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that l had to get around that and ft
lieving nine times out of ten, and l d
If | could build Dempsey's weight Vi
ing the gate would be eliminated.
sparring partners, but there was Wi
laughing at the fellows who plunged
Jack had been working extra hard.
He had put in two or three stiff days.
He needed let.up. and ! decided to
work an old trick of mine. I planned
10 put Is pounds on Dempsey without
| actually having it on and In a way
not to inture him.
Puts on Some Weight.
] gave him a day of rest. / told
him to drink lots of water and milk
and eat all the food that he cared to
pack in. He followed my instructions.
1 knew that the water would never
hurt him and that he'd work it off in
the next days grind. All that day
Dempsey poured water into himself.
He drank when he wasn't thirsty, but
he drank just the same. He got up
the next morning and drank some
more. He had rounded out until he
/ looked like an alderman. The next
day the scribes were out in force.
There had been no announcement of
his going to be weighed in public.
There was a great big coin scale on
the porch Of the pavilion, and /
the leading lights in sport writing
around those scales by innocently
challenging their ability to guess each
others weight. Big and little stars
of the writing game were getting on
and off the scales, and gradually each
had registered his poundage.
Tad" the New York Journal car
toonist and a famous authority on
boxing, had just stepped off the scales
to kid Hype Igoe of the New York
World about missing his guess as to
"Tad's" weight. That was my spot
to turn the trick. Dempsey, at my
signal, walked nonchalantly onto the
porch. He had on a little red white
and blue paper hat, a pair of short
swimming trunks and canvas shoes.
It was the nearest thing to being
stripped that man could be.
Thought They Had Him.
Get on here, Jack Now we've got
you dead to rights" said Tad.
Let's see what you weigh. You
can't hide out on us any more"
1t was working beautifully. Demp.
sew made as if to balk, and the insist.
Ing Tad was more than ever urgent.
Finally Dempsey stepped on the scales
and TAD dropped the penny 10 get tne
ng.looked-for news. Slowly the big
hand wriggled around until 1t rested
on 2Ol pounds. They couldn't believe
their eyes. My stories of his being
1875 were upheld
They looked at me as IL they had
been tricked.
Jacks five pounds or so over his
usual weight. He's been taking II
easy boys. for a day. but he'll be back
to 1875 tomorrow. l told you what he
weighed. Now do you believe me?"
Well, of course, the news went
sizzling around the country. A 200.
FOUNDER would be a match for big
Willard after all. I had put it over;
the next day when he came off the
road he weighed 1870. In two days
time Jack was hack to his actual
weight and the day he entered the
ring at Toledo -hs- scaled just -1Saaa1aa
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the best Junior clash of the season.
In the first tilt Of the three game
series Lefty Stevens twirled the
Freers to a 5-to-4 win. Last Sundays
match went 10 innings before the
Corinthians could even matters with
an 11-to-9 victory.
Officers Of the twilight leagues will
gather tomorrow night at the Wash
ington Post Building to complete ar.
ia angements for the annual post sea son
series that will be run this year in
cooperation with the Capital City
League. AS the leagues have voted
to open the series next Monday it is
important that there be full repre-
sentation at the meeting. Potomac
Park. Bankers and Terminal circlit
schedules have not yet been COM
pleted. while Commercial, Depart
mental and Government loops are
ready for the championship play-off.
Vic Gauzza. president of the Com
mercial League. has called a meeting
of his officers and managers for to-
night at Atlas Sport Shop.
Hess t0ssers have booked the Sea
man Gunner nine for game tomor-
row
National Circle base ballers. win.
ners over EastpOrt last Sunday. will
invade Berwvn's ba i,jwick on the COM
ing Sa bbath.
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Knickerbockers and Shamrocks, win.
ners and runner-up, respectively, in
last last seasons sandlot race. PROB
ably will be the center of attraction
Sunday. They play single game
at Friendship diamond on wisconsin
avenue. the Knicks having passed up
a chance to perform on their home
field. Georgetown Hollow. where
homers are not so hard to get. They
chose to meet the Shamrock bats on
a lot that has as much outfield as
American League Park.
The other teams Of Section A will
present twin bills. Maryland Athletic
Club plays at Arlington. the St. Joe
outfit goes to Mount Rainier and
Marlboro meets Chevy Chase at
Georgetown Hollow.
In Section e. Donohoe Motors and
Rialtos. tied for the lead. play at
Bladenshurg and Benning field. re-
spectively. The Rialtos are meeting
the Anacostia Eagles. The Capitals
play at Kenilworth in a third contest.
Auth tossers will seek their seventh
straight win in Section c when they
meet the Modocs at Washington Bar
racks. The Concordians go to River
Two dOuble.heade are listed for
Sunday in the Northern Virginia loop.
Cherrydale plays two games with the
Hartfords at Lyon Village. while
Hume Spring goes to Ballston for
twin bill. Addison VS.. F'ort Myer
al Fort Myer and Glen Carlyn VS.
Virginia White Sox at Hume Spring
are the other games scheduled.
The final game of the Corinthian.
Freer play.off for the Junior cham
pionship of the Capital City League,
scheduled for East Ellipse diamond
Sunday at o'clock. promises to be
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

By the Associated Press.
TROY, n. Y.-Frankie Garcia. Los
Angeles featherweight. won the
judges decision over Joe Souza, New
York Q0).
HARTFORD, Conn.-Red Chapman,
Boston. outpointed Eddie Lord. Meri-
den Q2). Phil Goldstein. Pittsburgh,
and Silvio Mireault, Montreal, boxed a
draw (8).
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M We trouble WIN
your shots. try
: his: Instead of
having the right
Toe turned out.
Urn it in until the
FOOT is pointing
straight. at direct
tight ankles TO the
dire &C t 10 n line
Then. just before
. g & i n n | n z the
back swing. brace
v o ur elf we'll
the right
leg, with practi-
cally all your
weight on the
heel. Even
with an open
stance the right
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FARRELL, WITH 142,
TOPS IN GOLF TEST
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
GARDEN CITY, n Y. August 1S.-
Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge
showed the way in the eastern district
tests for the national professional
championship with 146 for the 36
holes.
Eleven players were to qualify. but
two are still in question after II extra
holes of playoff, darkness putting an
end 10 the struggle. The 72 holes
found Fred CanauSa. Joe Turnesa.
John Golden and Arthur Demane
dea blocked at 1872 In the playoff
Golden was successful while Canausa
failed.
Turnesa and Demane will play IS
holes today for the other place.
The leaders:
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He couldn't think quick enough after that. He was
set up" when it to outwittng him.
I've been running little ahead of my story, but
it show that the schooling behind the
what really counted in this case. 1t absolutely
brought Dempsey the world title
The newspaper men had gathered in full force by
this time and Toledo lively place. There was
CONSERVATION among the best of the scribes when they
saw Dempsey He didn't look the 100 to 1876 that !
was claiming for him. As matter of fact. I had
had him the scales in front of anybody ]
didn't dare Jack weighed only 185, and, with Willard
bearing down at 250 would have been
plotted as lost one and the gate would have suffered
l had to overcome that way. So persistent
ad heen the requests O DemnseY OH the scales
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Ol the DOyS some way. ScclHS Is De-
.cided to give the writer's big eyeful.
in their stories that danger of hurt
Jack was bowling over all off his
lard, mile or so away, blocking and
in on him in his training.
pounds. That was and alwaystwill be
his natural weight. He'll newer see
the day that he will be in THE condi
ton he was when he bumped sold Jess
Willard off.
I've known several fighters who
could work that weight trick, especial
ly Cyclone Johnny Thompson, Billy
Billy Smith.
Not Tired-Just Resting.
They've often spoken Of Gack's get
ting tired in the second round Of his
fight with Willard. He wasn't tired.
lot of energy to upset less Willard
seven times. and he wass entitled to
rest. He boxed a restful round
because told him to. 1T would have
been silly to send him tearing
again. The third round proved that
he had rested in the second. The
best fighters that ever lSNed-Ketchel,
Papke, Langford, Young Peter Jack
son and Fitzsimmons-Were tired men
if they had to do mtch knocking
down of opponents. Eor instance.
had Jack Donelly fighp Jack Wade in
Butte, Mont.
Wade knocked DoHnelly down 10
times in the first round. and 10 times
in the second. WaAh was a great
right-hand hitter. one, of the best that
ever lived. In the third round Wade
knocked Donnelly doewn 4 times. And
in the fourth DonneAy knocked Wade
down and out with a back-hand punch
to the jaw. 1t wasn't the punch so
much as it was that Wade couldn't
hold his hands u, any more. He
ink to keep Donnslly on the floor.
In the Toledo flight Dempsey had
scored his knockd@owns as quickly and
so close togethea that only one or
two of the writer's got the correct
number of knockdowns. 1t takes a
careful man tot coolly record knock
downs when a big ring tragedy Is on
the boards. They missed the count
at Toledo and the count at the Demp-
sey and Firpo{ fight. Things moved
too quickly for5 the best Of the writer's.
sisted that Dempsey make It too fast
for the best of them. including the
man in frol3t of him. The knock.
downs ratified them all at Toledo.
Willard wasR't the only one out for a
sail that dJy.
Alulost Stole Fight.
And nowt I want to get something
off my chest about Toledo.
The truH story Of that first round
has verfbeen told. want ii to be
known. There have been so many
versions .of what happened that I
want to jset the public right in the
matter. tried to steal the fight in
the first tround and just missed doing
, it, But Efor the unshaken nerve and
ability Cd Warren Barbour the Official
! timekee ger, Dempsey would have been
crowned heavyweight king in the first
| round following that seventh knock
down. fWait until the next chapter
and IN tell ell the details
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foot may he placed this way. The left
toe may turn outward TO promote
the utmost physical ease. or wear 1t
straight if it fels better that way.
When the right toe points straight
ahead the right leg absorbs the weight
without so much body twisting.
tCopyrj ght 1921
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Tunney in Fine Fettle.
, the AssO.,tated preAs

SPECULATION. \. Y. August IS,
After d rest from boxing for two
DAYS. Gene Tunney. heavyweight
champion challenger. went back to
his hauling today. He was on edge
after the rest. and promised to set a
fast pace for his sparring partners.
Although Tunney has not boxed
for two days. he did not declare a
holiday from his other conditioning.
He did S miles of road work yes
terdaN and as much today. The
lure of the water also called him,
hut not as a swimmer. He travelled
IS miles in canoe on Lake Pleas
ant YESTERDAY.
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The challenger in n fight in New
York State does not pull down lot
Of money for his end. His percentage
fofithe receipts is comparatively small.
Now would Harry. when the show.
down came, knowing that the gate
would he over million dollars, &C
-cept the measly cut? He probably
would if he were SO certain of beat
ing Dempsey as he appears to be.
Otherwise not.
Harry, if the present report is true.
will be called upon next Tuesday to
give a practical demonstration AS to
just how confident he is.
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Australia will not compete for the
Davis Cup this year. 1t will mark the
first time since 1905. when they first
entered Davis Cup play. that the Aus
tralians have not been competitors.
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CAPITAL CITY UNLIMITED
TEAMS TO SPEED SERIES

Base Ball will
this end with three Saturday and
1 double headers Sunday
~ the Josephs Arlington.
Vmginians
tackles Shamrock
kncks Maryland Athletic Club
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MARINE NINE WINS TITLE.

PHILADELPHIA, August 1s P).-
The Quantico Marines base ball team
won the service championship yester-
day by defeating the Navy nine. 5 to
.. in the third and deciding game.
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Inside Golf
BY Chester Horton.

DO you have the habit OF turning
your toes outward as YOU take your
stance? II so. and all Is we'll stick to
it. but il Won 50 place the feet and
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GERTRUDE Crawl
EDERLE'S Stroke
By L. De 3. Handlev Instructor Of OLYMPIC Team
4.

ARTICLE H.
The Crawl of Schooling in Swimming
HE crawl schooling. be
evolved the Womens Swimming of
ideally suited Nevertheless
by seeking
guidance always rapid progress.
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SURPRISE" is RUMORED
FOR TUESDAYS MEETING
Champion.IIt Is Asserted, Will Call Commissions s
Hantl,' as Well as Harry's by Conserving to
Battle Negro Next Month.
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW HORk August SOut of the tangled
projected match between Jack Dempsey Tunney emerged
today gained in
Dempsey
who
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THINKING is ESSENTIAL.
TO PLAYING A GOOD GAME
Many Fail to Realize on Clever Strokes Through
Lack Of Strategy-Leaders. Too, Often Fall Into
Lsiless. Indecisive Sireaks.
BY HELEN WILLS.

- HE following article is for players onl%
this because will c<actl
what also because happened il
OF in OF
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Tbe Ghening 5tar
BOYS CLUB
BY JACK HENDRICKS,
Manager OF the Cincinnati Reds.

UESTlON: What do they
Answer: pich who always base balls hit
that section the field everything
- that his the pitcher practically
the club
How he side
over o and bat
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WOMEN IN SPORT
by CORIlNNE FRAZIER.

HEN
the doubles will be defended
w Clara Aderton and Virginia Omsted who their
Yesterday Florence Seward OF
although
her Katherine Berral runnerup the
possible this
absence from the This would have Miss
opportunity for the title
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RADIATORS, TENDERS
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THE FIGHT GAME
FROM THE INSIDE
CHAPTER Xxx.
BY JACK KEARNS.

ESIkRDAY described how rehcarsed Dempsey
ava away from Willard and how the title always made it
plan to beat him to it you'd ruin him Willard
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that had around that and fool the boys some way Seeing
could build Dempy weight up in their stories that danger Of hurt
spang partners Willard mile away blocking
laughing who plunged him in his training
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Hess t0ssers have booked the Sea
man Gunner nine for ga me tomor-
row.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02
JUDGE s SALARY
D0ESN' I SUIT

For the 'steenth consecutive year
Joe Judge, the Griffmen's crack
firstsacker, is disagreeing with
President Clark C.. Griffith over his
salary terms. He makes the third
member of the American League
champions who registered protest
over the salary offered for 1926.
Benny Tate. third string catcher,
was the first. Dutch Ruether,
veteran southpaw hurler, was the
second Now comes Joe Judge to
complete the trio.
Judge is understood to have re-
quested something like 1850 more
than the club boss has offered
They will. IL following the habit Of
years, have frequent brief confer
ences until finally Judge will put
his name on the dotted line, climb
into his uniform and proceed TO
prove himself the best first baseman
in the American league.
Judge returned from Florida to
spend Christmas vt his home here
He was associated with Al Schacht,
Walter Johnson and Joe Engel in
selling real estate at Daytona
Beach, but has concluded to remain
here until, reporting time rolls
around. He attended the Aloysius
Club smoker last night and was
kept busy shaking hands with his
many admirers.
Dutch Ruether, who is interested
i'm selling real estate for the John
J. McGraw Company at Sarasota,
Fla, failed to come TO an agreement
with President Griffith over 1926
salary terms and more conferences
are In order between them. Mean
while Ruether considers opening an
office here and remain in the real
estate business.
Nothing much has been heard
lately from the wall put up by
Tate. He is said to want 81 900
more than offered him and is carry
ing on correspondence by mail
with the club from his home in
Illinois.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02
lamar 'SSTATUS
IS UP TODAY

The amateur status Of Henry La.
mar, national amateur heavyweight
boxing champion, win be decided
this afternoon when South Atlantic
officials meet here to make final
disposition of his case.
Lamar at present is under q tenn
porary suspension for appearing IN
boxing show at the Washington
Auditorium about g. month ago.
Today the ban either will be lifted
or a permanent one placed on the
ring champ
South Atlantic Officials Indicated
today that Lamar win be made an
example Of and be permanently slls-
pended. The ground for the action
is that the show in which Lamar
participated was not sanctioned by
the Amateur Athletic Union. Pro-
fessionals also are said to- have
fought on the same card
However, the pro angle will not
eflter into the decision. If suspen-
sion is melted out, it win be because
the event was unsanctioned.
Lamar sprang into prominence
last winter when he won the ma
tional Junior heavyweight title In
the Amateur Athletic Union tour
ney at the One Hundred and Fourth
Regiment Armory, Later, he went
to Boston and won the senior title
Lamar is the star OF the University
of Virginia boxing. team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02


Shade himself explained the
circumstances by declaring that he
had fractured his right thumb two
days ago and was not inclined
to 20 through with the fight ii the
first place Be that as 1t might,
the evidence showed that Shade
had hts man exactly one clean
punch short 81 b Knockout on Tour
different occasions and all he did
about it was to step back and look
him over with a sort Of academic
interest
Todd was an interesting spectacle
at that. His nose and mouth were
reduced 10 human hamburger as
early as the second round yet de
persisted II stopping them with his
chin, and only once did he 20 down.
Someone informed the writer tllat
Todd was not elaInOred Of glove
full Of fingers applied to his per
son but he cOnfrived to conceal his
antipatFy last night Only game
man would have survived the shell
lacking Todd took. even though
Shade stepped at his best speed
only about SO per cent Of the time.
Usually tie most active 81
boxers lie often went through the
first minute Of round without
leading d punch. When he did
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02
HUBERT SHOWS
HUSK|ES WAY

ROSE BOWL, PASADENA, Calf,
Jan. 2.--As an t'eclipser" Poolev
Hubert, commonly known as papa.
proved that he was nothing else
but. First, Papa" eclipsed Brick
MulIer's nationally known forward
pass of a mere 81 yards, and then
Papa" proceeded to eclipse the
cocky and powerful University OF
Washington football team in the
annual confab of the Tournament
of Roses.
Ere the day was done, Papa
eased his way into the good graces
of a hostile crowd and further Inn
bedded himself in the enlarged
hearts OF all Alabama and the
East and North, Through his own
sheer ability the bare-topped, bare
legged Alabama warrior defeated
the "Huskies" 20 to 10 in a game
that was so replere with thrills il
later caused a stand to collapse,
POoley and his mates went into
the second half Of the game on The
very short end of 12-to-0 lead.
George Wilson, the man on whom
most OF the coast encomioums that
escaped Ernie Nevers were cen.
by plunging and skirting.
1t was an aroused Alabama eleven
that came on the field for the
third and fourth quarters. Hubert
and Mack Brown became friends
incarnate. They tore and slashed
and bucked and passed and a huge
gathering of $4,000 people sat spell
bound.
Hubert scattered Huskies the
length of the field for his first
score. He, dashed many times and
he always made ground. One Of
his plunges Melted 26 yards; an.
other was good for II.
The kickoff after Alabama's first
score started Papa" on his terri
BILE way.
He and Brown and ellis and
Barnes set out with grim faces to
accomplish for thu first time whar
no Southern team has ever been
able to do. With Wilson out Abs-
cause of injuries, the Huskfes
proved vulnerable and Hubert, field
general, soon founc the weaknesses.
Hubert found Alabama in posses
sion of the oval on the 35-yard
line. Sooner than a cat can yowl
he shot Il bo-yafd pass 10 Brown
for the second touchdown, and Ala
hama led. IA to II. That did rot
satiate the young mans appetite,
In the same period he rammed
home a 40-yard pass to Brown for
another score, just to show the
folks that the first was no freak.
Washington came back with it's
all in the fourth and one touchdown
made the game read 20 to ~. That
Is the way 1t ended.
Alabama gathered 367 yards from
scrimmage. while Washington got
$40. The Crimson garnered Is first
downs to 10, anu completed four
of fourteen passes for i54 yards,
while the Huskies got Z out Of is
completed for only 20 yards.
1t was great victory for a
great team and great leader.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02
Kingpn Stars
Tackle Crack
Belmonts
Tonight
By r. D. THOMAS


Bill Woods crack duckpin
team, composed Of five Of the
leading bowlers Of Washington,
will meet a formidable opponent
tonight in the Belmont team.
which leads the National Capital
League. Five games will be
rolled at the Kingpin No. 4,
total pins to decide the winner.
1t viii be seleeed lineup, in the
case OF woods Kingpin Stars,
against q regularly organized team.
But the Belmont rooters believs
their team Is an all-star outfit, too.
and its record would indicate as
much. At any event, the contest is
among the most interesting TO be
seen in Washington this winter
AL Work, the sensational south
paw, today Is receiving cOngratu-
latiOns on brilliant victory
achieved in the elimination tOurTlA-
ment 1T Convention Hall. in which
he averaged 1908 for twenty
games. With him in the final
was Max Rosenberg.
Max got away to a poor start IN
the championship match with q
96, while AL was shooting 12S. and
Rosenberg never recovered. Willie
Work maintained a consistent pace
Rosenberg totaled 541 for the set
against 500 for Work.
The other two semi finalists We're
Hap BURNER, whose 517 eliminated
him, and Johnny Papas. who was
not good enough with 538. PApas,
by the way, has come forward
rapidly in the last season or so
and gradually is winning recogni-
ton as formidable sharpshooter.
Seldom in the history of duck
pin tournaments has q bowler
shown such unusual and IOn-
sistent skill as Al Work displayed
to win a fine event. His victory
adds much to his prestige. for it
was achieved i'm competition with
the city S foremost bOwlerS and
under conditions that were q ccn-
elusive test of skill and courage.
In his twenty games, Work
dropped 2.40S pins. Rosenbel g's
grand total was 2.270, giving him
an average OF 1910. The semi.
finals and final were rolled on the
same night, and it happened to be
a night that found Work at his
best. He rolled 619 in the .s1mi-
final and 6O9 for the final, giving
him am average Of 1908. for the
evening.
The success of the Convention
Hall tournament is encouraging 10
those who long have recommended
that an individual championship
event, taking i'm all oe the alleys,
he held each season and thus giving
the city a recognized champion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-02
HoNEYBoY FINNEGAN Is
WINNER FROM LEW MAYRS

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-Honey-
boy Finnegan, of Boston, after fail
ing to appear here for a pair of
battles, yesterday made his 1926
debut in Philadelphia when he won
the judges decision over Lew
Mayrs, Baltimore, in the ten-round
wind-up at the Arena.
Finnegan. who knocked out Babe
Ruth in his first bout here last
summer, was held to even terms
by the Baltimorean In the early
rounds. but after the start of the
fifth round Honeyboy displayed
dazzling speed and carried off the
honors easily.