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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
BY TEX RICHARD.

~ the morning or the great
Carpenter Dempsey fight my
emotions varied. was never
~ what might be called an emo
tional person. Believe me.
though, might have qualified that
eventful morning. with the weather
changing every few minutes and me
with nearly 81 600, 900 at stake.
The Weather Bureau Of New York
has no more accurate record of the
occasion than my memory has to this
day. Early in the morning, up to 10
O'Clock, it was cloudy and breezeless.
At IL o'clock I got big thrill. The
sun peeked through. The heat was
strong enough to wilt collars. Then
down went the market of thrills. AT
noon it started to rain: not much, but
enough to-well, imagine yourself in
the same situation.
All this time, mind you. the crowd
was trickling into Boyle's Thirty Acres,
in Jersey City. BY IL o'clock we knew
it would be a sell-out. At that hour
the arena was nearly half filled. I
began to worry about what might hap
pen if we had big downpour of rain.
1t was too late to call the fight off.
The rain lasted only few minutes.
When the place was about filled the
sun came out again, the rain went
away and stayed away for good. A
breeze Sprang up out of the west. For
me that was $1,000 900 breeze.
When the first preliminary went on
shortly after 1880 o'clock the weather
was steady enough to bet on-but no
cinch at that.
All my predictions and calculations
had come true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
S1,626,57O THRONG
AT 13M|NUTE TILT
Dempsey Stops Carpenter
in Fourth Round of Big
Mill 81, 900 See.

This is the only autobiography
tUritten By Ter RickGrd. n uaS
prepared in collaboration Nth Boze-
man Bulger for publication: erc,u-
siUely for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Shortly before Richards death he
discussed NTH Bulger plans for
publication OF these memoirs in book
form. FOLLOWING is the tWenty-ninth
i7lstalln1ent OF the autobiography,
tohich is appearing in daily papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
RUSSELL, PREBLE TEAM
DOUBLES LOOP WINNER

Millicent Russell and Lucille Preble,
bowling at the Arcadia last night in the
Ladies District Doubles League, swept
their set with Jennie Malcolm and
Elizabeth Ackman. The winning pair,
members of the King Pin of the Ladies'
District League, outscored their oppon-
ents, who belong to the Convention Hall
quint of the same circuit, 629 to SGT, in
the set. The scores:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
BANKERS LEAGUE.

High team set-Riggs. 1860.
High team game-Washington Loan &
Trust No. /, 603
High individual set-Brown Perpetual,
4o1.
High individual game-Harrington (Hbbs)
and Higbie american Security Trust NO.
~. 1877
High strikes-San Fellpo (Bank of Wash
ington). 20.
High average-Brown tPerpetuaD. 107-30.
The Washington times., 1929-07-16
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The Washington times., 1929-07-16
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le:O0--sports: Polls show.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
F1>IGHT'
lIAS1FS..

At New York--Max Schmeling
German heavyweight, scored tech.
nicaI knockout over Johnny Risko,
Cleveland, nine rounds.
Otto Won Porat. of Chicago,
stopped Jack Gagnon, Boston heavy
weight, four rounds.
George Hoffman, former national
amateur heavyweight champion
won from Jackie Saunders, Long
Island city, on technical knockout,
two rounds.
Ben Jeby. New York welterwe;ght,
knocked out Cecil Harper, Of Aber-
deem Wash. two rounds.
frankie Lennon, Cleveland heavy.
weight, drew with Jack Dessimos,
New York, four rounds.
At Boston-Jim Maloney, Boston
heavyweight, won decision over Con
o'Kelly, of Ireland, ten rounds.
Arthur Flynn, of Lawrence. Mass,
outpointed Vincent Forgione, Phila-
delphia middleweight, ten rounds.
At Detroit-Ray Miller, Chicago
lightweight. won decision over Tom.
my Grogan, of Omaha, Neb., ten
rounds.
Johnny o'Keefe, Columbus, Ohio.
outpointed Johnny Mello, Detroit,
six rounds.
At Philadelphia-A ia kson,
Scranton, Pa. kayoed Lew Lafferty,
Philadelphia, eight rounds.
At Buffalo-Tommy Paul, Buffalo,
won decision over Frisco Grande,
Filipino bantam, six rounds.
Virgil Kinkade, Buffalo, out
pointed Billy Drake. German wei
terweight, six rounds.
At San Francisco-Tommy Cello,
San Francisco lightweight, defeated
Battling Dozier, Wichita negro t10).
At Los Angeles-Newboy Brown,
New York bantamweight, and Delos
Kid Williams drew QO).
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
BUG SHORTSTOP
WORRY NIL

Pitchers working for the Pirates
will not have to worry about short.
stop this year. In fact, in the
long history of the Pittsburgh team,
there never was a man at that spot
who did not measure UP with the
best in the game.
OF late years Wagner, Maranville
and Wright were among the best
of their day, and in hauling Pie
Traynor over from third Pittsburgh
officials are assuring the fans that
the same high grade of ground
covering viii be in evidence.
TraynOr started out as a shorts
stop and worked for two sea-
sons at his trade. No man, in
the opinion Of the club owner,
is surer on ground ball than
the big captain of the Pirates.
He has the arm for the deep
throws and is able to cover
ground as few players in the in
field can.
Traynor made himself into the
outstanding third baseman cf the
league by practice in the difficult
duties at that spot He keeps him.
self in fine shape and will be a
tower of strength to the two players
who will work alongside of him
next season.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
MILLER 7 AK { s
SLUGG|NG BOUT

DETROIT, Feb. 2.-Ray Miller,
Chicago lightweight contender, had
one less competitor to worry about
today following his victory over
Tommy Grogan. of Omaha, in a
10-round battle here last night
Miller was awarded the decision on
points.
1t was a fight from the first
tap of the bell. Although mind
full of each others dynamite"
neither missed an opportunity to
step in when an opening showed.
From the fifth round ON even
this caution was cast aside and
the fighters slugged so VIC.
lently that each lost the range
and many blows went wild.
Four weeks ago Miller knocked
Grogan out in four rounds after
Miller himself had been floored five
times in the second stanza. Last
nights fight was devoid of those
thrills. but it convinced most of the
1900 fans assembled that the Chi
cagoan is Grogan's master. As al
ways. in the case of close battles
decided on points, the decision got
many booes.
The record crowd that jammed
Olympia arena paid in the neigh.
borhood of $50. 900 to see the show.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
cSTODAYS
opORTORIAL
BIZ KIRK MILLER

Babe Ruth has gone completely
Tunney, in that he bawled out
a newspaperman, reputed to be
his ghost writer, telling him
that he, the Babe, had become
wealthy now and that so far
as he was concerned he could
get along the rest of his life
if he never saw another re-
porter. If that is so, it were
better the Babe doesn't attend
the banquet.
Baltimore is in a baseball
twilight. 1t doesn't know if
there is to be team by the
name of the Orioles next sum-
mer. So far the team has no
manager, has mailed out no
players contracts, has not
selected a spring training base
and is talking about reduced
expenses. Jack Dunn's widow
doesn't know whether she will
run the club or leave it to the
man who is handling Dunn's
estate or to the people who
are negotiating to buy the
clubs franchise and give Balti-
more a sports center with ice
hockey and everything.
Pitcher Warren "Curley" og-
den, who goes South with the
New York Giants this spring,
tells a funny tale at the ex-
pense of First Baseman George
Burns, now a member of the
New York Yankees.
Several years ago while Og-
den was pitching for the Ath-
letics against the Red Sox, for
whom Burns was covering first
base, George started to steal
second base. AS he slid into
the bag, Catcher Cy Perkins
perfect throw struck Burns in
the back Of the head. Upon
doffing his cap to rub the sore
spot, George revealed a truly
Won Hindenburg haircut.
The haircut drew a big laugh
from the customers and caused
the coaches to suggest to Um-
pire Billy Evans, that he look
at the ball to see if it had been
roughened. Evans saw the
humorous side of the situation
and carried on the joke by
looking the ball over carefully.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
Cobb Declares He
Won't Play
This Year

AUGUSTA. Ga, Feb. 2.-Having
helped make baseball famous for
"a years, Ty Cobb wants rest.
The famous outfielder, questioned
today about his plans for the
coming season, declared he was
not signed and would not play
this year
Cobb. who recently recovered
from the flu" appeared to be in
splendid condition. He has just
returned from hunting trip and
said he planned to buy a hunting
and fishing camp somewhere in
the West. He also plans to tour
France with his family.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
VA. TRIPS MD.
PLAYS c. j.

The Virginia, Cavaliers, tingling
with thrilling victory over Mary
land. will meet The Catholic Uai-
versity basketballers tonight at
Brookland.
Virginia defeated the Terra
pins i'm a driving finish, 25 to
22. The lead see-sawed through
out the game, neither team ever
having more than a APPOINT lead.
Maryland muffed many oppor.
tunities to score. It's only accurate
shooter was Country Evans who
collected nearly half of his teams
points.
Jack Vogel, Bob Millen and Hagty
Harrison were a formidable com
bination OF Cavaliers.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
Skinker Eagles Play
Richmond Blues Here

The Skinker Brothers Eagles,
who took beating by the Rich
mond Blues in the Virginia capital
will attempt to get even in game
tomorrow afternoon in the Congress
Heights auditorium. Play will start
at o'clock.
In the preliminary. the Harrison
Company and French Howard
teams will clash.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

1t may be that Bucky Harris
has inadvertently an were d
that eternal question concern
ing the seventh game of the
1925 world series in Pittsburgh
when Walter johnson, after
having been presented with a
four run lead, was ultimately
batted out of the box by those
bounding Buccaneers.
Harris is in New York to
attend the annual banquet of
the Baseball Writers Associa-
tion of America, one of the
really important sporting gath
erings of the winter, and has
sounded off some very high
and well-deserved praise for
his erstwhile warG-Walter
Johnson.
Bucky believes, and rightly
so, that what it takes to make
a great athlete, Walter Johnson
has. For sheer courage, Harris
thinks Johnson typifies among
men what the lion does among
beasts. He declares Barney
used to battle to stay on the
pitching mound, even when the
enemy was pounding his de-
livery to every sector of the
park.
"Just let me pitch to one
more man." he would implore,
Harris when the latter would
leave his second base territory
and meander over to casually
suggest that perhaps Walter
wasn't right.
I'D nearly always give in"
Bucky recalls, "and it rarely
failed that the next batter would
hit the bali squarely on the
nose. But Barney had more
fighting heart than any athlete
| ever met. In the pitching
box he was dauntless." {"
Mentioning the baseball
writer's banquet brings to mind
the fact Babe Ruth will not
be there. Doubtless this is
not due to the lack of an
invitation, as every sports cham
pion and near champion in the
blue book has been asked to
sit around the festive board
tomorrow night.
Right now Ruth is not very
we'll pleased with the Fourth
Estate. Its members, he has
told friends, annoyed him no
little during and following the
ordeal of his wife's passing and
you have probably noticed in
the public prints that Babe has
hieG away from that writer's
banquet for the Southland-St.
Petersburg, to be exact.
A New York tabloid even
goes so far to suggest that
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
TECH CAPTURES
BASKET TITLE

|. Some of the 5000 basketball bugs
who saw Tech clinch the public
high school basketball championship
are still a trifle dizzy today from
watching one of the widest battles
in the history of the scholastic
series.
Tech was evelen points down to
Business soon after the second half
opened. Defeat appeared inevitable.
But the Manual Trainers made a
valiant fight of 1t and the desperate
effort was successful. With forty
seconds to go Tech was four points
behind.
A substitute, FarhOod. was in.
iected into the fray. Tech got
the tap-off and the ball was
passed to the newcomer. He
promptly shot field goal. The
crowd went gOOfey.
A few seconds later McCartee
passed an outside ball to Brown,
who shot in back to McCartee under
the basket and the latter twirled
it through the ring for the tying
points. Brown and McCartee led the
attack in the extra period that gave
Tech a 34-to-29 victory.
The Eastern Western clash also
required extra time for a decision,
Eastern winning, % to II. and
gaining tie with it's foe for second
place.
The runnerup position will be de-
cided next Tuesday when Business
meets Western and Central plays
Eastern.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

TUESDAYS SCHEDULE
Central va Eastern.
Business VS. Western.
SCORES OF THE GAMES
Eastern. %; Western. II.
Tech, "a: Businnes. 80.
Central, 20: Tech. II.
Business. 46; Eastern, 26.
business, Al; Central, SO.
Western. 26; Tech, %.
Tech, ss; Eastern, 81.
Western, 26; Central. IL.
Western, Al: BUSINESS, 81
Eastern. 81: Central 19
Eastern, so, Western, 20.
Tech, IS: Business, IL.
Tech. 1s: Central, Is.
Eastern. so: Business. %.
Business, %; Central, 16.
Tech, 25: Western. "a.
Tech, 19: Eastern, Is.
Western, %; Central, 10.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
TURF "SANTA CLAUS"

James w. Coffroth, president of
the Tia Juana Jockey Club, gives a
pound lump of sugar to every
thoroughbred at his track on New
Year Day, custom he has OBJ
served since he inaugurated racing
there twelve years ago. This year
1000 horses were treated by him.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
PICKS SPOT
WHERE HIT
COMES

Your old friend Sam Rice,
Griff outfielder, is being ac-
credited with the same sixth
sense that made iris Speaker
one of the greatest roaming
outfielders that ever sunk a
spike in the greensward.
Rice has the uncanny ability to
kense just about where the batsman
is going to hit the ball. There have
been times when it appeared that
the batsman had actually tele-
graphed his thought to Rice, so ac-
curateIy did Rice judge the spot
tvhere the horsehide would come
bounding or flying into his territory.
Rice was the center of an ar.
gument during the playing of
the third game of the world
series between the Pittsburgh
Pirates and the Washington Sem
fployed his alleged sixth sense that
enabled him to grab Earl Smith s
terrific liner just as it was soaring
into the crowd huddled in the tenn
porary bleachers. Rice hung on to
the ball but toppled backward over
the small guard fence. He came UP
with the sphere and Umpire Rigler
ruled that the catch was legal Man.
tnl
the decision, but the umpire was up
held by Commissioner Lands.
Rice recently was asked
whether he had actually made
the catch that October day in
Washington. He replied:
''The umpire said so. Not only
that, but the ball was in my hand
when I pitched head first into the
low bleachers, and I believe I had
held 1t long enough to constitute a
legal catch"
Rice was perhaps the most i'm.
portant factor in that world series,
just as he had been in the one
played the year previously. when
Z the Senator'S won from the New
York Giants.
It was after this series that Man.
ager John j. McGraw, of the Giants,
paid Rice an unusual compliment.
He declared that Rice. even more
than the Washington pitchers, had
been the means of beating his team.
81 never saw right field played
better" was McGFaw's unstinted
praise.
It seems that McGraw was quite
right in his judgment Of Rice's play.
ing ability. Washington fans have
known for years that they had a
genuine gem in Sam.
He always has had the knack Of
sensing where the batter would hit.
He has been known to stand with
his left foot almost touching the
foul line and then prove that he
knew what he was doing by grab.
bing a line drive that would have
been good for two or three bases
but for the outfieIder's foresight.
A favorite trick OF Sans was to
play fairly close in on a slow run,
ner and then throw him out on
what looked to ibe a safe hit into
right field.
"But yOu cannot do that any
more" declares Sam. ''The ball
d too lively and you have to
play deep, for you never know
when even "a weak.hitting
pitcher may catch hold Of one
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

1entalIVe plans OF the Madison
Square Garden management cal
for a meeting with Tom Heeney OF
with the winner of the Pauline
Christner battle on February %
This program may be altered no1
to send Schmeling against the win
ner of the Sharkey-Stribling bout
The German boy has caught
the fancy Of the crowd as no
other foreign heavyweight ever
has and Is now the biggest
drawing card of them all except
the man he most resembles
Dempsey.
The German had to come from
behind to win last night. From the
second to the seventh round Risko
bombarded the Rhinelander's bod,
viciously, slugged him on the jaw
with ponderous left hooks and short
rights and by the end of the sixth
round seemed to have the fight
we'll in hand.
In that sixth round Johnny was
rushing in recklessly, disregarding
Schmeling's raking broadsides. The
Germans right seemed to have lost
weight and sting. He had carried
the first two rounds, dropping Risko
to his knees in the first three.
minute assault, but he seemed to
gradually lose ground after that and
was trailing when the tide turned.
A short, straight right to the
point of the jaw sat RislxO down
in the center of the ring early
in the seventh round, but this
was not the blow that took
the snap out of the rubber man,
for he got up and attacked
vigorously.
The deciding punch was delivered
by Schmeling when the eighth
round was less than a minute old.
The swarthy Teuton came out in
this round shooting rights, but could
not lead effectively. Rislko began
to press forward with his left
swinging. He shook the German
with one of these hooks to the
wind and then quickly brought the
same hand up to the head. That
was the punch that ruined Risko
In the ninth inning all the life
and elasticity departed from the
rubber man and he became a huge
lump of dead clay that Herr
Sehmeling was molding with both
hands into a shapeless mass when
Referee Arthur Donovan ordered
him to, desist.
In his Introductory bout at
the garden with Joe Monte, 3
Boston heavyweight, last NOvenE
beF, SChTi1eling won by q knock
out, but proved to be unsch0OIed
i'm the art of hooking with his
left hand.
Capable instructors and sparring
partners have wrought a great inn
provement in him during the long
months of hard training in New
Jersey, and last night he flashed
left that surprised everybody, in.
Guiding Risko.
There is nothing the matter with
Schmeling's right. He hits straight,
fast and hard with it. Monte was
stopped by short, accurate rights
to the head Joe Sekyra managed
to go the limit but was badly
punished. Last night Risko found
he couldn't match his left with
Schmeling's right.
The German still has a lot to
learn about body punching and
effective, short hitting in clinches.
He also lays himself open after
he has made his leads and missed.
Schmeling, however, displayed a
capacity for absorbing punishment
that marks him as a really great
fighter with his hitting ability and
A good defense against long range
attack. In short range mixing he
outscored Risko every time last
night.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
SLUGGIMG ORIOLES

Proof that the modern sway of
heavy hitting in the major leagues
Is not without precedent is found
In the record of the famous Balti-
n ore orioles, who batted for a
team average of .343 in 1894, $3.50
III 1858 aud .Ss2 In 1896
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
Schmeling Due for Crack
At Miami Winner

NEW YORK, Feb. Max Schmeling is sitting top of
the boxing world today Over the wreck of Johnny Rsko
who had before failed to the final be the
young German who looks like Dempseyand acted like him
leading contenderS for the Tunney
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
MOGULS GATHER

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.--Baseball
magnates and managers were gath
ering here today for the National
League meeting next week. The
only deal in sight involved the at
tempt of the Boston Braves to
secure George Kelly, Cincinnati
first baseman.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

High school boys and girls can
win a free trip around the World.
For details read Sundays Herald.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
.BA[LYHOO IS ON
IN MIAMI

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. .
Jack Sharkey. Boston heavvweigbt
and W, L. tYoung) Stribling. the
pride of the South, met in the ring
last night. The first round was
even.
GLAD to see you" was sharkey's
Glad you're here" countered
strib. not to be outdone in polite.
ness
The battlers were introduced
from the ring by Promoter Jack
Dempsey at Miami boxing con.
test. The crowd cheered. Sharkey
getting better hand than strib-
ling.
After shaking hands with
Sfribling, Sharkey eyed the
Macon mauler c0ntemplatively
for many minutes. The taIlxa-
tive tar was unusually quiet
and subdued.
Johnny Buckley, Sharkey's man.
ager, and PA" Stribling also were
introduced from the ring.
Il know you will like the place.
PA" told Sharkey.
As the fighters parted Sharkey
said to Stribiing: "See you again"
What do you mean, later?"
kidded Strib.
With which snappy repartes the
first round ended.
Today Stribling was to 60 for q
swim. while Sharkey, niblick in
hand, planned to practice upper.
cuts out of sand traps at the La
Gorce links. Both win start train.
ing next week
When SharIey arrived last
evening, the crowds at the
station were even greater than
those which met Stribling when
he arrived earlier in the week
A brass band led an extempo.
raneous parade through the streets
of Miami, In the car with Sharkey
rode Dempsey and w. r. Carey, OF
the Madison Square Garden Cor.
poration.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
with his bat and slam it over
your head"

your head"
The lively ball has affected Rice's
game in another way. He once had
the reputation of being one of the
finest base stealers in the Ameri-
can League. He was in his prime
as a runner when he was neces.
sarily forced to abandon his pilfer-
ing expeditions.
The ball was part of the reason,
and Goose Goslin was the other
part. He was assigned to bat
just ahead of Goslip, and the hit
and.run play invariably was the
form of offensive strategy adopted.
Rice still steals a base now and
then, but in 1928 he was credited
with only sixteen. while back in
1920, his high-water mark in this
regard. he snatched So under the
eyes of opposing catchers.
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
GOLF WONDER MARK

What is probably an all.time golf
record was set by C. F. Hardie a
Scotchman, on an 1S.hole course at
Edinburgh, when he made a score
OF SO for 36 holes. He had one
ace. thirteen Is and twenty.three 3s.
Bungalows, semi-detached houseu and
low low houses are featured in the CIassi.
neg si heal Estate for Sale columns
daily
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

"But yOu cannot do that any
mOre," declares Sam. ''The ball
q too lively and you have to
play deep, for you never know
when even "a weak.hitting
pitcher may catch hold Of enc
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

When Sharkey arrived last
evening, the crowds at the
station were even greater than
those which met StTibling when
he arrived earlier in the week
The Washington times., 1929-02-02
High School Series
standings Including January 81

STANDINGS
The Washington times., 1929-02-02

After shaking hands with
SfTibling, Sharkey eyed the
Macon mauler contemplatiyely
for many minutes. The taIka.
tive tar was unusually quiet
and subdued.