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f£l)e Punctaxj fitoWASHINGTON, D. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1926.

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Gambling Expose Smirches Base Ball : Boxing Enjoys Unprecedented Prosperity* .. >

SCANDAL MARS SEASONOTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL

Accusations Against Cobb , Speaker andWood Blow to Sport —Hornsby\s Trade

v to Giants Biggest in History .

ONEof the most successful and

interesting years base ballever has known was smirchedand blackened just, before itsdose by an expose of gam-

bling by players which followed aninvestigation of a 7-year-old story byJudge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. ascommissioner of base ball. There isevery indication that .fudge Landis,

as a result of bis probe, will take dras-tic steps to stamp out gambling orbetting of any sort by players in or-ganized base ball.

The men concerned in the allegedgambling incident were among themost prominent players in the game.They included Ty Cobb, one of themost, famous players of all time andformer manager of the Detroit team:Tris Speaker, great center fielder andbe ¦ -r and former manager at Cleve-land: Joe Wood, who had pitched forttoe Boston Americans, played outfieldlor Cleveland and in recent years hascoached the Yale base ball team, andHubert. Leonard, a pitcher, betterknown as “Dutch,” who had been un-popular with fellow ball players.

Charges Made by

Leonard held possession of two let-

ters relating to the presumable laying

of'bets, or attempts to lay them, by

Cobb and Wood. Leonard also stated

in his testimony to Judge Landis thatWood. Cobb, Speaker and himself hadagreed to wager on the game of Sep-tember 25, I!H9. between andO' eland, betting on Detroit to win.

There has Men no proor that Cobbvnde a wager, although a letter Leon-

a-d received front him would indicate¦ Cobb had considered the matter.

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u“i e was nothing to show Speakermad- a wager, the evidence againsthim being mostly confined toard's statements. A letter sent by—Wopd contained a check returningfunds to Ijeonard.

< 'obb /asserted he had not bet andthat be always played ball to win.Speaker protested bis innocence.Judge in making public theevidence said Leonard was afraid tocome East and face Cobb. Sjieakerand Wood. Leonard was said to haveMen angered because of delay insettling a claim against the DetroitClub. As all concerned had retiredfrom base ball, there was no actionCommissioner Landis could take ex-cept to state that any future attempt

on their part to play base ball wouldprovoke action from his office. Thealleged attempt to fix or throw agame had no motive except individualspeculation, since Chicago at that time ;

hsd won the pennant and Clevelandhad cinched second place.

Last-minute developments of theyeflr also brought forth a trade ofrecord size and importance betweenthe St. Louis National League team

and the New York Giants. RogersHornsby, captain, manager and sec-

ond baseman, was traded to New Yorkfor Erank Frisch, second baseman,and Jimmy Ring, a pitcher. Hornsbyhad asked St. Louis for a three-yearcontract at $50,000 a year, althoughthe club still held a contract callingfor pavment of $30,000 for the seasonof 1027.

Sam Rreadon. president of the St.Louis club, would not come to anagreement with Hornsby, declaring

the club was unable to pay any suchsalary. Hornsby's playing in 1926 fellfar below his standard, but he hadsuch success with the team as man-ager that he has a large following notonly in St. Louis hut in other citiesof the National League circuit.

The New York club had angled forthe services of Hornsby for a long

time., Whether it will prove a valu-able deal depends on Hornsby's abilityto show he still Is as good a player ashe has been in the past. The St.Louis Chamber of Commerce askedJudge Landis to intervene, so thatHornsby might be kept in St. Louis,but the commissioner has no jurisdic-tion in the transfer of players be-tween clubs, even though he againwill rule base ball for seven years atthe increased salary of $65,000 an-nually.

Cards Wrrp “Big Noise.”The “big noise" in the 1926 major

league season was provided by thestanch-hearted St. Louis Cardinals,who bludgeoned their way to the top

in a hotly contested race in their ownleague and then toppled those swat-ting goliaths, the New York Yankees,in the world series.

St. Louis won this year its first Na-tional League pennant in the life ofthat city. Like Cincinnati in 1919.St. Louis ajso won its first wr orldseries in the same year that it an-nexed its first major league pennant.

There were other surprises in 1926.The Yankees, regarded as underdogsin the Spring, never were headed inthe American League after May 1.The

tchampion Pittsburgh Pirates

flopped ingloriously. Rogers Hornsbylost his crown as batting king whilewinning new laurels for St. Louis.Labe Ruth made another remarkableshowing as a home-run clouter. Thecasualty list among managers gener-ally was heavy.

CARDS’ EDGE ON YANKSDUE TO TIGHTER DEFENSE

The 1926 world aeries was won by |the St. Louis National League clubprimarily because It was a betterfielding team than the New YorkAmerican League team.

Grover Cleveland Alexander, vet-eran pitcher, played an importantpart in the series for St. Louis, patch-ing winning base ball in two gamesand assisting at the finish of the last

' and deciding game, which he enteredin the seventh inning with the basesfilled and two out. He struck outLazzari, retiring the side, and in thenext two innings only one batterreached first. .He was Ruth, who waspurposely given a base on balls in theninth inning, and was thrown out try-ing to steal second,/the series ending

on that play.By far the best work of the series

. by a player on the winning team wasf that of Thevnow, at shortstop. He

wns the best infieldec- of all. In thelast game a sensational one-handcatch which he made when extendedhis full length in the air above thebase line, saved a certain run. Thatrun would have tied the score.Severe id batted the ball, which wasone of the hardest hit of the series.

Ruth's Batting Sensational.The best outfield work was that of

Ruth. In every way he played -betterbase ball in the world series than hehad played in any series in which hehad participated. His fielding wasfine, his throwing accurate and welljudged."and his batting was the sen-sation of the series. It well might be,considering that he made four homeruns, and three of them in on* gamein succession at St. Louis.

These home runs always will be his-toric. The first was far into the deepcorner* of the rightfield stand, thesecond over the stand into the streetat right center, and the third into thecenterfleld stand, the first home runever to be batted Into that stand, and

* the longest home run that ever washatted ir any world series. The ball .

,was estimated to have carried 600 ]feet.

The St. Louis players batted betteras a team, ran bases about as well, andfielded better. Notwithstanding this,

they won the series because they weregiven the final ifame by two errorsof play which cost three runs, all ofthem unearned, and not one of whichshould have scored. These were allthe runs they made. There is no roe

ord of any world series being won by

a similar succession of happenings.

Receipts Set a Record.The receipts were larger than those

of any other world series, going higherabove the ft,000,000 mark than they

, had ever gone before. The attend-* ance wat up to capacity at St. Louis

for games. At New York thefirst two games drew ground capacity,

but there were vacant seats at thesixth game, and more at the seventhgame. The weather for the seventhgame was very depressing, although

1926 Pennant WinnersWith Their Managers

League. Team. Manager.

National St. Lottls ... R HornsbyAmerican NewTnrk M. HugginsInternational - , Toronto ... D. HowleyAmerican Amd...Louisville . IV. A. MeyerPacific Const I.oh Anseles... Marty KruaEastern .Providence...lt. MarouardN V.-Ponn Scranton 4. EganNew England Manchester . 4. PublicSouthern A*»n . New Orleans.. ..L. IMlbertWestern lies Moines . . 4. Collin*

I Tl»ree-I-I<eagne...Springfield...A. McCarthy1 Texas, Pallas ....... .4. Conley

* Virginia .... i - Richmond T. A*newI piedinnitl t.reenborn ... L. hooch

Eastern Shore. Crlsfleld ... .S. PaenuelloFlorida State Sanford 1.. CroweMiss, v'allev . Ottuina . .P. HawkinsTexas Assn. Palestine 4 SalisburyEast Texas Longview R. RrownlonWestern Assn, .Springfield . M. PurtellMlcStran BsvCtty . .R. Pry rock

| rain did not prevent the playing ofthe contest.

One of the most extraordinary in-cidents ofahe series was the pitchingof part ofVne inning by Reinhart inSt. Louis. He gave four bases onhalls, agd was hit for a two-bagger toright field, and out of that resultedfour earned rune, the first time in anye »ies of the character that four runswere made on four bases on balls andone hit, and probably the first timethat anything of the kind had beendone fbr many years in the majorleague trices.

The reception given to the winningSt. Louis team by the citizens of St.Louis has had no counterpart in baseball.

ONLY TWO SCHOOLFRAYS DURING WEEK

This will be a lean week for school-boy basket ball fives hereabouts, only

two tilts being carded. The programfor next week, however, Is unusuallyheavy. The public high title series

as well as the prep school 135-poundleague will get under way and a num-ber of 'other engagements are listed.

Eastern and Central, that tied forthe public high crown last Winter, aretne only combination hooked for ac-tion this week. The Lincoln Parkersare slated for their annual holidaytour of Pennsylvania. It will be briefthi season, only one game, that withYork High, in that town for Decem-ber 28 having been arranged. A match,however, with tthe high school at

Allentown for the next night is pend-ing. Two seasons ago Eastern van-quished York but has never met Allen-town. There is a chance that CharleyOuyon may pend his hoys to Pennsyl-

j vania later to meet a number of other| teams.

Central will take on the Blue andWhite alumni on Saturday in the Cen-tral gym in the only game of the weekscheduled for a local floor.

BELLEFONTE ELEVENBEATS TEXANS, 55-0

By the Associated Press.CISCO. Tex., December 25. Belle- !

tyvnte Academy of Pennsylvania jstrengthened its claim to the nation-!al prep school foot ball championship there by smothering the Ran- 1dolph College eleven of Cisco under ja score of 55 to 0.

The Texans held the Easterners to ]one touchdown in the first quarter, jbut after that Hood began to get hislong passes workjng, the score mount-ed steadily in the remaining periods,with Randolph’s defense impotent.

Hood shot passes accurately any-where from 15 to 40 yards. P. Smith,in the Beliefonte backfield, made sev-eral sensational runs.

MUNN GIVEN ANOTHERCHANCE WITH HANSEN

By the Associated Pres*.Monte Munn is to have a chance to

turn the tables on Knute Hansen ofRacine, Wis., the heavyweight, wholast Wednesday night put a dent inhis 12-bout winning streak. TexRickard has rematched the Mid- jwestern rivals for a semi-final clout- |ing hep to the Sharkey-Paoltno fighton January 28.

ANACOSTIA EAGLE QUINTTO FACE A STAR ARRAY

AXattractive court contest is

scheduled this afternoon at 3o’clock at Congress HeightsAuditorium between Ana cost iAEagles, District unlimited

champions, an<’> the Wonder Five.A formidable group of tossers who

formerly scintillated on scholasticfloors hereabouts or who have had ex-perience in independent ranks hasbeen corralled to represent the Won-

J ders. *

'f in a preliminary, starting at 2i o'clock, Independents and Park View, will come to grips. It will he a, Wash-j ingtop Senior Basket Ball League tilt.

1 Washington Basket Ball SeniorjLeague teams are listed for live games, this week. .Tomorrow night Arrows; and Washington Collegiates will .face! at 7:15 o’clock at the Arcadia in the; preliminary to the Washington-New

I York professional game; WednesdayClovers and Elliotts will meet at 7o’clock ahd Arrows and Independentsat 8, and Friday night EpiphanyRoses will engage Columbia A. C. at7 o’clock, followed by an encounter anhour later between Auths and CalvaryM. E.

Strong opposition has been listed byOlympic senior basketers for tomor-row- and Tuesday nights. CompanyF, National Guard. Reserve tosserswill he encountered tomorrow nighton the floor of thfelr ai’mory In Hyatts- jville and the V. M. <\ A. seniors willbe tackled Tuesday in the Y gym.Bolh harries will start at 7;3*> o’clockand those Olympic players are to re-

! port for each at 7: Burnett, Schaffert,Shaeffer, Freeman, Colter, .Galottn,Lombard, Brodsky and Birthright.

Following the holidays, Bt. PatrickJunior passers, claimants of the Dis-

trict crown last season, plan to re-organize and make a determined bidloi; the 125-pound title. During thepast campaign the Saints won 44games of 4fi and copped 32 beforemeeting defeat. Among their victimswere the sturdy Red Shields, whowere downed, 25 to 21. Boys' ClubFlashes, another quint that claimedmidget laurels, were not met by St.Patrick’s.

’ Representing - the Saints this cam-paign will l>e the same combi nation ascarried its colors during the past sea-son. It comprises Harding, Desmond,Keough, Maloney and O’Keefe.

SOCCER PLAY TODAYMAY DECIDE TITLES

It is likely that titles- in both sec-tions 1 and 2 of the Washington Soc-cer League will be decided this after-noon, when the final scheduled gamesare carded.

In section 1 Walford Club booters,defending league champions, will en-gage the formidable Monroe team. Atriumph for Walford, that is toppingthe seetiqn, will just about assure thechampions first honors.

Concord and Rosedale kickers willclash at Rosedale playground, and ifRosedale is victorious Concord’s pen-nant hopes will be dashed. Bothgames are set for 2:30 o'clock.

Other tilts slated today will bringtogether British Unlteds and FortMyer at Fort Myer, Clan MacLennanand Rockville at Walter Rqed, ArmyMedicos and Marlboro at Marlboroand German-American and Oerman-American reserves. ,

MARYLAND TOSSERSTO BATTLE FOR TRIP

University of Maryland's varsity

basket ballets, who will be the only

members of the collegiate grouphere to toil during the holidays,

will get. together tomorrow afternon

at College Park for a wek of prac-

tice prior to taking a jaunt to theMidwest.

The Old Liner* will leave Wash-ington next Sunday night for AnnArbor, Mich., where the University

of Michigan wil). be engaged in thefirst contest of the trip on Tuesdaynight. January 4. Michigan State

will be played the next evening at

Lansing and the University of Ken-tucky is booked for Saturday night

at Lexington. It is hoped thatanother game may be added forJanuary 7. Virginia will be met at

Charlottesville on January 10 on theway home.

There will be a merry fight thisweek at College Park for the privi-lege of making the trip. Capt.Artie Boyd, forward; Jack Faber,

guard, and Fred Linkous, centeror forward, ' are sure of beingselected and Donald Adams, center,

also is certain to go if he roundsinto shape for competition.

Adams has not practiced this sea-son, as he was hurt in the JohnsHopkins foot ball game on Thanks-giving day. However, he appears to

he O. K. again and if a week of

stt'enunus practice proves sufficientto get him into trim he will be takenalong. He is a very important figure

in Poach Burton Shipley's schemeof things and if he should not beavailable Maryland’s chances of mak-ing a good showing on the jauntwould be greatly hurt. j

As the chances are that only eight jmen will be taken on the trip, WalkerHale, Mike Stevens and Wilbur iSnyder, forwards, and Thurston jDean, Sam Crosthwatt and DelbertZahn, guards, are sure to be on theirtoes in the drills this week, as none

jof them wants to be eliminated.

Sessions lasting about two hourswill be held each afternoon for thenext six days.

McNAMARA GOING ABROAD.By the Associated Press.

Reggie McNamara, iron man of the

marathon on wheels, will embark for

his forty-seventh international grind

tomorrow on the Deutschland. Reggie

has paired with Otto Petri for the

forthcoming nix-day race at Berlin.

FOOT BALL YESTERDAY.AT CISCO, Tex.—llellefnnte Acade-

my (Pennsylvania), 55; Randolph Col-lege (Cisco), 0.

AT • T AMPA, Fla.—HillsboroughHigh School of Tampa. 33; NewRochelle High School of New York, 0.

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On the Side LinesWith the Sporting Editor

BY DENMAN THOMPSON

BASEBALL has taken another sock on the chin. Due to the

prominence of the figures involved in the latest expose ittranscends in gravity even the Black Sox revelations. Thestunning effect it has had on followers of the national

" pastime cannot he gainsaid, hut like the unsavory world series mess,it will serve ultimately to strengthen rather than weacn confidencein the game as a whole.

The very fact that organized base hall turned the pitiless lightof publicity on the crookedness that enabled Cincinnati to win atitle in 1919 eventually redounded to the credit of the game in thepublic mind.

Distressed and disgusted as the fans were, they appreciated thehonfsty of the action that spread the sordid details to their view, .

where any effort .to hide or make light of the facts would have- alienated them, probably for all time.

Many Doubt Guilt of Diamond Veterans.It is much the same with the most recent scandal, with the great

difference that many are far from convinced that the men whosenames have been included are guilty as charged, where little or nodoubt existed as to the culpability of Cicotte, Felsch, Gandil. Ris-berg and the others.

This writer has- known Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker fqr manyyears and is firmly convinced that each is essentially honest. Wedo not believe that either conspired to throw a ball game or is

-capable of stealing—and it would have been plain, unvarnished theftto have taken money obtained in “betting” on a sure thing.

In view of the attitude assumed by the governing heads ofbase ball in intimating that neither of the two leading figures con-cerned ever can return to the game, the inference is that they donot share this correspondent’s confidence in the integrity of Cobband Speaker. Be that as it may, more than the word df a DutchLeonard or “evidence" of the nature he bartered for money is neededto destroy our faith in the probity of the Georgian and the Texan.

* Accused Are Accorded General Sympathy.It may be that we refuse to believe the accusations because we

do not wish to. Possibly, that also explains the general sympathyexpressed for the former Tiger and Indian not only in their hometowns or the places where they were best known hut throughoutthe country.

At any rate, base hall has not been dealt a mortal blow, norwould the scar prove fatal if all that alleges were true.

The game is bigger than any person or group of persons.Fundamentally it is on the level, just as a vast majority of human ibeings are. Base hall simply has received another wallop. It has ibeen staggered. Rut it will recover.

STARTLING NEW MARKSFEATURE TRACK SEASON

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j Startling new sprint records to thei credit of Charley Paddock and RolandLocke on American cinder paths, theadventurous invasion of Norway’3super athlete, Charley Hoff, and therise of a new German track star, Dr.Otto Peltzer, were high lights of trackand field athletics this year.

Paddock’s “100” In 9 5-10 secondsand Locke’s “220” in 20 5-10, both con-stituting world records, gained officialA. A. U. recognition. The Califor-nian’s time erases the 4 9 3-5 mark set20 years ago by Dan Kelly.

On feoreign tracks, Peltzer’s per-formances emphasized Germany’sathletic come-back. The young Ger-man i runner first startled the trackworld by Winning the British half-milechampionship in the world record tfmeof 1:513-5, displacing Ted Meredith'sJO-vear-old standard. P&ltaer oonquer-

Douglas Low?, the Olympic 800-Irteter title holder, at the sarpe\ time.S(J prove this- was no fluke he tookthe measure of the great Scandina-vian pair. Paavo Nurmi and EdwinWide, in a record-breaking 1,500-meterrace at Berlin. On the following day

Nurmi trailed Wide In a 2-mile racewhich rewHedp* * new world record

of 9:01 2-5 for the Swedish school-master.

Hoff started his American tour ina blaze of glory, shattering pole vaultrecords with ridiculous ease and ex-hibiting all-around prowess in defeat-ing Harold Osborn and Emerson Nor-ton in an indoor seven-event test.Subsequent allegations of irregulari-ties in his expense money, however,resulted in the A. A. U. ruling himout of the amateur competition. Hoffturned professional himself later, butbrought suit against the A. A. U..charging conspiracy against him.

Southern California’s Trojans, ledby the Olympic .champion weight-tosser. Bud Houser, romped off withthe intercollegiate A. A. A. A. cham-pionship for. the second straight year.The Illinois A. C. captured the na-tional senior A. A. IT. team prize in ameet which produced a remarkablerelay half mile in 1:51 5-10 by LloydHahn and a flock of new champions.The latter included an Indian distancerunning star. Philip Osif of HaskellInstitute, and new sprinting kings inCharley Borah of southern California

tnd George Sharkey of Miami, Ohio,[diversity.

TOPPLING OF CHAMPIONSFEATURES YEAR IN RING

Tunney's Defeat of Dempsey Is Culmina-tion of Campaign in Which AllBut

Three Manarchs Lose Crowns .

BOXINGsaw the greatest 12

months in 1926 that the sportever has known, not only inpoint of popular support andpublic interest, but in the

ability of contestants generally andthe thrilling bouts they staged.

There never was a similar period inthe history of hoxing which witnessedso many champions toppled from theirthrones —men in many cases whoseemed securely established.

Os those who held world titles atthis time In 1925, only three now re-main, and no one can say how longthey will endure.

Gate receipts far exceeded the sumsaccruing from the sport in any pre-vious year, and an interesting andsignificant phase of the year was thenumber of fight clubs throughout thecountry which not only paid expenses,but prospered as never before.

The Dempsey-Tunney Fight.The culmination of the boxing boom

came at Philadelphia, in September,when in the Sesrpiicentennial stadiumbefore a record-breaking throng of132,000 spectators. Gene Tunney wonthe world heavyweight title fromJack Dempsey in a 10-round boutwhich went to a decision.

The gate receipts amounted to |2,100,000. a testimonial to the highesteem as a knocker-out which Demp-sey enjoyed.

Even though Dempsey did not liveup to his reputation and Tunney tookthe bout on points, the majority ofthe spectators regarded the battle assatisfactory. Betters who had givenodds on the champion grumbled, asmen of their stripe always do. andstories to the effect, that Tunney was"due" to win the battle have beenarising ever since the fight.

Dempsey Hopes for Comeback.Dempsey himself accepted the de-

cision with good grace, and neitherbv word nor deed has he ever ques-tioned the decision, or attempted to

launch an alibi. In this stand he hasmade a host of new friends, and whenhe enters tbe ring again—as he hopesto do with Tunney as an opponent—-there is no doubt that he will attractanother bumper crowd. For it iscnnynonly accepted that Dempseystill packs a wallop, one sufficient toput Gene to sleep if he can land it.

A valuable impression was made onthose who attended the Dempsey-Tunney fight as their first ring con-test. The orderliness of the mam-moth crowd, the complete absence ofany evidence of violation of the Vol-stead act, as well as the absence "6fopen betting, were duly registered

upon those who hart coupled pugilismwith low brow pastl nes. which onlymuckers and touts and gamblerspatronized.

With interest growing in bouts be-tween eood men, conducted by re-sponsible promoters, it, behooves thoseassociated with the game to Veeptheir heads and not develop that atti-tude which takes advantage of publicinterest.

The Title Holders Today.A brief recapitulation of the year

of 1926 in the various weight divisionsfollows.

Flyweights: Fidel La Barba stillreigns as champion of the 112-pound-ers. La Barba has taken part innumerous no-decision contests andhas forced his opponents to com© Inover the flyweight limit. He ismatched to fight Elky Clarke for theworld’s championship in .January.

JLa Barba won his title from FrankieGenaro, the American title halder. In10 rounds to a decision.

Bantamweights: Charley Rosen-berg still is official champion. Anotherchampion who has protected his titlein no-decision bouts at catchweights.He was matched to meet Bud Taylorin Chicago. The fight was called offby the Illinois Boxing Commission,which proclaimed Taylor the cham-pion.

Rosenberg is booked to fight BushyGraham, who beat Chick Suggs forthe right to be called the foremostcontender for the title.

Featherweights: Louis Kid Kap-lan relinquished his title because hecould no longer make the weight.Henny Bass, Chich Suggs, Honey hoyFinnegan, Red Chapman and LeoKid Roy of Canada are picked to fightit out for the title. Finnegan beatSuggs In a 10-rounder and is thoughtto have eliminated the latter. Thereis no featherweight title* holder atpresent.

Jonior Lightweights: Tod Morganstill is champion and a fighting ong.

1 He scored a technical knockout over1 Mike Ballerino in the tenth round

December 2, 1925. Morgan has dis-posed of Joe Click, Carl Duane and

| Billy Wallace., Lightweights: Sammy Mandell won

his crown at the price of $50,000, whichhe guaranteed to Rocky Kansas, who

' held the title by reason of his defeatof Jimmy Goodrich. Jimmy pre-viously had won his title in an eltaii

> nation tourney held under the orders. of the New York foxing Commission.

’ Junior Welterweights: (Officially

l recognized by the National BoxingAssociation, which does .not compriseall States where boxing is legal.)Pinky Mitchell of Milwaukee, winnerof a popularity contest, was concededthe title. But Mushy Callahan of SanFrancisco won the title from Mitchellby a knockout.

Welterweights: Pete Latzo won thedecision in a 10-round bout overMickey Walker, thereby becomingchampion. The next important eventin this class was the technical kayoof Mickey Walker by Joe Dundee ineight rounds. Dundee furnished Chesurprise of the season •by beingknocked out bv an unknown, Eddie(Kid) Roberts, (

Middleweight*: Tiger Flowers wostthe title from "Harry Greh on a de-cision. Later Greb tried to come backagainst the negro and failed. MickeyWalker guaranteed the Tiger $65,000to meet him. The fight was held inChicago. Walker won a decision thatdid not meet with general approval.Rut he is none the less the championin this class.

light Heavyweights: Jack Delaney,a great champion, won the title fromPaul Berlenbach. Delaney fought hisway to the title by knockout victoriesover Tiger Flowers and Mike McTigue.

Heavyweights: Gene Tunney is thechampion of the world by virtue of a

10-round decision victory over JackDempsey in Philadelphia. JackSharkey dispelled whatever claimHarry Wills had on the title by ad-ministering a technical knockout inBrooklyn.

Science in Boxing Grows.This wholesale toppling over of

champions has one great significance—-it means that the science of boxingis spreading, due to the superior intelligence of boys who are enteringthe game, and that modern methodsof training have supplanted thoseformerly in vogue. Today there aremore contenders for the title in thevarious classes than ever before in

.history, with the possible exceptionof the heavyweight. And in the

, heavyweight class there is no tellingwhat the foreign heavies now in thiscountry may dp to crowd the*ranksof those who are regarded as havingat least a working chance for thecrown.

The ranks of pugilism lost a fine,likable young man, as well as a verygreat fighter, in the death of HarryGreb. following a minor operation-

Another good and promising hoy waslost in the passing on of Sencio, theFilipino, who died of injuries suf-fered in a battle with Bud Taylor.

YOUNG HINES SHINESFOR WEST POINT FOUR

One of the depends ble« of the WeetPoipt polo team this season has beenCadet John L. Hines, jr., son of Maj.Gen. John L. Hines of Fort Myei* Va.In the three games played so far bythe West Pointers he has scored eightgoals.

Cadet Hines, who plays No. 1 on thepolo team, also has been a member ofthe track squad and has qualified asrifle marksman and an expert fieldartillery gunner.

americmuTquintBOOKS HIGH POINT

American University basketers. whohave chalked up six victories In asmany starts this campaign, will meetHigh Point College of North Carolinain the Methodists’ gym on January 5.it was announced last night by CoitchO. BailJie Sprlngston.

The Tarheels also may meet GeorgeWashington dribblers wU’* ti»-city.

Sprlngston stated that he expect*within a few day* to complete nego-tiations for a couple other gtuues.Catholic University may be added tothe Methodists’ schedule.

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