Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1927 — Page 13

JULY 14, 1927

Saratoga Observers Find Fault With Dempseys Speed and Accuracy

Big Four Has Two Battles for Saturday Local R. R. Nine Meets Cincy at Pennsy—Chance for Lead. The Indianapolis Big Four baseball team, entrenched in second place of the Big Four Railroad League race, will play two games with the Columbus (Ohio; Big Four nine at Pennsy Park Saturday. The first contest will be played at 9 a. m. and the second at 1 p. m. Columbus is in fourth position. Bellefontaine still holds a slender lead in the league race with twelve victories and one defeat. Indianapolis has won twelve games and lost two. Other games Saturday will find Cleveland at Cincinnati Mattoon at Springfield, Bellefontaine at Danville, Van Wert at Mt. Carmel. League standing: Won. Lost. Pet. Bellefontaine 12 1 .923 Indianapolis 12 2 .857 Cincinnati 9 3 .750 Columbus 8 5 .615 Jian Wert 7 7 .500 8 10 .444 WK. Carmel 4 10 .286 Mattoon 4 10 .286 Springfield 4 11 .267 Danville 3 12 .200 SCORES ‘ACE’ AT GARY i Northwestern Student Makes Hole in One Stroke. Bu United Press GARY, Ind., July 14.—The honor of making the first hole in one oh any Gary links this season was held today by Dee Pinneo, Northwestern University student. He got an ace Wednesday on the 179-yard sixth hole of the Riverside municipal course.

SHARKEY GUIDED ALONG FISTIC HIGHWA Y BY JIM BUCKLEY, A MANAGER OF FORESIGHT AND PATIENCE

EDITOR'S NOTE—This is the third of a series of sketches dealing with the life of Jack Sharkey, heavyweight star who meets Jack Dempsey in New York. July 21. Out of the Navy. Sharkey is taken in hand bv Jim Buckley and pointed toward a professional ring career. Henry Farrell s closing chapter on Sharkey's life will appear Friday.) BY HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Sports Editor rr-TjEW YORK, July 14.—Boxers I lin the Navy do not have to J bother much about training. Iney don’t get time. Training has to be done out of working hours and the working hours are long. The work makes them hard, but it makes them hungry also, and there never was a gob, a marine or a doughboy would admit he ever got enough When Jack Sharkey was fighting his way through to the championship of the United States Navy, he

used to eat plenty, and when he got out of the service he went into intensive eating and grew into the poundage of about 215. Johnny Buckley, who is still his manager, saw in him, when he left the Navy, a great prospect and he took him over. “If you lay off the feed bag a

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little I think I can do something with you,” Buckley told him, and as Sharkey was in need of funds, he took the tip without any argument. Rival of Ruth “Without much exaggeration,” Buckley said, “that fellow could eat more than Babe Ruth and the Babe Is supposed to hold Several records. ’ Buckley put him in a gymnasium,

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Former Champion Appears Slow in Countering During Workouts. GOES TWELVE ROUNDS Puts in Heaviest Grind of Camp Days. Bu United Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 14.—Jack Dempsey followed his day off on Tuesday with the heaviest workout of his present training Wednesday afternoon and today he planned another strenuous drill. Dempsey went twelve rounds with sparring partners Wednesday, punched the light and heavy bags, did two rounds with the pulleys, a round of wrestling and a couple of rounds of floor exercises all in addition to roadwork in the morning. Today he started out with more roadwork. Dempsey used eleven sparring partners in his twelve rounds Wednesday. The public was permitted to watch Wednesday afternoon’s workouts, but indications were that the plan was not to his advantage and it was said that hereafter the old rule of admitting only newspapermen and invited guests will be followed. Those who saw the workout didn’t seem quite satisfied that it was the old Dempsey at work. His counters in particular seemed to lack the old-time speed and accuracy. Leo Flynn, Dempsey’s handler, introduced anew wrinkle into the fight situation when he said he was planning to demand that both Dempsey and Sharkey decorate themselves with a bright colored “deadline” below which blows must not be struck. This, he said, was because he considered Sharkey was a low : hitter and he was afraid of fouls or near-fouls which might miss the referee’s eye.

| placed him on a light diet which Sharkey complained was starvation, and went out to get some work for him. “I asked him if he had any choice about opponents and he told me to get any fight that would get us some money,” Buckley said. “He said he didn't know much about any of the fighters and that he didn’t care. His logic was that if he didn’t have the makings of a fighter he should find it out quickly and if he couldn’t be a fighter he'd have to look for some t other kind of work.” Buckley was confident that he was a fighter because he had all the physical requirements and with them a confidence that was as cocky as any fighter ever had shown, but Buckley didn’t want to overmatch him. In 1924 Buckley matched him with Billy Muldoon. Pat Hace, Dan Lucas and Eddie Record and he won the fights by knockouts, the longest being seven rounds against Record. Those names don’t sound much now and they didn’t then, but they were good enough to give him experience. He also won decisions in 1924 from Floyd Johnson, Homer Smith and A1 Roberts and engaged in nodecision bouts against Young Jack Johnson and Charley Weinert and three yaers ago they were good tests for a youngster. ' His record in 1924 wasn’t all gold, however, as he later lost a tenround decision in a return match with Record and was also beaten in ten rounds by Jim Maloney after he had been floored five times. When he began to get a little money in 1924 he decided to buy an automobile and he Went shopping. He came back without a car, but

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Dundee Defends Welter Crown Bu United Press CINCINNATI, July 14.—Joe Dundee, Baltimore, retained his world's welterweight title Wednesday night when he outpointed Billy Drako, German champion, in each round of a ten-round no-decision bout at Redland Field. It was Dundee’s first defense of the title. Each weighed in at 147 pounds. Dundee closed Drako's left eye. In the seventh round the German landed a right from the floor on Dundee’s jaw but the Baltimore fighter shook it off. In the semi-final, Joe Dragon, Cincinnati, knocked out Gene Larue, Detroit, in the second.

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Baseball’s Big Five

By United Press Babe Ruth made four hits, one a dquble, for a perfect day. Gehrig failed to hit safely in three times up. Speaker made a double and two singles in five attempts. Hornsby had two singles to his credit in four times at bat. Cobb’s best was a single in five times up. Average!! AB H PCT. HR Gehrig 328 128 .393 29 Ruth 287 108 .369 30 Cobb 257 92 .358 3 Hornsby 304 107 .352 18 Speaker .......... 302 101 .344 0 ! Cubs increased their league lead slightly by .-putting a double-header with Boston. Carlson started for the Cubs in the first game and pitched badly. Jones, who relieved him, was little better. The Braves got eighteen Sits and the score was 6 to 3. Root optpitched R. Smith in a well-played second game and the score was 4 to 1 in favor of the Cubs. Cuyler let Partridge’s single to center get away from him in the eleventh inning of the PiratesBrooklyn game and the Robins’ second baseman raced home with the winning run. Petty and Meadows, who pitched, kept the score from running into large figures. The Pirates made one in the fourth and Brooklyn tied it in the ninth, the final score being Brooklyn, 2; Pittsburgh, 1. Petty was removed for a pinch hitter and Clark got credit for the victory.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. Toledo JO 31 .617 Milwaukee 48 3o .578 Kansas City 46 36 .561 Minneapolis 45 41 .523 St. Paul 44 41 .518 INDIANAPOLIS 37 48 .435 Columbus 34 50 .405 Louisville 34 56 .378 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.) W. L. Pet. N York. 59 24 .711 iPhila 44 38 .537 Wash... 47 34 .380 cievel... 34 48 .415 Chicago 46 38 .548‘St. Louis 33 48 .418 Detroit. 44 37 .543i808t0n.. 19 61 .238 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. Chicago 50 29 ,633 Brklyn.. 38 42 .475 Ptttsbgh 46 28 ,622!Ph11a.... 31 46 .403 St Louis 46 33 .582 Boston.. 30 46 .395 N. York 43 39 ,5241C1nc1n.. 29 50 .397 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis. Toledo and Milwaukee. Louisville at St. Paul. Columbus at Kansas City. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Washington at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. *. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Bjston. Bt. Louis at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York (two games). Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game I Toledo 023 001 102—9 16 1 Milwaukee 001 101 100—4 9 2 Pfefler. O'Neil; Eddleman, Sanders. Humber, Young. (Second Game) Toledo 000 203 000—5 6 0 Milwaukee 015 100 10*—8 11 2 Milstead. McCullough. Huntzinger, Urban; Johnson. Orwoll. McMenemy. Louisville 000 200 000—2 5 1 St. Paul 110 101 04*—8 13 2 Cullop, Friday. Meyer. McMullen; Helmach. Siemer. Columbus at Kansas City; no game, (wet grounds). AMERICAN LEAGUE (First Gamei Washington 100 101 000- 3 9 2 Detroit 006 000 10*— 7 10 3 Burke. Lisenbee, Tate; Olbson, Stoner. Woodall. (Second Game) Washington 150 012 000— 9 13 1 Detroit a 010 231 42*—13 18 2 Thurston, Braxton. Marberry, Ruel; Collins. Hankins. Smith. Bassier.

about five days later he fought Romero Rojas, a tough South American. and was knocked out in the ninth round. “That’s a fine wedding present for the wife,” Sharkey moaned, but he wasn't discouraged. The loss of Rojas set Sharkey back as far as his big money market value was concerned, but he kept on going on and in 1925 won decisions from Jack De Mave, Sully Montgomery, Jack Renault, George Cook, Johnny Risko, Jimmy Maloney and King Solomon. He lost ten-round decisions, however, to Charley Weinert and Bud Gorman. He began to demand big attention in 1926 when he knocked out Joe Lawson and won from Eddie Hoffman, Solomon, Pat McCarthy, Gorman, George Godfrey, Harry Wills and Homer Smith. Although he did not show any killing punch—or didn’t use it if he had it, he was showing such promise that William Muldoon, senior member of the New York boxing commission, braved the opinion that he was destined to be the next champion.

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New York 010 001 Cleveland 001 001 100— 3 8 2 Ruether, Collins; Hudlln, L. Sewell. Philadelphia ~000 031 300— 7 17 0 Chicago 120 000 020— 5 11 1 Grove. Cochrane; Lyons, Cole. McCurdy, Crouse. Boston 000 000 201— 3 8 1 St. Louis 104 050 04<—14 18 3 Wiltse, Lundgren. Sommers. Hartley. Moore; Gaston, O'Neill. national" league (First Game) Chicago 000 000 300—3 6 3 Boston 011 130 00*—6 18 1 Carlson, Dean, Hartnett; Greenfleld, Wertz, Hogan. (Second Game) Chicago 003 000 001—4 8 3 Boston 000 000 010—1 7 3 Root, Gonzales; R. Smith, Hogan. Cincinnati ... 022 105 010—11 19 1 New York 010 001 001— 3 12 5 Lucas. Hargrave: Clarkson, Henry. Boney. Taylor. Cummings. (Eleven Inningsi Pittsburgh .000 100 000 00—1 7 2 Brooklyn 000 000 001 01—2 8 1 Meadows. Spencer; Petty. Ehrhardt, Clark. Hargreaves. (Twelve Innings i St. Louis 000 311 200 002—9 16 2 Philadelphia .... 000 113 200 000—7 12 1 Reinhart. Keen. Sherdel, Schulte; Willoughby. Ulrich, Decatur. Scott. Wilson.

A. A. U. PLANS AMATEUR FISTIC SHOW ON JULY 30

Amateur boxers, notice! The Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. Paul R. Jordan, president, plans to stage about a dozen bouts (all classes i the evening of July 30 at Broad Ripple in connection with the Police and Fireman's field day progrant and the A. A. U. officials are seeking talent. Valuable merchandise prizes have been obtained to offer the youthful fistcuffers, both winners and losers. Novice boxers are welcome as well as experienced amateurs. Arthur Paetz is in charge of the boxing and boxers are urged to get in touch with him at 1050 S. East St., or phons Drexel 1116, or in the evening at Drexel 0785. All arrangements will be taken care of Including gym and coaching if desired. The July 30 bouts will be threeround affairs under regular amateur rules. The A. A. U. offers a splendid opportunity for any man or boy interested in boxing competition to get a line on his own ability and incident-

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Next Harrison Card Completed Captain Clark. Ft. Harrison matchmaker, today completed his “cast of characters" for the next military show, Tuesday, July 19, and gave out the line-up this morning as follows: Ten Rounds—Meyer Grace, Chicago, vs. Jimmy Finley. Louisville; 147 pounds. Eight Rounds—Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis, vs. Jimmie Hackley, Los Angeles: 135 pounds. Six Rounds—Willie Yap. Hawaii, vs. Shifty Lewis. Indianapolis; 119 pounds. Six Rounds—Howdy Stout, Indianapolis, vs. Jack Malone/Augusta. Ga.: 135 pounds. Four Rounds—Chuck Templeton, Sullivan, Ind.. vs. Joe Lynn. Princeton. Ind.; 118 pounds. Local fight fans seem to be "sold” on Meyer Grace, mate of Chuck Wiggins in the Ray Alvis stable, on the strength of his recent sensational showing at the “punch bowl,” when he stopped Billy Leonard of Syracuse. Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis, who meets Jimmy Hackley of Los Angeles in the eight-rounder, is fast acquiring a strong following on account of his aggressiveness.

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WILLARD’S OPINION Bu United Press , LOS ANGELES, July 14.—Jess Willard, who lost the heavyweight championship to Jack Dempsey In 1919. believes the latter will coyie back in his fight with Jack Sharkey. Willard said Dempsey would win by a knockout in the early rounds. ELDORADO. Ark.. July 14.—Billy Peterson, Michigan middleweight, knocked out Robert Kuhn. Shreveport, In the first round at their scheduled ten-round bout. SAN FRANCIBCO. July 14.—Young Dgtto. Filipino, won a decision over Frankie Novey, Sacramento, In ten rounds. They are flyweights. MANDELL IN TRIM Bu I nited Press DETROIT, July 14.—Sammy Mandell, lightweight champion, has trained down to well below the class limit of 135 pounds for his fight against Phil McGraw Friday night, his handler announced. CLEVELAND. July 14.—Johnnv Risko. heavyweight, beat Jack Demave, New York, in ten rounds. 6 TO 5, SHARKEY Bu I lilted Press NEW YORK. July 14.—Betting odds on the Sharkey-Dempsey fight today were quoted at 6 to 5 on Sharkey to win. Commissioners estimated that $400,000 has been wagered to date. DAYTON. Ky.. July 14—Augle Pisano. Brooklyn, won from Tate Langford, Louisville. m the ninth round on a technical knockout. Midget Guerry. Newport, ICy., outpointed Jackie Reynolds. Muncle. Ind., ten rounds. Farmer Joe Cooper, Terre Haute, defeated A1 Conway, Newark. N. J.. ten rounds. Jackie Dugan. Louisville, and Joe Ryder. Brooklyn, ten rounds to a draw.

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Dixie Net Play Approaches End By United Press MEMPHIS. Tenn., July 14.—Pour players remained in the running today for the tennis championship of the South, '*■ They were Ed Pfleffer, Louisville, Ky.; Bryan Grant, Malon Courts and Jack Mooney, all of Atlanta, Ga. Semi-finals was to be played late today. Douglas Watters, Vincennes. Ind.. and Frank Owenr, Atlanta, former doubles champions, are favored to win the doubles competition, now in its quarter final round. PARK FIELD NARROWS Harder Competition Feature of Play in City Tennis. With the field rapidly narrowing to the final rounds, play In the city park tennis tournament Is developing harder competition. Semi-finals Friday and finals on Sunday afternoon will be played on the Hawthorn courts. WEDNERDAY RESULTS Boys' Second Round—Cohen defeated Ford, 6-2. 6-3: Braflord defeated Hams. 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Lysaght defeat!d Riley. 6-1, 6-0; Jones defeated White. 6-0, 6-1; Mathews defeated French, 6-2, 6-2; puHadway defeated Neunler, 6-3, 6-8; Holton deteated Gates, 6-3, 6-4. Junior Quarter Final—Rhodehamel defeated Dale. 6-2, 6-1; Tavlor-Humer and Cameron-Sklnner matches postponed on account of rain. SIX IN A ROW Bu United Press ST. PAUL. July 14— St. Paul made It six victories in a row he:*, defeating the Louisville colonels, 8 to 2. Heimach was hit for only five safeties although effective fielding assisted him to win.