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The Washington times., 1924-02-07
HERE
WASHINGTON s
BIRTHDAY
Will Appear at Coliseum With
Trainer in Exhibition
of Skill.

Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, will appear in
Washington on the night of Feb
buary %. Jack Kearns, his mana.
ger, has so notified Promoter Joe
Freeman, who Is now casting about
grand carnival.
Not since John L. Sullivan has
so popular a titleholder as Damp.
sey come to the Capital. Jim JEFF
fries and Bob Fitzsimmons have
come here, but neither ranked as
high in public favor as Sullivan
or Dempsey.
81 am taking on a stiff financial
burden in bringing Dempsey to
Washington" said Freeman today.
but If I break even, that'll suit
me. All want Is the opportunity
of showing the world champion to
the fans here.
Right at the start, though,
want to explain that Dempsey will
do no boxing here. That's under.
standable when everybody knows
that he wants at least $500, 900
whenever he enters the ring in
earnest. couldn't raise that
amount in a hundred years.
'Dempsey's exhibition will be
with his own trainer. He will IL.
lustrate his ring methods, barring
his crushing wallop. He's saving
that for Firpo. Just how he put
away Willard. Carpenter, and Firpo
will be a part of his exhibition, and
I feel sure that every fan, old and
young, will want to see him."
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
OFFERS BIC SUM
FOR SINGLE
MATFALL
PIestina Will Give Demetral
One Grand to Pin His
Shoulders.

Bill Demetral, veteran of the
padded floor, will seek thousand
dollars tonight at the Coliseum. All
he will have to do will be to pin
Marin Plestina's huge shoulders to
the mat. Then Promoter Antoine
Pappas will present him with the
thousand dollars Plestina offers any
and all opponents who will gain a
fail against him.
To make it all the more binding,
Demetral believes he will snag that
thousand tonight. On his arrival in
town today, he said that a hard
campaign through the Middle West
closing in st. Louis, had put him In
as fine condition as he ever was in
his life.
II am working myself into condi-
ton to go up against Stranger
Lewis in New York" said the big
Greek. This -Piestina Is a tough
egg. / know, but / am not 50 easy
myself
IF Plestina has that thousand to
go to the man gaining a fall against
him. I'm going to take 1t tonight at
the Coliseum"
Demetral Is an experienced heavy.
weight. One of his greatest vic.
tories was against Jim Londos, the
latter suffering three fractured ribs
in the powerful grasp OF his fellow.
countryman.
Plestina admits his pleasure at
getting a match with a real oppo.
nent. The so-called ''wrestlers
trust" will not crafty him with any
action. He has a standing chal.
lenge to the champion, agreeing to
pay him $4,000 for a title clash.
Stranger Lewis declines to pay any
attention to the big Serbian.
''In more than five years." ex.
plained Plestina today, "I have not
been thrown. I have tried my skill
against about all the best men in
the country, but never once have
been thrown. So certain am I Of
winning tonight without losing a
fall that shall give Demetral $1,000
II he can turn the trick. In other
words, I'm betting that amount he
can't do it."
Tickets for tonight's big show are
on sale at 302 Ninth street and 511
Ninth street. The two behemoths
are expected to begin graphing at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
JOE RAY HOPES
FOR RECORD
IN MEET

NEW YORK, Feb. Athletes Of
6Il grades are getting in shape fol
the games of the Samaclar Ath.
l0tic Association meet, which will
be conducted in the One Hundred
and Second Engineers Armory or
Wednesday evening, February 13
The games are looked upon as o
fine training stunt for the i'm
portant meets to be hsld later in
the month.
The outstanding feature Of the
Samaclar meet will he the 1900
= meter special, in which Joie Ray
will try for a new worlds record
He will be opposed by Ray Watson
and W. W. Thompson, and between
these two they should make Ray go
to worlds figures to win.
The special 1,000-meter race will
be another great event. Lloyd
Hahn, the Boston sensation, is
scheduled to meet Jack Sellers, Sid
Leslie and other runners of note.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
VILLA ANXIOUS
TOTAKEPUNCH
At LYNCH

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Pancho
villa, worlds flyweight champion,
is getting restless waiting for good
drawing cards in his class to show
up and to keep warmed to his
work wants to exchange wall0ps
with no other than the bantam
weight champion himself, Joe
Lynch. Villas manager, Frank
Churchill, was anxious for the
match last year, but nothing came
Of it. Now group OF Villas sup
porters have banded together and
collected a lump sum Of $50,000 to
toss into Lynch's lap II he will
sign for the match.
Guarantees are not permitted in
New York State, but If the proper
arrangements can be made Lynch's
contract will be bought by Villas
hackers and Joe can name the date
himself, also the place, but the
bout must be to a decision. Lynch
would have to make the bantam
weight limit, 118 pounds, and to bo
within the law Villa would come in
at ia, so as to be within the six
pounds limit.
Villa expects to win by a knock.
out tomorrow night against George
Marks at the Garden in their fif-
teen.round bout. Both boys are
making the weight nicely and, ac.
cording to reports of Marks con.
dition, he will show far better than
he did against Buck Josephs at the
Pioneer. 1t Is claimed George was
protecting his hands that night to
be sure he would not be handi.
capped with injured maulers for the
Villa go.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
Five From Texas.

IF home surroundings mean any
thing to professional players
- five recruits should have a
flying start when the Red Sox
gather at San Tone, for they
played there in the Texas League
last year.
Frank Fuller, who declined a
chance with the Giants because of
the size of the contract rendered
him.. Ewell Gross; Ike Boone,
found too slow for the Giants
two years ago; Phil Todt, out
fielder, and Dewey Marshall,
pitcher, are the five from Texas.
Fuller is a fast-fielding second
sacker, but his hitting mark of
.280 last year is not impressive.
Gross was a clever shortstop, but
he hit for a mere .291.
Boone is slow on his dogs, but
he is q fence-buster. His average
of .402 entitled him to consider
able respect in his second major
league trial.
Phil Todt, who played all three
gardens for San Tone last year,
hit for 1888, which is presentable.
Marshall won twelve and lost
seven games for San Tone. He Is
a six-foot-two Highlander, and
has been praised by many scouts
who saw him work in the Texas
circuit.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

am sorry that they did not
come to our National last year, but
it may be that when the National
Amateur Is held on the Pacific
coast, which is not an improbable
or far-distanced fact, that the new
champion will be from the Pacific
Northwest.
All Of this little introduction leads
up to my ninth choice on my list,
DIR. o. F. Willing, Of Portland, Ore.
DR.. Willing won his right to this
place by his showing in Great
Britain, he being one OF the mem
bers of our international team.
When DIR. Willing went abroad
he was probably less known than
any player ON the team. He had
been selected at the recommenda-
tiOn of leading Northwest players.
The first tournament In which the
team took part abroad was the
st. George Vase Competition, In
which he led most Of the way,
only finally to be Outdistanced by
our own Francis Ouimet.
Then came the British Amateur
Championship itself. Each new
cable showed a victory Of Willing's,
and the man who was supposed to
be the weakest member Of the team
was proven to be about the
strongest. Everyone was asking
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

who this conner was, and the strange
thing about it was that he was the
Oldest member Of the team, and had
learned his golf late in life. He was
finally beaten in a desperately close
match, and once again Francis
Ouimet found himself the only
American left in the competition.
AS II this were not enough for an
unknown man, he made just as fine
q showing In the team matches at
st. Andrews. The single day on
which he failed to play came very
near ending most disaStrously for
the Americans. He was back again
In his place the next day and car
ried them on to victory.
When the team returned from
Europe, l, being inspired by much
curiosity, asked them about DR..
vikings game. They said it was
very fine, slow and careful, the
game of a man who had learned it
late in life.
I think the time has come when
we should take more interest In
golf in the Pacific Northwest. There
Is q man out there who has done as
much for golf as any man in this
part of the country. He has done
his best to bring the East and the
Northwest together. This is A. S.
Kerry, president of the Pacific
Northwest Golf Association, and DIR.
Willing and others Ike him are the
proof that all that he has tried to
do Is along the right lines.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
PH|LL|ES LEAVE
FOR SOUTH
IN GROUPS

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. THE
advance guard Of the Phillies will
leave here Saturday. February 23,
at 1924 a. m, according to William
Shettsline. business manager Of the
club. The squad Is due to arrive
at 10 o'clock the following night in
Leesburg, Fla.
Six players who live in this VI
cinity, in addition to RED" Miller,
who returns as trainer Of the team,
will be in the party. Phil Weinert,
former West Philadelphia High
School lad and a southpaw: Jimmy
Wilson, the brilliant catcher; Jimmy
Ring, who led the hurlers last year:
Pete Behan. the silver-thatched
right-hander; Huck Belts, the Della
warean, and Lewis, a new pitcher
whose home is in New York and
who was secured from Richmond,
will leave North Philadelphia for
the Southland.
Manager Arthur Pitcher has or
dered the pitchers and catchers to
be ready for work on February "a.
The infielders and outfielders have
been ordered to report on March l..
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
SOTHORON WILL
f: :P|TCHFAMOUS
SPIT BALL

NEW YORK, Feb. John Hey
dler, President of the National
league, announces that Allen Soth.
oron, one time big league pitcher
with several big league teams, more
recently q minor Lacquer and moro
recently still signed by the St.
Louis Cardinals, will be permitted
to pitch his spit ball in the Nation
al League next season.
There was some doubt about how
the rule against freak pitching
would affect him this year, but
Heydler decided that even though
he had been back to the minors he
could still be classed among those
pitchers stu allowed to use the
moist ball
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
BILL FISHER NEARING
END OF BASEBALL LIFE

Minneapolis has asked for waivers
on the veteran infielder, Bill Fisher.
who is expected to be sent to at.
10, in the Western League, the
Minneapolis clubs farm in the
bushes.
Fisher, following some brilliant
work with Newark, In the Interna.
tional League. was given q trial
with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but
could not hold on because OF his
light hitting. He has been In the
American Association for several
years.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

Scores made over either the East
Potomac or Rock Creek Park
courses will be accepted, but ir
every instance they must be at
tested to by an opponent. Failure
70 have a submitted score properly
certified will result in that score
being thrown out by the classifi
cation committee.
Another requirement which en-
trants must follow if they wish to
participate in the qualification
rounds is that of filing an entry
blank. These entry blanks and
classification score cards are now
in the hands of the printers. Both
will be available at the club houses
OF the municipal courses the day
they open and every day there
after.
The qualification rounds will be
played during the week of May IL
to IL and the championship rounds
will start on May 10. In view of
the fact that there were 563 con.
testants last year and a still great
or number is anticipated this year,
the qualification and championship
rounds will of necessity have to be
run off on scheduled time.
Last year the tournament was
limited to municipal park play.
ers. The committee has decided
that i'm the impending event no
one connected in any capacity,
whatsoever, either directly or in
directly, with one of the public
park courses will be eligible to
compete in the tournament.
The qualification round will be
ut eighteen holes, while the cham
pionship flights will likewise be
at eighteen holes, but only in the
first, second and third rounds The
finals will be over the thirty-six
hole route.
This year the defeated eights will
play through and with a bigger and
better prize list than that offered
last August, the committee hopes
to reward the winners of the de-
feated eights in all three classes for
the men and in that Of the wom-
ems class. The prize list in the
first annual tournament was the
biggest and most pretentious ever
offered in a golfing event held in
the National Capital.
Managers Leoffler and Miller, of
the East Potomac and Rock Creek
Park courses, respectively, are en-
tertaining hopes of throwing open
their courses around the 1st Of
March. The necessary improve
ments which they have under way
will be completed by that time.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

Taking the batting averages
of 1928, Fohl can put a slug
ging team on the field, as fol
lows:
First base-Herman, .339.
Second base-Wamby, .29O.
Shortstop-Lee, $40.
Third base-Clark, 1902.
Left field-Veach, 1921.
Center field-Donaghue, 1851.
Right field-Boone, .402.
Herman's record was made in
the Southern Association, Lees
with Tulsa, Clark's with Atlanta,
Donaghue's with Waterbury in the
Eastern Association, and Boone's
with San Tone, in the Texas
League.
Clark was formerly with the
Detroit Tigers. He is not a
clean fielder, though a good sticker
It is Herman's weak fielding
which will probably place Joe
Harris on first base. Harris hit
for 1886 as a member of the Red
Sox outfield last season.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
They're All Outstanding.

A S a staff, Fohls fifteen fling
"A ers are an outstanding lot
Only three fail to reach the
six-foot mark. Chester Ross, q
nineteen-year-old boy from May
field, KY, is four inches below the
mark. "Smiler" George Murray
lacks an inch, and Lester Howe,
from Waterbury, but half an inch.
1t is noticeable that there are
several aged gents going to San
Tone. Steve O'Neill is thirty-one,
Hank Shanks thrity-four, John
Collins thirty-eight, Ira Flagstead
thirty-one. Joe Harris thirty-two,
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
THREE COURT GAMES
At ARMORY TONIGHT

Plenty Of basketball action will
be on tap at the National Guard
Armory tonight, no less than three
contests being billed for decision.
Dewitt Prep School and Hyatts-
vile High win be the first pair to
clash. The next game viii be be-
tween two girl teams, the Princess
sextet meeting the Lexingtohs.
Following the girls game will
come one In which Company c, Of
the 121st Engineers, are scheduled
to battle the Palace A. c.
All six teams are evenly matched
and some good basketball should
result.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
ELLIOTTS MAKE 1T
TWELVE STRAIGHT

The Elliott A. c. made their
record Of straight victories twelve,
last night. when they handed the
Apache Props a 21.to.1S lacing in
the Immaculate Conception gym.
Ripple and Goodwin furnished the
feature plays of the contest, while
the work Of Brown, who. shot a
half-doEen baslots from scrimmage,
also featurox
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
Jack ChesbrO Teaches
Griffs' Pitchers At
Tampa Camp

Jack Chesbro, former star
spitball pitcher, has signed as
coach for the Washington
hurlers and viii report at
Tampa on February II. The
next morning he will take the
rockies over to Plant Field
and start them on their long
grind not to end till Septem-
Der 20.
81 made Chesbro an offer in
Boston," explained President
Griffith today. "He said he
was dickering with McGraw,
but would let me know in a
day or so. I got his wire Of
acceptance this morning"
Chesbro, a star with Pitts
burgh, jumped to the Ameri-
can League in 1904, going to
the New York club, then man.
aged by Clark C. Griffith. He
was an iron man for several
years, developing the spitball
until he was practically unhit-
table.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
STRANGLER LEWIS WINS
FROM RENATO CARDINI

ST. LOUIS, Feb. Ed "Stran-
gler" Lewis defeated Renato Gar.
dini, Italian champion here, last
night in two straight falls, the first
in / hour "a minutes and AS Sec
onds, and the second in 16 minutes
and IL seconds. Lewis obtained the
first fall with an arm grapevine and
the second with his famous head
10Nk
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
HALTS KANAWHA JUNIORS

The Immaculate Conceptions
handed the Kanawha Juniors a set.
back in their court game last night
at the Coliseum, winning 26 to %.
All Of the winners points were
made in the first half. Newman
registered four field goals and con-
tributed six one-pointers out of
eight attempts.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
CALVARY METHODISTS
DEFEAT WAR VETERANS

Calvary M. E. tossers won a well.
played and fast game from the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, the
final count being 38 to 80.
Enright and Sickler were the
main factors in Calvary's victory as
they looped seven goals each from
the floor, Krumm, of the losers,
was also very much in the lime.
light, he also making seven field
goals,
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
THIRTY Y-EIGHT FOR LEE FOHL.

EE FOIL taking thtyeight players Antonio for
the Red Sox training 1924 five catchs fifteen pitch
es nine inelde and nine outfielders Joe Harris who to
field captain of the Red SOx this listed outeder
the official statistics club many believe
will be played first base that
fders chances the garden The of George Burns
the Cleveland Indians leaves the initial open competition
among Harris Floyd Herman and possibly Phil TOd Herman
Aana frstsackr last hitting fielding $780,
which much Tod played the ouie San Antonio the
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
CITY CLUB ToSSERS
TROUNCE INTERIORS

The City Club basketball five
added another victim to their list
last night when they took the
Interiors into camp by q score Of
23 to 10.
Krumm, for the City Club, and
Roal, of the Interiors, led in point
scoring with three field goals each.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
They All Tumble.

The Accounts team, which won
eighteen straight games in the Vet.
erans Bureau Duckpin League at the
seasons start, is now tied with the
insurance quint It looks like q hot
Tight Tor the championship.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
AL Schacht Would Go
To Tampa To Aid
His Partner

Al Schacht, the other half Of
the comedy team of Altrock and
Schacht, has applied to Presi-
dent Clark C. Griffith for per-
mission to train at Tampa with
the Washington squad. It is
expected that Schacht will be
accommodated.
The comic antics of Schacht
and Altrock go big in the
Florida exhibitions, more espe-
cially their slow movies. With
the Griffs booked to play at
Sarasota, Bradentown, Clear
water, Orlando and st. Peters
burg as well as at Tampa, the
comedians are a popular feature
of the teams work.
Have No Holiday.
The Athletics have no holidays at
home this season.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

Bob Veach thirty-five, Howard
Ehmke thirty, and Jack Quinn
thirty-seven.
Ehmke won twenty and lost
seventeen games with the weak
Red Sox of last year, thus shaping
up as the best hurler Of the coll
lection. However, Fuhr won
twenty-three and lost fourteen for
Mobile; Marshall won twelve and
lost seven for San Tone; Howe
won fourteen and lost ten for Wa
terbury; Ross won fifteen and lost
eight for Mayfield, KY, and Tur-
ner won thirteen and lost nine for
Paris, Tenn.
Fohl knows pitching and pitch
ers. He evidently intends bolster
ing his hurling corps as a starter,
and, judging from the dope, may
meet with considerable success.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
SandIotters Meet.

A meeting of the unlimited class
sandlot clubs interested In forming
a semi.pro league will be held at
the Knickerbocker Club tonight
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
NORTHWEST DEVELOPING
GOLF MATERIAL
By CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS.

in the great Northwest there comparatively large
number Of fine players Of whom know little OF
his developed in the Middle
West But until he brought Of players down the
St. did realize how fine golfers
being developed far from all national events They
did great showing the
they had hoped for conditions very much against them
but they played yell enough to show that that part Of the
country improving rapidly in the quality of it's go
only they could be induced national
would find that and vital element had been in
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
DO THEY COME TOO BIG?

like big heavyweights. One
of the great regrets of my life
was that Tom Sharkey wasn't big
ger.
Tom weighed about 1856. Had
he been a clever boxer he would
have been big enough.
But Tom, as every old-timer
knows who saw him fight, was a
human catapult.
His idea Of fighting was to run
in and smash away. He was hard
enough to stop as he was.
Ask Jim Corbett, ask Jim JET
fries, ask Joe Choynski. Had Tom
weighed 212 pounds there would
have been no stopping him at all.
We all know, of course, that
Bob Fitzsimmons could whip
Tom. But Bob himself told me
that he was always thankful Tom
"Blime me-" said Bob, "if he'd
been bigger I'd just as soon have
gotten in the way of a locomo-
tive"
I'm greatly interested in Pat
Lester. l am making no mistake
about him.
I know he's clumsy. So was Jim
Jeffries when he was first sent to
Jim Corbett. The "Spider" says
that Pat is still learning how to
walk on the sidewalk.
He's green as grass. He's
scared to death Of the street cars
that run without horses. Every
thing there is about good boxing
he still has to learn.
He may lose some decisions. We
can expect that. He's learning
how to box in actual fights instead
Of in a gymnasium:
But I wouldn't change him one
bit if / could. He looks good, and,
barring accidents, will be heard
from.
Just a Word Of Encouragement.
VXYINSOR M'CAY, the boy
w cartoonist, told us one he
w heard in Philly down at
Lew Bailey's old club.
Two prelim boys were going at
top speed. One of them was TAX
ing more than was good for him
and felt backward with his right
foot, a Ia Jabber Carey, for soft
spot to flop on. AS the next
right-hander reached his kisser
our hero took a backward flop
and gave the best imitation Of
the dying gladiator ever seen in
the Unconscious City.
The referee walked over and,
counting up to three, whispered:
"Get up, you dirty gutter, or you
won't get q cent"
The other kid, seeing an easy
X. o. already on his record, piped:
"Let him alone, Mr.. Referee. His
folks is very we'll off,"
Now You Tell One.
DEAR TAD--Just how old this
one is I don't know, but
- nevertheless there is a sign
backstage in the San Pedro
Theater which reads:
NOTICE TO ARTISTS. We
know our house Is rotten, but
how's your act? H. D.. c.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
RULES ANNOUNCED FOR
MUNY TOURNAMENT
BY COMMITTEE
By LEONARD ". COLLINS.

The rules and regulations which will annual
District municipal golf be held the Rock Creek
Fark May have been by the charge
Of the event There any, changes which
erned the first tournament held last
will be required to submit not less than ten classified
Potomac and Rock Ceeknd Saturday midnight May But
classification will be prospective
The Washington times., 1924-02-07
The White and Blue.

ATORWAY is leading the world
~ in the 1924 Olympaid. Thus
~ far only truly winter sports
have marked the program, speed
and figure skating, bobsledding,
skiing and hockey. This has
served to give Norway rather an
edge over all competitors, espe-
cially those countries where ice is
seldom seen save in highballs or
wine tubs.
But beware the White and Blue
of little Finland, now running Sec
ond to Norway. If the United
States is to emerge triumphant
in this Olympaid, it will probably
be at the expense Of Finland
rather than Norway.
Finland has been preparing for
a couple of years to win the
worlds greatest athletic honor, an
Olympic victory. With such bril-
liant performers as Nurmi, Ri.
tola, Wide and Hoff, the Finnish
entry looms up as the most formi-
dable Uncle Sam will have to con.
ouer.
The Washington times., 1924-02-07

ExiIes Form League.
A basketball league of seven
teams Is being formed by Ameri.
cans who are living in Paris.