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THE 0MAHAv SUNDAY BEE: JULY 6, 1919.
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MOnSEMEN READY
FOR OPENING OF
CIRCUIT
'i Big Array of Talent on Hand
. at North Randall; Pros
pects for Colt Rac
ing Good.
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By HARRY K. WHITTED.
The light harness racing leason
will start In earnest tomorrow-iwith
' the opening of the Grand Circuit at
North Randall, Ohio, July 7 to 12.
Not in years has the prospect for
good racing looked to bright as It
does this year, and the-members of
the old guard who have stood by
. the horses and insisted that harnessJ
racing would come back stronger
than ever seem in a fair way to see
their hopes realized. Thirteen meet
mgs make, up the "big ring" this
year ,and with more than half a mil
lion dollars hung up in purse's and
futurities, many new stables will be
seen down the line for the first time.
Judging by workouts during the
past few weeks, the'coming season
' promises to. be an especially suc
cessful on for colt racing. Not in
years has such dazzling speed been
shown by the youngsters as seems
to be on tap this year, and nev,er
before has such a brilliant array of
prospects been in training. Prob
ably the most sensational mile by a
3-year-old this year was the one
v stepped at North Randall recently,
when Ed Geers drove Tombigbee
(2), 2:20, a mile in 2:07. Tombigbee
is, by that great little stallion,
Etawah, 2:03, who raced se success
fully for the (Grand Old Man" sev
eral years ago, and is without doubt
the fatstest mite ever trotted by a
3-year-old this early in the season.
' Stables Filled.
The drivers have been arriving at
North Randall in preparation for
the opening meeting for the past
two months, and when the bell
taps for the first heat tomorrow
afternoon, racing fans will find the
greatest array of speed on hand that
has graced that historic track in
years. Geers has 'a small stable
this season, compared with some
which he has carried in years past,
but critics say that for quality it
surpasses any which the veteran
reinsman has ever handled. Tommy
Murphy, the Poukeepsie" Wizard,
shipped his string to North Ran
dall several eeks ago and has been
tuning them up ready for the big
fray. Other "Big Line favorites,
including Cox, Valentine, Mc
Donald, etc., are ready for the
word, and if the weather proves
. favorable it is likely a record break
ing crowd will be on hand.
First 2:10 Performer. j
To Peter the Great 2:075, goesj
the honof of having thefirst 2:10 i
performer of the season, in Hilda
Fletcher (4)2:10, who took her
mark at the Canton, Ohio, meeting
recently. Peter already has three
new ones in the 2:10 list this year,
the other two being Peter Pogue,
2:074 and the four-year-old pacer,
Peter Sommers. Besides these,
two others dbtained standard
records at the Indianapolis record
meeting. Looks like a great season
for the King of Sires!
Lillian T., 2:02J4, by Patchen
Wilkes, who has raced over w$s
ern tracks for the last three -years,
, including Omaha, started the season
off iri great-shape by winning the
free-for-all paceat Canton, O., last
week in a five-heat battle with Ver-liV-
Patchen and Single G., 1:59J4.
The black mare won the last three
heats in 2:06, 2:09-4 and 2:1 re
spectively. after1 VerliesPatchen had
- taken the' first two in 2:09J4 and
2:05. Single G, the favorite, on the
strength of his great performances
over the half-mile tracks last -year,
finished 2-2-3-2-ro. Lillian was re
cently purchased by1 Clarence Cole
of Indianapolis, but will finish her
Ohio engagements, and later-may be
: raced oyer the Grandor Great
Western circuits.
MolDe Knight Good
" A 3-year-old filly who looks like
she would make a big splash in the
.fast company before snow flies is
Mollie Knight by General Watts, a
member of the Geers string. She
recently worked a mile over the
North Randall track in 2:0854, with
the last quarter in 3044 seconds. She
is eligible to several of the big fu4
tunties and is owned by Henry Bos
v Worth of Lexington, Ky.
The "added money" plan-will be
tried in the Great Western circuit
Aot , the first time this year, and
from the looks of entries in the
early closing events, Itjs a great
favorite with the horsemen.
The1 Iowa State ' Fair futurity,
which will tft raced off at the
Iowa stat' fair, August 20 to 29,
at'Des Moines, promises-to develop
into a real horse race for the
w youngsters. The trotting division
' of Futurity No. 4, has .1 1 colts now
eligible with one more payment to
- make, representing such- sires as
Iowa Todd .2:04, Directum Spier,
2:114, The Exponent 2:114, The
? Ndrthern Man 2:064, jetc. It is
' altogether likely that at least five
" and possibly six youngsters 1 will
turn for the word in this -' event,
""which is estimated to be" worth in
the neighborhood of $1,500. Four
colts have been kept eligible in the
' pacing division.
St. Joseph is coming into the
" game, with a big meeting adver
tised for the fore part of Septem
ber, and many smafl county seat
towns throughout Iowa and Ne
braska, who have' not raced for a
number of years are offering good
programs. Horsemeny almost with
out exception, say they never had
:heir charges trained as good as
they have this spring and summer,
. and it is a sure bet that many
records will fall before the season
. closes.
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GRAND
POST-MORTEM ON
FOURTH OF JULY
MILL ATTOLEDO
"I ToW You SoY' and "Alibis"
'Discuss Settlement of
Wagers; Manr Omahans
Picked Winner.
It is now the happy, or unhappy,
as the case may be.hour following
the Fourth of July festivities. The
"I told you so's' and the "Alibis' 1
are now discussing how it all hap
pened.
The "I told you so's" with a com
fortable bank roll in their kick and
visions of a pleasant vacation, the
"Alibis'" anxiously awaiting the
next pay day and with- the sorid
thoughts of a hot summer 'in the
city.
Dr. A. P. Condon of, the Nicholas
Senn hospital is now shaking hands
with himself over a successful
diagnosis of the Willard-Dempsey
fiasco at Toledo. The doctor is not
a betting man under ordinary cir
cumstances, but the strain of a
championship' battle proved too
much and he varied from his usual
path successfully. A
"I read all of the "dope" the fight
experts wrote at Toledo,", said the
doctor. "I then considered the
miraculous way irf which the 'Cham
pion reduced in weight in a short
training period. This did not loojc
right to me and with the added fact
that the writejs picked him to win
I bet on Denisey. I never knew
the sort writers to pick a winner."
Jack Curley, New York promot
ing impressario, whs picked Demp-
sey to win in a special article tor
The Bee, was one of the most
pleased men in Omaha at the out
come of the fight. When returns
furnished by The Bee were read at
the StecherLLewis match telling of
the result, Curley forgot the thrill
ing wrestling match and rushed for
a telegraph otnce to congratulate
the winner.
Immediately after the match Cnr-
ley left for the east to7 meet Demp
sey and accompany him to New
York, where he will be the honor
guest at a house party at the Cur
ley summer home on Long Island
today.
Mr. Curley was one of the leaAt
surprised men in Omaha when Wil-
lard threw up the sponge. In dis
cussing the battlcearlier in the week
he predicted an early win for Demp
sey and stated he would not be sur
prised to see Willard quit cold. ..
"He has not got a fighting tem
perament and is liable to get a
grouch and quit at any time, he
said. Curley was manager of Wil
lard for some time and probably bet
ter understands the defeated cham
pion's moods than any other man in
the sporting wtrld.
Fred C. Burlingim. dealer in Ne
braska farm land, wired friends in
Omaha to arrange for a special train
from Toledo to Omaha to bring
back the money won by Omahans on
the Dempsey-Willard boflt. When
Burlingim left Omaha for the scene
of the championship battle he car
ried a bale of "filthy lucre" along
with Dr.-Fitzgibbons. William Os
terberg, Robert J. Tate, Barney
Dugan and Ed Hines, formerly
proprietor of the Schlitz hotel, trom
the telegram received it is evident
that "Burley" succeeded in finding
a number of por choosers. ,
Pool betters' on the fight have an
argument started that should pro-
viae entertainment tor severari
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weeks. Three of the numbers lay
claim to the pool. No. 3 contends
that he wins by reason of Willafd's
refusal to enter the ring foT -the
fourth stanza. No. 4. claims the pot
by reason of -the fact that Willard's
seconds did not throw the sponge
in the ring until after tb gong rang
for the finish, of the third round.
No. 13 thinks he is entitled to the
money on a referee's decision by
reason of the failure of Dempsey to
knock the champ for the 10 count.
Western League
Averages. -
TEAM BATINO.
AB. R. H. Pet.
St. Joseph 1630 231 429 .263
Wichita 1774 531 4H5 .262
Sioux City 1729 241 45 .23
Joplln 1768 231 4-5 .257
Den Molnet ..1754 19K 446 .854
Tulre f '..1941 227 491 . .253
OMAHA 1751 J233 441 " .262
Oklahoma City 1715 724 424 .247
, TEAM FIEL.B1NG.
' PO. A. E. Pet.
Pea Molces '..1396 619 79 .962
Wichita 1453 715 97 .9S7
Tulsa 1635 784 107 .956
St. Joseph 1326 607 -97 .952
OMAHA 1444 742 111 .962
Oklahoma City. 1390 682 112 .949
Joplln 1425 700 12 .946
Sioux City 1368 680 132 .939
INDIVIDUAL BATTING.
AB. R. K. Pet.
Ewold, Des Moines... 44 T" 17 .386
DlltK, Tulsa 100 21 36 .360
Collins. Joplln 145 ' 25 51 .362
Wllholt, Wichita ..i.171 39 69 .845
Boehler. Joplln ,91 10 -81 .341
E. Walker Sloui C0188 30 63 .835
East, Slour City : i3 8 14 1.386
Robinson, Sioux Clty..l?S !1 64 .321
Shlnkle, Omaha. 6 . 9 18 .321
Llndimlre, Ok. City. .169 28 64 .320
Men, Omaha 88 6 IS .316
Ktrby, t)maha 195 !4 61 .31!
Thomgson, Tulsa A . . .157 24 49 .312
AdWs. Okla. City 180 19 r6 .311
Bonowltz. St. Joseph.. 122 14 38. .311
Donlca. Omaha 171 22 63 .310
Glslason, Omaha . 183 29 .306
Hulswitt, Joplln 173 28 Ffl V .306
McBrtd. Wichita ....210 25 R4 .306
Hasbrook. Dea M S03 21 62 .3I5
Davis. Tulsa 200 1 6J .300
Marks. Joplln 47 4 14 .298
Dolan. St. Joseph 132 25 39 .296
Burwell, Joplln 78 9 28 .295
Mueller, Wichita 187 31 65 294
Horan. Joplln 113 13 33 , .292
Branigan. St. Joseph.. 152 22 44 i .289
Cass. Dei Moines 210 31 -60 .286
Griffith. Okla. City. .'.18 23 48 .286
Griffin, Okla. City 15 23 44 .283
GrlgRs, OkliO City 217 33 1 .381
Smith. Joplln 86 14 24 .279
Thompson, Joplln. .195' 25 64 .277
Pitts. St. Joseph 65 13 18 .277
Butcher. St. Joseph. ..177 26 48 .271
Cable, St. Joseph..... 69 11 IS .271
Moran. Sioux City 211 . 46 67 .270
Taryan. Wichita 166 3.3 43 .269
Connolly, St. Joseph. .166 17 43 .369
Burke. Tulsa (3 10 25, .269
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INDOOR SPORTS
Lionlike Dempsey Mangles Willard r
Into Trembling, Hapless Hulk Until
Body Crumples Up and Jess Quits
Ex-Champion Sad Sight as He Sits in His Comer Waiting the Gong That Should
' end Him Again Into the Already Bloody Arena to -Take Further Punishment
From the Hands of His Youthful, Virile Opponent ;Mumbles- Some Word to
Assistant as Gong Rings for Fourth Round and They Throw Up the Sponge.
BY DAMON RUNYON.
Universal Service Staff Correspon
dent.
Toledo, July S. Squatted on the
stool in ' his cortier, a bleeding,
trembling, hapless hulk, Jess' Wil
lard, the Kansas giant, yesterday
afternoon relinquished his- title of
heavyweight champion of the world
just as the bell was about to, toss
him into the fourth round of a
mangling at the paws of Jack Demp
sey, the young mountain lion in
human form from the Sangre Del
Christo hills of Colorado.
He wa sa sad sight as he sat there,
this ponderous'fellow who four years
ago was acclaimed mightiest bf men
when he beat down old black Jack
Johnson. '
The right side of his face was a
pulp where the fists of the Indian
brown boy from the centennial state
had been landing for nine minutes
with fearful force. The right eye of
the champion was completely hidden
behind that bloody smear. His left
eye peered over a lump of flesh in
grotesque fashion.
The great, doughlike body of the
giant was splotched, with red patches.
They were the aftermath of Demp
sey's gloves thumping there and
giving back a hollow sound as-they
thumped.
At the feet of the Gargantuan
pugilist was-a dark spot which was
slowly widening on the brown can
vas as it was replenished by the
drip-drip-drip of blood from the
man's wounds. He was flocked with
red from head to foot; The flesh
on his enormous limbs heok like
custard,
Look Like Wreck'Vfctim.
He was like a man who had just
been pulled from under the wreck
of an automobile or railroad trairr",
or who had met with some -other
grave accident. He blinked the &ye
eye through which he could still see
daylight at 'the glaring sun, looking
out over the heads of the crowd that
had gafered to see something like
this. - '
- In a corner opposite him, tugging
at the ring ropes like a pet terrior
tugging' at the leash and scratching
his feet on the resined canvas-with
sinister impatience, was the saddle
colored demon who had ripped and
pounded and slashed this tremen
dous fellow into this'' distressing
state.
It seemed incredible, and yet it
was so. Another round was com
ing dn. Another rourDi. of mauling
and maltreatment for the giant. The
ox cannot beat the tiger. The
bruised lis of the champion moved.
He was mumbling some words. An
instant later and he was no longer
champion of the world.
Walter Monaghan, a sergeant in
the United States army and Wil
lard's chief second, bent his head
closer to the bleeding mouth to hear
what he had to ay. ThenJrfonag
han turned and tossed a towel into
the ring.
This towel was slightly spotted
with blood". The rag"ese no high
er 4han the( ring ropes and fell
limply, but it represented the for
mal transfer of the heavyweight
championship crown. It, was sur
render. -
Crowd Goes Raving Crazy,
t was Willard's order. . Another
instant passed until the crowd real
ized what had occurred, and then
40,000 persons went raving crazy for
the moment.
Jhe towel had no sooner hit the
ring floor than Willard was on his
feet walking over tp-tneet the al-
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rraay Lempsey, witn nis
t it. -j . VL j r, j
cloven hand OUtstrMrhpr" On eirl
of his face the side which was net
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swoiicn vauica a strange smue.
He hatKworn that name smile
throughout the short fieht. It was
on the unmatshed side of his face as
he sat in his corner thinkinc what
thoughts no one hut Jess' Willard
knows. It was the strangest smile
I havt aver teen. It was a smile. I
coprHt, m-i,rm
shall not forget if I live' to be a
thousand, and yet it was a smile I
rind hard to describe. It was a silly
sot of at smileas of a simple fellow
who cannot exactly understand
what is happening to him.
It first appeared when that brown
man a' litt'e man as compared,, to
this preposterously brg fellow
first leaped upon him in the opening
round, clawing like some animal. It
was there when the huge man sat in
a neutral corner in the late stages
of that rounds his legs outstretched
before him and his enormous hairy
body upright.
As he sat in that position smiling
that silly smile he was a most ridicu
lous spectacle. He was plainly com
pletely dazed by the punches' which
had been pumped into his face and
frame and he reminded one of a
drunken man sitting in an alley play
ing with his -hands, or a simpleton
picking at a coverlid. "
Willard was almost knocked out in
that first furious rush, of the Colo
rado boy. In fact, everybody
thought he was out and that the
fight was over. The faulty bell had
tinkled, but few had heard it. Men
rushed into the ring and confronted
Dempsey.1 The new champion was
leaving the ring when-Ollie Pecord;
the Toledo referee, who had kept his
head well during the clamor, made
his handlers understand that only
the roundj was over.
Willard Rallies for Space.
Then Jack Kearns, Dempsey's
manager, drew him back to vhis
corner. The ring was cleared as
the crowd settled back and the bell
tapped again. Out came ' Willard,
smiling that simple smile, his flabby
legs shaking under every step that
lifted his bulk forward and' now, to
the astonishment of everyone, the
giant rallied. -,
No one believed he could possibly
weather that second round, Tut he
pushed on under a veritable barrage
of hammering, not only to the end
of that round, but to the close of
the third. It was only a question
of time when he must collapse, how
ever. ' '
He atmost fell when he went back
to his corner at the close of the
third, round and stood for an instant
before he sat down. It is doubt
ful if he could have withstood-another
round of the punishment he
had lived under in the nine minutes
that had passed. In any event, he
decided not to respond to the Bell
for the fourth. .
He was almost blind. He was a
welter of blood. He was weak and
unable to" defend himself. He fought
through the second and third rounds
with courage. He fought like: a
good fellow. Perhapa the acme of
gameness might have been reached
had he ojone out to Tie knocked
senseless in the fourth round, but
the spectacle had already passed the"
stae of sport. It had become sheer
butchery. Willard decidedvisely.
And for all this he got $100,000
besides the thousands he has col
lected at his training camp. Lieu
tenant Locklear, the aviator, chang
ing planes in mid-air high above the
heads of the crowd just before the
fight go riothing but the plaudits of
the people. He could not even hear
the plaudits.
After it was all over Willard
walked out unsteadily to meet his
conqueror. He congratulated him
after the time-honored custom of
beaten ring men. And Dempsey,
showing his wlute teetn in a wiae
grin where before his face had been
crinkled with sullen scowls, re
sponded with a sort of condolence
wnat makes bo ainereuc now
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, . . - re
TMletO
re delivering .himself up to his
friends. - s
Ex-champion Enters Oblivion.
Then Willard lifted hi ponderous
bulk down from the ring and went
into fistic oblivion, still smiling that
strangely simple smile, as they were
raising the new champion high
above the ring for all to see. The
m.w. .Drawn for
cheers that once rang in Willard's La terrific volume of human voices.
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ear were how for the king. The
old pugilistic order had changed.
Youth had been served. Once
while sitting in his corner beneath a
Wingy old umbrella covered with ad
vertising signs, before the fight,
Dempsey smiled. He" sighted Tad,
the cartoonist, sitting thc- ring
side and the beetling brows of the
challenger softened as he relaxed
his features.
That was about the only time,
His face was so set that many
thought he was nervous. Over in
the other corner, beneath a neat
new brown umbrella, Willard fairly
beamed on the crowd, nodding pleas
antly to familiar faces in the audi
ence' and generally conducting him
self like a man at a function given
in his honor.
A few minutes later and he was
stumbling about the ring like an ox
in a stall, dull and heavy-limbed. - It
was a startling transition.
Dempsey never even glanced at
Willard until they put up their
hands. It was Dempsey's way.
When they stood together in the
center of the ring with their hands
clasped "for the benefit of the mov
ing picture men, Jack did not look
at his giant antagonist. Once he
winked at a bunch of newspaper
friends.-
Willard, on the other hand, seemed
pleasant and chatty. He seemed a
friendly soul trying to make up to
a morose neighbor. When ,they
faced each other to listen to the in
structions of Ollie Pecord, the ref
eree, Dempsey stared at the floor.
He scarcely seemed to be listening.
Willard was all attention and yery
pleasant.
The men returned to their corners
and Dempsey continued to look
everywhere but at Willard. Some
thing went wrong.with the hell. It
was 6n Willard's side of the ring
and it gave off a feverish light
tinkle when Warren Barbour, the
former amateur heavyweight, cham
pion, who was the official time
ikeeper, gave it a tug.
Willard heard it -and started to
leave his'cortier. Then he saw that
Dempsey was-still leaning against
the ropes opposite him, his hack to
the' ring and' he realized tht' Jack-had-not
heard. Willard glanced ex
pectantly at the timekeeper. Bar
bour gave another yank and again
the' bell tinkled softly.
Finally Learas Fight Om
Willard once more started for
ward but still Dempsey did not
hear. He stood pawing his feet on
the canvas and gazing put over the"
crowd. From a seat nearby, his
camp jester, Max Kaplan, a fellow
from Long Branch, N. J., where
Dempsey ted to tf ain, was making
an unearthly outcry. Jess nodded
and smiled in most polite manner
and finally Dempsey turned as the
bell tinkleM and Jack understood
taht the fight was on.
Thiv advanced toward one an
other, Dempsey crouching slightlyj
and his shoulders moving in tnat
curious "shimmy" style which he
hasOmade his own. Willard was
fairly upright. Willard made the
first lead. It landed lightly, Demp
sey paid no attention but kept
marching in. Willard dabbed at him
slightly several times without much
effect. - '
Dempsey walked around, crouched
and "shimmying" as if studying this
strange monster before him. Then
suddenly the Coloradoan began
slashing out. Dempsey hits without
apparent- direction. He sees a-Jar-get
in front of him and. he begins
hitting and keeps "hitting asjd he
hits with deadly force. He was half
leapirfg as he hits Willard's jaw,
towering aboviVhim.
First the left hand, then the right
went swishing upward. His first
lead was for the broad white body
spread so invitingly before him and"
khis fists seemad tor sink in as they
landed. Then the attack shifted to
higher grcuxnd, so to. speak. . WU-1
The Bee. by Tad
hlard seemed to have no sense of lo
cation whatever as he tried to stave
o ffthe first rush of the challenger
which he had beyi told to expect
and which had come Just as pre
dicted. Dempsey's fists fairly thudded,
against Jess' stopna'ch, then sudden
ly a'brown sinewy arm with a glove
at the end1 shot upward to Willard's
jaw and the champion seemed to
crumple, up in the very middle. His
gigantic hody plunged to the floor.
Crowd Goe Stark Mad.
The crowd went stark mad,., Hats
flew into the air and the; pine crater
on the banks of Maumee bay, where,
the men were fighting, erupted with ,
But Willard was not down for good.'
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iric was tin uuc mice, iisiciuiiK in
tently to Ollie Pecord. as the referee
counted. WillardTcnew what he wasN
doing then, all right. He asked the
referee what the count was and got
on his feet before nine, as Pecord
raised his voice to impart the infor
mation. And now the wildcat was loose.
Dempsey swarmed up" the gigantic
form of the Kansan. Now Willard
was on the. ropes, his great weight
causing them to sag deeply. Now
he was half under them. A haze
had settled in his eyes. He had the
look of a man gazing through a
mist. Now you could not see the
right eye at all. Now the blood
began welling from the cuts on his
face and slowly trickled down his
cheeks.
Seven- times the champion was
down on the floor for the count in
the first round. After that round
he was not legally down again, ac
cording to Queensberry lights.
He brought up iii the first round
sitting inthat neurtal corner, smil
ing that simple smile, as I have re
lated, which was the moment the.
crowd thought the thing was all
over.
Philadelphia Jack OBrien, the old
dancing master of the fustic game,
hopped briskly into the ring at the
head of a big crowd of on-coming
wild-eyed Dempsey enthusiasts and
was shaking Jack's hands and con
gratulating him when they pushed
him aside so that the tight might go
on.
Some have suggested that Demp
sey's leaving the ring might have
constituted a technical infringement
of the rules, but no one would have
the nerve to advance such a tech
nicality after that first round. It
was obvious then that Willard was
whipped.
Totters Out for More.
The big man tottered out for the
second ronnd. That is the only
word that describes his coming. He
tottered. Dempsey began tearing at
him again as eagerly as a wolf tear
ing at a wounded prey. Poor Jess
fought back feebly. He could ncrf
keep the lighter man from slugging
him to the ropes and then slugging
him off the ropesagain. He "was
battered all around the ring, but
even so, someone suggested that
Dempsey mjght be resting.
Willard seemed' stronger after
that round. It probably looked that
way in (comparison to the first. .He
came jout for the third round, ap
parently desperate as he met Demp-
-sey s attack witn rjojn Dig nanas
flailing wildly. A right uppercut
which Jack delivered with a hop up
ward brought the blood pouring
from Willard's mouth to swell the
stream which was leaking from his
nose and from the cuts, on his face.
Dempsey wore a pair of white silk
running trunks. They were dyed
crimson by the gore from Willard's
wounds. Around the waist of the
challenger was an American flag.
the red. His br6wn body was splat
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tered with Willard's blood and. Wil
lard himself was red from his blue
silk trunks to the top of the head.
It couldn't last that way long
"I have no alibis to offe,r," said
Willard after the fight, "i" am
through with the ring forever.
Dempsey is certainly a great Jjoy.
I have no excuses , on the way' I
trained. I think it was the best
way."
,ln that many of th( people who
saw the fight today will differ from
Willard. He was in good health,
as William Muldoon has put it, but
he was not in good condition for a
fight. Howeve, condition did not
cut much figure ln'theNight July 4.
It is the law of the old game that a
man carmot give away a stretch of
years to a Toung. opponent. They
have all tried it and they have all
failed.
today's Amateur Games ;
Will Be Fast and Snappy
From All Indications Fans WillSee Some Great Play-
ng as i earns Are r lgnmg nara lor inampionsnip
Honors Holmes Will Play Powers.
By WILLIAM O. BLOZIES.
From all indications today's local
amateur baseball contests .will 'be
the best staged thus far this season
by the teams of the various leagues,
playing under the banner of the
Municipal Amateur Baseball asso
ciation, as two-thirds of the games
will have a big bearing on the cham
pionship race in their respective
leagues.
. Leaders and officials of the asso
ciation announced yesterday that
the fans will be given a real treat,
as the teams arc all playing great
ball and now that the season if
coming to a close, they are all fight
ing hard for the flag. At all of the
Muny parks, doubleheaders are on
the program, . the l opener, starting
promptly at 1:30 o'clock while the
main events will get under way at
3-30 o'clock.
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue"
will be the scene of two snappy af
fairs, and as this will positively be
the. last Sunday that the followers
will have the opportunity to witness
games at this diamond, on account
of the new sewer beingr constructed,
one pf'the largest crowds of the
season rs expected fo be in attend
ance. Diamond Most Popular.
This diamond has tfeen the most
popular one in the city, and both
players and fans regret it "very much
that they will not be able to partici
pate and witness the season's bat
tles. According to Secretary Isaac
son, the diamond will probably not
be iused any -more this season.
In the opening contest, khe Oma
ha Prints Juniors and thevBeselins
will clash, and as considerable
rivalry exists between them the
leaders predict a- hard fought bat
tle. The Beselins are out for re
venge and are confident that they
will pull down their opponents a
notch. These teams are members
of the Gate City League.
The Ernie Holmes White Sox
will make their initial ippearance
,cn the local field when they" will
mix with the Nebraska Power Co.
at 3:30 o'clock. Boththe Holmes
and Powers; are composed of crack
players and the fans will no doubt
witness a battle to the finish. Much
rivalry exists between the players
of these1 teams and it is undersstood
that a big stake Ks at hand. The
followers of trre Poweil team are
banking heavily that their favorites
will take the large end of the scpre,
while the Holmes supporters pre
dict that their favorites will win
the battle. The J'ower lad have
played twice in the Greater'Omaha
league and have broke even, losing
to the Murphys by a 4 to 3 score
and winning over the Brandeis
Stores by a 9 to 7.
Strong Road Team.
lhe White Sox have-also a re
markable records winning practical
ly all of their out-of-town games.
Manager Pickett announced that
Jimmy Moore, the crack little
southpaw, will be on the firing line
for his aggregation, with Sel Smith
and Curt "Peterson as reserves. Bill
Gladden will no doubt heave them
over for the Powers. The following
men will be seen in, the Holmes
lineup this afternoon: J Sutej,
first; McAndrews, second; King,
short; G. Sutej, third; Martin, Tight;
Langer, center; O'Keefe", left; Hol"-
Sandlot Gossip.
Kiy Lane In doing the receiving
for
Local $02 In big -league style.
Potter. W. Nufer and B. Pascal played
a good fielding gane last Sunday.
A , meeting of the Inter. City league will
be held tomorrow night at the city hall.
Potter on first bane for the Union Out
fitter, grabs everything that comes his
way.
With the bags loaded, Ellherts of the
Beddeos hit one on the nose for three
sactcs.
Mclntyre- of tha Unlen Outfitting team
hit one for the limit with a runner perched
on bg; No. 1. V
Easton of the Union Outfitting team
ma'de a sensational catchv of what looked
like & sure hit.
Nufer, Union Outfitters' hurler held the
Storage Battery aggregation to four hits
and whiffed nine.
ftobert McAullff has been signed by
the Omaha Frintmg Co. Juniors and will
be seen at tha ahort station.
"Red" Deaver, who had a try-out in
the- Dixie league, is now doing the hurling
for the Curo Mineral Springs.
Tha Omaha PrlBttag Juniors were
treated with a' banquetlast Tuesday night
by the Omaha Printing Co. officials.
In the Beddeo-Curo Mineral Springs
game last Sunday. Barton of the Beddeos
struck out 10 men and allowed hut -five
hits. .
Custard. Easton and Mclntyre are a
trio of ontfielders hard to beat. They
are connected with the Union Outfitting
crew. i
The Hotaaes have been In a hitting
slump of late, and only good pitching by
Moore and Langer has carried the team
tnrougn- ;
SenaaffMial fielding by McLaughlin, Mc
Creary, Farley and Barton featured last
Sunday's game between the Beddeos-Curo
Mineral Springs.
Teams wishing notes In these columns
ar requested to sand them to BUI Biosles,
care The Omaha Bee by Thursday of each
week. Managers please get busy.
The. Unlen Outfitting team woud like
to secure an out-of-town gam for Labor
day. Call-Manager Pascal at Colfax 3SS,
address mm at 3120 Tucker street,
LFlorencs station.
Cart Peterson, well-known loeaf ama
teur baseball hurler, who recently- re.
turned from France has signed up wtth
the Holmes White Sox and will assist
Moore apd Smith on the tiring line.
The Union baseball league teams of
Sooth Side are staging some nifty con
tests at present. Local 602 last Sunday
defeated Local 2J by a 4 to 0 score. Frank
Alter striking out twelve men.
Hodgen of the Curo Mineral Springs,
after a week's stay sn the wheat fields
of Kansas, derided baseball wasn't near
as hot as shocking wheat and will again
be seen at corner twr- thisi afternoon.
' Walter Nelson, president lot the Oat
City league is already planning on organ
izing a class A or B team for next sea
son, composed of members of the eight
Modern Woodmen of the World lodge.
"Cllne" Nelman felt the call of-, the
game too strong, and after- several weeks'
of layoff Has again attached his sig
nature to a contract and will be seen be
hind' the bat for the Curo Mineral Sprlnga.
The line-up for the Omaha Printing
Junior against the Beoellns this after
noon will be as follows: Oolberg, -eatrh:
Luebb. first: KJlene. second! McAuiiffe,
short: ChlebtJred. third: Brandt, left!
Wachtler, center: Hsnrthaa, tight: QarV
vev and ChfhAr&A.' nlfi-haA
brook, catch; Moore, Smith and
terson, pitchers. j -
Other games of inrtrestMn "th
Gate City league will be staged at
Luxus park and Fontenellc park.
At "the former place the Hermansky
Pharmacy battle with the McKem
ney Dentists and the Townsenda
meet th Originals at Fon'enellev
All these games are booked at 130
o'clock.
The race in the City league is be
coming closer each week and, with!
the games scheduled -today, it ia
likely that a shake-up in the stand
ingj will be the result. The Vniorl
Outfitting Co., who are leading th
league at present, will mix with th
Mickel Vic re-las, at Riverview park,
and according to the supporters ol
the Victrolas, the leaders are -in for,
a trimming. However, Manager
Pascal says 'his team will be at thi
large end of the score when the bat.
tie is over. Nufer, the "iron man,"
will be on the firing line for -thi
Outfitters. The Willard v Storage
Batterys meet fne Bowen Furni
tures, at Fontenellc park, and -art
confident that they will again. b
victorious oner their rivals. '
, At Elrmvood Park. j - -
Elmwood park, east diamond, thl
McCaffwy Motor Co who are la
second place in the City league, witi
battle the Omaha Printing Co., tail
enders, in a double-header. Should
the Motor crew win both of their
games, which no doubt they will, and
the Outfitters loseto the Mickels,
they will be tied for first honors in
the league. At a late hour last
night it was uncertain who would
pitch for the Qmaha Printing crew,
but Manager Roy Spencer an
nounced that he will spring a .few
"dark hoTses" on the Motor Jads.
Ray Maxwell will be on the mound
for the McCaffreys in the opener,,
and Bill Pinault in the second af
fair. , - .
" Two games are scheduled in th
Booster league, both at Luxus park.
The first will be put onx by thi
Trimble Brothers and the Benson
Merchants, and the secdnd by thu.
Ramblers and Leavenworth Mert
chants. All four of these teams an
running a neck-tOMieclt' race. Tha
World-Herald, who were scheduled
with the Daily News, have ' been
awarded a forfeit game since th
latfer team has disbanded.
At- Miller Park. w -"
I The feature contest in the Amew
ican league will hold torth at Mil
ler Park, where the SamplerHarta
cross bats with the Riggs Optical
crew, leaders of the said league.
The Sample-Harts are confident
that they will pull the leaders-down
a notch, and Manager Hubatka an
nounced that he would send Krejic,
his star hurler to the mound. Other
Igames in this loop "will be put on
fby the Paxton-Vierlings and J.- B.
Roots and American Kailway fcx
change and the Universal Motor Co.
Intef-City league games will also
be of-grea' interest and the follow
ers of these teams will no doubt be
well entertained. Riverview jpark
will'be the battle grounds of the
Harding Creamery and Highland
Parks, while Miller park is where
the -Harley-Davidsons and ' Curo
Mineral Springs clash. The Bedr
tleos meet the John Day Rubber
Co. at Thirty-first and Ames ave
nue. All of these games are of the
1:30 order. '.
Today's Games By
Munypeaguers
Greater 6maha 'Leagns.
Thirty-second and Dewey ne
Holmes White Sox vs. Nebraska Power
Co., 3:S0 p. m. ,
City League.
Riverview park Union Outfitting Co,
vs. Mickel Victrolas, 3:30 p. m. ,
Fcntenell park -Willard Storage Bat
tery vs. Bowen Furniture Go., Ills p. m.
Elmwood park, east diamonds McCaf
frey Motor Co. vs. Omaha Printing Co.;
two games, first, 1:30 p. m. ;
, x American League. .-
Luxus park Paiton-Vlerllngs vs. J. B.
Roots. 3:30 p. m.
Mitler park Rlggs Optical CV val
Sample-Harts, 3:30 p. m.
Thirty-first and Ames - avenue Amr
ican Railway Exchange vs. Universal Mo
tor Co., 1:30 p. n. v
. Booster League.
Elmwood 'park, west Trimble Brothers
vs. -Benson Merchants, 1:30 p. m.
Ramblers vs. Leavenworth' Merchant.
J:30 p.. m.
Inter-Cltr League. '
Riverview park Harding Creamery Co.
vs. Highland Park Pharmacy, 1;30 p, rn.
Miller park Barley 'Davidson vs. Cur
Mineral Sprints. 1:30 p. m.
Thirty-first and Ames Beddeos vsv
John Day Rubber Co., 1:30 p. m
Gate City League.
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue Bese
lins va. Omaha Prints Juniors. 1:30 p. m.
.urns' park Hermansky Pharmacy.' v.:
McKenney Dentists, 1:30 p. m. A !
Fontenelle park Townsenda Y. Orlgy
Inals, 1:3 p. m. ' , "7
Bee J union League
Games for Sunday
Following Is where - the Mam 6t AU
visions 1, S and 3 of The Omaha Be
Junior league play Sunday afternoon: . "
Dlvisloa 1. t .
Fontenelle park Charles Street Mer
chants vs. W. O. W., 10 a. m.
Carter Lake Locust Street Merchant
v. Fort Omaha Merchants. 10 a. m.
Crelghton field Suburb - v. ' Weak
Dodge Dairy, 10 a. m. -
High school ground Kaknna Insurmae
Co. vs. R. A. M.'s. 10. L n, - .
Division S.
Elmwood park, east Farnam Candy Co.
vs. Omaha Bee, 10 a. m.
Thirtv-flrse and Ames Dorcas Street
Stars vA Leavenworth Merchants, ,Jrs., If
X BrXtan 8. '
Elmwood park, west Meyer Bearcats
vs. Walnut Hill-Merchants. 10 a.iro
Blighted War Romances.
Springfield. III., July 5. One yea
ago, jusf before "Erfwafd adBea
Van Der Pluym, twin brothers", en
tered the army, they married. U
was a4ouble ceremony and all beau
riful as such things go. But wheat
they returned from service they
found tlfcir war brides attentive to
other men and as, a result applied
for divorces. - . - ..
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you want it. Bee Want Ad vj
attain the desired results, ' -..
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