f o=. I The Omaha Sunday Oee I gS VOL. 53—NO. 7. PARTTWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1923. 1—B FIVE CENTS » _ —. . Dempsey Meets Firpo at Polo Grounds Sept 14 • MHHMI9MIM •IWAlflMlMHIf • MMi • MU • fMM • l • flWi • • MM I •MMMMKlMMl David Davis Wins City Tennis Championship From Ralph Newell in a Gruelling Five-Set Match - (t< ____________— ,. 'S Rickard Slashes Ticket Prices to Bout, $3 and $25 Dempsey to Go East at Once and Begin Training at Sara toga Springs—Firpo in West. 2W YORK, July 28.— The next heavy weight boxing bout la on the calendar. Champion Jack Dempsey will meet Luis Angel Firpo of b - ) the Argentine nt the 4 Polo srrounna on Frl / day, September 14. Promoter Tex ) Rickard announced the place and date today. Early next ^ c-S week he promised to f^r.ffcke known the purse and * the percentage each boxer would re ceive. Under the laws of New York state the match will be a 15-round de cision tight. According to figures dropped today from Rickard's office in the tower of Madison Square garden, the latest heavyweight fray will have fewer spectators than massed on Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City for the Hemptiey-CarpenUer and Firpo-Wil lard bouts. The promoter announced that when lie had constructed new stands around the ring which will he erected on the rilants’ home diamond. 80,000 persons would be able to witness the battle. Rickard estimated that more than I'O.OOO persons watched the Dempsey t’arpentier go, and more than 100,000 the recent fray in which the former drug clerk in Buenos Aires knocked out the giant former champion from Kansas. Tickets will cost less than those for any other previous heavyweight cham pion bout of recent years. They will t inge from W to $25, about half the price that Rickard collected On the p isteboardfe for the Dempsey-Carpen ti*»r bout. But sine* that famous "Battle of the Century.” Jersey has passed a law fixing $15 as the maximum price -which may have been no small i n ter in bringing the present bout across the Hudson. w .-Jm kard's choice of the Rolo ^ grounds was not unexpected. Firpo wished to fight in his native city and at first the promoter Indicated that his ambition might be fulfilled. But doubts as to the financial prospects awaiting a bout in the Argentine caused him to sidetrack the South American's desire. i ne choice then fluctuated Detween ISoyle’^ Thirty Acres and' stadium lying under the shadow of Coogan's Muffs, It kept on fluctuating until Rickard closed negotiations with Charles A. Stoneham, half owner of the Giants, and today was able to an nounce that future boxing bouts held at the Polo grounds would be staged under his direction. Tom O'Rourke, who yesterday was suspended by the boxihg commission after a squabble surrounding the weighing in of Ku gene Criqui and Johnny Dundee for their battle lust Thursday night, previously had arranged matches for the Polo grounds, but It was ex plained that he was only a match maker and not a lessee. Flrpo, before he went Into the ring against Willard, had Rickard's virtual promise for a crack at the heavy weight crown. Several days, how ever, were required to settle details Of the bout. These conferences Firpo attended for himself, while Jack Kearns, manager of the champion, looked out for the interests of his protege. Kearns today wired Dempsey, who •* in 1,0* Angeles, to come east at The champion's manager an 1 that Saratoga Springs had been tentatively selected for training quarters and that Dempsey would be gin preparing himself for action as soon aa ho arrived. His sparring partners probably will Include George Godfrey and several other of his stable mates who helped (Turn to Png* Twn. Colnnm Three.) Dempsey Announces He Is to Fight Luis Firpo on a Percentage Basis By A«mx*lat*d Press. Antonilo, Colo., July 28.—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, told the Associated Press tonight that he would fight Luis 'Angel Kirpo on September 14 "on a percentage basis.” Dempsey said he could not an notince at fhis time what the ; percentage he would receivt would be. ' He lias been on a fishing trip In this district. Dempsey announced he would leave Antonilo tomor row for New York, stopping in Denver en route. Buffaloes Drop Listless Game to Indians, 12 to 1 Speece Is Knocked From the Mound and Buckley and Rogers Are Hit Hard. Oklahoma City, Okl., July 28.—At tacking viciously the offerings of Sub marine Speece, Oklahoma City Red skins bombarded Omaha's hurling ace from the hilltop in the sixth inning, continued their murderous assaults on Buckley and then pounded Rogers hard, too, to defeat the Invaders 12 to 1 in the second game of the series Saturday. It was the seventh consecutive vic tory for the Hollanders and Sunday afternoon a double-header is sched uled to give them a chaiue to make it nine in a week. While the Indians thus were mas sacrelng Omaha's toilers, George Payne was pitching a masterly game against the Invaders. In the second inning Cullop's single, his theft of second. Lutz's bad throw and Korr's clean punch to center, counted one run. That was the only time the Buffaloes looked dangerous. Krueger Chief Foe. BUtch Krueger was the chief exe cutioner of Omaha hopes. In the first inning he came up with two on and slammed a double over O'Con nor's head, scoring both ixjnners. In the third he went to the plate with Sweeney perched on third. He sin gled. Luderus had just tripled when he arrived at the plate in the seventh. He slashed a single into center. To wind a great day he scored Okla homa's lust run with a hit over sec ond in the eighth. Korr bad tossed out both McNally and Hock in the first round when Sweeney drew four balls. Sweeney was tagged sliding in his attempt to steal second, but Korr dropped the ball. Luderus also drew n pass. Then it was that Krue ger got his double, scoring both. Payne opened the third with a single into center. He advanced while McDonald was throwing out Hock and scored on McNally’s triple to right. Sweeney bounced a high one -off the front of the plate and went on to second when Speece made a wild peg to first, McNally register ing. Sweeney moved up on Luderus' infield out and scored on Krueger's cut over short. This gave Oklahoma City a 5 to 1 lead, which seemed to be enough to insure victory, but the tribesmen were taking no chances, and they un covered another four-hit, three run as sault In the sixth, which drove Speece to cover. Tale Opens With Single. Tate opened this round with a Mingle to right. Wlndle was hit by a pitched ball. Lutz bunted to Speece. who whipped the hall to third, heading off Tale. Payne came through with his second hit and one baser over second and Wlndle romped home. McNally hit to center and Hock raced to third. Then the pair worked a delayed double steal, Hock scoring. Out went Speece and In came Buckley. Immediately Hock and McNally worked the delayed dou ble steal, the former scoring. Sweeney grounded out. Luderus opened the home half of (Turn In rage Two. Column Sli.) Charley Hanson Preparing to Stas^e His ‘"Comeback” Act O Hope for a cleanup In the heavy weight wrestling aituatlon wag re vived this week with the announce ment of Charley Hanson that he had w*un irflin 1 n k with a view of stettln* his come back on l^abor day and was ready to take on all con tenders In that division. Except for one match, Hanson has j been out of the | tennis for over a : year. A twisted | nerve In his back rorceo mm out just when he gave promise of develop lug Into promt .vhen he held Hlnnis » Mum Zhyezko to u three-hour draw at Nashville, Tcnn., several years ago, and Zbyszko has persistently evaded a return match, ltanson has twice defeated I’at McGill, who, nest to Hanson, Is esteem'd One of the best youngsters coming up in the sport. He looks fit and declares he ntrh to The llltlBhl lire. Lincoln, Neb.. July JS—Fred Archerd, University Place, won the USt city tennis title from Cedric Potter, former Omahan. 4 6. 6 1. 6 1, 4 6, 6 2. This is Potter's second ■ chance at the title, having !>een run tier up to Don Elliott in 1921. R. C. Russell and Don Elliott are paired with Archerd and Clyde Sey mour In the doubles finals. ~ ~ ^ 1 ' ‘i Most Distinguished Citizen of Argentina, the Hero of the Pampas, Luis Angel Firpo, Will Demonstrate His Fistic Wares Here Friday GAMES TODAY WEMTERN LEAGUE. Oninha nt Oklahoma City. Denver at TuInh. !>••* Moines nt Wichita hloux City st St. Joseph. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia »»t f*t. Louis. NsW York at Chlcsiio. Huston at Cincinnati. No other games a* hodutsd. AMERICAN LEAGUE L'strolt at Washington. Chicago at New «'ork No other games s tloinar of Splaln when rain came. Conctuaion of the matrh wnn poitponed until to morrow. Firpo Signed to Fight in Indianapolis August 8 Grand Haplda, Mich., July 2K. I.ul* Angel Firpo. Argentine boxer, algned a contract with Jack Druley of ludlannpolle today to meet Joe Downey of Cincinnati In a in round hunt in lmllanupulU on Auguat 1. A s DllIH week Omaha will play the role of host to Argentina'# moat dia tlngulahed eltlzen. I.uia Angel Flrpo may hold no mrdala for arholaralilp. So far aa the recorda go. It la not shown that he liaa eatahllahed a reputation for liimaelf in the field of lettera or aeienrr or art. In the world of finance he haa. perhapa, not done ao badly. Vet Ida arhlrvementa along thla line are not ao much to brag about, lint l.ula Angel doea poeaeaa a atrong right arm. a very atrong right arm. And In that atrong right arm lira Ida claim to fame. Auk nny arhool hoy the name of one dlatlngntahrd Argentinean. lie only know# one—Lula Angel Flrpo. A year ago Flrpo wo an ohHctue youth. Ha was so obscure that he was almost a total loss, puglllstlriU ly speaking. Romeway, somehow lie managed to reach tbs United States and the wilds of New Jersey. There before the assembled husbandry lie made his first appearance In a United States ring, for which he received something less than 1100. The follow Ing day, the records have It, I.uls en joyed the benefit* of a square meal and derided that box fighting was pretty hot stuff. He'* Getting the Hough, Now lulls Angel has acquired some thing like $100,000 and stops at only the best hotels It I* said of Flrpo that he never smiles He prefer* to scowl, part leu larly In the ring. This Is probably an exaggeration. It's almost a cinch Flrpo must smile, at least a very tiny emtio, whenever he calculates (he exchange on the American dollar as compared to the Argentine peso. He doe*, however, make good use of a very ferocious scowl. Upon til lering a ring against n foe, lulls An gel creases Ills phyitngnmy III till* hideous scowl and (tails lu on a cam palgn to acare his opponent to death. Take the sad rase of Joe Iturkn III Grand Itapld* Friday night. Flrpo frowned at Jo* and Jo* Inunudlatgly began tn remember any number of places he preferred to (trend Rapid*. A* a result lie didn't linger long In the vlslnlty. To he exact, he lasted two rounds. Kxperled Here Today. Flrpo left (hand ltnpids yesterday ami according to advices received by the South Otnuha post of the Ameri can l,eghm ex pee ted to reach Omaha today Unless lie missed train con nections In Chicago or w.is persuaded to stop a few moments to give the Windy City the visual forward and bark the Argentinean and his en tourage will he on view for the Hun day strollers. Matchmakers for the South Omaha American legion post are at III busy trying to line up a suitable semi final event fur the FlrpoSmlth brawl, which lakes place at the base hall park Friday night. The opening preliminary will be four rounds be tween "Spuds'1 Tennehaum and John ny I,eo nnd the second preliminary six rounds between "Tiger" Johnny dine and Charley l,nng. The semifinals wlil ho fur 10 rounds. It Is expected quite a gathering will be on hand Friday night to arc Flrpo step out, us the ticket sale has been very brisk. The number of early birds clamoring fur choice location* at the ringside has been unusually huge. w estkhs i t \(a r. «. \n H II ivt Morin. D*« M«»lnr* MA 131 ft* lift 1*7 lUunuin. Tul-n !»» 5.V1 M ISl .17 1 llUkrwtr*. HI. (tit* 07 403 !»I | i‘> 3#t* * tie. OkU (|M Ml » ' 13 4 t Iftrt I'iklmer. M«»u* i tv 1*3 40* 74 1 41 ..3Afi N \TION \|„ b All. K. U Prt. I!i>rnnh>. *t. l.nuU •»7 *.V4 Aft Ini 1}i* \Yhen4. Hntol.hu 71 '71 34 104 In i Trio nor, l*ltt«l>*|rl« 01 1.*'» n4 111 .170 liurnlmrt Tilt*!. «!» mi !.\1 Hi Aft ifit Yount, New imk t>3 S3* 77 1*7 .133 A.MKK11 \S. i. \ll. H »«. Prt. llellinAitn. Detroit *2 ini mi ten .400 Kwtii. 3.»rk ** an t»* is* m MNnk.tr. (In ■ tund Hi ».W 51 I HI ,.153 *»wrll. dtp. . limit HI .1,1 J 15 119 :t .H J«inln.on. < l»> ml HI Hhh th iw .*.%« American Blade- Sweep Caadiau Henlex Karrs St. Catherine*. On!.. July 2%.— United States crew* took the honor* at the Canadian Henley race* today. W. 1! (1. Gilmore of the Hachalor It.line dub of Philadelphia taptuml the Canadhrn amide American aoull tng ( hamplormhlp from Hilton Meiyeu of St. John. lUdyea and Walter Hoover, American champion, wer** eliminated from the diamond eculla Sioux Buy Stale I .earner. H.ntrlco, Ntb., July 2S 4Un«(fr I'M Willett* uf the J<>. »I State lc.mue eluli Announced tontKht he had wold pitcher Joe ITeJean to the Sioux City Weetern Icnttue dub. The price wua withheld, [ Davis and Newell Each K'on 177 Games During Final City Tennis )latch Although David Davis won the City tennis title yesterday after noon by defeating Ralph A. Newell 9-7, 10-8, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1 on the Omaha Field Hub courts, the veteran wielder of the gutted frame de. serves much credit. Newell won 28 games to the new champions 32 out of the 60-game affair. The runner-up is credited with six love games to the winner’s four and each contestants won 177 games. Davis won the final dreision but both performers are even as far as real number of games arc con cerned. Davis served nearly three times as many double faults from [day as Newell and his placements i were unromparable to his losing opponent. Ak-Sar-Ben Ready 9/ for Big Meeting Here This Fall Three Vt eeks of Racing Includ ing Harness Horses and Runners Is Planned. King Ak has started making prepa rations for another banner race meet ing at the Center street racing plant. The meeting which King Ak has started •‘dolling up" for is the annual fall festival of Ak-Sar-Ben. It will be a three-week race meeting under the directorship of the board of gov ernors and Secretary Charlie Trim tile. t'harlie is the one who put the June meeting over and if there is anything Secretary Trimble doesn't know about staging race meetings it isn't in the book. Starting on September 11 and con tinuing until September 29, Omaha will again be host to the thorough bred and the harness horse. The first five days of the meeting will consist of three harness and three running races each day. but during the re maining 12 days the runners will hold full sway. During the harness events the horses will race for <15.000 in purses. 1 Trotters and pacers fresh from the ! raging Grand" circuit will perform I before Omaha fans. The Omaha track, which draws entrants from both the Grand circuit and Great Western circuit, boasts of a larger early closing entry list than any other track in the Great Western. A total of 140 horses, representing at least 75 stahles, were nominated in the eariy closing events, and indica tions are that just as many horses will be entered ia the late closing events. A large majority of the runners that thrilled Omaha's race-loving pub lic last June will return to the city in September to c mpete in the fall festival. Horses will be shipped from Kentucky, Hawthorne at Chicago, and from Canada. Horsemen were so w ell pleased with the treatment received last June that word has spread far and wide with the result that letters are pouring into Secretary Trimble s office daily from horsemen. Inquiring about the fall festival meeting. To those whom the purr of the motor gives a thrill, will be offered an automobile race on Sunday, Sep tember 16. The speed demons will ring the curtain down cn the race season in Omaha. J <*11* nav Defeated at His Favorite Distance Woburn. Mass., July 28.—Joie W. Hay, the fleet mile champion of the Illinois A. C., was beaten at his favorite distance here today by Young I-loyd Hahn of the Boston Athletic association. Running with a handicap of 10 yards on Ray. Hahn literally ran the champion off his feet, winning not by his handicap, but by another 10 yards as well. Twenty Thousand See End of Races at Hawthorne Chicago, July 28 —Chicago's first big racing season in nearly 20 years ended at the Hawthorne track today. The curtain went down amid the shouts of 20,000 sportsters after the final card had lemn decided under fairly bright skies, but over a track ueep with heavy mud. New Champion Is Helped Off Court Following Match Both Finalists Exhausted Fol lowing Match to Deter mine loth City Tennis Championship. OMBIN'IN'Q a va riety of stroke* with a balanced defense, David Davis won the 15lh annual men's singles ten nis tournament yesterday arter noon by defeat ing the veteran Ralph A. Newell In the finals of the city meet on the Omaha Field —i ciut) day courts after three hours and 10 minutes of play. Davis won the match, which greatly resembled a long distance en durance race more than a fast elec trifying net exh.bition, 9-7, 10-8, 4 *. 3-6. 6 1. Both netsters were exhausted fol lowing the long test and the new champion played the last two sets on sheer nerve when he was taken with cramps in his left leg during th* fourth set. Davis was assisted off the courts at the finish of the match. Davis is now playing his 14th year on the clay courts. In 1922 the 26 year-old artist won the St. Joseph (Mo.) c.ty tennis tourney and will at tempt to win his first state title next month at Lincoln in the annual Ne braska classic. Newell In Best Form. Newell has finished his 20th year of net competition. The 27 year-old vet eran has been defeated three times in his career in the finals of the Omaha tennis meets and has been among the semi finalists four times. Newell demonstrated his best brand of tennis of his many years of performance during the past week at the Field club and was expected to outdo the newcomer, but failed in his attempt yesterday. From the start of the tourney. Da vis has loomed bright in the running an i made a pleasing entry Into local net circles during the past few days. The new champ was considered a dark horse when his entry was an nounced to Newell, who was lr. charge of this year's tournament. Newell took the first two games before Davis found himself. Things altered during the f.rst set until Da s',s took three straight games, start ing with the 14th, to decide the first set. The match began to drag to ward the opening of the sAond set and both contenders were waiting for the other to tire. The second set was a near repeti tion of the first, with Newell holding the advantage where Davis took it I at the init.al twist. Newell appar ently weakened and the new champ copped the second set, 10-S. by taking three straight games with the 16th. Starting what seemed to be a most spectacular comeback, the veteran won from the younger performer, 6-4. 6 3 Several of these middle con i tests were love ga^es and during this ’ I ^rt of the match Newell appeared as the next city champ. His place ments were excellent. Time and again the vet outdid the net play of the titleholder by sending the ball straight to the white line and over coming the strong net play of hts opponent. »v hen things were on even term* again and both contenders holding two sets apiece, Davis spurted «n*1 copped five straight games. Newell had been pressed to the utmost. D« vis. having a big physical advantage over the elder wtelder, took it to the finish, and placing so much speed on the drives in the final set Newell was unable to handle them accurately, and won the local net title. The finals In the men't double* event have been postponed until Mon day with the Davis. Daiaing Bannis ter. Newell, match to determine the semi finalist in the lower bracket scheduled for this afternoon. Finkel and Heerkle have won the upper di vision title snd will meet the Winner of today * match in the finals. Mai. C. A Mitchell refereed the championship match. Boehler, $30,000 Pitching Star, Sent to Omaha From Pittsburgh I’Htahurgh, July S8 — Pitchrr Grorg* Jte.hisi*. bought by thi« Pittsburgh I i ‘ “1 National* from tho i ovvwyi: Tulsa club of th* Western league to day *«s released under option to th* Omaha dub of the ■ante league. It : wan announced. | The l’ltt a b u r g h [ dub |vi .d } jo ooo j f«r Koehler at th* opening of the »ea I eon, hut du# to a ! nor# arm h# was unable to get tn form. Th* announce tnent that Georg* ltoehler, former Tulsa pitcher end lending hurter of inp i*ahup win veer, wontu Join I ho Omaha Hutfaloea. la food j [ new a 10 local funs. Boahlar was tha landing twirlar of B« Tearneys select circle in IS1J. George hurlad «i games, more thgn any other ''chuckar" In tha league 11a won SS and lost IS which a mighty g.-od record for any p«chat In art> man a loop Whan tha Pittsburgh Pirate* pawl tha Tulsa oluh SJO 000 for Boahlar last season. It marked a new record the prl.es paid for Western league players It also marked Boehler'a fifth trip to the big league* Kach time Boehler “went lip'* ha came Nick fiomshow or .aher he was un able to maka the “grade “ This time tha Pirates say that George has a *ote arm. Baseball men. those who claim to know, will tall you that George jUst rant display the brand of twill that U required of big league hurlers However, he should make a valuable, ye* a vary valuable ad dition to thuaha'a pitching a left 4