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HORNSBY BIG
HIT IN CUBS’
SPRING CAMP
CHICAGO March 1.—tJPt—Re-
ports drifting back from Catalina
Island so far are unanimous that
Rogers Hornsby and his big stick
have already made a hit with Man-
ager Joe McCarthy and his ambi-
• '■ous Cubs.
The “Rajah” says the reports
'vw as jumped into the vigorous train-
■Stg grind like a rookie who has ;o
^luake good. He is anxious to train
obeys orders quickly and smashes
cut base hits with his usual skill.
The twenty Cleveland American
leaguers arriving at their training
camp at New Orleans found among
them an ambitious fellow past forty
out to prove he is not a worn out
warrior. He is Grover Hartley
catcher who says he is after Luke
Sewell’s job and means to have it.
At any rate Hartley who is death
on left handers is doped as a good
reserve hitter.
Walt Warms Up
At Orlando Fla. the Cincinnati
Reds most of them appeared to be
near big league condition today. The
only dark spot on the Red horizon
vas caused by the lameness of Roy
Meeker little left hander who was
suffering with a bad arm. He was
sent home for a time last season
when he had an attack of neuritis.
This is supposed to be the season
for the rookies to cavort in the
spotlight but at Tampa. Fla. where
the Washington Americans are
training two old-timers yesterday
were preparing to renew their bid
for the plaudits of the baseball
world. Manager Walter Johnson
warmed up for the first time this
year and showed the same easy
motion with a zip on every throw
that made his name one of the
most feared in baseball for years.
At the same time one of his form-
er battery mates. “Patsy” Gharrity
who has been signed as coach was
working gradually on his arm and
Johnson said that “Fatsy” who is
past 35 may take his turn behind
the bat.
Rookie Looks Good
At Paso Robles. Ca!.. long distance
drives of recruit outfielder Louis
Martin have brought joy to Dome
Bush manager cf the Pittsburgh
Pirates. The stickwork of Earl
Sheelev. new first baseman also
showed the rangy lad can poke the
ball.
Freddy Maguire former Chicago
Cubs second baseman has made a
big hit with “right eye” Evers and
“left eye” Gowdy. aides of Presi-
dent-manager Fuchs of the Braves
who are training at St. Petersburg
Fla. Maguire jumped right into
practice with the rest of the Braves
an hour after he had reported in
camp here.
Maguire imported from Chicago
to take Rogers Hornsby's place was
watched closely as he raced around
* the short field after ground balls
'■'e showed speed so much of it.
Gowdy had to caution him and
nally send him to the showers
~ ahead of the rest of the squad.
A. TAMM [
Blue Printing and *
Supplies
Harlingen Texau
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Max Schmelin g’s Own Story
OVER HERE. AT LAST!
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Max Schmeling training for the
By MAX SCHMELING
Contender for the AAorld Heavy-
weight Championship
(Chapter Ten.)
April 1528 saw the realization of
one of my greatest dreams. In that
month Manager Bulow and I came
to New York to America!
My b-oken hand smashed in the
Frank Diener fight was still in
such bad condition hat I would not
be able to fight for quite some time
to come. So it was not with the in-
tention of immediately meeting
American boxers that Eulow and I
cam here so early. I wanted to be-
come acclimated.
I v. as surprised at the reception
I got. Not many people paid much
attention to me. You see so many
foreign boxers had come to Amer-
ica in recent years that the sport-
ing public here seemed to look upon
me as just another one of those
foreign fellows.
So I said nothing but went to a
surgeon who treated my hand and
eventually made it as good as the
other. Meanwhile during the sum-
mer and early fall I trained lightly
at Summit. N. J.
After Bulow and I were certain
mv hand was in good shape we be-
gan to look around for a fight.
Bulow began to haunt the office
of Tex Rickard at Madison Square
Garden. He asked again and again
a place for me in one of the Madi-
son Square Garden's boxing shows
but always was turned down.
Finally Thomas McArdle the Gar-
den matchmaker consented and
arranged a fight between Joseph
Monte a Boston fighter and me.
Monte was considered a hard man
to defeat and McArdle probablv
thought ho would knock me out and
thus dispense v ith me. a trouble-
some German fellow once and for
all
‘ Little applaur-e greeted me when
THIS SPRING!
Enjoy the Comfort of Clothes Made
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A man 's haberdashery:
A Manhattan Shirts
Y $2 to $5
J . V. lansco Underwear ?
All Si to S1.50
New Faultless Nobelt
SP”ng Shorts
Otun. 1 the most ponular. satisfying under-
^ ■ wear for men. Per garment—
' 75c to 52
Neckwear—fcur-in-hands and but-
terfly bats in every color and hue.
Tlirko fight undergoes a massage.
I climbed into the ring to face
Monte. I did not blame the spec-
tators. They did not know me.'
I started the fight with a good
hard punch which staggered Monte
from then on I gave' him a good
beating until the eighth lound.
Then I knocked him cut
It was much easier to get my
next light. Thi3 was with Jr eph
Sekjia of Dayton a c>'tv some Vvhc’-e
west of your country. I defeated Se-
kyra in 10 rounds.
In mv next fight I stopped this
fellow Pietro Corri.
No wthe promoters and the fight
fans suddenly aw-akened to the
knowledge that I knew how to
fight. Many aid I might some dav
be the champion. Others laughed at
the idea.
It was decided to give me a real
test. I was matched with Johann
or Johnny (as you Americans call
him) Risko of Cleveland. Risko
had bc^n beaten often before but
it was believed no one could knock
him out. He was a dangerous man.
The fight was to be a test for me
to see if I really had a hard punch.
But I wasn't worried.
“Max” I said to myself “this is
the Franz Diener fight ail over
again. If Risko beats me I may as
well take the next boat home to
Hambugr. If I beat him I will be-
come as famous and as popular over
here as I became in Europe w hen I
defeated Diener.”
So I trained strenuously for the
fight.
Good Fighters Seek
Spots On Next Card
To Be Run Off Here
Promoter Tex Becerril of Browns-
ville who has put. on four programs
at Fort Brown skating rink the last
one of Monay night this week be-
ing pronounced the best boxing card
ever put on in this part of the Valley
by fans has received a number of
requests from boxers to aopear on
his next card which Tex hopes to
stage in the next couple of weeks.
The promoter has received a num-
ber of challenges from managers
wanting to bring their proteges
down here to fight Battling Shaw.
Julio Montes who has a stable of
scrappers in San Antonio wired
Tex this morning as follows:
"Would like to bring you Carlos
Garcia leading Mexican junior
lightweight. Also have Ray Macias.
150 pounds: Tommy White na-
tionally known welterweight con-
tender. Can bring you anv number
of good preiims for your entire
card.”
Shaw is scheduled to take on Kxd
Pancho of San Antonio Monday
night at Mercedes and should he
come out winner in that scrap. Tex
hopes to match him with Garcia or
some other well known scrapper on
the next card at Fort Brown.
Golf Enthusiasts
To Discuss Course
At Meeting Friday
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO Mar. 1.—A meeting
of golf enthusiasts of both Harlin-
gen and San Benito who are inter-
ested in the golf project between
the two cities will be held here Fri-
day night according to L. A. Mil-
ler who is to put in the course.
Mr. Miller announced today that
title to the property ha; changed
hands and that crews will be out
on the site today to stat the work.
It will proceed as rapidly as pos-
sible since the project is now guar-
anteed. he said. The bond has been
made and other details completed.
Within thirty days golf fans of
San Benito and Harlingen will be
able to do some practice playing
on some of the greens and within
90 days the course will be completed
he said.
The meeting here wil be to discuss
the joint angles of the proposition
as a number of Harlingen residents
have expressed their desire to be-
come members.
The golf course was assured when
the San Benito residents signed as
members.
HEENEY RETURNS TO
RING WITH MALONEY
BOSTON. March 1.—P—Tom
Heenev of New Zealand returns to
the ring here tonight after a lay off
since his defeat by Gene Tunney
in last July's title bout. He will face
Jim Maloney the Boston heavy-
weight whom he knocked out in
the first round of a fight 18 months
ago.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION FATAL
STRATFORD. Eng.—A clot that
formed during a b’ood tran:fusion
caused the death of Mrs. Ellen Web-
ster.
V
McAllen Bulldogs
To Play Corpus at
Kingsvi UeSatu rday
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN March 1—The Mc-
Allen Bulldogs champions of Dis-
trict 27 will leave lor Kingsville
Friday at noon. Saturday night
the Bulldogs will meet the Corpus
Christi high school champions of
District 26 in the South Texas
Teachers’ college gym for the cham-
pionship of southwest Texas.
The winner o' this game will rep-
resent Districts 26 and 27 in the
state championship tournament to
be held March 8-9 in the Memorial
gym of the Texas A. & M. college.
The Corpus Christi team showed
a wonder:ul fighting spirit at the
District 25 meet heid at Kingsville
last week-end. They played and
defeated the three favorite con- j
tenders for the championship in La- [
redo Kingsville and Taft Doped |
to lose in each game the Bucca- j
neers rallied in the final quarter for
a victory. The Corpus Christi team
of five men played through the
three games without a substitution.
The records of the two teams are
very similar. Each dropped a num-
ber of early season games and en-
tered the league tournament with
rather mediocre records but the
quints had improved with these
practice games and each fought
three hard games to victory in the
district finals.
Each team is coached by a former
Texas A. & M. student “Nick” As-
key at Corpus Christi and “Jimmy”
Dykes at McAllen. These two are
warm personal friends and each is
anxious to hang up a victory as the
win will send them to the state meet
at their alma mater the following
week-end.
Corpus Christi was in the state
tournament last year while McAllen j
has never won her wray into the j
meet and will be battling for their
first trip.
Garden Will Fut On Annual
Heavyweight Fight For
Next Five Years
MIAMI Fla. March 1.—oFi—The *
turnstiles will click for at least live
more winters underneath the palm
trees by the terms of a new agree-
ment between the Miami city com-
mission and the Madison Square 1
Garden corporation calling for an
annual heavyweight feature bout to
be s‘agcd here over the period in-
cluding 1330-34.
Negotiations carried on by Wil-
liam F. Carey for the Garden cor-
poration with the Miami city com-
mission were completed yesterday.
The agreement means further ful-
fillment of the dreams of Tex Rick-
ard. who not only laid the ground
work for the Sharkey-Stribling bat-
tle. but revealed before his death |
definite plans to establish a per- i
rnanent winter light headquarters
in this section.
Jack Dempsey’s name was not
mentioned in the announcement of
the agreement but it is believed the
former champion wrill be induced
to support the forthcoming annual
southern fistic features.
Miami Beach scene of the Shar-
kev-Stribllng fight offered no coun-
ter bid for future bouts as a con-
sequence of local objections to eith-
er‘retaining the Flamingo Park
arena or building another in that
city next winter.
FRENCH WAR HERO NIPS
KILBANE
Ills skull kept intact by silver
plates and his body bearing marks
of half a dozen wounds Eugene
Criqui French war hero crawled
into a New York ring June 2. 1923
and administered a tasty beating to
Johnny Kiibane world feather-
wight champion.
Before the fight Criqv.i was far
from being popular. The wise guys
laughed at the war-worn battler
and predicted a swift and sure
knockout win for Kiibane consid-
ered one of the greatest of cham-
pions at the weight.
The fight was almost a farce all
right but the other way around.
Kiibane. having been absent from
the ring for a long time was al-
most a setup for the fighting little
Frenchman.
For the first few’ rounds Kiibane
stood up against Criqui's attacks.
And then the champion began to
fade. His showing became so
wretched that all spectators knew’
his time was up.
Criqui was anything but a dyna-
mic savage fighter yet his attack
was too strong for Kiibane who
had defended his title only twice
in two years. In the sixth round
Johnny Crubpled up and- passed
out of the picture.
The new champ held his title but
a few weeks when he lost it on
points to Johnny Dundee. The sec-
ond bout which was also held in
New York drew’ $134009.
DONNA THINLY-CLAD5
EASILY BEAT WESLACO
(Special to The Herald)
DONNA. March 1.—The Donna
Redskins defeated the Weslaco high
school Panthers Thursday after-
noon 79 to 21 1-2 in the first dual
track meet of the season. Vineyard
McFarling and Ruthven shared high
scoring honors for Donna with 16
1-2 and 15 and 14 points respect-
ively.
Coach Dailey is looking forward to
a successful track season with sev-
eral letter men returning.
The Redskins will encounter the
Brow’nsville Eagles in a dual meet
Friday March 15. . ^
| QPORTS 1
| ^ FORUM ;
BY BISHOP CLEMENTS
_
McAllen high school basketball
champs of District 27 play Corpus
Christi. District 28 champs at
Kingsville Saturday night for the
right to enter the state finals at
Texas A. & M. college next week.
* * *
The Valley as a whole should
and we believe is pulling for the
Bulldogs to trounce the Bucca-
neers of Corpus Christi and go to
the slate finals—and come out
winners. Coach Dykes has an ex-
cellent team and a fine bunch of
boys and we are pulling Jor him
and his club to come out victo-
rious. Come on. Bulldogs the
Valley is with you! Bear down
hard!
* * *
Organization of McAllen Mission
and Mercedes into teams to join
the proposed Valley Class D league
is expected to be completed today
according to O. N. Boston who
along with Ecb Wells will make a
fellow up trip into Plidalgo county
today for that purpose. These two
fellows were appointed the base-
ball gathering in thisfeity Tuesday
night of last week t" work out
plans if found feasible for a league.
They spent Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week and two days of last
week in Hidalgo county for this
purpose as it had already been an-
nounced that Harlingen. San Be-
nito and Brownsville would join the
league.
* * *
Me Allen American Legion and
citizens in general meeting at a
luncheon Wednesday noon along i
with Cam Hill of Edinburg a
baseball enthusiast and player
too waxed hot ove" the possibili-
ties of a professional baseball club
for that city and Mr. Boston an-
nounced in Brownsville yesterday
that McAllen looked like a cer-
tainly. The meeting was attend-
ed by Boston and Wells both ef
whom explained the original plan
of the circuit that is a SHOO per
month salary limit.
* '■* #
This afternoon according to Mr.
Boston he and Weils are to meet
with Mission citizens headed by
Judge Strickland. Hollin Rankin
Dr. Burnett Marvin Goodwin and
others and go over the proposition
thoroughly. The committee of two
expressed confidence that Mission
would cuter the ieague.
* * V
“AI Prince of Mercedes told us
that if Mission and McAllen join-
ed the league to count Mercedes
in too” Mr. Boston quoted Mr.
Prince as stating Wednesday aft-
ernoon to him and Wells. “Yes
sir Hidalgo county looks like it
has taken on an air of baseball
spirit that has not been shown in
many years” Boston believed.
* « 4>
Now that prize fighting is in the
limelight to a certain extent it
might be proper to state that Texas
which has banned prize lights sir ■
1895 when Charley Culberson was
governor has them within its con-
iines m many c.ties and towns The
law as slated was enacted in 1895
to prevent the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
battle for the championship of the
world and it prompts George White
sports editor of the Dallas News to
reminisce on this subject as fol-
lows :
* Much to do made here during the
last few days over the holding of
boxing bouts recalls to Pat O'Keefe
veteran Dallasite circumstances
nearly thirty-four years ago that
brought about the passage of en
emergency measure that deprives
fans of tedav the right to legally
watch modern exhibitions in the
manly art.
* * •
“O'Keefe and another c!d-iimc
citizen Bennie Kahn were asso-
ciated with Ban Stuart who at
the t.rne was a resident here. Seek-
ing to put over something big in
Dallas. Stuart (these figures
from the News files of 1895) went
east and offered a purse of S41.000
for James J. Corbett to defend
his world title in a championship
battle here with Euby * Robert
Fitzsimmons.
* * *
“Stuart’s plans called for the
staging of the spectacle at the Dal-
las Fair. His preference was Drum-
mer’s Day. about Oct. 20. Both prin-
cipals had been signed. Plans had
been made for the building of a
funnel-shaped arena to seat 25.000.
Corbett had arrived at San Antonio
and had pitched his training camp.
Fitz was busy at Corpus Christi get-
ting in shape. Stuart already had
: spent quite a sum of money making
ready on the assurance that he
would within the law. as it read
at the time in going ahead with
arrangements.
• • •
“O’Keef** is authority for tlie
statement that considerable bit-
terness existed between Stuart and
Gov. Charles A. Culberson who
called a special session of the leg-
islature and on Oet 3 1895 passed
the anti-prize fight Lnv becom-
ing effective immediately and de-
signed specifically to prevent the
staging of the Corbett-Fitzsim-
mons fight in Texas.
* * •
“Stuart is quoted in interviews
appearing in the News the follow-
ing day as saying that he had not
up to that time violated any lav; of
the state and that since the legis-
lators had ruled as they had he
had no desire to defy them. He
would stage the fight yes but not
in violation of the law. He would
take it elsewhere. His only regret
was that he was out a sizeable sum
as a result of arrangements already
made and doing which he was with-
in his legal rights. Stuart and his
associates in the venture were op-
erating under the name of the Flor-
ida Athletic club.
* • »
“It is recalled by O’Keefe that
Stuart later returned to Dallas
and spent a number of years here.
He cites an instance when the
Dallas Fair under the presidency
of W. C. Connor was unable to
open its gates for lack of funds
until Stuart put up 89590 for con-
cessions in which he was inter-
ested.
* * *
“Both Stuart and Culberson have
SAND LOTS OF WINTER BALL
DEVELOP BIG LEAGUE STARS
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KAMM I
By J. R. NEYVLAND
(Associated Press Sports YYriter.)
SAN FRANCISCO Mar. 1.—(/P;—
The bushers’ breeding grounds are
the winter baseball leagues of Cali- j
fornia.
Many great stars of the past and;
present owe their starts to these am-
ateur and semi-professional circuits
that number teams by the dozens j
Future Cobbs and Ruths scamper I
o;er the myriad playing fields that!
dc every city of any consequence
in the state.
Baseball thrives here the year;
around and a generation has pro-
duced countless luminaries who!
budded on the drab but fertile Sun-
day sand lots.
Some of the more prominent in-
clude Tony Lazzeri and Mark Koe-
nig present second baseman and
shortstop respectively of the world
champion New York Yankees. Both
were picked up in San Francisco's
scrub baseball mart. Willie Kamm
sold by the Seals to the Chicago
White Sex a few years ago for the
record price of $125000. came from
the same sector. Others still in ;
the limelight are Frank “Lefty”
passed over the Great Divide but
the anti-prize fight law of 1805 still
is on the statute books along with a
few others which no longer are en-
forced.
* * *
“It has been erroneously stated
by some that the antifight law
was passed to prevent a mixed
battle in which Jack Johnson was
to have been one of the princi-
pals. At the time however LiT
Arthur was juU breaking into the
game as a preliminary fighter
during snare time off a job lie
h«-Id washing dishes in a Dallas
restaurant.
“Some interesting slants are con-
fa mod m the press stories during
the. tune Gentleman Jim and Ruby
Robert were making ready for
their big contest. Each was to post
a side bet of $10000. it being ex-
plained that unless this money was
put up with the promoter there
would be nulling to prevent either
man from running cut of the match
¥ ¥ ¥
“Fitz appeared at several cities
in south Texas cn route to his
Corpus Christ! camp. Naturally
he was the center of a!! eyes along
the route but he failed to impress
the fans in his sparring exhibi-
tions. They had expected a much
larger man anti one look at him j
convinced many of his former ad-
mirers that he wouldn’t have a
chance with the champion. At the !
close of cue exhibition a fan in
the audience arose and h»!!owcd
out an offer to wager S100 that
Fitz wouldn’t answer the geng for
the fifteenth round.
* » e
“Eob himself exhibited consider-
able respect for Corbett. He granted
that Jim was quicker than he was
and was more scientific although
he expressed much confidence in his
own ability to win if the fight last-
ed eight rounds. Of course crowds
followed both fighters wherever
they went.
k ai> *
“Corb°tt is said to have had
hfs wrath aroused to a marked
degree when he read an account
where Fitz at Corpus Christ! hop-
ped off his bioyrjr on which be
was doing five miles 'road work’
one dav to punch his fist through
a signboard on which was pastpd
a lithograph of th»* champion.
¥ * *
“Although both men were disap-
pointed at their failure to get to-
gether in Dallas accounts show that
both were extremely willing to fight
at any spot where Stuart could
stage the spectacle. Both were de-
termined. There was an argument
to be settled and they were ready
to go through with it. They did
later and a new champion was
crowned.”
EDINBURG HARLINGEN
MEET FOR CAGE TITLE
EDINBURG. Texas March
Edinburg and Harlingen inde-
pendent basketball quints are to
meet tonight at Edinburg in the
final game of the season and for
the championship of the Valley.
In the semi-finals played last night
on the Edinburg Junior college in-
door court Brownsville was elimi-
nated by Edinburg 33 to 25. and
Harlingpn put the skids on Pharr
53 to 17.
Harlingen outplayed and out-
classed Pharr throughout their
tilt while Brownsville and Edinburg
engaged in a terrific battle from
start to finish. Teamwork of the
Edinburg quint proved superior to
the Brownsville club and it spelled
defeat for the Eorder City boys.
O'Doul of the Philadelphia Nation-
als Louis Fonseca and Earl Ave-
1 ill of the Cleveland Indians and
Roy Johnson of Detroit. Averill and
Johnson are this year’s outstanding
contributions to the big leagues.
The greatest first baseman ever
to pull on a glove as most critics
call him was Hal Chase of the
Yankees. He came from the sand
lots of San Jose.
An idea of the scope of Sunday
baseball in the winter months is
gleaned from the fact that in Oak-
land and Alameda 80 games are
played every week end. In Lcs An-
geels San Francisco and Sacramen-
to more than 40 contests curing
the clay attract thousands of fans.
The different fields and parks are
the hunting grounds of all types of
scouts. Amateur ivory hunters vie
with such notables as ov ners of
the Pacific Coast league clubs and
occasional scouts of the major cir-
cuits.
Old timers now the wreckage of
baseball wander over the .sectors
where they once bloomed into full
glory and teach the game to those
who asnire to future greatness in
larger fields.
2 TITLES TAKEN
V *» V
BY CRIPPLE WHO
* * *
'COULDN’T SWIM’
CHICAGO. March l.— (/p) —
Physicians and swimming in-
structors said she couldn't do it
but Jane Feuntz. 19-year-old Chi-
cago mermaid did it just the
same.
Gaining speed and grace with
every year. Miss Fauntz who
once was injured so severely m
an automobile accident that she
was told she could never swim
again last night wen two na-
tional amateur women's swim-
ming titles at the national meet
at the Lake Shore Athletic club.
She outclassed a fancy field to
win the national women's low
board diving titTe and after a
few minutes rest she came back
to capture the 100-yard breast
stroke championship. It was the
first time in history that a div-
ing champion has won the
breast stroke event.
LAST MIGHT’S
BASKETBALL
<By The Associated Press.)
OTTAWA Kans.—Ottawa 27;
25
EMPORIA Kans.—Wichita 33;
Emporia Teachers 24.
LINCOLN. Neb.—Cotner College
33; Grand Island College 32.
FAYETTE Mo-Central College
41; Drurv 22.
KIRKSVILLE. Mo. — Maryville
Teachers 33; Kirksville Teachers 30
NACOGDOCHES Tex.—Abilene
Christian College 39; Stephen F.
Austin Teachers 34.
FROWNWOOD. Tex —West Tex-
as Teachers 38; Daniel Bakpr 23.
ST. PETER. Minn.—Gustavius
Adolphus 38: St. Thomas 19.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.—Columbus
College (Sioux Falls) 32; Sioux FalL
College 23.
BROOKINGS. S. D.—South Da-
kota State 37: Mornmgside 22.
NEWTON. Kans.—McPherson Col-
'eue 34: F°thcl 17.
WICHITA. Kans.—Southwestern
College 61; Friends University 37.
[. W(
iio Pittsburgh knocked out Cali-
fornia Joe Cans Gary Ind. (2).
St. Louis Mo.—Benny Bass Phil-
adelphia .outpointed Davie Abad
Panama. (10). Mike Esposito Nev
York outocinted Paul Steadman St
Louis GO'. Torn Pivac St. Louis
stopped Billy Meyers Indiananolis
(5).
Philadelphia — Midget Wolgast
Philadelphia outpointed Romiiiei
Parra. Chile f8n
Elam Pa.—Dave Adelman Phila-
delphia. outpointed Frankie de An-
gelo. Washington. D. C. (8). Jo<
Smallwood Washington stoppec
Vic Malin. Wilmington. Del.. (7)
Bob Shilling. Germany stoppec
Danny Russell. Salisbury Md.. (3)
Grand Ranids Mich—Joe Gordon
Minneapolis outpointed Johnnj
Powers Flint. Mich. <8>. Ted Dar-
cy. Grand Rapids stopped Ear
"Little Boy” Blue Minneapolis (7)
JACK DEMPSEY
! POTENT
R FIGURE
By ALAN J. GOULD
(Associated Press Sports Editor.
MIAMI BEACH Fla. Mar. 1.—(F)
—The main mystery in the boxing
business if not the success of the
whole heavyweight program for
1929 still revolves around the dy-
namic figure of the Jack Dempsey.
The fight crowd that came here
for the big show left apparently
more interested in whether Demp-
sey will fight again this year than
1 in what will happen next to either
of the principals of the melodrama
of Miami Beach.
Dempsey would like to fight once
more; first because he loves the
cuffing game; second because it
would afford him a chance to re-
gain heavy weight championship
recognition and retire at least
$500000 richer. Jack admits all this.
The reasons are potent in favor of a
comeback but it is a question
whether they will be suffiicent.
“I don't know honestly what I
will do.” he said. *Tve been turn-
ing things over in my mind of
course. It's hard to keep away from
the game. But you know I'm no
spring chicken any more.”
If Dempsey does not return to the
ring it is entirely conceivable that
the final test for number one rank-
ing position among the heavy-
weights for 1929 may involve two
foreign sluggers—Max Schmeling of
Germany who punched his way to
fame with a knockout victory over
Johnny Risko and the acrobatic
basque Faulino Uzcudun.
Paulino is confident he can “take”
Sharkey if they meet as anneata
likely at the Yankee Stadium in
June. Schmeling has passed all
tests with honors so far. A Paulino-
Selimeling match would lack noth-
ing in color and interest.
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