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Jack Johnson Oftered lo Surrender Title to Willard tor $200,000
Farnsworth Gives ‘lnside’ of Fight — Curley
Feared Negro Would ‘Run Out’ and Remained
With Him Up to Time of Bout.
By W. 8. FARNSWORTH,
Former Sporting Editor of The Georgian-American.
'NDREDS of prominent fight fans to this day believe that the Jess
H Willard-Jack Johnson championship fight in Havana was a fake.
During a Western tour the writer learned the real inside of the fight
from a 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
completely 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,
Jack Curley, one of the prometers, an
swering a hurry call from Johnson,
rushed to the negro's corner,
“I'm all in, Jack,” Johnson told Cur
ley. “I don’'t believe I can last out
another round; I'm completely exhaust
ed. If 1 have to quit, is it worth any
thing to me to make the finish look like
a real knockout? It sureiy ought to be
worth §IO,OOO extra.”
Curley, - being a smart show man,
begged Johnson that, if he had to quit,
he make the finish as spectacular as
possible. And so Johnson promised
that, while he'd fight as long as his
strength would endure, when the time
came he would so down as though he
were knocked cold.
Won Title Fairly,
And that is the real story of the fight
itself. Johnson was willing to hand
over his title for a consideration, but
there was nothing dolns. Jess Willard
won the title fairly and squarely, He
did not knock out Johnson, but won
the heavyweight crown because of his
r\,%sredneu and endurance.
he fight was held on a Monday. The
day before the contest, Johnson drove
into the city of Havana and demanded
that he be given his entire end of the
gurse, $30,000, at once. Previous to this
@ had been given SIIOOO for expenses.
He met Jack Curley and asked for his
share.
“l want my money now,” said John
son,
““I ean’t get it now,” was Curley’'s reply,
“but 1 will bring it out to your camp
tomorrow morning.”
“All right, I'll wait until tomorrow
morning, Jack,” said Johnson. “‘But
don’t fail to come.”
Early on the morning of the fight Cur
lev went to the bank and drew out the
$30,000, He motored out to Johnson's
quarters a..d handed over the money
to Jack. [he latter, in turn, counted
the money, all of which was in bills of
SI,OOO, and then gave it to his wife,
saying:
‘‘Here, mommer, put this away.”
\llrts Johnson tucked the money in her
walst.
Curley, faarlnf 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 suspicions
that he suspected the negro might run
out, so he turned to Mrs. Johnson and
asked:
“Laicille, may I take a little rest?
1 haven’t had a wink of sleep for two
nul_zhts. and a little nap will help me
a lot.”
Curley Tricks Johnson.
“*Bo Curley rested, always keeping one
eye on Johnson. When it came time
to start for the hattle ground, Curley
rode in with the champion.
Refore they started Mrs. Johnson
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 biggest
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 is
in shape, and as it will take a year to get that lard off, it looks as
though Tham will rest for quite a while.
CAESAR ATTELL AT IT AGAIN,
Caesar Attell, brother of the famous Abe, is going to pull off a
“eomeback” 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,
as usual, but he wasn't knocked out until the lust round of the bout. |
He saved himself in the first-round without the aid of his seconds.
His opponent sank a right into Caesar’s lunch basket and as he fell he
rolled over near the timer, |
The referee was busy counting while holding the dafty opponent
away. The fight had gone abont two minutes and he was up to eight
on his ecount when clang! went the gong! |
There was a terrible roar, Every one was velling at the same time,
The referee didn't know what to make of it. Finally the gong
" sunded for the next round and the timekeeper told him that Attell
nad pulled the bell himself the last time. The next time that Caesar hit
the floor the referee rolled him over toward the center of the ring,
where he conldn't reach the gong. ‘
CANADA CAL'S CHIRPS,
‘Make 'em ery? Any onfon can do that. But show me a vegetable |
that ean make people laugh,” says a contemporary. Why, any amateur
gardener can do that. Ask one of them to show you the geed catalogue
with the glowing pleture of a prodiglous tomato, and then let him show
vou the vegetahle he got from the seed,
Ax the goose that lald the golden eggs remarked when she lamped
the gesult of her most recent effort: “There's an egg that cant be
bheat.”
A catcher named Hannah has been signed up by the Yanks. Han
nah, being a female name, 1s & good one for & catcher
No. Enlalia, they are not ealled “light wines” hecause you can get
‘Mt up” on them, .
That water used In times past as a “chaser” for whisky seems to
have caught up,
it opsmsnadiluishidims et Ao b s e
Rung Crane All Day,
Then Bowls Evening
(By International News Service.)
WATERTOWN, MABN, March 32«
Bowling o “ten-string” mateh for a tours
pument trophy s somewhat of a strens
uous svening for any woman
But it = nothing but & mild recreation
for Mra Fiorence Leard. #he is one of
the tirst women war workers at the Wa.
tertown Arsenal. handles o big tenston
rune 01l day and then bowls o dapen
Mrings of a 0 everings just to keep in
physicnl trim
Mre Leorsdt entered the “epane’ school
gun:' ited at the Watertown Arsenal last
mtaber 1t takes six wesks to finish the
ouurse, but Mres Leard, with charscoteristio
spetgy. completed her training in four
Woeks' e and wak assigned to the task
»{l hendling one of the mighty cranes in
the bg gun “".:i’. whop,
Plek ine u? A hig f onrriage weighe
ing nxfll ons and " "
ohitid's m- you ‘.h
el s LR S b BB sTR g s
were eating Johnson turned to Curley
’and asked:
~ “Jack, what chance has this big
sucker got with me,”
_"He's a big, strapping fellow, and
if you don't stop him eariy he's likely
to outlast you,” replied Curley,
“Well, I think [ can knock him out
in any round that I want to,” said John
son. *“‘But for the sake of the pictures
I am going to let him stick for ten or
a dozen rounds.
“B{ the way, Jack, I 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.
Asks for $200,000.
“How much do you want?’ asked Cur-
Jley, more out of curiosity than anythlng
else, as Curley, from the time the mate
was first sug(fested was confident that
Willard woul uurefy win,
“lI 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 about the twentieth
round Curley himself opened the main
gale to the race track where the fight
waus being held and let in all those who
didn’'t have the price to see the fight at a
dollar a head. 1
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 Call for Curley.
“Hey, Jack, Johnson wants to see you
at once!” yelled the lawyer.
Curley 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
oul, Johunson 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 Johnson wanted Curley to get
Mrs. Johnson out before the flnish,
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 ring ca
reer from the day he won the cham
pionship from Tommy Burns., He knew
he couldn’'t 'ast much longer and was
willing to maxe the finish a sensational
one.
But Curley outwitted Johnson at thel
crucial 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 offer
Johnson any more money. 1
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 mall)Bir Thomas Lipe
ton Is ready and walting for the time
when the New York Yacht Club is rendy
to mwrt his challonge for unother inters
nutional cup race,
Meanwhile he's (‘h\llflllhfi up with
Yanks now in England and being photes
graphed with them Among his Intest
friends, an shown in the pieture, are Wile
Ham McAndrew, an American cowhoy sols
dier fram Montana, onestime HRoosevelt
rancher and rough-Tider, and George P,
Hellar, athlotic seorotary for the Y. M. O,
A for the United Kingdom
The Americans are the bhost wporte in
the world, exesfiting ourselves’ wir
Thomas said e the photographer snapped
him
“When you are rpndy aver there you
will find me also ready for “a’"i:":.‘c m;
for the International fant, other
win of fose | shall -m“ take keen Ae.
Nal m the sport ‘hwwu 1 knusw what
apartemen | oain up agsline.
U 1 losk upon America as my mfll
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN - A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1919
. '
Thirty Vctories for Three Con
'
secutive Seasons Seem To
s:h '
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
ey CAST Its baleful
G oo influence upon
igé | twirlers who aim
& > WA to win thirty or
s- @ @ more games for
- ¢ :© more than three
§ 3& . g‘;consecutive sea-
Bk ' sons
'%fi»"zm \ sé; A thousand or
gR, £ % more pitchers
I::; e { have figured in
S o ¢ big league con
’} ¢ tests in the past
twenty years -
i % and in all that
84 time not a single
; “ one has ever an
) X nexed thirty or
; v @ more triumphs
for four consecu
e — _— tive years. A
T — 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 yearst And those two men
are Christy Mathewsgon and Grover
\(‘lvw\l:md Alexander But both were
{ halted in their attempt to make it
four years in a row.
In 1903 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 contests. He came back in 1904 with
thirty-three victories in forty-five
gtarts and the following year won
thirty-one contests in forty tries.
i 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 of
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 victory 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, H«
was taken in the draft after he had
worked in only a foew games for the
Cubs, whisked to the training eamp
and then to Europe, where he now is
a unit in the army of occupation near
Coblenz, Germany.
' Follow Through Oid.
! Golfers for a long period of time
have elaborated considerably on the
marvelous results that come from the
“follow through” idea of hittipg a
| golf ball. And now a few baseball
folks romp into the limelight with
| the advice that the great hitters are
ixn 'n who “follow 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
-I!h|v.u you've got to finish it to be
successful-and to finish it you have
|to “follow through” to the limit,
. The “follow through” idea has ap
plied to pugilism ever gince the game
was started No pugilist can shoot
out a punch 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 boxer
i although not in the same words—— |
“follow through” vour punches
So, the golfers and the baseball
folks who feel that they have discoy
ered something new with their *“fol
low through"” idea are making much
ado about nothing i
Ritchie's Surprise. |
No greater surprise ever was dealt
out in the prize ring than that which
Willle Ritchie afforded when he
clashed with Benny Leonard in San
Francisco a few weeks ago. The sur
prise wusn't occasioned so much by
the fact that Ritchie outpointed
Leonard, but it was due largely to
the fact that the former lightweight
kKing w in such superb shape
S ' were sent out from the
coust afterward that Ritehie had in
dulpged In months of arduous training
B 0 that he would be “fit as a Nddle” |
for a mateh with Leonard; an ambi. |
tion which he secretly had nourished
for nearly a vear The impression
was given out by a lot of folks who |
clnimed that thoy wore cloxe to
Ritchle 1) he spent many weeks In
the mountains elimbing hills and in
dulging in long workout it Wius
iid also that b Inbored for weeks
In & gymnasium to remove the sur
plug fnt and to tune hix muscles 1o |
concert piteh |
But Ritchie, just the other <|l_\',l
pave out the secret of how he condis
tioned himaelt nd t¥ iz 1t
| Outslde of boxing a few rounds
‘ furing the few dave prior to mest
‘h ¥ Leonurd, my whole training pros
gram oonsisted of playing golf dum
'!nu the day and dancing at night,* '
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L and I 8 now hack at his hom n lLos Ans|
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Lieutenant Colonel T. L. Huston
Some Critics Say Jess Is
Too Old to Box Youngster
HERE'S no use of waiting nntll'
I July 4th for the result of the com
i ing championship combat betwun!
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 stuffings
out of the monster champion in a few
hurrieane rounds. According to thelr
dope Dempsey should be at least 20 tg
| favorite in thé betting. But he isn't
and won't be even a 2 to 1 shot if
gigantic Jess ?Qll into any knd of
shape at all n fact, when it comes
‘down to brass tacks a week or so be
fore the fight, the champion may loom
‘up as the real big favorite,
. __But parden me, for I don't wish to
dispute the claim of the profound ex
i perts. They possibly have it all fg
lured out in their usual wise way, and
‘may “outknow” an old, unnonhmlx‘t,od
man like myself, who's only had out
thirty years' experience in and out
iufH(he ryl'ng. . 4 . it
J ut these profound- prophets m
‘have kept tho’(r know!e&e and wisdom
to themselves allowed us poor "lnn-"]
an opportunity to indulge in a few
arguments, expectations and guessing
‘AB to the winner of the big muss. But
now that they've declared “Dempsey an
'undoubted victor, it destroys all the
romance and our gambling intentions,
Besides, what interest have we now
in the combat, to travel many mliles to
the ringside, when the winner is already
acclaimed and assured by such pro
!mann prophets?
ut as “Bugs'' Baer says:
“Trylng to plek the winner of the
Dempsey-Willard fight is ax foolish as
‘shampooing a toupee. Willard knocked
‘Jack Johnson blonde in Havena and
ilmmpu;y kicked Fulton purple in New
k. I lma,mvy can hang a row of
knuckles on Willard's collection of ehins,
Jess will start in r-umnl paper dolls
Iwhen Fulton left off, But if one of Wil- |
lard's meat hooks winging East meets
Jack lourln? West, Denwpsey is llable to
i-tmfl out of the rlnf on his nose,"”
Bo I'll walt awhile until 1 wefther
Bt. Patrick's day through and pay my
income tax, before venturing an opin- |
lon on so dolleate and complicated a
P worthy shist of .umy]
At wor chie New
lboxtnx ('ummillhml'r John 8. Smith,
according to & recent interview, de
clares it'n unfair'to ask an oid man ke
Willard to fight such & young, husky |
person ke fiompn-,v' l(r.“fmlth ad
mitted he never met Willa nor saw
Ihtm in pugillstic action, but he he-
Heves no man rut 20 yenrs of age should |
'be mixed up In such a strenuous nfurm
ax boxing, Can you beat that? ust |
imagine koor ol Jess, Just tottering
around the r|n’ with no defence ox.
cept two powerful arms, with the kick
of n mule in each. and only 6 feet 7
inchea in height, w--lflblnl only sabout
280. Yes, it's certainly unfair to pit
the poor old champ against the husky
person, |
L But listen to what old Jess sald to
Tox Rickard when the lattor signed him
up to lmma “Juek, the Glant Killer'':
“Tex, there's no llvmg man that ean
whip me. 1 can lick that dub, Demp
noy, for breakfast, lunch and dinner,
Get him for me!™
Rather strong, brave words for a
poor old man past 40, eh?
But there's n lot of sport seribes and
experts throughout the eountry who
are declaring that Jess I 8 too old and.
too ponderous to combnt oych a pukilds- |
’flc eyclone as Dempsey, Difference of
opinjon nlvnr makes any mporting event
Anteresting, for therc's o few who "‘“fl'
;lne that the big champ has just a Hie
tle chance to win
¥ e mng‘ we ask, ever saw Demp
sey put to the test? We aak his man
sier, Inck Kearns, this same question
atel he wae unable te tell us ’l‘ho]
suet s, If Dempsey over wis m:! to the
tewt It wan against Billy Miske dnd WH-‘
He Meehan, und what Jid he show
agningt thess two men? Nnrhlng that
cinakes him stand out as & knook«'em«
dend artigt. that's sure, He lowt u
reforee’s decislon in # four-roungd b&”
aith Willle Mechan und was stood |
mmfi;m::w-mmmlu
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Chere woo aething of the Knoek - em.
!dead order on the part of Dempsey In
either the Mechan or Miské encouniers.
But all this, of course, does not neces
sarily prove that Dempsey couldn’t
stop Willard. He might easily do it,
a 8 he and his manager both let on to
belleve will be the case, But it really
does seem as if it would take a harder
punch to flop the champion than it
would Meehan or A .ke and Dempsey
failed utterly to stop either of them.
~ "Our_ personal opinion 18 that Willard,
when he faces Dempsey, will not be
within 100 per cent of his Havana
form and on that aecount should be
easy for the challenger if he u;a:u his
press agents claim for him. t it's
also possible for Willard to beat the
young Westerner and onl?' be one-hait
as formidable as he was in Cuba. This
might sound foolish to those who have
already decorated Dempsey with the
champlonship crown.
“But there is nothing foollsh about
:_‘t. ‘l’ any omill'th?l under;ungl lh:
ting game will tell you. In the firs
pm'e. {)empsay is known to be a n‘»er
who falls away with both hands in hit
or miss style. He knows but one way
to fight, which I 8 to get in close and
regardles of consequences, That being
80, he is always gnln’ to be in range
of Willard and therefore likely to be
hit, Willard will not have to hunt for
Dempsey. All he will have to do Is to
set and wus{or his man to come to
Lim. 1;1;.1- st¥le of fighting is Willard's
su
""‘\’lllud can hit with either fist. He
times nicely and is straight, and is a
dangerous proposition for a rusher to
f’n up against.”'—Bat Masterson in the
orning Telegraph of New York.
There's one firut 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
kong, and it won't do for Jess to be
slow in .vo\din’ or dellvering a punch.
As Jack himsel u{l:
“I don't think Willard's size will help
him to any yvat uhflt. It's been my
experience that the .mhpy were
the easier they wepe, big fel
lows fall all over themmelves, they are
#o plow. Freqd Fulton And Carl Mor
ris were the biggest men | met and
both went out in the mr round, There
was so much of them [ couldn’t miss
It'a the smaller follows who are fast
and clever that flVn you the most trou
ble, ,\n‘ one 1 hit Is |nml to drop ne
matter how big he 18, but when vou
ean't hit them Just Pight It's a ot
hardaor*
That noted editorinl weiter, Arthur
Brisbane, very '“n'{o“”:
“You judie u rnce horse by his stay
ing power \nr'. horse ocun gallop a
quarter of o mile rapidly. 1t takes o
real horse (o run & long race.’’
This s the very same In boxing. A
lot of fixhy fellows ean ? fine for four,
kX or ten rounds, but when It comes to
fifteen or twonty, it's another wtory
with them The long route tesia their
endurnnce and EamMeness as well, o
let ue have the real test, yo wise law
makers!
o ———————
Coach Bachman on
-~ Job at Northwestern
OHICAGO, Mareh 32 Oharies Bach
maun, forimer ensig) ’! Great Lokes, but
recently o l'-M‘I’IJ rom the navy, has
taken up | duties as u&lflw conoh of
Northwestorn Univorsity, & Wax S ppoint
@1 A month sgo by the hoasd of trustees
of the university, and has besn giving o
part of his time 0 the dutien heretofors
Haechinan was formierly one of the star
foothall players of Notre Dame, o 0 play
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‘Famous “Cap” Says Physical Fit
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~ness Gained on “Town Lots”
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~ Turned Tide Toward Berlin,
EW YORK, March 22.-—~War may
N be everything the late W, T,
Sherman sald it was, on one
side, but, like the celebrated cloud, it
has a silver lining. And “Cap” Hus
ton, half owner of the New York
Yankees, just back from seventeen
‘months of war service overseas, takes
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 Tillinghast L'Homme
dieu Huston-—no less. And *“Cap's”
war service 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 baséball to
volunteer after the United States
went “over there,” at the head of
Company A, Sixteenth Railway Engi
neers, which he organized and trained
in Cincinnati and Detroit, left these
shores on June 13, 1917, and was in
continuous 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
eoloneley.
“There is no question,” he contin
ued, “that the physical and mental
condition of the American troops was
the deciding factor in the war, and
that our boys were able to throw into
the balance the fighting pewer which
broke the deadlock,sent the Huns reel
ing back and ultimately brought about
their complete defeat. And the reason
that the Americans, many of them but
hastily trained troops, were 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 fields upon|
which brain, muscle and brawn were
put to the test,
“In a way, before we went ‘over
there,’ we realized what - American
sports, particularly baseball, had dnm-l
for the youth of the United States.
Today we appreciate fully that it sup
plied most of our fighters with the
physical asset which enabled 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 the Y. M. C. A. and other
agencies which operated for the wel
fare of the men in the camps here und;
abroad thoroughly appreciated lhe‘
value of outdoor games, boxing and
general athletic stunts, and frem the
moment the men began their military
training, 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
ment; and increased interest was cre
ated by the inevitable ecntests which
always are a part and parcel of phya«‘
ical endeavor among bodies of men.l
‘Over there' baseball, boxing and oth
er forms of athletics were ‘life-savers'
for the soldiers, and thousand hecame
active participants in all manner of
sports who previously had possessed
only the interest which is shared by
all Americans who had ceased to pln.yi
in the opne regularly, After a time,
one and all began Lo appreciate what
athletics had done for them as sol
diers and fighters, and now our hn,\'u!
are coming home determined to (‘tll'l'y:
on with this physical pregram as)
never in the past, |
“The men from Canada and Aus
tralia Imitated our athletic program
¢losely, and the French and Itallans
made a sincere effort to conquer the
intricacies of American sports, and
even essayed to play baseball. I real.
ly believe that some day the youth of
France and Italy will master Amers
ich’s national pastime, as the Cana
dians have done, and the Australians
are trying to do. But from my ob
servation I am frank to 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 ithe older ball
players who, stars in their day, have
outlived their big league usefulness
I think if we started by sending a
few of thes eto the leading European
universities and paying their Bxpenses
it would not be long before the other
seats of learning abroad would be
sending to this side for coaches, This
scheme also would solve the problem
of what to do with the old guebdl
player” 4
Lieutenant Colonel Huston, who is
about 49 vears of age, s a native of
Ohlo. His father was one of the most
eminent rullroad constructors in
Ameriea, The younger Huston was
educated as a civil engineer and made
his mark as an assistant bridge engl
neer on the A. & 8. ¥, the C, & O,
and the Cineinnatl Bouthern, At the
Cheginning of the Spanish-Arderican
War the “Cap,” then an officer in the
Oldo Natlonal Guard, organized a
company of engineers and volun-
Cteered, He served under Generals
laudlow, Black and Wood., He was
placed in eharge of the forces which
cleaned up Havana, and led his men
in person and made a reputation for
bravery and efficlency by wading into
the Alth of the leper hospital in the
Cuban eapital and making that dread
od plague spot sanitary.
At the end of that war he enguged
in work in Cuba, construeting wagon
ronds und rallroads, publie bulldings
and private resldences, and dredged
the harbors and bullt sea walle. In
these very extensive operations he
made the money which has enabled
him to indulge in the fancy for base.
ball which hax made him a thirty.
third degree fan for many years,
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Jockey Club Approves
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Racing Dates for 1919
NEW YORK, March 22.--At a meeting
of the stewards of the Jjockey Club the
approval of the stewards was granted as
soclations to conduct race meetings dur
ing the year 1919 as follows:
Metropolitan J. C., Jamaica, T. T, first
meeting-—Thursday, May 16 to Wednesday,
May 21, six days.
Westchester R. A, Belmont Park,
Queens, L. L, Thursday, May 22, to Wed
nesday, June 11, eighteen days.
Metropolitan J. €., Jamaica, L. 1., sec
ond meeting—Thursday, June 12 to Satur
day, June 21, nine days,
Queen County J. €., Aqueduct, L. I,
Monday, June 23 to Friday, July 11, seve
entoen days,
Empire City R. A., Yonkers, N. Y., Sat
urday, July 12 to Thursday, July 31, sev
enteen days.
Saratoga Association, Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., Friday, August 1 to Saturday Au
gust 31, 26 days.
Westchester R, A, Belmont Park,
Queens, 1. 1., Monday September 1 to Sat
urday, September 13, twelve days,
Queens County J. O, Aqueduct, L. L,
Monday, Beptember 15, to Saturday, Sep
tember 27, twelve days.
Metropolitan J. C., Jamaiea, L. 1., Mon
day, September 29, to Saturday, October
11, twelve dayas,
Empire City R. A., Yonkers, N. Y., Mon
day, October 13, to Saturday, October 25,
twelve days.
Many Colleges and Famous Ath
letes Have Entered Meet on
April 25-26.
HILADELPHIA March 22—
P Pennsylvania’'s annual relay
carnival, to be held on Frank
iin Field, on April 26 and 26, looms
up once more as the greatest ath
letic meet of the year. Already, the
list of teams entered is approaching
the 300 mark and it now looks as if
every college relay team fast enough
to warrant taking to the meet and
every star college athlete east of tife
Rocky Mountains will be on hand for
the great classic.
All the big colleges of both the
Fast and the West have sent word
that they will be on hand. Harvard,
Princeton, Cornell, Chicago, Michi
gan, Columbia, Dartmouth, Notre
Dame, Yale and many other colleges
have had their athletes in action and
some remarkable performances have
been seen. In the Kast, the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and Harvard
have made the best showing in relay
racing. Pennsylvania’s one-mile
team has shown itself the fastest
indoor team in the East. In the
West, Chicago has a similar distine
tion, so that the meetings of these
two teams at the relay carnival will
be well worth seeing.
But outdoor racing is different
from indoor work and both Penn
sylvania and Chicago will have to
look to their laurels, for Harvard,
Pittsburg, Michigan, Columbia, Dart
mouth and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology will have real fast
teams to put in this event, In the
two-mile relay Harvard recently
proved against Yale that it has some
fast half-milers. They will be hard
to beat in this event, though Cor
nell, Notre Dame, Chicago, State and
Columbia 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 Chicag®, 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 be held on the first day‘
should be remarkable events, as sev
eral colleges have record-breaking
terms for these races, Pennsylvania,
Harvard, Princeton, Pittsburg, Chi
‘cam. Michigan, Dartmouth, Colum
bia, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
‘noloxy 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 Pitts
burg, the 440-yard champion; Ham
mond, of Pennsylvania, the 220. yard
champion; Shaw, of Columbia, the
‘half-mflo champlon; Johnson, of
Michigan, the three-times champion
of the Western Conference; Erdman,
of Prineeton, the hurdle champion;
McCosh, of Chicago, the one-mile
‘Western champlion, are only the most
noted of the athletes that will appear
in the sprint or the distance mediey,
They should vie in interest with the
one, two and four-mile relay cham
'plomlhlpl that take place on Satur
day.
‘;ho special events will also sur
prise the pessimists who declared
three months ago that it would tuke
| years for track and fleld sports to
(get back to normal conditions. As
an example of what may be ex
pected, a glance at the present as
sured entries for the pole vault will
{be convineing: Landers and New
stetter, of Pennsylvania, 12 feet 10
inches; Grahaum, of Chieago, 12 feet
10 inches; Myers, of Dartmouth, 12
i feot § Inches, indoors, the present
indoor record; Jordon, of Dartmouth:
Easterday, of l'mnlmr’. who tied
with Jordan last year for the Inter
collegiate champlonship; Cross, of
| Michigan, the Western champion;
| Bweeney, of Yale, 12 feet 4 Inches,
are among the entries. It is not too
much to expect that If weather con
ditlons ure favorable, & new world
trecord may be made In this event.
| The 100 yurds, the hurdles, the broad
P Jump, and in fuct all the other ovents
| have also made remarkable entries,
[ w 0 that when the vnnw»wr the
hwnnlmlut- will not h a leg to
‘-umd on
The scholastic entries nre right up
to the standard of the college en
trants, To date nearly 100 high
schools and over 60 preparatory
schooly huve entered, Including many
of the most important schools of the'
Enst. The grammar and parochial
school entries are not mentioned, as
they are restricted to hiladelphia.
Thin i necessary so that the earnival
will not overrun the two days now
given to the various events,
The final date for the closing of
tenm ontries In Apeil 1
CHANCE FOR BARGROVE,
Pat Hargrove, rookie infleider of the
PO hieagy White Box, has ‘my‘ rolunmed from
army iraining st Cwnp ke and Muan.
nuer Gloasan has nx:'cd to let him Jjoin
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Fell for Lure of Festive
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Footlights.
T is an old story in the Mstory of
| the ring of great fistic gladiators
who have been lured to the fasels
nating footlights for financial gain and’
adulation, only to be robbed of their
’gn-at athletic form and physical w .
by the gay and festiye life through the
many temptations that surround Mfi
stage. oM
I've always claimed that nearly all of
our greatest champions have deteriorads
ed their stamina and prowess by tourtng'
and knocking around with theatrfoal
shows. bic
Now it remains to be seen and e
whether Jess Willard has
his super and phenomenal physique by
his long continuation in ecircus shews .
Possibly the monster champion may.
be a rare exception to the rule, "w
led a clever and more prudent iife 4
most any world beater I've ever r
Although he's been thrown inte >
ciety of the high rollers on the road
about three years or so, he's wisely &
carefully avoided any harmful or ex
cessive dlm;llpmi:m. e “‘
And yet Jess is not a strict temper
ance man by any means, for r !
frequently enjf;‘y's a few
when the spirit moves h but 5
never runs to excessive ind ES
any kind. In fact, the champion nwa-'
riably sidesteps the bright thtl
prefers the company of his wife )
children at his own fireside. 2
lard is no hurrah champ
doesn't seek the applause and
tion of the maddening crowd like
of his predecessors, who were led r
the righteous path by the flat
Jollification of their hosts of
and admirers. .
Consequently, Jess today Is y
fine physical form, considering e
out of the ring so long. And 1
going to take any chance of ?
of fine fighting condition for
He's already started in to do some
work and boxing. He assures me i
be in great nhurfl when he w :
ring, and is fully confident
the young dashing contender in a ”
rounds if the latter rushes at mgzfl
bulling fashion for a quick .
give result, »
But we must all wait to see Wi
lard trains and rounds fl in form before
'we ca ntell whether his circus mm
and long lay off has destmrafl llxd
battling stamina and ability.
deal will depend upon his speed 3
‘wind. Without those two very 3
factors he's most liable to be in .
danger with his young fast
who'll undoubtedly cut a very #
pace from the very start; so the ;
champion will be ohliged to coti~
siderable speed and wind g
Dempsey’'s attacks at every angle. -
wind and xinad is no easy task a*
man of Willard’s weight and =
acquire. It means hard grueling :
between now and July 4 for the ponders
ous champion. il
Led John L. To Defeat. 4
That gailant old fistic warrior,
L. Sullivan, was direet'- ?m €
Willard in many mgloctl
championship xlor?. e had
'the most wonderful fighting
of all our modern gladiatora, ;
won the heavyweight title from 5
Ryan, in 1882, he only A
185 pounds, but he had a
knockout punch, the speed of a -1
cat and a most enthusiastio \
spirit, ¥
But in three years, after he w
knocking around the circuit with -
rical shows, he began to lose his
.nhl';‘u.- form and fell into ’
flesh, =iy 4
John L. eertainly went the -hot :
tive pace while he was “cock of
walk,” during his reign as
fistiana, But his wild u'i'“ and
pations eventually robbed him
great prowess, and in 1892 he
ensy victim to Jim Corbett at
Orleans in 21 rounds.
Had Sullivan lived the careful
healthful life that Willard hu-&h
career would have been the
derful In the history of the pflm
arena, As I've always sald, he Wl‘l:‘
great world beater for only the
three years of his rham{ionlh career,
for his mmort:ullr;nu '"nodm;lm =
and other gay life caw
by the w;u*nido 80, unlike flhfl.
he fell for the temptations his thou
sands of friends and followers led him
into night after night.
Some fourteen years before m =“
L. passed Awa‘v. i;:- ml‘l::,d -
ishness and mistakes W.
But it was too late then, for he be
came prematurely an old man m
before his time. llf he had only &
the footsteps of even that oclever
English champion, Jem he
also have enjoyed life, Like 4
he was 50 years or more. But
loved the stage and the cheers
multitude that paid him so much
mage and adulations.
Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries and
M have beey Bt bettes B
It won ave been
wiser If Jim Corbett, Bob m’nflm
Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Terry -
Govern and many other m—
plons had never appeared in 1
shows during their fighting days, for
the life before or behind the scenes s
no place for & man who desires to keep
himself in fine athletic condition, as
there are too many tempting induce
ments to lead him away from headth,
strength and vigor 4
“Hot birds and mv‘ld bottle#’ at all
hours of the night Is not proper nor
muscle bullding food for a fighter
along with the other festive sanvirons
ments that lead fistie stars ”w.'g
I consider Jack Kearns was wise 3
he canceled all of Jack Dempeey”
theatrical engagements and will 7
him out among the hills in the
- to fish, hunt and breathe »
fresh, pure, country alr
That's the stuff that puts 5
life In every human being Mld'_&-'.w’i
them it not only to fight for the world's
hampionship, but for every other obs
jeot In 1L
How Dv-mnle{\ Wil Train, i
“Jack the Glant Killer,” In a '
nterview with Danny Lyons, of 4
New York Clobe, says »
I am always In good condition, §
never teain more than about two ".%'l
t 1 most for any mateh. That '
il the time 1 need to get on edge fop
Willard, but 1 plan to put In nboutis
" h of Hght exercise and try to bulle
nyself up a bit before bucking down e
reu ard labor
‘I am already beginning to plan o 8
the traini on. 1 expect to do a 4
lot of mountain ellmbing, fishe ¢
hunting Calorade for some a‘
and thes » to the battle &
tap thisx off with two weeks' work: 1
Eymnasium I will have two or
rugged mparring x-w'm;rn -‘m Ao ex~
pert advis ittnched to the i 1
“If T lome T have no sxouse ua:f
hut such a result never snters my ¥
Pl win an surely s my name s Desen
¢ nd on the night of & 4 |
the new )mm‘p!nn Whrn 1 B
title holder I'fl always be ready’ i
fend my holdings, ' take on ant o N
crn nnd give every man who thi -
can dofent me o chance, Ido e
tend (o be a champlon n name v,
e boxing game neads an Active ¢ \‘;
pion In the h-nv,\wigtt clann, W,
1o depend ypan me fight me ot
than uny othér man whe ever oy of
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