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THE SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919. 13 Coast Lightweight Decides to Abandon East for Warmer Climate' Porky' Fbm Accused of Taking 'High Dive' ATHLETICS' STARS MAY BE TRADED . Connio Mack's Letter to Dono- -' van Indicates the Snlo of Strunk and Burns. ' nr rnBDpmcic a. lieu. n...n. fnnnin Mnrk'n oft rcucated statement that bo Is through soiling rtlavers repui nui i miuUi.ti.i. that neither Outfielder Atnos Strunk nor First Baseman' Gcbrgc Hums' will bo with the Philadelphia club .when the Athletics open tho 1020 season. Connio Mack recently sent Bill Dono- van manager ot tho Jersey CUy club, his lineup for nnf ' exhibition giimo which tho Athletics will play In Jersey City on tho Sunday before cf the championship season. The llno-u- n named practically tho samo players with which Hack finished tho 1919 sea-io- n Tho players of lho Atlantic South- ern Association champions formed tho nucleus of Ui(s segregation, and it was fit'ed out with otlier, bushcrs. Burrus, a Association rookie, was named as the' Athletic first baseman. Neither Burn? nor Strunk nppcared cn this Hrfeup. and Muck informed Donovan that the team' ho would bring over would bo tho samo ono with which he would start his opening game. Burns, Strunk and Tilly Walker were mons tho few players of class who were with tho Athletics last' season. Btrunk, It will bo Tecallcd, camo back to Philadelphia in a deal whereby Mack traded Roth andj Shannon to tho Red Box for Strunk and Barry. Barry, how- ever, refused to return i to tho Athletics unless Mack gavo him it three year con- tract, Milch Connio declined to give him. Strnnk Lacked \rep.\ Strunk didn't fit In particularly well with the Athletics after ho returned to Philadelphia. ' ftone of thoso fellows who playeU on Mack's famous world's champions could be expected to' bIiow much pep, on Mack's later day aggregat- ions. Besides, Strunk Is a player who jtrlngs along with his team. Put him on a great batting club and Strunk will hit with the best of them, but If his club slumps ho slumps with It Both Strunk- arid .Burns should bo good assets as trading material. Burns Is a fair first baseman, and also can play the outlleld'ln nn emergency. He is a dangerous hitter, and can lilt tho tall far. On a field like tho Polo Grounds he probably would have a homo run record that might even mako Ruth lock to his laurels. Hugglns could usd both of these men very nicely, especially Strunk, who would give New York something it hasn't had in years, a good, rangy centro fielder. The Yankees' tried 'to make some deal with the Athletics before tho two clubs started calling ench other name3. but once that btarted ill talks of trades ended. Barns May Ennd In Wnhlnnton. If Mack doss any trading he probably will do It with 'Griffith, and Washington may be Burns's. destination. Griffith re- cently had negotiations with the Detroit club, through which It was proposed to swap Joe Judge. Washington's first base- man, for Ralph .Young, Detroit's second baseman. This 'deal still is said, to be' on. It Is not likely that Griffith woujd contemplate trading Judge unless ho had another first base prospect in.sight. If any deals are made In the Ameri- can League this winter. It is likely they will be made within tho different fac- tions. If Detroit, Washington, the Ath- letics, S. Louis and Cleveland do any trading the clubs within this alliance will get first crack at surplus talent. Since Griffith ,hast obtained the con- trolling Interest-i- the Washington club it Is his purpose to rebuild the club from the bottom. (Mack's trading stock is Burns, Strunk and Scott Perry, and It wouldn't be surprising if \Griff\. is given the first pick at these players. Uxpcct' Indians to AVln. Slim Caldwell, the former Yankee pitcher, who Is wintering In New York, believes that he finally will realize his ambition to be pn a winning team. \f that race had gone about a week longer we'd beaten out Chicago- - last fall,\ remarked Caldwell at a fanning bee the other day., He was- referring j 10 ms new ieam,'ine V'eveiana inuians. \We were golri stronger In September than at any time m tho season, and While we were freezing aion(- - tho Sox Were Just tottering over the finish. \I think we had a much better club than the So In Rentember. Last year's Cleveland team Is by far the best club I I ever played with. Speaker had tho fellows hustling, and they all were glad to hustle for hfm. Everybody, on the team Is always pulling for him. \We had it alllover the White Sox In regard to pitchers, especially toward tho last, when Bagby.Coveleskle, Morton and i myself were taking our turn In the box. 1 don't know to me when I got to Cleveland, but I got all my speed back. In the game in which I held tho Yankees without a hit I had as much tuff as any time In my life. I guess It 'must havo been that lightning bolt which knocked mo out the first day I pitched for Cleveland. Anyway, all the old shift started to come back after that game. \We have a hard hitting club and a lot of game players. I don't see how anybody can stop us next season. Chi- cago won't, be able- - to with taff, because I don't thing Clcotte ever kill be as good again as ho was last Beason.\ LEHIGH FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY W. & J. Contest Arranged for October 23 on 'Presidents Field. Special Dttpatch to Tin Sex. Wasiiinoton, Pa.. Deo. 25. Manager John H. Murdoch. Jr., announced to-d- that Lehigh- had been placed on the Washington and Jefferson football schedule for a game In TjVashlngton on October 23. ' The assignment followed negotiations of several days, opened by Lehigh, which proposed a tvA year agreement. LehiRh wanted the first pune played, jn South Bethlehem next fill asd a returrt ga'me in Washington J i::t. but Murdoch succeeded in hav- ing the arrangement reversed and the Presidents will not go to Lehigh until 6 year from next October. The lhlgh gantqls the second' major contest to be booked for the home grounds, TVest Virginia having already been placed for Thanksgiving. There Is every reason to expect tfftt Centre Cor- tege will be' assigned ' the October 9 flate for a struggle, ba. College Field, i The Presidents have \not met Lehlgit ince 1015, wheaWashrngton and JefTer-- n won' hero b 27 .to 4., IMBXANDKH II ASKIIALL COACH. Specisl Tipaic$$i Tub's us. Chicaoo, Decv '25'-bov- eI' Cleveland Alexander, star pitcher of tho Chicago National League- - team, Jiaa accepted nn offer to coach University of Illinois boxmcn. Alexander plans, to go. to Ur- ban about tho middle of January ,and remain there tmlll theMJiibs start for weir Callforhla training camp. r POKER PORTRAITS THE UPLIFTING INFLUENCE. MIS5EP THE tfSUAL REFlNEP EONVeRSATlOM WIEN THE UiaC original gang-Sit- s . VfrA? in rir vau iT, 8ILU? VHY,, V0U8btilCTV9lAH fcAlPHFAPPCU? UUtkl A I ANP VlHETH A PlGNIFlEPOUTSIPER 701 N$ THE PARTy , I I Flush! Bill, But Pit) L you Raise it? THrYTx? powmri&ht (vieAn opyou y . EAST TOO CHILLY Boxes Draw With Welling, Then Decides to Go Back to California. Special Dupatch io Tns Sex, Philapblthia, Dec. 25. J oo Ben jamin, the California lightweight. gained nn even break m his bout with Joe Welling thl3 afternoon In the Olympla A. A. wlndup. Benjamin was handicapped by the cold weather and was unable to show' at his best. Benny Leonard, world's lightweight' champion, who was one of Benjamin's seconds, declared after the bout that Benjamin found the East too cold and later Billy Gibson, manager of both, declared that he had canceled all of Benjamin's en- gagements and will send the boxer back to California In a few days. Benjamin will remain on the coast until next spring. The first round y was so tame that Matchmaker Jack Hanlon made a personal appeal to Welling to start something. He took it for granted that Benjamin would find himself but he guessed wrong. Welling went out In the second with a sprightly step and wicked punch and bounced a hard right oft Benjamin's chin. The crowd thought that would be tho awakening Dolnt for the Callfomlan but ho could not get started and com- plained to Gibson about the cold. The remaining rounds were rather tame. About the middle of the fifth round Benjamin bounced across the ring and landed several hard rights to Wait- ing's side whiskers. It brought forth a tremendous hand but the rally was short and tho Chicago battler quickly evened It up With several hard body punches. Tho sixth round was void of any par- ticular action. 1C O. Bill Bronnan. the Chicago heavyweight, with a reocrd of six 'straight knockouts, failed to put over his seventh in his meeting with Sailor ty of California. Brcnnan won but did not Impress the 'crowd. as a likely challenger for Jack Dempsdy. Potrosity worncu iirennan with body punches, but was handicapped iby Brennan's slso and additional reach. In the third round Brennan rocked PetVosky with a flock of wicked right to the Jaw and for a few seconds It looked as though tho Sailor would take the Journey of Brennan's other recent opponents, but the veteran \Bob\ came back; In the fourth and boxed much better. Eddie Fltzslmmons, the New Yorker, although outweighed by Toung Joo Bor-re- ll Its of this city, won In six snappy rounds. It was tho beat 'bout of the matinee. Each scored a knock, down in the second round. Flti went first with a short right to tho Jaw, but was up at the count of two and ibeforo six moro blown were struck Borrell was knocked down. He was up In a Jiffy. After the third round Fltrslmmons won all the the way. ' Toung fioeco of Boston surprised the crowd by getting a draw with Joe Tip-ll- tz on of this city. The fans pulled for Jimmy Murphy, Is the West Phlladelpnla veteran. In hla all bout with Johnny Clinton of New Tork In six rounds. Murphy was sent down In the third round for a short count with a rlcht to tho Jaw. Kid Wagner, substituting for Joe Stanley, won the opening bout from Johnny Beisl9r of New York. \MET\ SWIMMIffG ENTIUES. for Entries for the metropolitan 100 yard swimming championship, which wilt be staged by the New York Athletlo Club on January 14, will close January 10 with Paul Pilgrim of the New Tork A. C. Tho other events to be contested are1 a 100 yard novice swim, 100 yard band-lea- p swim, fancy dive and a water polo Do contest t . ttLZ.j .... lUlj- -. ' toM \ \ \ v S V OH.SHUT(Jf I i ' r i U ni-- r I I nyv 1 . 1 . . . I l ir ili it- - i m VLB X Utyftrt f ( Come on, V f Q YOllTlNHORN Y ) f T1! tvJ i T tv rr f i inw uric AULTVf GOOP f I . . . . PLAYERS ARE . 1 I . , HDL t LIKE . pirr: - I ( IT, YOU YELLOW T C I .whaVreya 7 j r -i- - I M 50RRVTO NEMTION SUCH SORP'IP MATTERS' BUTThE'PEAlGRL BiLl.woulp LETTiriG-M- THE FIRST IN'YOUP. 7 THflMr F0R&OT To eP6 it, Charlie, I should uine MlttD YOUli CU9TOM SEE IF VOUTrilMK- - fARP h.H?.J DRAW AH. Tickets for Oregon-Harvar- d Contest Sold P'ASATJENA: the CaTrTJe?.flS?2lTia;. Oregon-Harvar- d game at Tournament Park New Year's Day have all been sold. At the close of tho llrst day's rale In Pasadena the Tournament of Hoses Association announced that all of the 28,000 tickets provided had been taken. None is left for the proposed sale In Los Angeles and Saturday. HARVARD PLAYERS IN REAL WORKOUT Recreation Also Has Its Tlace in Day' at Snn Francisco. no San Fhancisco, Dec. 25. Harvard's football squad, en route to Pasadena to meet the University of Oregon team on New Year's Day, had Its first real In workout here y since leaving Cam- bridge. a Most of the day, however, was de- voted to recreation. The. players were guests at noon of the Harvard Club of San Francisco and the Olympic Club entertained them at dinner. After that they left for Pasadena, The Harvard squad looks upon the coming game against Oregon In the same light as its games against Princeton nnd Yale, according to .Robert lusher, coach. to \The same careful preparation has of been made and the men will go Into the game with tho same determination to win,\ he said. \Every man realizes that It Is his duty to play the gamo of his llfo for the good of tho university and to uphold the a prestige of Eastern football.\ Oregon Stick o \Work. Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 25. Member of the Oregon' football squad, which is to a meet .Harvard here on Now Year's Day, y declined numerous Invitations to Christmas feasts and eschewed festlvl-Uc- s of all kinds. They stuck to their plain training fare and their dally pro- gramme of two periods of hard practice. Following the announcement, to-d- that all tho 28,000 Uckots for' the garoo to had been sold In tho first day's sale here the football committee of the Tournament ot Roses Association has begun preparations to Increase the In capacity of Tournament' Park beyond original capacity FITZGERALD CHOSEN REFEREE. Will Ofllclute in Leonard-Dunde- e Title Dont nt New Haven. Dave .Fjtzgerald was selected to referee Denny Leonard-Johnn- y Dundee con- test, which takes place at NeW Haven January 16. at a meeting of tho box- ers and promoters yesterday. Fitzgerald from New I&vcn and has officiated In the Important boxing contests In New Haven .for the past fifteen years and is considered one of tho most capable referees In the country. .A dozen of tho most prominent \third men\ were men- tioned for the Important position, Fitz- gerald being agreed on by both boxers when Vincent Renna proposed his name. Leonard will go to Lakewood y, where he will get down tohard work the coming bout. \1 will have little trouble getting down to the weight.\ said Leonard yesterday. \The two bouts I had In tho South were Just what I wanted before starting In a hard threq weeks of grind. I will fool Dundee If he thinks I a will tire In the long bout I havo boxed twelve rounds, many times and there 'Is at, reason why a few extra rounds .will brther js.\ ' i . i PARDOHGENTlEmEN.i 1TH0U&HT PIP ePG-t;- . THANK. YOU FpRREMIfiP- - IMG; CmE You! MM COUNTED OUT IN BOUT WITH REICH Trenton Clnl) Boxing Officials Charge \Porky\ With Tak- ing a \Jligh Dive.\ Special Dttpatch to The Sex. Trenton, N. J Dec. 25. \Porky\ Flynn and Al Reich of New York were hissed by a big crowd In tho wlndup of tho Christmas Day boxing show at the Second Regiment Armory here this aftcrnoor After being booed for three rounds Flynn was \knocked out\ and was carried to his corner amid the hoot-in- s of the fans. Reich and his opponent waltzed through tho first round almost without hitting a blow. When thoy etarted the second round Referee Waldron warned them that they must fight. Tho warning, however; had effect.\ In the fourth round Waldron announced that unless the men showed some action he would send them from the ring. It was then that \Porky\ got ono of his famous high dives. He was hit by Reich and went down. Then few seconds later he fell over the ropes and the referee counted him out Tho crowd gathered around the ring and followed Flynn to his dressing room, Jostling and threatening him. The pro- moters of the bout declared they will carry the matter to the New Jersey Box- ing Commission In an effort to have Flynn nnd Reich barred from boxing In this Stato. The real bout of the afternoon proved be the one between Johnny Buff Jersey City and Jackie Eille of New York. There was not a dull moment In the entire eight rounds. Buff forced the fighting and administered severe pun- ishment to the Now York boy. Buff employed a left hook to the face and crashing right hand to tho body which gradually wore Eille down. The latter, however, proved a game opponent and took few backward steps. Johnny Ryan and Mickey Mooney, both of thin city, boxed a fast bout to draw. Ryan forced the fighting In tho early rounds and Mooney camo back strong In tho later sessions. Both men were badly used up at the end of the bout. \Warty\ Kane of Philadelphia was knocked out In tho first round by Sammy Nable of New York, a loft hook tho Jaw doing the trick. Young Reno beat Monte Barker In a six round preliminary. Kid Sullivan knocked out Kid Davis tho second round and Frankle Meyer beat Willie Baker In a four round bout NEARINO TENNIS FINALS. Important Indoor Mntche Sched- uled for To-da- y. Play was suspended yesterday In the natlonnl Junior championship Indoor ten- nis tournament In the Seventh Regiment Armory. The programme to-d- will be aulte an extensive one. In the boys' section Valentine Oross and Charles M. Wood, Jr., will meot for the champion- ship. In the semi-fin- round of the Junior doubles Vlricent Richards nnd Frank T. Anderson will take on S. IC Bradley. Jr.. and Paul Hicks, while A. Bassford 3d , and Travers De Qros will meet Louis B. I Bailey nnd F. T. Osgood. In the semi- - finals of the singles Richards will en- gage Osgood, while Andereon will meet Jerry Lange. WAIID DEFEATS HINKLE. Special Deipatch to Tns Sex. PittlJUizLFitiA, Dec. 25. Jack Ward Elizabeth, N. J punched his way to victory over Stanley Illnkle of this city In the star bout of the holiday show the Cambria A. C. this afternoon. Andy Devers of Philadelphia outpointed Jim Balloa of Newark, in, another bout, d HIGH LIGHTS AND SHADOWS IN ALL SPHERES OF SPORT Dy DANIEL. Copyright, 1919, by the Sun Printing and PubUthing 4oclntIoti, leading to a match betwoon Jack uompBoy anu umn EVENTS now may bo expected to bo hastened, for Charles B. Cochran, the Enullsh Dromoter. has arrived here. Cochran, who has Car- - pentler's signed promise to meet tho world's champion, steamed Into this port yesterday on board, the Maurotanla nnd In a few days will leave ror Los Angelos to tnllc things oyer with Dompsey ana jock 'xaT\ T, ngtr. Cochran, who Is, the leading- - promoter on thq other side and PDry has tho best financial standing of any of tho bidders for tho fight. Is HKoiy to be favored by tho Pempeoy-Kenrn- a combination, for he has shown the ability to hnndlo big fights on a big scale, Coohran owns or controls seven, theatres In England, owns a host of productions both there and Jn this coun- try, and has tho cash to\ back up any offer which lie may make, immedi- ately after landing Cochran went to tho Knickerbocker, where he had. a few words to say regarding tho proposed fight, and a lot moro to say about tne hold which boxing has obtained on In England and France. The promoter was accompanied by Mrs. Cochran and Major Walter Crelgnioti, his secretary. Crelghton will he remembered hero as ono of the actors m Shaw's \Androclos and tho Lion.\ Ho left tho cast on the outbreak of the war nnd Joined the British army. Cochran docllned to be pinned to any statement as to tho sum which ho Is willing to offer for ,tho light. Before .leaving London he declared that ho was ready to raise hb original offer of 1250,000 to $300,000, but there Is little question that ho will go even higher In order to get the contest, for London. The sum offered by Cochran Is not alono for Dempseys end but for Cnrpentler as well, with tho probablo proviso that the winner get 60 per cent, nnd tho loser 40. If Dempsey agreos to enter Into a prlzo fight ho Is likely to demand moro than GO 'per, cent, as tho winner s share. \I am willing to glvo a substantial sum for a twenty round fight between Dempsey and Carpcntler in London of course, to a rcfereo's deci- sion, as Is our custom,\ said Cochran. \I want to stage the fight In Lon- don because that Is neutral ground tho ground of a friend of tho nations of the contesting fighters, and ground on which there Is a papulation which is interested intensely In boxing. Nover beforo In the history of tho sport was there so much popular interest in boxing and boxers, not only in England but In Franco too. In England I know that I could hold the fight, but if I went elsewhero I would bo subject to possible opposition from the law and disappolnetd promotera.'' Has Carpenllcr Signed for a Tear and a Half. \I note that reports havo It that I have an option on Carpenttor's ser- vices until next Juno, continued Cochran. \That is not bo, for tho con- tract which Carpentler has Blgned for mo stipulates that ho is to fight at nny place and nt any tlmo within the next year and a half that I may designate.\ It Is apparent that Cochran holds tho upper hand, for if there is to bo a Dempsey-Carpentie- r fight It will have to come next summer at tho latest. It Is a tribute to Cochran's ability as a promoter that he was able to obtain Carpontler's signature to a document which binds the French- man for moro than a year. It is safe to say that Cochran met certain finan- cial requirements before Carpentler put his signature to the agreement. \I am willing to go quite high for the fight,\ added Cochran, \because I feel that no matter whero It is staged, and no matter how big tho arena, the capacity will bo taxed. And when they fight Carpentler will havo the unified backing of thj boxing followers Of England and France, for his knockout of Beckett has made them believe that tho Frenchman Is in- vincible.\ Cochran showod keen Interest In the general American opinion of Dempsey's fistic ability and tho belief as to the probable outcomo of a fight between the American and the European title holder. According to Cochran, boxing is riding a remarkable wave of popu- larity In England, whero It has the support of lenders In all walkH of llfo clergy, nobility, the bar and the bench. He gave great credit to Carpentler for lifting tho standard of the sport to a high level, and stated thnt the Frenchman was a gentleman of tho highest type. \Carpentler has raised tho standards by which boxers are Judged by being a gentleman Inside and outside of tho ring,\ said the promoter. \In addition, boxing has profited Immensely by the great work It did during the war. It enabled many persons who never beforo had seen bouts to view fighters in ucllon and to change their opinions of the men and the game. The Carpentier-Bocke- tt fight was witnessed by George Bernard Shaw, Arnold Bennett and many other noted writers, who did the event for leading Journals. These writers declared themselves In favor of tho sport.\ While Cochran Is here he will discuss a world's welterweight cham- pionship match with Dan Morgan. Cochran wants Jack Brltton to come to England to fight Johnny Basham, champion of England. If Cochran guar- antees Brltton 120,000, says Morgan, the match, will be on, and for the near future. Louis do Ponlhleu, Featherweight Champion of Europe! There 1b no question that boxing Is immensely popular in England and France, but It Is apparent even to tho follower of the sport who is thousands of miles away that tho game over there has hit a rather low level This may be gleaned In part from tho report which came hero yesterday that Louis de Ponthleu, the Frenchman, had knocked out Taney Loe and had won the featherweight championship of Europe. Lee Is a veteran of 38, who holds tho Lonsdale belt emblematic of tho featherweight championship of England because' the crop of feathers In England !s quite too downy. But how In the name of the famous nine gods did De Ponthleu ever become a featherweight? If the Frenchman really has come down to the neighborhood of 126 pounds he could make a fortuno by Imparting the secret to obese womon the world over. De Ponthleu fought here in 1911 and 1912 and ho scaled at from 135 to 139 pounds. And we saw him take tome terrific pastlng3 from second and third raters. Now we hear that he Is the featherweight champion of Europe. Yea, bo! The International Boxing Union had better get busy with matters right at home. If tho report be true and It came by the usually reliable. Asspclatcd Press tho foather-welg- ht championship of Europe Is on the order of fromage de Camembert. Lee's principal claim to fame Is a knockout victory over Jimmy Wilde the only knockout suffered by the little Welshman. Lee stopped Wilde In seventeen rounds In 1015, after having been floored so many times that tho officials lost count. Wilde made up for tho defeat by knocking out Leo In eleven rounds In 1916. A match between Wilde and Do Ponthleu as we know him would bo on tho order ot a meeting between Leonard and Dempsey. When Dempsey Dazzled Them All. To vary from tho straight line of sport discussion, here is a rather interesting story about Dempsey and Kearns which has never before been printed. It seems that when Demsey and his circus act got Into Cincinnati nfter his defeat of Wlllard the press agent got tho Idea that It would be a good thing to show off tho cave man to some of tho social lights of tho city. So ho arranged a little afternoon tea at one of the road houses on tho outskirts of the village. Came tho appointed hour and a number of financial leaders of Cincinnati, accompanied by their curious better halves, were seated about the place waiting for tho champion of the world to appear.\ Tho champion came. Solomon In all his glory\ was only a piker compared with Dempsey and Kearns. At 4 In the nfternoqn they breezed In togged out In their full dre3s suits and other dazzling paraphernalia. The onlookers wcro choked with the crowding sensations of the moment. V ALGER CONTINUES WINNING STREAK Almost Scores Knockout Over Brown)in City A. C. Bout. Benny Valuer outpointed Ceorgle Brown of the WeBt Side, yesterday after- noon In the feature bout In tho City Ath- letic Club of Jersey City. Valger was the aggressor throughout the eight rounds nnd carried oft the honors In ench stanza. In tho Bevcnth and eighth rounds Valger hammered his opponent hard nnd often and had the West Slder on the vergo of a knockout when tho final bell sounded. Brown's ability to hold on was the only thing that saved him from being counted out In the last round. Valger weighed 125 pounds and Brown 133 pounds. In the seml-fln- bout of six rounds Jlmmlo Burns of Bridgeport knocked out 'Jimmla Allen of Jersey City In the third round. In tho other bout, which was a four round, affair, Larry Norton of Man- hattan outpointed Joo Manhelmer of lloboken. RANDOLPH, SR., BEST GUNNER. Win Gold Medal In Shoot nt Lakewood. Lakewod, N. J., Dec. 25. Two 100 events at target practice took place at Laurel House Gun Club to-d- and drew a large attendance for fie special Christmas Day tournament. The first, a gold medal scratch event, was won by P. S. Randolph, Sr.. with 95 breaks, the season high score thus far. Archibald J. McClure was second with 91. Warren S. Banks won the Christmas turkey handicap shoot with a score of 84, 1296. ItlTCIUE SCOflES KKOCKOUT. Pouohkmpsib, N Y., Dec. 25. Victor Ritchie,- - the New York bantamweight, knocked out George Burns of Boston in the ninth round ot a ten round battle here Up to the end the battle was a hard fought one and the greatest witnessed here la many days. MURRAY, LOCAL BOY, BEATS JOIE FOX Farese Floors Root Twice in Quaker City Bout. Pnir,Annt.rHiA, Dec. 25. Jo!e Fox. the British featherweight, was beaten by Johnny Murray of New York In ' the feature of six six round bouts at the National A. C. here this afternoon. Murray won over Fox by carrying three of tho six rounds and winning an even break In another. Murray appeared to fear Fox at the start of hostilities. He held the Briton and was cautious at all times. When he discarded these tac- tics Murray met with better success. In tho very first round Murray opened Fox's- Up. damaged by Joe Lynch re- cently, with a straight left that annoyed Fox throughout tho combat. Earl Puryear of Peoria. III., out- pointed Mickey Russell of Jersey City, Johnny Ray of Pittsburg outpunched Harry Carlson of Boston and Joe Bor- rell of Kensington won from IC O.- Sam- son, Hughey Hutchinson of this city bent Jimmy Walker of Illinois nnd Har- old Farese of Newark beat Artie Root of Cleveland. Fareie dropped Root twice and won five of tho six rounds and Borrell wns floored for a count of nine. DE PONTHLEU STOPS LEE. Frenchman Win Feathenvelxht Championship o'f Europe. Paris. Dec. 25. Louis de Ponthleu, tho featherweight champion of France. knocked out the British champion, ' Taney Leo, In the seventeenth round of ! a match hero Inst night. The fight was scheduled for twenty rounds for the featherweight champion- ship of Europe. 31'ASDHEWS WINS BOUT. PiTTSBURO, Pa., Dec. 25. Eddie a Philadelphia lightweight, outpointed Charley. Dunn, Ambrldge, Pa., In tbelr ten round bout at Homestead CARPENTIERWORTHY RIVAL OF DEMPSEY Jcaniiotto Snys Champion Novcr Met as Masterly a Boxer. nr geoiige n. vadbiiwood. Perhaps there Is no boxer or expert on' this side of the pond better qualified to pass rin opinion on Oqorges Carpen- tler than. Is Joe Jeannette, the. veteran heavyweight. There Is no man In the squared circle with a better knowledge of boxing than Jeannttte nor no bettor Judge of fighters. Jennnette Is a critic and unbiased in his vhws. Besides having fought Carpentler, Jean- nette has followed the career of the French boxer closely and has rtudlcd him inside and outside of the ring. \Jack Dempsey and no other fighter,\ said Jeannette yesterday, \can go into the ring jijalnst Carpentler with the Im- pression (lie Frenchman Is not a great fighter. In the Frenchman Dempsey will meet the most difficult proposition Jack ever has tackled. Georges Is fast, clever and strong, has a shrewd fighting head and la a good ring general. He Is courageous and cool In tho plnch.'s. Jack never met as worthy a r'val. .lenncttr'M Comparison, \I think I truthfully can say that at the height ot my career I was as rugged a boxer as Dempsey and could withstand as much punishment. Mo?t-o- the experts probably will acknowl- edge that I was a much harder man to hit. It Carpentler hit me, he therefore should havo little trouble 'In hitting Dempsey. As I went down from his bio- - I think the Frenchman is capable of dropping Dompscv also. \Don't think I am picking Carpentler to beat Dempsey. I wouldn't attempt to pick tho winner of the match until within a few days of the contest after I had the opportunity ot sluing them up and knowing Jwt how they were going to enter tho ring. Dempsey has such an annihilating attack that even as clever a boxer and shurp hltUr as Carpcntlei might not be abli to stop him. But Georges Is tho toughest nut Jack ever has. had to crack an l Dempsey certainly will find that out when he gets Into thoi ring with him. \In 1914 It found Cnrpentler a fast, strong and heady fighter. He haa devel- oped considerably In the five years In- tervening nnd has progressed In both physique, skill and experience. Ho cer- tainly will prove a worthy adversary for Dempsey, and while I don't look for any such thing, I would not be at all sur- prised to seo the Frenchman lift the world's title. A man as easy to hit as certainly M taking a chance In going In the ring against as accurate, fast and snappy a puncher as Carpen- tler.\ Test for Kllbane Arena A. C. Just how far Johnny Kllbane, tho featherweight champion, has son bsck and how much longer he la likely to re-i.- i. .v.m fflttioru;Alf:-- rrnwn Is llkelv to be evinced at the Arena A. C. next Monday evening, when the reatnerwcigni king tackles Young Chaney of Baltimore, the A. E. F. title holder. Back In 1916 Kllbane knocked out George Chaney in three rounds, but In Young Chaney ho will meet a boxer who resembles George Chaney only in namo and the town both boys hall from. Kllbane is far from g the champion ho was when ha fought nn.f. rhnnnv. nnd It wouldn't be at all surprising to see the other Chaney from Baltimore emerge wnn a viciory nc.i Monday. Th. viihfinfl.rhnnAv bout will be ac companied by three other scheduled eight rcund tuts mai snouiu lurnwn pieniy of fast milling. Al Reich will meet Tom Cowler, Gene Tunney will hook up with Bob rearco ana Augto iininer win race Harry Greb. The big London FODR COLLEGES IN CHESS TOURNAMENT 0. 0. N. Y., Cornell, Pennsyl- vania ami N. Y. U. Begin Title Piny To-da- y. Four college teams of four players each, representing City College, Now York University, Cornell and Pennsyl- vania, aro ready for tho opening round of the twenty-fir- st annual tournament ot the Triangular College Chess League, which starts at the rooms of the Man- hattan Chess Club In the Sherman Squnro Hotel at 10 o'clock this morning. City College holds tho championship, but has to reckon with powerful rival Cornell and Pennsylvania teams, frorn which tho title was wrested a year ago. ' New York University competes for 'tho first tlmo, thus making It possible to i play two full matches on each of the-- ' three days of tho meeting. The person- nel of the four teams follows: City College Albert Welsbord. '21; Nathan Stern, '21; II. Sternberg, '21; S. Nelson, '20. New York University A. Colin. '23; D. Bourgln, '22; A. Krelncs, '22; Lester Dennon, '23. Cornell H. Adelsberg. '21; H. Gar- - , flnkel, '22; A. Kevltz, '23; G. G, Nel-dlc- h, '23. ' Pennsylvania II. C. I.oomls, '191 C. A. Wlshek, Wh., '19; F. B. Pollaclo, Jr., 20; S. N. Gerson, C. E '20. A. Kupchlk, State champion, and Os- car Chujes continued their keen rivalry In the championship of the I. L. Rico Progressive Chess Club yesterday, when tho eighth round was contested, leaving practically no difference In tho position of the lenders. Chajea, by defeating Dornbach, moved half a point ahead temporarily, ns Kupchlk adjourned his game with Farago In a position that was In favor of the champion. In the other games Mlchelscn defeated Capt. BeerH. Jnffe won frm Maruchess and Greonberg scored ngaln3t Mebenstoln. Tho scores of the lenders follow: Chnjes. 71; Kupchlk. G', ; Jaffe, 5i$2i; Grernberg and Ltebenstein, each 4V-S'- .ii Farago, 3W V,', ; Mich-else- n, 31j l',-i- . TIN WHISTLES' PLAY GOLF TEAM MATCH Blues Beat Reds in Christmas Day Tourney at Pinchurst. r,v.iTT!nnT. N. r.. Dec. 25. The Blue and Red cohorts gavo battlr In tho Tin Whistles team matcn on me cnnmpion-shi- p course ut Plnohurst and tho Blues won by the narrow margin nf m nnlnt rmintlncr or. the Nassau system. Donald Parson of Voungstown. a Red. carried oft the low gross honors with ISO. This was the eighteenth team match played by the Tin wnisuen in the past fifteen years. Tho Blues now have ten victories to their credit, the Reds seven, while ono of tho matches ended In a tie. The members of victorious Blua team were AV. H. Trueyda.ll, Gar- den City; G. A. Magoon. Oakmont; H. Fayen, Montclalr; W. B. Merrill, Brook-lin- e; J. D. Rumsey. Brooklyn; T. B. Boyd, St. Louis; G. T. Dunlap, Canoe Brook; C. S. Waterhouse, Ardsley; C. L Reciter, Kkwanok ; H. G. Phillip. Moore County: H. G. Waring, Moore County: John P. Chapman. Prcenwlrh. p. S. MacLaughlln. Scar'oale: II. P. HotchklBB, New Huven, and II. J. Frost, Slwanoy. LUM'Y SCOllHS KNOCKOUT. t\. v v.. nee. 25. Frankls Llppy. the Harlem llghtwelsht, knocked out Al Goddird In the eighth round at tho Hustler A. C. Here mis ner, fight $ in to - night Ted Lewis, American, es. Mail Wells, Englishman, and I Pal Moore, American, vs. Leioux, Frenchman, will be covered by Charles F. Mathison (\Cross Counter\) who will cable a complete de- scription of each fight, round by round, for publication to-morr- morning in b mtb Pun New York's Great Morning Newspaper the best Sport pages in New York. I i J
