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New Britain herald., 1924-03-05

Decision 10 leave the nrcmnn's wages at an increase Of st.so a week was mad" last night by the u'E council. The firc board asked that reconsideration of the amount h' taken up and that tho sum Of !. be voted instead or st.5p.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-05
Hospital Seeks Funds
Norton .Anpoinied.

Edgar J. Norton. Of the ice firm of Snyder X Norton. was appointeI to the supornumcrary police force by inc ''E council last night after recon. cation had been made by the police commission. Tkc application Of Dew. " Carpenter for the supcrnumcrarv force has referred to tho police loard
New Britain herald., 1924-03-05

Division No. Ancient Order of llebernians will hold n meeting in St. Thomas Community home after the service at St. Thomas church this evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Interest Warns Up Ii
Tennis On This
Side

Lawn tennis is warming up.
Interest SO far has been largely
centered abroad, but our turn
is at hand. The big tourna-
ments leading up to the nation
a championships and the Davis
Cup challenge round on Sep
TENDER II win begin at Sea
Bright this week. following
which will come the invitation
tournaments at Southampton
and Newport as forerunners Of.
the national doubles the week Of
August 10 and the national
singles the week Of August %.
In the meantime. Miss. Helen
Wills will defend her title at the
West Side Tennis Club the week
of August IL. August is the
big lawn tennis month Of all
the year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
BAT NELSON IS GIVEN
SCRAP BY NELSON

SIN day fought lot Of tough onebut tougher than
Christie Williams Southern declares Battling Nelson most
durable of all the durables. And he proceeded:
Back 1902 galoping along lightweight
championship fought anybody that would climb into ring with
me- wanted reputation and figured that the
whipped the greater would become my prestige
IAN offer box Christie Wams-one Of those
centage affairs gamble
that time hadn't heard much this Williams and therefore
decided he would easy So wired I'd fight
went down into the Southland supposing would take
o to tut under bird.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Boxing Too Rough,
Says Russians As
Taboo Stays

MOSCOW, Aug. Boxing
as q sport in Russia is in danger
Of disappearing. Several COM
munist leaders have launched a
campaign against pugilism,
which they consider ga degrad-
ing sport" calculated to demon
ALIKE the Russian youth and the
people.
Members Of Soviet sporting
organizations, accepting the
challenge Of the reformers, have
taken up cudgels in favor of
boxing, declaring it one of the
best means Of training the Rus
sian youth in manliness and
self-defense.
While the question is still
being holly debated in the Boil
shevik press, a council Of Mos
COW physical culture organiza-
tions has agreed to compromise
by forbidding the staging OF
bouts for profit, but allowing
exhibition matches in clubs,
provided the rounds are limited
to two minutes each. Knock
outs are strictly forbidden, but
decisions may be given by the
spectators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Shelby Mayors Plan
Proves He's Good
Business Man

Mayor Jim johnson, 81 Shell
BY, who figured SO prominently
IN the promotion IF the Demp-
sey-G Gibbons fight in Montana
last year, lost his fortune, but
now he has another. The OBJ
iect in bringing the fight to
Shelby was to let the world
know that there were oil wells
in the vicinity Of the Western
town. Fasteners at the fight,
who had had more or less ex-
perience with oil stock in the
past, were skepticaI about Shell
by's natural resources.
Now come the tidings that
Mayo robinson has q gusher
and that he will have to worry
no more about the money he
dropped in the Dempsey fight.
The gusher gushes, and jim
Johnson is happy. lie put Shell
by on the map and proved to
the world that he was right
when he said: Boys, there's
oil in them hills
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

tomobile accidents out in the
Pacific coast. 1t has definitely
been announced that the boss Of
the heavies will not defend his
title this year and he probably
won't.
An attempt, however, is being
made to smoke Leonard QUITO
force him to either defend his light.
weight title at 1856 or admit that
he can no longer make the weight.
BY no means is Benny sitting as
securely on his throne as Dempsey
Is on his more lofty one. What,
with the weight questions and q
dozen worthy challengers cIamoring
for recognition. Leonard cannot be
30 Independent.
The New York State Boxing Com
mission has made gesture by way
Of forcing Benny's hand. The
Empire State body has nominated
fourteen warriors for an elimination
contest, and It is presumed that the
commission will then order Ben.
jamin to meet the winner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
JOHNNY WILSON
AGAIN PULLS
SURPRISE

1t was a genuine surprise to.
read dispatches that Johnny VIII
son. middleweight champ, had
knocked out Jock Malone. the st.
Paul middleweight, In the sixth
round Of bout in Boston. Stories
today say Malone was fouled re.
peatedly by Wilson and that the
blow that finished the bout was
foul.
Malone, say the second day
stories, was fouled in the early
rounds. He had his right eye cut
In the third round and was fouled
In the fourth, but came back and
climbed all over Wilson in the
fifth. Then came the disputed
finish in the sixth.
Wilson's victory over Mike
O'Dowd, then niddleweight cham.
pion, in twelve rounds In 1920 was
one Of the biggest surprises In
modern pugilistic history, except
Brooklyn Al McCoy's Knockout Of
George Chip for the middleweight
title in one round.
Wilson gained another decision,
fifteen rounds, over O'Dowd in
New York on March IS, 1921, but
outside Of his peculiar ability to
beat the st. Paul Irishnan, he was
one OF the saddest looking cham.
pions known to science. He lost
his title on points to Harry Greb
on August 81 last year In New
York, and Greb showed him up
az a third-rater.
Malone Is one Of the best OF the
st. Paul school 81 boxers headed
by Mike and Tom Gibbons. and \
couple Of months ago knocked out
Roland Todd, middleweight chArn.
pion OF England. That Malone
should have found Wilson at All
difficult is astonishing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

eye than anyone else, and relied
on his countrymen to prepare him
for the go. '
This time FirpO Il going tn
l1aye American trainers and hand.
iers. He is wise in making tllis
decision. '-''S
Ftrpo says IL he wins he will
want to meet Dempsey again. Per.
haps he is sincere in this desire,
II would be a nice thing to brinp
back the worlds title to Argentine.
But Jack Dempsey has no Thought
OF allowing the wild Bull'' to do
this thing. Jack won't fight this
year, he says, because Of his NOV.
ing picture contracts. Next wear
Is another year. BY that time Fir.
pc may want another chance AZ
Dempsey. He may feel the golden
lure again. But II he values his
health he had better stay home.
But. first Of all, Firpo must dis.
pose of Wills. It is no cinch that
he viii win over the BLACK Pan.
Their" The latter also has ambi.
tons Of bringing back the cham.
pionship to the black race, and he
will go into the ring against Firpo
in as fine condition as re is possible
to be, and he is confident that az.
ter the fight he will be the con.
tender to meet Dempsey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
BARBARIAN HAS
ORIGINAL RING
STYLE

Purely an unorthodox boxer, in
reality one Of the clown clouters Of
fistiana, Sid Barbarian, only Ar.
menian fist singer In captivity.
stepped into the limelight as a chal.
lenger Tor Leonard's lightweight
title in a rather odd way,
Barbarian came out Of Detroit
into New York and offered to hoy
Leonard winner take all" or ''for
The champion turned the Michi.
Rander down flat, even refusinr
an offer of $25 900 20 meet BAR.
barian in q ten-round no-decision
battle In Detroit.
Immediately Barbarian. without
ever having shown his wares IN
Gotham became the lighfwe,shf
topic OF gossip among glove follow.
ers, and was soon matched for .
twelve-round tussle with Jack Rern.
stein, the former junior lightweight
champion. This bout was the acid
test for the. Detroit boy. and he
came through.
BY gaining the judges decision
over Bernstein, Barbarian nrovad
that he wasn't false alarm and
when he steps into the ring az
Shetzline Ball Park next Monday
night against Nate Goldman. he
may probably hand the Philadeiphia
fans as great surprise as he aid
the New Workers when he trimmed
Bernstein.
The boy who is to face Goldman
is a hard-hitting two.handed battle
with a stance all his own-original
In every way.
Barbarian stands with his RICH,
foot out and both arms almost flai
against his chest as he crouches
forward He uses long overland
right hook and followed by lefi
to the body, and most Of his punches
are delivered just when his oppo
nent least expects them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

"But what a shock 1 got! That
black boy came out Of his corner
in the first round. and before
knew what it was all about biffed
me in the stomach. I think he
used a locomotive piston rod. A
human hand couldn't do what he
did. though he had caved in my
body. Oh yes, yes, went down. !
beat the count, only to be dropped
again by right to the jaw. And
then the air became filled with
iron fists.
IT don't know-nor do / think
that anyone at the ringside that
night can remember exact
number of times I went down.
But I'll tell the world that spent
the largest part of the first six
rounds going down and getting UP.
climbed up as fast as ] could
! after the earliest Of the knock
downs, trying to prove to Williams
that was all o. *.
''But that didn't fool him. He'd
step right in, sock me again-and
flatten me some more. So after
that ! usually took the limit
nine seconds.
'By the time the sixth round
arrived Williams had busted about
everything there was for him to
break-except my tights. Noticing
his failure in that respect, he
smacked me on the chin. I did
a flip flop Sgoing down, and. when
/ landed / discovered my tights
were busted, too.
along in the eighth or ninth
while Williams was still smashing
me around and I wasn't. sure
whether / was in q Chinese ty.
phoon or merely In q butter churn.
ing machine, got Williams in a
clinch and said to him:
You're good, boy-yes, you're
good. But I've got the hoodoo on
you; the old black witch stuff,
and you simply can't win
IT figured williams might be
superstitious. He was. For from
that minute on he became sort OF
cautious-or something like that.
He stopped tearing in; stopped hit.
ting me with the piston rods that
he called his fists.
After that 1t was rather easy
] waded right into Williams and
began seeking him. I kept putting
everything had into my drives
and along in the seventeenth Will
liams had enough-and went down
and out.
1T was paid $3.50 for that fight
the toughest, toughest in my
whole fighting career"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

/ Jack and Benny are not above re-
proach at that. They cannot be
pointed to as paragons OF boxing
virtue. Az q matter Of fact, both
OF them have for years been wiring
ing every thin dime they possibly
could out Of the sport. They have
demanded . kings ransom for doing
their stuff land sad to relate. they
have been getting It. They have
hurt the game by over-eTnph aaizing
its commercialism, but no man can
point to them and utter that apt
Americanism:
Cheese champions"
No, despite their greedy grabbing
and prirna donna temperaments.
Dempsey and Leonard have done
much for boxing. They have reared
themselves so far above their pugil.
istic fellows that they occupy pin.
nacle visible to all In their fistic
grandeur and dignity. With these
two active, the two most important
classes could not sink to mediocrity.
But apparently neither Jack nor
Benny propose to be active as
ring champions. The kIieg lights
and the Clicking cameras have
proved the commercial LOre1ei
that has lured them from the
modern arena. They have sue
cumbed to the professional sOrcer-
| ess Of the silver screen; the atlnOs-
| phere Of the studio and the foot
| lights Is sweeter In their nOstFiIs
than the rosin-Iaden air Of the
! ring.
Dempsey ID making pictures and
getting himself smashed up in au-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
CRIFFTTH AND MAC M ANT
. PART OF PRICE PUT in
]. Lands KEEPING

Mack has obtained to his suggestion buying
layers from the minor leagues and he is Clark Griffith Mack adj
viii compel minor league club owners o place
tands The change Mack is TO end disputes be-
league club and purchased player who refuse to
price has been paid s sa
made 81 the manager the Athletics since Floyd Scott the Kansas
recruit reused to Capital unless
aage the Washington Kansas City
dcker with made
with The Kansas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
MONEY AND FAME MAKE
CHANGED MAN OF FIRPO
By ARTHUR sTRUME.

NEW YORK Aug 2Lus Firpo ild Bull of the Pampas" is
to the land beyond the Equator ~
Luis is changed this trip. He among what you
would call the Of the boxing Luis believes travelling
style This - n marked contrast his first
the golden dollar Then Luis steeraee He was unknown
He few fghts-with
He went back to his native land. 20 - ~
Then the lure Of the yellow metal called him hack North AGAIN
This time he seconss passenger But st he was not
in the b The fipAters - - - -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
SoUTHPAWs HOLD GOLF
TOURNEY NEAR CHICAGO

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 2.--Southpaw
golfers Of the country will meet
Friday, August q, at the Midlothian
Country club In the annual port
siderE' tournament. The field this
year IL expected to be the largest
one on record and probably win
include several Eastern players.
John p. Humphreys of Columbus
Park, the present champion. win
defend the title. Humphreys has
two successive victories in the event
to his credit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Martin to Coach Wesleyan

MIDDLEToWN, Corn, Aug. 2.
Fred L. Martin, who was football
star at Qberlin in his undergraduate
days, will coach the Wesleyan foot.
ball team this fall. DR.. Edgar
Fauver, head of the department of
physical education at Wesleyan, will
have oversight of the work, but
Martin will do the coaching when at
Oberlin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Pate to Referee

MONTREAL. Aug. 2.--Walter L.
Pate, of New York city. member OF
the executive committee OF the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa.
ton, 1t was announced today, will
referee the second round match of
the Davis Cup competitions here be.
tween Canada and Japan, August z,
and 8, to be held e the Mount
Royal Tennis Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
'CLANcY's BATTING ORGY 4
NEAR BIG LEAGUE MARK

MUSHROOM. Mich. Aug. Blvd
tClancy, local first basenan, brought
! tot thirty eight the number Of con.
ssecutive games in which he has hit
aishth inning Of yesterdays game
with Saginaw.
Clancy, who belongs to the Chi
cage White Sox, il playing for
Muskegon in the Michigan Ontario
league under an optional agree.
Ment. The modern major league
record for safe hitting in consecu.
TIVE games is forty-one, held by
George Sisler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
,THAD'5
IIDDfTS


Once time there shepherd lad by the Of
Georges No. no. the fighters Anyway there
shepherd lad who tending his flock and things were dIT
stirring He thought he'd get kick out Of things. he yelled
WOLF could, and within few minutes all the
neghbors of his voice the his aid
When they got they found cry the bunk
the shepherd lad had good big laugh.
The neighbors back to their jobs bit that they had
been kdded by the lad.
few the humdum Life Of watching sheep got
Of WOLF! b
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Braves Grab Shorts+on

BOSTON, Aus. 1.-THE Boston
Nationals, disrupted by illness ana
injuries, today took over Marie
Shay, Of the Worcester Eastern
League club to play shortstop. The
arrangement by which Shay came
here was said to be a temporary one
but with an opportunity for the
player to make good and stay in the
big league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02


He was still what pugilistic fans.
called an unknown. They wanted
to be shown. FiFpo showed them.
He sent the best pitted against
him to the mat, where they heard
the count Of ten. Firpo had made
his rep. Then the clamor began
for bout with Jack Dempsey for
the worlds title. FirpO had his
chance. He knocked Jack out Of
the ring: he noored him a couple
Of times in that one roaring bout,
only to find himself flat on his
back and counted ont when the
champion came back and forced
the milling, sending the wild
Bull to the canvas for the count
in the second round.
FirpO went back home. But
ne went back with more gold
than ne had ever dreamed of.
His lie sounded like page from
one OF HoratiO Ayers books.
Firpo got enough money for his
needs When he got back to dear
old Argentine he said he was
through with the ring. But his
countrymen would have none Of ii.
They made him go back into the
squared circle. He fought an IN.
different fight with Spalla. the
Italian, talking fourteen rounds fo
turn the trick. Then he knocked
out q couple more fighters, and
immediately a hue and cry was
raised IN the good old u. s. A.
ror return bout with the cham.
pion.
In the meantime other contend.
ers nad cropped up. There was
Harry Wills, the BLACK Panther"
TO be reckoned with. Wills had
Deen on Dempsey's trail for
months The champion was will.
ing 20 meet him-provided, OF
course, some promoter would hang
up 9 suitable purse-and Jack
WASH modest In his demands.
And It came to naught.
Tex Hickard, boxing impresario
saw way out Of the dilemma. re
saw chance to bring the wild
buiI and the Black Panther" to.
getner. the winner to have a 20
WITH the champion. Wills snapped
az the chance. Firpo was obdurata
North nor : while aaa,. He would not come
ANOhSA dSdLHs f+
But the lure Of the golder
shekels that Richard danRIed he-
fore him was too much. "a
rlrpO came-garbed I'm silks this
tlme--and he and Wills win miw
lt up within q month In Tar
Acres.
u ~
Perhaps the mediocre fieht that
Wills put up with BARLEY MADDEN
when ne failed to knock him out
~ the iifteen-round battle held re-
cently, had something to do with
F1rpo's change OF mind. The AZ.
counts Of that fight were not Nat.
terinE to Wills. Poor hands u,as
the excuse Of the BLACK PantherT
Tor his showing against Madden
he VIII have to have two good
hands to make an ifnpression ~,
the wild Bull"
-. Harry TraIaing.
Wits went into training immedi.
ateiy after the go with Firpo was
assured. He viii have a few weelSs
start on Firpo In preparation FOR
the bout. But one thing Firpo
learned from his disastrous expert.
ence with DempseyS-and that a
that he viii need an American
trainer TO condition him this time.
In his title 50 he discarded De
Forest, the man who did more to
bring him into the American public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
DEMPSEY AND LEONARD
TWO REAL CHAMPS
By JACK LEWIS.

Loose in this land and roaming
ommCny called champions who have either fought
Deen manpulated BY astue into titles many
some q these nabCbs Of the ring worthy the au
aaOsnng tnentney are REAL champions Others merely
sharp dealing. 81 ~ ---ss -
Enough Of these Discussion Of alarms painful and
particularly when the lowering
mark This screed has 70 do with pair OF chaponso
who stand out above the like pboscis We
refer to Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard. ~ \"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

an extent that he was almost dis
tracted.
get up! Come up and have a
fight" he choked up to his OPP
popent.
And then, turning to the little
band Of spectators, he said, with
tears in his voice:
Look at i'm, gentlemen. He
won't get up, and / amt started
to fight YETI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Start EN- Sooner

Many games played in the sand.
lot series here are being started
so late that they are frequently
called for darkness. The remedy
Is simple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Baltimore Far Ahead

In the International League Bal.
timore Is repeating its past per-
formances and IL far ahead of the
rest OF the teams. Looks as though
Dunnie had a set up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Wicked Inauguration

When the Marines ana the Wash.
ington Barracks teams got to.
gether, the Marines stepped out
for nine runs in the first inning.
After that it was easy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
RenauIt And Madden
Sign For Battle
On August IL

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-.Tack
Renauit. the Canadian heavy
weight, who is seeking battle
with Jack Dempsey. has signed
to fight BARLEY Madden at the
Queenbcro Stadium on Monday
evening, August II. This match
means everything IN the heavy
weight class, as the winner win
be a sure shot for the winner
OF the Wills-F irpo battle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

AoAAIh ACCp .SGAAOs
Among the many thousands of
contests / must have seen during
my lifetime, some Of the best
have been of a semi private nature
in some dingy cellar in the East
End. remember at one of these
we had a terrible knuckle fight
between an old-timer named Bill
Holland and a tough fish porter
from Billingsgate market. Old
Bill took a terrible hiding for
about an hour and half, as his
opponent, who was a much better
wrestler, had pitched him on his
head at least forty times. Holland
had Jumps all over his close
cropped Uranium, and his face was
a CHASTITY sight. At length, how
ever, he floored his adversary with
Ia terrible right to the stomach.
and the Billingsgate porter stayed
down. This annoyed Bill TO sub
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Change Site OF Game

The game between Seat Pleasant
and Mt. Rainier will be played Sun.
day on the formers diamond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

Again the villagers hearing the
cry and feeling certain that
wolves were attacking the flock
dropped their work and rushed
pell nell over the hills 80 the aid
Of the boy.
What kick he got out Of that
one. The villagers, breathless
and hatless, once more found out
that the cry was the bunk and
walked back to their houses sick
and sore.
Weeks went by and things were
as quiet as ever. The villagers
were doing their daily chores
without much Of anything break
ing the monotony.
Suddenly one lovely afternoon
another cry of WOLFF shattered
the silence.
The villagers heard it, but, look
ing at one another, merely
smiled.
"He won't fool us this time"
said Louie to Jean. "That's the
old bunk again"
1t happened, however, that the
wolves really did call on the boy
this time. but NO ONE GAVE
HIM A TUMBLE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Dead Pan No Longer a Dumb
Isaac.

~" TAI b WONDERFUL WOrIQ THIS
w is. improvements going on
~ every day and things get
ting better and better.
Last year Dead Pan Louie sat
like a bump on a log when in
the company Of others, saying
nothing, doing nothing and grunt-
ing now and then to himself.
Today look at Louie. He has
learned some English and instead
of being Dumb Isaac is a wise
cracker.
He says: LAY off that CUFF"
Take that crackpot outside"
Pull up your shoes your pants
are short" and "Give those mugge
the air."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02
Now, You Tell One

THERE'S the latest story that
III Eugene Corri, the famous
English referee. tells.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-02

Dempsey IL making pictures and
getting himself smashed up in au-