thing out of his title.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
OF FIGHT ARENA TO BE SOON STARTED
Dempsey May Box Brennan
In Return Go, Says RumOr

American flywcight title. H. eager
for the coming of Jimmy wilde, who
liz expected 10 invade the United
states again In the near future.
wilde Is coming to America Tor
the purpose Of getting pete Herman
into the ring again. lie believes nc
can offset tho knockout Herman
scored at his expense In London. lie
would also like To take on as many
Yankee boxers as the promoters can
dig up for him and he will find BUR-
ready to obliRe him.
Ruff is no chicken. lie IS nearly
80 ycars uf age and has silable
family over In Jersey. But he -
cvcry inch a battlor and he seldom II
ever fails tu give the fans n big run
for their dough. ilo has proven 20
the satisfaction of his admirers that
he is legitimate flyWcight. for ne
was strong and fast in his bout with
Goldstcin after making l10 pounds
at . O'Clock
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17

Jackson Is the only one Ia accom-
plish this feat. Kansas will find IT
hard to outpO!ut Dundee ia 10
rounds. Because OF this II IS not
the best sort OF match for the
man who expects to meet Leonard
in New YORK In May. But it will
pay big financial returns. Thus the
inducement for Kansas to fight him.
Bill Brennan, one OF the Stun
bling blocks OF the heavyweight
ranks, will go "A long way from
home Monday night to fight. lie il
In Mexico City, Mex whore hc Will
engage with Willie Mcehan in "A Is
round battle. This marks the open
ing OF the game in the Mexican cap
ital, where boxing used to be very
successful.
Unless Meehan uncorks "A wild
punch that catches Brcnnap~on the
chin there can be but me result
OF this encounter, Brennan should
win on points. although he will find
IL difficult to flattcn his California
opponent. Meehan hits the floor
often but he seldom stays down.
When he was knocked out in
Phoenix, AriZ., "a short time ago by
wild Biz Reed he said he would
Quit the game, but he evidently
thought better OF II Whcn ne re-
Ceived an offer from Mexico city TO
fight Brennan that was too large for
him to turn down. There viii be
another bout on the program. Fred
dy Jacks, English featherwoight.
will box Tony CapOni II Rock ls-
land. H., fighter.
Joe yelling, who is clamoring for
another bout with Leonard not be
ing satisfied with two hratings
handed him by the lightweight king,
will tackle Pete Hartley In New
York. Harley is a tough, game
scrappcr, but not In the class with
half dozen good ligh weights who
are on the trail Of Leonard. Unless
yelling can beat Hartley decisiVely
he cannot hope to be takcn serious
ly again as a championship con
tender.
Herman Beating Back"
Pete Herman. who mas scored
several knockouts recently in his
campaign TO regain the bantam
weight championship, which he lost
short time ago, when he was de
/ feated by Joe Lynch In IS rounds In
New York, will meet Kid Williams
for - rounds at Baltimore. This IN
their third meeting, Zach time Her
man has had "A shade on points, and
/ il IL likely that this will be the r"-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
1921 Important Sporting Events
(By international News Service)
Dates and Events.


April Columbia Derby, Navy-Penn crews
May 7-Kenucky Derby. Churchill Downs Louisville
May i4-Chials. Cup rowing Harlem River York
May lt-Yalc- Mass. Inst Tech crews. Derby Conn:
Nav 81 NaVy-syracuse crews Annapolis Md " -
May 23--Brish amateur golf champs, Hoyake, England
May 272S-Inercolegae Track and Field Champs Harvard
Boston,
May so--5Oo-mne Auto Race, indianapolis; , ,
3OItish womens national golf championship Turnbry
May decoration Day rowing regatta, New York -
June 4@Prnceto California crews Princeton entatvo)
field American Legion athletes Phia
june 1Ochurch cup Tennis Cup
June Chicago University.
lsInternaonal polo matches Hurlnghan Club, England
2O-Brsh golf championship ST. Andrews Course
June 2o-BrtIsh tennis wimbledon.
2eInterconcsiate rowing regatta PoushkeePsie
24Yae-Iaryard rowing regatta New London Conn
27lntercolegate tennis champonshiP Philadelphia
21-Men's national clay court tennis Chicago
July 2-Dempsey-carpentier fight ,,, ,,,, cn
July wom.s national clay court tennis togrney Buffalo n y
Iuiy ll-Wesern amateur championship, Chicago.
July iS--Nalona championship. Washington D. C.
July 29-Naonal rowing regatta, Buffalo, n Y
15Womens national tennis championships Forest fls
August doubles juniors boys national
tennis cha Longwood Cricket club Boston.
September 2C.aleige Davis cup, Forest Hls L. T.
september 5nternatona competition, Southampton Links
OJ s Al
september singles championships Phia
delpha .......,o., 6, ,on,. ,o
October golf championship Hollywood ~ j.
october C?)--Worlds series
NoTE-Gra court invitation will be held at
l. seabrsh August and southampton August i'
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
TO BUILD SCHOOLH0USES
Bond Market Better; Great Amount
of Const ruction Begun.

SIOUX FALLS. S. -, April i5.--
South Dakota will surpass every
other state in the west this year
In the construction OF schoo!houses'
I'm the opinion of q. T.. Harris, Sioux
Falls building inspector.
During the past several years,
Mr.. Harris declared, municipalities
throughout the sipte have been un
nble TO sell their school bonds. but
now that the money market Is In
better condition. bonds have been
readily disposed OF at higher rate
of Interest and construction has be-
Hnu.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
Other Star Bouts to Pre-
cede Heavy Title
Battle
TOM GIBBONS ON CARD
St. Paul Heavyweight Fights
If Suitable Opponent
Can Be Secured

NEW YORK, April 16.--In spite
NJ dcrials by Tex Rickard, the ru-
NOR that Jersey City has landed the
pcmps,y Carpenter fight persisted
'Oday.
u,birty acres owned by John +.
Hovi,. and located between the sum
,,if and Grove street tube stations
AM ideal site. will be the scene Of
The battle, 1t rs said on good author
Tho work Of building the area will
-bcgiu in short order. Promoter
RicRrd already has approved plans
Tor the construction of an area with
a seating capacity OF 10000 and it
vlI boz so built that additional CapaC-
,ty can be- provided without alter
ing the plans.
RiCkard Wen Satisfied.
Vickard IS so well satisfied with
MANS for the site and construction
Of the arena that he is going ahead
with other important details con-
nertcd with the big fight.
81 intend to put on an all star
show July 2" he said today no one
knows how long the main event be-
tween Dempsey and Carpenter viii
.ast ana ] mean to give the crowd its
moneys worth
Along this line, Rickard plans 10
stage four bouts and announced to-
dav that he plans to have Tommy
Gibbons perform II a suitable OPP
sonent can be laid mp for the st.
Pau sensation.
Il is altogether PROBABLE too. that
one OF the title holders among the
iitilc fellows may appear on the
card. Johnny Buff, the newly
crowned American flyweight cham
plon. may battle with Jimmy Wilde.
providing wilde does not change his
plan To- come to the United States
next month.
Interest Growing Warmer
Interest in the big fight is grow
Ing warmer than ever since the ar
rival of Jack Dempsey In New York.
Dempsey will settle down to train
ing In due time, but will not start
hard work until a month or five
weeks before the date of the fight.
He plans to be in the best condition
Of his career. however. and is not
undertaking Carpenter.
I'm going to be in real shape" -"
said the champion today. 1--WE got
10 be- for Carp is tough fellow. |
regard this fight just as important
as the ono with willard and expect
10 be just as good as | was at To-
edo Unless ! am mistaken he
continued this is going to be n fast
fight from the very start and will
continue that way until one of us is
Knocked over. Naturally enough,
don't expect that one to be our
humble worlds champion.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
Southwestern Defeats
Oklahoma Tennis Team

SALTWATER Okla, April IL
tennis contest here today, the
Winfield. Kan. southwestern col
lcge, won the one double match
and one of the two singles Gardner
and Johnson Of Southwestern In the
double against Hall and Parks OF
\ and NJ won by score Of 4-6.
10. and s-s In the singles Gardner
defeated Parks 6-2, Sc, and Hall
defeated johnson 6-l, Ga.
on top of new spark plug Is a
lens through which It's sparkling can
be watched
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
VOCATIONAL TRAINING NEWS
Se'cny-five Thousand Accept In
1ruction In 800 Occupations.

81, LOUIS, April l6.-Morc than
LVOO wounded former service men
are receiving vocational training in
,oeaI schools and industries at an
annual expenditure OF approximately
HoooOOO, according to Dr. Wallace
w. sharpe eNeCptive medical officer
VI VI the federal board for vocational
uahlng ninth district. The dis
IL.ct comprLses<he states OF Kansas,
'oNa Nebraska and Missouri.
a survey Of government activities
along this line throughout the coun-
motS, Dr. sharpe asserted, shows 75,-
Sgy men hays accepted training In
vV different occupations, about co.
ance pay.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
CAPITAL COMPANY CLOSED
state Insurance Commissioner Says
Iinhilliica ENcerI IiS AsSpIs

Stale Insurance Commissioner says
Liabilities Exceed It's Assets.
By International News Service.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April l6.-
charging that its liabilities We're
S2l2,OO0 in excess of It's assets, state
Insurance Comm issioner r.. w. Har-
lhg order against the Gould Invest
ment company in district court to-
day. The company was enioined
from doing new business until the
hearing on petition for permanent
Injunction, April 20.
Violation of the state insurance
avs and verbal promises impossible
OF tultillment, were charged,
The firm was formerly known as
yne Mutual Investment company,
aao'ng business In Oklahoma and
Texas.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-17
Miami and Springfield
Game Stopped BY Cold

MIAMI, Okla, April l6.-Cold
weather prevented the scheduled
exhibition game between Miami ana
the Springfield, Mo, Western asso-
c.ation team here today, The
Springfield club will camp here un-
III the weather is warmer and then
20 10 Fort Smith, Ark for the
opener there Wednesday.