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8 12 one JOPLIN GLOBE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929. Amateur Boxers Sign Tonight for A. A. U. Championships Here in March Scrappers to Meet at 7:30 At American Many Prospective "Comers" of Joplin and District Expected to Be on Hand in Market Square Building When Initial Instructions Are Given by Leslie Showers, Director: Affair to Be Held March 18, 19 and 20.

Amateur boxers from Joplin 7:30 o'clock tonight at the American Square building, Twelfth and Main States A. A. U. championships, to at Memorial hall. who desire to compete in the affair, have been requested to submit signed notices of their plans.

will Give Instructions. Leslie Showers, director of the ment, a former boxer, will have churge of the meeting and will give initial Instruclions boxing. Many of those expected to enter have had little or no training in ringmanship, and for these, as well Ag those. who know the fundamentals, lessons will be given free in order to round them into fighting trim In time for their appearance. A style similar to that employed by Jack Dempsey, former henvyweight youthful king.

ring will talent. be used in training the His style will be taught all candidates for championship honors regardless of weight division. The amateur tournament, the first its kind ever held here, is expected to attract a banner crowd represented" points the district to be by young Champions of the various divisions, to glove hopefuls. be determined by Judges after the threeround engagements, or a fourth if necessary, will' be eligible national for amateur competition champion- elsewhere toward ship and a place on the United States Those In charge belleve there are many Olympic boxing squad. athletes who desire a try at boxing, but who did not want to start in pitted against an experienced professional.

Boxers will MIAMI TO GET ONE BIG FIGHT A YEAR W. F. Carey Signs Contract Good for Five Years With City Commissioners. Miami, Feb. a contract with F.

the Miami city commissioners to hold one Carey late today signed major. prize fight here each year for a Carey gave Miami the wooden bowl that period of five years. housed last night's arkey fight in Flamingo park, Miami Beach, the condition. that wooden the city structure of to Miami Miami pay for moving the fore next winter. A $405,940 Gate.

The. arena will be moved within a short time at cost of approximately $10.000 and will be stored in sections until fall, when 'It will be re-erected in time to hold football games within its area. The gate in the final box office tabulation reached $405,940 gross and $318,547.56 net, with the taxes deducted. Jack Sharkey, the victor, received 8 check for his guaranty of $100,000 before leaving shortly after 9 o'clock for New York. Pa Stribling, collecting his son's 20 per cent share of the net, deductions a check other received for $63,549.31.

After of expenses, the net to profit exceed for the promoters Sharkey, in high spirits as a big crowd appeared unlikely $75,000. gave 'him a sendoff, showed no mark but Young Stribling twice WAS obliged to The visit his treated physician, Stribling Dr. for traumatic neuritis, which affected the Ferguson. latter Georgian's left arm shoulder early in the 'and handicapped his fistic power. Dr.

Ferguson declared Stribling emerged from the fight in good general condition, but said his left arm would require steady treatment for several days. "The arm went bad in the second round;" said Dr. Ferguson, who formerly pitched for the New could York detect Giants. the "I weaken- saw go, of a just as pitcher's I arm. He did not do ing much with it for the rest of the fight." The punch that teat Stribling, in his father's opinion, was a righthand jolt to mid-section in the first few moments of the tenth and final round.

"I- thought W. L. had an even chance on winning going into the tenth, but that blow slowed him up abruptly and I belleve won the decision for Sharkey. It WAS a. fair: verdict.

W. L. did not have much left, but he fought like the great kid he 1s' to the finish. He is not through. He Is only 24 and has a wonderful future." Lou.

Magnolia, New York, lifted Sharkey's hand, disclosed his detailed score sheet. He gave the first, fourth and rounds to Stribling, called the 'ond even and gave the remaining six rounds third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth--to Sharkey. "In my judgment, it was not said "Magnolia. "After the fourth Sharkey piled up a clean-cut margin. It was a good fight.

I wag accused of bearing down too hard 'on Stribling for jumping and for hitting low, but I was simply enforcing the that the fighters agreed to themselves. I wanted to take no chances on a JOHN KALLAS TO JOIN CARNIVAL COMPANY: John Kallas, middleweight wrestler, who has wintered in Joplin for the last eight ten years, will join the Laughlin Carnival Company at Little Rock, March 11. Kallas will be with the shows when they make: a circuit of southern cities. and district towns will assemble al Legion gymnasium at the Market streets, to register for the Fourbe conducted March 18, 19 and 20 be divided according to weight and age 121 order have no boxer overmatched with one stronger or older. Inauguration of an amateur tournament is expected to provide something new to the ring fan who is accustomed to professional scraps.

The tourney will take the place of the monthly card conducted by the Robert S. Thurman post. American Legion, which organization will amateur events under Karl "Applegate. matchmaker of the legion. District Boxers Expected.

Showers, who has directed many' similar affairs throughout the country. In speaking of the torthcoming tournament night, suld he had witnessed the rise of many amateurs to high places in the professional boxing realm, one of which is Mickey Cohen of Denver, who slugged his way to It ten-round victory over Paul Wangley in a junior lIghtweight encounter this week at Memorial hall. Not only is Joplin expected to produce many amateurs, but towna of northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas and southcast Kansas, which have well-known professional boxers, no doubt will furnish many outstanding contenders for laurels, Trophies will be awarded in all divisions, with the championships to be held the final night. It is planned to stage As many bouts each night as possible in the ellnInation series. Those unable to supply ring trunks and shoes tonight will be furnished.

those tials by those in charge. Basket Ball Is Conditioner for Cincinnati Reds Atianta. Feb. Red Legs of Cincinnati have turned to basket bail as a conditioner for the long National League baseball race ahead. An improvised court has been turned over to the Reds at their Orlando, training camp and they went through a morning session throwing a basket ball at the hoops.

During the afternoon. Manager Jack Hendricks tried out several Infield combinations, composed mostly. of recruits. Lutzke, formerly the Cleveland Indians. and Horace Ford.

regular shortstop, displayed excellent form for the early work. They were scooping up fast ones from Ivy Wingo's bat and whipping them over to first base in mid-season style. After two days of hiding under a tropical sun at West Palm Beach, Dan Howley is ready to get the St. Louls Browns down to activities. With approximately, 25 players, mostly batterymen, in camp, the drilled overtime today.

Walter Stewart, lefthanded hurler, arrived today and went through workout. Infielders and outfielders are due Tuesday. The Philadelphia Nationals are expected at Winter Haven tomorrow, swelling the list of active camps. The advance squad will include Ray Benge, Alex Ferguson and Luther Roy, pitchers; Walter Lerian, catcher; Benny Friberg, Frank Hurst, Tom Thevenow, Tommy Thompson, and Whitney, inflelders, and Charile Klein, Frank O'Doul. Sothoron and Fred Williams, out- flelders.

Roy was with Birmingham of the Association last season. Connie Mack has a new holdout problem on his bands at Fort Myers, in the refusal of Max Bishop, regular second basemen, to report. Bishop, who is at hia home at Baltimore, was ordered to report with a squad of infielders and outflelders who arrived during the day. Mack refused to discuss the matter. 'Any player who is not in camp is not a member of the team." he said.

BIll Shores, young pitcher of Lawn. also is overdue at Fort Myers, and Mack indicated he would be released to a minor league club. Captain Eddie Collins, Homer Summa, former Cleveland outfielder: Joe Boyle, Nick Borrelll, Muhlenberg college athlete, Joe Hassler and Art Sharkey arrived today. Fret Lindstrom, third baseman. Joined the Giants at their San Antonio, training, camp.

A big squad also arrived last night and today to complete the roster. Travis Jackson, ordered by McGraw last fall to rest during the winter and take on weight, reported seven pounds heavier, but lost three of these in the first day's work. Pitchers on the St. Louts Cardinals' squad apparently will be expected to do something beside throw them past batters. Billy Southworth had his moundsmen swinging a bat a couple of hours this afternoon at Avon Park.

He also gave notice that the workouts from now on would be of the variety. Luncheon is being served at the clubhouse with the plavers at Cardinal field from 9 a. D. until 3 p. m.

Sherdel, Hal Elliott and Earl Smith reported while imformation was received from St. Louts that Herman Bell had signed and would leave for camp tonight. Tennis Finals Today. Palm Beach, Feb. Eleanor Cottman, Baltimore, today earned the right to meet Miss Eleanor Goss.

New York, defending champion, for the Florida women's tennis title by defeating Mrs. Bernard F. Stenz. New York, In her match, 6-3. 7-5.

Miss Goss thia morning advanced to the finals by disposing of Miss Virginia Filleary, Philadelphia, 6-4, 10-8. The final will be played tomorrow. ANNOUNCING THE FORMAL OPENING OF The Ideal Garage and Filling Station Southwest Corner 7th and Wall Sts. SATURDAY, MARCH 2 FREE! FREE! FREE! will drain your crankcase and refill with VEEDOL FREE with each 6-gallon purchase of TYDOL GASOLINE. GENERAL 'AUTO REPAIRING Expert Mechanics Washing $1.00 Olling and Greasing $1.00 See Us for Our Liberal Credit Terms Special Rates on Live Storage In Fire-Proof Building 24-HOUR SERVICE PHONE 478 Mighty Man of Cue World World from Japan.

Weighing only 92 handicaps, but despite this lack of today. These photographs show the top right, using the bridge, ANTI-GIGGING BILL IS ENGROSSED BY HOUSE Jefferson City, Feb, -The house of representatives spent two more hours in debate today, following two hours yesterday, before it engrossed a bill to prevent the gigging or spearing of fish in Missouri. The argument today was marked by spirited passages at times between Representative Elmer of Dent county, sponsor of the bill, and Bales of Shannon and other Ozark members, who vigorously opposed the measure. The only amendment adopted was one to permit gigging in overflow water and another to permit fishing with a hook and line in any stream that rises in another state, flows into Missouri and has its mouth in another state. This would only apply to the White river in the Ozarks.

Efforts of various Ozark memberg to amend bill to exempt various Ozark streams, permit the gigging of any except game fish in the but not at night, and to prevent the use of wooden minnows for bait went for nought, each amendment being voted down. CINCINNATI PITCHER SUFFERS FROM NEURITIS Cincinnati, Feb, (P) -Roy Meeker, left-handed pitcher, was the first casualty in the Cincinnati Meeker Reds' was training barely able camp to raise his salary today due to at Orlando, Fla. neuritis. Meeker, with Columbus the last two years, was considered by Manager in Jack Hendricks Just about ready to stick the big show. He suffered from the same ailment part of last season, Amateur Boxers Wanted Learn how to defend' yourself with the slashing style of fighting that carried Jack Dempsey to the world's heavyweight championship! Lessons in boxing and training togs furnished FREE to those who register for Joplin's Greatest Boxing Production the American Legion A.

A. U. District Championship Amateur Jack Dempsey Boxing Tournament in Memorial Hall on the nights of March 18, 19 and 20. REPORT at 7:30 TONIGHT at the Legion Gym, Market Square Building, Twelfth and Main Streets. Now's your chance to get a flying start up the boxing ladder, and let's take advantage of it! American Legion FOUR CONFERENCE CONTESTS TONIGHT Joplin to Play at Carthage and Springfield at Webb City In Closing Big Ten Tlits.

Four of the few remaining Big Ten congames left on the 1929 basket ball will be held tonight, with subtournaments and the district atat Springfield for next week holding interest of the court followers. While the Bulklogs of Springfield, after discouraging start, have tacked up their successive cage champlonship, of Interin the game tonight will be school rather than title qualities. Springfield at Webb City. Springfield wIll Invade Webb City with for should be A bard struggle, City's showing at Monett Wednesday looking like a Springfield victory tobut with several past performances the Cardinals leading dopesters to anything. Joplin will take Its weary corps of cageto the county.

seat for their third engagement with Carthage. The Blue and twice this season has tasted defeat hands of Joplin, but the hard strugat Webb City last week, when teams made a quest for championhonors, proved hard on the Red and and Coach James Gardner Is not whether his charges have completely recovered from that test they received on final day when, in order to go Into finals, two hard opponents were disof, followed by a battle with Sarfor first honors. tho other engagements Lamar, which A while looked like it was going to Springfield an argument for firat place later lost out, will go to Aurora, and will take on Neosho on the Wildcourt. Sub-district champions and runners-up open their campaign for southwest laurels at Springfield next week the climax to the season. Standings: Schools.

W. L. Pet. Springfield .818 .667 .667 City .600 .545 .500 .444 0101 .444 .333 Vernon 12 .000 COSMOPOLITAN 1 MS SIMS Fourth Annual Junior Cage Meet Opens Here Saturday Tiny but mighty is pounds and but 59 inches reach and stature he is the little son of Nippon and below, stretching over Kinrey Matsuyama, balkline billiard sensation in height, Matsuyama plays under physical one of the outstanding stars of the cue world in action--at the left, making a masse shot; at the table for a shot. CHURCHILL ALMOST SURE OF CAGE TITLE Oklahoma Star Has 112 Points With Another Game to Play for Scoring Honors.

Kansas City, Feb. Churchill, Oklahoma forward, is virtually assured of winning the Individual scoring honors in the Big Six basket ball race. Churchill's closest competitor, Lester Lande. Iowa State captain and forward, played his last conference game of the season and ended his collegiate competition against Kansas last night by scoring six points. This gave him a season total of 111, one less than Churchill's total and the Oklahoman has one game left to play, Tom Bishop, Kansas forward, scored ten points against Iowa State to rise from fourth to third with 91 points, but can hardly tally enough points in the one remaining game for the Jayhawkers to beat out Churchill.

The ranking of the leaders: GAMES FG FT Tot. LEFT Lande, Iowa 9. 1. .10 42 27 111 None Churchill, Okla. 9 48 16 112 One Bishop, Kan, 9 37 17 91 One Welsh, Mis.

f. 9 34 15 83 One BIG SIX TRACK MEET WILL OPEN TONIGHT Kansas City, Feb. 28. (P)-Records may not topple in the Big Six indoor meet bere tomorrow night, but the crowd probably will see a battle for points that will keep them on the edge of their seats all evening. Oklahoma is intent on winning the indoor title three years in 8 TOW, having eclipsed all other schools in the last years of the old Missouri Valley conference, The Sooners will meet stern sition, judging from the K.

C. A. C. invitation classic and a trio of dual meets thus far this season. morning in the 50-yard dash, 440-yard and Preliminaries will be held tomorrow 880-yard run and the hurdles and possibly in the field events.

While trackmen are fighting for places in the semi-finals swim- and finals at Convention hall, Big Six mers will be undergoing preliminary trials in the Kansas City Athletic Club pool for entry into the Big Six swimming meet tomorrow afternoon. DON LEWIS OF JOPLIN DEFEATS SOLIDER TURK Special to The Globe. Tiffin, 0., Feb. Lewls, decision Joplin 161-pounder, an eight-round Soldier Turk, Detroit, 170 pounds, bere last night in a fast bout. Lewis has 'been matched against' Al Wilking of South Bend, ten-round main event March 4.

In another scrap last night, Barcovak, Detroit, stopped Burger Tiffin in forty onds of the first round, CARTHAGE WINS FROM NEVADA BY 34 TO 18 Carthage, Feb. Blue and White cagers of the high school counted out their fourth conference win of the HON last night by trouncing the Nevada five by a 34-to-18 score. Richard Hyde for the locals counted 20 points. Samuels, coach at Harrisonville, refereed the tilt. SEMI-PRO NINE FOR CARTHAGE IS PLANNED Carthage, Feb.

may have baseball team here the coming sea90n 10 plans of Earl (Spide) Perry, local pitcher, and John Glass to organize dL semi-pro team are carried out. The team would be composed of local talent, under present plans. A session of local fans probably will be called soon to discuss the matter. NORTH JUNIOR TO MEET CARTHAGE HERE TODAY The North Junior nigh school basketcers will meet the Carthage Y. M.

C. A. Midgets at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon on the senior high school court. The Midgets hold In early a preliminary, the Joplin Comrades an over the Joplinites. will battle the Spring City cagers at 3:46 o'clock.

Roy Burbut! Suspended. New York, Feb. Barbutt. Olympic 400-meter champion, was suspended indefinitely today by the registration committee 0 fthe Metropolitan ABsociation of the Amateur Athletic Union. The action was taken as a result of published statements, credited to Barbuti, criticizing the A.

A. and its policies. Moines Buy Ouflelder. Des Moines; Feb. 28.

P) Goorge W. Bates, outfielder, has been purchased by. Des Moines Western League club from. the Peoria club of the Three-Eye League, President Lee Keyser announced today. Bates' batting average last scason WaS .316.

Very few parrots breed in captivity in the United States, but -some live for a number of years. Joplin ferenco schedule district fair major fourth est rivalry what Webb night night, of pect men White at gles county ship Green, sure the the posed coxie In for give but Monett cats' will Missouri as Lamar Neosho Webb Aurora Monett Joplin Carthage Nevada Mount Strongest Young Basket Ball Talent of the District Will Vie for Championship on Y. M. C. A.

Court, Opening at 8 o'Clock Tomorrow Morning--Four Kansas, Three Missouri and One Arkansas Team Entered. Eight junior basket ball teams annual tournament at the Young nasium at 8 o'clock tomorrow exceeding any previous affair. Back to defend their laurels of 1928 will be the powerful Parsong Y. M. C.

A. Juniors, but the champions will have several gaps in the roster which last your carried the Kansag colors through the affair. Information hag come from the Parheadquarters, however, that new additions give them as great strength as in 1928. First-round matches, opening at 8 o'clock, will be completed Saturday morning, with the semi-finals starting at o'clock in Che afternoon. Third place will be determined between the losers of the semi-finals Saturday night, which contest will be followed at 0 by the championships.

Four Kansas Teams. In the past, junior talent has fought hard for district honors here, and the tournament has been held on A scale similar to the Four-States championships, which will be staged at Memorial hall this year In March. Kansas will have more entries than at the other states with four--two teams coming over from Pittsburg, one from Columbus and one from Parsons. Miasouri will have three representatives, the DeMolays to be the lone Joplin team. Carthage will send its Y.

M. C. A. Juniors, and Springfield will have an entry for the first in the history of the affair when Its youngsters Decatur, will uphold colors of the state to the south. To comply with rules of the tournament, one of which stresses no player over 18 years old the Joplin DeMolay crew will take the court with at Teast three will be much or the punch of the crack regulars missing, but in those remaining quintet which has taken on every strong opponent it could find, not excluding two college teams.

Aside from the Pittsburg titleholders will be the Drunagel Junior Clothiers from Pittsburg with several veteran players in the Iineup despite their youth. Junior high of the district will open the fourth Men's Christian Association gymmorning, with an array of cage talent school has given many of the Clothiera a foundation of basket ball experience, and one of the players boasts a record as the best district junior player in a southeast Kansas conference. He WAS with Frontenac last year, but has joined the ranks of the Drunagel team. Decatur has sent word that its representatives are undefeated except In tournament play, losing out in the finals of aL junior tournament recently In northwest Arkansas. With the Springfield Y.

M. C. A. will be several stars of the Sunday school league there, including the one considered the best in the loop. As Shockley of Springfield won the Four-States clash last year, so do the Springtield youngsters expect to take to the Queen city another title.

Carthage has a atrong aggregation with several players included on the roster with tournament and Junior high school experience. Terrible Jews Confident. Columbus' Learn will be the Terrible Jews, who will "come over with the expurpose of carrying back the chamPittsburg M. C. A.

always has pionship. been a strong contender for district junior honors here in the and their record this season 1s as imposing as any in the race. Trophies will be awarded the champion and -up, with individual trophies for titleholders. trophy will be presented the looper judged the best sportsman in the meet. Season tickets for all A.

games office are on sale at the Joplin Y. M. C. at $1 each. Students scason tickets will be 75 cents.

France receives over $250,000,000 a year from her visitors from other countries. TWO BATTERYMEN COME TO TERMS WITH BROWNS St. Louis, Feb. Schang, veteran catcher, and Pitcher Hal Coffman have signed their 1929 contracts with the St. Louis Browns, Bill Friel, business manager, announced today.

Schang, who WAS to have started for camp with the first squad of Browns last Sunday, but declined to go at the last ment, has come to terms and will go to camp immediately, Friel said. Coffman has been at the West Palm Beach, training quarters, but has not been permitted to practice. The signing of Coffman and Schang leaves Alvin Crowder, 1928 pitching sensation, as the only Brown holdout. MALONEY AND HEENEY TO MEET IN BOUT TONIGHT Boston, Feb. 28.

-Installed as 10- to-8 favorite in the betting, Jimmy Maloney, Boston heavyweight, today ended his training for what he considers the most important bout of his' erratic career, the ten-round clash with Tom Heeney of New Zealand tomorrow night In the Boston garden. The supporting, card called for a round between Jimmy Byrne of Loulsville and Bunker FIll, giant negro from Atlanta, Ga. Hill replaced Big BIll Hartwell of Kansas City, who reached here yesterday with an Injured eye. M'LARNIN AND GLICK WILL CLASH TONIGHT New York, Feb. -Jimmy McLarnin, Pacific coast slugger who meets Joe Glick in a ten-round match in Madison Square Garden tomorrow night, 18 worrying more about his weight than he is about Glick.

McLarnin, having outgrown the lightweight division, signed to meet Glick than at 138 pounds, but he is finding more a little difficulty even in making that figure. 50 AMATEURS IN K. C. RING CHAMPIONSHIPS Kansas City, Feb. 28..

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