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8 i 11 ii t ilk rr.i ii i v t i 11 i i a .AiiPiiii. iiri rAiuii ; ; - ..- - . i - -- . - - - -. DEPIPSEY CHIPION NEEF FIGHTERS OF ROOKIE COMES BACK AS STAR t Anriatd IT Sports Editor) . 'EW "-YOTtK 'Jily' 21. Hr aro h irt"; fnf .Tfc rMpy'a OTfiefearfiofthij light and bin .p proximal. fthare of the purite in farh: Opponent "' - Receipts Impsjr' , n " ;; " , Kntk WilUrg, '1919 ..9 4.r2.522 $100,000 llrcnnaA, 12t .... 25O.0 100.000 MlKk. .; . 1T.O.OCH ftft.OOO CariMmtiwr 1921.. l.fiai..r80 300000 Uibtkonx. r2S .... ' 201,45 560.000 Firpo, 123 ........ l.J,H2 475.0OO Tunney, 1926 . .. 1,895.723 750.000 Total ,13,765.132 2,025.000 . NEW YORK, July 21. Jack . t)empsey is the biggest "mbney fighter'Mbe ring has ever known. He has drawn down the largest purses In fistic history. lie has attracted the largest crowds and "gates" on record. Only three battles in pugilistic . annals have gone over the million dollar mark in receipts and Demp sey; has figured in all of them his fights with Georges Carpentier, Luis Angel Firpo and Gene Tun r ney.. Two " of these drew over $1,500,000. The erstwhile Manassa Mauler will figure in at least one more .million-dollar attraction, his come : back bout with Jack Sharkey at the Yankee Stadium, July 21, and will get his share of another lu crative "gate if he defeats the Boston sailor and thus gains the - right id a return battle with Tun ney. I "" ' 1 f 'Prom Willard to Tunney, Demp : eey fought seven times, collecting ', more than $2,400,000 as his share of "gates" tht approximated over S;750,Q00. j ' "Pnlni' trio tnriefinnhlo nmv- i Lki-.i . . , n,Jlel sale of the Cleveland baseball . i ii j ii l il aLiiiciic fiunc 3 iiiai as magnet to the fans, has made Deiupsey the greatest drawing card In ring history, in the opion .Ion of Tex Rickard, who knows better than anyone else how profit able Dempsey's fistic appearances hive been. It is the sort of "'color" that has made Babe Ruth the biggest attraction in baseball. ' Fandom prefers the- "sock", whether it is with-the fist or the baseball bat. Dempsey has always been a "socker." The possibility . of a knockout or a knock-down-arid-drag-out battle always has seemed to be a greater lure than a scientific exhibition of the manly art of boxing. When Dempsey and Firpo staged their famous cave-man struggle at the Polo Grounds, more than 85,000 spectators be came hysterical, wildly-cheering fanatics, stirred by as primitive battle of fists as the ring has ever seen. Great drawing card as Dempsey waa during the seven years he held the heavyweight title, he did not enjoy the popularity with the mass of fandom that he seems to have acquired as an ex-champipn trying a eomeback. ItJs one of the queer turns of the sport, ' but neverthe less a fact, that the crowd cheered Dempsey more lustily for "taking his beating" and offering no alibis than it ever did when he was the conqueror. BHD EXPECTED 'J SUCCEED'" BAN - (By Norman E. Brown.) ."While no- definite step has been made as yet to name a successor to Hatf Johnson as president of the American league, I have it on almost unimpeachable author ity that the way Is prepared for the elevation of Ernest S. Barn ard, new president of the Cleve land club. , Most fairminded baseball men view his selection as a logical one. Rightly so. He is probably bet ter fitted in every way, including temperament- and knowledge of the game, than any other man. ; t can be stated with some cer- Black Walnut Filled Chips Another special to order delicacy from'Krause's Famous Candy Kitchens Regular 35c a lb. Special for Saturday Only 25c a lb. 2 lbs. for 45c . : ONLY AT GCHAEFER'G D DRUG STORE ; Original Yellow ; Front , 1 35 North Commercial ? . . Phone, 197 ;vThe:Penslar; Store ru'vs!"' ' '.:y::' ."....4 I f" '' hrr : , V. ... asr( j- mtt'wr!n- "twJLt MONTE- DEFEATS MUSKIE BY K. O. T. Francis Hogan, youthful catcher of the Boston National league team, is the Hub's new hero. Going west with the Braves as a rookie, he came back the team's best catcher. In a recent game with the Giants, he picked Eddie Roush off. second, some thing that Eddie hadn't experienced in years of balse stealing. tcinty, also, that the long rumor- club will not take place until Bar nard's future as possible presi dent of the league has been de finitely settled. There is a logi cal reason. Barnard has no holding of im portance in the club merely enough to give him a place on the board of directors. Mrs. James Dunn, majority owner of the stock, depends en tirely on Barnard's judgment in aK matters pertaining to the club. It is to be presumed that she will lean much on that judgment in disposing of her holdings. In his present position Barnard can act only in an advisory capac ity. His actions might necessarily be hampered by consideration of his own future with the club. As president of the league it is to be presumed that Barnard could and would exercise the same privileges Johnson did in putting his o. k. on parties to and fanan cial arrangements attending the change of ownership of any of the clubs. This would give' Barnard a freer hand in protecting the in terests of Mrs. Dunn and indirect ly the other club owners. Ban Johnson was criticized openly at times for "intruding" in sftch matters but Big Ban's only reply was that he was doing it to protect baseball from undesirable associates- men who wanted only to bleed the game instead of con ducting the clubs on a sportsman like basis. Barnard fully realizes the value of continuing this policy. A New York pastor advises folks to take their religion with them on their vacation. That's fine. But what are we to do when fhe sun is hot. the fish won't bite and we run a fishhook into our thumb? After a prize contest for a new national anthem is over it is cus tomarily discovered that the Star Spangled Banner in triumph still waves. Detroit News. Y A y KE E STADfUM, New York, July 21 (AP) The first preliminary to the Derapsey-Shar-key heavyweight battle tonight ended quickly when Joe Monte of Brockton, . Mass., knocked out Frank Muskie of St. Paul, Minn., a .sparring partner of Champion Gene Tunney, in the second round of a six round matc4i. Muskie outboxed Monte with a show of cleverness in the first round but took the long count, flat on his back, toward the end of the second round after being top pled by a right hook to the jaw. There were only 23 seconds left in the round when Monte, a 23 year old former amateur, landed the crusher. It was a victory for the Sharkey camp as Monte is un der the wing of Johnny Buckley. Sharkey's manager. Muskie weighed 173; Monte 174 pounds. Jimmy Byrne, hard hitting southpaw from L,ouiaeville, Ky., won a six round decision from Tom Sayers of Detroit, in the sec ond preliminary. The southerner had Sayers out on the canvas from a left smash to the stomach rtien the final bell ended the bout. The preliminary card marked the introduction of the New York state athletic commission's edict as to what the best dressed box ers should wear, the combatants wearing the official trunks of the commission, red and black on one boxer, and purple and black on the other. Lou Fink, Gene Tunney's trainer, was in the corner of , one of the battlers in the first prelim inary. Lou's boy, Frank Muskie, was knocked out. The champion did NOT put in an appearance for the warm-up bouts. Tunney came in during the second preliminary and took a seat in the first row. He was ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Girabel. The champion was not recognized by the crowd at large, but was given a hearty greeting by his neighbors as he took a seat on the first row. Tunney seemed in rare good humor, smiling broadly at a re mark of his companions and fin ally laughing out loud. The third preliminary was over before he could get settled, but he watched the maneuvers of Sandy Sei fert and Wyoming Warner with interest. "Big Bill" Edwards add ed his great size to tell the at tendance of famous football per sonages. , Grapevine tidings, always strong at big events, were that the odds had undergone a sudden shift, by which Dempsey was made a favorite. With a show of au thority the announcement was CHAUTAUQUA TOMORROW One of the most renowned training schools for Indians in the United States sends its crack musical organization this year to give palefaces a thrill from the Chautauqua platform. They will be the attraction Saturday afternoon and evening along with Ned Woodman, celebrated car toonist and reader of home-made poetry and "reciter" of national idiosyncraciei. The programs Saturday are real features of the week. , TODAY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING The Smit h - Spring - Holmes ? - Orchestral Quintette ' i will give musical programs, readings and special solo, duet and ensemble numbers that will be sure to please. They are all stars and their program, has met with tremen dous popular favor wherever they Have appeared. made - at tha. ringside that Demp: sey had become an 11 to 10 favorite,- where Sharkey up do this afternoon had ruled a favorite of T to 5 or higher odds. As the preliminary ended the rush of spectators gained in im petus, and ft." was evident that there would be quite a crowd on hand before the evening was over. The main fight will go on at 9 :30 or 9:35 o'clock eastern 'day light time, according to present indications. ;CIKlg Jack Dempsey's Mother Had Confidence in Son SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. July 21. (AP) Outwardly calm, but admittedly "nervous" Mrs. Cecilie Dempsey." mother of Jack Demp sey, heard the verdict of the ref eree award her son another vic tory over the radio back stage of a local theater tonight. "I thought be would win. but then I was awful nervous," she said. "I couldn't help but she nervous because even though I thought he would win. it was a hard test. Oh yes. I think Shar key is a better fighter than Tun ney, and although I felt that Jack was in better shape than in his last fight I couldn't help being a little afraid." Anyhow, it's a lot more satis factory to see the. names Lind bergh and Chamberlaim in the headlines than it was Gray and Snyder. By EDWARD J. NEIL WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Saratoga Lake. N. Y.. July 21 (AP) A new order of things pre vailed in, the training camp of Jack Dempsey, once the mauler of Manassa, but now just another former champion attempting to shatter riitg precedent by fighting his way back to the heavyweight throne. Jack lived in complete seclusion in a tiny bungalow hidden in a deep wood more than a mile from Tom Luther's hotel, the headquar ters of newspapermen and scene of the daily training sessions. Rarely did he come from the hills except for the workouts. . Visitors and even close personal friends were barred from the cot tage and except for Jack's cherry "Hello, fellows' as he climbed the bag-punching platform at the start of the workout and another joking "So long, girls, see you tomorrow" as he left when the day's grind was over, the scribes rarely en countered the former titleholder. None but newspapermen were ad mitted to the daily workouts. In the past, the site of Demp sey's training rounds always was noted for the ease and availability oi the big good-natured champion, until lawsuits and process servers fcrce'I"a 'new' regime before the losing battle with Gene Tunney last fall. Thl time Jack waa In even deeper seclusion but for an other reason. Knowing that the fight with Jack Sharkey in the Yanke Sta dium on the night of July 21 must be a swan song In the game he loves' If the tide of battle turns toward the Boston Lithuanian, Dempsey threw himself into 'the conditioning effort with a grim, fierce determination that never marked "his previous conditioning periods.' - ' For the first tfme in his career. Jack has been constantly coached as he worked by Leo P. Flynn, veteran manager of boxers, who took over Dempsey's affairs for the duration of the comeback. Flynn dictated what Jack should eat, when he should work and lay off. and during the boxing sessions named every punch the former champion or his sparring mate threw before "the blow was even started. Through it all, Flynn was greatly aided by Dempsey's almost fanatical desire to regain the title. Flynn, too, dictated the greatest change ever tried In Dempsey's fighting style. In training for Tunney, Jack boxed on his toes in the beliefe that such a manner of attack brought the greatest speed and leverage into punches. Yet Gene stabbed Dempsey off balance with straight left hand punches and crossed his right with enough j effect to win the championship of the world. Th tlcmnsPT tndnv la v,-. ..-- uoxiQj on the balls of his feet, reducing the; old! bobbing weave to a tnrn swaying of the body as he ploughs into close quarters. Coming ir, Jack catches the left hand jabs he expects in plenty from Sharkey-, sometimes with a. protecting right hand but more bften with hi .,!, Once inside,. Jack crashes btn hands to the body in short punch es that appear to have almost a paralyzing effect on his oppoht-m. Lindbergh gets 50,000 letters of congratulations, and he ha.a t even a secretary. "Red Sox have siened a rookie Hurler who wears : glasses. If he makes good Carrigan's gonna sign an optician to treat the other boys eyes.' alf TV .race nee Sate v FRIDA Y and 8 A TURD A Y Come early and get a pair of these wonderful shoes at half their actual value Over one hundred pairs of the Price Shoe Co.'s high- grade shoes placed in this sale to be closed out at half price, only broken lines are included in this, lot, they are the very finest shoes that money can buy, but there are not all sizes in any one line. Our entire stock is on sale as well as this special lot that, we are closing but. 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