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Before signing Dempsey I went
thoroughly into the claims of the Chi
Cago Coliseum Club, and was con
WINGED that it was without merit"
Richard said at Philadelphia. THE
club promised Dempsey a million dol
lar purse, but did not put up nickel
It tried to hold the champion up"
The orphan contract, which has
passed through several hands, was
signed by Dempsey in Los Angeles
last Winter and bound by the pay
ment to the champion of a $40 bill.
according to Clements. 1t called for d
first payment of s4O0 900 to the cham
pion early in August, and the Coli
scum Club exhibited at the hearing
here a photostatic copy of a check
for this amount, which il claimed it
was trying to induce the champion to
accept.
Original Contract Assigned.
The original contract for a Wills
Dempsey fight was negotiated at
Niles, Mich, by Floyd F'itzsimmons,
who subsequently disposed of his right
to the Coliseum Club. the alleged Los
Angeles agreement taking it's place.
Fitzsimmons. testifying here for the
defense, maintained that both agree
ments were invalidated by the clubs
defaulting payments. He testified that
Dempsey never received a dime"
from the Coliseum Club. and previous
ly he had asserted that the club had
failed to pay him the amount stipu
lated for the transfer of his original
contract.
A warm contest of words has de-
veloped around the possible effect
of an Indiana injunction in Pennsyl
vania. James A. Farabaugh, Glenn
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Famous Battles
for
Heavyweight Title
No. Ia.
By the Associated Press.

No. Ia.
By the Associated Press.
Placid Jess Willard wrested the
heavyweight crown from Jack John
son at Havana, Cuba, July 4, 1915 in
the twenty-sixth round, the bout
being the longest decisive heavy
weight championship affair.
The end of the long battle precipi-
tated a scene of wild excitement. Only
one person was calm in the midst of
the confusion. The exception was
Willard.
The challenger was in a receptive
mood throughout. He refused to lead
and let Johnson do the work. Once
when Johnson fell across the ropes.
Willard left him there, and In the
clinches the giant consistently leaned
on the ebony champion.
Not long before the hour for the
bout to start 1t was doubtful If there
would be a ring in which to scramble.
Carpenters building the temporary
arena went on strike in the morning
and although the differences We're
patched up and work resumed. it was
a question for a time If the carpenters
would vacate in time for the boxers to
take possession Of the fighting ground.
Had the fight been held a day later,
Johnson would have made a record as
the oldest champion. He was five
days over 81 years Of age, when he
was knocked out. SO was Bob Fitz-
simmons.
There was some suspicion among
observers that Johnson, realizing he
was past his prime, took defeat in
comparative comfort. Pictures show
ed him in a reclining position, his arm
shielding his eyes from the sun, as
he was being counted out.
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SLAUGHTER, MICHIGAN
STAR, NOT TO TURN PRO
Rv fhe ,Aesociated Press

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, September IA
The Courier-Journal today says that
Edliff Butch" Slaughter of Louisville,
former University of Michigan guard,
chosen by Walter Camp on his 1924
all-American foot ball team. has re-
fused to sign contract to play pro
fessional foot ball. Recently it was re-
ported that Slaughter had signed to
play professional foot ball with Red
Grange.
Slaughter, now assistant coach at
the University of Wisconsin. today
was quoted as having said he would be
barred from coaching in the Big Ten
if he signed as a professional and
that he preferred to keep his ranking
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TUNNEY GROWS GRIM
AS BOUT APPROACHES

STROUDSBURG. Pa. September II
R).-The ponchalant, laughing Gene
Tunney is disappearing as the day of
his championship bout with Jack
Dempsey approaches. He is being re-
placed by a grim fighting man, much
more suggestive of a marine than the
boxer Of a thousand epigrams.
The challenger grows more serious
each day as he gets closer to fight
time. His facial expression is chang
ing and it would not be surprising II
he works himself up to such a pitch
by the night of September % that he
may actually snarl at the champion in
the Sesqui ring.
Manager Billy Gibson and Trainer
Lou Fink would like to see the mild
hammered Tunney almost vicious when
he bids for the championship.
Today there was no boxing. but the
ring program will be resumed tomor-
row. when Jimmy Delaney, St. Paul
heavyweight. Will make his initial APP
pearance in a. Stroudsburg arena.
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I'm as good in the old counter bust
| less as Tunney even when l use the
shifting. ducking, twisting position?
| l hear that Tunney is figuring on
| drawing a left hook lead from me,
stepping back, avoiding the punch
and then stepping in with a crashing
right hand to my jaw That's a good
! idea--if 1 always missed with that
| left hand. But. the cute little thing
| Is that in all my striving for punch
! ing accuracy the big idea is to get
craftsmanship of that left hook down
| to perfection.
I've been in this fight racket a
| longer time than Tunney, and 1 guess
those extra years have taught me that
when / let a left hook go the idea is
not to shoot 1t for the spot where
| the chin happens to be at that par
ticular second. 1 take into copsidera-
! ton this pulling back trick. There
fore. when l fire a shot it's usually
| at the point where the chin is likely
| to be when the punch gets up-not
| to where 1t is when l let fly.
In every fight of my career I've
gone out. with the expectation of win
ming in the first round-if T can. !
guess I've won about % battles in the
first session. In the others l didn't.
But usually in those first rounds,
where | failed to win, I usually shook
up my man enough to take some of
the speed and zip out of him and
made him. a whole lot less dangerous
after the first round than he was
! when the opening session began.
| That's Plan With Tunney.
That's my plan with Tunney. I'm
going to make the effort to put him
away in those first 3 minutes. If
can't succeed in that / do expect to
succeed in pounding a lot of fighting
courage, and confidence out of him be-
fore he goes back to his corner for
"doctoring:"
But, whatever / do; it'll be done
with me fighting in the old style of
all the other years of my pugilistic
! lifetime-not with this new tangled
stunt that I tried out because some
advisers wanted it done, but which
| I'm now tossing into the scrap heap
| for all time.
tCODyright 1925
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pay TluCH attellIlOn 10 the S(OTlcS.
English women liked him and were
glad to welcome him to their high
tone teas. I'll say this for Jack. he
didn't back into any tables and didn't
upset a cup. He SPARED his way
through Dresden China lane with the
best of them. Count Casserole or
Duke Dumping had nothing on our
Jack.
Love letters poured in on him, and,
of course, Hayes, Runyon and myself
saw that they were properly scattered
TO the English winds. Women must
ever understand that they can't reach
a champion via the love missiNe Al
least. few Of them ever reached this
champion. You know there have been
ring Kings silly enough to answer
ever" mash note they got. Funny
thing. but misunderstood women, lone
some women with desire to be seen
with a celebrity, golf and club widows,
neglected women will write love let
ters. Mrs. Stribling was only telling
some one the other day that she used
to be amused at the trickery Of thou
sands Of women who used to write
beautiful letters Of praise to her hand
some son, and somewhere, nine times
out of ten. down in the corner of q
page would be the scarcely noticeable
telephone number or address. Yes.
yes. the world is full Of vamps, God
bless EN-.
Paris Is the Same.
From England we went to Paris
gay. brilliant, lovable Paris. The
French women wanted to swarm over
Dempsey. They were getting first
hand close-ups Of the man who had
battered their idol, Georges Carpenter,
into the canvas, and he went over
like wildfire.
Every woman wanted to see the man
who had crushed Georges. and every
woman seemed bent on taking him in
her arms.
Say. the funniest thing I ever saw
happened right in the main dining
room Of our hotel after Dempsey had
won the title from Willard at Toledo.
The place was packed. All eyes were
on Dempsey, Of course. Jack was Just
digging into a nice cold melon, and
suddenly from some place in the room,
came a gorgeous cTeature-not young
and giddy and not old and foolish
She was superb and individual. and
you can imagine Jacks surprise when
she walked up to the table. g1aspetl
him in her two jeweled arms and
planted a resounding smack right on
his lips.
You dear. darling boy" she said
with trembling subduet voice. and
she was gone. We never saw or heard
of her again. OF course. Jack turned
as red as a Kansas sunset. but he was
helpless in the matter. For the mo-
ment--perhapS to this mlnute-Jack
is that wonan's hero. Oh, gosh, yes,
danes do funny things.
Copyright. 1920
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DUCKPIN LOOP TO EXPAND.

HYATTSEILLE. Md. September
14.-Prince Georges County Duckpir
Association the coming season may
have a membership of 16 or more
teams, seven new combinations hay
ing applied for franchises. There
were 10 teams last year in the loop
Organization of a woman's league
also is being considered.
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[ ~ on tnc west ElupSc uldlIOlIu
Yesterdays engagement was fea-
tured by a smart pitching duel be-
tween Claude for Postoffice and Nc
Connell for Fashion Shop. Each al
lowed but five hits, but Claude sue
ceeded in banking the losers after
the first inning when. they counted
their lone run. Sparkling plays were
contributed by both infields.
Public Buildings and Public Parks
engage General Accounting Office.
Government league titleholders, to-
morrow, and Fashion Shop takes on
Public Buildings and Public Parks
Thursday in other series games this
week.
Hopping on Van Landingham.
Freight Traffic hurler for II hits. Pur-
chasing Department base ballers yes
terday routed the TraffiCmen. IA to =
in q ginning game to win the South
ern Railway league title. The losers
were helpless before Drissel. who held
them to two hits. Van LandinGham
vanQuished the Buyers in a previous
tilt but he was treated roughly al
most from the start yesterday.
Washington Terminal All-Star nine
will play host to st. Joseph team of
Section A. Capital City league, tomor-
row on the Terminal Field at 3.
In a Sunday School League game
Yesterday Yankees took a close de
cision from West Washington Berean,
! 3 to .. A bad heave by Hurley. the
| losers catcher. in the third, gave the
| Yankees the winning tally.
A game with fast unlimited team
! for Sunday is wanted Ivy Kanawha
! \. G.. Call Lincoln 5159.
Georgetown NIidgets. who have won
their last II games. have challenged
Auths for the Midget title. Games
with Georgetown Midgets may be ar
ranged by calling West 9i2-J.
Clark Griffith Senators have use Of
American League Park today. tonlor
row and Thursday and would like tC
hear from fast midget teams. Cal
Charles Casassa at Columbia SCI.
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SCRANTON WINS OPENER.

SCRANTON, Pa. September IA C4)
The Scranton Miners, champions of
the New York -Pennsylvania League
defeated the Manchester Blue Sox
pennant winners in the New England
League, in the first of seven-g game
series to decide. the class B champion
shin. The score was to 8.
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CORBETT PICKS TUNNEY
IF HE LASTS 3 ROUNDS

STROUDSBCRG. Pa, September IA
james J. Corbett. who wore the
heavyweight crown three decades ago,
has written Gene Tunney from Mon
treal, Canada. warming him to be care
full through the first two or three
rounds. 'If you can protect yourself
that long you'll win he declared.
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CARDS ACCEPT ORDERS.

ST. LOUIS. September IA P).-
The Cardinals yesterday began to &C.
cept applications for tickets to any
world series games which may be
played here. Applications heretofore
have been returned. When it esti-
mated that envelopes containing
enough orders to exhaust the 23.235
reserved seats and the indefinite
number of box seats have been re.
ceived the opening will begin.
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COURT in INDIANA GRANTS
INJUNCTION AGAINST BOUT
Chicago Coliseum Club, Filler of Petition, Aims Nov
to Enter Suit to Make Legal Action Operative
Also in Pennsylvania.
BY the Associated Press.


INDIANAPOLIS September 14The famous tendoar calling
for bout between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills challenger
has bobbed this the basis of Superior
adcpha September %
Judge Clinton H. Gvan holding that OF the
the of the Chicago
Coliseum Club
fighting sanctioned by Indiana
B. c. Clements Coliseum Club that
would be make
Promoter
Tex Richard that going the fight
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TIME is EXTENDED
FOR GOLF TOURNEY

Public links golfers will have until
September &c to turn in their five
qualifying cards for the East Poto-
mac Park Fall tournament The
original headline" was the 18th All
players who can do any of the East
Potomac Park courses in 60 or under
are eligible.
Clyde SlIamwelIs won the caddy title
Yesterday at Indian Spring, negotia-
ting the IS holes in SO. He beat
Roger Peacock by two strokes.
Elmer King with 50 was third. There
was a field of 40. Dick Spicalski had
the largest card. 167.
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ents' attorney, declared that a Fed
eral Constitution provision made
Pennsylvania recognition of the In
diana courts mandate compulsory.
On the other hand, Richard and Gene
Normile, Dempsey's manager, were
convinced that the injunction would
have no effect on their plans. Nor
mile pointed out that the right to
appeal existed.
Judge Givan's Statement.
The view that Pennsylvania courts
would have to take cognizance of the
Indiana injunction was expressed by
Judge Givan in a statement after
court had adjourned.
IF the Pennsylvania courts follow
the Constitution, they cannot help
but issue q similar or, at least, a tenn
porary injunction. No extensive
hearing would be conducted in
Pennsylvania, such as was conducted
here
The property-right phase of the
contract was stressed by the Coli
scum Clubs attorneys formed an
important part of the judges ruling.
The jurist held. that although a
prize fight is not sanctioned by In
diana law, and that an Indiana court
could not properly take judicial cog
niZance of a prize fight contract, the
State did recognize the property
rights existing in the contract, and
that the champion should be en-
Joined from engaging in any con-
tests until he had carried out the
contract with the plaintiffs.
The injunction proceedings were
instituted here when Dempsey stop
ped off in Indianapolis on his way
from Los Angeles to his Eastern
training camp.
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GENE TUNNEY VALUES TIPS
FROM AIDES DURING FIGHT
BY GENE TUNNEY.

G TROCDSBCRl Pa September l4-Jack Dempsey good seq
ond is of little to He
} O to by
handlers
know how much Still, inclined
with him belief
box one
line of thought that includes pugsc
have how
deaf carefully good
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FIGHT STYLE
GOOD ENOUGH FOR JACK
BY JACK DEMPSEY.

A TLANTIC CITY, September 14-For more than week
earlier training here experimental with different style OF bat
~ I've discarded
the dea and when climb the Tunney I'll be
taking the slam banging. always
Some of advisers wanted countersty;c of
They
their leads the idea could
that knack Id by who figures
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BOBBY JONES BRILLIANT
TO LEAD FIELD WITH 20
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
- HORT HILLS, n. J.. Septembc
- to qualify in the national am;
tasks on the Baltusrol course
~ After a par-smashing 20
36-hole test, Bobby Jones was four
challengers, and we'll on his way to
George Won Elm OF Los Angeles
Guilford and Francis Ouimet OF Be
others needed good recovcries from
the 81 qualihers who will begin matt
A rising tide of youth stood in the
path of the veterans. Places among
the leaders after the first Is holes
were taken mostly by young players.
Next to Jones came George Dawson
Of Chicago with "a.
Only Is players of the LA Compel
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POST OFFICE NINE TO TRY
FOR BETTER LUCK TODAY

DOST OFFICE who Yesterday
- fell before Fashion Shop Commercial League champions to IN
games the championship OF the
twilight Public Buildings Public Parks
Ep diamond
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DUCKPIN SHOOTERS
ARE GETTING BUSY

Submarine Bowling League will or
ganize for this season at a meeting
Thursday night at s at Petworth
alleys. All teams wishing franchise
should be represented.
Members of Brghtwood Lodge. No.
43. F. A. A. NJ, desiring to bowl on
the lodge team are requested to re-
port at Convention Hall alleys to-
night at s.
Barnone pinspillers want match
for Saturday night. Call Franklin
91S9.
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Bryan Downey, for instance. gave
me lot of good ideas. A newspaper
man who is close friend of mine has
had many suggestions to offer and /
have found all of them good. Bill Nc
Cabe, another close friend, has given
this fight serious thought and has
given me a lot of excellent advice
When l go into the ring to box
Dempsey I will have all these
thoughts stored away in my mind.
When the execution of them becomes
necessary or advisable, 1 will unlim.
Der them.
Banks OH Ringwise Men.
Also l will have brainy. ringwise
men in my corner that night. Billy
Gibson, of course, will be there: SO
will Lou Fink. my trainer. In addi-
ton l will have one other man whose
identity I will not disclose at this
time, but who is one of the best sec
onds in the country. Mn original plans
called for Benny Leonard to work
with me, but Benny is a newspaper
man now and he couldn't convenient
~ handle both jobs.
"Going into the stretch" of my con-
ditioning period, l am planning on
working almost every day until next
Tuesday. I will lay off Tuesday and
Wednesday, the two days preceding
the date Of the fight. OF course. / will
go through some exercises, but they
will be quite light. My weight is fine,
my condition is splendid, and steady
work from now on ought to take me
into the ring on razor edge.
Thanks Marine Buddies.
I want to express my thanks to
my marine budd!es for their splendid
gift The most beautiful robe I have
ever seen. This robe was presented
to me by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune.
commandant of the Marine Corps, on
behalf of the $4,000 devil dogs on
shore and afloat. 7 intend to wear
this treasure into the ring on the
night of September %, and when I
drape it around my shoulders before
leaving the ring that night I hope
will be heavyweight champion of the
world.
Copyright. 1920
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Thanks Marine Buddies.

One thousand Philadelphia police
will be on duty at the Municipal Sta
dunn on the day of the Dempsey
Tunney fight,
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Leslie Palmer. II years old and a
cripple, has won the Welsh long-dis-
lance swimming championship from
a field of ~ rivals.
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STOVALL SEEKS SCRAP
WITH HEADLINE VICTOR

Tex Stovall, Mohawk Athletic Club.
wants to meet the winner of the
Drako-Sweeney fight tonight at Ken
ilworth.
Stovall has been showing fine form
in bouts in Baltimore, where In his
last appearance he defeated Nick
Bass, highly rated there.
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14-Dozens of star golfers seeking
tour golf championship had difficult
today.
the first 10 holes yesterday of the
strokes in front OF his field OF l45
inning the qualifying medal.
Max MarSton OF Philadelphia, Jesse
ston. Bob Gardner of Chicago and
poor starts to clinch places among
h play tomorrow.
itors broke so. Jones was the only
Walker Cup player among them.
Chick Evans, with a 20. was the only
ex-champion.
Jones was the picture Of confidence.
ramming his powerful drives straight
down the fairways. his approaches
dead to the pin, and his first putt al
ways so close to the flag that the sec
ond was a mere forInality. II is flaw
less golf made him more of a favor1te
than ever to win the title for the third
successive year.
Among the troubles of the stars
those of both Gardner and Frank
Dolph OF Portland, Greg, Western
champion, attracted special attenuon:
Gardner. with three drives out OF
hounds. took 10 on the first hole.
Dolph, after an so. was disqualified
for penalizing himself only distance
instead of stroke and distance on an
out of bounds ball.
Jones card: nc
Out fS Z ) 5 $50
Scores of SO or better and those OF
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THE FIGHT GAME
FROM THE INSIDE
CHAPTER LNII.
BY JACK KEARNS,

YOMEN and Dempseys life with rapdty.
talented his
ending parade
While Acker they
were
the
o though They are friends.
who admired the and admired
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AnacOstia Athletes won a double
header yesterday, defeating Panthers.
IL to 6, and the Bowds, to 0. 1t
was Eagles eighth straight triumph.
Evening star., 1926-12-06

president Of the Missouri w. c. T. U.
AS long as I am in the United
States Senate wrote Senator Reed.
L intend to follow the light OF my
own reason and conscience in every
vote I cast. / would not vote for a
law which / believed vicious and in
defensible If all the people in the
world wanted such a law upon the
statute books. I say this with every
possible. respect for the opinion Of my
fellow citizens, to which I always
give profound weight and construc-
tion.'
Halves Stays Wet.
THE second pronouncement from
senatorial wet comes from Harry
B. Hawes. Senator-elect from Mis-
souri,, who utterly ignores the dry
majority, stating that he intends to
remain where he has always stood,
on the wet side.
"Mr. Hawes declares:
""I shall in the future, as I have
in the past, exercise my individual
Judgment on this matter, refusing to
be dictated to by either the extreme
vets or the extreme drys, using nv
own judgment in voting what / shall
deem the best for the benefit OF the
people of Missouri
This whole passage-at-arms indi-
Gates that the vets have no intention
of following the mandate Of a ref
erendum unless it is a wet referen-
dunn"
Evening star., 1926-12-06
CHRISTMAS SEALS URGE
PRESERVATION OF HOLLY
Wildfiower Society Using Bright
Stickers in Campaign to
Keep Greens Alive.

Attractive red and green seals for
Christmas letters are being sent
through the mails at the instance of
the Wildfower Preservation Society,
to carry the message that holly and
ground pine are fast disappearing"
Members of the society have all
been provided with these bright seals,
which are being attached to their
letters. Friends of the society and the
movement for preservation of these
Christmas greens are also obtaining
the seals both for decorative purposes
and for carrying on the campaign.
The legend on the seals reads in full
as follows: Holly and ground pine
are fast disappearing. Use substitutes
for Christmas. Wildflower Preserva-
ton Society, Washington, D. CT