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Wy Best BaCkspin Play.

| have made particular study of
trick golf shots and in my travels
over the country exhibits the stunts
which l have worked out.
In championship contests these
plays are not of great use to me, for
the simple reason that few oppor-
tunities arise that call for them. In
tournament one tries to put up an
orthodox game. The big idea is to
avoid situations that demand fancy
playing.
But now and then time comes when
7 am glad to avail myself of the
knowledge that has come to me from
studying the things that can be done
with a golf ball if one really tries.
For instance, the possibilities in ap-
playing "backspin."
Such an occasion arose a few years
ago at Lythan and st. Annes, Eng
land, in the west of England cham
pionships, when one particular play
made me q, prize winner.
At the eighteenth hole, my APP
proach shot dropped back of a Grassy
mo~Si guarding the green. a nib
lick would have lifted the ball clear
across the green and into bunker
on the opposite side. Any other way
two strokes to put me on the green
safely.
1 had one trick, something | rarely
use except in giving exhibitions.
which decided to employ. j selected
q ribbed mashie and tried a draw"
shot. The ball landed on the far side
green, not far from the edge
of the trap. hesitated Il minute and
then started to roll back. Taking ad-
vantage of slope it trickIed rear
ward Il" within an inch of the cup.
Just a little more pull and it would
Nave gone in. 9
As IT was. I got Il par hole and
landed within the money. 1t was the
best. back spin | ever made in cham
pionShip play.
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The Baltimore players are all get
ting under the contract wing for 1924
and Jack Dunn will have no trouble
with his champions. For a man about
whom so many dire predictions have
been made since he first came out
against the modified draft. Dunn is
remarkably successful
The International circuit will he
the same as in 1923. and if the New
ark and Reading clubs can get W
enough of stir to help Rochest = +
and BuHal 10 against Baltimore "a much
improved rennant race is sure IT, re
suit.
The Newark owners will make their
debut in international; councils. They
promise to have Il better team. but
they also need 4 better place, to play
1t.
The National League has so little
to do at its meeting that its business
can he cleared up in II day If no one
gets up to talk. The league is mostly
finished with those old orators who
loved to spin their Speeches into the
crannies of the hotel.
There is talk that the bonus clause
To players contracts may he dropped
or. course. that is 4 matter that af
t"cts only owners and players. But
one thing is certain: Tho bonus at
taChed to q players contract. general
y speak ing. has worked more ha rm
than good. II was all right for the
Individual who received the money,
hut the method by which he some
fines received il would not stand the
t"St. 1t has been intina ted that Ger
tain pitchers, for instance. who had
Il bonus coming TO them if they won
more games in Il season. have been
StEie to win that game when ii was
brought To the attention Of the OPP
posing team that a victory meant a
difference Of 5000 or 50 to IL fellow
member OF the lodge.
That int ali Players have been
known to take up the fight of fell
low player who didn't get his bonus
because he missed one game. and to
REMARK that so and SO" was 4 fine
guy for not coming through" When
q player is III th"t' frame Of mind
ne IS not very valuable 30 his boss
MOlNri..ht. 1921 }
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HORSES DESTROYED
VALUED AT 100000

LEXINGTON, KY, February IL
Horsemen today had not determined
the cause of fire at e. r. Little's
twenty-seven trottins horses and brood
mares were destroyed by flames at an
estimated loss of between $4,000 and
$4,000.
Lou E., by Lee Axworthy. was the
most valued horse in the stable. being
priced at $4,000. Among other well
known trotters destroyed are Busy
Frisco, by San Francisco. $4,000; Colo
RADIO Mac, by Hugh Miller, $4,000; Rose
Etawah. by Etawah, $4,000; Minnie l..
Direct, by Baron Direct. $1,000. record,
2.01 Il; Lou Erase. by San Francisco,
s2,50G. and Leslie Delaney, by Peter
the Great, $1,000.
Little still has about thirty five
brood mares in his possession. but al
most all of his thoroughbreds were
destroyed. He had entered the thor
.oughbred industry a little over. a year
ago. having confined his activities up
TO that time to the breeding Of trotting
horses.
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:Winter Season. in Base Ball Ends Fpo-Lodge Bout Ia
FIRPO-WIlLS PLANS
MAY STRIKE ASNAG

NEW YORK, February 12.-Lew
Raymond has announced that the
boxing syndicate for which he is
spokesman had selected Stamford,
Conn.,, as the site of the Firpo-Will
bout, and that an arena seating 49,
900 spectators would be built there.
The promoters expected the public
to pay at least 81 900. 900 and perhaps
100000 to see the fight. as the best
seats might cost $50. he said.
The arena would be modelled after
the Yale bowl, he stated.
HARTFORD, Conn, February H.
The syndicate behind the F'irpo- Wills
fight is likely to meet considerable
difficulty in producing the fight in
this state.
There is a clause in the state rules
governing the sport that prevents
outside" promoters from coming
into Connecticut to promote fistic
bouts.
Two Of the three members OF the
board declared their opposition TO
mixed contests.
The state board officially knows
nothing Of the proposed bout
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Champions lions! and Chance
by rght


ever have seen more confidence in a
mans face than that in Dempsey's
when he took his corner just before
the gong sounded. Over in the other
corner >Wiilard looked like a huge
elephant about to crush Il panther.
1t seemed impossible that a man of
that size could be downed by Il man
like Dempsey.
When all the preliminaries were
over and the gong sounded Dempsey
fairly leaped from his corner. With
out any hesitation or cautious spar
ring. he tore at Willard. Getting in
side the big arms of the champion,
Dempsey let fly Il right handed swing.
1t landed flush on the jaw of Willard
and the big giant was knocked as fiat
as d pancake. He tumbled like Il
house hit by a cyclone. The crowd
actually gasped in surprise. In an
other minute the whole place was in
an uproar. Visions of new cham
pion We're in the minds of the great
crowd.
Bang. Dempsey socked another one
squarely on Jess jaw, the moment
he got to his feet. Down he went
again.
/ haven't the writing ability to de-
scribe the scene at that moment. II
was something like that exciting
| Firpo knocked Dempsey out of the
ring. The people went crazy. Will
| lard went down seven times.
The Gong Goes Wrong.
It was during this excitement that
| something went wrong With the gong
and it failed to work. 1 am not in
position to say, because l do not
| know, but there are many who claim
that Willard would have been knock
ed out if the gong had sounded at the
right moment, or If the principals
had heard the efforts of the time.
| keepers.
| In the press seats at the ringside
III. hai;a,.ed ca .nNS -
| fellow who had made the bet of s2Ul
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WHOSE 1ldlIlc lids NSNdpN u illN.
This was another of those contests
distinguished 10y close scoring from
The first hole to the last. We were
all even when we reached the eight
enth tee.
I don't recall the exact length of
this hole. 1t was IL long one, though,
calling for d drive, Il long wood or
iron second, and q short one to the
green, with good chance to get
down in one putt-if the third was
good.
Loos. his partner and / reached the
green in three. but lay so that each
1t looked like Il halved match before
Hagen played, as his second had left
him forty yards from the flag.
The gallery had been kidding n bit
with me over our failure to get a
lead over the local players. As Wal
ter walked up to his ball | INDUCED
III a bit OF banter myself
BE careful now" ! said. Il hope
he doesn't hole this one out
7 had hardly spoken when Hagen
lifted the bali with his mashie and
dropped it neatly on the green a
yard from the cup. ii rolled up and
dropped in with a PUNK, giving Wal
ter Il fancy three and winning the,
match for US, as the rest Of us took
iiVcS.
| had q good laugh at the expense
Ut my kidding friends, but. judging
by the applause they gave my part
ner, they didn't mind it Il bit.
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COWBOY K. O.'S STECHER
IN WRESTLING CONTEST

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, February IL.
Joe ssTOOts- M0ndt. Colorado
cowboy wrestler scored n knock
out last night over Joe Stecher,
former heavyweight mat champion.
II was not 81 boxing bout, how
ever. and the referee awarded
the decision to Stecher.
NOndt had won the first fall in
one hour and tyventy-fOur minutes
with an arm-lOck, and the men
were graphing for n second fat
when Stecher tried for n flying
scissors hold after about twenty
three minutes Of rough work. and
appeared to have struck MOndt
low. Angered. MOndt swung one
to the jaw and f1Oored his op-
p0nent. Stecher tried to rise. but
had to be carried to his corner.
and Referee Walter Bates dis
qualified NOndt and gave the de-
cisiOn to Stecher.
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INDIANS ARE TO Pl-AYi21
EXHIBITIONS THIS SPRING

CLEVELAND, Ohio, February r.
The Cleveland Americans will play
fwenty-one games during the spring
training trip. according to the com
plete schedule announced today as
follows:
March l.. Cincinnati at Lakeland
Fla: Is, Indianapolis. at Plant City
Fla: 10, Cincinnati at Orlando. Fla. !:
20, Boston Braves. at ST Petersburg:
-, Brooklyn at Clearwater. Fla: -.
Philadelphia Nationals at LAX Gland:
70. indianapolis at LAX ella nd: -.
RooklYn at Lakeland: Is. Columbus
American Association. at Lakcla nd:
April >. Atlanta at Atlanta: :; Mobile
at Mobile: + to 10 inclusive. New
Orleans at New Orleans: II. Gniver-
sity Of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; y
and II, Cincinnati at Cincinnati.
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GREB- M'TIGUE FIGHT
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN

SAN FRANCISCO. February 12--
Harry Greb. middleweight champion
boxer visiting here. said today that
negotiations virtually were complete
for him to meet Mike McTigue, who
claims the title of light hea eight
soon.
My PLAN said Greb, "is TO have
Il double championship match, Nc
Tigue entering the ring at 100. while
| would have the right TO appear at
catchw eight. That would make Nc
Tigue eligible to win the middle
weight title, while I would have a
chance to take the light heavyweight
belt"
Greb has signed to meet Jack
Reeves of San Francisco in Il four
round bout at tile Oakland audi
torium on the afternoon Of February
90. The boxers will fight 1T catch
weights
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BLOCK HAS PURCHASED
INTEREST IN FRIAR ROCK

LEXINGTON, Ky, February IA
Benjamin. Block, owner of the Ken
lucky Derby winner Norwich, has
purchased from j. III. Rosseter of
California his interest in Friar Rock,
by Rock Sand from Fairy Gold by
Ben dor, owned jointly by Rosseter
and John L. Madden, owner of Ham
burg Place near here. Mr.. Block is
said to be negotiating with Mr. Mad
den for his interest in the horse.
Friar Rock was bred by Major
August Belmont and was sold to Mr.
Madden for $4,000 at the end of his
three-year- career. Mr. Madden
later selling an interest to Mr.. Ros-
setter. He is Il half brother to Fair
Play. Flittergold. Golden View and
others aud the sire of Rockminister
and 1nchape. He is eleven years old
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sey. He was immensely popular with
those who knew him personally. A
lot of fans wanted to see him win,
but doubted that he could do it.
Willard was big favorite in the
betting.
Freak Bet Almost Won.
Quite few of the newspaper writ
ers, the boxing experts, had a bunch
that Dempsey would win. Some of
them said SO openly in their columns
and others made bets on Dempsey. I
remember one prominent writer who
made d bet of $500 against $4,000 that
Dempsey would knock Willard out in
the first round. That was looked
upon as a joke bet. 1t really resulted
from an argument during the train
ing period. The newspaper writer in
sisted, though, that he had made a
good bet. How close he came to win
ming is well known now. In fact,
thousands of fans believe to this day
that he would have won but for an
accident in ringing the bell for the
end of the first round.
In my whole life / don't believe
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Inside Golf
-ByChester Horton

There is no turn OF the body to-
ward the right mt the beginning OF
the back swing. The body begins
its pivot when the left arm pulls
at the shoulder. From TINT point
the body pfvOtS naturally and eas-
lily. The thing the player looks out
for is not to pivot too much, UNI
til he throws himself of balance.
The clubhead must be given suf-
fcicnt time. also, to get to the top
of the back swing. If ii is hur-
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JOE KIRKWOOD TELLS:
When Hagen Delivered the Goods.

|ONI3ERIU exhibition matches Perhaps
wv lack the OF championship contests
would BE tabooed Hagen
delivered
will aound the gallery Sometimes
good laugh with them.
Chicago club the
playing Eddie Loos and Chicago
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'RACk SWING

ried you will rob 1t Of it's .stinx"
coming down. The start of the
back swing particularly should he
made easily and gracefully, with
the clubhend moving slowly away
from the ball. then gradually pick
ing UP speed, but this pickup must
never become 80 violent that it
causes 81 jerk. The one great prin-
cfple I'm golf is never to exaEger-
Rte anything. As soon as the aver
nge player gets hold of n good
principle he usually egngEerntes
il until it's value Is utterly lost.
Begin a reverse action, Ms Evans
did. Instead of seeking to see how
much of a good principle you can
inject into your swing. see how
little of it you can use and still get
maximum results. This practice
will usually result in Interesting
revelatiOns-and constantly i'm
proving golf.
Copyright, John L. Ollie Col
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BROWNS NOT TO GIVE UP
EITHER PRUETT OR BAYNE

ST. LOUIS. February 12.-The re-
port that the Los Angeles Club would
receive eitnT lube Pruett or Billy
BaHne. sOuthpaw pitchers of the st.
Louis Browns, was emphatically de-
MED last night by business Manager
Billy F'riel. He denied the report out
of \eN York that Bill Baynes would
be sent 10 Los Angeles in case MAN.
ager SisIer decided to retain Pruett
Both Fruit and BdEne are to be
given d thorough try-out this spring.
Both are signed to 1924 contracts
declared Friel.
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CHAPTER XXV-Dempsey Socks Willard.
BY TEX RICHARD.

why the Willard Demp
fight 1919 bigger financial
carefully beforehand and tried
persony AS see definite for the
lively small attendance.
In the fight mind definitely big and
which We had
a o
concluded that the hold big
population the United
the
had the
Johnson fight getting
the of
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, The Story of the
Worlds Greatest
Fight Promoter

against $4,000 that Dempsey would
win in the first round had won.
After that. it was all Dempsey.s
fight. His first punches, coming like
battering rams, had taken the force
out of Wizards return blows. He
could not recover.
4 new champion had arisen. In
many ways / think him the greatest
of all heavyweight kings. For a
man of his size there is no question
IN my mind but that Jack Dempsey
is the greatest heavyweight champion
of them all.
Some went so far as to say that
Willard had quit. / do not believe it.
some light on that, as | will show.
Tomorrow: Willard. Game, Seeks
Revenge,
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YANKEE JOCKEYS TO USE
AUSTRALIAN SKULL CAPS

LOUISVILLE. Ny. FebruhrY IL.
Il. IL. bradley. one of kcntucky'S
leading turfmen, has ordered fifty
Australian skull caps to Ii. used
by Jockeys riding ON the Kentucky
circuit rs n protective measure
against ConCuSSiOn &c the brain in
event Uf u fall In rase.
One of theSe caps placed on n
letter scale Neia he'd hut four
ounces. and withStOOJ the weight
Gf - man without making the least
inIEreSSiOn The cap Is made OF II
peculiar fiber. which withstands
man! pounds Of resistance.
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PROFESSIONALISM BOUT
HEADS SOLDIERS SHOW

Jumbo Eggleston, leather pusher
of Mohawk Athletic Club, will swap
r>hnches with AL Ward of Fort Myer
in the SiX-round feature bout of the
boxing show to be held by the En-
listed Mems Service Club tomorrow
night at the Washington barracks.
Johnny Conroy, and Soldier Purnell
are to appear in q six-round semi
final. Several other bouts are listed.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK WIND
UP s.HOT STOVE'' CAMPAIGN
International League Not Expected to Adopt New
Draft P!an-NIoguls of Parent Circuit Have
Little to Do at Their Session.
BY JOHN b. FOSTER,

n
will
speaking little has been modify
troll
laNabdng donkey The "anme" likely
harricd.
The International League folks first Perhaps they will accept
Ioded draft likely they they will They
nave to decide TOR thev what good out OF it.
that would
much the OF players But the question would
ANYTHING And it hard to howth will
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INTEREST In BUENOS AIRES
SCRAP SATURDAY IS LOW
Flooding of City With Thousands Of Bogus Tickets
Only New Angle-Luis Must Train Hard for
Bout Following, With Spaa.
BY CLAUDE O. PIKE,

COS AIRES February l2ppeaance Aires OF thou
sands OF bogus tickets for the FirpoLodge
tickets,
angle in the match which for Saturday night.
The action of the municipal boxing
the
of
Lodge completes his
attracted
placed him. whether he can nal
a showing against the Wild Bull - - ~
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his automobile business. He is be
selged by streams of callers, most Of
whom want to interest him in in
vestment projects or beseech his
presence at theatrical, sporting and
social events as d drawing card for
attendance. Many offers of marriage
come in his voluminous mail, but
his friends say Luis refuses to spar
with Cupid.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08
BARAGA NEWS NOTES

Messrs. Alphonse Gamache and
Morris st. George of LAnse were
business callers in Baraga last Sat-
urday. !,
The busses used in hauling the men
tn L,Anse were discontinued Tuesday
and Wednesday, the roads being bad
ly drifted.
r. p. Bronson of Ishpeming trans
acted business here Wednesday.
The Baraga Journal was moved IN
To its new quarters in the rear Of the
drug store on Monday.
Miss Mamie Nesbitt left last Fri
day for Detroit to visit her sister.
Fred Beckman of Pelkie transact.
ed business in Baraga Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Jones and daughter Of
Houghton were guests the first Of the
week of Mrs. Jones mother, Mrs.
Burns.
w. F. Beall of Ishpeming was in
town this week calling on his candy
trade. He is now representing the
George Ziegler company of Milwau-
kee, one of the oldest confectioners
in the business.
The new Claussen home is COM
pletely enclosed, giving the carpen-
terse an opportunity to do the inter-
ior work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Blood of Han
cock were guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Payne.
Thomas Vaughn of Dollar Bay ar
rived last Saturday and is a guest
of his sister, Mrs. j. E. Clements.
Carl Cook returned Tuesday from
a few days. visit in Calumet.
A leap year dance will be given to-
night by the young ladies, in the Star
of Wasa hall. Most all of the young
men expect to attend.
Miss Anna Martinac visited at
L'Anse the first of the week with
her sister, Miss Katherine.
Thomas Golden Of Detroit arrived
Sunday to visit here with his wife,
mother and relatives.
w. C. Birk was a copper country
business caller few days this week.
Will Hand. principal of the Cow
week end with his mother.
MrS. r. w. ScnWalm was III nan
cock few days this week, guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Leo McKindles.
Mrs. VIM. Sacks visited Sunday in
the copper country.
Contractor Peter Hiltonen of AS
kel was a business caller in Baraga
Tuesday. He has contract to get
out $4,000 feet of timber for the
Baraga Lumber company. He will
bank the logs at Klingville, shipping
them by rail to L'Anse to the Ford
Motor company.
Caucus notices have been posted by
Village Clerk John P. Falk to NOM
mate village officials for the ensuing
year on Monday evening, February
18.
G. C. Carlson of Hancock, with the
Standard Oil company, was busi-
ness caller here Tuesday.
On Sunday the residents of the
northern part of Baraga were
aroused during the early part of the
evening by a disorderly bunch who
had imbibed to freely of the forbid
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08
REFUSES PosTMASTERsHIP

H. w. Raymond, recently appoint
ed and confirmed as postmaster for
Baraga, has turned down the position
having rendered his resignation to the
postal department.
Mr.. Raymond is employed by the
Ford Motor company at its Pequam-
ing division, the work being agreeable
and a better future being assured
him than that of postmaster.
The Baraga postoffice pays $1700.
per annum, with a good prospect of
a larger salary, as its business is in
creasing considerable. F. w. Hid,
the present incumbent, is a Demo-
cratic holdover, having had the posi-
tion the past two terms. He has CIV
en- good satisfaction, the patrons of
the office being pleased at the service
given by him.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08
ASSOCIATION ELECTS

The Baraga Parent Teachers AS.
sociation met Wednesday and elected
the following officers:
Pres, M. L. Coon.
First Vice-Pres., N. ]. Martin.
Second Vice Pres, j. E. Clements
Sec, Mrs. Grace Harris.
Treas, Miss Agnes Engstrom.
Z, This was the anniversary meeting
of the organization, birthday cake
with one candle being displayed for
the local branch, and one with twen-
ty-seven being displayed for the ma
tional association.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08

FOR SALE-A number of excellent
lots on the Fair grounds road, Bar
aga. Small payment down. Will
make excellent homesites. Good view
of the bay. Barney Joiner, Baraga,
Mich. 2-l-2
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08
Admission, 10c and 25e

ty-eight feet wide. Elmer E. West
rom is the local agent for the COM
pany. :,
Arvon township has a high mile
age in roads and they must be kept
open for the settlers to get ont and
get their supplies at Skanee.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08

den stuff. It caused considerable in
dignation among the residents, who
resent these doings. Deputy Sher-
iff ]. N. Cote landed one Of the par
ty in the county Jail and it is expect
ed that cleanup will occur.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. No washing or ironing. APP
ply at once. Miss Rose O'Connor,
L'Anse, Mich. 2-8-l
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-08
RECEIVE NEW PLow

Arvon Township received new
snow plow the first Of the week from
the LaPlante Choate company of Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa. 1t is a mammoth
affair and can plow out road twen-