Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1923 — Page 9
■WEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1923
ELEVEN YEARS A CHAMP " iplbane Tells of His Battle With Attell For Title
By JOHNNY KILBAXE, Featherweight Champion of the World. Copyright, 1923. by NEA Service, ; Inc., in the United States and all foreign countries having copyright laws. Reproduction prohibited. A< ’ROW'D always is with a champion before the fight. As: soon as his opponent starts to i hit him, they cry for a knockout of the titleholder. But when the champion steps into the ring, the cheers are all for him. I learned that especially at Vernon, Cal., on that day back in 1912 when Abe Attell and I clashed for the featherweight title. I had been told by so many that he was unbeatable. . j It didn't encourage me any more than witnessing an execution would encourage a man sentenced to die. But I sort of gathered my wits and asked myself whether It wasn't an advantage to me to have Attell such a great fighter. Surely it would be no credit for me to lick or be beaten by a dub! And so I climbed in the ring. 1 didn’t mind the half-hearted cheers I received, and the roof-smashing cheers that went to Abe. I determined not to rush him, but to have him bring the fight to me. When he brought it, have a reception committee conof a couple of rights and a few lens there to greet him. Attell Tallied I followed this course, and although Attell gave me a severe tongue lashing —he certainly tried to discourage me vocally—he didn't do any particular damage to my husky young body. “So you’re the guy who beat Kilbane,” he said at one time in a clinch. He was so excited he even thought he was fighting Rivers! I'd answer with a simple: “Yes.” Or I'd even add a “Yes—sir!” That made him so mad he dropped his hands once, and asked me why I didn’t come in. I was polite, but firm, in replying that the honors were all his. And I wound up the day by getting the decision, and with it the championship, which I have kept ever since. When the referee lifted my arm and proclaimed me champion, the crowd was all for me. I didn’t seem to realize it. It was all so new. And to this day I can’t seem to get excited over it. I've never realized I was the champ. My life’s habits have not changed a bit. After the fight the talk of .the town was Kilbane. Those in the cabarets wanted to know where he was. Why didn't he come around and show himself? The Reason Why The reason he didn’t. I don't mind telling for the first time, was that he was walking up and down the beach with Mrs. Kilbane, pushing their •y carriage. We slipped away n the crowds and stayed together all that evening, walking back and forth, talking, planning our future. Because my wife's happiness meant more to me than all the championships put together.. Our baby was only about a year old. Our second baby, whom we were to lose, had not been born. Our future meant everything. The few curious ones who wanted to see the new champ meant nothing. We decided to go back to Cleveland, but to take the journey leisurely, playing a few theatrical engagements on the way. We started back about six weeks later, and all went well until we hit Syracuse. Kansas. There we ran into a snow storm that held us up nearly two days. I’ll always remember that storm. It was a terrible one. Finally, on March 17, a Sunday, we reached Cleveland and what a reception! Kilbane describes vividly that homecoming when he returned to Cleveland the champion, in his next article.
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The Indianapolis Giants will play at Kokomo Sunday. For games address Gita Fleming. Thirteenth and Yandes Sts. The Sahara Grotto will play the Imperial Drop Forge team on Saturday In the Big League at Riverside diamond No. 8. Y. M. S. team defeat'd St Philips. 7 to 6. Gams are wanted. Cal! Drove! olstl. A meeting wtll be held at the usual plaee on Friday night at 8 o'clock The manager of the Lincoln A. A s is requested to call Bernard Dugan at Belmont 0722. between 6:30 and 7:30 tonight. This is in regard to Sunday's game with the Y. JP. Cs A good game is expected Sunday at Brookstde diamond No. 3 at 3:30 o clock, when the Jones Transfers play the Munroe A. C. Pohl. Dillon. Thomas and Sanders take notice. BTILF.SVTLLK. hid.. May 16—Stilcsvdle had no trouble in defeating the Indianapolis Giants here. 12 to 7. The spectacular fielding of J. Costln and the lone drive of Catcher Dlddel featured the contest. There will be a meeting tonight of the Militaries a* 64 FI Raymond S The Militaries will play at Hazelvrn.xi Sunday. The game wtth the Indianapolis Bleaching Company has been cancelled. The Fraternal Order of Eagles baseball club hae an open date for Sunday. The Ragles claim to have a fast club For games call Main 6710. or address J. S Overman. 446 E Washington St. Rushvilie, .Maruiisville. Stllcsvllle and Hope take notice The Acme Juniors will bold a meeting tonight at the Library and all players are asked to attend Stone. Staab. Harlow, White. Rader. Daley. Poppinaugh. Hartzog. Midkiff. George. Greer and Hodge take notice. The manager of the invincible Juniors Is asked to call Belmont 3647 and ask for Windy. The Highland Cubs will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 in Highland Fark and the following players are asked to attend: E Clements. T Burke. R Burkett. M. Collier, P. Kane. B. Osborne, S. Backmeyer. B Forbes. A Laufner. E Watson For games with the Cubs call Lincoln 1672 and ask for Alvin. The Cubs would like to book games with some fast teams playing In the 15-16-old class. •te Jones Transfers now have a junior i in the field that will be known as the Jones Transfer Reserves. The team will play in the 14-16 year-old class. A meeting will be held tonight at public library ! No. 0. Thirteenth and Commerce. Sts. at 7:80 o’clock- H Jones will arrange the schedule. Teams desiring Sunday games call Webster 1680 or address 2531 E Tenth St Any boyh residing in the neighborhood of 1 ft. Twelfth St. to Michigan and from Key- i Stone to Rural desiring try-outs and the following players are aked to attend the I iCxeetlng tonight: Zimmerman. Lehr. Mas JPJcbe. Casey. Manship. Russhe. Cohee and CwfflfiOßk
Twenty Horses Expected to Be at Barrier for Derby Next Saturday
ZEV GETS BACK A LITTLE LOST FAVOR BY WIN Preakness Fizzle Comes in Ahead in Rainbow Handicap. By United Binomial CHURCHILL DOWNS, Ky., May 16. —At least twenty, possibly as many as twenty-five of the greatest 3-year-olds in the United States are expected to be at the harrier Saturday for the running of the Forty-Ninth Kentucky Derby. The purse, which may reach $60,000 is sufficient to attract the best of American running horses to the improved track here. Zev, yesterday’s winner of the featuer Rainbow Handicap at Jamaica, ■will arrive Friday. Picked to win the Preakness stake, Zev came in trailing with the also rans and Harry F. Sinclair. his owner decided- to give him another chance in the Rainbow handicap. When Zev won handily from Dominique. Regel, Gallant Man and Runan Tell, Sinclair came to the conclusion that Zev is still a fitting entry for Kentucky Derby oespite his disappointing Preakness performance. on past performances it looks as though the Whitney -Greer, tree Stable's four-horse entry will go Into the race the favorite. Other outstanding I nags are Vigil, Nassau, General Thatcher and Bo McMillan. General Thatcher, with a record of sec ond money in the Preakness. would look stronger if Jockey Fator could be in the saddle. Fator always gets all of General Thatcher's speed out. but Fator was disqualified for the remainder of the week for alleged rough riding at Jamaica yesterday, thus making it necessary to get another jockey for General Thatcher. If rainy weather continues and the track Is as soft Saturday as it is now Martingale, a fast mud runner, will \ undoubtedly be well up with the j money horses when they round into i the home stretch.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lo#t Pot. Kansas City ............. 13 4 .705 Louisville 14 8 63d St. Paul 13 S ' 019 Columbus 13 8 619 Toledo 9 12 429 Milwaukee 7 13 350 Minneapolis 7 14 .333 INDIANAPOLIS 7 16 304 AMERICAN LEAGI E W, L Pet ! W. L Pet. New Y .10 8 .007 St. Louis 11 1? .478 Cleveland 15 JO HOO Wash 9 13 .400 PlUla ..12 10 5451 Chicago . 9 13 .409 Detroit . .13 13 5001 Boston . . 7 13 .350 NATIONAL LEAGI’E W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pe*. New Y. 18 7 .720 Chieaxo 12 13 480 St. Louis 15 11 .577 Boston .10 13 435 Pitts ...13 XI 542! Brooklyn 10 14 417 Clnein. .12 12 .6001 Phiia . . 7 10 .304 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indpls at Minn. Col. at MU. Tol. at K. C. Louis. at Bt. P. AMERICAN LEAGUE Wash, at Chi N. Y. at St. L. Bost. at Dett. Phiia. at Cleve NATIONAL LEAGUE Pt L. at Bost. Cincin. at Phiia. Pitts at New York. Chi. at Brooklyn. Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo 403 042 100—14 20 1 Kansas City OXO 007 80*—10 17 4 i (Hard, Malone. McGlouxbUn. Bedlent. Aa-e-ison; Wilkinson. Bono, Zinn, Skiff. Louisville ... .... 330 100 000'—7 fl 1 St. Paul 010 002 000—3 0 0 Deberry. Brottem: Hall. Royers Napier. Holt* Gonzales. Columbus-Milwaukeo (rain! AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 003 000 128—9 9 1 Detroit .005 000 000—5 11 3 Peimoek. Mays. Behan?: Collins, Cole. Olsen. Woodall, Basaler. Washington 200 hOO 200 2 914 1 Cleveland 000 600 100 3—lo 18 0 Mosrrldere. Russell. BriJlheart. Zeehary. Gharrity. Ruel; Edwards, Boone. Smith, Metevier. My alt. Philadelphla-Chleayo—Rain Boater,-St Louis—Wet grounds NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 102 000 010—10 15 1 Boston 301 001 000— 5 12 0 Toney. North, Clemons: McNamara, Watson Cooney. O’Neil. Chicago-Brooklyn—Cold. Pittsburgh-New York—Cold. Cinrtnnatl-PhUedeJphla—Rain. Rinfovo MpKs if a player is guilty of a breach of a certain rule, yet no penalty is definitely slat'd, how Is the sitnatidn handled Where no penalty for a breach of a rule is stated, the penalty shall be the loss of the hole. -. * • What is the date of the British open championship and where wtll it be played! The British open championship is scheduled to be held June 11-15 at Troon, Scotland. WtUter Hagen, American home-bred, whiner of the championship in 1922. will defend his title. • a * 1? on the, putting green a player plays when his opponent should have played and the mistake is immediately discovered, flowcan the slip bo remedied? When a player has played out of turn, tlie opponent may at once recall the strike and have the hall replaced in its original position. The Triangle A C.s will meet the Bark Crests Sunday on Riverside diamond No. I at 3:30. Hoffman will do the hurling with McFall behind the bat. Regular meeting Wednesday night, all players note. For games call Dr ex el 3804 and ask for Bob
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IRE GRIEF AS TRIBESMEN OPEN MILLER SERIES Janvrin Not There for First Clash and Indians Return to Last Place, By Timet Special MINNEAPOLIS, May 16 —The Indians were tied with the Philadelphia Phillies in the Subway league today. Glancing over the standings of the two big leagues and the American As soclation it was discovered the tailend Phils had a percentage of .804 in the National and the Tribesmen the same in the A. A. This doesn’t prove anything only that tail-end teains are consistent in remaining far below deck. The Indians were a discouraged band Tuesday on their first 1923 appearance in the Northwest country. They had expected to have the help of Harold Janvrin In the opening game of the Miller series, but Harold failed to put in an appearance Tuesday and it was necessary to use the same old crippled Tribe line-up against the Flour City team. The Millers copped the opener, 6 to 2, by displaying a strong attack. Bill Burwell opposed them, but he failed to puzzle in the tight places. Dan Tipple, who was a member of the Indianapolis club several seasons ago, twirled for the Millers and got away with it. Dixon struck out three times as a helper and Purceil, acting as pinch hitter, grounded into a double play. From the manner In which the Tribe performed Tuesday it is evident the team won’t improve its percentage until Kirke and Janvrin get in the line-up. The Millers lost five straight games before the Indians hit town and the fans are glad to see somebody visit the city whom the Millers can beat. Bad weather prevailed Tuesday and only a email crowd turned out. Despite the weather and heavy going, however, the series opener was played in the fast time of one hour twentyseven minutes.. Lose First to Millers INDIANAPOLIS. AB R B O. A E Chrigteribury. rs . . 6 1 2 2 0 0 Sicking. 2b 8 0 0 4 3 0 Rch? If 3 0 0 Q 0 0 Brown, cf.. 4 6 2 2 0 0 Krueger, ib .. . 4 0 1 12 0 0 Dlxou. c. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Whelan, ss 8 0 2 3 8 1 Campbell. 3b ... 8 1 1 0 2 0 •Purcell 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burwell, p 3 0 1 0 6 0 xSelb 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 88 2 9 24 18 1 •Batted for Campbell in ninth. xßan for Burwell in ninth. MINNEAPOLIS. AB. R H. O. A. E. Jourdan, lb 4 1 0 10 1 0 Rondeau. If 4 1 2 0 0 0 Smith, of 4 I 1 0 0 l East, rs 4 2 2 1 Q 0 Grabow-ski, c 4 0 2 8 I 0 Fisher. 3b 4 0 1 33 0 Critz. 2b 4 1 1 2 3 0 Browne, aa 3 0 0 3 4 0 Tipple, p 8 '0 2 0 2 1 Totals 34 0 11 27 14 2 Indianapolis 110 000 000—2 Minneapolis 220 010 01*—0 Two-base hits,—Krueger. Whelan. Rondeau, Tipple, Orabowski, 2; Fisher Threebase hits—Brown. East Sacrifice hits— Sicking. Rehg, Browne. DouXilc plays— Sicking to Whelan to Krueger Grabowskt to Fieher; Browne to Jourdan. Left on bases —lndianapolis, 8: Minneapolis. 5. Bases on balls—Off Tipple, 2. Struck out—By Tipple, 6. Passed balls—Dixon, 2: Grabowski. Umpires—Mullen and Bovle. Time—--1:27. RESERVATIONS FOR BIG BOUT POURING IN Collins Estimates Advance Sale at $340,000, By rnited Tress SHELBY, Mont.. May 16.—Reservations for seats for the Dempsey-Gib-bons bout here on July 4 continued to pour in today and Mike Collins, one of the promoters estimated the advance sale at $340,000. Gibbons is expected to arrive here Saturday. Dempsey appeared at Great Falls last night and started plans for his training camp.
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SPEEDWAY SPINS Spun by Blythe Hendricks
WITH tlie great 500-tnile race at. the Indianapolis Motor Speedway only two weeks off, race fans were getting anxious today for a look at more of the speeding mounts. To date the only ears to be seen in action are a few Durants and Bugattis, with a fleeting glimpse of the Barber-Warnock Special.
WORD that the long-looked for’ Packard team, composed' of two former winners, Ralph De Palma and Dario Resta. and thw fast-flying Joe Boyer, would arrive today added a lot of pep to rainsoaked race fans. They also were curious for a close,up of the three German Mercedes cars which arrived yesterday but were lost somewhere in the maze of Indianapo lis freight yards. They were sched tiled to arrive at the track today. • * The German team made its appearance, late Tuesday afternoon. It was headed by Christian Lautensehlager, former winner of the French Grand I’rix. With him were the other drivers, Max Sailer and Christian Werner and their business agent, P. C. Von Goutard. the only one of the putflt to speak English. The Germans are far older than the American and French drivers, their ages ranging from 35 to 46 years 1 hey lack the sparkling personality of the French and Argentine drivers and show none of the levity that marks every American crew at the Speed way. The Mercedes car will be two-seaters and, according to all reports, will be the heaviest cars on the track. The German drivers had not been at the track live minutes before Martin Alsaga. Argentine pilot of a French Bugattl. trotted his car out on the track and was immediately followed by Prince Re Cystria. Despite the rain, they knocked off a number of laps ranging from seventy to eighty j four miles an hour, getting tlie feel of the bricks. The Mercedes outfit will occupy four I garages immediately behind the pits, j The French crew is quartered beyond the southeast curve half a mile away. ——— Cliff Durant. Jimmy Murphy and j Harry’ Hartz took turns driving Du j rant No. 4, Durant’s car. It soermed to have trouble holding down on the turns and more than an hour was spent adjusting shock absorbers and springs Jimmy got the best results of any one und turned in one lap at ninety seven miles an hour, New and smaller wheels will be fitted to the Bugattis. After trying out the track the drivers decided the wheels, which they brought with them were too large for best results. The r.ew wheels will be for about twenty nine-inch tlr©. The wheels are being built in Buffalo, N. ¥. A novelty in motor helmets was sprung by the Bugattl drivers Tuetv day. in the form of baseball caps worn backwards. They said they were the only suitable headgear they could find in Indianapolis. During a particularly bad rainstorm Raoul Rlganti and Martin Alsaga, the Argentina drivers, entertained an interested audience of friends about Torn Beall's lunch stand with general oh servations on a wide rang© of activi-,
WILLARO AND FIRPO TO MEET J 9 Former Champ and Argentine Reach Agreement. By United /’res* NKW YORK, May 16,—Another one of his "battle of the century" Berlea has been virtually clinched by Tux Rickard. Jess Willard has signed a contract to meed Luis Flrpo and the South American giant was expected to sign today Flrpo’s name on the paper Is only a formality, however, as the South American will do anything Rickard asks him. The date and the place have not boon decided upon, but the two mammoths no doubt will get together In the Yanks stadium on the afternoon of July 7. In compliance with the law both will work on a percentage. Rickard has not made known what he offered them for their ends. Willard was cn his way to California today, where he will Join his family after an absence of several months He plans to rest for a couple of weeks and then resume training. Firpo will keep right on with his work arid will go through two or three ‘‘workouts’’ bouts with some soft, pickings that have been gathered for him. BROTHERS ON RING CARD Schaefer Family to Be Well Represented Here May 29. Brother will watch brother perform on the boxing card at Washington Park, May 29, the night before the 600-nhle race. In the main event Herbie Schaefer of Chicago will tackle Frankie Genaro, American flyweight champion, hut before Herbie enters the ring his brother Frankie, a featherweight, will battle an opponent to be named later in the semi-wind-up of ten rounds. .Tack Blackburn, colored, former Indianapolis pugilist, will train and coach the Schaefer boys during their training here previous to the bouts. Rain Stops A. B. Cs. The A. B. Cs. and St. Louis Stars* game of Tuesday was postponed because of rain. The game scheduled for today also was called off because of the heavy downpour of last night which made Washington Park unfit for play. Crooked Creek Shoot Slinkard won the Crooked Creek Gun Club shoot with a score of 47 out of a possible 50. Hut,sell was second with 44 "birds.” There was only a small turn-out.
ties. Among them were the following bits of wisdom: The Speedway curves are very bad in wet weather because your rear wheels go ssh-ssh-ssh and try to get ahead of the front wheels. Firpo, the Argentine pugilist, is “some boy.” He can wnip Jess Willard right now, and pretty soon he can whip Jack Dempsey, but not yet. They came to America expecting to find prohibition, hut failed to find any in New York. The American hot dog is a valuable institution. This opinion was reached after consuming three each in rapid succession. The Miller motors are the most perfect ever seen. The Speedway track is far better than Argentine roads. In the Argentine all races are ori dusty roads. You ride fast on a narrow road or you get run over from behind. Several persons are killed in every successful race. On one side you see a burning car and a dead man, on th© other a wrecked car or two, here some driver changes an axle, and If a bridge-• breaks down, no red flags are put on it; you discover the fact when you go down ''plop”to the bottom If you lore, tlie newspapers call you this and that and lots of other things. Alibis don’t go. They will return next year with faster cars
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BIG ENIRY FOR COLLEGE MEET Butler and Wabash Look Strongest in Tourney. By Timet Special RICHMOND, Ind., May 16.—One hundred and thirty-one entries will compete in the first college track and field meet of the Indiana intercollegiate conference Saturday at Reid Field, Earlham. All Indiana Institutions are represented except Purdue, Notre Dame and Indiana universities. Tlie three universities and many of tlie colleges competing Saturday will clash at Purdue one week from Saturday. May 26. Butler and Wabash seem to have the best chance to win Saturday’s tourney. De Pauw and Earlham also have strong teams and may spring a surprise. Wnbaslr will have the largest number of entries with twenty five. State Normal, Earlham. De Pauw and Butler also are sending large squads. The meet will start at 1:30 p. m. Trial heats will be run in a number of events. FT. WAYNE HIGH WINS Takes District Track Mc*>t on Muddy Field. By Timet Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 16.—Ft. Wayne Central High School won the district track and field meet here Tuesday, scoring 49 18 points. Tlie tourney was run off In the mud and rain. It was postponed from last Saturday. The scores of other schools were: Columbia City, 22 1-3; Kendall ville. 15: Geneva, 6: Decatur, 5: South Whitley, 1; Bluffton. 13.
HARRY C. STUTZ TO RACE H. C. S. SPECIALS MAY 30 Local Manufacturer Takes Over Two Miller Mounts for 500Mile Event, With Tommy Milton Driving One. Harry’ C. Stutz, Indianapolis auto manufacturer and sportsman, formerly known as “the fox of the motor speed game,” couldn’t resist the lure of the Speedway pastime and May 30 will see two cars known as
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powered sporting calcium, after waning for several years. Other manufacturers are expected to take to the Speedway for information on the sensatioiAl motors. , And the H. C. S. Specials will bring to the track. Harry C. Btutz. one of the most romantic figures of the great gasoline sport, a pit general and strategist, whose renown is international.
EIGHT BOUTS ON CARD OF TURNER BOXING SHOW One of the feature bouts on the South Side Turner amateur boxing show to he hold next Monday, May--21, is the Atkins and Parker weiter-
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H. C. S. Specials tearing around the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway carrying the colors of his firm and piloted by two selected drivers. Announcement was made today that two of the Harry Miller mounts entered in the 1923 500mile event had been transferred to the super* vision of Harry C Stutz of the H. C. S. Motor Company, Indianapolis, and that the cars would be sponsored by that firm and raced as H. O, 3. Specials. 1921 Winner Pilots One Tommy Milton, 1921 racing champion, will be at the wheel of the first H. C. S. Special of the two-car team. The other driver was not mentioned in the announcement of the official transfer of Mill- r-motored entries to H. C. S. The H. C. S. Special Milton will drive already has traveled the fastest practice lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year and was the first of the new 122 cubic inch piston displacement cars, being raced at Indianapolis for the first time in history, to be constructed. Revive! of Interest The entrance of the H. C. S. organization la racing is additional evidence that Speedway racing is rapidly returning to its place In the hlgh-
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