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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922.
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WILLS MAY BE HARD, BUT I LIKE GIANTS," DECLARES DEMPSEY
By FRANK G. MEMO LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July
7.-
How They Stand
doing?" asked i Cincinnati
"What's Harry Wills
Jack Dempsey. I told him the big negro was training 1a New York had been at workfor nearly a month, whittling away extra poundage and getting down to battling shape. "Look good?" was Dempsey's next question. There was but one reply and I made it. "Wills looks better now than Jess Willard ever looked in his life. He's faster than Willard or Fulton, has a defense infinitely better and he can hit with either hand from any angle with splendid speed and accuracy." Dempsey looked thoughtful. Then he said slowly:
"There's the bird I ought to fight. Everybody keeps saying Wills is such a great one that I'd like to find out for myself. I guess a lot of people have the idea that I haven't been matched ,with him because I think he's rather tough. Likes Big Fellows "Now, that's where they've got me sized up wrong. All my life I've always found my greatest fun in mixing it with fellows bigger and tougher than myself. Whenever the chance came to me as a kid to fight two different'fellows I'd take on the tougher
one. There'd always be a bigger
thrill for me afterward in remember
ing that I had handicapped myself and then won out anyway.
No one ever accused me of being afraid of Willard. From the first day
I ever saw him I thought I could take
his measure. I thought the same way
about Fulton. And it's the same way about Wills. He may be harder to whip than Willard, Fulton, Brennan or the rest but I think I can polish him off. "He's big perhaps has It on me 25 pounds, three or four inches in height and almost as much in reach But
all that stuff doesn't help a fellow I much if he gets socked a good one in the body or on the chin. Wills Vulnerable "Between the two men Willard and Wills I imagine Willard had the better record. Willard never had been knocked down in his whole lif9 until I met him. Wills has been knocked out twice by Sam Langford. Harry goes well against the big fellows but not so good, as far as the records show, against the smaller boys. "And I'm smaller. "I like to fight the big fellows. If Wills were my own size, or a little smaller, I figure I'd have more trouble with him. But he's one of those giants whose bodies can be reached with a straight drive and whose jaw is a nice target for a lifting hook with either hand. "I never care much about what a fighter can do on the offense or defensively. What I'm most interested In is whether or not he can take a "walloping. Wills, everybody tells me, can hit like a mule kicks and can box cleverly and do all those things. But can he take it? Can he stand a socker on the chin, or one around the ribs and come right along asking for more of it? . . Can He Take It?
, "That's the big question. If Wills
can't take it, any fight with him would ' not last long. But if he can take it, rou can bet every dollar in the world
that when we do get together there's going to be a fight unlike any that's been seen around these United States
for a long time. "I'm proud of my championship. 1 want to retain it as long as it's human
ly possible for me to do it. So when the day comes when I'm tossed into
the same ring with a man as good as myself, or better, I'm going to fight for victory until the last ounce of strength is pounded out of me. "I've never held my opponent cheaply and never will. But I don't think the day ever will come when Harry Wills can take a title away from me, great and powerful though Wills may be. As far as I'm personally concerned, I'd rather fight him just for the chance to prove that I'm the better man just like I used to fight neighborhood kids back in my boyhood. "Eut I'm not my own fighting boss now. As far as battling is concerned, Jack Kearns is the law. I can't fight until he gives me the O. K. and he
hasn't wigwagged any yet concerning Wills. "But I'm hoping the day is not far away when Jack will come along with: "'Get ready for Wills.' The match is made. "That'll be a happy day, for the one big ambition of my life now is to prove that I can knock Wills overboard and in something of a hurry." Copyrisht 1021 By IvInR Feature y Syndicate, Idc.)
National League. Clubs Won Lost New York 45 24 St. Louis 43 32 Brooklyn 40 34 Chicago 1.......36 36
36 38
Pittsburg .34 39
Philadelphia 26 40 Boston 26 43 American League. Clubs Won Lost St. Louis 45 30 New York 46 33 Chicago 40 35 Detroit 38 37 Washington 35 37 Cleveland 34 43 Boston 32 41 Philadelphia 28 42 American Association. Clubs Won Lost
Pet. .652 .573
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.500
DEMPSEY TURNS EYES TO MICHIGAN CITY
(By Associated Press CHICAGO, July 7. Jack Dempsey and his manager. Jack Kearns, in spite of the offer of $100,000 with 0 ETA -rsM Art S inO (TUT A
"TfiR (receipts to meet Harry Greb at Pitts-
Indianapolis 48 St Paul 44 Milwaukee 46 Minneapolis 42
(Louisville 37
Columbus 35 Kansas City 35 Toledo 28
30 31 37 34 43 44 47 49
.394 .377 Pet. .600 .582 .533 .507 .487 .442 .438 .400 Pet. .615 .587 .554 .553 .462 .443 .427 .364
GAMES TODAY National League. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at Chicago. New York at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at St. Louis. American League. Chicago at Philadelphia. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Washington. St. Louis at Boston. American Association. 'Toledo at Indianapolis. Columbus at Louisville. Minneapolis at Kansas City. St. Paul at Milwaukee.
burgh on Labor day. had their eyes
turned toward Floyd FUzsimmons' new arena at Michigan City, when they made their flying trip through Chicago last night enroute to Syracuse, N. Y., where the champion is billed for an exhibition tilt with Les Darcy tonight. When he announced the Pittsburgh offer and discussed the champion's affairs in general, Kearns said that he had closed no contract with FUzsimmons for a Labor day match with Bill Brennan or any other heavyweight, but Dempsey when he next risks his
crown is anxious to have the bout at
Michigan City. After the confab Dempsey said: "It
looks like I will fight for FUzsimmons
on Labor day."
Frank Flournoy, agent for Tex Rick-
ard, was In the Dempsey party and
said a match between Dempsey and Jess Willard looked promising. Flournoy was headed for New York to de
liver Kearns terms to Rickard. At
Wichita, where Dempsey put on an exhibition the other day, Flournoy met
Ray Archer, representing Willard, and discussed the former champion's de
sire for a chance at the title he lost to Dempsey at Toledo.
Yesterday's Games
twice at the hands of Shaute. Ruth got a homer In the first game. St. Louis Cardinals continued in
their upward stride for the leadership'
of the National league by taking Brooklyn over In Thursday's game, 11 to 2. The Cards are hitting the ball harder every game. r No small factor in the success of the St, Louis Browns is young Marty McManus, the brilliant second baseman. , ; : McManus had a tough job to , step into the hole caused by the disqualification of Joe Gedeon and it took him a year to do it.
In addition to being a hustling
youngster with good hands and fine
arms MCManus has branched out
somewhat as a home run hitter.
Abpve all, the youngster has cour
age. He succeeded only after passing
tnrougn the singing fire of the razz.
He had a sore arm when he broke in
and his throwing was affected.but the fans didn't know that and fans are
fans.
Neither Corbett nor Jeffries drew
the color line and if Dempsey wants
to establish a precedent he is wel
come to all the "credit" that he will
derive from it
Chips and Slips
Four games will be played in the S. A. L-, Saturday afternoon. Following is the schedule and where they play: At Easthaven Easthavens vs. Florists, 2:30; Gloves vs. Elkhorn, 3:30. At Roosevelt Field Caskets vs. Checker Fronts, 1:30; Safety Gate's
vs. R. and W, 3:30.
LYNN INDEPENDENTS WILL TACKLE GRAYS
(Special to The Palladium) LYNN, Ind., July 7. The Lynn Independents, who have just reorganized, will oppose the Randolph County Grays next Sunday. The game will be played at Mill's lake, a popular Randolph county amusement place. A large crowd i3 expected to witness the game, as many persons visit the
lake resort and the contest will prove attractive enough to draw additional
fans.
i ne independents nave secured a
strong line-up, including a crack bat
tery from Indianapolis. A former big league hurler will do the tossing for
Lynn. With the reorganization the lo
cal boys have one of the strongest
teams in this section. They are out to
bring baseball laurels to Lynn and
some fast contests are expected during
the remainder of this season.
This Time Last Year
Gray Lag won the Dwytr Stakes and equalled Man o' War's mile and one furlong record of 1:40. Schmandt, Brooklyn, hit a homer in the tenth inning and beat the Giants. The Cards, in beating the Phils, made thirteen hits in the seventh and
eighth innings.
The Yanks beat the Pirates 5 to 3 in an exhibition game in Pittsburgh.
FIVE LEADING BATTERS
REDS ARE BACK HOME
FOR PHILLY SERIESGIANTS DUE JULY 19
OF EACH MAJOR LEAGUE American League. G AB R H Pet. Sisler, St. L. ...75 309 73 134 .430 Cobb, Det. ..;..62 238 43 92 .387 Heilmann, Det. .69 268 53 98 .366 Speaker, Clev ..66 244 45 89 .365 Blue, Det 69 268 64 95 .355 National League. G AB R H Pet Hornsby, St L..75 292 66 114 .390 Miller, Chicago .53 192 24 69 .359 Bigbee, Pitts. ..72 292 51 104 .356 IDaubert, Cin. ...75 293 59 104 .355 'Johnston, Brk. .75 306 65 208 .353
CINCINNATI, Ohio, ; July 7.The Reds axe home for a 17-day stay, during which time they will - ply IS games. A double-header will be played Saturday , and the Phillies also will furnish the Sunday attraction. Adolpho Luque was slated to .hurl the game in the opener against Philadelphia Friday, and Couch and Donohue are to take the reins in the double header Saturday. -
Cincy is through with its games In St Louis for the season. The season's schedule is not quite half over yet, but it has been eo arranged that the Reds will not play another game in St Louis. - - After the series with Philadelphia, Brooklyn will come for four games, Boston for four, and New York then will arrive for a five-game series. The'New York Giants will open the series with the Cincinnati Reds on Redland field Wednesday, July 19. The final game of the series will be played on Sunday.
National League.
At St. Louis R H E
Brooklyn 000 100 010 2 8 1 St Louis 013 080 02x 14 20 0
Reuther, Decatur, Murray and De berry; Pfeffer and Vick, Ainsmith.
At Pittsburg R H E
New York ....020 003 001 6 11 0 Pittsburg 101 001 000 3 5 1
Near and Smith, Snyder; Adams,
Cooper and Gooch..
No other games scheduled. American League. At New York R H E
Cleveland 101 000 100 3 11 3
New York 005 100 04x 10 13 1
Mails, Bagby and O'Neill; Bush and
Hoffmann.
Second game RUE
Cleveland 000 110 001 3 8 1
New York 002 204 30x 11 14 0
Lindsey, Schaute and O'Neill; Shaw-
key and Hoffmann.
At Philadelphia R H E
Chicago 000 105 201 9 16 5 Philadelphia ...100 112 000 5 7 0
Schupp, Hodge and Schalk; Heimach, Yarrison and Perkins. Boston-St. Louis, (rain).
No other scheduled. American Association. At Indianapolis R H E
Toledo 011 000 000 2 4 3 Indianapolis ...000 002 Olx 3 6 1
Terry and Kocher; Seib and Krueg-
er.
At Louisville R H E Columbus 101 101 304 11 17 2 Louisville 000 011 010 3 10 2 Northrop and Lees; Long, Baylin and Brottem. At Kansas City R H E Minneapolis 000 000 010 15 2 Kansas City 200 102 OOx 5 8 1 McGraw and Mayer; Caldwell and Skiff. At Milwaukee R H E St Paul 000 100 000 1 10 0 Milwaukee 000 200 30x 5 10 1 Benton and Gonzales; Pott and Myatt.
BILLY THE DEPENDABLE That's Mr. Sherdell, the pitching ace of the battling St. Louis Cardinals these days. With more satisfactory and constant work from his entire pitching staff- Branch Rickey could give the Giants neck and neck race
for the flag this yean As It is Billy Sherdell is about the only moundsman
who can be counted on to turn In a victory at regular intervals. This is Billy's fifth season with the Cards and bids fair to be his banner
year.
Sherdell, a Pennsylvania lad, broke
into baseball with the Hanover, Blue Ridge league in 1915. He fairly burned up that circuit for two years, win
ning 29 games while losing but 10 in
the twosseasons.
Milwaukee then botfght him. His first year in the A. A. he . failed to make an impression. The following
season he won, 19 and lost 16 games
for the Brewers.
He was turned over to the Cardinals
in the spring of 1918 under a player
agreement between the two clubs. His
first year up he won six and lost 12
games. The following season five wins and nine defeats was the best he could do. Then he entered the winning class by a narrow margin, copping 11 out of 21 in 1920 and nine out of 17
last season. "
He is a southpaw and was born in Hanover, Pa., Aug. 15, 1896. Two old settlers sat smoking in a cabin far away in the backwoods. No feminine presence ever graced that settlement, and domestic arrangements were primitive and rude.
YANKS GAIN POINTS;
ABE GETS HIS 14TH
1'
DUNDEE COMPLETELY
COWS JACK SHARKEY
(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 7. Johnny Dundee, rugged Italian boxer who usually meets men much heavier than himself, took on Jack Sharkey last night a boxer near his own weight, and enjoyed a fine workout. Sharkey, touted as coming featherweight, and bristling with confidence since his draw with Vincent "Pepper" Martin, was cowed as soon as the first bell rang and spent most of the 15 rounds covering his face with both
bands, movin
Several times Sharkey took heart and swung heavily from his shoetops, once sending Johnnyinto a spin, but each of his few rallies so tired him that he seemed helpless. So disappointed was the crowd that many left
before the finish, and those who remained stayed only to boo. It was Dundee's 566th fight. He sent Sharkey to the floor for a short count in the fourth and the rest of the time pursued his ambling opponent, raining blows from both hands to head and body whenever he caught tip. Dundee weighed in at 129 and Shawkey at 132.
or running away from thefast I Dundee.
(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 7. The Yankees today were only 18 points behind the pace-making St. Louis Browns. They
smothered the Cleveland Indians under an avalanche of hits and runs in
a twin bill, the first massacre result-' ing in a 10 to three score, and the second, 11 to three. Babe Ruth joined in the onslaught with his fourteenth home run in the first game, driving in three team mates ahead of him. Four times previously in the majors, the bambino turned the trick, all in 1919, when he was on the Red Sox payroll. Meusel led the attack with a home run .triple, two doubles, and two singles. Chicago celebrated Heimach day in Philadelphia by driving the youthful southpaw to cover and defeating the Athletics, 9 to 5; Mostil, the White Sox fly chaser, had a perfect day at
bat, driving out five safe hits, one or them a double. The Giants got off to a flying start on their western invasion by trimming Pittsburg 6 to 3. Nehf's offerings proved puzzling to all the Pirates except Max Carey, who smacked out a homer, triple and a double. Dutch Ruether, star southpaw of Brooklyn, and leading pitcher of the National league, struck a snag in the hard hitting St. Louis Cardinals, who overwhelmed the Dodgers in a onesided victory. 14 to 2. .Schultz, led the
attack with four' hits in five times at
bat, including two doubles.
The conversation drifted from poli
tics to cooking, and one of the con-j firmed bachelors said : "I got one o' them there cookery books once, but I never culd do nothin' with it." "Too much fancy work about it?", asked the other. "You've 'it it. Every one o 'them recipes begun in the same way. 'Take a clean dish -, and that settled me at once." They hit for the circuit Thursday: Covington, Indianapolis; Terry, Toledo; Carey, Pittsburgh; Ruth, New York Yankees; Meusel and Hoffman, New York Yankees; Gossett Milwaukee.
Babe Ruth was fanned by Shaute, Cleveland's young college pitcher, in the second game of the double-header at New York Thursday. Ruth fanned
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