Nebraska Newspapers

    f o=. I The Omaha Sunday Oee I gS
VOL. 53—NO. 7. PARTTWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1923. 1—B FIVE CENTS
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Dempsey Meets Firpo at Polo Grounds Sept 14
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David Davis Wins City Tennis Championship From Ralph Newell in a Gruelling Five-Set Match
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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
<ls ready,
Hanson's re-entrance may save the
,
heavyweight gam*, which ha* been
stifled through the lack of open com
petition. Attendance at matehe* fell
off ao the last year that promoters
in several of the lending wrestling
centers abandoned heavyweight shows
and other* threatened to follow suit
this year. A new deal has been
demanded and with new tiflent com
ing on there Is a promise ft number
of the veteran* will lie eliminated
and their methods supplanted.
More foreigners will come over this
fall. Morandl Htefanl has gone to
Italy for a heavyweight and I.nwren*
tJerslmans, who claims the Ilelglnn
heavyweight title, and Fritz Jansens
claimant to the Ilelglnn middleweight
championship, will Invade this coun
try. Renato Uardlnl ha* returned to
Italy. It Is doubtful if he will return.
Two championship matches are on
the fire to open the wrestling season
111 Chlrago and Kansas City. One is
between Johnny Meyers and Chris
Jordan for lb* middleweight title and
the other between Jack Reynolds and
Oils Kalllo for the welterweight
championship. Reynolds was to have
met Tony Rots at Junction City,
Kan., but the match fell through and
probably will lie carded elsewhere In
October.
Paxton Billiards Are American Amateur League Champs
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PITCHER.
HITS MISSES
tN THE BUfFAlOtS
OMAHA.
All. K. If. PO. A. ¥.
[O'Connor, rf .... 3 ft I I I ft
Wilcox. 2b . 4 0 ft 2 ft 0
McDonald, .. 3 0 2 2 2 ft
Konetch.v lb . 4 ft 0 M ft ft
Cullop. ff 4 I I 0 ft ft
Bonowitr., cf . 4 ft 0 4 1 0
Kerr. ** 4 ft 2 2 3 2
Wilder. e 3 0 ft ft I ft
Speece. p . 2 0 ft ft 2 I
Buckley, p .ft ft ft ft ft ft
\.Manu*h . . . I 0 ft ft ft ft
Roger*, p . ft 0 ft ft I ft
Total* ..32 1 ft 24 1ft 9
OKLAHOMA CITY.
AH. R. H. PO. A. ¥.
Ifock, rf _ I 2 I 3 ft ft
McNally 2b ft 1 2 4 1 ft
Sweeney, cf . 4 3 2 ft ft ft
Luderu*. ll» . 4 2 2 ft ft ft
Krueger. If ft 1 4 ft 0 ft
Tate, 3b ft ft 2 ft 1 0
Windie, a* 3 1 ft 4 3 0
I utx, r . . 4 ft 1 6 1 1
Payne, p . .. 4 2 2 ft 2 ft
Total* 3H 12 lft 27 II 1
xBatted for Buckley In eighth,
scftre by Inning*:
Omaha 010 OftO 00ft— 1
Oklahoma City 203 603 22*—12
summary — Two-bane hit*: Krueger,
Sweeney. Tliree-lm*e hlta: McNally
I/iideru*. Stolen bn****; Beck, McNally,
Krueger. Cullop lln*c* on hall*: Off
Payne. 2; off Speece. 2; off Roger*. 1.
Hit b.v pitched hall: By W Imlle (Buckley).
Wild pit«h: Buckley. Hun* ami hit*: Off
Speece. It und 1ft In ft 2-3 Inning*; off
Buckley. 2 nml 3 In 11-3 Inning*; off
Reger*. 2 and 2 In 1 Inning. lading
pitcher: Speece. Double play; McDonald
to Wilcox to Konetchj. I**ft on ba*e*:
Omaha, ft- Oklahoma City. ft. Time, 1:43.
I mplre*: Shannon and McDonald.
Helen Wills.-Molla Mallory
Match Halted by Rain
Tty®, N. Y.. July 28.—The singles
and doubles final* of the New Y'ork
state women s tennis rhampionshlps
were postponed today until tomorrow
because of rain. In the singles Miss
Helen Wills of Berkeley, Cal., will
play Mrs. Molla Iljurstedt Mallory of
New York.
i
No Unanimous Vote So Players of
Metro Loop Can’t Go Out of Town
Metropolitan league players can play no out-of-town
baseball during the league season without penalty of
suspension of two years from the local amateur associa
tion. This rule is still in force in spite of the recent at
tempt to have it put into the laws of the association. By
a vote of 4 to 3, the directors decided to allow players to
go out of town during week days but this motion be
comes null and void, according to the by-laws of the
organization, if one dissenting vote is cast against any
amendment to the present laws.
Several association directors discovered this yester
day in going over the long list of laws governing the local
amateur body.
So the Metropolitan league still is an amateur or
ganization.
Billy Rolfe Loses to
Fort Dodge Boxer
Fort Dodge. Ia., July 28.—Young
Joey O'Hara, Fort Dodge boxer, out
rear hed and outpointed Hilly Rolfe of
Omaha In a 10-round go here last
night. The local tighter had the edge
in all but two round* which went
draws. O'Hara'* reach puzzled the
Nebraskan and instead of mixing
freely he tried for a lucky punch.
Grand Circuit Horse* Hue
at Vi indsor for First Meel
Windsor, Canada, July 28.—Oram’
circuit horses from Columbus. O . art
scheduled to arrive here Monday ir
preparation for the raclnti meet whlct
will open Ht the Itevonshire track Au
trust 2. Purses in excess of I30.0OC
are offered for the meet, which I* th<
first grand circuit event to be stattet
here.
Il
Vi'ant Pinkey Mitrliell to
Defend Title* in New Orleans
Milwaukee, July 2S,—Pinkey Mitch
ell, Junior welterweight champion
boxer, today was offered $5,000. with
a privilege ot one third of the gate
receipt*, to meet Basil (lagliano lie
fore a New Orleans club some time
in August in a 15-round contest to a
referee's decision in d- fense of his
title.
Judge A 3. Hedding. father of \V|s
consin'* boxing law and chairman ft
the 140-pound commission, which
holds the $3,000 gun runic* bond In
connection with the Junior welter
weight championship belt, has given
Mitchell until noon. August 1, to
either show a better offer than that
made by a New Orleans club or for
feit the championship emblem.
Led Potter Loses Lincoln
Net Title to Archerd
llift|>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.
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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<hdil'»d.
AMKKKAN AHMOCIATIOV.
Minneapolis At Toledo.
Si Paul at 1 ‘olutnWuit.
Milwaukee at In<11811*00)18.
KanMHs City nt Loulsvill*
NT A I E I.EAdl K.
Hastings nt Norfolk (two games).
Kslrhurv at Orsnd Island (two Carnes)
Lincoln si ellstrlra (two games).
European Davin Cup Play
Interrupted hy Haiti
Deauville, France, July 2K. I’lny In
the European flnnle fur the Dnvta rup
between Spain and France wi( Inter
r up ted thin afternoon by rain. I.n
roatc, the French m hnolboy, waa h ud
IriK hy two acta to "lie and four
ffumtH to one In the fourth aet In the
"Ingle* match with Count D<> 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.
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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,
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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
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