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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
GENAR0 WANTS
RE urn BOUT
WITH VILLA
Frankie's Plea, However, IS
Not Given Ear by Match
makers.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Frankie
Genaro, Who still holds the Amer
lean bantam championship, title
that is worth about as much as one
of the boxing commissions titles,
wants another crack at Pancho
Villa, the world champion of the
midget division. frankie declares
that Villa is not half as anxious to
fight as he is, although Genaro has
beaten the Filipino three times in
succession.
The boxing commission, with its
numerous edicts, has created some
peculiar situations, but there is
none more peculiar than that which
exists in the flyweight division.
Villa probably is the only champion
in ring history who has been de-
feated three times by one man white
at the top of his form. That Villa
holds the title despite his three
defeats shows that luck counts for
as much as ability.
Villa would not be able to sidessep
another match with Genaro If it
were not for the fact that he is a
far more interesting performer than
Genaro. Ring followers like the
style of the little brown man.
They do not care so much for
Genaro's science. That is why the
local mans plea for recognition is
treated with more or less indiffer1
ence.
There was a time when a title
meant a great deal. In these days
the fans want to know whether a
boxer can fight. They would rather
see a good fighter in action than a
man who is merely champion.
Titles have been handed around SO
much that they are becoming COM
nonpIace, but a fighter who can
fight is always worth while.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
PENN STATE GRID STAR
HEAD OF ROBUST FAMILY

The most famous married man in
all~the ranks of football players is
probably Tom Ellwood, substitute
guard on the Penn State eleven.
Tom is not only married, but is
also the father of four robust young.
sters, and at that he is only twenty
three.
Between keeping an eye out for
the children and attending the
School of Agriculture at Penn State,
Ellwood finds time to play football
and also run a farm, which he
owns, three miles down the valley
from the college. A second hand
"flivver takes him to his classes
every morning, replacing the bicycle
of last year.
He reported to Hugo Bezdek last
fall and in his second season is
already a valuable lineman. In adj
dition to this, Tom is the 175-pound
wrestling star of Penn State, was
indicated last season, and, If the
wife and children don't object, ex
poets to take a shot at the inter
collegiate wrestling championship
In his class this year,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
MoUNTAINEERS HAVE
ODD FOOTBALL RECORD

West Virginia has unique
record for the past two seasons.
In fifteen games the Mountaineers
have played of which they
have won and the other which they
tied-they have never trailed an
opponent. They have always scored
first and have been able to stay in
front to the end.
Coach Spears, however, declares
that this front-running eleven of
his can come from behind IL neces-
sary, though the necessity has
never arisen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
MACK WEDDING OUT
FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.-Con>
ME Mack has already started on his
campaign for next season and is
getting down to the player limit
before thoughts of this years cam
paign have vanished from the minds
of the fans.
Forty players are the limit at
the training camp and in order to
make room for some of the new
men who will be tried out, two of
this years rockies have been sold.
The men to leave are Jones and
Hunnifield.
Jones is a pitcher and outfielder,
while Hunnifield plays first base
and the outer garden. Both were
on the last training trip and both
have been sold to Galveston, Of the
Texas League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
BUCKNELL TEAM WON'T
FACE YALE NEXT YEAR

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 27.-Bucknell
University, defeated last week, 20
to IA. is not likely to be found on
Yale's football schedule for 1924.
The Pennsylvanians played rough
football, Captain Reed being sent
to the sidelines for too free use of
his fists. In an editorial the
Alumni Weekly says:
Last Saturdays game was full of
the kind of thing by the visitors that
Yale never experiences with the Army
or Brown or Harvard or Princeton
or any other opponent who has won
her respect for fair tactics. The
decent way in which Yale met a try.
ing situation stood out to every one
in the bowl in fine contrast to the
actions of the Bucknell players, and
is a credit to the men and to the
sportsmanlike standards of play
demanded of them by their coaches"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
Wadsworth's Son MAY
Be Star At Yale
Some Day

Yale has another promising
collection Of freshmen out for
the first year football team.
The coaches feel that this years
fresh team will measure up to
the successful teams Of the last
few years. Included in the list
Of backfield candidates is the
son of United States Senator
Jimmie" Wadsworth of New
York. Young Wadsworth, like
his father, prepared for college
at the st. Marks School, of
Southboro, Mass, and played on
the school football, baseball and
hockey teams. His father was
captain of the Yale baseball
team in his undergraduate days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
Jimmy De Forest Gives
Real LOW-DOwn
On John L.

Was John L. Sullivan ever
the worlds heavyweight cham
pion?
Have you ever been in
group of fight fans. and heard
that time-worn topic discussed?
If you want to know the real
facts from man whose very
life has been founded on the
alleged prize ring, read Jimmy
De Forests chapter today on
the historic period when the
Marquis of Queensberry rules
replaced the London prize ring
rules.
This is the sixth of series
of fight stories by De Forest.
His Incompatible knowledge
gained through the hard school,
of experience is plainly yet
fascinatipgly told in The Wash
ington Times every day. IF
you once start reading this
series, you will be unable to
resist it until the last word is
told.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

ing only ten minutes and thirty
seconds. You must remember that
each Touchdown constituted q
round in those days.
There were two referees, Col. Alex
Brewster and Jack Hardy officiat.
ing. Johnny Moran Of Cincinnati
was Sullivan's umpire, and he was
seconded by Billy Madden and Joe
Goss, whom Ryan had beaten for
the title. Johnny Roche of New
York and Tom Kelly of st. Louis
acted as seconds for Ryan.
can't help feeling tinge of
regret when contrast the $4,000
purse that Sullivan and Ryan fought
for with the million-dollar gates of
the present day..
Then Jake Kilrain doomed up with
long string of victories over
American and English fighters and
a draw with Mitchell. and was
recognized rightful claimant 20 q
battle with Sullivan for the worlds
championship.
The match was long time being
arranged. Sullivan had broken his
left arm in his fight with Patsy
Cardiff in 1885, when Kilrain first
got after him, and a. year later,
when Kilrain challenged again, Sulli-
van was suffering a severe attack
Of gastric fever.
But finally, when Kilrain chal-
lenged in 1888, and Sullivan re-
fused to take him on, Richard K.
Fox of the Police Gazette, the rec
ognized arbiter of the day IN such
matters, announced that the cham
pionship of America had gone to
Kilrafn by default, and presented
Kilrain with the Police Gazette
championship belt
Following this Kilrain again
challenged Sullivan and posted
$1,000 in the Paris office Of the
New York Herald, and later So 500
with a London paper, another
SO 500 with the New York Clip
per. Then an American syndl.
cate appeared asking KiIrain IL
he would fight an unknown?
Klrain was willing. 1t was sup
posed at the time by Kilrain and
his hackers that the unknown
would prove to be Joe Lennon, a
dangerous negro heavyweight.
On this supposition, Kilrain said
at the time: while white men
don't fight colored men IN my
country, am ready to fight any
man in the world for the title"
When negotiations, however, came
to a head it was found that the
unknown was none other than John
L. It took the famous champion
two hours and sixteen minutes,
seventy-five rounds of fighting
under the London rules, in which to
batter Kilrain into helplessness and
cause the sponge to be thrown up
from that corner.
Strictly speaking, it was Jim
Corbett who first held the title of
champion Of the world under the
Queensberry Understanding it by
his defeat Of Mitchell. Bob Fitz-
simmons had come from Australia
as a middleweight, but was rec
ogniZed as the best foreigner in the
heavyweight class when he chal-
lenged Gentleman Jim.
OF course, the full title went to
Jeffries when he beat FitZ, and
likewise has continued to be right
fully held by Burns, Johnson, VIII
lard and Dempsey.
Dempsey has defended 1t more
broadly than any other holder of
the title, in that, while no English
contender has appeared, he has met
and defeated Carpenter of France
and Firpo Of South America.
Copyright New York WORLDLY Press
Publishing Company, 1928.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
ABBOTT TO MANAGE
READING TEAM AGAIN

Spencer Abbott, former Washing
ton resident and last year manager
of the Reading International League
team, has been re-engaged to pilot
the club during the 1924 season.
Abbott's successful handling of
the team has resulted in the entire
direction of the club being placed III
his hands. He is planning to take
the team to Florida for it's spring
training.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
The Surprise of the Series.

ne OuEpElS0 OA the OeTIeS.
"HE impression seemed to
have got about some way
u that Col. Jake Rupert, own
er Of the Yankees, is a plaster Of
paris clam as far as feelings are
concerned.
Several writer's were greatly
surprised that the Colonel got g.
kick out of his ball team winning
the world championship.
Just because he happens to
haveAa bit more jack than the rest
of us, and has won some blue
ribbons with his dogs, does it
necessarily follow that the Colonel
has to be RECKLESS?
If you had owned a ball team
for nine years and had never won
the big title and your team was
behind 3 to A in the eighth inning
and your BEST BATTER had
famed with the bases full, max
ing it two out and your next
heaviest hitter was up and he hit
single that scored two runs and
another was scored on an error
and you were TWO RUNS TO
THE GOOD with the series
clinched, WOULDN'T YOU GET
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
A Hero STOPPED, His LaUrels
Dropped.

"HE score 0 to 0. Sam Jones
in the box pitching a wonder
full game for the Yanks. At
bat, Casey Stengel, old as ball
players go. There are two out.
There are two strikes and three
balls on Casey. Wham!!! He
hits it. The ball goes over Ruth's
head for homer. That run wins
the game.
Stengel is a hero. He is ac-
claimed by the multitude.
On his way round the bases he
makes an insulting gesture to
Sam Jones who stands in the
box.
1t seemed to take a lot of kick
out of the situation.
ASS Aristotle used to say, GIVE
SEEN BETTER HEADS ON
CABBAGE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

IIESG lace uAKf1 III IOuE-FOuMu con-
tests with gloves.
In Tug Wilson's case he posted
81 900 forfeit that he would knock
the Englishman out in four rounds
if he would meet him with gloves.
The rules governing this meeting
were mongre1. The men fought
three-minute rounds with one min
ute rests as the Marquis of Queens.
berry rules were later to provide,
but there seems to have been MOTH
ing to prevent a man dropping to
avoid punishment without being
hit. For Tug Wilson stayed out
the four rounds with Sullivan by
openly adopting those tactics. The
Englishman Topped nine times in
the first round and did it repeated
lv in the following rounds when
things got too hot, and it seemed
the heaIthiest thing for him to do.
In the Mitchell fight Sullivan got
taste of the style of battle which
was eventually to cost him his
crown when he faced Corbett in the
South. Mitchell was master OF the
hit-and- getaway and was the only
man of his time who placed the
rightful value on footwork.
The police crashed in on their
battle at the Garden as the third
round was ending and Sullivan was
given the decision, but there is no
doubt that Mitchell on the occasion
was giving John L. hot, hard
evening in order to stay on top.
II was on February Z. in 1882,
that the "NObIest Roman OF them
alp whipped Paddy Ryan in their
chanDiOnshiu battle. The ring
was pitched in front of Barnes
Hotel. in Mississippi City, and
they battled furiOusly while it
lasted. OF course. they fought with
bare knucIIIes, and while the con.
test went nine rounds they were
hectic ones, the entire fight last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
Ike Dorgan is III.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Ike Dorgan,
brother of T. A. Dorgan, the car
toonist, is at a hospital following
his collapse during an attack of in
digestion in Broadway restaurant.
Dorgan Is director of publicity at
Madison Square Garden and is
known to thousands of newspaper
men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
"A KICK OUT OF IT? Larry,
pass the mustard.
Canada Cars Cheerful Chirps.

Canada Gals Cheerful Chirps.
rURVIVORS of the japanese
- tidal wave can say they had
IA swell time, anyway.
The 'n" key failed to respond
to the touch of the linotyper's
finger, the proofreader never
caught the omission, and the adj
vertisement read: "Wanted An
expert widow trimmer. Apply at
Giggsberg's Store" And the man
of experience reading it NUT
tered: "There amt no such ami
NAL"
A railway employee in the West
found a man locked in a refrig-
orator car and made him COM
fortably warm by telling him to
keep cool while he went to get
help to open the car.
!. A man may command a good
salary, but his wife commanders
the most of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

Willie Ritola of the Finnish Amer
lean A. c., of course, will be our
hope in at least one of these flat
races and the cross-country race,
provided his final citizenship papers
come through in time and he is dis
posed to make the necessary sacri-
flee of time money to represent
America in these games. without
Ritola America will not have
chance in these races against the
caliber of men that Finland. Sweden,
England and France will send to
the mark.
A comparison Of the entry list
for the English ten-mile champion:
ship held recently at Stamford
Bridge with that which will be
filed for the American ten-rniIe
championship to be held next week
at McComb's Dam Park will give
one reason why we are behind other
nations in the caliber of men we
turn out for long distance running
events.
The report on the English ten
mile championship shows that
tl1irty-six long distance runners
tOed the mark and tWenty-nine
of them finished. The American
championship seldom attracts
1 more than a dozen runners. and
IL eight finish IL is considered a
splendid showing.
The first four men in the English
race finished inside of SIS minutes,
80 seconds, and eight finished under
So minutes. This is considered a
very poor showing in England.
Usually between fifteen and twenty
runners finish inside Of the stand
ard time of So minutes.
E. Harper, Of the Hallamshire
Harriers, annexed the English title.
He negotiated the ten miles In So
minutes, 1886 seconds. According
to the English sporting papers.
Harper is a very promising young
ster. He is only twenty-one years
of age and ought to be many seconds
faster when he runs in the Olympic
games at Paris next summer.
A further proof of the lack of in
terest in distance running in this
country is Evidenced by the few
entries received for the American
ten-nnile championship race, which
is only ten days off. Only three
entries had been received up to the
time of going to press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

Bob Shawkey has bought a half
interest in the Ford auto firm.
George Kelly has purchased the
Golden Gate.
Joe Bush bought the Blue Ridge
Mountains Of Virginia.
Aaron Ward purchased the
Kentucky Cave outright.
Bob Meusel bought Catalina
Island.
Irish Meusel bought tract of
456 acres at Hollywood.
Sam Jones bought half in
terest in the American Telegraph
and Telephone Company.
Babe Ruth bought Belmont
Park.
Frank Snyder purchased the
Rio Grande.
Wallie Schang bought the
Leviathan French menus in
cluded).
Joe Dugan bought Muscle
Shoals.
Everett Scott bought the Req
SOx franchise (including Frazee's
photo).
Frank Frisch bought the
greensboro bridge.
Rosie Ryan will build roller
coaster to the three-miIe limit.
Arthur Nehf bought the Penn
sylvania Station.
What the others did with their
dough has not been learned yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
DISTANCE RUNNERS IN
AMERICA SCARCE

What the trouble
With the Olympic question being asked
frequently
1000 and 10000 meter flat the 10Ometer
the OOOmer steephase the quadrenna
summer Judging from the cbr Of available the
ming events America will be lucky if she has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

Under the London prize ring
rules, John L. Sullivan was cham
pion Of the world. What is more,
the title was never taken from him.
He died with it. He earned it by
beating Paddy Ryan after Ryan
had beaten Goss, the English cham
pion, and he retained it by defeat
ing Jake Kilrain in one of the
longest and fiercest contests in ring
history.
Under the same rules, somewhat
modified, Mitchell tried to take
the world championship title from
Sullivan in their memorable battle
at Chantilly, France, which ended
In a draw through the interior
ence Of the police authorities.
Sullivan's later contests were I'M
rules, which changed boxing most
radically, eliminating all the rough
and tumble wrestling tactics allow
able under the London prize ring
rules.
The Queensberry rules substituted
gloves for bare knuckles. A knock
down no longer constituted a round
with a half minute rest. A round
became three-minute session with
q one-minute rest.
The battler was no longer al
lowed to toss and throw his
man either by hurting him over
his shoulders, using a crOSS-hip
throw or tripping him by foot
work or such other bodily ma
neuyerS which had frequently
caused great ring battles to de-
generate into mere coarse ex-
hibitiOns of brutality with science
and skill thrown to the winds.
Under the Marquis of Queens
berry rules Sullivan never met a
foreign opponent and technically
did not under those rules figure as
q champion of the world. Nor did
Corbett when he took Sulivan's title
from him.
Technically, under the Queens
berry rules, Sullivan was only
champion of America. And so was
Corbett until he beat Mitchell in
three rounds at Jacksonville, Fla,
Corbett had fought under
the Queensberry regulations the
greatest foreign fighter of the time, |
Peter Jackson, the Australian negro.
But this contest ended in a draw.
These are the technical facts con-
cerning John L. claim to the cham
pionshfp of the world, although in
q larger, broader way the title
could never have been denied him
because, when the Marquis of
rules went into effect |
as the recognized laws of the game |
and afterward. no foreign challenger
ever appeared to contest with Sui |
Ivan the world title he had won
under the old rules, save jackson,
on whom Sullivan drew the color |,
line, an act which at the time won |
general public approval
He did hold glove contests with |
two English champions under a
very much revised Interpretation |
u the London prize ring rules.
These fights were with Tug
Wilson and Charlie Mitchell and
were both held in Madison
Square Garden in the early
eighties. Both English fighters
had come over challenging SuIli-
van, to battle for his title under.
the full London prize ring rules,
but Sullivan, who was no wrest-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
THE PROSPEROUS BALL PLAYERS

FEW days members of the victorious Yanks and the beaten
Of the Yanks received trie $4,000 Each member of
the Giants a bit than $4,000
players intended putting their
Wale his bit the furniture
business o o .
dope. Here Just
what is being done with the money:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
DEMPSEY DEFENDS TITLE
MORE BROADLY THAN
OTHER HOLDERS
By JAMES (JINMY) DE Fl

The mooted, ring history,
that has continued be hot debate for of
and then has been
Was John L. Sullivan really the champion Of the world?
5000 settle
of bets figure the right to will be Of keen
interest followers Fsiana.
Curiousy enough this Was Sullivan
really of the world? is both Yes and No.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

kor, declined to consider both
challenges unless the men should
first face him in fOur-rOund con-
tests with gloves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27
Start Basket Play.

Sixteen teams will open competi-
ton today in the Playground Bas-
ketball League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

ing only ten minutes and thirty
seconds. You must remember that
each Touchdown constituted q
round In those days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-27

These fights were with Tug
Wilson and Charlie Mitchell and
were both held in. Madison
Square Garden in the early
eighties. Both English fighters
had come over challenging SuIli-
van, to battle for his title under.
. the full London prize ring rules,
but Sullivan, who was no wrest-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-23
BIG DAY ON ALLEYS
New Leaders in \. Il. G. Doubles and
High Totals i'm Singles.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 23.-Yes-
terday was the biggest day. in the 1923
national tournament of the American
Bowling Congress since the event
opened almost two weeks ago. New
leaders appeared in the doubles and
third. fourth and fifth places in the
singles were changed. +. Kolacke and
J. Jacobs of Milwaukee are the leaders
in the doubles, totaling 1295.. w.
Kubasiak of Grand Rapids rolled into
third place in the singles with 6SS. Il.
Damman of New York took the fourth
position with 6S4 total. F. kolacke,
who went into the lead of the doubles.
also landed in tenth position of the
singles with 6I5.
None of the leaders in the fiveman
event were disturbed.
The annual meeting of the \. Il. C..
takes place this afternoon. the cleo
ton Of officers and the awarding of
the next tournament being the impor-
tant business TO be transacted. Chi
cago is favored for the next meet.
|. A. l.. ABE" Langtry. secretary OF
the congress for many years. whose
present term has three years still to
run. will not resign and intends to
serve in that capacity until his term
expires. he has informed The Asso-
ciated Press. Reports were current
and printed that Mr.. Langtry would
resign on account of i'll health.