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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
BOXERS TO BATTLE
FOR TITLE CONTEST
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 23.-An in
vitation to meet Paul Berlenhach in
a contest for the world light heavy
weight boxing championship next
February is the prize for the win
ner of the 10-round bout at Madison
Square Garden tonight between Mike
McTigue and Tiger Flowers.
McTigue once held the crown for
several months. Berlenbach took it
from him last Summer.
McTigue has great defensive ability.
He is a clever boxer. but in past per-
formances seldom has carried the
fight to an adversary. Now. it is re-
ported, he IS far different ringman
using a punch which he always has
possessed, but seldom has exercised
Flowers Is a rough and ready fight
er from the start of every round.
Under the ruling of the State Ath-
letic Commission. which decides bouts
by the number of rounds won, Flow
ers' tendency to attack will give him
an advantage unless McTigue re
spends with as good a. received.
Fidel Labarba. who recently de-
feated the American fyweiGht cham
pion. frankie Genaro. will have his
first test in the East in siX-round
semi-fnal aCainst Lew Perfetti a New
York bantamweight. George Godfrey.
negro heavyweight. who several times
has challenged Harry Wills. will face
Martin Burke of New Orleans in a
l0-round match.
The bouts are for a Christmas char
itv fund.
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of %. Ted Kid Lewis was only
% when Jack Britton knocked him
out from under the welterweiSht
crown.
Other Early Finishers.
Martin Candles effectiveness ended
at 90. Jack Moffat was done at %.
Al palzer only lasted two years.
Young Ahearn was done at Il. Bob
McAllister's promising career was
ended by Mike Gibbons when he was
only 20 years old. Young Jack O'Brien
was only 23-and retired. Sud An
derson was through at the age of
"a. Pal Moore fought Jimmy Walsh,
owen Moran, Abe Attel, Bat Nelson,
Tommy Murphy, Jem Driscoll and
Freddie Welsh before he reached the
age Of 20. but he never amounted to
much afterward. Joe Mandot. Sammy
Robideau, Kid Williams. Kid Herman.
Floyd Johnson. Joe Lynch, Willie
Jackson. Jim Coffey, Jack Sharkey
and the Shugrue boys all became has
heens'' when they should have been
the great II am"
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and the sky was clear again for base
ball | don't know that anybody felt
better over the situation than I did
The population of the United States
will not be ready for a third ma jor'
league for so years to come. because
the players cannot be produced and
there Is no real need for a third big
organization"
Sexton Has Troubles.
That question is debatable. as there
so long as the urban population con-
tinues to increase as it has in recent
years. Powers died in 1925 at his
home, inn Jersey City.
The present president, NJ. H. Sex
ton, Mike" as he is known by both
his friends and his enemies, has had
hard time since he has been in office.
partly because his orga nization has
had some differences which needed to-
be adjusted, and partly because he
had to handle the affairs of the organ
ization when il went through the Fed,
eral League war with the ma jors
Whenever the big leagues quarrel the
first victim is the monor leagues. whose
players are ruthleSSly seized and6
signed by other clubs. and Sexton had
no end of that ha ppen While the Fed
erals We're raiding =
After that came the World War,
when the minors We're knocked fat
but in spite of these obstacles TO sue
cess he has managed. with assistance
TO hold the National Association to-
Sether and to maintain it as a third
party of organized base ball to this
day. =.
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HEAVY GO ASSURED,
SAYS FITZSIMM
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December ga
Floyd F'itZsimmonS. boxing promoter
who is here negotiating with Jack
Dempsey for a title fight with Harry
Wills. negro challenger, does not eX-
pect anything further to he done to-
ward arranging the match until after
Christmas.
The fight will be held in Septem-
Der - that is definite he said last
night. But there are arrangements
To be completed and it can't be done
in day.
He said that George Lauerman.
whom he described as head of his Chi
caGo syndicate of hackers. is in the
city and that negotiations are pro
crossing without a hitch.
Referring to Gov. Groesbeck : asser-
ton that there would be no title fight
in Michigan. the promoter lined up
squarely with the governor. declaring
that because of numerous obstacles he
had never considered the State for the
match.
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Reds Acquire Heavy Hitter in Hugens Tmney Waiting Fd
MUM TO TRY LUCK
AT RING GAME AGAIN
By the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, Kans., December
23.-Wayne Big" Mum, former
heavyweight champion wrestler, will
try his luck again al the boxing game
Andre Anderson. Chicago heavyweight
boxer, will be his opponent in
scheduled 10-round bout here tonight.
1t will be Munn's second debut as a
pugilist He was knocked out in his
first bout by Jack Clifford, shortly
after leaving the University of Ne
baska several years ago.
Mum then turned his attention to
the wrestling mat. where he met with
varyin success. He defeated the cham
pion, stranger" Lewis, in a bout
here last Winter. which led to con-
siderable controversy. Lewis refused
to recognize Mum as the champion.
claiming he had been fouled. Mum
was beaten shortly after by Stanislaus
Ibyszko. Lewis has since beaten
Mum.
AS boxer Mum will rank as to
bulk with giants of the ring, his
height being feet inches and his
weight 259 pounds. Anderson Is
nearly as large, scaling 241 pounds
and measuring feet ) inches.
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Robbie composed himself with great
difficulty and nally inquired:
Young man. what was that YOU
tossed from your airplane?'
"A grapefruit
Didn't we agree that you were to
toss n base ball?"
Il suppose we did but YOU didn't
give me no base ball and when it
came time to start for the field here
didn't have nothing that looked
like base ball except a grapefruit
that was lying around loose. So |
took the grapefruit. thinkin' it would
do as well because it was round like
ball. What difference did it make"
Street Performs Feet.
Only this" replied Robbie That
/ wish the guy that threw that ball
from the top Of the Washington
Monument had used grapefruit in
stead of n base ball. 1t would have
been a whole lot more comfortable to
have this thing tried on somebody
else first"
Gabby Street was not a great
catcher, hut he was fairly good one.
He became famous as the battery
mate of Walter Johnson. Street
always caught Johnson and he used
TO insert A piece of raw steak in his
glove. The impression got around
that Street must be a marvel to be
able to hold Johnson with his Won
derful speed. Everybody seemed to
believe it. but Washington dropped
Street one Winter and the theory
was exploded when Eddie Ainsmitb
became Johnson's battery mate and
handled Johnsons speed with even
more ease and nonchalance than
Street had even shown and without
the aid of raw steak There have
been several deliveries in base ball
harder to catch than Johnsons fast
ball. a good curve ball is much more
difficult because the curve breaks and
carries the catcher to either side,
while the fast ball comes straight at
the, catcher.
Copyright. 1ea5.)
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MINNESOTA BOXING
RULES MADE STRICT

By the Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. December
25.-Barring of the rabbit punch in
Minnesota rings has been decided on
by the State Boxing Commission.
Use of hard-haIfd bandages was
banned. The fighters will be permit
ted to use only soft gauze bandages
held by one wrapping of surgical ad-
hesive tape. In the past an unlimited
amount of black tire tape has been
used to make their hands hard.
The commission will enforce A rule
that out-of-town boxers must be on
hand - hours before they are SEIZED
uled to appear in the ring.
Promoters were ordered to have Al
least one substitute bout ready should
referee he forced to stop fight he
cause of stalling or in the event Of q
too one sided match
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sion from Young Corbett. Then he
met Battling Nelson. Nelson was too
tough for little Eddie although he
lasted ~ rounds against the durable
Dance, and virtually finished him as.
through" at the age of
Is. Think of that,
Remember little Knockout" Brown?
The funny little. cross-eyed, southpaw
Dutchman is only 81 years old today
an age when most men are in their
prime, yet he was through with the
ring more than II years ago. "kayo"
fought them all-Wolgast, Attell, Matt
Wells. Leach Cross, etc. and was
sensation. He was finished at 10.
Lost Their Titles Early.
frankie Neil, former bantam cham
pion. won and lost his title before
he was old enough to vote. Terry
McGovern was neSther champion nor
Terrible" at the age of p. Joe
Thomas had lost his title at the same
age So had little "kewpie' Ertle.
Papke was relieved Of the middle
weight crown by ketchel at the age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
ARMY-NAVY GRID GAME
NOT OPEN TO CHICAGO

Chicago loses the 1926 foot ball
game between the Army and Navy
because it is one degree of latitude
north of New York.
The service teams have an agree
ment that no games shall he played
north of New York or south of Baltf-
more.
The limits east or west are not men
toned. but they cannot go far to the
eastward without getting wet.
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needed changes in their infeld. Cav
eny. shortstop. has been sent out to
Seattle, and Emmert, a youngster
with a fair chance of sticking, has
taken his place.
Cincinnati had almost hooked up
with Portland in a deal for Shoristop
Hunnefield when they began TO get
cold feet. Another scout was sent
out to the coast to watch Hurneheld
play. and the report was so unsatis
factory that, instead of the contem-
plated deal, Caveny was sen, 10 Sc
attic for Emmert.
With CritZ at second. Hudgens at
first. Emmert at short and Pinelli AT
third the Reds will go into the 1925
fight either with a lot of pepper he.
cause of the changes, or with a lot
of uncertainty on the part of the kids
who were all set to make the inficld.
fCopyright 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
TURTON GOES TO VAN
IN BILLIARD TOURNEY

BY defeatin Benjamin r. Clark, $50
to PIP, last night at Lewis & krauss'
parlors. Frank Turton took the 1872
balkline billiard championship of the
District.
The encounter was a playof of
deadlock for first place. Turton had
high run of "a and an unfinished run
of % for the 40-inning game. Clark S
best effort was a run of -.
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He was in $50 games for Fort Smith
and cracked the ball for a percentage
of $50. making the tremendous total
of go hits. Often percentages do not
mean all they should, but here's
where they did, for If a batter can
make go hits he has a mighty good
eve Furthermore. he cracked out
p home runs.
Hudgens is tall and spare. He
PLAYS first base-one particular reason
that the Reds wanted him. Since
Daubert died they haven't been over
fortunate in having first base COW
cred as il should be, and Jack Hen
bricks finally has convinced himself
shat he can't make first baseman
out of Bressler. Holke IS still with
the Reds and if Hudgens fails to
make good, Holke will he on the job
in an emergency.
The Reds are going in for a lot Of
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1t doesn't seem to me as though
Dempsey ever intends to fight again.
but If he does l think | have the call
as his next opponent" said Tunney,
whom the writer found pursuing a
golf ball across one of the courses
here.
II knocked Tommy Gibbons out in
IL rounds after he had gone a full
Is rounds with Dempsey, and ] put
away BARLEY Madden. who went u
rounds with Wills, in three rounds.
Still. every time | suggest match
with Dempsey some one in his cor
ner shouts. Tell it to the marines. -
Tunney Is scheduled to meet Dan
ODowd of Boston at st. Petersburg
on December %, and will engage an
other opponent. yet to be selected
here on January IS.
Gene does his road work early each
morning before the sun gets chance
to get warmed up for the days work.
He does his bag punching. rope skip-
ping and shadow boxing late in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
H. A. BROOKS is CHOSEN
MANOR CLUB PRESIDENT

H. A. Brooks has been elected pres
ident of the Manor Club.
DIR. J. ". Bird of Sandy Spring is
the new vice president and Stanley
Willis remains as secretary. d. n.
Burnham is trea surer.
Committee chairmen for the 1926
season will be named at the next
meeting of the board of governors.
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-
Robbie was jovial SOFT and this
good disposition saved an innocent
aviator from humiliation in the
southern training camp not many
years ago. Robbie had taken his
Brooklyn team to Florida to train.
One evening a discussion arose over
catching a ball thrown from great
height. What brought about the dis
cussion was mention of Gabby Streets
feat in catching ball tossed from
the top of the Washington Monu-
ment. Robbie said that he could
make this catch.
Hit BY Grapefruit.
How'll you prove you can? We
don't play in Washington and we
amt coin' to go there. Dyou want
us to have the Washington Monu-
ment shipped down here so that YOU
can try it," some merry. waG asked
Robbie.
This brought suggestion from
one of the town boys. An aviator
was flying an exhibition plane just
outside of town and the idea was to
get this aviator to fly over the ball
park and drop a base ball from
height of $50 feet. Robbie to catch
the ball The aviator was inter
viewed. agreed and the test was set
for II o'clock the following morning.
A large crowd was at the park at
the appointed time and soon the
whirr of the airplane engine could
be heard in the distance. The ma
chine arrived and began circling over
the ball park. the aviator getting the
proper height. In the center of the
diamond stood Robbie wearing
glove but neither mask nor chest
protector.
The aviator could he seen leaning
from the side Of his plane and as he
got directly over Robbie he threw
out the sphere.
Smeared With Juice.
There was not a sound as the round
object sped toward the earth. Robbie,
circling underneath. kept constantly
on the move as the sphere swerved
in its course. Nearer and nearer it
came and finally, just as it was about
to reach the spot where Robbie was.
the sphere took sudden slant. hit
Robbie square in the face and burst
Robbie~ was knocked unconscious by
the foSee Of the blow. They carried
him into the clubhouse, an acid
juice dripping from his face and neck.
He was soon revived. but 1T was sew
eral hours before his eyes quit smart
ing.
What hit me?" yelled Robbie.
Nobody knew Just what him him,
but from the scattered parts that were
picked up at the spot where Robbie
was struck down it was strongly sus-
pected that Robbie had been hit smack
in the face by ripe Florida grape
fruit, a species that is much softer
and carries a much thinner peel than
California grapefruit.
/ Breaks His Agreement.
Robbie had just about recovered his
sight when the aviator appeared at
the clubhouse where cold water was
still being applied to the victims eyes.
Robbie glared at the aviator and the
aviator glared back.
You didn't catch it," asked the
aviator.
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whip is in the correct place. If the
shaft yields far up in the wood-up
toward the leather-the shaft is what
is called woody" and will not deliver
as it should. It will be seen that a
heavy head may give too much fex-
Utility to a whippy shaft. and perhaps
just the right amount to a stiff shaft.
You can expect to find these qualities
only in the finer makes of clubs. 1t
Days TO blIy them
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M'GRAW FIGHTS WELL
| IN BEATING VICENTINI

NEW YORK. December 23.-Phil
McGraw. the Detroit Tornado. showed
exceptional strength and hitting pow
er in his bout last night with Luis
Vicentini, whom he defeated in II
rounds.
The Detroiter. making his first ap
pearance in a local ring. kept on top
of the South American in each of the
rounds and prevented him from get
ting across his favorite right.
In the final round the two scrappers
mixed so heartily they didn't hear
the bell and kept the crowd on their
feet even after the gong had sounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
HAGEN TO MAKE GOLF
JAUNT AROUND WORLD

Walter Hagen. professional golf
champion, is going to make GolhnS
trip around the world next year
II will start with an invasion Of the
British Isles at the time of the British
omen. and will include the French
open. any other European tourna-
ments available. India. Japan, Aus
tralia and the Hawaiian Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23

1t is fiji here to call attention TO the
good that Pat" Powers did for minor
league base ball. When others were
unwilling, or loath to undertake the
task of going to the ma or leagues for
recognition and for favors. Powers
never was. Probably the fact that he
had been Connected with mai or league
base ball s manager of the New York
National League club for period, had
given him different idea of the ap-
proachability of the major owners than
was entertained by some of the mem
berS of his association.
Powers Gets Results.
II was Powers determination in the
first place, which augmented the n re
made to obtain, recognition for the
minor leagues. and it was his shrewd-
ness and clarity of preSe NATION of
facts to the majors that went a long
way toward perfecting the minor or
ganization.
After the National Association came
into existence and had lived through
three or four minor squalls Powers
once said that il would never again
lose its place in organized base ball in
the United States, and to the present
time his prediction has been true.
Powers was a great lover of base
ball. like so many OF the earlier back
ers Of the game. and with his love for
base ball his money followed. AL
though identified with the game in a
prominent relation for the latter part
of his base ball career. there is no rea-
son to believe that he ever got penny
of profit out of it,
Later he undertook to help opt H.
F. Sinclair, who was interested IN the
Federal League, but his persuasive
ness had lost its grip, as there was no
real demand for third jor league
as there had been for orga nization of
the minor leagues into an association.
and Pat could not make his friends
nor the fans take the Federal Lea que
seriously TO heart. His pra ctical knowl-
edge was worth much, but the public
was less eager TO coddle contract jump
ers than ii had been in other days. and
the Federal League was felt as a dis
turbing influence rather than as, a
welcome adjunct to base ball.
My experience told me that | had
a hopeless task before me-" said Pow
ers. when he was relating some of his
troubles in the Federal League. and
when the whole matter was settled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
CUE MATCH rs CLOSE.

Fred Reynolds dropped close
match to William Parsons last night
at Grand Central parlors in the Dis.
trict championship pocket billiard
tourney. The final count was 100 to
81. Crowley and Hampton play to-
night.
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| 600, 900 SAW GRIFFMEN
IN ACTION DURING YEAR

Ban Johnson. president of the Amer
lean League. has announced that his
circuit fell only $4,000 short of record
attendance figures in 1925.
Washington and Philadelphia each
drew about 900 900 persons.
Exact figures for the various clubs
are withheld.
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A fine, Steely re-
silence is what
y O u W q n I - a
give" that makes
the shaft feel alive.
Where this spring.
ness takes place in
the shaft is i'm.
portant. II should
be some eight or
nine inches above
the wrapping on
t h e shaft j u $ [
above where the
head is joined.
Stand the club on
end. then bear
down on the shaft.
and observe if il
gives at this point.
Jf II 1nnC ho
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

NEW YORk.-Phii McGraw. De
troit. won decision over Luis Nicen
TIM of Chile Q2).
SEATTLE.-''Wild Bill Mckenzie.
Vancouver Islands. knocked ont Art
Shearer. Portlan Ore. t2D. Johnny
ODonnell. st. Paul welterweight. heat
Teddy O'Hara, Oakland ~.
FRESNO, Calif.-Charley Long
negro middleweight. Omaha. won from
HANK Roberts, San Jose Q0).
Ad Woleast was only II when he
won the world lightweight title.
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HARDWOOD OPERATED ON,

LOS ANGELES, December % UP).-
Joseph kirkwood. Australian golf pro
fessional. who is here for the 10000
Los Angeles open tournament Janu-
airy to 10. underwent slight oper.
alton yesterday.
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BETTING BILL DELAYED.

OLYMPIA, Wash, December %
P).-The House public morals COM
mittee voted, + to .. to recommend
indefinite postponement of a bill 10
permit pari-mutuel betting on horse
racing in Washington.
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BARS HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT.

LANSING, Mich. December % (P,
Taking cogniZance of reports that
Mackinac Island might seek the pro-
posed Dempsey Wills bout. Gov
Alex J. Groesbeck announced toda y
that the bout would not be allowed
anywhere in Michigan.
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TURNER MEETS SCHMID.

Joe Turner will try for his twelfth
victory on the mat tomorrow night
when he meets Bull Schmid in the
Mutual Theater's weekly wrestling
bout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23

Jose pablanca. world chess, cham.
pion. says the game may he broadened
in the next so years. He means q
larger playing surface with two or
more extra pieces for each player.
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CINCINNATI MAY EMPLOY
SLUCCER AT FIRST BASE
Fort Smith Player Who Topped Western Association
Batters May Solve Initial Sack Problem for
Hendricks-Infied Uncertain.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

23The Nationals had
in the the
Western Association right eyes
lin OF Fort Smith club the chap.
Fort Smith presumably an annex OF the CARDINALS and al OF ne
supposed to be less directly linked with the tupu the
for Hudgens that Fort Smith couldn't afford to turn
it
Hudgens champion league batsmen hooked
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afternoon, after the sun has lost its'
heat
Today he weighs 1873 pounds, just
one pound removed from his best
hghtinE tonnage, and he works as
hard as though his chance at the
championship was only a week away.
Tunney's only worry seems to be
whether Dempsey is ever going to
fight. or whether he is going to send
the championship crown. that is tar
nishing through inactivity, to some
safe place like the mithsonian In,
stitution for safe keeping.
Working out only a few feet from
the steam heated waves of the At
lantic, Tunney draws the crowd away
from the bathing parade every day
He is tremendously popular down
here.
Genes companions say he eats
twice as much as A growing boy.
doubling on desserts whenever theC
waiter is not looking The hotel
owner has locked the jam closet in,
self defense.
fCopvrIeht 1875
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BASKET BALL POPULAR.

Every Indiana University basket
ball game this season has been sold
out. Enough tickets have been dis.
posed of to fill the gymna SUM at each
game.
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WOMEN. IN SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

n REED elected of the Sophomore basket ball
X squad OF Western High School meeting held yesterday
Juniors previously
will the and Lillian Lnquist has
Juniors The Freshmen have chosen their
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ROUNDING THIRD
BY Hugh A.Jenninss
CHAPTER XXI.

BERT ROBINSON OF the Orioles and the
NV base balls
he ougueSsed
he He the oldest member
seeing Robbie weighed than 200 pounds and succeeded