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;-Jack'.]ohnson Oltered 1o Surrender Title to Willayd {for $200,000
= Farnsworth Gives ‘lnside’ of Fight — Curley
Feared Negro Would ‘Run Out’ and Remained
= With Him Up to Time of Bout,
;A By w. S, FARNSWORTH,
- Former Sporting Editor of The Georgian-American.
o UNDREDS of prominent fight fans to this day believe that the Jess
H Willard-Jack Johnson championship fight in Havang was a fake.
1 During a Western tour the writer learned the real inside of the fight
_-‘from & person who was very closely connected with the affair.
It was not a fake, although the morning of the fight Johnson sent for
one of the promoters and voluntarily offered to lay down to the white man
for $200,000.
Johnson was knocked out. He went down in the twenty-sixth round
ecompletely exhausted. “He took the fall” as though the final punch had
really rendered him unconscious.
During the minute's rest between the
. twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth rounds,
.. dack Curley, one of the promoters, an
. ®wering a hurry call from Johnson,
“'fushed to the negro’s corner,
# “I'm all in, Jack,” Johnson told Cur
ley. “I don't believe 1 can last out
another round; I'm completely exhaust
ed. If I have to quit, is it worth any
thing to me to make the finish look liie
4 real knockout? It sureiy ought to be
worth SIO,OOO extra.” o
Curley, being a smart show man,
begged Jobnson that, if he had to quit.
he make the finish as spectacular as
\ gulble. And so Johnson promised
at, while he’d fight as long as his
Strength would endure, when the time
came he would §0 down as though he
‘were knocked cold.
Won Title Fairty,
And that is the real story of the fight
itself. Joh?son was willing to hand
over his title for a consideration, but
there was nothing dolns. Jess Willard |
won the titie fairly and squarely, He |
did not knock out Johnson, but won
the heavyweight crown because of. his
mfledneu and endurance.
e fight was held on a Monday. The
daa' before the contest, Johnson drove[
into the city of Havana and demanded
that he bzogiven his entire end of. thet
Kurse, $30,000, at once. Previous to this
e had been given SII,OOO for expenses. |
Hh: met Jaek Curley and asked for hlsl
share.
‘1 want my money now,” said John-‘
son. i
“I can’t fct it now,"” was Curley’s reply,
“but I will bring ft out to your eamp|
tomorrow morning,” l
“All right, I'll wait until tomerrow
morning, Jack,” said Johnson. “But |
don’t fail to come.”
Farly on the morning of the fight Cur
l?' went to the bank and drew out the
$30.000, He motored out to Johnson's
quarters and handed over the money
to Jack. The latter, in turn, counted
‘he money, all of which was in bills of
1,000, and then gave it to his wife,
saying:
“Here, mommer, put this away.”
Mrs. Johnson tucked the money in her
waist,
Curley, fearing that Johnson might
run out at the last minute, decided to
stay with the negro right up to the’
time the fight was to start. He didn’t
want to arouse Johnson's nusglclnnsl
that he suspected the negro might run
out, so he turned to Mrs. Johnson and |
asked:
“Lucille, may T take a lMttle rest?
I haven't had a wink of sleep for two
nlfhts. and a little nap will help me
a lot.”
Curley Tricks Johnson,
“SBo Curley rested, always keeping one
eye on Johnson. When it came time |
to start for the battle ground, Curley,
rode in with the champion. |
Before they started Mrs. Jnhnmm‘
served tea and crackers. While they
TAD’S TID-BITS |
OLD THAM, THE SNOWBALL.
The 'Frisco papers are hopping on poor Tham Langford now for
being so fat and sassy. Tham fought Willie Meehan with the higgest
pouch ever seen in a Western ring. He was just as wide as he was
high, and when he swung Tham almost fell down.
It seems that the farther Tham travels the fatter he gets. He's
something after the style of a snowball at that. He won't roll around
much out West, though. They won't have him any more unless he s
in shape, and as it will take a vear to get that lard off, it looks as
though Tham wili rest for quite a while
CAESAR ATTELL AT IT AGAIN.
Caesar Attell, brother of the famous Abe, is going to pull off a
“comeback” in 'Frisco. Caesar hasn’t fought in years, but he’s going to
« try again. His last bout on the coast was a pip. Caesar ran second,
ag usual, but he wasn't knocked out wuntil the last round of the hout.
e He saved himself in the first round without the aid of his seconds.
~* His opponent sank a right into Caesar's Junch basket and as he fell he
e rolled over near the timer. :
? The referee was busy counting while holding the daffy opponent
~away. The fight had gone about two minutes and he was up to eight
~on his count when clang! went the gong! .
There was a terrible roar. Every one was yelling at the same time,
? The referee didn't know what to make of it. Finally the gong
sofinded. for the next round and the timekeeper told him that Attell
had pulled the bell himself the last time, The next timé that Caesar hit
the floor the referee rolled him over toward the center of the ring,
where he couldn’t reach the gong. i
CANADA CAL'S CHIRPS.
“Make 'em cry? Any onion can do that. But show me a vegetable
that can make people laugh,” says a contemporary. Why, any amateur
gardener can do that, Ask one of them to show you the seed»eatalogue
with the glowing picture of a prodigious tomato, and then let him show
you the vegetable he got from the seed.
As the goose that laid the golden eggs remarked when she lamped
the result of her most recent effort: “There's an egg that cant be
beat.”
A cateher named Hannah has been signed up by the Yanks. Han
nah, being a female name, is a good one for.a catcher,
No. Eulalia, they are not called “light wines” because you can get
“lit up” on them.
k That water used in timés past as a “chaser” for whisky seems to
have caught up.
“Runs Crane All Day,
ik
« Then Bowls gvening
. (By International News Service.)
WATERTOWN, MASS., March 22.-—
Bawling a “ten-string’ match for a tours
nament trophy is somewhat of a stren=
uous evening for any woman,
But it is nothing but a ml\fi recreation
for Mrs. Florence Leard. Sha is one of
the first women war workers at the Wa
tertown Arsenal, handles a bhig ten-ton
erane aM day and then howls a dozen
ings or so evenings just to Kkeep inl
sical trim,
ps. Leard entered the “erane” school
fMAtituted at the Watertown Arsenal last
?Jtoh. r. It takes six weeksa to finish. the
urse, Hut Mrs. Leard, with characteristie
apergy. completed her training in four
weeks' time and was assigned to the task
Q’thnflllnx one of the mighty éranes in
the big gun carriage shop,
Pleking vp a big gun carriage weigh
fng several tong nnd joading 1t on a car
8 ohild’s play vwhen yom have the knack,
L els Awa TE henie housework and g much
were eating Johnson turned to Curley‘
and asked:
“Jack, what ehance has this big
sucker got with me,”
“He's a big, strapping fellow, and
if you don’t stop him early he's likely
to outlast you,” replied Curley,
“Well, 1 think I can knock him out
In any round that 1 want to,” said John
son. “But for the sake of the pi(slures]
I am going to let him stick for ten orl
a dozen rounds, ;
“Bfi the way, Jack, [ am willing to
talk business if you can dig up enough
money, but it's got to be a lot of
money,"” was Johnson's next remark.
Asr. for $200,000.
“How much/do you want?”’ asked Cur
‘ley, more out of curiosity than anything
else, fia Curley, from the time the match
was first suggested, was confident that
Willard would surely win.
"1 must have $200,000,” said Johnson.
“Well, it's too late to dig up any
amount like that at this late hour,” was
Curley’s reply.
And so the fight went on. Curley
watched the first three rounds and then
went to the box office. He did not visit
the ringside again until Johnson sent
for him. Around aboGt the twentieth
round Curley himself opened the main
gate to the race t(f}ck where the fight
was being held and let in all those who
didn’'t have the price to see the fight at a
dollar a head.
Along about the twenty-fourth round'
a prominent New York attorney, who
was at the fight, and who represented
the man who put up the money for the
fight, came rushing out to the gate.
Hurry Cail for Curley,
“Hey, Jack, Johnson wanuts to see you
at m:‘%e,!” yelled the lawyer.
Curfey immediately started on the run
for* the ring. The twenty -fifth round
had just finished when Curley reached
Johnson. The negro leaned over the
ropes, and then informed the promoter
of his condition, After promising to
make the finish look like a real knock
out, Johnson asked Curley to get Mrs.
Johnson outside so that she wouldn’t
see the finish.
Curley’s visit to Johnson's corner
caused much comment at the time. The
newspaper men-were told that it was
because Johpson wanted Curley to get
Mrs. Johnson out before the finish,
which was partially true. But the real
reason of Curley's appearance was that
the negro, even when almost completely
exhausted, still was the same shrewd
business man that marked his rinfi ca
reer from the day he won the cham
ionshl{) from Tommy Burns, He knew
Ke couldn’t last much longer and was
willing to make the finish a sensational
one.
But Curley outwitted Johnson at the
cruclial stage. The promoter knew that {
Johnson had 51 per cent of the pictures
and that for his own sake he would
“take his fall’”’ as though it were a
clean knockout. He refused to ()ffer’
Johnson any more money. '
And, sure enough, when the finish!
came, Johnson went down with a thud. |
. .
Sir Thomas Lipton
Is Longing for Race
(By International News Service.)
LONDON (by mail).—Bir Thomas Lipe
ton I 8 ready and waiting for the time
when the New York Yacht Club is ready
to accept his challenge ror another inter
national ecup race,
Meanwhile he's chumn¥ng up with
Yanks now in_ England and being photo
graphed with *them, Among his latest
friends, as shown in the picture, are Wil
llam MeAndrew, an American cowboy sol
dier from Montana, one-time Roosevelt
rancher and rough-rider, and George P,
follar, athletic secretary for the Y, M. C.
A. for the United Kingdom,
“The Americans are the best sports in
the world, excepting ourselves,’” Bir
Thomas sold as the photographer snapped
him,
“When you are ready over there you
will find me also ready for another go
for the International pennant. Whether [
win or lose 1 shall always take keen de
light in the sport, because | know what
splendid sportsmen I am up against.
M look upon America as my second
home
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, MARCH 23 ‘1919
A sttty ot —— R .W W RVE W- VY SRN & SASA Sy
Thirty Vctories for Three Con
secutive Seasons Seem To
Be Limit for Twirlers.
By JAMES J,. CORBETT.
HE same sort of jinx which
I balks major league managers
! of modern times from winning
four pennants in/’a row. seems to
P €St Hts baleful
E S e Influence upon
E 5 BB twirlers who aim
8. S . i, -to win thirty or
: iao ! more games for
L R el F-* more than three
1 iy‘ . F¥g ¢ consecutive sea
! WA " 'Y sons.
LTI &+ A thousand or
£Q a" *’% fmore pitchers
# s S 8 have figured in
¥ $ big league con-
Ei S 88l { tests in the past
} § : » twenty yvears —
[ & and in all that
LB \;: time not a single
l ; 4 ohe has ever an-
I i i nexed thirty or
| i more triumphs
£ iy for four consecu-
B —— tive years. A
e rare few have
mingled in more than that number
of triumphs for two straight years
and only a pair of twirlers have ever
won thirty or more games for three
| straight years. And those two meh
’ax'e- Christy Mathewson and Grover
Cleveland Alexander. But both were
halted in their attempt to make it
[fuur years in a row,
| In 1902 when Mathewson was just
blooming into one of the most won
derful pitchers of all time, he won
thirty out of forty-three decision
i«-umesls. He came back in 1904 with
thirty-three victories in forty-five
starts and the following year won
thirty-one centests in forty tries.
'And then came 1906 when things
broke against the wonderfud Mathew
'son and the best he could do was
twenty-two thiumphs in thirty-four
efforts. Only once after that time—
1908—when he won thirty-seven
} games out of forty-eight—was
Mathewson able to reach the thirty
game mark. ‘
~ Alexander made an effort to over
haul Mathewson at the outset nf‘
the 1915 season. In that year he won |
thirty-one games in forty-one starts. |
In 1916 his record was thirty-three
victories in forty-five clashes, In
1917 the wonderful moundsman just
reached the thirty vietory mark, los
ing only thirteen times in forty-three
trials.
~_And then as 1918 dawned Alexan
der, with his heart set upon doing |
what no other modern pitcher ever
has done, was halted by the war. He
was taken in the draft after he had |
worked in only a few games for the
Cubs, whisked to the training camp
and then to Kurope, where he now is
a unit in the army of occupation no:u*‘
Coblenz, Germany.
Follow Through Old. !
Golfers for a long period of time
have elaborated considerably on the
marvelous results-that come from the
“follow through” idea of hitting a
golf ball. And now a few baseball
folks romp into the limelight with
the advice that the great hitters are
men who “fellow through” on their
drives.
; One would gain the Impression
from these statements that the “fol
low through” theory is some new dis
covery. But it is as old, almost, as
the world itself. “Follow through”
is a practice that has been practiced
time immemorial,
It is the only way that success is
really achieved. If you start some
thing you've got to finish it to be
‘uucnossful—-and to finish it you have
to “follow through” to the limit.
~ The “follow through” idea has ap
plied to pugilism ever since the game
was started. No pugilist can shoot
out a pupch unless he follows it
through; unless he puts into it the
full sweep of his arm, the full power
of his shoulder and his full sweep of
his arm, the full power of his shoul
der and his full strength. The earli
est advice that is given to any hoxer
is—although not in the same words—
“follow through” your punches.
So, the golfers and tne baseball
folks who feel that thev have discov
ered something new with their “fol
low through” idea are making much
ado about nothing.
Ritchie's Surprise.
No greater sur;n'hw ever was deglt
out in the prize Ping than that which
Willie Ritchie afforded when he
clashed with Benny Leonard in San
Francisco a few weeks ago. The sur
prise wasn't occasioned so much by
the fact that Ritehie outpointed
Leonard, but it wuas due largely to
the fact that the former lightweight
king was in such superh shape. .
Staries were sent out from the
coast afterward that Rifchie had in
dulged in months of arduous training
80 that he would be “fi. as a fiddle”
for a match with Leonard; an ambi
tion whHich he gecretly had nourished
for nearly a year, The impression
wak given out by a lot of folks who
claimed that they were ec¢lose to
Ritchie that he spent many weeks in
the mountaing clitnbing hills and in
dulging in long workouts. It was
said also that he labored for weeks
In a gyvmnasium to remove the sur
plus fat and to tune his muscles to
concert pitch,
" But Ritchie, just the other day,
gave out the secret of how he condi
tioned himself—and this is it:
“Outside of boxing a few rounds
during the few days prior to meet
ing Leonard, my whole training pro.
gram consisted of playing golf dur-
Ing the day and dancing at night” |\
Los Angeles Swimmer Is
.
Discharged From Army
CHICAGO, March 22 --lLisutenant Ludy
Langer, world's recordist in swimming
has mecured his discharge from the army
and is now back at his home in Los An
geles. His plans for the future are unsete
tled, and it is possible that he will return
to Honolulu, where he was at the time he
entered the country's service. Meanwhile,
however, he is training in the pool of the
Los Angeles A. C. and his coach, Vance
Vieth, expects him to be showing hle old
time form in the very mear future,
. .
N. Y. Girl Swimmer Sets
New Backstroke Mark
CHICAGO. March . 22.~-Miss [Sthelgl
Bleibtrey, the 16-year-old star of the New
York Women's 8. A, has just been cred
ited “with swimming 25 yards with the
hacketroke in (17 2-5, clalmad as the fast.
et time ever made at the Adlstance in this
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Some Critics Say Jess Is
Too Old to Box Youngster
HERE'S no use of waiting until
July 4th for the result of the com
ing championship eombat between
Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey, as so
many of the wise and profound experts
have declared that “‘Jack the Giant Kil
ler” will positively knock the stufMngs
out of the monster champion in a few
hurricane rounds. Aeccording to their
dope Dempsey should be at least 20 to
1 favorite in the betting. But he lsn’t
and won't be even a 2 to 1 shot if
gigantic Jess sets into any knd of
Bhape at all. In fact, when it comes
down to brass tacks a weeck or so be
fore the fight, the champion may loom
up as the real big favorite.
But pardon me, for I don’t wish to
dispute the claim of the “profound ex
perts. They possibly have it all fig
jured-out in their usual wise way, and
'may *“‘outknow” an old, unsophisticated
man like myself, who's only had about
thirty years' experience in and out
of the ring.
. But these profound prophets might
have kept their knowledge and wisdom
to themselves allowed us poor “fans’
an opportunity to indulge in a few
Arguments, expectations and guessing
‘aß (o the winner of the big muss, But
now that they've declared Dempsey an
‘undoubted victor, it %utroys all the
|romlnce and our gambling intentions.
Beésides, what interest have we now
in the combat, to travel many miles to
lthc-, ringside, when the winner is already
aeclaimed m?« assuted by such pro
found pro',t&l‘e 87 i
But as “"Bugs” Baer says:
“Trying to plck the winner of the
| Dempsey-Willard fight is as foolish as
shampooing a toupee. Willard knocked
Jack Johnson blonde in Havana and
Dempsey kicked Fulton purple in New
ark. If Dempgey can hang a row of
knuckles on Willard's eollection of chins,
Jess will start in cutting paper dolls
where Fulton left off. But if one of Wil
lard’'s meat hooks winging Fast meets
Jack touring West, Dempscy ig liable to
stroll out of the ring on his ' noge." ‘
~_Bo I'll wait awhile until I wepther
St. Patrick's day through and pay my
income tax, before venturing an opin
fon on so delicate and complicated a
suh{e(‘(,. \
That worthy chief of New Jorsey
‘hnxlnfi Commissioncr John 8. Smith,
according to a recent interview, de
lares it's unfalr to ask an old man like
&\'lllnrd to fight such u young, husky
person’ Uke Dempsey. Mr. Smith ad
mitted ‘he never met Willard nor saw
him in. pugllistie action, but heé haa
lieves meanan past 30 years of age should |
be mixed up in such a strenuous sport
ps boxing. Can you bheat that? Just
Imagine poor old Jeis, just tottering
around the ring with no defence ex
cept two pnw:-r?ul arms, with the kick
of & mule in cach, and only § feat 1
Inches in height, weighing only abonut
250. Yed, it's certainly vnfair to plt
the poor old champ against the husky
person,
But listen to what old Jess said to
Tex Rickard when the latter slgned him
up to battle *“Jack, the Gilant Killer'":
“Tex, there's no living man that can
whip me, I can lick that dub, Demp- |
sey, for breakfast, lunch and dinnmxl
Get him for me!”
Rather strong, brave words for al
poor old man past 30, eh? |
But there’'s a lot of sport seribes and'
experts throughout the eountry who
are declaring that Jess Is too olq and
too ponderous to combat such a pugilis
tie cyclone as Dempsey. Difference of
opinlon always makes any sporting event |
interesting, for there's a few who imag-
Ine that the big champ has just a lit
‘le chance to' win
“Who, may we ask, ever saw Demp
sey put to the test? We ask his man
ager, Jack Kearns, this same question
and he was unable to tell us. The
faet iB, If Dempsey ever was put to the |
test it was against, Billy Miske and Wil
lie Meehan, and what dild he show
against thege two men? Nothing that
makes him stand out as a knock-‘em
dead artist, that's sure He lost a|
referee’s deciglon In a four-round hout'
wngwuuu Meehan and was stood off |
by iske in a ten-round joust and in
another of six, i
SN weee nothing of the knork -'em.
|dead order on the part of Dempsey in
either the Mechan or Miske encotinters.
But all this, of course, does not neces
sarily prove that Dempsev couldn’t
stop Willard. He might easily do it,
as he apd his manager both let on to
believe will be the ecawe, But it really
does seem as if it would take a harder
punch to flop the champion than it
would Meehan or Miske and Dempsey
failed utterly to stop either of them.
“Our personal opinion is that Willard,
when he faces Dempsey, will not be
within 100 per cent of his Havana
form and an that account should be
easy for the challenger if he is all his
press agents claim for him, But it's
lalso possible for Willard' to beat the
young Westerner and only be one-hal
as formidable as he was in Cuba. This
might sound foolish to those who have
lalready decorated Dempsey with the
| championship crown, ‘
“But there Is nothing foolish 'about
it, a 8 any one who understands the
fighting game will tell you. lln the first
place, Dempsey is known to be a rusher
{who falls away with both hands in hit
‘or miss style, He knows but one way
to fight, which is to get in close nnd]
'regardles of consequences, That being
80, he i 8 always gulnf to be in ;anfa‘
{of Willard and therefore likely to be
thit, Willard will not have to hunt for
Dempsey. All he will have to do is to
set and wait for his man to come to
him, This style of fighting is Willard's
lom{vauit.
“Willard can hit with either fist. He
times nicely and is straight, and is a
dangerous proposition for a rusher‘ml
{lO up against.”. —~Bat Masterson in the
orning Telegraph of New York.
. There's one ‘flfim danger for Willard
to face, in my humble opinion and that
Is speed. He's got to have that to win,
Dempsey will undoubtedly cut a very
fast pace from the first ring of the
'gong, and it won't do for Jess to he
slow In aw‘id!rv( or delivering a punch,
As Jack himself says:
P YT don't think Willard's size will help
him to any great extent, It's been mv!
oxperience that the hlx'vi‘er they were
(the easier they were, hose hig fM-‘
lows fall all over themselves, thev are |
80 slow, Fred Fulton And Carl Mor- |
Iris were sthe biggest men I met and .
|bath went out in the fiest pound, Thera
was 8o much of them I couldn't miss. |
It's the smaller feliows who are fast |
and clever that give you the most trou
ble. Any one I hit is going to drop lul’
matter hoy. big he is, but when you
fean't hit them just right It's a lm‘
harder." 3
That nhoted editorial writer, Arthur
Brisbane, very wisely says:
“You judge a race horse by his stay
ing power Any horse ecan gallop a |
quarter of a mile rapldly. It takes na
real horse to run a long race.’” i
This 12 the very same In boxing. A |
lot of fishy fellows can gofine for four ,
Six or ten rounds, but when'it comes 1o
fifteen or' twenty, it's another sgtory !
with them, The long route tosts their |
endurance and gameness aK well, &0
let ug h..w‘ the real test, ye wise lnw-‘
makers!
| - e ————- .
iCoach Bachman on
| Job at Northwestern
' CHICAGO, March 22-4Charlos Pncl
man, former ensign at Great Lakes, but
recently dlscharged from the navy, has
taken up his dutien as athletie comeh ~rk
Northwestern University. e was wppeint.
led a month ago by the hoard of trustees
of the university, and has been giving a
part of his time to the duties heretotore, !
Hm?hnmn Was (nrlul'l'iy one of the star
tfnoflmll plavers of Notre Dame, and play
ed two years with De Paql University. He
’nurvn-wiu Fred Murphy at Northwestern,
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Co-Eds Swim Fvents
They've changed their minds about lete
ting male eyes trespass on the co-ed swim
- ming meets at Northwestern. The reeent
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b e publle” meant only te the female of |
) the apecles, it was ulnlew, hesidoes
thvv'r;: !u.lu‘ held in the noon um”
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ness Gained on “Town Lots
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~ Turned Tide Toward Berlin.
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i Ew Y‘)HK, March 22.—War may
N‘» be everything the late W. 1.
| Sherman sald it was, on one
side, but, like the celebrated cloud, it
has a silver lining. And *Cap” Rus
ton, half owner of the New York
Yankees, just back from seventeen
months of war service overseas, lakes
the liberty of looking at the war cloud
from the silver side, which (says
“Cap”) is a tremendous boost for all
Kinds of sports.
“Cap” has a longer name than that.
‘Cap’s” complete monicker is Lieu
tenant Colonel Tilhnghast L'Homme
dieu Huston-no less. And “Cap's”
war seivice entitles him to speak with
authority.
Just listen to what “Cap" is, and
what he has done, and what he says
about athletics, and other things:
The “Cap,” who was the first man
Interested in professional baseball to
volunteer after the United States
went “over there,” at the head of
Company A, Sixteenth Railway KEngi
neers, which he organized and trained
in Cincinnati and Detrolt, left those
shores on June I§, 1917, and was in
comtinuous service abroad until the
armistice was signed. In May, 1918,
while working with the British back
of Arras, he was made a major, and
in the middle of the following Sep
tember was advanced to a lieutenant
coloneley. |
“The e is no question,” he contin
ued, “that the physical and mental,
condition of the Ameritan troops was
the deciding factor’in the war, and
that our Boys were able to throw into!
the balance the fighting power which
broke the deaiflock,sent the Huns reel
ing back andsultimately brought about
their complete defeat. And the reason
that the Americans, many of them but |
hastily trained troops, we'e able to
make such a splendid showing was
because of their athletic bringing up!
—their physical fitness, their ability |
to think quickly and to act individu
ally In emergencies, And these qual
ities they acquired on the ball lots
the gridiron and other flelds upon|
which brain, musele and brawn were |
put to the test. ‘
“In a way, hefore we went ‘over
there,’ we realized what American
sports, particularly baseball, had done
for the youth of the United States.
Today we appreciate fully that it sup
plied most of our fighters with the
physical asset which énabled them to
do those things which caused the Ger
man military machine to gasp in
amazment from the outset, 'The
American army heads and the direc
tors of sthe Y. M. C. A, and other
ageneies which operated for the wel
fare of the men in the camps here and
abroad thoroughly appreciated the
‘value of outdoor games, b ‘and
eneral u‘u;ifigf stu ;:%, from the
‘moment the men hegan their military
fraining, athletics was made a part of
‘the regular routine. And this program
was continued on the other side,
~ “Our men embraced this innovation
because it offered popular entertain
meént; and increasced interest was cre
ated by the inevitable eontests which
always are a part and parcel of phys
ical endeavor among bodies of men.
‘Over there' baseball, boxing and oth
er forms of athletics were ‘life-savers’
for the soldiers, and thousand became
active participants in all manner of
sports who previously had possessed
only the interest which is shared by
all Ameérfcans who had ceased to play
in the opne regularly. After a time,
one and all began to appreciate what
athletics had done for them as sol
diers and fighters, and now our boys
are coming home determined to carry
on with this physical pregram as
never in the past, ‘
“The men from Canada and Aus
tralia imitated our athletie program
closely, and the French and Italians
made a sincere effort to conquer the
intricacies of American sports, and
even essayed to play baseball, 1 real-
Iy belleve that some day the youth of
France and Italy will master Amer
iea’s national pastime, as the Cana
dians have done, and the Australians
are trying to do, But from my ob
servation I am frank te confess that
baseball never will become a popular
pastime in England. 1 believe that
it would be a good thing if organized
baseball in the United States would
send teachers to the other side to pro- |
mote the sport which Is so popular
here. We could use the older ball
players who, stars in their day, have
outlived their big league uscfulness
I think if we started by sending a
few of thes eto the leading Kuropean
universities and paying their expenses
it would not be long hefore the other
seats of learning abroad would be
sending to-thig side for coaches, This
scheme also would solve the prohlem
of what to do with the old baseball
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Lieutenant Colonel Huston, who ig
about 49 years of age, s a native of
Ohio. His father wag one of the most
eminent rallroad construotors in
America, The vounger Huston was
educated as a eoivil engineer and made
hig mark as an asslstant bridge engi
neer on‘the A, & 8. P, the C. & O,
ind the Cincinnatl SBouthern, At the.
heginning of the Spanish-Americin
Wir the “Cap,” then an oficer in the
Ono Natjonal Guard, organized al
company of engineers and volun-i
teored, He sorved under Generals
Ludlow, Black and Waod, He was
placed In eharge of the forees which
cleaned up Havana, and led his men
in person and made a reputation for
bravery and efficiéncy by wading into
the filth of the leper hospital In the !
Cuban capital and making that dran‘
ed plague spot sdnitary,
At the end of that war he engaged !
in work In*«Cuba, constructing wagon
roadg and railroads, public bulldings!
and private residences, and dredged |
the harbors and built sea walls. In|
these very extensive operations he
made the money which has enabled |
him to indulge in the faney for base- |
ball which has made him a thirty
third degree fan for many years.
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New York Giants to
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Try Out Kaufi’s Star
CLEVELAND, OHIO, March 229 nie |
Poland, Clevelend sand lot plaver, s to
go on the spring tnnfmzu trip with tha
New ,; York Glants Palahd played on the,
Camfp. Bhermain team with Benny Kauff,
who 18 sald to have recommended the
player. Joo Tinker, of the Columbus Anwr~'
tean \nxunvmtin&lmu Vodm nfter Poland,
Jockey .Club Approves
Racing Dates for 1919
NEW YORK, +March 22.-—At a meeting
of the stewards of the Jockey Club the
approval of the stowards was granted as
soclations te conduet race mectings dur
ing the year 1919 as followa:
Motropolitan J. ~ Jamaica, L, 1., first
mecting—Thursday, May 15 to Wednesday,
May 41, six days.
Westchestor R, A, Belmont Park,
Queens, L. L, Thursday, May 22, to Wed
uesday, June 11, eighteen days.
Metropolitan J. €., damaica, L. I, see
ond meeting--Thursday, June 12 te Satur
day, June 21, nine days.
Queen County J. (~ Aque(&?vt..l‘. 3
Momday. June 23 te Friday, July 11, seve
enteen days,
Empire City R. A., Yenkers, N, Y., Sat
urday, July 12 to Thursday, July 31, sev
enteen days.
Baratega Association, Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., Friday, August 1 to Saturday Au
gust 31, 26 days.
\\'N%che-utvr R, A.. Belmont Park,
Queensd, L. 1., Monday September 1 to Sat
urday, September 13, twelve davs,
Queens County J. 0., Aqueduct, L. 1.,
Monduy, Septeinher 15, to Saturday, Sep
tember 27, twelve days.
Metropotitan J. 0., Jamaiea, L. 1., Mon
day, September 29, te Saturday, October
11, twelve duys,
Empire City R, A, Yonkers, N, Y.. Mon
doy, Octoher 13, to Saturday, October 25,
twelve days.
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Many Colleges and Famous Ath
letes Have Entered Meet on
~ April 25-26.
HILADELVHIA, March 22—
P Pennsylvania’s annual relay
carnival, te be held on Frank
lin Field, on April 256 and 26, looms
up once more as the greatest ath
letic meet of the year. Already, the
st of teams entered is approaching
the 300 mark and it now lpoks as if
every college relay team fast enough
to warrant taking to the meet and
every star college athlete east of the
Rocky Mountains will be on hand for
the gréat classie
All the big colleges of both the
ast and the West haye sent word
that they will be on hand. Harvard,
Frinceton, Cornell, Chicago, Michi
gan, Columbja, Darimouth, Notre
Dame, Yale and many other colleges
have had their athletes in action and
some remarkable performances have
been seen. In the ast, the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and Harvard
have made the best showing in relay
raving. Pennsylvania's one-mile,
team has shown itself the faste:t
indoor team in the Kast. Tn the
West, Chieago has a similar distine
tion, so that the meetings of these
two teams at the relay earnival will
be well worth seeing.
, But outdopr racing s different
from indoor work and both Penn
gylvania and Chicago will have to
look to their laurels, for Harvard,
Pittsburg, Michigan, Columbia, Dart
.mouth and Massochusetts Instiftte
{of Technology will have real fast
k!gms to put in this event, In the
o-mile relay Harvard recently
proved against Yale that it has some
fast half-milers. ‘They will, be hard
to. beat in this ®wvent, though Cor
néll, Notre Dame, Chicago, State and
Columbla are known to have fast
quarters,
~ The four-mile relay ,championship
will be*up to the standard. 'The
Eastern colleges will watch Coach
Stagg, of Chicagn closely as he has
a rare lot of distance men and will
be strong in either the two or the
four-mile event, though he can hardly
expect to have fast teams In both
races,
The. sprint and the distance med
ley relay, to he held on the first day,
should be remarkable evints as sev
eral colleges have record-breaking
terms for these races, Pennsylvania,
‘Harvard, Princeton, Pittshurg Chi
cago,. Michigan, Dartmouth, Colum
bia, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and other colleges have won- |
derful material for these medley re
lays. It is probable that these races
will show many of the greatest
sprinters and middle distance run
ners in college today. Shea, of Pifts« |
burg, the 440. yard champion: Ham
mond, of Pennsylvania, the 220-yard
champion; Shaw, of Columbia, the
half-mile ehamplon: Johnson, of
Michigen,” the three-times champion
of the Western Conference; FErdman,
ofy P:inoemn, the hurdle champion; |
McCosh, of Chichgo, the one-mile
Western champion, are only the most
noted of the athletes that will apnear
in the sprint or the distance medley,
They should vie in Interest with the
one, two and four-mile relay cham
pionships that take place on Satur
day, ;
The special events will also sur
prise the nenslml‘t: who declared
three months ago at it would take
yvears for traock and fleld sports te
get back to normal conditions. As
an example of what may be ex
pected, a glance at the present as- |
sured entries for the p(vlsvuult will |
be convincing: Landers and New
stetter, of Pennsylvania, 12 feet 10
inches; Graham, of Chicago, 12 feet
10 inches; Myers, of Dartmouth, 12
feet 8 inches, indoors, the present
indoor record; Jordon of Dartmouth:
Easterday, of Pittsburg, wko tled
with Jordan last year for the inter
colleginte championship; Cross, of
Michigun, the Waestern champion;
Sweeney, of Yale, 12 feot 4 inches,
are among the entries. It {s not too |
much to expect that If weather con
ditions are favorable, a new world
record may be made in this event,
The 100 yards, the hurdles, the broad
jump. and in fact all the other events
hiave nlgso made remarkable entrios,
s 0 that when the meet is over the
pessimists will not have a leg to |
stand on. |
The scholastic entries are right up |
to the standard of the college en
trants, To date nearly 100 »high
schools and over 60 preparatory
schools Have entered, including many
of the most important gehools of the
East. The grammar and parochial
gchonol entries are not mentioned, as
they are restricted to Philadelphia,
This i 2 necessary so that the ecarnival
will not overrun the two days now
given to the various events,
The fina} date for the cloging of
team entries ls April 1, \ |
CHANCE FOR HARGROVE,
Pat Hargrvove, rookie infielder of the
Chicago White Rox, hng been relensed from
Army training at Camnr Pike aml Man
sger Gleason has agreed to lot him join
the Hox again and show what he learned
about bhagehall in the army. He looked
pretiy good last spring before he was unll-'
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John L., Corbett, Jeff and Others
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Fell for Lure of Festive
Footlights,
'Y Tis an old story in_the history of
i the ring of great fistic gladiaters
1 who have been lured to.the lasei
|mtlng footlights for finaucial gain snd
| adulation, only to he robbedfof thlil’,
| great athletic form and physgical vigor
¥y i o T 1e 5 ’d
by the suy and festive lite through the
| many tewptations that surround® the .
stage. " .
I've always elaimed that n.Aarl‘)y all of
our greatest champions have dpterjorat
ed their stamina and prowess by touring
and knocking around with theatrieal
| shows. &
" Now it remains to be seen and proven
y Whether Jess Willard has degenerated
his super and phenomenal physique by
his long continuation in circus shows.
Possibly the wmonster chaunplonzw
be a rare exception to the rule, fnl‘wi
led @ clever and more prudent life than
Lmost any woild beater I've cver kKnown,
[ Althou.h he's been thrown into ;g;n-“
| elety of the nigh roliers on the road’for
about three yoears or so, he's wll‘ol’ ‘qd ,
| cavefully avolded any harmful *Ql\-:
| cessive dissipation. R
| And yet Jess is not a strict tcm‘or-,_
ance man by any means, for he;u‘nll.a»
frequently enjoys a few 30("&1*@‘ ks
when the spirit moves him Bhfl“
never runs to excessive lnd‘ui'enu’!o!‘,
any kind, In fact, the champion®inva="
riably sidesteps the wright lixhll;’nd—‘
[ prefers the company of his mfih 4,
children at his own fireside, o, Wii
lard is no hurrah champ indeed. S He
{doesn’t seck the applause and ‘aduliz
tion of the maddening crowd ukegwy;g
of his predecaessors, who wers led¥ 5
the righicous path Ly the flatteryignd’
"jollification of their hosts of frhtda_g
and admirers. P e
| Cousequently, Jess today is in pretty
fine phiysical form, considering he's beca
out of the ping so long. And he's not
goin: to take any chance of m sout. .
of fine tighting eondition for mpser.
He's already. =larted in to do some | .’:& 5
work snd boxing. He assures me he' 2
«be in great shaps when he entergithe
ring, and is fully confident h'“v%&tv-"’i
{ the young dashing contender lt‘t’ W
trounds if the latter rushes at him in a
bulling fashion for a quick and =4
| sive result, s ® I
| But we must all wait to see how Wil
{lard trains and rounds up in form before
| we ca ntell whevher his cireus care:r
{and long lay off has destroyed lnz otlu{ :
battling stamina and ability. gsreit .
deal will depend wpon his lbeedflfllfl :
twind, Without those two very essenti:l
| factors he's most liable to be in grest
(danger with his voung fast oppener:!,
who'il undoubtedly c¢ut a wry%*m-d
| pace from the very start; so the fimli’;z;
champion will be abliged to acguire cor - :
| siderable speed and wind to medt
Demwpsey's attacks at every angle. Fi 8
wind and speed 1s no easy !uskd? &)
man of Willard's weight and height is
acquire. It means hard grueling lab ¢
beiween now and July 4 for the ponder
‘ ous champion, e
| Led dohn L. To Defeat, ;
| That gallant old fistic warrier, Jol
|L. Sullivan, was direet® o'rpoll!. L
| Willard In many respeots durin bow
| ehamplonship glory. He had m‘ll\
the most wonderful fighting &;lm >
of all our modern gladiators, W
won the heavyweight title from g
Ryan, in 1852, he only welghed a Loy
ABS pounds, but he had a tréamendo ¥
knockout punch, the speed of & wil -
cat and .a most enthusiastic Azhthis
spirit.
But in three yvears, after he Ir.lm
knocking around the circult with theat
rical shows, he bhegan to lose hllrfilt
athletic form and fell into superfluous
flesh, i
John L. certainly went the hot fes
tive pace while he was ‘“cogjc of ‘the
walk,” during his relgn .as “kin lfl‘:
fistiana. But his wild orgles and ek
pations eventually robbed him o iqa
great prowess, and in 1892 he “l an
"easy victim to Jim Corbett at i
Orleans Inufil ruuludl.‘ - ! ful Mor T
| Had Sullivan lived e care /i
heaithful life that Willard has, his m.;?
career would have been the most\m— i
derful In the history of the pugil 9,
arena, As I've always sald, he was &
great world heater for only the first
three years of his (-h:m\plnmhl’re&mn i
for his associations with the oqlllh'i i
and other pay life caused him toifall
by the wayside. 80, unlike illard,
he fell for the temptations his thou=
sands of friends and followers led him
into night after night, St
Some fourteen years before old Johm
I. passed away, he realized his fool-
Ishness and mistakea and refor
Put it was too late then, for hetbes"
eame prematurely an old man and aleds
before his time, If he had only fol o
the footsteps of even that clever &5
English champion, Jem M:\cqh. hogmhhéw
also have enjoved life, Like i-ew?nt !
he was 80 years or more, But Sulllvan
loved the stuge and the cheers of ‘the
multitude thut paid him so much ho=
mage and adulations.
Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries and.
| Othars, o 0o g B
It would have heen far hetter and
wiser if Jim Corbett, Boh Fitzsimmons, .
Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Terryfiuc-
Govern and many other great rhame
pions had never appeared in theatrical
shows during their fighting days;ifor
the life before or behind the scenes¥is
no plice for a mpan who desires to' keep
himgelf in fine athletic condition, as
thers are too many tempting Induces
ments to lead him away from health,
strength and vigor, # :
“Hot birds and cold bottles’’ at all |
hours of the night is not proper nor
muscle bullding food for a fi, htes,
along with the other festive environs
ments that lead fistic stars astray, and
I consider Jack Kearns was wise when
he canceled all of Jack Dempsey's
theatrieal engagements andd will” send
him out among the hills in the back- :
woods to fish, hunt and breathe the %
fresh, pure, country air,
That's the stuff that puts’ vigorous
life in every human being®and makes
them fit not enly to fight for lh‘ world' s
championship, but for every slher ob-
Jeet in life
How Dempsey WIII Traln. ;
“Jack the Giant Killer,” in a pegent
interview' with Danny Lyons, of The's
New York Globe, says:
N 1 am alwavs 'in good condition, 1
never traln more than about two weeks -
at the most for any mateh. That I 8
Ul the thme T oneed to get on edge for
Willard, 'but T plan to put In about &
month of light exercige and try to build
myself up a bit before bucking down to
real hard labor e
"1 am already beginning to plan for
the training scason. | expeet to do i
lot of mountain climbing, fishing, a
hunting In Colorado for some weeks, ‘j
and then go to the battle ground and
top this off with two weeks' work ’a the
gymnasium I will have two or o 8
rugged sparring partners and some’ exs
pert adyisers nftached to the camp. = il
“If T lose I'll have no excuse to b
hut such a result never snters my
I'll win as surcly ns my name t: 3
gey, and on the night of July 5
the new champlon. When } 'bm iy
title holder I'll nlways he ready to de
fend my holdines, 11l take on alf q;w‘:fi
ers and glve every man who thinks &
can defeat me a ehance. 1 do-Bot Ba
tend to oe a champion in name o
The boxing game neads an active
pion in the heavyweight clags, & ponn
t depend upon me to fight e
than any other man who ever i
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' that's nll‘g've got to say. " "1%1",&’5