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DeForrest Lets 1t Be Known
He and Firpo Put One Over

cording to instructions. very time big
Jess started right hand it was block
ed, or .Nirpo dived under II with a
tremendous hit at Wizards body.
Even the best right in the world is
useless unless it lands. Willard found
that out before two rounds hau been
fought. Afterward his attempts with
the right were somewhat uncertain and
scattered.
The seventh round passed and vii.
lard's legs were weakening. The big
fellow had reeled slightly under some
of the blows, but had rallied in won
derful shape and was going along safe
ly plugging at Firpo with his long
left. holding the right back for de
Tense.
In the corner during the minutes
rest De Forrest leaned close to Fir
pos ear and whispered. Firpo nodded.
The time had come for a change ir
instructions.
And when rirpo we It out he seem
ed puzzled and uncertain himself FOR
a moment. Instead o. diving in with
the right he fiddled about and lei
Willard jab at him. t!eing Willard
anxiously w and down, from body ~
chin.
Firpo was about TO let his new left
punch go. and he hadn't been using
it yet. Firpo's eyes rested on Will
lard's body. the fair expanse of stom-
ach that couldn't be reached by that
plungiuS right. with Wizards body
turned but might be reached by hook
ing an unexpected left.
There was no reason for Willard
to expect a left body hook, when only
one had been used by Firpo in sever
rounds.
Firpo started forward TO drive that
left in, hesitated as he found his
timing wrong. and for the first time
in the fight spread his arms wide and
rushed into clinch, 81 asping Willard
about the body.
Amateurish Show First.
1t was the first sign of amateurish
indecision on Firpo's part. In the
clinch Firpo looked around Willard
at De Forrest. and De Forrest. half
rising behind Firpo's corner. lifted his
clinchad fist to his jaw
That nay or may lot have been
signal. But in any case Firno. COM
ing in again, suddenly let his right 90
at Wizards head and as the big man
ducked away hooked him wickedly OF
the chin with the left
Again. right and left. right and left
The left was working now that i
wasn't needed on guard!
4 moment later Willard. dazed by
the blows that rocked ais head from
side TO side. crumpled and fell SLOWLY
TO hands and knees. The fight wa
over.
Perhaps Willard won't know about
trading his good right for Firpo's
half educated left until he reads this
If so De Forrest will be pleased Il
give him the details.
/ admit that during the fight
was wondering why Firpo didn't use
his left. and was inclined to think
he'd forgotten there was an arm at.
tached TO his shoulder on the port
side. De Forests explanation make,
il clear that Firpo wasn't forgetfu
after all In fact he fought according
to the book, all The way.
He may have different use for The
left later.
Copyright. 1923, by rhe Bell
Syndicate, Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

Higgins is profiting by Columbia
University's loss.
Lou Gehrig, individual star of the
Columbia nine this last spring, now
looks like the most promising recruit
the Yankees have picked up for a long
while.
In school, Gehrig was known as
the babe Ruth of college baseball"
He hit around Al. Slamming out
homers was his specially.
When he came to Columbia, Lou
was first-baseman. But Coaci Andy
Coakley was in need of a pitcher, so
he put Gehrig to work on the mound.
And Lou justified his confidence.
In 70 innings Gehrig struck out rs
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
PLAY CUP DOUBLES
Davis Cup Tennis Rivals Have One
Match Scheduled Saturday.

Chicago. Aug. 1f.-Capt. Zenzo
Shimizu of the Japsn Davis Cup. ten
mis- team and Menanosuka Fukuda
meet Capt. James o. Anderson and
]. II. Hawkes. of Australia in the only
match in the American Zone Davis
Gun play scheduled Saturday.
This announcement was made fol,
lowing the drawing for the only
doubles match of the final round. Th
match. originally scheduled for Friday
was postponed because of President
Harling's burial.
After the Japanese-Australian con-
test. William T. Tilden, worlds cham
MON. and another net star will play
an exhibition. His opponent will be
~s-nuel Alfonso of Spain. If the latter
Arrives in time. and. if not. a Chicago
player will be selected.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
INTERMEDIATE WILL
PLAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SERIES NEXT WEEK
Sunday Circuit Cancels
Games and Declares
OUTLAWS Winners.

Sunday Intermediate League games
for the rest of the season have been
cancelled. President Gene Seng of the
league announced Saturday morning.
and the league representatives will
meet with officials of the Saturday
intermediate League next week TO ar
range for series in which the city
intermediate championship will be de-
cided.
The South Side Outlaws have cinch-
ed the pennant in the Sunday Inter
mediate League and the DoAIolev club
recently captured the laurels in the
Saturday circuit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

men. He held his opponents to SO
hits.
Gehrig had two more years of var.
sity competition at Columbia when he
entered the professional ranks. But
now of course he's out for good. He
was a good football man, too, winning
a backfield berth on the All-Metropoli.
tan eleven.
Columbia has lost good man. 1t
will be hard to replace him. But
Gehrig's alma mater is sure he will
follow in the footsteps of Eddie Col
Inns, George Columbia" Smith and
other alumni who have won fame in
the majors.
And Higgins expects great things OF
him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
Resume "Muny" Tennis Meet.

81. Louis, Aug. 11.-Matches in the
municipal courts tennis tour
nament are scheduled to be resumed
here today. having been interrupted
Yesterday because Of the funeral OF
President Harding. A heavy rain that
fell Wednesday night also interferred
with the original schedule and onlv
two OF the singles matches and one
doubles could be played Thursday. The
postponed games were TO be played
TODAY
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
ROMNEY LEAVES TEXAS
Will Coach University Of Chicago
Backfield This Fall.

Chicago. Aug. 11.-Milton Romney
quarterback at Chicago University in
1921. will aid the coaching Of the uni,
versity's backfield. it was announced
today. Romney. who was elected cap
tain in 1922. did not play but, instead,
coached ut Texas University.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
BREAKS OWN RECORD
DePalma Escapes Injury in Wreck.
Then Lowers Speed Mark.

Chicago. ILL.,, Aug. ff.-Ralph De-
Palma. after coming unframed
through smash-up which broke the
collarbone of his mechanician. Angelo
Paccini. Friday turned his Dusenberg
loose on the Hawthorne track and
clipped two-fifths of second off the
track record of % 3-5 seconds which
he set II yeas ago. The fast time was
made while he was preparing for the
American Automobile Association
races Sunday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

The Samsco and Texas Steam
Laundry baseball teams have arrang-
ed a game to be played at o'clock
Sunday afternoon on the San Pedro
Park diamond. j. Amann and Lacey
will be the Samsco batteries,
The Commercial League game be-
tween the Alamo Iron Works and
Poison Gassers Sunday will be
played in the morning. on the Public
Service diamond, starting at 10
o'clock. One of the two games sched-
uled Saturday, the one between Free
mans Tigers and the City National
Bank, has been postponed.
The West Side Braves will play
the South Flores T. G. team on the
Katy diamond sunday afternoon.
Saldana and Castillo are available for
mound duty. while Rodriguez will
catch for the Braves.
The Light team will play the Chic
Chic at l 80 in the first game of n
double-header Mt Breckenridge Sun.
day. All players of The Light will
meet at the office at | o'clock.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
Eleven in Saratoga Race.

Eleven 2-year-olds will start today in
the classic Saratoga Special, a six
furlong dash for stake of $4,000
and a gold cup worth $1,000. offered
by the Saratoga Association. The en-
tries are: ST. James. Husky, Klon-
dyke. Lord Baltimore. Sunflag, Reso-
luton. Peter King. Diogenes, The
World. Sunny Sal, Luck Play.
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Miss Wall Golf Champion.

Ma0lsOn, WIS, Aug. 11.--Miss Der
nice Wall, Oshkosh. became 1923 Wis
consin women's golf champion. Friday
by defeating Miss Frances Hatfield
Milwaukee. twice former champion.
four up and three TO play. in the an.
nunl Wisconsin Women's Golf Asso-
citation tournament at Maple Bluff.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
Baseball Briefs

Kenneth Williams. outfielder of the
st. Louis Americans. and last years
champion home run hitter of the jun
Tor major league circuit. today is nine
home runs behind last years record.
A year ago Williams had so home
runs TO his credit, while today he can
boast Of only n.
Among the twelve leading home run
sluggers of the two major leagues, the
Browns are the only team that has
more than enc on this list. They are
in addition to Williams. Johnny To.
bin and Marty McManus. each of
whom has slammed out an even dozen
of four base hits.
Cy Williams. the veteran outfieldcr
of the Philadelphia Nationals, con-
tinues to lead Babe Ruth a tight race
for this years home run honors. vii.
liams has 30 to his credit, two more
than Ruth. Other home run sluggers
who have at least twelve circuit drives
for the season are: Fournier OF
Brooklyn. 16: Hornsby. st. Louis Ma
tionals. and Miller of Chicago Nation
ais. Ia each; Mensel. of New YORK
Nationals, and Heilmann, of Detroit,
Is each; Hauser of the Philadelphia
Americans. and Brewer Of the Cleve-
land Indians, u each.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Aug. 1i.-Billy
Bagwell, outfielder of the Boston Ma
tiOnal League baseball team, has been
released TO the Worcester cub of the
Eastern League. He left Cincinnati
for the east last night. Frank Miller,
one of the veterans of the Braves, also
was released and now is free agent
Miller formerly was with PittsburS.
Dallas. Tex, Aug. tf.-President
Doak Roberts of the Texas League
chose to get in bad" with his home
town fans and has decided TO cancel
Shreveport's Wednesday victory over
Fort Worth and has ordered the teams
to replay the game August II. Dallas,
close behind Fort Worth, wanted
Roberts TO let the Shreveport victory
stand. Manager Atz protested the
game on the grounds that Umpire
DAILY had no right calling ball when
Pitcher Wachtel dropped the horse
hide in making a delivery. skinner.
who was Mt bat, subsequently walked
and scored.
Chicago. Aug. 1t.-Games played
between Sioux City and Wichita at
Wichita on August and ) will stand
Al Tearney. head of the Western
League. announced today. Jack Hol-
land. Oklahoma City owner. protested
on the ground that the series was
scheduled for Sioux City and was
changed without authorization of the
club owners of the league The case
was an emergency. l authorized the
change in the place for the games and
the games will stand Tearney said
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
MANY SWIM CHANNEL
Sullivan Starts Epidemic. Four Trials
Being Scheduled Saturday.
Dover. England, Aug. 11.-Four


men were to attempt to swim across
the English channel today, three OF
them from the English side and the
other from the French.
Two of the trio that were to start
from Dover are Americans and both
are from Boston, the home city OF.
Henry Sullivan, who last week b
came the third man to swim the CT
mel. One is a shoe salesman. like SUI
livan. They are Charles 10th anu
sam Richards. 10th made two unsuc-
cessful attempts to swim the channel
last year. the first time getting with
in four miles of his goal. and the
second time within five miles. Rich
ards surrendered in his attempt when
four miles off the Dover coast last
year when taken i'll with fit Of
coughing.
The third man to start from Dover
is Romeo Maciel, of the Argentine
1t will be his first attempt. Enrique
Tirabocchi will start from Calais.
&>c
Paints. oils. varnishes. windshields
window glasses. picture framing.
Ziegler & Ziegler
Phone CIR. BIT. POI W. Travis ST.
(Adv.)
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Amateur Notes

= - - = - 80 - . - - -
Amateur teams nre privileged to
use this column to arrange and an
nounce games, Gull meetings and
make public results. changes In ros-
ters and other interesting inforn,a-
tion. Bring 10 to the sporting editor
or phone Crockett lss2.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not
n graveyard. a beautiful. well kept
burial park. Crockett 16SS. (Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

Play saturday.
St Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Fridays Results.
No games scheduled, Harding's fun
eral.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.


Play saturday.
New York at ST. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11
The Flag Chasers
TEXAS LEAGUE STANDING.

Play Saturday.
Beaumont at San Antonio
Houston ut Galveston.
Wichita Falls at Fort Worth.
Shreveport at Dallas
Fridays Results.
No games scheduled, Hardinss fun
eral
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

Fridays Results.
No games scheduled, Harding's FUN
eral
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

/ sat close TO Firpo's corner. DE
Forrest. talked to FirpC between
rounds, advised him briefly. But up
to the seventh he never told Luis to
hit with his left hand.
Luis was using that perfectly ac-
The Kusko times., 1923-12-01
Alaska News Notes

The first printing press ever used in Alaska is one of the valued possessions of James Wickersham, of Juneau. It is an old fashioned hand press, and was first used for the publication of a paper by the St. James Mission, at Fort Adams, eight miles below what is DOW called Tanana, This was the first Yukon paper ever published. Gordon Bettles was editor and printer, and the first issue came out on New Years day, 1894. It did not suspend publication until several years later. The press will be presented to the Alaska Agri- cultural College and School Of Mines at Fairbanks,
 The Anchorage Alaskan will be the name of morning newspaper to be is- sued in Anchorage in the near future by Roy C.. Southworth, formerly editor and proprietor of the Nenana News. The plant Of the News was recently sold to a company organized at An chorage and the plant shipped there. However, the company failed to make the final payment OF the plant, where upon MT. Southworth took it back and will establish daily paper himself.
 W. H. James, manager of the An chorage Packing Company, canners of salmon. is in the States promoting fruit and vegetable cannery to be run in connection with the salmon plant. It is proposed to make a speciality of strawberries, red raspberries, wild cur rants, cranberries and blueberries. In the lime of vegetables, spinach, green peas, caulifiower, mushrooms, carrots and strlng beans wifi head the list, while cabbage will be krauteds
 Charles Beam, one of the pioneer residents of F&irbanks, accompanied by Mrs Beam, left recently for the States, where they will make their home. MT. Beam has been resident 'theTerritery'for 26svoacss and top 8 number of years operated the Pioneer Hotel in Rairbaaks~ whIch he recently disposed of
 ). C.. Er0wT, owner of the telephone and light systems at Nome, has ac- auired mining property in the Nome section and will again engage in min- ing there next summer. lie accumu- lated large fortane at Nome in the early history of that camp as owner of the Portland bench and other prop erty.
 John Lindstrom, of Anchorage, known as ''The Cast Iron Kidssa' who has been at Hurricane for the past two months with crew of tie cutters, re-
The Kusko times., 1923-12-01

there on Oct. II. He was admitted to the home on August Is, from Douglas, where he had lived for a number of years having gone to that place from Nome.
 About T50tourists visited Mount Me- Kinley Park during the past season, according to Dan Kennedy, owner of the Mckinley Packing and Transports tion Company, and preparations will be made this winter to handle four times that number next season.
 The Sitka Tribune says that l.. L.. Simpson will build a sawmil there with capacity of 100000 feet of lum- Der and 10000 boxes per day. Stimsoa estimates that between Deep bay and Fish creek 500,000, 0O0 feet of timber are available.
 It is reported at Juneau that the Salmon creek power house is to be re built as a part of the program for the rehabilitation of Thane as an industrial center. The power house was de- stroyed by fire something over year ago
 Major J. r. A. Strong, former gov ernor Of Alaska, and Mrs. Strong are at present in Egypt, to view the Pyra- mids and the temb of King Tuta ' kh- amen, according to advices lately re- celved at Anchorage.
 1t is rumored that W. D. Coppernoll, until recently U. S. commissioner at Mccarthy, will be candidate for the office of Territorial attorney general on the republican ticket at the next primary election.
 Harry Staser, deputy U. s. marshal at Anchorage, has announced that he will give S5. to each child of school age who reports the existence of any moon- shine still in Anchorage.
 The old army post at Fort Gibbon has been dismantled and the entire equipment moved to Anchorage.
The Kusko times., 1923-12-01


 on railroad speeder. Rounding a curve he collideo with bruin, Mho ap- parently had beea sleeping on the right of way. Lindstrom says the bear howled with rage and took after him.
 Col. James G. Steese, who has been succeeded as head of the Alaska Rail- road by Col. Lee H. Laudis, of San Francisco, will continue as head of the Alaska Road Commission, directing the construction of wagon roads and trails, and also will continue as con- sulting engineer in the lighthouse ser- vice and engineer in charge of river and harhor improvements in Alaska, according to telegram recently re. ceived at Anchorage from Delegate Dan Sutherland.
 William Gerig, formerly assistant chief engineer on the Alaska Railroad, has been appointed consulting engineer in the office of chief of engineers, War Department, according to letters re- ceived at Anchorage. His specially will be reporting on dredging, etc., along the Atlantic seaboarda from Bos- ton to Galveston. Mrs. Gerig remains at 'Arkadelphia. Ark, their former home.
 E. J. Grouse, 59, who was injured in an accident at the Atwood mine, on Goldstream, near Fairbanks, recently, died as result of his injuries and was buried in the cemetery at Fairbanks. Grouse had his leg nearly severed by a ragged cable in which he became en- tangled, and lost so much blood that he could not survive the shock of opera tion, Deceased had resided in the h. terior for a, a,number of years
 J. E. Kinnley is ID she government hospital, at Anchorage, suffering from a gunshot wound in the leg, as the re- suit of hunting accident at Lake Spe- nard. He was accidentally shot by J. H. Hill, his companion on rabbit
 
 gun was discharged a second time just as Kinnley appeared, according to the account. The wound is not serious.
 Mike Marovitz, an Alaskan citizen ot thirty years, and familiarly known as Big Mike, the disooyerer of gold on Yakataga beach, was recent ar rival at Anchorage, which town he will make his headquarters in the fu- ture. Since 1922 Marovitz has spent his entire time in prospecting in the Bristol Bay and Kuskckwim districts
 Thetbig addition to the Alaska Agri- cuItoral College and School of Mines at Fairbanks has been completed by the Anchorage contracting firm of Lewis x Bliss. The new wing on the college is 52x58 feet, is three stores high, and has half-size concrete basement.
 An all-copper n.oonshine n. still, with a capacity of 600 gallons of mash at one run, was found not long ago on Shelter island, Southeastern Alaska, by dry officers. The owners had decamped
 The final batch of concrete in the new Odd Fellows building at Anchor age was poured recently, and the con- tractors expect to complete the struc- [ ture within month.
 i Frank G. Rodenkirch. an inmate of the Pioneers Home at Sitka, died
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-24
FINBERG DEFENDS
SHOW DENOUNCED
BY POLICE CHIEF
Rjkhoff Threatens to Revoke
License of Broadway
Theater,

While Police Chief Herman F. Rik-
hOff today made public letter threat
ening to revoke the license OF the
Broadway Theater, charging it staged
indecent" shows. Abe FtnberG, man
ager Of the theater, declared costumes
at his theater were no "briefer" than
those at any other theater.
Rikhoff in his letter to FTnberg said
he saw the show at the Broadway
this week and was very much en-
barrassed and displeased with what
I saw"
In my opinion, this show is not fit
10 be placed before the public" he
said He indicated he would have the
performance this afternoon watched.
We try to stay within the law. -
Finberg said. We permit no cos
tunes that are any briefer than those
used in other theaters in the city. We
insist that comedians use no Jokes
that might prove Objectionable"
Several weeks ago members Of the
Indianapolis Church Federation com
planned to Rikhoff concerning the
show. Jesse Mcdonald. A member OF
the company playing at the theater at
that time, was arrested and convicted
of public indecency. She appealed her
case to the Criminal Court. where it
still is pending.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-24
MAYOR SORRY He
GAVE ANSWER TO
KU-KLUX CHARGES
Shank Tells Cabinet That
Fifteen Had Been Ar
rested Before.

Il made a mistake by answering
a-paper that has been making
complaints about bootleggers and
baseball booksellers in Indianapolis, ="
Mayor Shank declared today, address
ing city department heads in their
monthly cabinet meeting.
"Twenty-se men, Investigators
for the paper, paid SIS a day, were
sent out and about fifteen out Of the
sixty-three have been arrested. Most
Of them have been arrested by the
police before"
The Fiery Cross. a Ku-Klux Klan
paper, charged several days ago that
there were siXty-three places in In
dianapolis where law was violated
with knowledge Of the mayor and po-
lice
Mayor Shank urged city officials to
boost the proposed lake and boulevard
system. He said that all the bust
less men and every one that I have
talked to are sure for it,
1T viii be the biggest thing that
has ever been done for the city. The
lake Is not an idle dream as it was
thought at first"
Councilman Lloyd D. Claycombe
called attention to what he termed
reckless disregard Of traffic rules by
employees driving city vehicles.
John J. O'Bnen. fire chief, said his
men were careful. Taylor E. Gronin-
ger. corporation counsel. pointed out
the board Of safety had issued orders
to city employees telling them they
will be held responsible and will be
arrested for traffic violations.
Claycombe called attention to the
accident in which a city ambulance
struck an automobile at North and
Delaware SITS. and which he said
turned over and slid seventy feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-24

Congress would make an appropriation
for this purpose until after consider
able deliberations
An, Here's Drawback
There is some pessimism as TO
what the patrolling boats would be
able to accomplish. even were they
provided. One particular difficulty
already encountered was pointed out
ct the treasury Monday, that Of fol
loving small boats into the countless
bayous and streams which are
navigable only to very small craft
Commissioner of Prohibition Haynes,
It IS understood, is in favor of using
patrol boats for "spotting" rum run
ners autside the three-mile limit. and
keeping a close watch on them. It
is felt by some officials. however, that
other nations might consider this as
an unfriendly act.