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Bauriksville Boy to Pilot Navy GriddersTynney Must Face Suit WYOMING VALLEY IIS PROUD OF HIM! i IS RUSSIAN WINS ROXBURY THINKS KIRBY IS SUCCESSOR TO JOHN L. Massachusetts Town Credits Joey Gans Opponent Here as MemOer of Same Clan as Sullivan NY THRILLS CHESS 01 0 CHAMPION Alexander Alekhine Gets World's Title When Jose Wide' Open Game in 1927 Yielded Upsets in College Tilts All Over Country face to-morrow night at the local Armory. Sitting at the ringside to Famous Suit of "Boo Hoo" Hoff for Cut in Tunney's Earnings Will Go to Trial morrow night will be critics who are coming here from the metropolis Capablanca Quits Game Buenos Aires. Nov. 29 UP).

Alex ander Alekhine, Kussian chess mas ter, to-day won the world's chess championship, when Jose R. Capablanca, the title holder since 1921 resigned the thirty-fourth game of New York, Nov. "ii iff). it-tie Tunney, world rliam-pion, has hi-en m-rvi-tl wUh in the suit of ilax "Hoo HolT, Philadelphia siortsnia tH'' New York American will say to-morrow. Hoff claims that nrnler a contract entered Into with Tunney ami his manager, Billy Gibson, on the eve of the marine's first I with Jack After waiting two generations for a worthy successor to the greatest fighter of them all, John Lj.

Sullivan, people of Itoxbury, Mass. are beginning to look up hopefully for another of their hoys, Tom Klrhy, has all the specifications of a white hope worthy of being a successor to the famous "John Klrhy Is a blood relative of the famous Sullivan family and his Roxhtiry neighbors seem confident that he is destined to follow in the foot steps of his famous It is this same Tom Klrby of Roxhury, who is to clash with Joey Gans, colored wonder-boy, in the ring at the South Main street Armory to-morrow night. It will be their second meeting In a few months and Klrhy is eager to wipe out the blot on his record which came at Philadelphia when he lost on a foul to the colored hoy. In one respect, Klrhy is a worthy successor to Sullivan. He is not tne series without resuming play ad journed last night after eighty-one moves.

The score was six to three victories. In a letter to the new champion Capablanca made known his decision to resign the game and offered his congratulations to the victor. Alekhine was happy, saylner he had finally made good whatUiad been his life's ambition. He ready to defend his title against ail comers but not before 1929 and that the first Dempsey in rhiluilelpliia, he is en- titled to 20 per cent, of Tunney's ring earnings. Holt's claims, involving a loan Bald to amount to were maile the subject of Dempsey's spectacular, "open letter" chaws before Tunney's title defense the i former champion in Chicago this fall, In a statement published over his Signature, Dempsey charged that I Holt's cpntract I a 'Jo i -1 cent, "cut" in Timne.v's earnings in case the marine won tie Inle challenger should be Capablanca.

watching Tom Kirby who is hoped to shortly break Into the preferred class of light heavies the hope of Tex Rickard. Gans May Sprag Another It was Clans who for a time blasted the hupes of Jack Delaney to lie a champlun. It was Gans who set the late Tiger Flowers back for several months in his drive for the middleweight title. It was Gans who marred the record of Maxle Rosen-bloom whom he kayoed in three rounds. It was Gans who helped Jack Dempsey to return to the ring as an idol and a fighter, and perhaps tomorrow night, fate may be kind to that lovable dusky son of the coal fields and unkind to the Irish son of Itoxbury.

To-morrow night Gans hopes to capture a victory and begin his march to the top. To-morrow night Tom Kirby hopes to erase the one mark upon his record of the year to decisively win over Gans. who won from him on a foul and with this accomplished there can be little to halt him in his endeavor to meet Leo Iximski and Johnny Risko in Garden matches promised him within the next six weeks. Fans have realized the Importance of this contest, and as a result there has been a heavy advance sale. The fact there Is a classy under program has stimulated the re-opening of indoor boxing.

Every bout is of importance. Freddy Haverlak vs. Jimmy Connolly will be a real contest. Plenty of wagers have been made on the outcome of the Tubby Noble-Kid Wolfe fight Frankie Cawley Is ready for his tiff with Benny Attel, and the curtain raiser with Joe Serafin vs. Rocco De Marco Capablanca appeared' bit down cast by his defeat, but was ready to admit that the best man won, and that Alekhine merited the victory.

lJl- 1 New York, Nov. 29 Of) Wide open play, 1927 style, which sent a running lattle of upsets resounding from coast to coast from early September to ltite November, this year, provided an array of running anil passing thrills seldom if ever equalled lr the reign of the ruling college sport, king foot ball. November 12 alone saw nine "big lime" backs in a total distance of H'JO yards on ton plays, every dash gooil for a touchdown. That was the day Dartmouth's sophomore find. Marsters, conducted special tours against Cornell, one lor eighty yards and the other lor fifty, tirim of Ohio State yroke I Pulsion's heart and goal line with a ninety yard run and W'hitey Lloyd of I ho Navy turned In an eighty-five yard dash against Gibby Welch, captain of the Pittsburgh Panthers, galloped ninety-seven yards through Nebraska for a touchdown from the klckoft and his running male, 1 lagan, registered another score after traveling sixty-three yards.

Mci igiie of Georgia scored from seventy yards out against Clemson while Cable and Hill Nave of the Army were doing their bit against Notre Dame, Cngle with a forty-eight yard roiin from scrimmage and Nave 'with a sixty-eight yard romp after Intercepting a pass. Kishwick of Yale finished the day's fun at the expense of Princeton's championship hopes by grabbing a pass from lloben for forty-seven yards and the touchdown that led to a startling Ell victory. Freak Plays Frequent The season produced its share of Tunney would not be called upon to Tepay the debt If lo- lost, Dempsey alleged. Huff is accepted as a power In Philadelphia hoxiiiR circles. In accordance will) lcfjal procedure, Tiney must tile an nnswr to loft's complaint within twenty ays.

afraid to take on opponents of all weights and sjzes for he has clashed with middlewelghts and light heavyweights alike and gave them all the fillip rough treatment. Klrby has fought and defeated such fighters as Lou Bogash, Tommy Robson, who is best remembered here as having kayoert Steve Latzo In the heyday of his career, P.llly Vadlheck and Jackie Warren. His record is dotted by the kayoes he tallied, while before him stood men who outweighed him by twenty and thirty pounds, but he fought them all. Twice Faced the Champion Johnny Risko met the same Tom Klrby, hut the Cleveland butcher boy luckily was given a draw. Twice Tommy Loughran fought the same Klrby, and each time the clever Adonias, who now sports the world's light heavyweight title, barely edged the referee's decision, after the I 'hlladelphia judges disagreed.

Tills Is the fighter, a real package of pugdom, whom Joey Gans, fighting for middleweight honors, must The world's championship chess tournament just concluded in Buenos Aires, which was not extraordinarily prolonged as chess tourneys go, began September 15. Held Title Six Timet Jose Capablanca has been champion since April 1921, when he won the title and a $20,000 purse in a match with Dr. Emanuel Laaker of Germany, in Havana. Capablanca had been prominent in chess circles for thirteen years before he had a chance to play the then world's champion. Capablanca was promptly challenged by the Polish champion, Akiba K.

Rubinstein, and the Russian, Alexander A. Alekhine. These two played In 1923 for a cfcance at Capablanca, and Alekhine won. Last year Alekhine renewed his challenge to Capablanca, and eventually the match at Buenos Aires between the E. J.

BURKE, JR. MIDSHIPMAN win excite enthusiasm. It promises to no a birr-bang show of the action-craving variety that will be boxing without feathers and frills. two was arranged. BOWLING McMillan Denies He Will Coach at Centre When the time rolls around next November for the Army and Navy foot ball teams to clash, Wyoming Valley fans will have more reason than ever to get excited over the great service classic for the captain of the Annapolis team will be the husky youngster whose picture is shown above.

He is Eddie Burke, of 33 West Luzerne avenue, Larksville. Members of the Middies' foot ball squad will meet to-myht to elect their 1928 leader. Advices from the Naval Academy last night were that Burke is elated for the job. He has played two seasons at left guard for the team and both years was credited by sport critics with being a tower of strength on the Navy line. He gave his team its first two points last Saturday by breaking th rough the West Point line and blocking a punt that rolled back of the goal line for a safety.

Burke attended Larksville high school and played one year when that school had no coach for its grid team. He is about 20 years old and will graduate from the Naval Academy in 1929.. freak scoring plays, Including runs of better than 101) yards, and many a game was settled hv way of the over- 2Blades A huge tennis stadium is to be constructed In Paris, France, for the final contests In 1928 for the Davis cup. The arena, to surround a centre court with nine additional courts, will seat 15,000 spectators. i head route.

In Gerald Mann, South The change In the habits of the fair sex makes it easier for a man to do his Christmas shopping. For Instance a carton of clgarets Is now quite an appropriate present for the average flapper. The gold diggers of '49 are extinct, but their places are being filled by the gold dingers with perfect 36's. We wish the youim lady on the West Plttston car last evening who deliberately scratched her leg would break herself of the habit. It gives the other passengers an Itchy feeling.

A Chicago -woman complained to the court the other day that every time she kised her husband ho became angry and knocked her unconscious. That lady should adopt defensive. If she would chew a hunk of garlic first the kiss would knock her husband unconscious. The Democrats are in a quandary. They don't know whether to have the vin i.

14nnn Hvpn a wet WJtsll hv "Al" ern Methodist quarterback, the southwest conference produced a passer who tossed the ball with either hand, t'sually favoring the right he was reputed to put the oval into a barrel consistently anywhere up to forty-tivc Hampton League Results The Cubs defeated the White Sox in the Hampton duck pin league on Monday night and established a new record for high single game with 70S pins. H. 13. Koons was high man of the night with 451 pins. Following are the scores: Cubs Will Smith 169 123 105 Jenkins 136 107 116 Ryman 131 112 119 Koons 168 122 161 Saumo 104 117 132 Scribes Pick Hornsby i Barney Leads TemPe Fort Worth, Nov.

29 UP). Bo McMillan, former Centre College football star, and now coach at Geneva College in Pennsylvania, isn't figuring on returning to Centre as coach he said here to-day. Ho recently stopped in Danville, on his way home, here, and visited friends, among them President Turck, of Centre, giving rise to reports that he would become coach at Centre. McMillan has been tendered a contract for 1928 by Geneva but he Dr. Dorothv Cochrane Logan was Philadelphia, Nov.

29 OP). Election I in Preference to Frischi fined $500 with $50 costs in a London Need Money For Taxes? of Howard C. (Harney) Gugle, of this, police court for swearing falsely that t. Louis, Nov. 29 11127 1 city, as captain of the foot tall txS fln'eu nil-star major league team, based on 1 tram of Temple University was an- $250 and $25 costs in connection with said to-day he had not made up hisj nounced here to-day.

Gugle play-I 1 nlnmUnB a8eo- U0Xti 581 153 149 100 119 152 633 107 73 101 104 127 the votes of IDS members of the liase Ball Writers' Association of America, was announced to-day by the Sporting News national use hall newspaper published here. one nf the most interesting con- Totals 708 White Sox Flasser 124 Prlchard Ill Richards 123 Peters 130 Helm 153 Totals 641 mina wnemer to sign. It is understood alumni of Rice Institute of Houston, would like to see McMillan succeed Coach John Heisman at Rice. Helsman handed in his resignation but it has not been accepted. quaixeinacK on ims yeai eie en ani before coming to Temple was a rniiii-ber of Prankford High eleven.

He is twenty-onA years old and a soplo-more In the 'teachers' College. The list of stars who received varying numbers of first and second choice votes for the honor, along with Gehrig, furnishes some interesting slants on the season. ftu was for second base. Rogers1 673 612 af' '-MC-WW-'-W MONEY LOANED To Any Amount On DIAMONDS, JEWELRY. Automobiles, Stoekn, Honda and MortgiiKea, We Itii7 Old Gold and Silver Dlnmonda Apimined EMatea Apprulard Ever Loan Strictly Private COLLATERAL LOAN EXCHANGE 4 K.

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Any how It has been definitely decided that the Prince of Wales does not choose to stick on his horse in 1927. One anti-prohlbitionist passed our window last evening who was so wet he seemed sloppy. Those Democratic women who Wish to substitute the eagle for the donkey should reconsider and demand that "Miss Democracy" be made the party emblem. "Miss as the cartoonists paint her, would not only be emblematic: of the party but also of the women voters of the party. Our recollection Is that she presents a tricking resemblance to many of the maiden ladles who exercise the right to vote.

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