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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 21

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ROSEN VICTOR OVERALLMAN pie Arch Preserver Shoe with its concealed built in arch bridge supports your feet nat urally and comfortably at all times Play fair witn your reet pays tne long run Coach Praised by Speaker at Banquet in His Honor to be held on each each club taking Its The only change In is that the Elks will one way he ripping tear and he used John Heydler Telia of Confer ence in Which Date Wu ixed Giants' Leader at Louisville Meet May Make Another Unusual Trade Boxing Game Boosted Sterling Card Presented at Elks South Bend Ind Dec 4 Coach Knute Rockne tonight denied that the Notre Dame football team will meet Marquette next Saturday at Milwaukee Notre Dame team has dis banded for the season and the rumor Is entirely unfounded" Rockne de clared had previously declined an Invitation to play Gonzaga col lege at San Diego Cat on Christ mas day "Many of the members of the football squad are already working out at basketball as the season opens riday Under no conditions will we consider any post season A Driving Gloves And gauntlets with heavy knitted or fur linings $359 to $12 ourteen Crafts in Prospect for 150 MiIe Contest Here Gold Cup Body to Supervise Running of Stakes Shaker Coats Heavy all wool sweater coats with shawl collars neck and many in pullover stjle with shawl collars White end col ors $7 to $12 50 Knitted Sport Coats Lifht weight With 2 or 4 pockets In rich heether mixtures i and plain colors $7 to $10 Angora Sweaters In heather mixtures darkreens oxford trays camel's hair tones $1250 Wool Mufflers Brushed wool and fenuine angora $150 to $750 Gloves Unlined end silk lined $250 5' Heavy knitted end fur lin ints $350 to $550 furthrevldenee here today 'that there le Boanothing In th nature et a new big rumpus highest councils of The unexpected American league week forChicaro ork waa made stilt more puzzling by a atatement by President Heyd ler of the National league disclos ing the fact that at an Informal gathering of representatives of both leagues on October 4 when many of the It major league elab owners were here fur the world aeries It was agreed that a Joint session would take place in New Tork Jo pecembcr 4 "Judge lAn tx Drealdent Johnaon and my elf were present" explain ed Heydler "Quito a number of club owners et each league attend ed We discussed 'among other things the proposed trip of a picked team to Japan and ths time and place of the winter meetings far as the national league le 125000 and cup "Service and loyalty when a man gfvea that he glvea his all" That Is only part of the eulogy paid Jimmy Duffy retiring coach of the University of Detroit's football eleven banquet In his honor Monday niffht at Hotel Statler More than 500 guests re pres ent to voice their appreciation of the work that Coach Duffy has done with of football teams within the paet five years James Schermerhorn toastmaster of the evening kept the guests in excellent humor with his keen wit and introductions of the various speakers Highest Tribute Perhaps the highest tribute paid to Duffy was that given by Rev William oley faculty member of the athletic board of the university behalf of the alumni for the fame he had brought to the University of Detroit In the last five years Bitner editor ln chlef of the Detroit Times In an address compared thn progress of the city to that of the university and pic tured the wonderful prospects of the Institution which Is located on Its new site The main address of the evening was made by John A Russell dean of commerce and finance of the' uni versity He expressed In figures the advancement of the school In public favor because of the great showing made by the football teams and added that one regret Is that Duffy Is to leave Coach Jimmy Duffy nodded bls appreciation to each speaker and when called upon to respond was almost overcome with emotion He spoke of his pride In the teams that he had developed the splendid co operation of students faculty and players concluding with the assertion that he felt that In years to come that the University of De troit would be one of the: great eat football elevens tai tie country Mulligan Played Tackle andCarney Guard With Morris High School' New Tork Dee have fared eeeh other over the scrim mage line before In gridiron his tory buawhst Is considered a novel situation here hnw arisen with the selection of Arthur Carney of New Tork to lead tho football forces at Annapolis next year Carney le a graduate of Mortis high school and during hie "prep" school days when he played guard on the Morris high team his closest friend was Dennie Mulligan who played et taekle end who recently was elected to captain tho Army football team for 1933 (Copyright 1193 by Underwood and Underwood JOHN McGRAW Baseball sharps expect another startling trade to result from the presence iPf Johfi McCraw manager of the New York Ciants at the Louisville meeting of minor league magnates It Was McCraw's club that paid fabulous prices for Jimmy nell outfielder and Jack Bentley Baltimore star JIMMY DUY IS COMMENDED OR SERVICE AND LOYALTY IN OOTBALL WORK That the Slkl Carpentler battle which Slkl declares was designed to be the most monumental frame up In the history of boxing the frame up of the became the greatest tragedy of double crossing and caused the duwn fall of Eu rope's Idol was due to the pride of the black tighter he declared "I could not lay down before 50 000 people acclaiming me" ho said Continued oa Page SI aculty representatives and direc tors at Saturday's meeting ap proved the new move which would permit enght games at the expense of the preliminary season Thisten would not extend the football season but in reality would shorten it from a week to 10 days which is expected to win favor from theInstead of opening the gridiron training on the 15th of September the new rule ivnuld allow only two weeks of trait before the first rime Which must be played In t)c tober and the year would close as now on the first Saturday before Thanksgiving or adoption of the rule every faculty In the Big 10 must approve It If there Is one dissenting vote It' goes back to the faculty repre sentatives and If they again act ttro thlrds of the faculties must grant permission This will require several months' time but may cume soon enough to permit enght games next year Centre la Mentioned Coach Yost today would make no comment upon who would be played if the rule went through It Is cer tain however that none of tho east's Big Three will be met by Michigan One possibility according to rumor Is Centre college alhtough an easier Kame Is probable The eighth game could be scheduled for either October 27 or November 10 the Michigan Aggies being willing to shift The dropplng of Illinois accord ing to Coach Yost was due to no difference of opinion but to the dif ficulties entailed In making a suit able schedule Chicago which had been spoken of as a likely opponent avoided a game with' Michigan and Instead among others took on games with the three weaker schools Indi ana Purdue and Northwestern In other sports Chicago also evi denced the same unwillingness to meet Michigan No baseball games acre arranged between the two unl Cntlnued Page 34 Mickey Brennan Joins Host of Pete Choike Conquerors by Slight Margin ive Clubs in Detroit Must Adher to Rules or Lose Licenses dates for the five clubs holding licensee tn Detroit were nounced Monday night by Charles Campau chairman of the ath letic division of the department of public safety snows are Monday with regular turn thia schedule KO on Tuesday January 2 instead of on New day Commissioner Campau statedT that he had made the schedule through May at the direction of Governor Alex Groesbeck and that unless the rules of the state commission re strictly adhered to thq governor will end the sport in the state Be fore the start of the new year all promoters and matchmakers will be called in for conference and the rules will all be gone over and fully explained New licenses are to be issued at the first of the year and each club must have Its new before it will be 'allowed to hold a boxing show The schedule of dates follow: January Elka' club January Olym Jla club January 15 Avenue Theater club: anuary 22 American legion January Z9 Lenox Alhletfc club ebruary Elka club ebruary 11 Olympia club ebruary 19 Avenue Theater club ebruary 25 American Legion March Ieno Athletic club: March IX Elks club: March 19 Olympia dub: March Avenue Theater club April 2 American Lxlon April 9 lenox Athletic club: April Is club April 23 Olympia club: April 20 Avenue Theater club Aiuy 7 American Iidon May 14 Lenox AthlvUc club: May 2l Elka club May 13 Wilmington Coach Resigns Wilmington Dec Harper coach of Wilmington col lege football squad tonight ten dered his resignation due he said criticism by some residents of the President Edwin Day of the college said he had not yet accepted the resignation the Yachtsmen's Association of America intimated that ho would also have one or more boats In the race and made a plea for the rules committee not to make frequent changes In the rules that the boat owner might be able to build for more than one season Colonel Vincent holder of the gold cup supported Mr ord In his conten tion using the Indianapolis 500 mlle automobile race as an example the rules there holding for three consecutive years Prise uad Grows Secretary Barrett reported that $6600 had been raised toward the prise fund Messrs ord and Vin cent each contributed substantially to the fund and the secretary was instructed to address a letter to the men in Detroit and vicinity In terested In the sport requesting contributions The meeting was held on the forty second birthday of Commo dore Gar Wood international cham pion Commodore Schantz on be half of the Gold Cup and Harms Trophy committee presented him a travelling case of toilet articles Commodore Wood will leave on December 14 for Dos An geles where he will race the Miss America I and the Mias Detroit VI In the west regatta The following spoke briefly re garding the 325000 race and other activities William Metzger Ed sel ord Colonel Vincent Colonel Waldon Commodore Alex I McLeod Commodore red IL Still Robt Henkel Commodore Otto Barthel General Hec kel Paul Strasburg Greg ory Commodore Wood ruff Edward Gray 'Chris Smith John Hacker Supt William Rutledge Colonel Waldon placed before the motor boat men the Injustice of the proposed gaso line tax to be considered by the Michigan legislature particularly as It affected the power boat owner It wii learned today that Willard li In receipt of a letter from Jack Heddy Milke's manager stating Mlske wanted a contest with Wil lard and was wUilng to meet him anywhere Willard would suggest Acclaim Respotuible for Deciaion to Win Despite Agreement rarls Dee (By the Amciatd PruiJ Bettllnc Slkl th ffenga lese conqueror of Gorffee Cr pen tier declared today tn tho preenco of Deputy Diagne and two witne ss that his fight with Carpentier for the light heavyweight world's chsm plonshlp had been "framed" but that during th fight he had determined to be the winner Slkl eald that once he was in the ring with a crowd of 5000 people acclaiming him and conecioue of his own strength he had had a revulsion of feeling despite reminders from his corner during his minute's rest after the third round and had de cided to go tn and win "I entered the ring In a bewild ered condition" continued Slkl "and began to do an I agreed dropping to one knee in the first roui nd after I two minutes of fighting Bernstein (the referee) brought me up sharply ly saying 'get up Slkl not wa In a trance throughout the eecond round dlacusalng with myself whether I should He down or fight Georges hurting me although ho reached me with two hard righto to the jaw which caused the ringside spectators to grunt much harder than 'At the beginning of the third round I had fully decided that I would take another count as agreed" Slkl went on "but the round had progressed two minutes before Georges hit me hard enough to give me a chance to go down A right swing then hit me high on the cheek and I eald here goes 1 dropped to one knee fully resolved to stay there "Then the howls of the multitude reached my head which seemed to clear 'He's beaten the Negro Is finished' were the Jeers that assail ed me "Then during the seven seconds that I was kneeling before Carpen tier I made up my mind to fight I knew I could win You remember how I jumped up and swung my left which caught Georges flush on the point of the lliample of Swing Slkl rose and gave a demonstra tion for the benefit of the deputy who looked on with apparent pride "You know the rest" continued Slkl Georges with a pained look of surprise on hla tsce went down for the count of four end clinched "rom tho fourth round on I hurt him too badly I felt him to be very weak his blows lack ing sting I whispered to him sev eral times that he should quit but Instead he butted me trice and hit me below the belt which further enraged me and strengthened my determination to win especially as the crowd was now favoring me and cheering while they hooted Georges ti his rough work" Depdty Diagne listening to this story trom the deposed black cham pion leeently bereft of bls tltje by the boxing federation said It waa exactly what Slkl had related to hlni as the story Slkl said he would tell in court and of which Diagne said he had proof This was the only reason the deputy stated for his agreeing to fight the case of the Senegalese He epoke of the confidence that the faculty had In Its coach of his Ideals and the high standard to which he had brought athletics among the student body Shuart speaking for fhe Phi Kappa Psi fraternity gave a brief address and concluded with the remark that Duffy should feel as all the alumni feel joy of duty well or the student body 'George O'Brien was the spokesman and voiced the approval and gratitude of the students Captain Patsy McKenna spoke briefly and thanked Duffy for the team building and man building that he had accomplished while in cnarge of the team Bert Barron Talks Coach Bert Barron of the Michi gan Aggies was also a speaker giving a resume of the trials and tribulations that a coach has to undergo the that is accorded him when victorious and the criti cism when his team tails to live up to expectations Leo Hennes thanked Duffy in Tie Aristocrat of Arrow Collars A Style for all Peabody nr IUOYD NORTH ARD Boxing a sport which had celved a set back in Detroit largely to poorly made matches hippodrome attempt by good box ers was helped along a great way on the right road by the card of four bouts at th Elks Monday night Each one of th four bouts was filled with action and every One went the scheduled distance ew cards have ever been offered here that could produce an equal amount of effort on th part of th mitt slingers Th eight boxers all gave everything they had and the tumultuous applause after each bout gave ample evidence that the patrons had been given what they wanted Clarence Rosen the Bay City buzz saw who Is the acknowledged flyweight champion of Michigan can1 continue to use that title for anything It is worth for the little upstate lad proved his ability by winning over Chick Allman of To ledo In a wild and active session These two youngsters rushed at each other at the start and they were never Idle at any time Roeea Rukea te ore After three rounds in which hon ors were about evenly distributed Rosen by rushing Allman nut of po sition and lan his right cross effectively took the next tour ses sions Then they battled It out evenly to the finish Allman found Rosen a much bet ter boxer than Gene Larue and a harder hitter than Jimmy Russo rom the start of tho fourth until the eighth Allman was continually backing up and Rosen was doing all the leading' In the fifth and sixth Allman was running away most of the time Every time Rosen succeeded In cornering Chick he shook him with hard rights In the fourth a hard right cross made Allman's knees sag and he was kept unsteady through the round by continued rights to the head and body Chick was guilty of a lot of holding in those four uia was knew of stopping the Ing rushes of Rosen it well Brennan Cheeks Mickey Brennan of lint wits admitted to membership In the col lection of boxers who have beaten Pete Cholk but Mickey didn't have any too much majority at that Brennan earned most of his ad vantage In the early rounds and then seemed to almost despair of his efforts toward the close when he had failed to trouble Choike with his punches The lint welter pushed out a long left tilted Pete's chin back and then shot right crosses In great numbers straight to' the but ton without even disturbing the Polar Bear's broad smile This con tinued for several rounds until Brennan started to tiro from his efforts In the closing rounds Pete was landing as often as Mickey and appeared to be the fresher of the two Johnny Tanner of Detroit and Jimmy Ryder of Brooklyn tried hard over the 10 round route with out cither accomplishing anything that bordered on the decisive Ryder wss a slightly better boxer than Tanner and had a few tricks that some of the patrons bed not seen before but Johnny evened matters by his aggressiveness and hls ability to hit harder Rider Better Boxer Rider outboxed Tanner at thot6ninir Ha IahHoA nftn side but seemed to lack force with ins nuncnes rnnnAP rzvvs 9 a a 1 attack and evened matters nnue tney corn tried hard neither was hurt at any time Tanner cen tered hls attack on the body while Rider used lefts to the head The fall from the top to the bot tom of boxing ranks Is a rapid one Pnt Bishop of Bay City who a few yenrz acn wn thn utot wijii Weight rhfimnlnn arvnxawMz aV six round preliminary as a substi tute for Sam Caron and lost to Georre Mero a youngster In his maiden bout Pat went to the can vas in a hurry for he rushed from hls corner In the first round and ran Into a right uppercut which dropped him on his haunches for count of three In the third however he had Mero all but out on hls feet but could not put over a telling blow Mero came back strong at the fin ish and by winning the last round earned the mdrgln GRIDDERS DONE AT NOTRE DAME Your discriminating friends too will find that the Dun is packed from tip to ip with gen uine smoke satisfaction You can find no more ap propriate gift for them than Dun cigars a gift which will tighten the bonds of friendship i through mutual apprecia tion of this truly good smoke Get them at any cigar store in special holi day packings ormer Champion Told Name Place of Bout Los Angel Dec Jes Wil lard former heavyweight boxing champion wis reported today con sidering a proposed match with Billy Milke which may lead to a return engagement a 1th Jack Demp Great Gifts And if quality and real value mean any thing to you in you shopping want to give a Hickey sweater! In a joint meeting of the Gold Cup and Harmsworth Trophy com mittee and the Yachtsmens Associa tion of America held at the A Monday noon it was agreed that the 160 mile international motor boat sweepstakes for 25000 would be handle by the gold cupbody Lee Barrett secretary of the two organizations announced that fourteen entries were in prospect eleven from North America three from rance In announcing the rench tries Commodore A A Sohantx dared that it was possible that Jacques Menfer of Paris would also challenge for the British Interna tional (Harmsworth) trophy the in ternational cup given bK the late Lord Northeliffe This wwould give the Detroit regatta next fall the three premier speed boat contests or tne worio wirn rne sweepstakes the Harmsworth the national championship gold events Prospective Entries The trio of prospective entries for the 25000 race from rance are: Charles Picker Courbevoie Paris raui uonnaro Menier Paris men expect to July and then York where the boats will be taken in hand by the Detroit organization and shipped here Probable entries have been signi fied by Harry Greening Hamil ton Ont Ed Grimm and Kalph Sid way Buffalo Walter Wilde Teorla Chris Smith Algonac Paul Strasburg A Wood and Vincent Detroit A Proal Red Bank Walter Plummer May wood III Thos Lovelace leorla Bartea Chicago Edsel ord who attended the meeting and Is a vice president of I Bernard Schwartz cigar Corp Detroit Michigan Sweaters Are tyiekey Waedward Ave Pending Rule to Permit Eighth Contest Brings Ruinor That Praying Colonels May Get Extra on Schedule Yost Thinks Iowa Will Prove ormidable Opponent BY SARGENT Ann Arbor Mich Dec Students at Michigan are recovering from the surprise of not meeting Chicago or Illinois in football next year and are accepting the game' with Iowa as a splendid move which in a way will be a play off of this year's tie While the Western conference schedule is completed there may yet be surprises for the Wolverine supporters with the game or games itill to be arranged This does not exist in the three remaining A Vanderbilt and presumably but in the probability of Su cig According to Coach Yost today the path is yet open for an eighth game It rests with the faculties pf the Big 10 universities whether this will be adopted but it may go through in time for the 1923 season 1EEPING should start with the A feet! Vigorous comfortable feet feflWl make you enjoy walking they make you feel like taking exercise of all kinds Get your feet right then easy to keep Most feet would be well in correct shoes SCRIBES CALL DOWN JOHNSON OR GIVING COBB EXTRA BLOW New York' Dee 4 Ban Johnson will have to answer for making Ty Cobb a 40 hitter last aoaaon If New York baseball writers have their wv A call went out today for a tneaUny of the wrlbes tomorrow to pass a resolution calltnc upon tho American beam president to explain According to the official Cobb finished with an averare of 3912 for 31 hits In S2 times at bat Unofficially the Detroit manager's avenge was given at 401 figured on 311 hits The disputed hit occurred In New York May 15 Th official scorer Jack Kierans decided that Shortstop Scott mad an error but the press associations whose tox scores were compiled by a writer who foiled to consult the official scorer because he could not locate Kierans who had retired Into th grandstand when a light! rain came up carried It as a hit Without asking the official oeorer for an explanation or granting him asJtearing Johnson arbitrarily decided Cobb was entitled to 311 hits and hls 401 average Dispatches from Chicago and Detroit stated that Johnson acted "after an Investigation" and asserted that 11 writers disagreed with Kierans But neither Scott nor any of the New Tork writer wa con sulted by Johnson and 1 of 11 New York writers agreed with the' official scorer UUlBnlSK A Tv A 7 I ft 1 I upf Is fj 1 JU tl 1 ft I i I A VAvz i i I I A A WBSaggpo Tv A.

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