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Evening star., 1926-08-31
Tney Says Fight Shift Break for Jack Dempsey Defends Tau
BATTLE OF POTOMAC
SLATED FOR TONIGHT

With fair weather promised for to-
night, it appears that nothing can
stop the Battle Of the Potomac at
Kenilworth. when the Southern feath
erweight title. held by Goldie Ahearn,
is stakcd against the right-hand
punching and iufghting Of Al Fore
man. the doughty Army scrapper,
Ahearn tapered off in wonderful
shape at the Mohawk gymnasium
Yesterday. loosening up with six
rounds Of light work opposite Terry
O'Dav and Eddie Buell. Foreman
rounded out his conditioning program
at Benedict. going six light rounds
with Phil Raymond. Baltimore south
paw.
This main event. which is scheduled
to go IL rounds. tops 42.round pro
gram. the longest ever offered here
The show will open promptly at S:lo.
with the preliminaries being run OFT
in the following order:
Kid Woody vs.. Jack Johnson, four
rounds: NIanuelo RAdman rs. Billy
Deak. four rounds; Sammy Hogan VS..
Blonde p. Pinion. four rounds; Nick
Repoli VS.. Dick Richardson. six
rounds: Billy Strickler vs.. Johnny
Amato. six rounds: Jack Cafoni vs..
Hal stevenson. six rounds.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

are hurt when | have them in the
clinches. nor do really step out and
leVe on a man who looks rs il he l.
rea4y groggy.
This stuff about my running spar
ring partners is rather unfair to me
Any one who recalls what happened I"
the really good men who have worked
with me knows that the experience
has developed them. Jack Renault
who loomed up as a prospective foe
man of mine about year ago. was
once d sparring partner. Then there
was George Godfrey. who perhaps
could whip Wills without much eXer.
tion. Bill Tate. who has spared with
me since 1919. has been SO badly
ruined" that he went out and beat
Wills twice and won the negro heavy
weight championship of the world.
Panama Joe Cans. the Jamaica Kid
and a lot of others who spared with
me went on the big things in. the
ring afterward. So did Eddie O'Hara
whose brilliant career was ended by
accidental death. Therefore it can
be seen that any good man who works
with me usually is better for ii in
the end. not Il ruined fighter"
Evening star., 1926-08-31
COURSE HAS HOUSE
IN FRONT OF A TEE
i,y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The 34-stroke par OF the Pierre IS.
Dak) Country Clubs golf course has
been raised one stroke because of the
nbstinacy Of recluse who built him.
self house on the links.
The hermit had lived for years in
shack on the Missouri River bank. but
when the city acquired the river frcGt
for a park it drove him out.
The golf course is situated on a sub
division laid out eleven years ago and
cut into lots. Nobody built on any of
the lots, and the country club acquired
them for links. Many of the owners
lived in distant states and had all but
forgotten the property.
The recluse recalled that among his
few worldly possessions was a lot on
the golf course. He located it, and
hastily constructed a hut. The next
day golfers found it looming thirty
yards from the tee of the fifth hole.
squarely blocking the green. The
owner asked too much for the lot. So
the house will stay, the golfers will
use "A mashie from the tee and par
for the hole will be five instead of
four.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.

by the Associated Press.
CIIICAGO.--Jock Malone. st. Paul'
bt at Young Fisher. Syracuse. y: \.
N0). frankie Welsh, Chicago. peat
Leo Wax. Australian {6). Joe Woods,
Chicago, beat Jack Williams. Den
Yer f6).
NEWARK. \. J. - Russell Leroy,
Fargo, n. Oak. outpointed Al Con
way, Philadelphia Q0. Earl Blue
Fargo, knocked out High Hat McCul-
Tough, Newark 6). George Ward.
Elizabeth. n. j., beat Farmer Joe
Cooper. Terre Haute. Ind. Q2).
LOUISVILLE. Jimmy Finley,
Louisville, beat Alex Trambitas, Los
Angeles (3); bout stopped. jake
Stewart, Louisville, outpointed Joe
Cappadora Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

If Tex Rickard had dropped into the
have been swift. sweet sailing.
| worth a dime and Dempsey less If
let all this talk sink III. But |
didn't. l wasn't a good target to be
bulied.
One by one each man connected
with the show came into my rooms
and tried to con me into letting them
slip under without paying that final
| 100000. Jim Johnson had laid his
cards on the table. He was the only
| square shooter among them when 1t
came to giving me the low.down.
From my hotel rooms we switched to
the ones occupied by Damon Runyon
and Hype Igoe. The halls outside
were filled with men angry over the
situation, but the worst were those
who had come all the way to Shelby,
some from California, some from New
England and the East, only to be dis
appointed, as it. seemed they would be
then. Some OF them were walking
around the halls in their e. V. DIS.
some in their pajamas, and all talking
at once It was midnight. There
seemed 10 be no way of breaking the
deadlock | wouldn't bulge from my
position. which was based on legal
and equitable contract, and didn't in
tend TO unless they turned over the
show to me SO that ! could take the
first money that came in for our end.
George Stanton, a Great Falls
banker, had his say. He stalled and
threatened and patted his hip. 1t
wasn't a flask that he was petting,
either. The Walker brothers, Great
Falls bankers, Clipped in with their
notion Of what a blackguard / was.
The Strain brothers, who had donated,
were in the crowd. Sheriff BENJAMIN
of Shelby and Tip O'Neill, the Great
Falls Oil man, and Chief or Police
Alsop of Shelby came to have word
for or against me, but most of them
were against.
TIPS on Half Dozen.
Midnight came and then l o'clock.
I hadn't budged. Most of the news
paper men had gone to bed after
wiring their offices that the fight was
definitely off. Only eight men knew
what it would be on--Dempsey and
myself and Damon Runyon, Bob Ed
gren, Hype Igoe, Grantland Rice and
| Lawrence Perry and Warren Brown
of Chicago.
| The last six had visited me in my
rooms earlier in the day and made
| personal appeal to me. asking that |
| let the fight go through. even If ]
didn't get the money. ] explained to
| them that ] had played fair with the
! promoters. but that they hadn't done
the same by me. told the newspaper
men this:
| Not one of these fellows has come
| to me with proposition to gamble on
| what's left of the mess. | can't back
| down from nay position without being
| labeled a chump. But now I'm going
| TO let YOU fellows in on my secret
plans. The fight will go on, but you
must promise not to publish that fact.
| IF you do l wont get my money. III
not send you fellows home without
| seeing a fight. I'll do at least that
| much for the newspaper men.
| Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-08-31
FLOWERS AND McTlGUE
CLASH SEPTEMBER ~

NEW YORK, August 81 GE).-Tiger
Flowers, middleweight champion. will
meet Mike McTigue, former light
heavyweight champion. in a 12-round
contest in Chicago September "a
Walk Miller. manager Of the Georgia
negro. announces the championship
will not he involved. as both men will
be over the 160-pound limit.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

'Mr Rickard is not the governor
of this state" the governor said. II
am
Ricliard was reported to have told
Wiener that if the fight were lost to
this city Wiener might lose his job
as commissioner.
Rickard characterized the ticket
controversy as joke and said the
whole matter had been adjusted. He
said Wiener would get 1000 choice
seats and that he, Rickard, would be
left with only three-fifths of the ring
side tickets.
In discussion over tickets Wiener
said that he was not going to let
Evening star., 1926-08-31

DEMPSEY would have To travel. If 1t
went the full way. 1t chops I'VE
rounds--15 precious minutes-from
the time intended 10 devote TO
chopping a worlds champion INTO
submission. And that's all lot OF
luck for Dempsey.
But I'm not worrying about that.
I'm merely changing my battle plans.
i. The old one called for slugging with
Dempsey for a round or two--and
then making him run himself dizzy
and helpless. 1t called for feinhng
him into wild swings until he was
arm weary, and then stepping IN
along the 10th and proceeding to
finish him.
Eow-well. I've been working along
on a different schedule since they
made this a l0-rounder. Just what
it is won't reveal now. But as my
training progresses. I'll unfold that
new plan and when ! get it perfected
1t will be just as effective against
Dempsey in a 10-round fight as the
old one would have been in a 1o,-
rounder.
Will Draw Color Line.
Right here, and now. | want 1t
understood that -when- / win the
championship from Jack Dempsey
am going to draw the color line.
So long as am champion. no negro
and especially Harry Wills--ever
will get the chance to dethrone me.
Wills had his chance to fight me
through more than year. He duck
ed me-and he lodged me. He was
afraid. even though he was offered
as high as 100000. to tackle me.
He said he wanted TO fight only
Dempsey-that he was the logical
opponent, and took the attitude that
I didn't count at all.
] offered 10 fight-4Nills anywhere,
anytime and let that bout determine
who was to fight DelnpseE.. be re-
fused He turned sdewns three differ
ent offers to take ME. on.
When it was found impossible TO
nut on a Dempsey-Ntlls match, Tex
Rickard gave me this shot at Demp-
sey. Did Wills take that in sport
ing spirit? Did he take the fair at
titude that, inasmuch as no promoter
would put him against Dempsey,
he was glad I had the chance to
knock a worlds champion for a loop?
He certainly did not.
The manager of Wills-backed up
by wills-refused to withdraw the
challenge that Wills had fired at
Dempsey. so as TO make it possible for
ME to fight Dempsey IN New ioTh
my own State Paddy Mullins and
Wills did about everything they could
to block that fight in New York. They
made the boast that the fight wouldn't
be fought in New York And they
made good on that boast.
AvaiIed Them Nothing,
But what did it get them?
They were instrumental in driving
the fight out of the State. thus depriv-
ing the State of about $4,000 or $780,
900 In needed taxation money.
They didn't succeed in stopping the
fight: they weren't successful in try
ing to make it impossible for Dempsey
TO earn money: they didn't block my
getting shot at the title. All they
did was to precipitate ii nasty mess
that now splashes UP and covers them
Wills and Mullins.
When / beat Dempsey and take ms
title. I'll give any man who has de-
served the right to fight for a title
chance at me. But that man must be
white. For after this experience with
Wills. have decided that | shall draw
the color line--tight:
tCopyright. 1925
Evening star., 1926-08-31
GIRL, 10, ANNExES TITLE
AT HORSESHOE PITCHING

HIBBING. Mimi. August 81 %).-~
a l0-year-old girl in Minnesota's anna
teur horseshoe pitching is champion
today.
Prene Pagliarini Of Hibbins. yester-
day defeated Mrs. Otto Witt In the
first game of three-game champion.
ship match, so to 81. and then caused
her to forfeit the second when she
was down Is to g.
Showing unusual skill the girl made
her way to the State title by winning
IS consecutive matches, triumph1ng
over some of the best players in the
State
Evening star., 1926-08-31

CHICAGO, August 81 CP).-H Helen
MacATorran. 15-year-old daughter of
the professional at Indian Hill. led
qualifiers in the women's Western
Junior championship tournament, with
45-45-90. nine strokes over wom-
ems par for the Is holes. Among the
other players to qualify was Ariel
Villas, 13 years old. of Hot Springs,
who shot 5i-53-l04.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

spectators get the choice seats, to
which Richard replied: spectators
will get no tickets from me. I don't
do business that way
AS to the withdrawal of .Aronson,
Rickard said: II put his name in
there just to please certain people in
Philadelphia. He never has had any
thing to do with promoting the fight"
Both Dempsey and Tunney are ex-
pected TO be in Philadelphia, tomorrow
night to attend a boxing show at
Shibe Park
Tunney leaves Spectator, y. Y. in
the Adirondacks, today for his new
training camp at Stroudsburg, Pa.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

inquired 10 let UlHl
wild swing and
run himself dizzy
for about six or
eight more rounds
and then, going
into the eighth,
ninth or tenth,
start to beat him
with jolting at
lacks, that Ger.
.Jainly would put
him down before
the 18th.
Now that the
bout is only a 10
rounder. that al
ters things COM
pletely. 1t reduces
by one-third the
the distance that
Evening star., 1926-08-31
STOVALL DEFEATS BASS:
HOGAN LOSES TO LAMPE

BALTIMORE. Md. August 81
Tex Stovall of Washington earned
decision over Nick Bass in a. siX-round
boxing match here last night.
Sammy Hogan. another Capital
fighter. lost to Sidney Lampe over
the. same distance.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
GERHARDT Is POLO STAR.

RCMSON, n. j.. August 81 H).--
Capt Charles Gerhardt. jr., scored six
goals In succession and won the sec
ond game Of the Herbert Memorial
cup polo tournament for the Meadow.
brooke Army team against the Rum.
son-Roslyn team ut the Rumson Coun-
try Club, IL to 10.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
NECESSARY TO PUMMEL
SPARRERS, HE DECLARES
Would Create Habit of Making Wild Swings If He
Did Otherwise, But Stories Are Exaggerated,
Heavyweight King Asserts
By JACK DEMPSEY.

VERY find myself accused OF being rather rough on nv
sparrng I admit that
that when to mix IT with me always upon this
~ condition:
ou sock with all you've time that And
privilege taking occasional shot
missing you ii do Id perhaps tho habit
You'll have pounding
while II willing work that
you hired. Ii then it's all okay with nc
Evening star., 1926-08-31

perience to handle an affair like that.
middle OF that Shelby tangle all woul
They had made their own bargain
and then having insisted that | live
up TO every detail of it myself. | was
bound they'd not put anything over
on me. If they did / would be rated
bum manager. If they didn't I'd
still hold my place among those 1ei-
lows who know their way around the
block. 1t was a matter of principle
with me, no matter whose corns were
walked on. ANY man who has ever
dealt with me has never found me
crossing him. Rickard and | have
put over some big fights, and We've
never had three cross words about 1t.
So why should let these men pun
the wool over my eyes? They weren't
telling little Johnny anything he didn't
know. / was hep to the promising
game.
Gives Them Last Chance.
one week before our final payment
was due ! went to them and said:
Look here, fellows. If there is
chance that you're moi going TO dig
up that final payment. say SO right
now | want to know. Ii you haven
got the money I'll take over the show
pull YOU out of the hole and promote
it for YOU. RI you haven't got the
money don't be fat headed enough to
let it come to public showdown, as
the publicity attending such an ad-
mission would cripple your gate. Don't
forget that People are coming long
way to see this fight, and if you don't
send out stories of wealth and paid-up
promises you're going to dutcn the
show. Folks won't start from any dis
tance If they think that the final pay
81 niv.
CAV about my promoting the show as
is? III promise 1t up TO the point
where / take in my final 100000 and
all the money that comes iii after that
Is yours I'll see you through to the
end
DO you suppose they'd stand for
that No, sir. Each was so sus-
picious that when / suggested that
I run the show for the crowd of them
they couldn't see it. To me the whole
thing In a nutshell seemed to be:
They couldn't trust themselves. so
why trust kearns? 1T is all laugh
bic now. 1t wasn't then.
Is Real AIibi Artist.
The banks had run out poor old
Jim Johnson. He was a game one,
but as full Of alibis as hound is
full OF fleas. lie meant well and he
thought ne Dd0 TO StdI. 10 keep up
appearance. lie stalled until he saw
the jig was up.
Jim came to me again and said:
"kearns, they've got me in the mid
die. They've DUMPED me. I've tapped
myself and my friends TO the last
penny. I'm through. What do YOU
suggest"
"Just what I've been suggesting
from the start-~that you turn over
the promotion of this thing TO me.
I've had experience. I'm not here to
Kid or skin you. ] want mine and
/ YOU want yours.
a lot of damage has been done, but
il isn't too late to pull this thing
out"
johnson made a fns! effort TO
! round up the money due me. but
! II was no use. It was then | de.
manded that they turn the show over
to me or there would be no fight.
Committees called on me at my hotel
a; Great Falls. They came heeled.
. They walked up and down the halls:
! trying out the hammers on their six.
shooters, and talked loud and long
! about the notches on their guns and
! how their last victim had pitched on
| his face overloaded with lead.
Refuses to Weaken.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

ANY time any ot
my partners il
hurt he eve =
needs To keep on
lighting. J guess
there are tim e =
" n en- | smack
over one that il
jolting. But when
that happens all
the fellow needs L"
do is TO fall into Il
clinch, whisper To-
me that he's a bit
dizzy and l wres
tie him around
and give him his
chance TO steady
a z al in. ! dont
knowingly sock
men who really
Evening star., 1926-08-31
MITCHELL AGREES TO BOUT.

VERNON, Calf, August 81 Up.-
Telegraphic acceptance by Pinkie
Mitchell Of Milwaukee, Wis. junior
welterweight champion, Of a title bout
here September q. with Mushy Cal
lahan of LOS Angeles has been an
nounced The bout will be 10 rounds
to q decision
Evening star., 1926-08-31
GARDINI WINS ON MAT.

SAN DIEGO. Calf, August 81 LF).
-Renato Gardini. Italian heavy.
weight wrestling champion, won two
straight falls from Dan koloff, Bull
garian grappler. here last night.
Gardini won both falls with flying
hAadIocEG
Evening star., 1926-08-31
GENE ASSERTS SHORTER
ROUTE HELPS CHAMPION
Sure He Will Win Anyway, But That 1t Would Have
Been Cinch Had Battle Been Is Instead of
10 Rounds-Draws the Color Line.
BY GENE TUNNEY.

Philadelphia break
Dempsey. But OF luck him
- bcr
in l5-round York rules
absolute cnch Dempsey
He
after that he have blown OF his real and the furious
tuf no onccr is oeyiden
Evening star., 1926-08-31
BASE BALL SECRETS
Sol Metzger-

ItIL tHe DdL 10 tItt UIVufiu'
In batting practice. as well as
during games. the batter should
strive TO drive the ball to the
ground. Flies are Of little value in
base ball. whereas, the same hit II
driven low to the ground would be
safe. The illustration shows the
correct and incorrect ways TO drive
a ball with a bat.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
OVER BEST SEATS
FOR BIG FIGHT ADJUSTED
By the Associated Prcss.


the Tunney September 2 Jules
notified will
that he will have nothing with the
In Rckard Aonson he
ticket apporonment
shortly Pinchot
he behind Frank L. Wiener chairman OF the Pennsylvania State
all the
Evening star., 1926-08-31

out 10 sparrinS partners in the past
has been rather exaggerated. The
boys who report my camp activities
realize that the public thinks OF mo
more as slugger than anything else.
Therefore. whenever / hit a man y
few times they elaborate on the dam
age done. and I get the credit for
still having a punch. but also I gel
the reputation for numbering some
of my men.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

Ny whole battle plan. based OH
15round tilt. was to try out his chin
for the first two rounds, and, if he
was too tough TO drop just then, Id
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Refuses to Weaken

They repeated the talk about tar
and feathers and what kearns and
Dempsey were coming to. ! wasn't
Evening star., 1926-08-31
FICHTCAME
FROM THE INSIDE
CHAPTER XLNlII.
BY JACK kEARNS.

from the stand that the Shelby tight would
OF financially history OF
the had been the level with
with They bungled
hide the fact that they run Out on my last
their wehng beches thinking they
sap to deal with they tried to get with it.
would have gladly gambled with them knew they were green
the thing had much bigger than
expected wamped 1t takes Of long
LIZ. aG: ltl RI Ld
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-19

apart. The seed is sown early in January and replanted in March or April. The harvesting is done in July. The tobacco then is hung in the sheds to dry, stripped and placed in presses until the following March or April when it is ready for the market. Frequently, however, it is not sold until three or four years old, as Perique, like wine, improves with age.
 The yield is about 800 pounds to the acre and it's price fluctuates with the demands of the market.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-19
PERIQUE TOBACCO GROWING A
 PECULIARLY LOUISIANA CROP

BATON ROUGE, Jan. 19. (P-In theparish of St. James, short way from New Orleans, is historic and picturesque industry, infnitesimal in comparison with many of the oth- CT bountiful aricultural crops of the state, but which is peculiarly Louis ianian. This is the Perique tobacco industry, alone in the world.
 First grown many years ago by an Acadian whose name the tobacco now bears, it's cultivation has been kept up continuously ever since by direct
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-19

lineal descendants of the original M. Perique.
 Cultivation is confined to very small area on the banks of the Miss issippi, where a favorable combina- tion of soil and climate is particularly adapted to it's growth. This tobac- co, which finds it's chief use as a seasoner for mixtures, is exceedingly strong, with distinct flavor and aro- ma. Not many more than 500 acres are given over to it's growth.
 PeriQue is raised in much the same manner as any other sun tobacco, and the rows set about five feet
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-26

gagged in the milling and banking
business in BOzeman, and was the
founder of the Gallatin Valley Ma
tiOnal bank.
Few MOntanans are aware of the
fact that the body Of Henry T. Com
stock, the discoverer of the famous
lode which started Nevada's mining
history, lies in the BOzeman ceme-
terry. Over his body, Mr.. Story
caused to be erected a marble slab
which is inscribed with the following
epitaph:
"In memory of Henry T. P. Com
stock, discOyerer of the famous Com
stock lode, Story county, Nevada.
Died at Bozeman September %, 1870,
Aged so years."
Recovered 'BOZeman's Body
To Mr.. Story belonged the credit
for recovery of the body of John
BOzeman, after whom the city was
named, an interment in the Beezanon
cemetery, for it was he who led the
party to recOver the body of BOze-
man, after the latter had been slain
by the Indians, and thereafter saw TO