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The Washington times., 1923-07-24
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The Griffmen open a four-game
series at Boston today, closing their
second long swing around the cir
cult. They began their travelling
July in New York, losing all four
games there to the Yankees. They
broke even in four contests with the
Whlte SOX, took one out of four
from the Browns in st. Louis and
the. Tigers in Detroit, and then won
the series in Cleveland, three games
to two. They have won seven and
lost fourteen games on the road and
have four yet to play, making a total
of twenty-five.
Ossie Bluege, with his left knee
sadly Wrcnched, is in Washington
under the care of the club physician.
Bluege will hardly get back into the
game for another week
The Giants went on slugpine 6.
spree in the eighth inning, knocked
WeiCert out of the box and hear
Phillies, 8 to 4.
After battling eleven innings 70 q
3-to-3 tie, the Pirates went to pieces
in the twelfth, gave the Chicago
Cubs nine runs and lost, I2 to 2
The Cincinnati Reds had things
their way until the seventh when
the Cardinals pounded in six runs
off RiXey and won, to Z.
Uhle pitched effectively and the
Indians defeated the Browns. Q to
., in the only game PLAYED in tho
American League.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

Here are some of the things
Leonard did:
He outpointed the Philadelphia
star in each round except the first,
which was a tame and even affair
He made Tender fight rs he
ueonard) desired, never for a min
ute in the whole bout permitting
the Philadelphia to set the pace.
He completely smOthered Tend.
ler'S justly famed left hand, the
hand which has time and again
brought opponents down with one
punch. Tender did not land one
good, clean wallOp in the fight.
He demonstrated beyond the
peradventure of a doubt that he is
Tenders master in every particular
There was only one thing which
Leonard set out to do that he did
not accomplish. That was to knock
out the challenger. 1t seemed from
the thirteenth round on, that the
champion would accomplish that
but Tender stuck it out, mainly
because of his ability, in the
parlance of the ring, to take it."
Leonard landed several terrific
right.hand punches both to the
body and head in the closing three
rounds and Tender reeled around
like a drunken man, but he re-
manned upright, grimIy holding on
at every opportunity.
In the thirteenth round, Tend
Ter, dizzy from the effects of a
sizzling One-twO cOmbinatiOn-a
left iab followed by a straight
right to the head-missed a swing
and fell to his knees. Leonard
was poised to leap in and deliver
. finishing punch when the chal-
lenger arose but the referee.
Andy Griffin, fooled clumsily
about i'm rubbing the resin dust
off Tenders gloves and the few
seconds respite enabled the PhiIa-
delphian's head to clear sufficient
" for him to stick out the round.
Leonard's victory places min
absolutely in a class by himself AS
far as the present day lightweights
are concerned. Tender, without a
doubt great lightweight was so
decisively whipped that he himself
was the first to concede it.
You're a better man than l am.
Benny, and that's from the heart
he declared a few seconds after the
final bell rang, as he and the
champion stood in the middle of the
ring, patting each other on the
back. Tender was bleeding rather
freely from the nose and from
cut under the eye. Leonard was
unmarked
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
SECONDB|GGEST
FIGHT GATE IN
HISTORY
$55O,OOO Taken in at Leo
nard- Tender Bout at
Yank Stadium.

NEW YORK, July 24.-The fol.
lowing are estimates from official
sources of the receipts and division
OF the spoils of the Leonard Tender
title bout last night.
Attendance, so 1000.
Gross receipts, $55O,0O0
Leonard's share, IS per cent
$4,000.
Tenders share, Is per cent.
SIT 900
The Cromwell A c., which pro
NOTED the battle, expects to clear
about 20 per cent, or 800, 900.
The receipts are the second big
gest in pugilistic history. The
Dempsey-Carpentier fight at Boyle's
Thirty Acres. Jersey City, July 2
1921, tota1ed 81 ,623,38O.
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7 D
QUIT ONLY.AS
S|K|DROPS
Frenchnan Has Bug to Erase
Memory of September
Defeat.

Carpenters defeat by Battling
Sikh is still uppermost in the
Frenchman's mind. He says he
will never retire from the ring
until he has erased the memory of
that defeat When Gorgeous
Georges was asked recently how
long he expected to keep on fighting
he said:
II suppose until / die in the ring.
At least, retirement ! do not think
of: only do I think of Sikh. You
may consider me to he in the ring
until have met and beaten Sikh.
When that will be, I cannot say,
for Sikh is very much a law unto
himself. We should fight in Sep
TENDER, but herewith him mo- ar
rangement holds good for two days
together"
Descamps Carpenters manager.
says that the French fighter is in
better shape today than at any time
in his career. Carpenter seems to
have acquired the American fight
habit of never admitting that he il
slipping. He has taken on weight
and is living an out-of-door life at
Dieppe.
Gus Wilson, his trainer, has been
working on the French fighters
broken hands for many months.
Wilson has wrought a wonderful
Improvement in Carpenters hands, -
SAYS Descamps, and ! have every
reason 10 believe that they are now
as strong as they perhaps ever will
be. Already they have stood a
pretty stiff test, and l have little
fear that they will go again. They
will always be liable to crack, for
once a fighters hands have been
broken, you may never know when
they will break again
If last September Carpenter had
beaten Sikh / do not think he would
ever have fought again"
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

His words were drowned out in
the cataract of sound that poured
out Of the upper ana mezzanine
tiers Of the stadium and over the
closely packed field. 1t was the
triumphant roar of Leonard "f0!-
lowing that had come to see their
man win and had seen their fondest
nope realized. Mot of the 65."O0
VINO paid around $3.50, 900 to see the
bout, We're for Benny. AS the de.
clslon was given him they proceed
ed 10 let the whole world know Z.
not for one instant during the
.flf1een rounds did Tended have a
chance TO win from Leonard only
one round, the first, was anything
ike even. The other fourteen were
Leonard 5 and each by tremen-
dous margin.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
Many Prefer Uphill
Fight on Return
Nine Holes

Many golfers like to be down
in a match for the first nine
holes, because it spurs them
on to greater efforts, and so
they invariably get back on
even terms and often win out.
A man who has a small lead
is often inclined to "let down."
Many a time a small lead has
proved the undoing Of. conf
dent golfer, as after getting
in front ones opponent may
keep on getting halves to such
an extent as to leave a frus-
trated feeling; and from that
stage on to apprehension is
short step. If one suddenly
loses the hole or holes gained.
it is most difficult thing to
get it back.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
NEXT: "IIOW I DELIVER
TIE KNOCKOUT" by Mike Nc.
Tigue, light-heavyweight cham.
piOn of the world.
MICKEY WALKER DRAWS
DOWN SOME EASY MONEY

In the seven months Chamnion
Mickey Walker has worn the wei.
terweight crown he has earned ha.
tween $50 900 and $50, 900 He drew
down $4,000 with Phil Krup. about
$4,000 with Murray SchIa;fe,. =,
Chicago. $1,000 with Cowboy Padoeft
IN the West, $4,000 with Pete T,at1o
$1,000 with Nate Seigel, $4,000 viii
Cowboy Padgett in Newark ,nd
other easy bouts that Amounted ~
about $4,000. Walker stjr bao
louis pending with Harry Greb ard
Benny Leonard. "'lo
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
PETWoRTH AND FIREMEN
PLAY AT LEAGUE PARK

The crcak Petworth team will
tackle the Fire Department players
in ball game at American League
Park on Thursday, play starting at
$3.50 o'clock.
Hull, a newcomer to the Fire
Department, has considerable repu-
tation as a finger and will oppose
Petworth.
Tho Firemen have played six
games and. won four.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

Ana Iney uluS anu SINNERS ap'
parently won. He was no world
record beaten, went along in about
the same fashion that. O'Connell did
this year, and seemed to be filling
in all right. Then there came the
day when a pitched ball struck him
on the head and put him out of
the game.
There was much uproar when
Strengel hobbled to the post in CEN
terrified. Casey had been born in
Kansas City thirty-two years pre-
yiously, and was accounted an old
man in the game. He had played
with Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and the
Phillies for years, and was accounted
as being all through. The Giants,
it was said, had only taken Stengel
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
Swedes, Firms and
Danes After Scalp
Of Anne erica

Spike Webb, boxing instruc-
tor at Annapolis, who is visit
ing abroad, broadcasts the It'd
ings from Denmark that the
Swedes, Films, and Danes are
going out for the athletic scalp
of the United States at the
Olympics next summer.
81 find the Danes hard at
work." he says. ut is going
to take a good team to trim
the Finlanders, Swedes and
Danes" Finland won as many
first places as the United
States in the last Olympics,
with nine to its credit, and was
placed in thirteen events.
Sweden had one first and was
placed in twenty-eight events.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
Will Show Champions.

Tex Richard is seriously thinking
of staging a boxing show at Boyle 8
Thirty Acres in Jersey City at
which three champions will figure
in the three or four ten-round bouts
which Rickard has in mind. Inc
champions who may battle are
Mickey Walker. Pancho Villa and
Joe Lynch. The show may be
staged on August Is.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
LUCKY FOR GAME JESS
DIDN'T MEET JACK

While the bout terrible exhibition
tremendous
not in Fpo's place If Dempsey had Willard the bout
would lasted about long the between MAufe
and Floyd johnson.
The New York Boxing Commission to be
to
well enough through fighter
VIII refused of the
lights dignity of them
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
STENCIL HOLDING FAST
TO STAR ROCKIES JOB

Back in 1922 when the Giants starting forth after
be the third if everything goes we'll champions had new center
fielder about whom Of during the spring
Association going to
left
hitter runner
He
to fight it out for the in center field.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
MELTON TOPS GOLFERS
AT ROCK CREEK PARK

William Melton with scores of IL
and az led the field of those turning
In classification scores for The
Washington Times public links
tournament during the past week.
Scores turned in follow: William
Melton. Al, AZ; r. ]. Hedquist. 46;
James r. Dulin, AZ. Al; Eustis
Myers. 40; Edward A. Root. So:
Forrest Fl. Thompson. SO: Samuel
g. Wimsatt, 81; Mrs. Chester Smith,
So. 6s. and Gordon II. Scott, IL.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
How @ Id DELIVER MM KN KNOCKOUT
90 IA
By JOHNNY WILSON,,
Middleweight Champion of the World.

tCopyright News Service
NEW YORK July 24-My punch is left body bou
the plexus. - OO' wv"
am bit different from other fighters am southpaw
practically stand straight
my rgn hand and right foot extended soupaws pitch
DaA write, everything
the ring stand straight has given me- an %
over opponents, making difficult to fahom
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
TENDLER GLADLY GIVES
LEONARD DUE CREDIT
By WARREN w. BROWN.
written for Cosmopolitan News Service

NEW YORK July 24-The lightweight championship of the
stay despite the Tender
Leonard With lips pulled and bleeding cut mang his
below his left tired lucky
nge shook hands with the champion at the conclusion of their
struggle night
have wait decision admit better fighter
than III
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
LEONARD PROVES TITLE
ON RIGHT TO NAME
OF "OLD MASTER"
By MAX KASE.

NEW YORK. July 24"The old master-that title which has
rested pugc shelf the Cans
all propey be hauled off and placed
firmly the brow of Benny Leonard.
Never his pame days did the marvellous lightweight
display ANYTHING that would ovrshadow the dazzling exhibition
lightweight
the Yankee stadium, decsvey winning the Lew
Tender of Philadelphia, in fifteen
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
UhIe Stops Streak.

After hitting safely In twenty
games to the tune OF .4sl' Whtey
witt bumped up against George
IThle. the Cleveland singer. and saw
his streak end then and there.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
LACROSSE LOOMING AS
INTERNATIONAL SPORT

LONDON, July 24-Lacrosse has the front
link athletics
binding together the sportsmen of nations.
served emphasize the Importance of
behind of popularity that enjoyed
hofnro thoirv visit.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
Fans Follow Orioles.

A thousand Baltimore fans mo"
tored to Reading, Pa, to root for the
Orioles Sunday against Reading
Ten buses and a hundred touring
cars formed the long parade over the
road.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

thrown in on deal with the PhilIies
the year previous.
But. 1t seems that Stengel was
to save the pennant. His SEN
sational work afield and at bat
and his everpresent picturesque
aggressiveness made him at once
an outstanding figure on the team,
and he was credited with helping
in no small measure in bringing
the victory to New York.
Casey didn't figure in the worlds
series, for one of his aged legs gave
way beneath him and he pulled up
lame with that dreaded ailment of
the ball player, the Charley Horse"
Then this spring there came from
the Pacific Coast the $4,000 Jimmy
O'Connell, who had been purchased
for year by the Giants and whose
coming had been long awaited. So
once again old Casey was counted
out Of proceedings by everybody
else but himself.
Casey spent the winter touring
japan and generally enjoying him
self and he reported this spring no
worse for the wear. He worked
hard and then went quietly to sit on
the bench while the baseball world
watched to see what the expensive
recruit could do. Casey was contest
to wait.
About a week ago his chancee
came. Jimmy O'Connell missed cou--
pie OF signals in game, and that
was the last straw from McGraw's
point of view. The. youngster went
disconsolately to sit on the bench
and the old man trotted forth once
more from obscurity. So Casey is
back in harness and there is no
telling how long it will be again be.
fore they get him back on the
bench.
The race i'm the National League
has frightened up, and Mc(1raw
cannot afford to take chance"
experimenting any more with
O'COnnell for a while.
So Casey, with his wise old base
ball head, is back on the job, hold.
ing the fort in still another emer.
gency. The Giants certainly go,
their moneys worth out of the deal
in which Stengel came to New
York.
Casey started playing professional
ball with the Kansas City Club of
the American Association in 1910.
He had a brief excursion around
among the sticks. which included
Kankakee, Maysville and Aurora
and went up to Brooklyn in 1912.
The Robins released him to Mont.
gomery that year. but recalled him
in 1913 and he has stuck in the
majors ever since, ten years this
season in the big leagues.
He went to the Pirates in 1918
and was traded to the Philles in
1919. AS chronicled above, McGraw
rescued him from the PhiIIies in
1921. And it is doubtful that he
has ever regretted it.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
Jim MCGUIRE Scouts.

Jim Mcclure, once a catcher with
the old Washington club in the
National League. is scouting for
the Detroit Tigers.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

the requisites of the fight game as
practiced by a successful exponent.
Lew Tender was the second, and not
much of a one al that. to Benny
Leonard.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

What Jess meant was that he
could get plenty Of money for TAX
ing a licking from Dempsey, but he
would have to be satisfied with q
great deal less if he had to battle
some one else, for he had no idea
that he would be able to make
second appearance.
When Willard found that he
could not talk himself into Demp-
sey match he concluded to take
what he could get, as he was broke
and had to have some money. ne
was the luckiest fellow in the worlo
that he got the match with Floyo
Johnson and that johnson made
such a terrible mistake in his Tao
tics.
johnson fought in the only pos
sible way that he could lose, ana
Willard, who had really SHOWN
nothing worth while, found hlmselt
in line for another big money-maN-
ing affair.
II il plain that Willard knew
from the start that he could not
heat FirnO. He thought he had
chance with the light hitting
.JohnsOn and he trained seriously
for that engagement: In tram
ing for FirpO his only idea was
to conceal his true condition.
To that end he hired two spar
ring partners who could not nave
licked the celebrated Battling keete'
Even then Willard showed little
for his heart was not in his work
As a result, he entered the ring
with Firpo in worse condition than
for Johnson and he took the earliest
onportunity to quit.
Today Willard is laughing over
the whole experience. He pas
bigger bankroll than he expected 20
Get for taking a beating from
Dempsey and he escaped serious IN
jury. o.oora
from another black eye. If Willard
had met Dempsey the result would
have been so disgusting that IL
might have killed all interest In
ring affairs this summer, which Is
the biggest season in the history
Of the ring.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24
MaiSeI Hits .255.

Fritz Maisel In having bad year
with the bat, his latest figures be.
Ing .2b5 for Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

Yesterdays Results
New York, s: Philadelphia, T.
Chicago, 12; Pittsburgh. 8.
12 innings)
st. Louis, s.; Cincinnati. I.
TOday's Games.
St Louis at Cincinnati.
Chicago at Pittsburgh.
TOmOrrOw's Games.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

Bill Lamar, the Rockville boy
with Toledo. is whaling the ball to
the tune of .404 in the American
Association.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

In the thirt eenth the challenger
came close to being pounded to
the floor under LeOnard's furious
assault. Perhaps it was because
Benny had become Il bit enrag''d
al the low punches Tender per
sisted i'll slipping in, despite The
warming of the referee. Perhaps
u was because Benny just wanted
10 show the crowd that he was
the champion and these was no
room Tor argument about it.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

All southpaws are good body
punchers, but Of course they develop
their right-hand punches as well.
My aim is tc knock my opponent
out, and to do it with a punch as
quick as possible. If / cannot do
that l wear him down until | see
my opportunity, and then l de.
liver the K. o. -.
consider nothing more impor-
tant than wise eating, and not alone
during training but from earliest
chiidhood. 1 think l have an ad-
vantage in my nationality. / am an
itallan by birth. and Italians know
how and what to eat.
was brought up on vegetables,
beans, macaroni and other foods
IN Whlch there is much nourisn-
ment 1t is not uncommon Coz us
10 nave as many as ten vegeta nles
IN one soup, as you who have eaten
IN Italian restaurants know.
Such food made me a sturdy
boy, and after 1 grew old enough
to appreciate the importance of
careful eating, / made it a point
to follow the Italian menu. A
well-Oiled body is as important
to fighter as a welI-Oiled motor
Is TO an automobile.
The knockout is really a very
humane way of disposing of an
opponent. 1t is much better than
brulsing and cutting and jabbing
a fellow until he just can't last
any longer. To the outsider the
n. y. probably sounds brutal. It
is really very simple.
1t is just like fainting for a
Few minutes. and then waking up
with no bad results. Besides add
ing more glory to the victor. the
X. 0. is the kindest thing a man
can do for his opponent.
Training is the main cog in the
development of a boxer / believe
In training strenuously. When I
am not in training l keep fit by
playing little baseball or nine
holes of golf three or four times
a week. | ride horseback as much
as | can, too.
The boys i'm the country towns
and in the West who desire TO
be fighters have great advan.
rage over me, because am a
New Yorker. New York is the
hardest city in the world for a
fighter to train in.
Because Now York is the center
or things. ambitious persons drift
In here, but fighters should train
| elsewhere, and only come here for
the fights. There are so many
things here tc divert a fighters
attention from his rigid training
Boxing is more of "A business TO-DAY
than it used to be. the older men
tell me. 1t is a better field for
young men to enter. Training is
less strenuous than it used 20 ne
and man Lasts much longer. It's
a clean game.
If a boy has fighting blood in
him. let him put on the cloves
and enter the ring, and 10 his
fighting there. One never hears
OF real tighter in street brawl.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

So impressed have many Britishers
become with the merits of lacrosse,
both from the standpoint of players
and spectators, tFat a movement is
on foot to further popularize It by
forming a real international team
to visit America and meet the best
teams in Canada and the United
States. 1t is highly probable that
such a team will journey across the
ocean within the next year.
The project is being agitated by
F. H. Gates, a lacrosse enthusiast,
who was active ir entertaining the
Syracuse team here. Gates proposes
> select a team comprised of mem
bers of the various organizations
playing the game in England.
Such an outfit would represent
the cream of British skill at Ia
crosse, and undoubtedly would be
able to give good account OF
itself against individual teams in
the United States and Canada or
against a team similarly cOnsti-
tuted representing the "all-sfar"
talent of the American countries.
A trophy emblematic of the inter
national championship would be
houng up as an incentive to main
tenance of the games.
If British team Is sent to Amer
lea next year the plan would be for
a n American team to play in Eng
land the year following, and thus
an annual round of competition
would be established.
Unlike golf, and perhaps some
other sports, lacrosse is not irdig-
enous to England. The real home
of the game is in Canada, but it is
becoming increasingly popular in
both the United States and England.
In the United States, however, it is
principally the colleges who are fos-
tering the sport.
In England there are many
Canadians, and they have done
much to introduce the sport here.
Oxford and Cambridge universities
have strong teams, but there are
many independent organizations,
and it was against these, chiefly,
that the Syracuse lads competed.
Generally speaking, the Syracuse
tour was a success. They won five
games and lost three, being particu-
larly successful against the south
ern England teams. In the north
the brand. of lacrosse played is
bit faster, and the boys from the
New York school found the opposi-
ton strong enough to make the
going rough. In fact. tfSit had rot
been for their victories in the
south the Syracuse bunch would
have gone home with a different
story. for the percentage of vic
:ories in the north was in favor IF
the enemy.
Having completed their tour the
Syracuse players disbanded, so far
as the team unit was concerned,
and Joined the host Of American
tourists that is doing" Europe this
summer. They expect to return to
The United States in August, and
in the meantime they are seeing all
Of Europe possible. Every member
of the team spoke highly of the
treatment accorded them during
their English visit.
The Washington times., 1923-07-24

AT all events he sluggcd and
Slammed with rights and lefts and
flad poor Lew in such a bad way
that the challenger, vainly trying
10 stop Benny's rush with a round
nous" swing, fell to the floor from
MS own efforts when the punch,
as most Of the Others he started at
Benny during the course of the
bout, went wild
When Tender arose Leonard for
got all about the careful jab,hOok-
jan style of campaign that he Ia |
neen Waglng so successfully against
ms rival. He tore al Lew and rush
'u nun TO the ropes, trying to pvt
oyer me punch that would wind mp
me contest. With his army Of ad-
hefents yelling wildly for him to put
u over Benny failed to slip home The
deciding punch.
but that BRIEF instant Of slam
hahR Walloping with Tender making
the light Of desperation. swinging
away as best he could. but getting
nowhere, established that here, as
wen as at boxing, footwork and all