Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 189, 20 June 1921 — Page 9
STORM AND PHILLIES CONCENTRATE ATTACK AND REDS SUCCUMB
Boston 30 CINCINNATI, O., June 20. The j st. Louis 28 weather man and the Phillies concen-j Brooklyn 28 trated their attack on the Reds in the'CSo X- , . . , . . I Cincinnati 2o last game of the Eastern series, atj Philadelphia 18
Keaiana field Sunday afternoon ana; ihe combination proved too much forj iho n miiiKsi crnrH fnnp runs in the fifth after the rain storm J t--j j a 1 ft etAnnA ii n ri k i nil lion i hp ii 1 1 t i i.ui r v t 0 I?."' .... .u- fc.n! for the Reds, worked in fine style in I the first part of the game before the ftorm broke, which delayed the gamej 45 minutes. After the storm ne iosi his effectiveness and crfisequently the 9ama TVio wftfirA hfrA the Storm broke was 1 to 0 and the Reds made ! a big effort to get 4 innings played. Lee Leads Off. i After-the delay Lee lead off with a single but was forced at second by Bruggy. Baumgartner singled to left. Ttawling9 popped a fly to Bohne for' the second out. The side would have doubtless been retired on Jake Miller's s-harp groundd over second, had the rlaying service been in normal condition but Rohne sliDDed eoine after the ball and failed to handle it properly, j Jhis rniea tne oases ana nara singles by Meusel and Wrightstone put over four runs. The Score: CINCINNATI AB. R. IB. PO. A. E. Bohne, 2b 3 1 1 Daubert, lb 2 0 0 Bressler. rf 3 1 1 Roui-h, cf 4 0 2 Duncan. If 2 0 0 Kopf, ss 4 0 1 Groh, 3b 3 0 1 Hargrave, c 3 0 0 Luque, p. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 0 0 n o o Totals 27 2 7 27 10 0 PHIL'ELPHIA AB. R. IB. PO. A. E. I Rawlings, 2b. . :. Miller. 3b Meusel, rf Wrightstone, If. . Parkinson, ss. .. Williams, cf Lee. lb. ; Bruggy. c Baumgartner, p. Totals ........ 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 2 ', 4 . 4 .34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 27 14 1 Cincinnati , 001 001 0002 Philadelphia 000 040 0015 Two-Base Hits Bonne, Bressler. Parkinson. . Left on Bases Cincinnati, 5; Philadelphia, 4. .Double Plays Groh to Bohne to Dauber t; Bohne to Daubert; Miller to Rawlings to Lee. Struck Out By Luque. 3. Bases on Balls Off Luque. 1; off Baumgartner. 3. Time 2:32. Umpires McCormick and Hart. DEMPSEY TO SPEND NIGHT BEFORE BOUT IN PRIVATE RESIDENCE (Bv Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June 20 Jack Dempsey will not invade Jersey City for his world's heavyweight championship battle with Georges Carrentier, July 2, until perhaps 24 hours before the contest, according to plans announced today by Jack Hearns, manager of the champion. Dempsey will remain here in his training quarters until late in the afternoon on the preceding day. Kearns has arranged to have Demp sey and his immediate handlers win spend the night before the Battle in the quiet of a private home in Jersey City instead of going to a hotel. Dempsey will be kept in seclusion e . u . ... i vAonHAc 1 Vi o hiattlA battle ground until me ume ior mm iu b" to the arena on "Boyles Thirty Acres." Kearns will have charge of his protege's corner, as he has always had in previous championship encounters. Dempsey's t-econds probably will be Teddy Hayes, his "pal" and trainer; Jack Penault and Larry Williams, heavyweight sparring partners: Joe Benjamin and -.Mike" Trant. the Chicago detective sergeant, who has been the champions constant companion in the training camp here. nemara Demnsev. also may assist m h handling his brother. O'Brien Rubs Chest. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, former light heavyweight, was loud in his praise today of the physical fitness cf Dempsev. Philadelphia Jack, who met them all in his time, regardless of color, boxed one three minute round with the champion yesterday and the applause he received when he crawled through the ropes stirred his old time fighting spirit. "I guess those were 14 or 16 ounce gloves we boxed with" Jack said, "but he made me feel as though a mule kicked me. He hit me so hard on the chest that I still rub it. Rickard May Referee If Squabble Continues (Bv Associated Press) NEW 10RK. June 20. Failure to Te-ach an agreement as to who shall bo the referee in the championship battle between Carpentier and Demp?ey an July 2 has caused Tex Rickard. he promoter of the.show, to announce tliat he might step in and officiate himself. "The first thing you know," Rickard ( said, as he sat 'on the edge of his new .swimming pool in Madison Square Garden, "they'll wind up with me in tiie ring. I've done it before under ihimilar circumstances and it may happen again." i Chances for an agreement, however, 1!I?pR1p( near today when the New Jersey boxing commission met. again 'to consider the matter. Nations Best Atkletes in California Meet yty Associated Press) PASADENA. Calif.. June 20. No great American athlete will be miss ing when the roll of entries is called "v at the 1921 National Amateur Atnietic f- union track and field meet to be held at Paddock field here July 2, 4 and 5, according to Robert S. Weaver, Los Angeles, national president of the A. A. U. More than 300 of the nation's best track and field performers are entered ic clubs, universities and high schools from many sections of the country.
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How They Stand
NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. .673 t Pittsburg 37 i New York... 36 IS v 26 27. 32 30 34 36 il ! .509 .467 .434 .424 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE, Clubs. Won. Lost. . j rCl. , Cleveland 37 22 24 27 .627 :5S6 .557 .51? .460 .455 .441 .345 Pet. .561 .537 .537 .491 .491 .491 .458 .411 ' Washington 34 Detroit 29 34 30 33 36 I St. Louis 26 , Philadelphia 19 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs. Won. Lost. Louisville 32 Minneapolis 29 25 25 27 29 Milwaukee , . .29 Kansas City 29 St. Paul 2S Indianapolis 27 Toledo 27 Columbus 23 GAMES TO DAY. National League. Philadelphia at Pittsburg. Chicago at St. Louis. American League. Washington at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. American Association. Columbus at Louisville. Toledo at Indianapolis. Minneapolis at Kansas City. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago R. H. E. New York 300 000 0009 14 0 Chicago .. .. 010 000 0001 4 2 Barnes and Snyder; Cheeves and O'Farrell. At St. Louis R. H. E. Boston 020 010 1004 10 0 St. Louis 200 000 0035 7 0 Oeschger and O'Neill; Doak, Walker and Clemons. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland ' R. H. E Detroit 202 100 2007 13 1 Cleveland 000 112 40s 8 14 6 Leonard. Sutherland and Ainsmith; Coveleskie, Mails, Bagby and Nuuarnaker. At Washington R. H. E St. Louis 010 000 000 12 9 2 Washington . 000 001 000 01 6 0 Davis and Severeid; Johnson and Gharrity. At New York R. H. E. Chicago 021 002 1006 13 1 New York 000 000 3lx 4 6 1 Kerr and Schalk; Piercy, Quinn and Schang. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION At Indianapolis R- H. E. Columbus 100 000 0113 8 3 Indianapolis ... 001 111 OOx 4 10 2 Petty and Henline; Wilson, Hartley and Sewell. Second game R. H. E. Columbus . . 014 50010 10 1 Indianapolis 000 001 1 5 6 Weaver. Jones and Dixon; Haid and Sewell. - At Kansas City R. H. E. Minneapolis ... 001 020 2005 9 1 Kansas City ... 000 002 000 2 8 3 Loudermilk and Shestak; Fuhr, Lambert and McCarty. Second game R. H. E. Minneapolis ... 000 220 0004 11 0 Kansas City ... 200 000 OOx 2 6 0 James and Mayer; Bono and Scott. At Louisville R. H. E. Toledo 022 010 31211 15 0 Louisville 000 010 100 2 8 3 ' Avers and Morgan; Wright, Cullop and Kocher. At Milwaukee R. H. E. gt Paul 002 000 0002 9 2 Milwaukee 001 000 0113 9 0 Shea and Allen; Schask and GossetL Second game R. H. E. St. Paul 200 000 0002 6 1 ; Milwaukee . . . 320 101 lOx 8 16 0 and Allen; Gaw and Foster, Hall Clarke. Saturday's Games NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh R. H. E. Brooklyn 100 001 0013 13 2 Pittsburgh 300 001 00 4 8 1 Ruether, Grimes and Miller; Cooper i . Schmidt At Chicaeo R- H. L. New York ...200 000 100 710 12 0 Chicago 120 000 000 0 3 12 0 Toney and Snyder; York and O'Farrell. At Cincinnati R- H. E. Philadelphia ....000 500 0005 11 3 Cincinnati 000 200 0013 6 1 Smith andBruggy; Napier, Eller and Wingo. At St. Louis R. H. E. Boston 212 013 02213 22 3 St. Louis 000 020 002 4 14 2j Scott and Gibson; Walker, Sherdel. Goodwin and Dilhoefer. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphia R. H. E Cleveland 000 001 1024 11 1 Philadelphia 001 020 50 8 13 1 Bagbe, Morton and Thomas; Harris, Keefe and Perkins. At New York R. H. E. Chicago 000 301 0004 7 1 New York 010 001 0103 7 3 Faber and Schalk; Hoyt, Ferguson and Schang. At Washington R. H. E. St. Louis 000 000 0033 8 2 Washington 220 100 00 5 7 0 Bayne, Van Gilder and Collins; Zackerv and Gharrity. At Boston R. H. E Detroit 000 022 102 7 13 8 Boston 202 000 43 11 13 2 Datiss and Ainsmith; Jones and Ruel. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Louisville R. H. E. Toledo 200 300 030 8 12 5 Louisville 320 410 31 14 18 3 Bedient, McColl and Morgan; Estell and Kocher. At Milwaukee R. H. E. St Paul 200 000 0204 10 2 Milwaukee 002 140 01 8 9 2 Hanson, Kelly and Allen; Kiefer, Trentman and Gossett. At Kansa3 City (first game) Minneapolis .100 001 080 010 18 4 Kansas City ..100 025 002 111 17 4 Schauer, McLaughlin and Mayer; Ames, Hortsman and McCarty. Second Game R. H. E. MinneaDolis ...300 023 11111 16 2 Kansas City ...102 020 020 7 11 1 McLaughlin, Rovertson and Mayer; Lambert. Carter and McCarty. At Indianapolis R. H. E. Columbus 000 030 0003 0 2 Indianapolis ....000 000 0000 10 2 Clark and Seweil; Cavet and Dixon.
I Games Yesterday
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND
Dempsey Specialist in Speed;
Ti imes Action Left Hook to the Chin, a Drive
Dempsey Bill of Fare Will Match Frenchman
Bt frank c. meke ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 20. Nature gave speed to Jack Dempsey i j c v . . l I : . and the king of battlers is improving upon its work. Many who have followed intimately all the happenings in the pugilistic world for "40 years, insisted, after the Jess Willard jamboree: "Dempsey is the fastest heavyweight in ring history barring Jim Corbett." The speed of DemDsev in Toledo is j .. tuu v 1 1. kj j lav n uuiniau av.iiuu ui arms and legs which he is displaying here. Two years ago when Dempsey schooled forbattle with a man mountain his main training thought was the punch. The speed he displayed then was but a natural and undeveloped gait. He paid no great attention to gathering swiftness for he knew that even. without speed training he had it on the giant Kansan in a hundred different ways. Hears Much of Frenchman. But it's different for the fight with the flashy Frenchman. The champion has heard much of the cyclonic action of Carpentier. Realizing that to be outspeeded would place him at a disadvantage, be has put in long and wearisome, yet fruitful hours bringing his legs to the zenith of action. As a result, he is faster afoot today than ever in his life. He shifts, twists, turns, ducks and sidesteps in a way that is amazing for a man who bulks nearly 200 pounds. The skinny legs are muscled to the hardness of steel yet with the resilency of rubber. There is no better indication of the perfect condition of Dempsey's legs than the fact that through practically all of his daily workouts of nearly 40 minutes he is on his toes. Only when EAGLE STICKS SPELL DEFEAT FOR MARION; FANS ENJOY SLUGGING Pounding two pitchers to all cor ners of the lot the Richmond Eagles defeated the Marion Eagles by the one sided score of 15 to 1, at Exhibition park Sunday afternoon, in one of the slowest games of the season. Fans who enjoy a slugging match, received their fill or a hard hitting contest. Although the visitors connected for only six safe blows, two of them were for extra bases, while the locals connected for 16 safeties two; of which were for homers. Hawekotte started the game on the hill for the Richmond team and was the master of the Marion team during the entire contest. The first inning saw the Marion nine score its only run on a walk and a double to center by Holmes, which was misjudged by Justice. Minner pitched the last two frames and Hid not allow a hit and struck out one batter. Start Out Fast The game started out fast both teams playing a fast brand of ball, but the sixth inning proved to be the downfall of the Marion aggregation. In this frame the Eagles pounced upon the slants of Gray and scored i three runs on three hits, a walk and i two wild pitches, after Gray's second wild pitch, he retired in favor of Rogers, who fared little better. The fifth frame saw the. visitors threaten to score, after the first man up grounded out to Byrkett, the next two men singled and advanced on Morgans out at first, but Hawekotte fanned Pearson on three straight pitched balls. The visitors did not threaten the remainder of the game. A home run by Long in the fifth round was the feature of the game, with the count two and two on him. Long picked a high one out of the air and sent it sailing over the center of the Nusbaum sign in left field. The ball cleared the fence by at least three feet. Reddinghaus also contributed aj nomer on a long nit to lett center. Real Stickwork. Hawekotte should have been credit ed with a four hit game but Justice misjudged two hard hit flies to center field that went over his head for a for these misplays by connecting fori three safe blows. Tw of his hits j were bunts that he beat out by plac-; ing them so well along the third base line. Every man on the team connected for at least one hit and Logan and Justice hit safely three times. The boys played a good game of ball, both on the green and at the bat, only one error being chalked up against them, and handled everything that came in reach. Greenfield Coming. Next Sunday the Greenfield American Legion nine will play the Eagles at Exhibition park. The Score MARION AB. R. H. O A. E. 0 0 Morgan, If. . . Pearson, 3b. Holmes, lb, . Coss, 2b. Monahan, ss. Hutishson, rf. Rogers, cf.-p, Hosier, c. Gray, p Bennett, cf. . 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 3 11 0 1 1 0 6 H. 2 1 Total 30 1 RICHMOND AB. R. Long, lf-ss 6 2 Fitzgibbons, rf 5 0 Minner, ss.-p 5 1 Byrkett, lb 5 1 Reddinghaus, 3b. . . 5 3 Logan, 2b 5 3 Justice, cf 5 2 Knight, c 5 1 Hawekotte, p.-lf. ... 3 2 24 4 5i O. A. E. Total 44 15 16 27 13 1 By Innings R. H. E. Marion ...... 100 000 000 1 6 5 Richmond . .. 012 013 35x 15 16 1 Two base hits Byrkett. Holmes. Three base hits Logan, Hutishson. Home runs Reddinghaus, Long, Stolen bases Morgan. Coss, Fitzgibbons, Minner, Hawekotte. . WTild pitches Gray 3. Base on balls Gray 2, Hawekotte, one. Struck out By Gray 7, by Rogers, S.Hawekotte 6, Minner 1. Urapire-Haas. .
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in Split Seconds to the Heart are Part of the he sets for a solid smasn does he drop to the flat of his feet. It's needless to comment at any length on the speed in Dempsey's arms. No man of any era ever punched with more lightning swiftness than the-mighty mauler from the Golden West. Quicker almost than the blink of the eye he lashes out lefts or rights, volleying sometimes so swiftly, especially in punching bag practice that no human ever has been able to keep an accurate count. Concentrates on Speed "That -French bird," comments Dempsey, "has it all figured out that
he's going to beat me with speed. I'mjters to two lonely scratch blows. He working now with the main .idea ofjalso connected for a homer. Davis
matching his speed, no matter how wonderful it may be. If he will have any real edge in speed on July 2nd maybe it'll be running away. A left hook for the chin, a right hand drive for the heart. Those are the punches which the boss of battlers is perfecting to the ultimate. He wjll use them against the Frenchman perhaps to the exclusion of all else. For he has heard that Carpentier's defense leaves him wide open for a left to the dome or a right amidships. Dempsey long has been master of the left hook. But now he seems to be a super-master. He lashes it out without an iota of warning and from a half dozen different angles. He drives it with whirlwind speed and in a way that preserves its full crushing force until the very second that it hits the target. Added speed has made the famous Dempsey shift more difficult than ever to solve. Men who watched him for three days in his shifting attacks against a punching bag held by his brother, Bernard, frankly declared they couldn't guess the hitting hand. Will Do Most Anything. He dashes forward leads with the ; left and almost as speedily as the eye can follow him he hits with the right. 'The next time you figure he's going to do the same thing. But this time he leads with the left and hits with it. Or he'll bluff a right hand lead, then a left and hit with the right. The next time you see the right fist lunge forward and see him going right through with it. No man lives who can guess accurately all the time just what hand Dempsey will hit with when he advances in what may be called "shift formation." Dempsey admits he doesn't know himself. "It all depends," he said. "I don't hit until I am sure I can land. If I lead with the left when set for thb shift, and the other fellow moves, then I try to crack him with the right. If he doesn't movo I may go straight through with the left, or just bluff with it, bluff a right then sock him with the left." Men have timed the "triple shift" a left bluff, a right bluff and then a left hit for the target or vice versa found that the entire action required was less than a single second. Who think.3 that Carpentier can consistently .dodge, twist, duck or sidestep out of danger in less than a second? (CopyrtKht 1S21 By Kin Fratnrra Syndicate, Inc. TRAIN CARPENTIER AS IF GEORGES WERE FAMOUS BILLIARDIST fBv Associated Press) MANHASSETT, N. Y.. June 20 A question oft asked at the training camp of Georges Carpentier is "Why doesn't he let out his punches and drop a -few sparring partners?" This query probably was prompted by the: nature of the work down at the Demp?ey camp in Atlantic City, where Jaci: has bowled over quite a few of his workout oppononts. Only once during his training has Georges really shows all his strength and speed. This was in the sparring i session with Big Joe Jeanntte two weeks ago. Carpentier had been shad,ow boxing and doing gymnastics for about. an nour and was perspiring His smile was broader than usual and he had remarked earlier in the day that he would like to do some real work;. Jeanette was a mark that day for the Frenchman's flying right hand, and after 30 seconds of sparring, he caught one on the jaw and fell heav- ! ily to the ring floor. Georges begged j his pardon and slowed down. The flash has not been repeated. There is nothing of the spectacular in the sparring sessions. The challenger seems to be content to swap punches and do a lot of covering up and getting away. Reason No Secret. The reason for this sort of training is no longer a secret. From the cainp has come the information that Georges is being trained something after the fashion of a chess player or a billiardist. Explaining what he meant by this, the informant, who asked that hi3 identity be withheld, said: "Willie Hoppe knows all about the game of billiards. He knows he can make the most difficult of shots, ami doesn't start six weeks before a match and practice right up to the last moment. He just gets himself at a certrains to develop his powers of eni thains to develop his pow ers of en durance" and his nerves. Knows His Game. "A chess player is somewhat similar. He doesn't summon all the good chess players in the country and play ; practice matches with them, does he? No, he knows his game, and he trains like Hoppe does for a billiard match. "Georges Carpentier has been in the boxing game for 14 years and he knows what he is about. He knows, too, -fc-hat he can do. So is there any reason in the world why he should fill his camp with sparring partners and slam away at them every day? Bicycles ELMER S. SMITH The Whsel Man 426 Main St.' Phone 1806 i 1
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His trainers do not think so; they are developing his powers and his morale, the latter so vital in a big fight of the sort that will come on July 2. All his knowledge of the fighting game and his strength could not be brought to command if his mind were not right. "He hasn't any desire to knock out Fporiing partners only an all poweiful desire to floor Jack Dempsey. His trainers know what they are about. ' HARTFORD CITY TEAM DEFEATED BY LYNN LYNN, Ind., June 20. The fast trav eling" Lynn Independent baseball team added another victory to its belt when the Hartford City baseball team was defeated by the score of 21 to 0 Sunday. The locals collected a total of 21 hits and scored in practically every inning. Knott was on the mound for the Lynn nine and held the visiting bat connected for two three baggers. Of the 21 hits there were 14 singles, 4 doubles, two triples and a homer. Next Sunday the Lynn nine will play the Cambridge City nine at Cambridge. Lynn has one win over the Cambridge City lads and is confident of repeating. The score: Hartford City ..000 000 000 0 2 5 Lynn ....320 021 21 x 21 21 1 Batteries Gray and Wilhelm; Knott and Merideth. There are only two home run records which still defy the prowess of Babe Ruth that for hitting homer? in one game and the mark for clouting four baggers in one inning. Bobby Lowe, of the old Boston Nationals, and Ed. Delehanty, of the Philadelphia Nationals, hold the record for hitting homers in a game, with four each. Lowe got four circuit smashes, two in one inning, and a single off Chamberlain, of the Reds, at Boston, on May 30, 1S94. Hitting homers in that little bandbox park was said to be comparatively easy. Delehanty got four homers and a single off Adonis Terry in Chicago, on July 13, 1S96. Delehanty was the old! phototype of Ruth. Ruth has yet to make two home runs in one inning. But he can afford to share honors a little because of his long string, which is as follows: l-Fifty-four home runs for a season. - Seven home runs in five successive games. 3 Three home runs at three successive times at bat June 13 and 14. 4 126 home runs for his major league career. 5 Greatest number of home runs with bases filled in one season four in 1919. 6 Eight games in which he hit two home runs in 1920. " Greatest number of home runs hit off any pitcher by one man 10, off Dauss. "VYe notice by reports from New Jersey that the regular pre-light routine is being carried out. First thev squabble over the place the fight will be: then a big fuss arises over the cost of constructing the "huge oval"; 'then one principal and then the other gets a mean cut which "probably will interfere with his fighting ability"; finallv a few days before the scran an eJ. cnange or tnreats to call the fight off lis raaae over the selection nf eree. Oh! There is no doubt now. This is a championship contest that Jacques Dempsey and OO-la-la Carpentier are staging. Urban Faber continues his sensational pitching by turning in his four teenth win of the season for Chicago, i Saturday., defeating New York 4 to 3. ! The tniehtv rio fall ! WTipn r.nv th, i Marion pitcher took the mound in the first inning of Sunday's game, he got the fans' "goat" with his conceited
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Varied Career of Tex Ricfcqrd Gives Him Title of 'Showman Stages First Match in Goldfield, Nev. In Klondike in Days of Gold Rush Huge Purses Startle American Sport Followers
(Br Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 20. "Boxing's greatest showman." That is the title which George Lewis ("Tex") Rickard, promoter of the coming DempseyCarpentier bout, has earned in the staging of several bouts drawing the largest gate receipts in the history of the sport. Thrown in contact with the boxing game by accident, Rickard, an account of whose career reads like fiction, accomplished nearly everything he set his mind on doing and has kept going along successfully, despite conditions that sometimes made the word "quit" seem attractive. Rickard was born in Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 2, 1S71. His father, a millwright, moved to the Panhandle of Texas when the embrjo promoter was a small boy. At the age of 12 years, i
thrown on his own resources, with a I $i.000.000 will flow Into the box office widowed mother, two brothers and , before Jack D aD(J Ceorges three sisters to support, 'Tex'ira.nliw MMril at -re
turned to the calling of cow-punching; univefsal in Texas Travels Extensively Then started the travels that have made this man a "citizen cf the world." He met success in the cattle business but in 1894 "hit the trail" for the Klondike. Months of hard labor brought fair returns but after a year or two in Dawson, Rickard again moved. This time he drew up in! Goldfield, Nev., at the time when the1 mining craze engulfed that section, j But Goldfield was not satisfied with ; the local activity which the miners j brought to that place. The tOWn "boosters" wanted national note and Rickard suggested a championship 1 : uuAiug man. n. The promotion of big enterprises with the aid of virtually no capital has been characteristic of this prospector who has tapped the gold mines of Broadway as well as of the Klondike and Nevada. From his friends he secured enough money to offer Jimmy Britt and Terry McGovern a $30,000 guarantee for a championship bout in Goldfield. Coming from an unknown, at that time, the offer was hailed by the boxers and their managers as a joke. Rickard kept right on how ever, and the managers' of Joe Gans and Battling Nelson were more susceptible to r lu the glint of $30,000 in gold pieces laid before them. The lightweights fought a memorable battle at Goldfield. The town was advertised nationally and attitude. After Reddinghaus met one in The second inning which would have netted him three bases easy, and which he stretched into a home run, the Eagles had his number from then on. uong 8 nome run over tne leu ne.a fence cleared the boards by three feet. It was one of the prettiCSt drives seen here this season. The ki-1 ; sure did swing a wicked stick and do j some neat fielding besides. Justice dropped two ' neat bunts down the third base line and beat both of them out. They were made to order and couldn't have been better. Both advanced runners, incidentally. J. Logan didn't start hitting until late in the game, but he got three i hits in his last three trips to the pianer. The eighth inning was a field mei for the Eagles when they scored five runs on tour nits ana a couple of er-; rors. Army Russet Shoes in good condition, special, pair S2.25 and S2.50 American Shoe Shop Nick Sena, Prop. 402 N. 8th St. Phone 4343
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"Tex" Rickard became a successful fistic promoter. - - Stages Monster Bouts. Since that time. Rickard has proI moted from a financial point of view. the greatest ring contests ever staged They have been successes only because of the extraordinary "showmanship" of the man. Always his slogan has been "take a chance." He astounded the country with his guarantees for the Joiihson-Jeffries battle at Reno in 1910. But his receipts totall ed S270.000 and be emerged a winner by $100,000. Receipts for the WillardDempsey bout at Toledo, July 4, 1919. amounted to $450,000, -"'a new high mark. Bouts staged by him in Madison Square Garden during the six months I previous to last March brought in Julv 2 . rnvpHrl tht outlay necessary to stage this bout. Rickard is one of the few who have coaxed substantia! returns out. of promotion in the boxing game. "Take a chance" and "Be square" are Rickard's watchwords which seem to summarize reasons for the success j which has come to him in business as j well as" boxing. For boxing is only a : sideline with him. Tex is a partner in a tiuge cattle enterprise in South America. His herds . roam over a range of 4,000,000 acres. He -ia gen-uio-uuf-ri v-L rt ill Ul UdLHtQ O I fPnduCes beef for Ame"n cc-ntump- ! UOn. "Take a Chance," Motto . But despite the "take a chance" motto, mere good luck has had little part in the success of this man wb now sits in a suite of offices in Madison Square Garden and directs, in the Jersey bout. July 2, a "million dollar proposition." Starting without capital: applying .well the principles of credit; making the forfeits of boxers pay for preliminary expenses of th? earlier bouts, Rickard has been successful in the staging of 30 tattles without a single loss. ' : ' In th? Goldfield days, he was a prcspecter, uncovering his gold in box offi.cE. o .,.ii j u : i. - j J 7. man is success still prospecting. But with must come some disadvanj tagea "Tex" Rickard's name now a -an event. There , is no more sures doubt and "Take-a-Chance" Rickard almost misses the thrill. EATON-ELDORADO GAME CALLED. EATON. O.. June 20. Rain caused the Eaton-Eldorado ball game Sunday afternoon at Eldorado to be called off. after one inni had been p, . . .1 ' ''"""""'H'MwtmM imnii?nt;nmmnnTHmMmtttnMt.i.ivt,ftwm:!iiM Pfcq.u.g.PAT. OF. $1 K UNION STORE J. 7 830 Main st . ii:iuii!imtinmiiui!iiiiiiiinimiii!i:niuiiiiin niniimmiuimiiuniinniuin Nell Bread always satisfies . always fresh always pure At Your Grocer's I E 1 Frank Jacobs 623 N. 12th St. SS33j RELION $3.25 WATCHES t Special, $1.98 KNOLLENBERG'S """uiunmuuuinuiimiiinimmuimiiiunaNuiiiiuinmitmiiiuinumiiuuiiri COAL BUY IT 1 NOW! I I Phone 2194 1 X Klehfoth-Niewoehner Co. i 'uirmiuiiiuiuiuiuiiitiniiiiiiminiiiiiiiiiintiiiinmiiiitiimiuHiinKiujmiitiniiii VESTA BATTERIES for Super-Service Piehl Auto Electric Co. 1024 Main Phone 1891 KAHLE BROS. Prompt Service Free Delivery 2626 PHONES .. 3033 mmiHiuiiiiauiiwirtumnuiiuiimtuKinuuuiimmtiunwiiuiumittiiuujuu j Voss Electric Washers WM. F. KLUTER, Agent j Gates Half-Sole Tire Station 1 1 1134 Main . Phone 1595 1 liirauMtmmmtarwMiumununmiituimnuimiiMiiiliuftiiwunMirauiuuiii S Big Bargains Now in Used V Cars " Chenoweth Auto Co.; 1107 Main St. Phone 1925 1 1 j i --i i i ri ruijuiririrui jui. riPrm,
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