Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-24

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With the worlds championship de-
cfded as far as boxing is concerned
the next thing the fans will have to
think about is the worlds series. No
body knows who is going to play yet
! but that fact doesn't detract from the
general interest of a worlds series.
New York and st. Louis, the leaders
are the favorites to cop the decision
and if the season ends with these two
teams in the lead st. Louis should win
the world pennant.
The Yanks have slumped to such
an extent that only a big early lead
has enabled them to stay in the run
ming. The team has been going badly
and the players, most of whom are
young, will show more of an inclina-
ton to crack than their veteran OPP
ponents. st. Louis with a snappy,
fighting manager right out on the
field directing their plays, has that
advantage over New York and the
pitching staff of the Cardinals, shades
that of the Gothamites. Pennock has
kept the Yanks in the running and is
the most dependable man the Hug
men can muster for series.
John McGraw and Bill McKechnie
must be feeling nice about this stage
of the game. Bill let Carey go, even
insisted that Carey leave his presence
, at once-so Carey went to Brooklyn
and the Dodgers, with little help
from the Braves. put Pittsburgh out
of the running in the National
League race. Then there was John
McGraw. John let Billy Southworth
go and Billy has helped Hornsby bat
the Cardinals right up into the sun
berth. OF course a little of South
worth's hitting wouldn't have helped
the Giants when they started their
fatal slump early in the season?
Baby Doll Jacobson went to the
Red Sox for Howard Ehmke and the
Baby has filled the position of clean
up man very satisfactorily. Jacob
sons batting power might have done
the Athletics just as much good as
Ehmke's twirling but the Quakers
weren't willing to take chance. The
discard from one team becomes the
hero of another and that's what
makes the game what it is. The fans
knowing the case have rooted for
Southworth to wth and the Pirates to
lose and according to all indications
they are going to get both wishes.
N spite of the fact that Jack
Dempsey was one of the most un-
poplar fighters to ever hold the title
it must have been sad to see the
passing of the champion last night.
A fighter who has been dropping his
opponents right and left in every
championship battle met his master
and probably realized it after the first
round. The champion knew that the
crowd was out to see him licked and
he stayed right in there and took it
in the face of all odds. He knew the
public wanted to see him take 1t and
as they paid for the bout he fought
to the last ditch and gave them their
moneys worth.
Just what Dempseys sensations
were when he hit Gene with every
thing he had without rocking the ma
rine, no one will ever know. He
must have seen his finish after that
first hectic round when he was nearly
out. Despite all his failings Demp-
sey was more glorious in defeat than
he ever was in victory and nearly
every fan will feel slight tinge Of
regret at the passing of one of the
most unpopular, yet most capable
champions that ever stepped into the
ring.