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The Washington times., 1924-12-09

thing were possible, would be q
wonderful thing.
Dempsey proved his greatness to
me the night he knocked out Firpo.
You may recall that 1 predicted
Ftrpo would win. That was because
l thought Dempsey had trained
down too fine and that he, would
fight Firpo the wrong way. Instead
he was in superb condition and
went after Firpo in a manner that
couldn't have been improved upon,
The greatest moment of the fight
was when Dempsey crawled back
into the ring and whipped his right
hand to Firpo's chm. was amazed.
because didn't think he could see
Flrpo. Just before that Jack had
taken a clip on the chin that had
staggered him and made It possible
Tor FfrpO to push him out of the
ring q lew second later. Dazed, as
ne was when he tumbled out of the
ring, 1t was nothing short of re.
markable for him to come back
ciear-headed and to do exactly what
ne should have done. have been
nit just as he was hit, and for a
round or two afterward have been
unable to see my opponent and have
kept on fighting only through In.
gtinct.
Dempsey unqucstiOnably IL one
o. the greatest fighting men of
Al time: He can hit terrific
blows with either hand, has q
Keen lighting brain, q marvellous
par OF legs, q rugged body and
no end Of courage. He never
makes q false move in the ring
ana keeps himself fit all the time.
He has nothing to fear from any
OF MS contenders in my opinion.
The only time ever saw. Harry
WINS night was when he met
BARLEY Madden. He may . have
peen under wraps that night but
ne showed me enough to convince
me that he doesn't know very
much about fighting. l can't see
MN as q worthy opponent for
dempsey. From what I've seen of
Tom Gibbons I'll have to put him
In q class with Willis.
Another great fighter Of today
- Leonard. Benny compares fav.
orably with any man who ever
held the lightweight title and he
has a better head on his shoulders
than any of those who went before
him. see they are boosting Sid
ferris for a bout with Leonard.
l saw ferris about a year ago and
he was a joke. OF course a year
can make a lot of difference in a
boxer, especially a young one like
ferris, but il he has reached the
stage where he is good enough to
meet Leonard he has improved
more than l would have thought
possible.
Il must say, however that have
yet to see q middleweight who was
as good as the original Jack Demp.
aey. Certainly, there IL no one box.
ing now who could be rated on a
par with him. At that, Jack never
weighed over lat pounds.
DO you know that only a little
while before the Nonpareil became
middleweight champion, he claimed
the lightweight title7 There never
had been an American lightweight
champion up to that time. Jack
went out to the coast in 1885 to
whose real name is Johnny Hergett,
for the lightweight championship,
arrange a bout with Young Mitchell,
but the bout never came off. Mean
while Jack had put on weight SO
rapidly that he couldn't make the
lightweight limit and he wrote to
me suggesting I claim the title. I
did and defended it successfully
against all Corners until I retired
from the ring in 1897"
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

81 knew that ] would be a rank
outsider in the betting, as Her.
rera had beaten every opponent
he had fought in the city of Butte,
knocking out such tough ones as
Jack Clifford, nine rounds; Kid
Broad, four rounds, and Benny
Yanger in eight rounds. / was
willing to take a chance, however,
and went ahead with my prepare
tions.
"Less than a year previous to
our fight / had been engaged as
Herrera's sparring partner around
Chicago, working for the sum of
$40 per week. Consequently,
knew his style to a T' and
thought from my experience with
him that l could get him. He
also thought he could defeat me.
II won the decision after twenty
rounds. It was during this fight
that Herrera hit me on the jaw
and ! turned a complete somer-
sault."
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
1THD'S
0'IIDDIIS
NOW YOU TELL ONE.

ERES story from Bat Nelson's book about his fight with
Aureio Herrera that dynamtng Mexican who nearly knocked
A McCovern out
Bat talks about matchmaking and the betting He with
manager at this time.
He
He the the highest bidder and Uncle Tom
McCa Los Angeles Nolan bid against each other for three
days. when Nolan through with offer Of $500 and
transportation San Butte then Chicago We
Of considered this the nducemen available and accepted
oureyed to the high attitudes Of Montana and began hard
trani for the FRAY
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
Was First Champ

The first world sculling champion
was q. Hanlon, of England. who
won his title on the Thames No.
veInber Is, 1880.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Dempsey Firpo Fight Was
Short, But Lands j ohm
son Bout Should Be
Briefer.
Nv KIRK MILLER

VHTHILE no end Of interest
w centers around the Glib
~ bons-Norfolk fight in New
York tonight the public is also
very much agitated over the
Landis-J ohnsop ~scuffle, which is
q postponed affair from last
year.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
Tennis Club Names
Real Player
AS Head

The selection Of G. Peabody
Gardner, jr, to fill the un-
expired term Of the late Edwin
Sheafe as president of the
Longwood Cricket Club is inter-
esting. The officials Of the
Longwood Club are interesting
to all of tennis because of the
prominent place which the Bos-
ton organization occupies in the
sport. Sheafe had been 'presi-
dent of the club for nearly a
quarter of a century at the time
Of his death.
Gardner has been an ardent
tennis man for the past fifteen
years. AS a player he has
been twice ranked among the
first ten Of the country and has
played in leading tournaments
since his graduation from Har-
ward in 1910. At Harvard
Gardner was a remarkable all
around athlete, winning his let
ter at four different branches
Of sport, the first man to ac-
complish this at Cambridge,
The Washington times., 1924-12-09


"The same punches are used, the
same tactics employed. I guess in
my day the fighting was a little
rougher but today 1t may be that
the boys, generally speaking, are
a trifle faster. The conditions sur.
rounding the sport then and now
are very different, however. Then
we operated in violation OF the law
and did the best we could to keep
all but a selected few away from
the ringside for fear Of arrest and
imprisonment. Now, under the
protection Of the law, the idea is
to attract as many spectators an
possible.
To-day the boxers keep in good
condition all the time and have ex-
cellent training facilities. When ]
was boxing we got in condition only
to fight and we had none Of the
splendidly appointed gymnasiums
such as you'll find In every city
and town today. The whole atmos-
phere Of the game was different,
for in the old days the atmosphere
8SUSEd1Ay was tIldL VI IU0 UdTTOOII1s
A fighter had to be as good a man
in the barroom as he was in~-the
ring. The result was that fighters
seldom held their real form for
more than two or three years.
whereas nowadays it is not unusual
for boy to go along year after
year retaining excellent form as,
for instance Jack Britton did.
Il "
"As to the conditions under
which fights were conducted in
my time as compared to the con.
ditiOns existing today let mo give
you one example: When / de-
Tended the lightweight title
against Jem Carney Of England
we fought i'm q barn at Revere
Beach, Mass. There was no
amusement park there then, as
there is now. It was q deserted
spot on the coast, with just q
few houses here and there.
Neither Carney nor myself knew
where we were 20 fight. We
met In Boston and the party
started for the ringside in
coaches, being rs careful as we
could to keep our departure and
our destination q secret, but
there were more In on the secret
than those In charge Of the party
believed. aaS@ + s'uta e /,
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

A friendship has grown up
hetween these two himhoea
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

w. Aa@N- 80
which has drawn
tn e m together
like together like
oil and water.
This seems to be
q matter Of IA
miliarity breed
ing con t empt.
They are two
tough babies to
break.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

Eat last we reached the old barn
ana after little delay the fight was
begun. We wore kid gloves with
the fingers cut out, which ripped
and bruised the flesh more than
bare fists would have done. We
had reached the seventy-fourth
round when the ring was broken
down by roughs apd the bout
called a draw. We agreed to meet
again week later, but news Of
this fight had spread so rapidly
that evading the law again in that
part Of the country wasn't an easy
Job, 80 at length after several post
ponements the thing fell through.
Now, compare that fight with
Benny Leonard's bout with Lew
Tender last year. AS in our case
the lightweight championship was
at stake, but under what different
circumstances! Leonard and Tender
fought in a large baseball park
with a tremendous crowd looking
on and split an enormous purse.
A few years ago, when l was In
England, Jem Carney, with whom
I became very friendly in the days
following our fight, asked me:
"'Jack, 1t is true that Leonard
gets as much as 5000 Quid ($40,'
000) for q bout?'
when I assured him 1t was he
shook his head sadly.
what did you get for fight.
ing McAuliffe, Jem?' asked another
member Of the party.
"'A~bottle Of ale, he replied, and
had to pay for that
e. a 40
ION JuIy 4, 1919, / sat ut tho
ringside at Toledo and saw Jess
willard knocked out by Jack
Dempsey. AN around me people
were saying:
Poor Willard
Poor willard indeed! Poor
Willard got 100000 for that
fight, and outside the arena an
expensive car owned by him was
kept In readiness to take him
back to his house. He had money
In the, bank, some oil stock and
= big farm In Kansas. Poor
Willard
why, the night Of John L. Sui
uvan's defeat at the hands Of Jim
Corbett in New Orleans l, who had
been one Of his seconds, took him
to a quiet place outside the city
where he might recover from the
shock Of the loss Of his title. When
we went back to town in the morn
ing neither of US had a dime. A
friend named Fitzpatrick came 70
our rescue, paid our hotel bill and
bought our tickets home.
Those were great days and they
produced great fighters; but great
fighters are produced these days,
too. don't believe the man ever
lived who could have beaten John
L. when he was in his prime, which
was In the years from 1880 to 1888,
but Dempsey is a marvellous fighter.
He is as good as any Of the other
heavyweight champions, and a fight
between the Dempsey Of today and
the Sullivan Of, say 1882, IL such a
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

Kiss Me. Nothing Makes Me Sick.
II Asst week at the Garden Solly
Seeman, a New York light
weight, who has been on the
coast with the four-round boys,
returned to his, home town and
knocked his opponent stiff in the
last minute of the sixth and last
round "a
After the fight in the dressing
room Solly was all hoped up. He
laughed and giggled and danced,
thinking of his great debut.
"You know when dropped that
fellow and then saw him get up at
the count of nine / didn't know
whether to hit him again or to kiss
him. He was mine, you know, and
/ knew l could put him away with
the next punch, but I was so ex-
cited about making such big hit
that ! could hardly get my hand
up to sock him again"
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

~ NOM1NLIN uIUVIHB pICVUEE
"a man informs US that the
- knights Of the lens are off
the champions Of the prize ring
forever.
It seems that the Los Angeles
wiseacres became greatly excited
over pugs some months ago and
spent barrels of dough on movies
showing them in hero scenes.
The public didn't give them a
tumble, however, and now the
screen people are holding the bag
for dimes, that are not coming.
Stage-struck pugs are not Chaplins
when the movie doors open to the
public.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

This will be
their third meet
ing, if the sport
ing record are
..snl.A .aA..nl.-a
Evening star., 1924-05-21
STAGE DADDY LONG LEGS
st. Paul's Players Present Benefit
Program Last Night.

Round after round of applause
greeted the st. PauPs Players in their
presentation of Daddy Long Legs" at
St. Paurs parish hall last night
Several hundred people filled the new
auditorium to capacity, and many were
forced to stand to see the performance
Jean Websters play is very
charming one, and the histrionic ability
of The cast was excellent. The pro-
duction was given for the benefit of
the new 100000 parochial school
erected recently by Mgr. Mackin In his
parish.
Among those who displayed unusual
talent in their roles were Miss
Catherine McEneany as Julia Pendle-
ton. Miss Helen Haltigan as SaIlie
Mcbride. Thomas Finnen, jr., as
Freddie Perkins. Miss Mary fialtigan
as Mrs. Pendleton. Kathleen Dillon as
Mrs. Semple and Bernard Fitzgerald as
Jimmie Mcbride.
The play was under the auspices of
the Young Ladies' Club of st. PauTs
parish and under general supervision
of Rev. Father Leo J. Fealy, and the
play was directed by Arthur f. White
Evening star., 1924-05-21

Many fans seem to have the idea that
good loud reception is impossible un-
less regeneration or radio frequency
plification is used. This is far
from true, as any fan can determine c
for himself by constructing the
simple, three-tube non-generative re-
ceiVer which i am going to describe
today.
The diagram of connections for
this type of receiver is shown below.
1t is a well known fact that greatest
strength Of received signals is pos
sible when maximum coupling exists
between two perfectly tuned cir
cults. In this circuit, maximum coup
ling between the aerial and the grid
circuit is obtained by winding both
coils at the same time, side by side.
Fine tuning in both circuits is OBJ
tanned by variable condenser
across each coil.
Loud Speaker Volume.
While strength of the received pro-
grams is not quite as strong as is
the case when regeneration is used,
the programs are received with more
than enough volume to operate a
loud speaker The circuit, however,
volume in the quality of reproduc-
ton and the absence of the usual
squeafs and howls when tuning. 1t
has the further advantage OF being
in the golden rule" class OF nom
radiating receivers.
The numbers given the symbols in
today's diagram have been assigned
to the parts which will be shown in
tomorrow panel layout so that you
will have no difficulty in following
the wiring and making your connec-
tionS.
Evening star., 1924-05-21
NOVEL RADIO BILL
SCHEDULED TONIGHT
Hroadcasting Will Be Linked With
( Long distance Telephone
/ Trunk Lines.
HERBERT HOOVER TO SPEAK
Senator Capper of Kansas Will De-
liver Address.

Another novel demonstration with
the two great mediums of communi-
cation-radio and the long-distance
telephone-will be given tonight by
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company in conjunction with
the broadca sting by WCAP, WEAF
and four other high powered stations
of the convention of the Mtiorai
Electric Light Association direct from
the Million Dollar Pier, in Atlantic
City. Linked up by long distance
telephone lines with WCAP and
WEAF for the unusual feat will be
stations WAR, in Providence; WGf,
in Schenectady: kDkA. in Pitts
burgh. and kYW, in Chicago.
Speaking into mIcrophons in the
studio of WCAP, Secretary of Com
merce Hoover will address the con-
vention. His voice Will be carried
over special wire to the famous
Atlantic City pier, where it will be
highly amplifed and distributed
through various horns located in diff
ferent sections of the hall. as well as
to the six broadcastinG stations. Be
fore the Washington radio audience
hedrS the Nolce OF Hr f1ooNtI IL WIZ
travel to Atlantic City. thence to New
York and back to WCAP. where II
will be shot out in the ether lanes.
The feat will be accomplished so
quickly, however. that Secretary
Hoover. talking into the microphone
in WCAPs studio, will not be able
to hear the echo of his voice as II
completes the circuit and is broad
cast by the local station.
Cnpper viii speak.
Besides lstening-in on this dem
onstration. the radio audience VIII
he treated to one of the best musical
programs broadcast this spring. Paul
Whiteman's famous orchestra. Efrem
Zimbalist. noted violinist. and Zez
Confrey will be heard by the broad
cast listeners while they are enter
tanning the electric light men in At
lantic city. a short address by
the program The senator. however.
will appear personally before his
audience.
WCAP will bring its elaborate pro
gram to close by broadcasting from
Eastern High School brief COM
munity concert given by Bob" Law
air from 9:15 to 10 o'clock. The
program includes as highIights ii
concert by the Baltimore and Ohio
tilec Club from Baltimore. rccitals
by Ethel HoltzClaw Gawier, so
prano: Harlan Randall. baritone: An
ton kaspcr, violinist: Rosemary
Finckel. pianist. and violin and
ukelele SpecialticS by Robert. ir.. md
Willis Lawrence, sons of Bob" Law
renee.
Evening star., 1924-05-21

GRID circuit inductance switches re.
s.pectiveiy. Each switch is provided
with four switch points and two
switch stops.
Nos 7. Q and II are the rheo.
stats. The residences used will de-
pend on the tubes used in the seta
For UV-193 and C-299 tubes the re-
si stance should be 80 ohms. For the
other tubes, 6-ohm rheostats will fill
the bill.
cult jacks used for the detector and
first stage circuits respectively
No. II is a single-circuit jack. used
for the last stage.
Battery Terminais.
No IL is the negative A bat
terry terminal, while No. Is is the
positive A battery terminal. Mount
ing the A battery terminal on the
front of the panel takes these ter
minals from close proximity to the
battery terminals and prevents any
possibility of short circuits and blow
ing of tubes.
No. 10 is the primary windin 9
and No. 16 the secondary winding
These coils may be wound on d 3'1
or inch tube, 3k inches long. The
wire used to wind the coils should
The primary coil. No. Is. is start
ed about a quarter inch from the tor
of tube. About a quarter of the way
around the secondary winding Is
started by anchoring the end of an
other spool of wire through holes
drilled between the near edge OF
tube and the wire of primary winding
The two coils are then wound on tube
simultaneously. Taps for primary
coil are taken at the LETT just be
Meath the beginning of winding Is
while taps for the secondary winding
are taken at the right just under
Evening star., 1924-05-21
JAMES J. DAVIS, JR.,
TO MAKE RADIO TALK
Seven.Year-Old Son Of Labor Sec.
retary on German Relief Fund
Program at WRC.
HOPES TO EQUAL DADDY
Event Is First of Kind to Be At.
tempted Here.

Little Jimmie" Davis, seven-year-
old son OF Secretary OF Labor Davis,
will make the opening address to the
younger generation OF radio fans at
4 o'clock Friday afternoon. when
WRC broadcasts the children's party
arranged by Peggy Albion for the
benefit of starving infants OF Ger
many.
Young Davis is taking a consumin &
interest in the efforts Of Miss Albion
to please Washington's children list
eners-in." So anxious is the Labor
Secretary's son to do his part well
that he has refused to join neighbor
hood playmates at marbles and other
activities enjoyed by one of his years
after school hours, saying: Il am
busy preparing my radio speech" And
his Juvenile audience at Friday's s
matinee may be assured OF an inter
esting talk. as the youngster will
have his speech we'll memorized when
ne begins to speak into the micro
phone at WRC.
Hopes To Equal DADDY"
1t will be the first experience at
broadcaIsting for Little Jimmie. and,
looking forward to the occasion. he
proudly remarks. II hope i broadca st
as well as my Daddy"
Some OF the most talented child
performers OF Washington will TAX e
part in the program A feature will
be scenes from Two Gentlemen OF
Verona" by class from Stanwood
Cobb's Chevy Chase Country Day
School. Eddie Crouch, soloist of St.
Adams Cathedral Choir, will sing
Murphy. aged thirteen, OF the Bruen
Home for children will tell a story
entitled THE Great Magician"
Kindergarten songs will be sung
by six children of the Monroe Public
School, under the direction OF Miss
Augusta NJ Swan There will be
choruses by the Wilson Normal School
arranged by Miss Bernice Randall. A
piano solo by pupil from the Louise
l-akin School of Foundation Music
will be rendered.
Suggests Radio Parties
Children who have radios are urged
by. Miss Algion to invite their little
friends to individual radio parties in
their own home, the fun being pro-
vided by her young performers.
Each child who listens in and en-
JOYS the program will be put on his
honor to contribute 10 cents to the
German childrens feeding fund. which
Is being collected by the American
committee for the relief OF German
children, of which Maj. Gen. Henry
l. Allen is the national chairman an q
Lieut. Gen. Nelson 4. Miles the Wash
ington chairman.
The children's radio party. origi-
mated by Miss Sophie Levin, executive
director of the Washington campaign
viii be unique in that ii is said to
be the first time that a program made
up entirely of children has ever been
attempted by a broadcasting station
Miss Albion. who is noted for her
radio stories TO children, promises
many surprises for her youthful, in
visible audience.
Evening star., 1924-05-21
VETERAN HOSPITALS
ALL TO HAVE RADIO
Thirty-Seven Already Equipped
With Receiving Head Sets for
Nearly Every Bed.

The work of installing radio re-
ceiving sets in all United States
veterans hospitals will be completed
by July /, it was announced today
by Director Frank 7. Hines. Thirty
seven of the hospitals already have
been equipped.
The general plan for the ihStalla-
tion of the radio equipment provides
for one master set located in q central
point of the hospital. This master
set is under the direct supervision
of the medical officer in charge, who
designates certain employees of the
hospital as operators. Wires lead
from this set to the various wards
and assembly rooms, where loud
speakers are located. Wherever prae-
tical. head sets are installed for each
bed in the wards.
Many of the veterans hospitals
have received their equipme MT
through the work Of private agencies
Those installed by the bureau are
-donA~n hv.~enAc$6c ioa0 laid -61oaasu
Evening star., 1924-05-21

oy the director. Each set must he
able to receive clearly for a minimum
Instance of 1000 miles. According to
zen. Hines. the cost of installation of
radio equipment ranges from $4,000
10 $2'4oo per hospital, depending upon
the size of the institution and the
class of equipment used.
Radio provides a means of posi-
tive improvement, both physically
and mentally, for the patients in the
hospitals. states Gen. Hines. "Manv
OF the benehciaries of the Veterans'
Bureau in our hospitals are unable
to leave their beds. With the use of
.ne headsets, these patients can liste n
to opera, jazz or any form of a.muse-
ment that is broadcast by the radio.
II prevents them from losing contact
with the general affairs of the world ;,
Evening star., 1924-05-21

An ammeter should never be used
to test storage batteries or B bat
teries. For dry cells the ammeter
is the only instrument that will give
an accurate notation of the condi-
tion of the cell, but it should not be
left connected to the battery more
than a few seconds. The ammeter
acts as good short -circuiting in
strument for any battery and will
therefore bring down the life of the
batteries considerably.
Evening star., 1924-05-21
WMU-Doubleday-H Electric Com
pany l2il MeterNl

4:S0 p.m.-Base ball scores; radio
grams; musical selections: Dance of
the Nymphs" tHadley), Hearts and
Flowers" (Moses-TobanD, Lost IL
lusions" fMendelssohn Bartholdy),
Last Rose of Summer tMoore),
"Cavalleria Rusticana" selections
tMascagnD, Irish Stores" (Kelly).
"Chanson" tMelodie) (Frim). Qua
SON. fox trot (Garcia); "A la Gu
bana tGranadosl, "Mavi-Vals" Tip
lea de Baile), Farewell" tSchu-
mann. dance selections
Evening star., 1924-05-21
SPECIAL RADIO PROGRAM.
"Roxie" and Gang to Give Memo.
rial Day Concert,

A special Memorial day program
from the Capitol Theater studio. un-
der the personal direction of S L.
Rothafel tRoxie), will be heard May
so from 7:30 to $50 pm. wEATTs
radio audience knows how r.Roxie"
puts over his Sunday evening con-
certs and are assured that he will
bend every effort to make this spe-
cial Memorial day program one that
VIII live long in the memory Of all