T1TE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919.
FULTON HIS HOPES
OF ANOTHER CHIC
OUR FIGHTING CHAMPION BY CHRISTY WALSH.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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. . .