Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1925 — Page 9
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Prr-JjY gosh, SIOO,OOO to the winM ner of a hoes race! That’s l tTl l what they are talking about In Chicago these days. The ’“sport of kings”—financial kings, Is booming in the Windy City and apparently the le-teet bold gesture of disdain for coin of the realm is backed up by more titan wind. The Illinois Jockey Club of Chtcago, which will operate the new Washington Park race course plans a revival of the famous American Derby which thrilled race goers in the past. The enormous purse is part of the plan. It Is said that G-. Frank Croissant, Chicago capitalist, who has turned to the racing game and has one of the largest stables in America, guaranteed $60,0W) of the rich prize money. Chicago wants to be a center of the thoroughbred sport and from the looks of things has a great start. The new Washington Park course already is completed. Then there Is anew track to be built headed by a syndicate of which Matt J. Winn of Kentucky is the head. Hawthorne has been in .operation for three years. L* * * Jefferson Farit, New Orleans, ■ lebrated Christmas with the fanner crowd of the present raoking season. The mutuel ms- " chines got many Christmas presents from race fans. Only two I favorites Won, J* * * ' "I NOTHER "city series" net A game Is on the card for £±J next week, Shortridge meeting Broad Ripple Tuesday night at the Ripple gym. This annual contest Is always fraught with Interest to the followers of the two schools, which for a number of seasons have been clashing with victories and losses alternating year by year. Since the season 1918-1919 the record stands as tows; 1918- —Broad Ripple. 25; Shortridge, 28. 1919- —Shortridge. IS; Broad Ripple, 10. (Their sectional game was their only meeting this season). 1920- —No game scheduled, 1921- —Broad Ripple. 35; Shortridge, 26. 1922- —Shortridge. 30; Broad Ripple, 25.
1923- —Broad Ripple, 27; Shortridge, 28. 1924- —Shortridge. 44; Broad Ripple, 20. So, regardless of dope. It appears to be Broad Ripple’s turn to cop this season’s battle. • • * S’matter, Florida, s’matter? Only half of those 16,000 seats in the new Coral Gables stadium (were filled to see Red Grange do his art. The Galloping Ghost galloped twice, once for fortyfive yards and once for twenty yards. But after the game when the “ghost walked” and receipts were checked up promoters and managers were disappointed. Red probably will have to tike np the real sport down there yet. We left out a word—what we meant to say waa the real estate sport. • • • mHE New York Boxing Commission is full of queer rulings. The latest is the pro hlbitlon of smoking fn Tex's new Garden. Rickard went to the expense of Installing $75,000 wprth of ventilators which seemed' to clear away the fumes in the Ber-lenbach-Delaney bout, but the commission said “No," At ail other forms of entertainment In the Garden the cash customers can fruff to their hearts' content. It might he a good thing fer the commission to change Its ruling In this case. Tobacco has a soothing effect on the nerves in times of excitement and stress and the fans might take some of the funny, yet tragic decision# of the judges with more grace and lees booing if Lady Nicotine were present.
Dwiiiwy nurely nmwf I>e Iwrd flip for publicity. The old yam about meeting Strangler Lewis In a wreetling-boxiug match has bobbed up again. • • • • HEN 1t comes to optimism W you must hand it to sports promoters. They never think the public has enough—and that’s where they make their mistakes. The New York professional football team now is going to Florida with Be McMillan as the feature of the show. Grange’s crowd of 8,000 at his opening game ought to make the Gotham team think twice before heading South —but it won’t, • • * In a picture of the Missouri hasketball team which plays Butler at the auto show building, State fairground, Tuesday, we notice a player with a mustache, Tliat makes Butler tlie favorite in the contest. • * * Kindly give us credit. We didn’t say, "Merry Christmas’’ in this column at any time. This gives us a world’s record. If our restraint holds out we will try for another record on New Year’s, • * * S'—— IHELB YVI LLE High School basketball fans likfe their ii.J bonfires. Some time they’re to burn down that town. FThey probably will tonight If the team defeats Martinsville. It might be a good thing if Shelby did down the Artesian City club. The size of the bonfire and the heat generated likely would warm up all this section several degrees. The cold wave would be broken, • * * A pleasant thought—Next year Christmas coincs on Saturday. You can recuperate on Sunday. Holidays should be arranged in pairs. • ♦ * It is a. 10 to 1 shot that Manual wins tonight—Varsity vs. Alumni,
RUTH STARTS SINCERE EFFORT TO RESTORE DIAMOND PRESTIGE
Bambino Hustles in Gym and on Road—Aims to Strengthen Legs. By Henry L. Farrell United Press Staff Correspnndmt NEW YORK, Deo. 26.—More hits, more homers, more happiness and less fat Is the 1926 program that Babe Ruth has set out for himself. The Babe, tiring of putting on weight raising chickens on his New England estate, has abandoned the country and is getting himself in shape for another baseball campaign in a gymnasium here. He Is doing two hours on the road in the morning and three hours in the afternoon on rowing machines, on the handball court and tire rings, Down to 215 “I weighed 226 pounds when I left the farm, and I’m down to 215 pounds now,” the Babe saids “That still sounds like a lot of weight for a ball player, but it’s getting solid, and I’m a good-sized fellow.” The Babe did not take offense when It was talked that his bosses at the New York Yankee office had decided aged players and fat players on the club could not spend two weeks at Hot Springs in the spring with all checks paid. “It isn’t the dough,” the Babe said. “If I thought it would do me any good, I’d pay my own freight and go down there for some baths and some golf- The trouble is that the fellows who go down there try to do too much in a few days. “I loafed around all last winter and thought I could take a few hikes and a few baths and get myself in shape- I tried to do too much and broke down, and I know the reason now. Realizes He Slipped "My legs went bad cm me last year and I know I didn't play real baseball- The fellows told me the only way I could keep The dogs’ working was to keep using them, and I’ve been using them all winter. “I went up with Eddie Collins and other fellows into the Canadian woods and I had to ride on a truck for a couple of days, but after a week or so I was able to out-hike some of the boys. “But the old eye is still good and tbe arm Is all right and I think I can hit a few of them out of the park next season If the ‘old dogs’ stand up under me, and I’m getting them In shape to stand,’*
Jinx Broken uY r HEN Case school >f I yy I Cleveland defeated WestL- J era Reserve, 6to 0, the past fall, it marked first grid victory for the Scientists over their ancient rivals since 1911. It was the thirty-fourth meeting between the two teams. Case, ncidentally, sprung a surpKe in winning. Reserve having been favored to continue Its long string of successes.
FAMOUS COELEtfE STARS ART CARLSON OLD RECORD LOWERED Or- —"j xE of the most outstanding feat* in collegiate track and i_J field athletics on' recent years was the smalhing of the 220-yard low hurdle record by Charlie Brookins, lowa star, in 1923. For twenty-five years no athlete had been able to lower the world mark of 23 3-5 seconds, established by Alvin Kraenzleln, old Penn allround celebrity, in 1898, Many had tried but, none succeeded until Brookins came along. The Simpsons, Wendells, Smithsons and other notable steeplechasers found the task too great. Experts opiqed or were at least doubtful if it ever would be excelled, ( But where countless of others had failed before him, Brookins actually leaped to fame by clipping a fifth of a second off Kr**' izlein’s time. Shortly afterw- . ne was credited with am*, of 23 1-5 on a straightaway track, Kraenzlein’s mark was one of the oldest on the athletic record books. Any performance capable of withstanding the yearly assault twentyfive seasons without being toppled must be out of the ordinary. That’s why Brookins' achievement takes rank with the greatest collegiate feats of modern times, Y, M. H. A, WINS The Communal Y, M, It, A, downed the Ft. Harrison netters, 41 to 19, Sack off, Becker and Glazier, ex-Manual High basketeers, starred for the winners, while Irvin, former De Pauw star, played best for the losers. The winners led at the half, 23 to 9. The Communals would like to hear from the Penn. R. R., Indianapolis Ramblers, Hoesier A, C. and Central “Y.”’ Write Joe M. Burnstein, 1204 Union St, WOODSIDE JUNIORS Woodside Juniors are arranging their schedule for January and would like to with fast city and State teams in the 120 to 125 lb. class. Write Roy Baker, 2414 Southeastern Ave., or phone Drexel Sl6l-J. The manager of the Theta Delta’s is requested to call the above number in regards to the game Monday night,
BIG PAUL FAILS TO IMPRESS i * Berlenbach Lacks Cleverness to Become Star Heavyweight. By Joe Williams SKA Service Writer NEW YORK, Deo. 26,—Paul Berlenbach never will rank with the immortals of the'prize ring, despite all the glowing phrase# you maj read of his potential powers a# i* coming heavyweight. Pound ’Em PauL, I am convinced after seeing him defend his light heavy title against Jack Delaney, Canadian sharpshooter, is simply a one-handed fighter, possessing In credible stamina and courage, Paul can hook with the left and shoot the punch over straight. Though he does not seem to be a master of timing, the Manhattan Dutchman manages to get considerable power Into the blow’. The effect 1s that of a jarring jolt, rather than an explosion. One-Handed Fighter But Paul employs his right hand solely for defensive purposes. If it were not fbr this it would be easy to enthuse over Berlenbach as a possible conqueror of Jack Dempsey in months to come. A strictly onehanded fighter seldom catches up with lasting fame, and this is what Pound Em Paul seems o be. Old Man Hickey, who Inanages the Dutchman, thinks he is the ring's new man of destiny. Hickey relates how Berlenbach was deaf ar.d dumb at the age of 2, following an attack of scarlet fever; how he had these faculties restored ten years later by accidentally touching a live electric wire; how he took up wrestling and went on to win the Olympic championship; how ho decided of his own accord that boxing was better suited to his temperament and muscular gifts, and how, starting as a preliminary tighter two years ago, he climbed by gradual degrees to the light heavyweight championship. Iflckey Dominates Berlenbach Berlenbach is Hickey all over. The once trainer and mentor of old Bob Fitzsimmons completely dominates him. Hickey’s moods are Berlenbach’s. Hickey’s thoughts are the fighter’s. Berlenbach’k own jiersonality is completely submerged in the cider man’s influence. Hickey Is boxing instructor at the New York A. C. That is where he and Berlenbach met. Berlenbach was an amateur wrestler at the time. He began fiddling around with the gloves. Hickey ignored him. Berlenbach worked all the harder. One day Hickey put on the gloves with the youngster. The story is Berlenbach crumpled the professor with a left hook to the body right off. Kayoed His Instructor Whether this Is one of the picturesque little legends that spring up to furnish conversational background for anew and sudden success, I don’t know; but at any rate Hickey immediately became Berlenbach’s manager. Hickey is credited with being the author of the famous “shift” with which Fitzsimmons gained so many of his notable triumphs in the yesteryears of the sport. This shift consisted of a bluff to hit with the right hand, a sudden shift of body and feet, followed by a quick planting of the left to the waistline. Berlenbach does\not use the shift at all. It is not hard to understand why either. The shift is a strategic maneuver demanding shrewdness and mental trickery. Fitzsimmons was excellently equipped to use it, but Berlenbach is about as cagey as a wooden Indian. t
MANY FEATURES DURING 1925 FOOTBALL SEASON
Dartmouth, Michigan, Grange and Oberlander Outstanding—Increase in All-American Selections.
Bv United Preaa NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Dartmouth and Michigan, Red Grange and Oberlander made the 1925 football season the most popular and the most interesting in the history of the game. Attendance records were shattered wherever there was a stadium large enough to provide a record, and Columbus entertained the largest number of paid spectators when 83,000 sat in oh the Ohio State-Ullnols game in which the great Grange finished his college career. The 1925 season was one of great teams. Seldom are found in one season a pair of teams to compare to Michigan and Dartmouth and such a large number of good teams as
H. S. Games Tonight
Manual and Alumni at Manual gym, Teoh vs El wood at lu<lijiai>ulia Y, Mortineville at SlialWyville. Jeff (LafayaUe) at Emerson (Gary), Milleraburg at New Parja, Hammond invitational tournament, Anderson tourney, Newcastle at Munoia. Stoney Creek Varsity and Alumni, EVERYBODY’S DOING IT New York Pro Football Team to Play in Florida, Bu Unite* Preaa NEW YORK, Dee. 26-—Owners of the New York club of the National Professional Football League announced that the players had been retained to play through a series of games in Florida, They will play five games, starting in Palm Beach on New Year's day, and Bo McMillan will coach and captain the team. I I ; FAVORABLE CONDITION Hu United Presa PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 86.—Andy Smith, California football coach, was reported to be in a favorable condition at the Pennsylvania University Hospital today. He was stricken with an attack of pneumonia last week, •
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SOPHS REPLACE MISSOURI BASKET VETS
Bu Times Special IL, I Coach George Bond. Trainer 11 Billy Fallon and ten members of the Missouri University basketball squad will leave here Sunday EAST-WEST All-Star Grid Aggregations Clash on Coast. rtv Times Special SAN FIiAN’CISCO, Dec. 26. Light Christmas day work-outs -nded preparations for the EastWest benefit football game here today. The Eastern team, under the leaiership of “Navy Bill" Ingram, has hown a smoothly working machine In It# practice sessions. Such stars as Wye off of Georgia Tech, Garbisch. All-American center while at West Point, and Slaughter of Michigan, are on the squad. The Western team Is drawn fron. Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California. 'Six former captains of college elevens were to imrticipate today. Proceeds are to be turned over to ■he Shrmers’ hospital for cripple*! children. A crowd of 20,000 was expected.
In Coast Intersectional Grid Tilt
I . ~~~~~ £ y - "?> JliWßa $. % MIAMI, Fla.. Pec. 26.—Red Or: J waa “thrown for a financial loes ■§. *' ml' *'*■ Ids failure to fill more than ha _ mm* | Ir\l #■ the Coral Gables stadium UvJliir\|%3 *-•'s C<la I r - A crowded s'< :S|r :> had been the financial goal of >A| I OET ACAM i mm ■ .... ♦ \ came between Red’s Chicago E Lilpv VtonwVll ‘ - r sand the Coral Gables Collegians. ibiMSMSHMasHMsaMM* Less than eight thousand fans
Washington, Alabama, Tulane, Missouri, Colgate and many others. Opinions I .aching Critics who saw both teams in action were unwilling to venture an opinion upon what would happen if the Dartmouth and Michigan teams had played. Dartmouth wasn't defeated or tied, but Michigan lost one game to Northwestern by a score of 3 to 2, This defeat meant very little, however, as the field was ankle deep in mud and Northwestern got the chance for a field goal on a fumble, Northwestern failed To make a first down and gained only eleven yards in the en. tire game, The prominence played by the forward pas| in winning a large number of important games started the conservatives complaining again and asking for a change in the rules. One suggestion with merit was e proposal to make a free when, It leaves the passer's hand and allow it to be recovered by either side if it happens to be knocked down, Defend Open (lame Glenn Warner, Knute Rockne, Tad Jonee, Fielding Yest and other leading coaches defend the open game and give it the credit for the surprising development of interest in the game, After the death of Walter Camp it was thought that the vogue of picking All-American teams might pass, but there was a greater number published than ever before, Edward K. Hall, chairman of the football rules committee, condemned the practice because of the stress that it makes on individual players, The boys who are named on any of the important teams, however, will not bother about official criticism as long as they win the honor—if any, Increasing interest developed during the season in the professional game, even before Red Grange left his “77” at Illinois and joined the Chicago Bears,
night, and will stop for two days at Indianapolis, where the party will be guests of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and play Butler on Tuesday night. The Tigers, during their workouts here this week, appeared in fine shape for the trip. The fact that Coach Bond left behind two letter men of last year was taken as Indicative that his team will display a great deal more strength during the coming season than it did during the playing of the 1925 schedule. Dan Joyner, who started practically every ,:ame last year, and Newt Laughlin, who played enough during the early part of the season to win
TURNERS’ SUNDAY GAME Mouth Side Basket Team to Meet Modern Woodmen. The South Side Turner basket team'and the Modern Woodmen of Indianapolis will play at Turner Hall Sunday at 3 p. m. Fans expect another good game. Last Sunday’s battle was lost by the Turners by only one point. The Turners have been practicing this week on free throws as last week’s game was lost because of inability to toss fouls. In a curtain raiser starting at 2 p. m. the Turner Blues will play a local team. The Turners want a game away from home next week. Address Manager, 306 Prospect St.
Left: G. Wilson, Wasltington; center, Brown, Alabama; right, Brix, Washington. Hi I ERE are three star gridders expected to play prom- ’ lnent parts in the coming intersectional game between Washington and Alabama at Pasadena, Now Year's day. George Wilson is the big gun of the Seattle team’s offense and is an All-American selection for the 1926 campaign. Many critics rate him as the best all-round player ever turned out in the Far West section. Mack Brown is the scoring threat of the southern eleven, He can run, pass and punt. They call him ''Flash" down below the Mason and Dixon line, where he’s an all-southern celebrity, H, Brix is & linesman, one of the best Washington has had in seasons,
Probable Line-ups
At Today, A l', M. (IndffU. Time) EAST WEST Pilweg. Marq. „ . .L. B. . .Brown, Oly. Club Edwards. Miofi.,, .L. T..Looey Otym. Club Blaughiek. jitieh. . .1,. O. ... . Bryan, Wash. Qarhiaoh. Army . ..0 . . .Horrell. Califispila Farwlck. Army. .'.B. &.. .Bailey, Olyai Club Chase, Pitts. .S. T. . . Shirtkey. Stand Sloan*. Drake ~ .B. 8.. .... . Muller. Chi. yuvit*. Mich. .... .y. .Carlson. Cal. teuffiS Wiki: Wyeoff. Qa. Tech. .Jf . . . . Stand „ —Eckei-sall (Chicago) TJihp:re— Hubei (Michigan). Field judge Dr. Doles (Minnesota). Head lineman—Braddock (Pennsylvania), LOUGHRAN VICTOR Bv United Preaa PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 86.—Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia light heavyweight, won a ten-round decision from King Solomon, New York heavyweight here Thursday. Other results: kooky Smith outpointed Bobby Merrlto la ten round*; Vincent Lopez outpointed Billy Couley In six rounds; eorgro GSiddons outpo'nted Charlie Barber in six round*, and Eddie Leonard sot the verdict over Manny Waxier In the openias prelim. DOYLE GIVEN EDGE Bu United Preaa PITTSBURGH, Dera. 86.—Paul Doyle, New York welterweight, won a twelve-round decision from Willie Harmon, The decision was not popular, ~
a letter, though injuries later kept him on the side lines, were crowded out of the chosen ter. by sophomores who are making their first appearance In the varsity cage game. The men selected by Bond for the trip included Captain McMillan, forward; Buchner and O’Sullivan, guards, and Bacchuss, center, all letter men; McDonough, guard, who was a member of the varsity squad last year for a part of the season, but who failed to make a letter. In addition to them there are five new men, Y'unkor, McQueen, Flamank and Knight, forwards, and Chaanon, center. The game with Butler at Indian-
THREE-TIME CHAMPION Heilnuuin is Urol Slugger for RightHanded Batter. Harry Heilmann of Detroit is one of the few right-handed hitters to have led the American league battters three times. He has determination and the nerve to put over big things. GATES GET DECISION Bu United Press PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 26.—Leo Gates, Boston heavyweight, won a ten-round decision from Jack Ward, Montreal negro.
ONLY 8,000 Small Crowd Sees Grange in Florida Game. Bu United Preaa MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 26.—Red Grange was ‘‘thrown for a financial loss’’ by ills failure to fill more than half of the Coral Gables stadium here Christmas day. A crowded stadium had been the financial goal of the game between Red's Chicago Bears and the Coral Gables Collegians. Less than eight thousand fans saw the football financier lead his team to a 7-to-0 victory over the Coral Gables men. Red displayed flashes of his oldlime form. During the second period he dashed ahead with the ball for eighteen yards. In the same quarter Grange plunged one yard off tackle for the only touchdown scored during the pame. In the final period Red electrified the fans when he broke loose and ran forty-five yards before he was downed.
REAL INDIANS ON TEAM C-olllns lias Three Redskins on Roster for 1926, Bv United Preaa CHICAGO, Deo, 26.—When Eddie Collins, manager of the White Sox, arrives Shreveport, La., to look over his team for the coming year, he will find himself with the task of managing three Indians. They are Eddie Meßee a pitcher, who oomee from the Southern League, Carney, a righthander trofn Ardmore, Okla., and Lee Najo from San Antonio, SKATE "CHAMPION HERE Thunberg of Finland Will Show Hkifi in U. 8, Bii United Preaa NEW YORK, Deo. 86—Claus Thunberg, Olympic champion from Finland, will compete in the National Speed skating championships at Binghamton Jan, 80 and 81, he announced today, He also will race in the middle Atlantia championships at Newberg, BEAT RUGBY CHAMPS Bu Timea Hpettul VANCOUVER, B, 0., Dee, 88.— The world champion Olympic Rugby team of San Francisco was handed a 1 to 0 defeat by the Vancouver "Rep” team here on Christmas day before a crowd of 6,686, The Vancouver boys shewed a classy combination game in trimming the Americans. The visitors displayed nice individual work, but their team style waa not that of world’s champions.
apolis Tuesday night will be the curtain-raiser for the Bengal#, who have been hard at work for almost three months. Missouri plays Purdue at Lafayette, Xml., on next Thursday and clashes with Michigan, at Ann Arbor, Jan. 2.
NEW COACH ‘Biff’ Jones Army Mentor — Brown Drops Robinson. Bu Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 26-—One football coaching question has been settled und two others rendered still more unsettled by developments within the past forty-eight hours. “Biff" Jones, first assistant to Head Coach John J, KtEwan at West Point for the past few years is succeeding to the post made vacant by the latter’s resignation. Jones is a great coach of linemen and is given much of the credit for recent Army successes. Brown University, which had a new stadium, but only a fair football team this fall, has “fired” Head Coach Edward Robinson and his assistant Reggie Brown. This leaves the Brunolans searching for a football mentor for 1926, as no successor to Robinson was suggested. Meanwhile, it leaves Harvard free to pick up Brown, if he is wanted by the Crimson athletic advisory committee. Early in the year there was talk of Robinson going to Harvard, although he Is not a graduate. “Robbie” has coached Brown teams for a quarter of a century.
Sad Sam S’ |AM JONES. New York Yankee pitcher, lost * more games than any other hurler in the American League last season. Joqgs was defeated twenty-one times. Ehmke of the Red Sbx was the only other American League pitcher to reach the twenty figure class In beatings, having just twenty.
Which Is Better— Lineman or Back?
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The old controversy as to whether a lineman or a back makes the best captain for a college football team remains unanswered after the elections of leaders for 1926. * Taking fifty representative colleges and universities for example, it Is found that half have chosen linemen and the other half ball carriers. Missouri solved the problem by electing two captains, one and end, the other a full back. Notre Dame also elected two captains, but both are in the back field. Princeton Is the only university of prominence where a rule that a lineman shall be chosen football captain is strictly adhered to. Jake Slagle, versatile half lack, would have seemed the logical choice for leader in 1926. Instead, Princeton adhered to its rule, and named John W. Davis, an inconspicuous guard, a veteran of two seasons. Yale chose Phil Bunnell, quarterback, while Harvard named Clement Coady, a natural tackle who also does the punting for the Crimson, and who has played in the backfield. Dartmouth, eastern champions, elected "Hooker” Horton, full buck as 1926 captain, Horton’s work on the championsfi'p eleven lust fall was overshadowed by that of “Swede” Oberlander. Colgate, another eleven which went through last season without a defeat, elected Nick Mohler, Its quarter back. It would be rash to say that Princeton is right in its stand that a back field man never should bp elected captain of a football team. But players show a tendency to select linemen whenever possible, because they know only too well - the Inconspicuous services rendered by these men of the silent rush-line, and the value of such service to the team.
Y. P. C. - METEOR SERIES Local Independent Netters to Play 1 Three Gaines, The Meteors basketball team of the W, Washington M, E, Church has signed to meet the St, Anthony Y. P, C, in a three-game series. The date s os the first, game has been set for Jan. 1 at St, Anthony’s Hall. The second game will be played at the Hawthorne Community Center, but no date haa been set, The third game will be played on a neutral floor, The interest in the games is high us the teams are rivals on the west side and both outfits have fast clubs. The Meteors’ roster includes Carpenter, King, Dunn, Stokes, Athey and Bennett, while the Y. P, C.s have Hueaing, Wehrel, Roberts, Phillips, Grimsley, Kelly, Higgs and Lenta, The Meteer team stands undefeated to date, while the Y, P, C.s have won nine games out of twelve starts, A dance in henor of the /Meteor team will be held after the game Jan. 1, BTKCHER- LONDON Bu United Preaa CHICAGO, Deo. 26.—Negotiations for a wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jim Lendos for Jan. 4 are under way here, The managers of the two men met in Omaha, Neb., last week, but Stecher made known at that time that he felt Londos should add “something to his reputation." HE’S ALL-ROUND ATHLETE Michigan has a great all-round athlete in Philip Northrup, who stars in the pole vault, broad jump and Javelin throw.
LABARBA IS RING PHENOM Little Italian Boxer From Coast Makes Tremendous Hit in N. Y. Bv United Press NEW YORK, Dec, 26,—Just as this old year was about to close the sports book—a book where pages had been marked by a Nurmi, an Oberlander, a Red Orange, a Nerers and a Bobby Jones, along came a last minute hero entry and one of the best. Little Fidel la Barba, a handsome Italian boy, who shaves once a month, came from Los Angeles with a great reputation. He had broken into small print drhen he won the Olympic flyweight championship In Paris last year, but Olympic boxing champions are not rated high on the professional ring market and he had to go back to school. High School Product The smart little Ltd finished high school In California and when he talked to the head of the household —a father with little means for further education—he waa told there were others in the flock who hail to he kept in clothe# and shoes. “I think 1 will go out and get it myself, Dad,” the curly-haired little fellow said, and the father gave his consent. La Barba learned to bog under the tutorship of George Blake, boxing. Instructor at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. la Barba insisted he needed the money to prepare himself for same useful occupation and Blake started him in the professional boxing, field. Beats Genmro
His career from that point reads like a noveL He won a few small fights on the coast and then he was offered a match with Frankie <enaro, a little New York Italian. La Barba took the match against a recognized world's champion \ and defeated him decisively. The New York boxing commission, however refused to recognize la Barba as the champfon because he was not of age, and for the reason that the contest was not over the prescribed route of fifteen rounds. la Barba’s unofficial title was good enough, nevertheless, to get him a match In Rickard’s new $5,000,000 garden here against Lew Perfetti, a little New York bantamweight, who had Instilled fear into every litle fellow In the Metropolis. La Barba’s debut In New York before a crowd of 15,000 spectators was a triumph. He won a six-round decision that would have been a knockout in another round and he was given a standing ovation when he left the ring, something that no other boxer had been given by blaso New Yorkers since boxing was restored here as a legal sport.
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