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was so much disfigured his features
were buried and he was ultimately
beat"
This was England's first introduc-
ton to the Baltimore Negro, Molineux.
Americas first candidate for a world
championship in the troubled days
preceding the War of 1912. He had
crossed the Atlantic with the avowed
intention of whipping any English
man who would meet him.
A month after his first appearance
he battled with an Englishman named
Blake in Kent. The Negro won in the
eighth round. It was more than a
fight between two pugilists. Blake, in
a sense, represented England. He was
driven to the ring in a baronet's ba-
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same as if in blacksmith's vice"
1t looked as if Crib was beaten.
But as the fight progressed his superior
strategy and lasting power became ap-
parent. He resorted to the old trick
cry of the Bristol school, retreating
and falling to avoid the American
fighters fists and putting In hard
blows at every convenient opening.
Molineux, a good rough-and-tumble
fighter. was baffled by the display Of
science"
In the thirty first round "a sort Of
rally was finished by the black throw
ing Crib, but he fell over him in the
struggle by which means he pitched
upon his head He got up giddy
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is without exception the best fighter
of courage in this country. Crib, find
ing he could not beat his man by
gaiety of fighting, resorted to the safe
mode of milling on retreat. This is
Cribs best forte and it was by this
alone that he won the battle. The
two men were so dreadfully beaten
that their sight was altogether lost
and their bodies in a most emaciated
shape"
There was an insistent demand for
a second meeting which would result
in a decisive victory for one or the
other Molineaux issued the challenge.
He contended that, at the first fight,
he had been intimidated by the hostil-
ity Of the crowd because of his color
and that the cold rain, to which he
was unaccustomed in America. had
put him of form. Crib promptly ac-
cepted.
Molineaux and Richmond at once
started on a transforming tour of
England, which brought them con-
siderable money but did the Negro's
physical condition no good.
Meanwhile, Crib, himself given to
considerable dissipation, was taken in
hands by his friends among the no
bility. The forthcoming battle was
one which, 1t was felt, England could
not afford to lose. Crib was sent to
the Scottish highlands, where he was
placed under the training of Barclay
of Ury, the champion pedestrian of
the United Kingdom, former army
oficer, who had developed a system
of dieting and exercise which had
produced remarkable effects in walk
ing matches. He kept Crib on plenty
of oatmeal but no whisky and dog
trotted him 80 or 40 miles a day
through the rough mountain passes.
BY this means he took on more than
40 pounds OF flesh. Crib remarked
rllef,slly after the fight that it was far
easict To take Molineaux's punches
than Barclays exercise.
tCopyright. 1884. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1934-12-23
WELSH BECOMES
LEADER IN TENNIS
Gains National Prominence
for q. c. and Sets Pace
for Field Here.
THE long reign Of tennis suprem-
acy enjoyed by Dooly Mitchell
came to an end during the

"HE long reign OF tennis suprem-
acy enjoyed by Dooly Mitchell
came to an end during the
year drawing to a close, and in
his stead rose angular Barney Welsh
Of Rockville. Welsh shone not only
locally but nationally, and so promi-
nently that he was ranked No. ma
tional public parks player.
Mitchell was not without some sue
cess. for he triumphed in the City of
Washington singles tournament, but
Welsh enjoyed monopoly on virtu-
ally every other important tourna-
ment. Barney began his sensational
year by teaming up with Bud Markey
and stroking to victory in the District
of Columbia doubles competition. He
followed this up by defeating Ralph
McElvenny for the singles crown in
the same tournament. Later he paired
with McElvenny to win the District
public parks doubles title, and then
retained his public parks singles
crown. To climax the campaign. Bar
ney swept on to victory in the ma
tional public parks singles champion
ship tourney and reached the final in
the doubles when paired with McEl-
venny again.
AS an anti-climax, Welsh won the
Army Navy Country Club singles title
and, with McElvenny as his capable
partner, carried on to victory in the
doubles.
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Navy 1886 Card
To Be COlOrful
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
A NNAPOLIS, Md, December
"A 22.-With games settled with
three Of the members Of the
old big -Four" Of intercollegiate
foot ball, the Naval Academy NAV
complete the group on its schedul.
of 1896 by arranging a game with
Harvard
At the academy today it was
stated that the athletic officials
are comforting with those of Har-
ward as to games to be played at
Cambridge In 1886 and at Anna
polls the following year.
The Navy will play Yale at
New Haven in 1896, and has an
indefinite but apparently wen
settled arrangement with Prince
ton and Pennsylvania for annual
games.
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STRONG AT THIRD BASE

When all-around ability is taken
into consideration, the American
League was strong in third basemen
in 1884. Bill Werber, Frank Higgins,
Marvin Owen and Cecil Travis, all
youngsters, starred in the field and
at bat. Those two veterans, Billy
Kamm and Jimmy Dykes, performed
smoothly.
Harland Cliff of st. Louis showed
himself to be . splendid first-year
prospect.
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Obedience Tests Appear.
BEDIENCE tests, long popular in
England and Europe, made their
appearance in this country as an
added attraction at many leading
shows. They have been fostered by
both professional dog training schools
and amateur "train-your-own-d dog
clubs
Washingtonians take note-a SINH
lar club might be popular project in
this vicinity.
Local dog honors go to Wirehaven
and Ruffcote Kennels, each of which
made two champions this year, the
former with cookers Rowing Ted and
Wirehaven's Home Made, the latter
with Dandie Dinmonts Ellwyn Edom
o the Ark and Scale Twinkle Toes.
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THE year 1884 was full one for
colored athletes here. Out
standing in collegiate circles
were the Howard University
victories. The Bisons captured the
Colored intercollegiate Athletic As
ISOLATION basket ball title and the
boxing and wrestling tournament.
In the scholastic sport field, Dun
bar won four local titles and shared
one with Cardozo. The Poets cap
tured two South Atlantic High School
Conference events and was co-title
holder with Douglas High Of Balti-
more.
Armstrong landed two city crowns
and three conference championships
and was a strong contender for the
colored national basket ball title. The
Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A. led the
way in seven seasonal sports.
Summaries:
Scholastic.
Base ball: Dunbar and Douglas. CO.
conference champions; Dunbar and Car
dozo, co-city champions. ~
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and told Richmond "a Negro fighter,
who acted as second) that he couldn't t
night any longer. Richmond saw that
Crib also was In bad shape and per-
suaded Molineaux to 90 ahead, but
he fell from weakness In the thirty
third. He settled the no blow dis
pute by saying I can fight no more
Fans Wanted Draw Verdict.
THUS Crib was awarded the VIC
tory, but 1t generally was agreed
that he also could not have con-
tinued any longer and that the battle
should have been a draw Molineaux
was able to walk out of the ring Crib
had to be carried out by bis seconds.
Crib" said the Sporting Magazine,
''had attempted to beat his man, who
Is esteemed novice, offhand, but IN
this he. ras deceived, for the black
Evening star., 1934-12-23
HURLER SLICK FIELDER.

Henry johnson. Boston Red Sox
hurler, has not made an error since
1880. In 1881 he took part in 40
games. accepting % chances. In 1881
he was out most all season. but man.
aged to break into games, accepting
6 chances. In 1888 and 1884 he was
in 56 games, accepting 49 chances,
thus giving him a total of 102 games
without misplay.
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INDOOR NINE GETS GOING
Victory Post Squad Will Stage
First Practice Wednesday.

The indoor base ball team Of Vic
tory Post, the American Legion, will
practice Wednesday night in the
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium in prepara-
ton for its game with the Central
''Y" on New Year day.
The Legionnaires and gymnasts will
clash in an indoor game as part of
the festivities of the local "Y."
Among the players for the World
War Veterans are many local college
and professional base ball luminaries
of q decade or two ago. the best
known being Tots" Long, Johnny
Bleier, ''Untz" Brewer, Dutch" Axt
and "Shag" Rawlings.
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qg Boxing Aids Sport Here Prosperity Returns to Golf Big Way
Cornell Delays
First Ring Show

CHARLES (FATS) CORNELL,
~ new matchmaker for Joe Tur-
ner. won't stage his first show
at Washington Auditorium until
after the holidays, he announced
last night. He Is working on
bang-up card.
The ring will be transferred from
the stage to the center of the floor.
he said, and prices will be scaled
to 40 cents for balcony seats, Sl10
for orchestra and $2.20 for ring
side.
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MISSISSIPPI is LISTED
Will Play st. Louis Eleven II

November Gridiron Game.
ST. LOUIS, December % CP).-The
University of Mississippi will oppose
st. Louis University on the gridiron
at Walsh Stadium here next Fall,
Coach Cecil Muellerleile of st. Louis
U. announced today.
The game will be played the week
end of November 2, either on Friday
night or the following afternoon.
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King Horse Wins Prominent
Role in Washington Sports
LORRAINE GULF.

The most interesting development Of
the horse show season was the appear
ance and popularity of the smaller,
neighborly exhibitions, which cropped
up around nearby counties and gave
the less expensive sportsmen an op-
portunity to show their wares. The
big and established shows also felt the
breath of rejuvenation in their bodies
corporate, many of them enjoying
record breaking entries and attend
ance during the year.
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Molineux = Hard Hitter.

Molineux q Hard Hitter.
CAID the Sporting Magazine: "The
- black, who is 26, threatens to
mill the whole race of fighters
of the day. In this battle he dealt
his blows out from the shoulder. His
hits are suficient to stun bullock.
His body seems callous to fistic pun
ishment."
The first of the great battles be-
tween Crib and Molineux, which STIR
red much feeling throughout the Eng
disappearing world, was fought in a
20-foot ring at the foot Ct hill to
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Tourney Winners Listed.

and Peacock deadlocked for first
place in the amateur rankings,
for even though Vinson licked Peacock
in the District title chase, the Indian
Spring lad won Journeys at Indian
Spring and Baltimore and again
COPIED the Maryland amateur crown.
Here are the winners of the Journeys
played around Washington this year
among the men: Belle Haven. Harry
G. Pitt: Washington, Harry G. Pitt;
Indian Spring, Roger Peacock; Chevy
Chase, Gene Vinson; Baltimore Coun-
try Club, Roger Peacock metropolitan
interscholastic. Frank Allen: Beaver
Dam, Martin F. Mccarthy; Columbia,
Ernie Caldwell; Maryland junior. Billy
Dettweiler, 70; Middle Atlantic, Bobby
Riegel; District amateur, Gene Vim
son; District junior, Bobby Brownell:
champion of club champions, Martin
F. Mccarthy.
Activity among the women was even
more marked than it has been in re-
cent hectic years. Winifred Faunce,
the long-hitting Manor miss, came
out Of retirement to spread-eagle the
field in the District championship,
defeating the amazing Mrs. l. G..
Pray. also of Manor. in the final. The
Middle Atlantic championship went to
Mrs. David H. Clark of Army Navy.
the only tournament in which this
fine golfer played Other Journeys
were won as follows: First team cham
pionship, won by Chevy Chase; Sec
ond team championship, won by
Beaver Dam; Post Cup, Mrs. Roland
Mackenzie; Star Cup, Mrs. L. B.
Platt: buffers tourney. Mrs. Roland
Mackenzie; Maryland women's cham
pionship, Helen Dettweiler; District
junior girls title, Helen Dettweiler:
Times Cup, Mrs. D. M Mcpherson;
Keefer Cup. Mrs. Harvey j. Cooper.
Late in the year the women chose
Mrs, c. K. Wing to head the Wom-
ems District Golf Association.
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rouche and Tom Crib, who had sue
ceeded Gully as champion, was his
second. His defeat caused keen dis
appointment throughout the nation.
After the fight, Molineux challenged
the great Crib himself.
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BATTLES
of the


Here is another OF series OF
articles depicting the great fights
and fighters OF the days lChen
pugilism was young.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Rippy Leads Public Linksmen.

A CT1VITY among the public links
n golfers also was more intense
than ever before. with Claude
Rippy coming out on top as the rank
ing municipal links star. even though
John Connolly won the District cham
pionShip. Rippy set new course records.
won several minor tournaments and
all in all, proved himself the best
SHOEMAKER among the public links
players. The women's title went to
Betty Keeler.
Back in October Bobby Cruick-
shank, Richmond pro, played 81 holes
of the Kenwood course in 208, two
below par, to win first honors in the
National Capital open, breaking par
for the first time in the four-year his
tory of the tourney. Al Houghton,
Washington's leading pro. had a spotty
year. He started by shooting that
sub-par 81 at Washington and then
failed to qualify for the national open.
but he redeemed this dismal showing
by going to the quarter final in the
national P. G. A. and then failed to
get in the money in his own Kenwood
tourney. He later won the Maryland
open championship for the third con-
secutive time.
Club championships were won as
follows: Chevy Chase, Frank P. Rec
side; Columbia, Miller B. Stevenson;
Kenwood. Russell Hollebaugh: Wash
ington. DR.. Calvert E. Buck: Beaver
Dam, Eddie Bean; Congressional. Lu-
ther c. Steward, jr.; Woodmont,
Howard Nordlinger; Army Navy, Mai.
R. K. Sutherland; Indian Spring, John
P. Holzberg; Manor, Harry G. Pitt;
Argyle, L. T. Harrison.
There were no changes among the
golf pros this year, although two
changes are rumored for 1885, among
them the possible passing of AL Hough-
ton from this territory. The close
of the year finds Roland Mackenzie,
Congressional pro, preparing for trip
to play in the California tournaments.
Western High School won the Dawes
Cup, emblematic of the team high
school title, while Maryland scholastic
title went to Georgetown Prep, which
produced three winners in Maury Nee,
who annexed the private school title
and the Maryland State scholastic
championship; Billy Dettweiler, who
copped the Maryland junior title, and
Frank Allen, the metropolitan school
titleholder.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
EAGLE ROBS HUNTER
Snatches Cock Pheasant, Only
Game Bagged by Minnesotan.

LAKEFIELD, MINI. (P).-For sheer
hard luck, Harry Doll of Lakefield be-
heves his hunting story takes the prize.
In season of decreased bag limits
and considerably shortened by the
Midwest drought, he says the only
cock pheasant he shot was snatched
from his grasp by an American eagle,
bird of some scarcity hereabouts.
Doll sighted the pheasant while in
his automobile, stopped and bagged it
with a wing shot, but before he could
get to it the eagle had made away
with the kill.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
BY TOM HENRY.

4 T A bull-baiting in Tothill
~ fields on July "a, 1910, there
~ was a fight, as the Sporting
Magazine announced, be
twixt a navigator above 6 feet high
from Bristol and a stout, athletic
black man. The black could only hit
at half arm, or what is technically
called Tipping. as, when he hit, he
kept the first joint of the arm close
to the body. The battle lasted nearly
an hour whilst the navigator received
the repeated Tipping until his head
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Draws Crowd of $4,000.

THE piece de resistance OF the
81 year, as far as general interest
was concerned, was reached late
in August when Marty Gallagher,
local heavyweight, fought Tony Ga
lento at Griffith Stadium in re-
turn match after Galento won the
first fight. The crowd was approx
imately $4,000, and the gate" OF
$4,000 set a new record for this
vicinity. Gallagher won. The second
thigh" was the 1920 gate at
tracted by the first legalized outdoor
scrap between Johnny Risko of Cleve-
land and Matte Brown of Washing
ton.
Boxing at the Hunt Club, Griffith
Stadium and the Washington Audi
torium was featured by several up
sets, which embraced victories by Gal
lagher over Ray Impellitiere, Brown
over Risko. Eddie Burl over Pete De
Grasse, Buck Everett over Steve
Dudas and Petey Sarron over Benny
Bass.
The rises of Phil Fur, welterweight,
and Matte Brown, heavyweight, fea-
tured the work of the local boxers.
Petey Sarron, while not as active as
in 1888, nevertheless virtually assured
himself of a ranking among the first
10 featherweights. Brown also is in
line for a ranking
Professional wrestling suffered
financially, as result of boxing
legalization, but shows were held on
an average of about two month,
with a uniform amount of interest
manifested. AS usual, Jim Londos
proved the chief drawing card. With
Everett Marshall as his opponent, Jim
polled the biggest "gate"-approx-
imately $4,000 - during the Summer
season.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
TN ANCIENT Egypt worship Of the
| dog was one of the most popular
/ cults. In modern America it is

TN ANCIENT Egypt worship Of the
dog was one of the most popular
cults. In modern America it Is
becoming so. In the year of de-
preston, 1884, the rise in A. K. C..
registrations of all breeds for the
year amounted to about 5000 or more
than Is per cent over the preceding
year, which in turn had seen a rise
over the year before that. Dog shows
all over the country reported large in
creases in both entries and gates. In
many communities dog shows were
held for the first time, some Of them
with entries that would do an old and
well established fixture proud. Such
was the case at Hamilton, Mass, a
show that beat the record of the pop
ular Baltimore show. Morris and
Essex, the Giralda Farms garden
party show" this year beat the great
Westminster show to first place in
number of entries. Third place was
held by Boston, while fourth and fifth
places were captured by Greenwich
and Far Hills, both like Morris and
Essex, outdoor shows. There is no
doubt that the outdoor dog show is
rising rapidly in favor. The National
Capital show was tenth in number Of
entries in list of So shows held prior
to November, 1884.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Two Breeds Share Popularity.

Two Breeds Share Popularity.
The Boston terriers and wire fox
terriers maintained their high posi-
tions as the most popular breeds, ac-
counting for rs per cent of total reg
istrations, with cocker spaniel in third
place and Scottish terrier in fourth
place. The greatest rise in popularity
as indicated by percentages Of breed
registrations and show entries prob
ably was enjoyed by dachshund and
standard poodles.
The American Kennel Club cele-
brated its 50th anniversary by pre-
senting to the dog fancy of the coun-
try a large series of cash prizes to
become effective in 1885 and also by
reducing registration rates and ex-
tending registration periods under GER
tain conditions.
Another present to the dog fancy
was the perfection of the Little meth
cd of simultaneous injection Of anti
distemper vaccine and virus. This
promises to be on4 Of the most I'M
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Army of Dog Fanciers Makes
Big Cain Despite Depression
Obedience Tests Appear.

portant steps in distemper control
ever taken.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR-

BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR-
QUUS REX-King Horse to the
- intimates of his court-has in
the last year become a more
powerful figure than ever be-
fore in the sports world of Washing
ton and the adjacent areas Of Virginia
and Maryland.
New subjects have flocked to his
standard, new territories have come
under his domain in the three princi-
pal branches of the sport patronized
hereabouts-park riding, fox hunting
and hunt racing, and the horse show
ring.
In the city proper, the bride path
devotees enlarged their ranks so rap
idly almost half a dozen new riding
academies have sprung into existence
during the twelvemonth, while business
grew apace for those already estab-
lished. An important addition to the
90-odd miles of convenient but Sc
cluded Rock Greek Park paths was
the sector opened by the Maryland
Park and Planning Commission near
the East-West Highway, where John
Gheen's new Meadowbrook Club also
made its debut this Fall as perhaps the
most pretentious of the new academies.
Fox Hunting Picks Up.
TOX hunting, sport much akin
II to the pursestrings of its par
ticipants, gained new vigor in
the closing months of last Winter and
this Fall, as the dire plight of capi-
talists. farmers, horse dealers and
sportsmen alike was somewhat eaSed.
People in the fox-hunting country of
Northern Virginia and the valley coun-
try of Maryland ceased locking their
stable doors at night for fear some
one would leave horse in the stalls.
Hunt racing likewise took a squirt, with
handsomely increased crowds at every
meeting, new races inaugurated by
many hunts, and a splendid brush
course added to the rich list within a
few miles of the city, when William
du Pont, jr, set up Grand National
type route on his Fair Hill, Md, es-
tate and baptized it auspiciously with
meeting in the Fall.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
GIVES GOOD BOUTS
UNDERBOARD RULE
GaIIagher's Revenge Over
GaIento Is High Light.
Mat Sport Slips.
EEGALIzATIoN of professional

I'll EGAL1ZATION of professional
IL boxing in the District. after
years of failure by ring devotees
in this direction, marked one of
Washington's biggest advances in
sports, ended the cluster of bootleg:
fight clubs in nearby Virginia and
Maryland, and established the Cap
ital as a leading Eastern sports
center.
With Representative Loring Black
of New York playing a leading part
in the drive for professional boxing,
and Representative Fred Hartley OF
New Jersey leading the amateur pro-
ponents, boxing was legalized last
May. A ring commission was selected
for a two-year term by the District
Commissioners, this body being COM
posed of Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
Superintendent of police: Maj. Lucian
Vandoren and Fred Buchholz, prom
inent Washingtonians. Maj. Harvey
L. Miller was named secretary.
Professional boxing started with a
bang, three clubs operating weekly
until it became evident three shows a
week were too many. The American
Legion dropped out after little over
a month, leaving Goldie Ahearn of
the Riding and Hunt Club and Joe
Turner, promoting at Griffith Stadium
and at the Washington Auditorium,
in power. Several colored clubs also
promoted shows, the outstanding OF
which featured Kid Chocolate, for
mer featherweight champion OF the
world.