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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
TEX RICHARD TELLS OF SHORTEST FIGHT SEEN
Hawkins Knocked Out Martin Flaherty In Four Seconds s, After Leaving Corner In Fight At Carson City On
 Sk# Day After Fitzsmmons- Corbett Fight

had a whole night of bets and argu- ment. They had never heard of such a thing. Some of the biggest gamblers even laid odds that Brogan would not wrong. They didn't know Brogan. He had no intention of quitting. r. Fight Started With The Gong from fighting the night before, he sailed right into Hawkins with the sound of the going. Instead of quitting, he carried the fight to Dal.
 Hawkins fought gamely. but was stopped in the fifteenth. round.
 The fights I have mentioner are on the record books as the longest and the shortest.
 There are many, who insist on Nell sons right to the distinction by knock ing out Rooster in two seconds. On the other hand thereo are still hun dreds of old-timers who claim the long distance record should go to Andy 11O rounds at New Orleans April 6, 1893. This fight lasted seven hours and nineteen minutes. But it didn't go two days!
 The Burke Bowen fight started at 9:15 in the evening and it was early in the morning when the referee or dered the fighters to stop and called $2, ,500 During this long fight Burke tried several times to have it stopped and called draw. He made this proposi- tion to Brown at the end of the iirty- eighth round.
 Not me-" declared thet bruised and battered Bowen. "It was to go to a finish, and it's going to finish.'
 The proposition was repeated several times later but Bowen was determined to fight to finish. And 1t went on. At the end of the 10th round both men were plainly tired, their eyes were puffed, their arms swollen from stop ping each. others blows and their faces looked as if some one had hit them with a cleaver.
 Referee Duffy walked over to MT. Dickerson, president of the club.
 Neither of these men has an ad vantage" he pointed out. "They have made each other helpless. Let's call it draw and stop it.
 What Makes A Draw.
 "No," answered MT. Dickerson. The crowd here has paid to see a finish fight. It's up to us to give it to them. Go on. Let 'em fight"
 "To hell with the spectators" he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
UNIVERSITY HIGH, :. GOES TO CULLMAN

Coach George Reynolds and his fast University high quintet will leave the Magic City Wednesday for Cullman, where they are to play the Cullman County high quintet two games.
 The University high, although a new school and comparatively small in num- beE, of students, thus far has an excel lent lot of basketball material and Coaches Reynolds and Caldwell have gotten them into fine condition. Their season thus far has sbeen very success full: and with the steady improvement that has been very evident as to team play and aggressiveness, the new school bids fair to start it's history of bas- ketball. with a great seasons play.
 Those who will go to Cullman to rep resentsthe University High have not yet been definitely picked, but they will probably be the ones who have been in the last two games. There are several good men. who might be. used in case of a reversal of form in any of the former regulars and the question of who will go on this trip will be a mat ter of doubt until after the final prac- tice here. The Cullman> team has not been to Birmingham this season and little Is known of 1t here, so there is not much on which to base comparison of the two teams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Title Bout Friday

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Pancho Villa, flyweight champion of. the world, will expose his title to the mild risks which Turk in the knuckles of Georgia Marks Friday night, the second world cham pion to agree to championship fight since the indoor season began. The other was Harry Greb, who met and defeated Johnny Wilson.
 Villa would not fight Frankie Ge- naro indoors, however, preferring to save Genaro for the summer season when the gate receipts will be much larger. For that matter, Genaro has held himself in readiness to break q hand on a moments notice, being anx- ious to avoid fight with Villa until spring, for the same reason.
 Marks was selected as a tip-over for Villa and from his previous work in this part of the country, he does not seem to be very formidable as an op- ponent for the champion. =
 Joe Lynch. Johnny Dundee. Benny Leonard, Mickey Walker, Mike Me Tigue and Dempsey all refuse to risk their titles indoors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
'Banna Cagers At Work For
 B. A. C. Clash
Crimson Five To Play Attn letic Club Blues Here
 Saturday Night

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Feb. 4.-Special.) ) Basketball and spring training football ,iettled down at the Capstone Monday afternoon with the return of the Grim ton cagesters from Chattanooga and Vanderbilt and the first game of the bring training program passed into history. &S..
 The next cage game on the Crimson schedule is in Birmingham next Satur- day night. The B.. A. C. Blues Will tehn be played their return engagement. Alabama defeated the Blues at the Capstone last Tuesday night, by core of 43-20, and are going to prac- tice hard this week so as to prevent the Blues from evening up the score. ,,he-next tilt on the campus Is against the Trinity college five next Monday night.
 Alabama scored percentage or .500 On the road trip, taking in the Wander Dilt quintet the first night and losing 10 the fast Chattanooga five Saturday night. Both games were highly ex- stubbornly fought. To extra five-min- ,,tes periods were necessary to unite the Vandy game, and Captain Slim Carter was running wild with his field goals. The elongated center for 'Bama shot three field goals in the last few minutes or play luat Just kept tHe Crimsons in the running.
 Crimsons Lost Lead
 Alabama held the lead on Chatta- ilooga most of theo game but was nosed out by four points, Stabler was lit tie off in his hooting that night, while the "Noogans pulled some clever shots. AS a whole. 'Bama played two good exhibitions of the cage game. Hudson played his best brand of ball, going both games without having a foul called on him. McClintock and Mo- 'Iauly also were in their usual form, and worried the opponents. Salmon raw service in both games and did nobly. +
 The spring training squad reported hack to Denny Field Monday afternoon and resumed their work for the next game, to be played probably Saturday. The fray Saturday proved a little strenous for the candidates, and Coach Wade is not going to send them into such a, job until they get over Satur- days game.
 Red Tops Win
 Red" Barnes, Mack Brown and Whitaker showed tbeir class Saturs1ay afternoon, the two youngsters leading the "Red-tops" to a 14-0 victory. Barnes passing was the indirect method of 10th touchdowns being scored, one a pass to Caldwell and another a short aerial to Brow n.
 Will Mack Brown come into his own IIext year? That is what Capstone stu dents are thinking over now. One of the best open-field runners in Dixie today, the youngster needs little more experience before he will be able to be used regularly as back. Carrying the ball, he is a marvel in the manner he eludes tacklers and tears off gains He is fast. Besides, he can punt the oval and pass. If he breaks into var. aity company, he is sure to be one oi the sensations of the grid game nex fall. And everyone wants to keep theil eye on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Two Simpson
 Teams Play On Tuesday
Purple Tornado To Clash
 With Alliance, While Co., eds Will Play Ensley

Games by both the Purple Tornado and the coed sextet of simpson Tech will be staged Tuesday night when the girls meet the Ensley High school team In the first of the three games which will decide which of. the city teams will 60 to Monteyallo for the state girls tournament during the middle part ot the month and the boys will meet the strong Alliance five on the Y. M. c. A. floor. I : The gold-clad co-eds will have hard game with Ensley team Tuesday aS that team has shown an ability during onent of the Simpson girls. The Simp- son girls have | slight edge over those from Ensley in the dope of the Game tonight ss the feminine Techsters have shown their ability in the past by prac- ticalIy doubling the score on the strong McAdory team and tripling 1t on the Jones Valley sextet in . double-header played one afternoon last week, while the Ensley team held Mortimer Jorl dan to g to 8 score after the Jordan girls had defeated the Techsters. This however, means little as insthe Morti- mer Jordan game the Simpson team was of in its playing during, the first outscored the visitors ins the second period of the game. The Ensley game
 will be the only one to be staged be- tween the two teams on the simpson court and will be called at eight o'clock.
 M Alliance. Worthy Foe {
 The Purple Tornado wilLs meet d worthy opponent in the Alliance five, which will; take the floor against them at 8 o'clock at the central nY" as the Alliance offense has not been stopped this season and the combination will be undefeated one, which will meet
 the Purple and Gold. k
 The Tornado has shown Its ability In the past, however, and with Ellis and Albert Vincent at forward, Curly Byrd at center, Slick" Vincent and "Firpo" Ferguson at guards the Tech sters will offer a team of more than state championship calibre to the AL liance2 five.s John wilking is also ex. pected to make his appearance on the Simpson part of the floor this evening as he played an exceptionally good game at guard against Lanier Hast Friday, taking theo ball from theo blackboard In a way which is rarely see9 evena among stars of higher rank.
 The Techsters will also meet Green. Vile here Friday, clashing with < the team which doubled the score on Sid- ney SLanier on the B. A. c. floor in 2 game, which should go far toward pointing out the stateo championship team for the season. TT' =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Avera Beats
 J. Denharn At
 Arnlory Show y' Athletic Program Held Up
By Holdouts But Is Finally Completed

After several hitches and hold ups the athletic show of the Alabama Ma .tional Guard finally. wound it's faltering way to completion Monday night at old clock on top Of the building should have been well on it's circuit to swing the hour hand to 12, if that deiapidated piece of mechanism had been doing its duty, which 1t was not. In the wind-up card a switch was made and the sup posed Billy Brown turned out to be Jack Denham, of Memphis, who was no match in ability for Larry Avera Nevertheless 1t was the chance of a lifetime for the mo knockout expert" and the Atlanta boxer floored the Memphis boy four times, the fourth of which brought action from Denham's corner in the Haunting of the flag of truce, a soaked towel,
 The evenings card was opened with the feature event of the program, the Homer Smiles-Tom Lacey wrestling bout that was called draw after the fourth round. Heedless of the can vas, which resembled fresh sand pa- Der of the best quality, the local boys tumbled through the fierce bout with out @ fall. This is the second meeting of Smiles and Lacey in which neither was able to win a decision.
 The exhibition boxing bouts followed the headliner, Ray and Lott staged a hefty exhibition of slugging. Although Lott was awarded the decision on a foul he refused to end the bout and battled to the end of the three rounds, winning a decision.
 Mcintosh and John Dee boxed slow three-round draw.
 Young Stack was no match for Young. Battling Kelley and look the count in the sixth round.
 Dawson, colored boxer of Annisto on, and Kid Leonard of Birmingham, darktown favorites, tangled up in a four-round bout Leonard winning the decision.
 Tn the final event Avera won a technical knockout over Jack Denham in the fifth. The first round was slow but 1t was apparent that Avera was the cleverer man. The second was Avera's round. He used a left jab that Denham could not block The third was slow while the fourth brought the first knockdown. Denham took the count of seven. In the fifth Avera floored Denham three times and on the third his seconds threw in the towel The Memphis boy, although he lacked science, did not lack grit and came back each time after being downed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
NORWAY WINNER. ..s.
 IN WINTER GAMES


 CHAMINox, FrapceA Feb. 4.--Ry the Associated Press1 1-+sNorwayS made a runaway of the last two ski events in the Olympic winter sports today, win ming first place in the whole series with total of 1s4h points, 5s point to spare over Finland which. finished .sec- ond with 76h points.
 Great Britain took third place with 30 and the United States was fourth with twenty-nine. " z
 The Norwegians showedsspiendid form In all the events in which they compet- ed. They were in admirable physical condition and displayed great efficiency absolute supremacyefff the ski events. |
 Great Britain in scoring one point more than the United States did so with the aid of 10 points from the curl. ing, in which only three nations were entered while on the3 other fi&n6, the representing .fs the, s1b oeKey matches, took second place, bnts scored only, five points. }As -sZ.s ss3E The standing aa of tss nagionis ons ihe final accounting ,was:, <. ,<4 ,.Aa {.
 Norway 1s4M pdfhls; nFiniahad 7s1s: Great Britain .so;5 gnatsd States 2S; Franss ! 1sH; ca1asaf II; caechos1o. 10. vakias 8s Belgium 6; Italy 1 total 391.
 Nine points of the 400 for the six teen events were not allotted, three points being withdrawnE in the military ski race and six in. the curling.
 The ski jumping contest has aroused considerable dissension and there is keen disappointment Ioeftainiy among the Americans oyer the decision Of the jury in placing Andefs Hauger of Min neapoiis, the American national cham pion, fourth; behind Thams, Bonna and Haug, all of Norway.
 Haugen, the American star, led the field with a jump of 50 meters while Tharns and Benna each covered 4s' me- ters and Haug 44k. In reaching the decisioni the judges took. into account style and action, wherebK Thams was allotted 1896 points; h&nkfA 1868. Haug 1900 and Haugen 17.9f,
 Decision DisapprOved
 General disapproval of the decision was voiced by a large section of the sporting fraternity assembled here and . Mayor Leach, of Minneapolis, has de- clared his intention ofSGffng a protest. It was expected that HAuger would be placed after Thams .whose jump was perfect but that he awSY.a receive no better ssr 1T tnan mams0t fourth sps plated The jury was.1e64HaSS Ssd of { ssSor. yak. ] LSfAf0 Ns
 Ragnar omtvedf, ,s- SS8ther .melnl,er of the AmericaR 3eaffs also had har6 luck. isuffering .as disapts lion 2.ef the knee in the contest, After covering a distance of 46 meters. omtvedt was otherwise Injured but the attending phy- sicians expect him tosrecover speedily. Haug Sof Norway won the combined speed and jump contests with h--Stroms stadt. Norway, second and Grottums- braten, Norway, third. re. I 4sss. r'E 70 nil Nzyfn navfs, fSx.S2 cludeds are described bx those who att tended them and those who have taken part as q great success, the organization e the games meeting with much praise. The lessons to be derivais from the con tests is that Norwegians and Finland will bear watching in the athletic events next July at Colombes for it is understood that their representatives are training hard with a determination to win. ttN Ssfi,z 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05

called back over his shoulder. They've seen more for their money than they'll ever see again. These men deserve sympathy. I'll see that they get it."
 With that he called the fighters to- gether and declared the bout draw.
 There was great commotion. Even the fighters protested vigorously, es- pecially Bowen
 Man, I beat him to a standstill," he argued consistently. q outboxed him and outfought him. I ought to get the decision"
 T agree with you, Andy" replied Duffy. You did beat him. But, listen: When fellow outboxes another for 11O rounds and cant stop him I think the other fellow entitled to a draw, don't you?"
 That ended the great battle. Andy Bowen was a mulatto and that fight suddenly added to the glories of the negro race.
 In 1894 Kid Lavigne beat Bowen in eighteen rounds. The following night Bowen died.
 Tomorrow: The Greatest Fighter of All"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Class Teams {
 At Auburn At
 Work Again.
Class Football Will Get Un,, der Way This Week On
 The Plains Of Auburn

AUBURN, Ala, Fsb, srsstala-- Class football has again sottsn under way on the Plains. Uniforms and equipment were issued last week and some some pr prel,minssy H... ps.esiss M ,,.S ssssisns in. earnest Monday afternoon. Coaches # # the % ,So Workouts. ea i1' n sslsesias I M tSs coaches the various classes elected two nan and iocks aftsrs T sKS frainiss 'of the haclsfisld while thes Ahees lss .. linetan and has charge of the line coaching. last seasons vArsity captain, is line coach and ''Feenie" Crane iE m charge of the backfield. The junior class coaches are "HArdbOy" Fruit and Dean Peterson, sophofnores, 'Tats" Law Ience,s cAptain-elect Of the 1924 varsity Trssnm.n iSSsSa s'sn sstesa ' oiliiesr and. John John
 Quite . lot Of m,,erisa from ,waich to select the teams are reporting daily to the squad practi4es and 1t is diffi- cult. before scrimfnaking begins to as- ,.lass teams. On the senior team number of familiar faces are. seen from class teams Of previous years. 4 number of last years etars will bid for . a,piace on the team to help carry their class standards into the class cham pionship struggle. Among those re- class teams of last ysar for the sen. n, tors are: Mosley. $Bostick, Medlock Wyatt, junior class. captain of last season; Rookie" SSfApp last seasons varsity football manager; H. Horne. J. T,n,ss H0sns. chambsrs Char and others. For the son. Cooper and Graham is . quintet around which the junior operations will center. z On the sophomore team is Found . number of players of last sea- son's scrub team, among. which are;. aunnicntt. simcox. Aldfidee- Couch, Singleton. The freshman coaches are swaniped with candidates for places on the frat" team. and uatil after scrim, maging begins no line up can be got len as to who the most prospectfve, aps piicants are.
 First Games Friday
 {. The first of the class preliminaries h scheduled to be played between the senfots and freshman sdn Frfdky. TrAb. ussy 1S, while the Second preftmfffs ary will be staged between the Juniors and sophonores on the following day. senior-freshman and xhes junior -sopho- more games will clash for the cIass .hampionship, sFebruafyS 22nd, during the annual "22nd" celebfation.
 The class teamss while they do not 70 in Tor intensive training, as, do, the. hrandsof football, especially .on the de- fensive. It ofter occursathat the win her Is decided on fhe basls of yardage gained, when no score Unregistered by either team. The general class system Tits we'll into the course given in coach Ing at Inc college. Besides the coaches of the various teams a number of stu- dents taking the courses in coaching are members of the various class teams. not only in footballk but in ysbas3baIi and basketball as weIk Hhe class foo4-; bah system enables q hHoh larger mum; on thA Gegular varsity squads and sec OnQ MrlnE teama. -t.- ae e..- sn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Huntsville Teams Win

The Huntsville High school scored a double victory when Its boys basketball team defeated the Lincoln County High school team, of Fayetteville, 47 to IS, and its girls team beat the girls Of Central High school of Ryland, 1S to. 10. The. Huntsville boys had 10 atone for the defeat, 62 to 0, that the Lincoln countians administered to them In football last fall and they piied up the biggest score of the last two seasons here, Dickev' AIdfield ana Phillips took prominent parts in
 The girls team of Huntsville High IS, undefeated this season and In the game With Central the scoring was done mostly by Mary Hooper, Lucille Parks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
FavOnian For Sale

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 3.-"Favon- ian the six-year old trotter owned by fred Edman. local turfman. is for sale at a price of s25, 900. it became known today, when Edman announced that he had received an offer from a European breeder. Edman said the foreign buyer had asked him to set a price on Favonian, and that he had quoted the trotter at $250Oo. with the the sale.
 The negotiations are being conducted through c. E. Pittman of Trenton, N. J., Fanonian has a record of 2.O3k and netted It's owner $21 .00o in winnings last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
England Challenges

LONDON, Feb. 4.-Great Britain again challenged the United States for the Davis cup, symbol of the team championship of the wo-id in teruf9 m cablegram forwsi, tE he Cuna1 states Lawn Tenn'a association Men day. As before, Greut Britain sIect l, compete in the Eur bean, done Of pre- liminary play. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
STRANGLER LEWIS
 SEEKS COVER kSs' SIKH SEEKS KISS

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Battling ski, ithese e6nefaiese boxer, caused Ed
 "Stranxler" Lewis, heavyweight
 wrestling champton, to jump out Of
 . ring here the ether night, 1t was revealed. tonight. = ! Ski didn't challenge Lewis. &a
 Instead, he tried to kiss the heavy
 weight champion. following the ,Trench custom. .sE M s cThs sspegalese refereed' an exhibi- stioniunetch fn which Lewis appeared. yWhenf tho 'sStrAne1ef" was sdeelared the winner, ski started to throW his arms around him to implant | Kiss
 on the cheek, and Lewis took it on
 tho srunt,y | -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Duncan's B0wlers Lose

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Feb. 3-(Spe- cial)-Duncan bowlers took a slight tumble from the high water mark they have been maintaining in the Y. M c. A. bowling league when they drop ped a game to Banker Griffin's team in the second round of the series. The score was 2,42S to 2273. Duncans team still leads with a percentage of 750 and Griffin is second with 625.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
YOUNG STRiBLING
 BEATS M'LAUGHLIN

CoEUMBus, Ga Feb. 4.-Young striblina, Macon GaS youngster. was awardedf a decision over Vic McLaugh- lin, of Philadelphia. here tonight after ten, rounds Stribliug was awarded seven rounds, with stfSfee being cfassed as even. Mclaughlin proved to- be a rugged battler. coming back strong in the tenth and gave -Stribling tussle for honors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05

q Northern gales driving arctic ice down ihtog @areas before untouched,
 have caused the death of such great numbers of fish that one ship reported having sailed through 150 miles of life
 less foaters. .. sIl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05

NEW YORK 1-FraM Marlowe, prom inent sportsman who paid $30,O00 for heavyweight; meets "Digger' Brown of weight champion for $10,0OO. It was learned iedax,- Wilson lntendA to man. age h4hss As1 ' Y Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
Boone Is Released

HUSTON, Feb. 4.-The release of ftcners I A. Boone to the Mobile club oL tnee southern Baseball league, was announcea today by President Robert Xuinn or the Boston American league procured from the Cleveland club last month In deal.
 Boone was given to the Mobile club, the announcement said, in return for a number of players obtained by the , HAMONIx-canada defeated the CnMed States. to 1 for the Olympic hockey championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05
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