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Newspaper Page TextT1TE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919. FULTON HIS HOPES OF ANOTHER CHIC OUR FIGHTING CHAMPION BY CHRISTY WALSH. IS a. E mm . a.ii. m m mi ..m mJ : WITH FIGHT RULING &xl Cxrr TKC A(V HtAC -HAS SKHJJNK ' AH .Alt - S TA g CAST 'Confessor Expects to Dispose Willard - Dempsey Timekeeper of Foreign Champion. Disputes Pecord's Decision. FIGHT CHARGES QUASHED NUMBER OF ROUNDS ISSUE Gunboat" Smith Had the Right Dope on Championship Battle bat Nobody Would Listen. Watch Holder Declares Gong SoandV ed for Fouxth Spasm Before Jess' ' Towel Was) Tossed. -ioeSfCelclc cj Fa tS a 5 a ,csirSS" n.'fiso'y tees &r c jx.uzl laStasi .j--ir..r - jzaf&J 5w cpHr vmtnoHEP Gump tn-rtkeo -rue pen in a fioumhg c and even we vrp 6rr vp ine -mi 7 - U-J, Vl Fred Fulton chanced his mind about attending- the Dempsey-Willard fro. and i now on the high seas bound 'or France, where he hopes to land a matcn with Georges Carpentler before Tex Rickard can corral the Frenchman Into a match with Jack Dempsey. Tom O'Rourke. who has handled urh great fighters as Georire Dixon. Joe Wolcott and Tom Sharkey, ac companied the "Confessor." and Is cer tain that within the next year he will hare Fulton n a position where Demp sey will have to give him a return snatch. It Is O Ftourke's present plan to match Fulton with the champions of r ranee. England. Scotland and Ireland, and. If successful, to come back to America with all horns blowing and tore the new champion Into a match. lr. this he will probably be dip Pointed. Jack Kearns announced after Fulton's "confession" that he would ner consider another match with the Minnesotan. And in this he is per fectly right. Utile stock was taken in the admission from Fulton that the bout was framed, and it is doubtful if the true American sport would care to ee such a match. Whea Fulton made his "confession he figured that he would "crab" the recent title match. He not only failed. hut was the laughing stock of pugil arm. Dempsey. to the right wayvof look- ins; at It. has beaten Fulton, and beaten him decisively, and there is absolutely no reason why he should give the man who tried to hurt boxing a chance tc rehabilitate himself. The charges of William Rocap. Philadelphia sporting writer, that the Tempsey-Wllliard contest was frame-up" were laughed at recently when the Toledo boxing commission met to consider them. The members of the commission gave Tex K.ckard a vote of confidence and said there was absolutely no truth In the charges made by Rocap of alleged Irregularities in the fight. Resolu tions were drawn up and those inter ested in the match were all given clean bill of health. Recap. It will be recalled, wrote lengthy article some time ago stating that Dempsey had agreed to let "Bat tling" Lertnsky stay the limit with him in a Philadelphia bout, but double- crossed Mm when he scored a Knock out In the third round. Very little credence was placed In the report at the time it wav published. "Gunboat" Smith, who has tasted the punrtes of both Dempsey and Willard, was one fellow who had the real dope on the outcome of the title match. The "Gooner." who Is now employed driving rivets in a Brooklyn drydock. was interviewed the day before the contest and unloaded the following. "Willard. I believe, knows he is through." said Smith, "and is going in for what he can make out of the battle. L.ok at his remarkable calm ness. This alone convinces me that he knews he cannot win. Any fighter. whether he be a good one or a poor one. displays sins of nervousness refore a contest, but Willard's actions In training indicate that he knows he's tn for a lacing. "Dempsey is the greatest heavy welt ht of the day. the "Gooner' con tinued. "What a punch that boy ha: nd In either hand. And. besides, he's as shifty as a bantamweight. He s accurate with his punches more so than any fight ?r I have ever met. H will win and hold the title for many years to come. : I !itRF a. .V 1 ffV'ft . 1 f-:S&xr- - Wtt&jSr . Cut- -me'iiefj (DUE JAam" vfs RfYi' Ufvfb'iM A GMtrr- On AIp AUArcHiue Pe$M.Jt06 K srp.oe6teD T8 HILW boy cti flun aV B . CT7.. - 1 tcnc TOLEDO, July. S. Outside of the first three reels. Jess Willard didn't do so bad. His debut was a regular graduation-day toe dance. He posed and curtsied with all the gracefulness of Mary Pick, on a pair of stilts. This made a great hit with the movie fans, who had seen his picture on the billboards, but ballet stuff is dangerous with Dempsey for a dancing partner. When the towel thrower and his office help came scrambling into the cabled square he got a wonderful hand. If he had worn his old silk bonnet he would have had the brim threadbare from tipping it. But the tipping concession was one in which he had no revenue and consequently he came into the ring bareheaded. Yet, as the reigning monarch of the fighting world, Jess was accorded a reception that was wild and warm. A lot of birds thought it was funny he didn't sit down when he arrived. But Jess knew what he was doing. He had to sit down so much during the first round that he stood while the standing was good. When he accepted Dempsey's first Invitation to take a seat someone had swiped the davenports out of both corners, so Jess sprawled on the floor. Of course, being a younger man. Dempsey was much better able to stand, and In the first act made seven emphatic requests that Jess should keep his seat. Someone has hinted that the assault was a frame-up between Mr. Rickard and Jess to get some movies. The party that intimates' this .unfounded information also intimated Friday morning in large, bold headlines that Dempsey was due to be pruned. Any time a champion takes a beating like he did just to get a few nickels out of a celluloid drama he is either financially hard up or has more histrionic staying powers than Dug Fairbanks in his wildest exteriors. So when it comes to creating rumors and overrating bloomers this sporting ecribe in question is a poor 'little intimater. There were many interesting and memorable sidelights in connection with the ascension of the House of Dempsey. Away over in the west, up about the tenth floor, was the. ladies' department. As there was an agreement between the contestants to fight without field glasses, the ladies' mez zanine went unnoticed by, them, but to those of us trained In horizon hunting they "were easily perceptible. In fact, they came right behind the 910 customers, which was about as near to the ring as Wilhelm got to Paris. But all through the orchestra and family circle there vera other fans of the fairer sex. When the big promotion came, from the $15 stools to the $50 divans, the ladies moved forward in the stampede with all the swiftness of bargain day veterans. Just before the evening meal, when Jess Wilted rolled out the family linen, there were women fans close enough to the white ropes to count the stitches on the towel. -Charlie Chaplin was among those who perspired in the forest of pine boards and later dined with the new champion. As there were no pies on the menu, Charles had no oppor tunity to do what the crowd of sidewalk-peepers expected. Others from the wild west included Jim Coffroth, promoter of many famous scraps, who chaperoned a trainload of California fans to Willard's Reno; P. H. Greer of Los Angeles, who wore the pinkeet shirt at the fight, and Frank Chance and Barney Oldfield, who maintain that a city can be dry by statute and damp by persuasion. Mary Pickford and her mamma were reported close enough to the movie cameras to feel "perfectly at Los Angeles," while Ethel Barrymore took the count of ten and got away with a wonderful faint just as Pecord began to whisper numerals to Jess. Major Drexel-Biddle, with waxed mustache and a frog in his throat, introduced the marine corps bayonet team. From the way those Devil Dogs handle a knife or a gun, it is little wonder that old Hindenburg failed to come up for the fourth round in his bout with Uncle Sam. At the end of nine minutes Jess decided that Jack was right and the argument ended. One hundred thousand is good wages for such a short day's work. About $11,000 per minute, but every minute was a long, hard-winter. Under the circumstances, Dempsey's office-boy pay-check would have been just as acceptable to me. (Copyright, 1919, by Christy Walsh.) "Battling" Levlrsky and Clay Turner have been signed to box eight rounds at the armory A. A. of Jersey City on July 21. Charlie Cochran, the American fight promoter, who is over in London now. haa Just cabled an offer to Pete Her man, the American bantamweight champion, of a purse of $.'5,000 for him to box the winner of the Pal Moore-Jimmy Wilde fight, which takes place In London on July 17. Sixty per ernl of the receipts l to go to the winner of the bout. It is not likely that Herman will aacept this proposi tion. Frankie Farren. San Francisco light wetcht. who boxed in Tort land several times lat year, is in Los Anirelea. where he expects to box Earl Bxird or some other good lightweight. Far Ten, it is understood, is now doing his own business. Prominent Golf Tourney Scheduled. MID CIRCUIT MEET ENDS THREE FAVORITKS WIXXERS OX LAST DAY'S CARD. Single G. Paces Mile In Free-for-All In 2:02 f Being Fastest Heat Turned Daring Season. J CUT 14-19 Omah KlW club, Ntbrj July 14-1 MrailuLhdft club. Mlnna.paH MixratMOta. champion! ip. Juijr Hdui oulpiiux Springs Golf -ttlr 17-l ieiu. N. J, Country club, Smw July Z--m Ji-ulii Country club. Civ iB4, O.. wtru opca CiiAOipiuUtily. July -VJl Kuki Country v.uU, xib 111.. Cakai:o oinn t:fLmpltii!i:p. July l rtAtnittiAi. c a-, ooif dub. cnitfl uprn ntvrapiuiiavnip. Juiy labium Uiu Hound Country Auul -- r oret k'mrtL Ooli ciub, St. - Louis CbeUnPaOFAlllU. Aiafiut 4- JtkoD I vxk Goif club.Chl- Caui cnjunplonamp. August Aijrom Country club. Oah kii. Wt. Nurtbvrn W laconaia ca&mpion nip. AujruM 13-JJ KloMmoor Country club, ChUMA, wtrn Junior championship. Auul IJ-li JinntIppt (ark Golf club. Kovkfunl. Hi-, orthra Illinois champion nip. A ucust l-33 Omkmont. pa.. Country club, national amateur rhamptonatup. Aucuat Dotroit. Mich.. Golf clubi MBfat rtrn championship. Auuat -"-s Whttvmarsn VaJIey Country club. Phtla Jipiia. op-n championship. tScptvmtMrr 1-2 Del Mont Golf and Coun try club. California opn championship. September Del Monta Golf snd Coun try club. California amateur championship, 8eptmbr i- Del Monre Golf and Coun try club. California women's championship. September U-13 Philadelphia, pa. Crick et club. Invitation tourr.sment. September 11-13 ?'oux City. la.. Country club, invitation tournament. September 1 ."-1 J Worcester. Mass.. Coun try club. Massachusetts open championship i try club. Philadelphia. Fa., women's in vi ta: !na tournament. Saptscnber 2."W?7 WTiltemarsh Valley Coun try club, Philadelphia. IX Invitation tourna ment. September 2-Or to her 4 Fhawnee. Pa. Country club, women's national champion-afaip- Octoer 3-4 National oTf links. Shlnno cold Hllla. N T.. Lesley club. Tri-Clty team sn tehee. October T-Tt Huntlnclon Valley Country club. Nobla, Pa., woman's tnvltatkm touma- BQOAt. Q -1e revr Ols. ltd-, dub, Dlstiira at CoIuaUua cAxnpiotihint CLEVELaAND, July 12. The six-day opening meeting: of the Grand circuit closed at Nortb Randall today. Three favorites and one third choice were today's winners. Miss Woodbine. favorite in the second division of the 2:10 trot, won in four hotly contested heats. The first division of this race was decided yesterday. Single G., favorite in the free-for-all pace, went the fastest of the season, either gait. In 2:034 in the first heat and in the second heat beat this record by pacing the mile in 2:02. It was the fastest three-heat race of the year, Constant ine the Great. another favorite, took the 2:20 trot and Eva Abbe, the third choice In the 2:10 pace, won in three straight heats. 10 class, trottinc purse 451-00. (second division : Mi W oodblne. D. m by EmDlrs Expedition. (Whitehead) I 1 3 1 Tommy Todd. b. a., oy TOda Mac. ( Hedrlrk) 4 3 1 2 Emma Ma cow an. b. m.. by J. Mal colm Forbes. Brusie) 1 6 0 3 Don de Iopez. b!k. by Kinney de Lop, i Gers 2 2 3 r. Daisy Todd, b. m.. by Georaro La- v i Tnrtd. ( AiurDnvi a r. Peter Posue also started. Time: 2:06 fc. Free-for-all pare, value $230: Slnrle G.. b. b. br Anderson Wilkes. I Allen Ill Verrie Pstrhen, br. m,, by Roy Patch en. Paltn 2 2 2 Directum J blk. b. bT Chamberlain. 1 Murphy) 5 3 3 Lillian I... br. m.. by Roy Patchen, (W. U'httney) 3 4 4 Peter Nash. ch. by Peter the Great, Kdman 4 5 S In aiso taxied. Time: 2:03, 2:03 2:0.'. 2:'0 class, trot tin r. purse S12V: Conatanllna the Great, b. h.. by Asoff. i Murphy) T 1 1 Briiton Forbes. b:k. r.. by J. Malcolm Forbes. tMrMahon) 1 3 4 Baron Csrantl, b. lu. by Cesantl. (McDonald) 3 2 2 L K. O , ro m . by Toddinston, ( Shanks 2 3 6 Keller Worth, b. n.. by Axworthy. Ackerman ) 6 4 3 Techlo. Louis W. and Harveda also Started. Time 2:08i. a:Of. 2:10S. 2:lo class, pacing, pnrse flOO: Eva Abbe, ch. by The Abbe. i Palm t 1 t Robert E-. br. by J. O. 8. i McCoy 3 2 3 G:a-ls B.. b. m.. by Flraon Axworthy. l Valentine 3 6 10 Freddie G rat tan. ch. by G rattan Kovst lit it) 10 S 2 Solnmnn P-y. b. s;H by Colonel Roberts, t Bennett i 5 9 S Lartv Knller, Enter R.. Betty Blarklock. Wt! tarn patch and Hlghlsnd Lassie also started. Time: 2:04 . 2:tV4, 2:03",. JACK DEMPSEY REAL CrLMPI0N AND HAS LOTS OF BC IN HIM Harry B. Smith, Who Witnessed Fight in Toledo, Draws Conclusions and Says Willard Was "Goose-Flesh" Wrhen He Stepped Into Ring. N BY HARRY B. SMITH. EW YORK, July 12. The king is dead. Long live the king! Jack Dempsey, challenger, was picked by no morethan SO per cent of the tight writers and experts in general. But now that Jack's star Is in the ascendency, now that Dempsey is the champion of the world, the boys, even those who picked Willard to win, have Jumped aboard the band-wagon to pro claim Jack Dempsey the most formid able opponent the fistic world has ever seen in action. Mainy of the good things said about Dempsey are warranted. But the en thusiasts are inclined to get a bit strong. Dempsey unquestionably . is entitled to his honors. He earned his title beyond any doubt. I believe he will hold fast to the title for some time to come. But this naming Dempsey as the best of all the heavyweights the world has ever seen is going it a bit strong. 1 believe there are at least two and possibly three men who could be reck oned, in their prime, to have given Dempsey a tuBsle. One of these fellows is Bob Fltz- simmons. Another is Jack Johnson, hile the third candidate, possibly. would be James J. Jeffries. Bob Fitz simmons was not particularly a strong defensive fighter, but a chap who de pended very largely upon a single punch. Jn many of his fights, if you ill recall past history, Kitxsimmons, always a slow starter, was knocke down on occasions before he got in his deadly punch. Jack Johnson, In my humble opinion, would have given Dempsey some try ing moments. Johnson was the great est defeasive fighter I have eve watched. Jack Dempsey might find It hard to get through the Johnson guard harder even than with the big bulk of Willard. Dempsey seems to have made a successful specialty of big chaps, but this Johnson would have been up and coming. A fight of that caliber would easily have been wortb watching. Larney Lichtenstein. who will be re called as manager of Jimmy Clabby when the latter was at his best on the coast, thinks that Dempsey could have scored against Pitzsimmons, but is more doubtful of his ability to have coped with Johnson. Sounding the Sport Reveille. saying that Fulton could have beaten either man are now taking a back seat. Since that Fourth of July affair there has been no Fulton talk. I doubt very much whether Fred wants any more of Dempsey's game. Certainly this ought to put sr quietus on the talk of the Dempsey-Fulton fake. Willard, for example, will vouch for it that Jack quarters talking to the champion. Jess remarked he had a couple of young sters at home and that he might as well get the fight over so he could go home to them the sooner. Then he added: "Of course, I expect to win in a hurry, but this will be my last fight. If I am to lose I would rather do so now, before my kiddies get any older." So perhaps he had a presentiment that all was not well. I was in the Dempsey corner, but some of the boys who were across the ring say that Willard's .confidence was assumed: that goose flesh stood out all over him before the gong sounded and that in reality he was nervous. Dempsey was solemn, but not at all nervous. In that laM moment of wait ing. he deliberately turned his back on Willard and held converse with Jack Kearns. The coast manager of the PECKIHGH HOLDS LEAD BEATERS' FORMER SHORTSTOP TOPS AMERICAN HITTERS, can hit and hit hard. Fulton's story I western product even delayed the start doesn t stand the acid test in the light I for a short time, and probably on pur of what hatlDened recentlv in the Toledo I nnsn City. I W Tom Jones, who nicked Willard and William Rocap, the sports editor of I still wanted to see him win, says he the Philadelphia Ledger, is the laugh- lost $4100 on the battle and declares it ina- stork of th nniminir wnrid mill was the easiest money he ever lost. picked Willard to win and he picked lom ma5. nav.e wagerea. out him strong. In one of the Toledo I ?, ?". T r Jt i Z,, he in large figures, and I reckon it would be safe to scale down the size of the bet he is supposed to have made. Men don't ordinarily bet and then say they like it. Bob Ederen. who picked Jeffrtes all the way to beat Johnson, liked Wil lard to win from Dempsey. But Bob learned his lesson in picking a win the counterfeit $60 tickets at To ledo weren't stung much worse than the birds who bought the genuine ones. The pitcher who Is filled with high' balls la tbe first to crack. It begins to look as If the league of nations wont allow on Bethmann Hollweg to "pinch hit" for W. Hohen sollem. Every player has to bat for himself In that league. . , "The fighter who trains on a vege table diet is liable to get a cauliflower ear." Diamond Bobby Evans. . . Some of the abuses of the day: Near beer. Near fights. - By applying a well-known rule of al. gebra. "That Willie" Meehan may be claiming the world's championship now. , Jess Willard said that "the pitcher went once too often to the well." , How about Um tabt i And here's another the boys have been pulling. They all pause to re mark what a great fight it would have been to match Dempsey with the late Stanley Ketchel. Great fight It would have been, for Ketchel had a heart as big as a lion. But the weight advan tages, the height and the reach would have counted against him. It would have been another case of a good big man beating a good little man. You have only to recall that Ketchel on occasion had trouble getting away with Billy Papke. Try to imagine Papke doing anything with Dempsey and yon have the answer. All the same Dempsey must be reck oned a good fighting man. That's the phrase with which to describe him. He is the hardest puncher of all times. His blows have more snap to them, do more damage. He appears all the world like a tame tiger suddenly aroused when the bell rings and he gets busy. Before the fight Willard boastfully talked about his punch; said he had never struck a man with full force because he was afraid of a ring fatality, but that this time he was going to lei loose. Dempsey was the chap who needed to be afraid on that score. And he must needs be careful in the future, for when he hits he hurts. ... T-h boys who before thA fight, yore papers there was this for an eight column line: "Willard to Win Rocap." Naturally when Willard lost, Rocap had to do something, say something, and write a lot. He did. First of all he called Willard a quitter. Then he hinted there was something crooked ner some nine y6ars back, and he was aooui me iiKiii. aim mai mtiuru anu far jess effUS)Ve in what he said. Fact V lllard were in on a deal to put some-1 la he anowei himself a loophole on tniiig over on an unsuspecting pifoiic. every page of copy he wrote. ine siory wa Kiuea in me loieuoi Billv Roche was in Toledo for sev- paper. but it went to other cities. As erai davs after the f ieht. Billy had been imesrara annouiicea, ine army ana I r.rnmlrt film to take, with him to navy board of boxing control has been France, where he is working for the asked to investigate. The Toledo city soldiers in the service of the Knights ooxing commission aiso wants to act. of Columbus. Roche also has a film Neither body has any authority to call of tne willard-Johnson scrap in Rocap Before them, and he can map H,,M. . he will he able to show the nis lingers at tne wnoie caoooaie u K,n,., hn mmins- md irninir. ua u utrcs. Rickard can bring action in the courts if he pleases and possibly that will be Up to the last moment they were done. still talking about the heat in the So far as the so-called fake Is con-1 Toledo arena. Rickard says he has cerned. Rocan can't find one chin who I been in many hot spots, including South saw the match to back him up. It s I America, out mat ne never sunereu as simply the squeal of a hard loser who much as he did on inaepenaence aay is thus trviner to alibi his wav out of I in the Toledo arena. ine western tough situation. Union had 60 operators on me joo I doubt whether anvthinz comes of I They managed to stick to work, but the squall,-but Rocap has certainly lost I seven of them were sick and out of ground. I commission tne lonowmg aay. oo rar as I could learn no one or tne news paper men had to take the count from old Sol. but some of the spectators did collapse. Just a word of praise for the Willys Overland people. They erected a big tent outside the grounds and provided the newspaper men with badges. All sorts of soft drinks, sandwiches and even cigars were on tap for the boys of the press, to say nothing of a cool place In which to lounge for a quarter of an hour. Roger's Work of .382 Remains Un changed From Last Week Joe Jackson Second With .350. I had rather an interesting talk with Larney Lichtenstein. to whom I re ferred in a previous paragraph. Larney is a great student of the boxing game. He says Dempsey is what he calls an angle fighter. In short. Dempsey uses holds to stop the other fellow from landing and to tie him up until he is almost helpless. He illustrates by say ins. that when an opponent leads i straight left Dempsey will catch him by the wrist, turn him partially and then be in a position to land on the unprotected chap with the right. Anglers' Tournament to Open. The fall tournament of the Anglers' Jack Dempsey has a lot of boy in I Club of New York will be held Septem- him. He was talking with Rickard In ber 19 and 20 at the club's casting the lobby of a hotel a couple of nights I pool in Central Park, New York, the after the fight and anxiously inquired! events being as follows: how Willard was coming along. 1 First event. Friday, 1 o'clock, bait casting He s all right, answered Tex. "His i for distance, 54 ounce: second event, x e- Is Ktill hnthet-inc him a lit! and I o clock, llgm mcKie aisuuice iiy. .-ounce he has a lump on the jaw, but will be all right within a few days. ' Dempsey heaved a sigh of relief. I m glad of that, he said. I was afraid I might have hurt him and I didn't want to do that. I had a notion to go out and call on Jess the day after the fight, but I didn't dare." r ighters of the olden times never talked that way. It just goes to show how the world "do move." Neither seems to hold any feeling. Dempsey, as the winner, would natur al!.. ...(..., v.., TT ' ; 1 1 1 . i. t " u".u.":,,- bers may cast for this prize at all tour. each event will be scored. rod; third event, 3 o'clock, dry fly accuracy, 5-ounce rod: fourth event, 4 o'clock, accu racy fly, 5-ounce rod; fifth event, Saturday, 10 o'clock. 14-ounce accuracy bait: sixth event. 10:30 o'clock. H-ounce accuracy bait; seventh event. 11 o'clock. H-ounce distance bait: eiahth event. 1:30 o'clock, feather weight distance fly, 3-ounce rod; ninth event, 2:30 o'clock, distance fly, 5-ounce Tod, and tenth event, 4 o'clock, salmon fly. A club championship prize will be given by the club to the member making best records without handicap allow ance during the season in the events listed in the spring tournament. Mem- Roger Peckinpaugh, New York, who hit safely in 29 consecutive games, in cluding last Wednesday's contest, con tinues to lead the regulars in batting in the American league, his mark of .38 remaining unchanged from a week ago, according to averages released yester day. Joe Jackson of the White Sox has "climbed from seventh to second place with an average of .350. He also holds the total base honors, neia last week by Sisler, St Louis. Jackson's mark Is 122 and Sisler's 121. Peckinpaugh, besides leading the batters, chalked up five more runs to his credit and leads the run-getters. He has registered 51 times. Peckinpaugh formerly clayed with Portland. Babe Ruth, Boston, bagged two more homers and leads the circuit-drive hitters with nine. Ray Chapman, Cleveland, who still is out of the game, has been passed by Vitt, Boston, in sacrifice hits. Vitt has 25 to Chapman's 22. The 12 thefts of Johnston, Cleveland, have put him first among the base stealers Other leading batters for ZD or more games: Veach, Detroit. .347: Flagstead, De troit, .339; Cobb, Detroit, .338; Johnston, Cleveland, .326; Sisler, St, Louis, .324; Kinney, Philadelphia, .324; Ruth. Bos ton, .320; Roth, Boston, .312; Milan, Washington, .308; Rice, Washington, .307: Smith, Cleveland, .305; Bodie, New York. .305. Jim Thorpe, the versatile Indian athlete, continued to lead the National league hitters with .397. Hy Myers of Brooklyn showed the real class among the batters, however, by climbing from 22d place among the regulars last week with a mark of .297 to a tie for third place this week with an average of .332, Max Flack, Chicago, broke the ti shared with Olson, Brooklyn, last week in number of runs scored and leads with 46 tallies to his credit. Benny Kauff, New York slugger, took th total base honors from "Gavvy" Cravath Philadelphia, but the veteran continued to hold his lead among the home- run hitters. Kauffs total bases num ber 113, while "Gavvy" has made nine circuit drives. Daubert, Cincinnati, continued in front among the sacrifice hitters with 20. while Bigbee, Pittsburg, continued to show the way to the base stealers with 21 thefts. Other leading batters for 25 or more games Young, New York, .332; Williams, Philadelphia, .320; Kauff, New York, 318: Roush, Cincinnati, .315; Wingo, Cincinnati, .311; Holke, Boston, .310; Hornsby. St. Louis, .309; Burns, New York, .309; Meusel. Philadelphia, .309 McHenry, St. Louis, .309. ' TOLEDO, O., July 12. Disagreement between Oliver .Pecord and W. Warren Barbour, referee and timekeeper, re spectively, of the Willard-Dempsey championship bout here July 4, became public today, when Pecord announced he had received a letter from Bajour in which Barbour declares the bout ended in the fourth round. On the day following the botrt, Pecord announced in his official capacity, that the affair ended in the third round, ar the towel was thrown into the ring be fore the bell sounded for resumption, of hostilities In the fourth. . Aocording to the Barbour letter, the bell rang for the fourth round before the token of defeat appeared on the scene. Pecord said that In his reply to Bar bour he will adhere to his original rul ing on the ground that as the referee heard no hell and as neither boxer nof their handlers gave any indication of hearing it the fight technically stopped; at the conclusion of the third round. . Referee Pecord Is receiving letters . from all over the country asking him ' for his opinion as to what round th' fight terminated. , CORBETT WROXG, AS VSCAIi Ex-Champ Picked Willard to Win, : . Giving Dempsey Cinch.- Every procrastinator in Toledo was .' awaiting the arrival of ' Jim Corbett, ; ho did not put in an appearance until the night before the big show. ; The handsome ex-champion was . showered with the question: "Whom ., do you like, Jim?" "I came here with " the intention of placing a bet on Wil- i lard," said Gentleman Jim, "bat so ; many of my friends have adviBed me I differently that, I believe I'll lay off '. lthougn l still oeiveve mat wui&ra ; ill win." f That settled it. Dempsey was a sine- t cure. The man who had plucked the f Salt Lake kid to cop the bacon smiled J and felt confident. It threw great gobs J of gloom into the Willard nooks. Cor- bett never picked a winner in his life. , The Associated Press carried a atory t after the fight that Dempsey weighed , but 187 pounds although Jack Kearns 1 said while hopping into the Toledo ( ring that Jack weighed 193. it is not likely that the new exalted ruler of i fistiana' does weigh but 187 pounds, J owever, for he's not a big fellow and ; is still growing. Dempsey's speed and hitting power ; offsetB the fact that he does not appear to be the most clever chap In the world. His rapid fire attacks would keep' a ! cleverer fellow employing all of his-" ability along that line to ward off be ing punished, therefore virtually put ting Jack the giant killer on an even '. basis with a shiftier opponent, ; DULCTH OARSMEN SCORE BIG Outside Crews Fail to Win Race at Northwest Regatta. DULUTH, Minn- July 12. Outside rowing crews entered in the northwest ' international rowing regatta failed to make a showing against Duluth Boat club oarsmen today and tbe local crew won every race started. Only one event went to outsiders. Thunder Bay Rowing club. Fort Will iam, Ontario, defeated the Minnesota Boat club, St. Paul, by a length In the lap-etreak four. The Canadians made ' the mile and a quarter in 4:08. The prettiest race of the day was the junior single sculls. Five men entered. Gil Hokanson of Duluth Boat club de feated Han Ion Hackett of Baudette by a half length. GOLF HANDICAP TO OPEN . QUALIFYING ROUNDS IN HEIT KEMPER CUP PIAY ATTRACTS. Large Crowds Are Expected to Par- ticipate in Matches at Port land Club. ently has no regrets. I think, he is sincere. He is not a fighter by nature. and doubtless is glad he is through. Just before the fight one of the n&wspaper men was Jul the Willard At the end of the season a special prize will be given by the president of the club to the member making the best score in not less than 15 events in spring &d fail tournaments. Grinnell Honors Sprinter. GRINNELL, la., July 6. Karl Hass. the sensational sprinter at Grinnell col lege, has been elected captain of the track team for next season. He made uch a good record that he was chosen captain unanimously. He went to Eu rope as a member of the United States track team to compete in the interallied games at Paris, and was notified of his election by wireless while on the At lantic Salmon Fishing Fine at . Monterey. MONTEREY, Cal., July 12. Anglers are getting plenty of thrills on Monte rey bay. Salmon fishing has been ex cellent to those who have tried the sport and some unusually large fish have been landed. Reports from the various California fishing grounds, both coastal and inland, generally indi cate that the sport fs the best that has been bad ia. a number of ye&xs, A large field of golfers is exnected at . the first tee of the Portland Golf club-' today to compete in the qualifying round of the handicap medal play for the Heitkemper cup. Players having a ':' handicap of 17 or more are eligible to ,-, enter this tournament. The 16 low net scores will qualify for the first elim- ination play which will be held on' July 20. In conjunction with the qualifying round of the Heitkemper cup tourna- ' t ment will be the semi-finals in the sum- ." mer handicap play. Players having a " handicap of 17 or over, who are compet ing in the semi-finals of the summer , ' handicap will be allowed to enter their score in the qualifying round of the r Heitkemper cup tournament. Two cups and three special prizes are up for the r winners in the summer handicap event..".' One cup will be for the champion while,', the other goes to the winner in the first - T flight. Unlike previous handicap tourna- ments staged at the Portland Golf club " the summer handicap offers all entrants a cnance ox winning a prize. As usual, the best eight low scores,. will qualify for the championship round, 1 but after that is where the tourna-"r ment differs from previous ones. The second eight players will be , grouped into the first flight, the third . eight in the second flight, the fourth -eight in the third flight and the last-' eight in the fourth flight. A prize is of- . fered for the winner in each flight. A mixed foursome handicap which was to have been staged on July 8 will'. also be played off today with a hand- ' some pair of ladies golf shoes up as the prize. T Neither the Waverley Country club nor the Taulatln country club has scheduled any special tournaments for" today but a large tournout of golfers is expected on the links at these two clubs , to take advantage of the ideal golfing., weather. e Mrs. George Harrison, one of the ' few woman golf professionals In the , United States, is going to Chicago for a two weeks' stay to play over the courses -in that district. Mrs. Harrison has con- : ducted an indoor golf school in Cleve- : land for a number of years, her last , position as a professional being wit a , country, ciufe U lUadviUe, Pa. . .