The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Page 14

THE WINNIPEG EVENING TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEVIBER 14, 1927 Del Fontaine Bests Walcott Lang ford in Ten Round Bout egro Battler Finishes Strong After Poor Start Carr Edges Hood Skerlton and Shaw Draw Perry Wins Well Balanced Card DOTAL boxing fans got tohI vHlue for their monpv at the Walker theatre Tuesday i night when Jack CanrlPa staged one of the best shows oen here in yeui Starting off with rnve ferry', two ruunil knorkout over Ernie Har.ant, In the first bout i the fans saw Sammy Shaw, of Winnipeg, and Vic Skerlton. of Reglna, go ttn even roun lt; lied Carr got I even with Tommy Hood when he earned a victory In tea rounds and in the final Ie Fontaine bested! Walrott Langfoid In ten rounds! ernmnied with artlon. It was a welcome relief after the list disappointing raid and tne. I crowd ilked it. The main go for the first couple of rounds looked easy as Langford down for a coun' of three In the.

flint and took a count of eight In the third Towards the middle of the bout he started to fight his way back and made things mighty lively lor the, lor.il boy from then until the l.ght ended. Langfnrd. shorter and with less reach than Fontaine, proved an elusive target He holds his jaw close to his cneat and draws into a shell when pressed At all times, however, he had a rapier like left hand that gave Pel lots to think about nd found its mark on his fare and body repeatedly. The bout was featured throughout by the clean and inappy punching of both men, tho only questionable angle being three blows landed by Lengford on Fontaine's body too dangerously near the belt Fontaine Improved Fontaine showed much improvement since hla last appearance. He has put on some very useful weight and looks better than he ever did.

He still packs around his old wallop In his right hand and on both occasions when Iangford was floored It was the right that did the trick. Although during the first three rounds It looked as If Fontaine would walk home In about five rounds with a knockout victory, the Chicago negro came back with a surprising burst of speed and In the latter rounds carried the fight to the local boy. He shot out a raking left hand that landed on Fontaine's rheek with much regularity and occasionally he would switch It with a left, uppercut to tne body Fontaine entered the last half of the fight with a fair le. and he kept pegging away with hla left and tised his right only when close in. Langford gave him plenty of trouble.

Mo hunched himself Into a good defence and his periodical left hands made Del respect this weapon. Along In the seventh and eighth rounds Langford showed to his best advantage and forced the fighting in a more open manner than at any time during the fight. Fontaine was too strong for him, however, and his longer reach stood him In good tead to gain a hand verdict. Carr Square Accounts Red Carr. who showed a great improvement In both speed and hitting power since hla last time out.

squared accounts with Tommy Hood In the semi wlndup. Carr was much the cleverer of the two and gave Hood little chance to get In hla In flghtln. He was In much better condition and his steady attack had Hood lnoVIng for help during the last part of the bout. Carr eteb'lshed an early lead on Tjood. The letter speeded un some durlnc the middle of the bout, but Carr had the condition to force the pace In the last three rounds, which gave him a weli erned verdict.

In the ninth round he nnened a cut over Hood's left eve. The sorrel top outboxed his opponent most of the wsv, Vlo Skerlton and Sammv Shaw went ten even rounds. The bout Jirovlded lots of action, hut little Kins; ranse work. Skerlton was quite a match for Shaw In bolnor, nut proved a lleht hitter. Shaw piled un most of his points dur'nq the earlv rounds, the visitor putting on his bee atteck during the latter Sessions.

the visitor possessed a tbins. no donht. would have been different, but Shaw was able to meet his attack without fear. There was plenty of action and the fens thorone hlv entovd it. Referee Billy Burke handled the we'l.

Jack Cecilia announced tht on ifl'h he hed matched Char lev and Harry Pillon to meet In Winnipeg. Reiselt Begins Defence of 3 Cushion Cue Title PHILADELPHIA. Pec. 14 Otto Kelsclt, Philadelphia, began the defense nf his world's three cushion billiard title Tuesday night Kailim nen nail. M.

IIUIS. OV inning me nrsi mora of their too point match, 60 to 47 in 69 Innings. IUS1DS GOIP UH strrftortoa mVl (VfTPiMDDai TtAOOt, Some of us right handed bunker Jumpers worry more or lesa at times a bad hook or slice, and then we think wehave planty nf trouble with the crooked ones. But really we hedly know the meaning of the term. To see balls that arc really crooked von need only take a few minutes off and watch the lefthanders.

Oh. boy, when one of those birds slices he slices a slice that is a slice. There la some thing ebout a left hander that lust naturally makes him wild. When he hits a atralght one It's an accident, and evervbody around looks and feels a decree of surprise. A Wralnht ball off a southpaw's club seems to have exactly the same rein! ion to rolf that a crooked one h.

is off a Hi'ht hander'a bat. Whien is whv all left handed srolfera shoull give it un and ben Immediately TMS LETT SLIC CHAU06 HAMO CO if 1 play trom the other aide. WINNIPEG DOG WINS HIGH HONOR I (Special to Th Tribunal CALGARY. Alts Dec. 14 Ca'gary's dog show closed its doors fait night on one of its bast sod biggest dog shows, a five point evsnt with Henry Op penheimer.

of Spokane, as judge, who gave good satisfaction. Dogs from Spokane. Seattle, Yakima. Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg were benched. The grand championship of the show went to Mrs.

T. P. Murray, of Winnipeg, with Gold stream Ambassador. This dog slso won best gun dog. best sny other variety sporting and several other specials, including the C.K.C.

cup. Mrs. Stelti's Ch. Princess of Crsigis won best opposite ses. slso first open winners, and best Springer.

This dog needs only one point for her International championship. BIG FOUR HOCKEY OPENS THURSDAY Eaton's and Hudson's Bay Teams to Meet in Opening Game Katons and Hudson's Kay will hpttle In the opening game of the Hig Four Hockey leugue at the Amphitheatre rink Thursday evening. Many prominent officials of the various firms will take part In the opening ceremonies while a band will also be In attendance. Both Harvey Benson and Jack Hughes have been putting the Eaton squad through their pares and are well satisfied with the showing made by the boys in practice. Hal Motilden la in charge of the Hudson's Bay aggregation and has lined up a fine team.

On the Hudson's Bay roster can be found such players as Mc formerly of Sourls; Leo Collins, tf Brandon; Odle Iow, the Prldham brothers, Bert White and others, while Casey Gray. Benson, Sammy McCallum. Arnold Mc Cormlrk, Ronnie Jenner are the notables on the Eaton line up. The probable line up for the game roiiows: Hudson's Bay White, Rennle, Prldham, McDougall, Collins, Lowe, Prldham, Vaughan and McClure. Eaton's Jenner, McCallum, Mc cormick, Benson.

Gray, Carter, Rldgedale, Watson, McPhce, Wells. NATIONAL BALL OWNERS MEET Figures Show League Did Record Breaking Business in 1927 NEW YORK. December 14 The National league not only did a record breaking business in 1B27. eclipsing all previous attendance figures, but smashed two other marks for good measure by using more Daseoaus and postponing more games than ever before. Handling an assortment of figures with the skill of a veteran statistician.

President John Hevdler advised club owners, at the first session of their annual meeting, that the year'a attendance had exceeded 5.300,000, that 6 big games had been postponed and that M.9V6 baseballs were tossed out by the umpires. The attendance, barometer of prosperity, passed the 6,000,000 mark for the first time. Chicago, for the second straight year, led in home game attendance, exceeding 1,000.000, but the New York Giants played before the greatest total attendance, nearly 2,000,000, for games at home and away. The Giants played to bigger crowds on enemy fields than they did at home, drawing well over l.OuO.OOO spectators while on the road. The clubs showing increased home attendance.

In the order of their gains, were Chicago, New York. St. Ix)iils. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Attendance dropped off sllghtlv In Boston and Brooklyn but to a marked degree In Cincinnati.

The club owners approved continu ance of the three umpire system at an games lor 1HZX; voted an hon orary life membership in the league to Euguet Herrmann, former Cin cinnati president. In recognition nis long services In the game, and decided to dedicate baseball's memorial to Christy Matheson at Vuckn 11 university, t.cwiaburg. next June 3 or 4. This memorial will tak the form of a gateway to Ih. slhl.fln The new hn.rrt i mously elected, is composed of Charles A Stoneham.

of New York; Barney Dreyfusa, of Pittsburgh; William L. Veech. of Chlcsgo, and Emll E. Fuchs, of Boston. CON.

STANBURY MEETS FRANK JOWETT TONIGHT Snooker fans should wiinens an interesting game when Con. Stan bury, professional snooker champion of Canada, and Frank Jowett nlav hlhitlon match of 3O0 points at it. iiimniiniiii nan, r'arKview ann Portage. St. James Jowett, who is the youngest nrnfesslonal In the game, is capable of giving the cham yiun a toiign oaitie.

HELEN WILLS TO TOUR EUROPE NEXT YEAR SAN FRANCISCO. Calif Dec. 14. Helen Will AmAPun i tennis champion, win ter Europe next 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ir i hi iwu wnman team officially representing the United States Ijiwn Tennla Association. This became known Tuesday when Miss Wills telegraphed acceptance of the Invitation extended by the National Tennla body.

Matches will be played with the leading women racquet eers of France. England. Germany and Belgium. The other member nf th team has not been selected, but It Is understood that Penlope Anderson, of Richmond, and Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chapln, of Brrinafleld.

Mass axa be ing considered. Boxes Thursday It Canadian Amateur Cham pion, Who Will He Seen in Action at Police limits PAUL FREDERICKSON ACTION PROMISED AT POLICE BOUTS Second Monthly Mitt and Mat Card To Be Staged Thursday Plenty of action Is again promised local boxing enthusiasts on Thursday evening at the Police Athletic associations second monthly boxing and wrestling competition which will be held in the police gymnasium. The entry list is a good one and contains the patnes of some of the best mitt artiBts in the city. The feature of the card will be four matched bouts of six two minute rounds, and will see such fighters as Paul Schlffer, Paul Frederirkaon, Franklo Battagalla, Ronnie I mines and others In action. The entries follow: Boxing Matched Bouts Paul Schlrfer, O.U.U., vs.

Paul Fredei IckHcui. V.JI A. Thos. Walpole, W.L.I., vs. J.

Bat tagalia. Y.M.t.'.A. Koquctte. W.C P.A.A., vs. J.

Norunay. C.N.K A A. R. McCurdy, O.B.U, vs. U.

Dallies, P.P.C.L.I Open Novice Classes Flyweight, 112 pounds and under Freddie Hill, LS T. Iball, O.B.U.; F. Wolfran, Columbus club; Earl Gllroy. Y.M Lightweight, 135 pounds and under W. O'Brien, V.M.C.A.; Alex.

Woyne, OH.l.V: Lloyd Moon. OB Georgo Turner, O.B.U.; Eddie Mason. P.P.C.L.I. Bantamweight, 118 pounds and under George Holden, Y.M.C.A Eddie Hnrsnnt. B.

II. Featherweight, 126 pounds and under Steve Tanuck, Y.M.C.A. Welterweight. 147 pounds and under J. Jennings.

O.B.U.; V. Pan gelly, P.P.C.L.I.; Jos. Noah, unattached. Middleweight, 160 pounds and under J. Brelheaur.

Y.M.C.A.; F. Green. O.B.U.; J. Lennon, O.B.U. Llght heavywelght, 175 pounds and under Fred G.

Fillet, C.N.R. P.A.A. Wrestling Matched bouts Const. 'Mclntyre v. Sinclair; Const.

Elflnson, va. Paddlson. The officials are: Referee, Billy Hughes; Judges, B. Pearlman and Chris. Alkens; announcer.

J. Fahey; timekeepers, J. Thorogood and A. R. Morrison; clerk of scales, A.

R. Morrison; competitors, McBeth; medical officer. Dr. I.onirhepl charge of ring, J. Ecclcs; acorer, C.

LOUGHRAN IS IN km t. YJ I I Vf "3 '1 liSfrilHUH lisMin Hi lift iiwiTi. n.ri.nW LIGHTING MOOD Willing to Make Good Pro mise of Fighting 12 Times a Year, if Possible NEW YORK. December 14. The promise of Tommy Loughran that he would fight "twelve times In twelve months If possible," when he esme Into undisputed possession of the world's llght heavywelght title, seemed on the way to partial fulfillment Tuesday.

The husky young Philadelphlan, recognized for months as the 17R pound king by the New York State Athletic commission, whipped Jimmy Slattery, crowned title holder by the National Boxing association, only Monday night, hut this afternoon he waa ready to make good his promise. "Just one week's rest," he added, "and I shall start training for my first real title defence against Leo Lomskl In Madison Square Garden, and then I want another match wlth be arranged. Anyone el It can arranged. Anyone else who aspires to the title has only to come forward and ask for a chance to fight and I'll accommodate them." Loughran will debate the question of who won last night's thrilling 15 round tussele in the Garden with hit fists alone, while a round UD of expert pugilistic opinion granted Tommy a clean margin of victory at the close of the struggle, Lough ran was uninterested In the con troversy. preferring to state hla side of the argument acaln under the eelcium lights In the Garden at ITS pounds at three o'clock: of the day chosen.

sr HE Maroons lost no frlenda on Monilay night when they were' robbed of their opening home game' with Liuluth. They played good enough hockey to get the verdict and rightfully should have won with the score 3 2. However the dope was against them and the Hornets, lat year'a champions, were tire Hinted with two of the largest points they ever aaw. I7ROM the position the puck was shot, it was an absolute lniiis sibility for Duluth's first goal to have entered the net and kept on its course. Burns shot the dine from the.

west side of the rink, aiming for the far corner. Sam Timniina says he misjudged the shot and missed the rubber. It beat him cleanly. But the puck hit the iron post and was deflected into the boards on the east side of the rink. SO If any goal umpire can explain how that puck could have entered the net and then backed up and come out and continued its Journey into the boards aa It did, we will play Santa Claus for the next ten yeara.

It just wasn't a goal and the umpire pulled a boner. In his excitement when the puck hit the post he shoved up his arm and then, like the husband who came home late "That's my story and I'm going to stick to it." TE don't blame Duliith for claim entitled to all they can get. But they sure did have that game handed to them on a silver platter and no doubt chuckled merrily over It down In their dressing room after the game. The referee had just as much right to disallow the goal aa he did to allow it. Detroit Tigers Trade Lu Blue and Manush Receive Rice and Van Gilder From St.

Louis Browns; Five Player Deal Also Reported "BY ALAN J. GOULD) (A. P. Sports Editor) EW YORK, Dec. 14 Two of the biggest baseball deals of the winter were completed Tuesday in aa busy a trade IN market as has ever marked the opening of the winter major league gathering.

While magnates went into a "huddle" behind closed doors, brisk negotiations Id the hotel corridors developed these tv.o outstanding transactions. 1. Exchange of Lu Blue, first baseman, and Hurry Manush, outfielder, of t.he Detroit Tigers, for Harry Rlue, outfielder, and Elam Van Gilder, pitcher, of the St. Ixiuis Browns, along with a third player to be tossed into the bargain later by the Browns. 2.

Another five player transfer by which the St. Iiuis Cardinals ob tained Shortstop Jimmy Cooney. Out fielder Johnny Mokan and Catch Clarence Jonnard from the Phlllbs In exchange for Catcher John Schulte and Pitcher JIp Ring. Both deals were P() (0 be devoid of cash considei Speculation focused on the iden tity of the third player the Browns are to send to Detroit, but It falrly certain, despite repot ts to thoj contrary, that it would not be George Slsler, famous first sacker. Slsler is still one of the principal prize packages on the market and his departure from St.

Louis Is regarded aa a certainty in view of the acquisition of Blue, unless the latter is to be Involved in another trade. Detroit, however, has Johnny Neun available for duty at the Initial bag. Washington, the Athletics and White Sox all were reported angling for Slsler, with the Senators most likely to obtain him. Bucky Harris, Washington's young pilot, was noncommittal, on the subject, except to say that he was Interested in any advantageous proposal. I I I i BRISTLING BARE FIST DAYS VII WW: TXJ (MY LIFE Jack McAuliffc CHAPTER 28 i Copyright 1927) BOUT this time Major McLaughlin, a millionaire sportsman out in California, and Jimmy Carroll, boxing Instructor at the California Athletic club, got hold of Bob Fitz slmmons, who was going well in Australia.

They were still sore and had sworn they would get even with Jack Dempsey and me. They got their revenge on Dempsey. all right, but never got me In fact, I plast ered Carroll all over his clubhorlse ring and finally knocked him out, aa I told you before. i I had been tipped off that Fitz was a great fighter and when Dempsey was matched with him I went to Jack and told him so. "You know," he said, "that no greener can beat me." Fitz was nursed along carefully and waa not shown in public much and when the terms for their famous fight were being considered Dempsey confidently wanted the winner to take all.

Fits Insisted on the winner getting 1500 and then Dempsey was convinced that Fits was not too sure of winning. Fits trained at Bay SL Ixuis. with Jlmmv Carroll handling him and while I never liked Carroll. In fairness I must write he was a good trainer. Fits was guarded ao closely none of us could get a line on him ami Dempsey had never seen him till they stepped Into the ring.

Tom Maher and I were Dempsey's seconds and when we got one loi at Fltz, who towered over Jack, having weight, height and reach and that added to the fact that Dempsey had not trained hardlv at all. we knew we were sunk if Fitz had a heart. From the second round on there was no question about the outcome. Dempsey was terribly bealeu round 8 Mr. Jamieson's attention Is dravin to the rule on interference introduced this year.

He It alto old enough to know how high ha can legitimately carry hit stick. M.ANCLN'G over a "20 yeara ago Times Journal, we came across the following paragraph: Nov. 2 1WI7, Kcnora $2,000 la the price that Si. Griffin and Roxy Bcaudro, of the Thistles, are holding out fur til In winter, and llnleFj they get It they will piny at the coast. Phillips, Hooper anil Ger eaux are ait in town waiting to see if the two will come batk.

"Them were the days, gentt, them were the N'OTRK DAME'S and Southern i California's athletic departments are each at leaat $150, uOO richer as the result of the game played In Soldiers' field recently. Kven at low estimates gate receipts exceeded Excluding all complimentary tickets and gate crashers, at least 110,000 persons paid from $3 to $7 for their seats Rental of Soldiers' field win and allowing $10,000 for other expenses, the fifty fifty split of the remaining receipts, will net each school $150,000. BASKETBALL Is five times more popular in Evansville, than football, judging from the number of candidates seeking berths on those teams at Central High school. When football practice was ordered, a squad of fifty candidates responded. Il'IlKN basketball practice started.

230 youngsters turned out. Of this number, 220 were freshmen and sophomores. The entire student body Is composed of only 700 boys. Members of the Onwego Snowshoe Club are requested to meet promptly at 8 o'clock on Thursday, at the St. Vital fire ball for a tramp through Youville Lane.

Winnipeg Snowshoe Club will hold their weekly tramp Thursday, meeting at the North End car barns at 8.15 p.m. All members and friends are requested to turn out. The first grand snowshoe and moccasin tramp of the Y.M.H.A. Snowshoe Club will he held from the club rooms, 980 'n Main Thursday, at 8 o'clock. The tramp Is an open one and all members are requested to turn out.

runner Information can be had by calling Louis Adelman at 28 M. PARK SPEED SKATING CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The Park Speed Racing club will hold an lmortant meeting at the Elmwood Park Skating rink this evening at 8.00 p.m. All members and persons Interested in speed skating are nrgently requested to at tend. The object of this meeting Is to choose officers to direct the affairs of the club for tho coming season and also draw up a schedule of racing dates. The Klmwood Park Skating rink is situated foot or Harbison ave.

and the fooi of Cathedral ave. on the Red River. BILLY LIGHT VICTOR ST. PAUL, Dec. 14 Billy Light, welterweight, scored a technical knockout in the fourth round Tuesday over Earl Llllledahl.

Minneapolis. The referee stopped the bout to save Llllledahl from further punishment. BATTLES STORY after round and even F'itz was asking him to quit. Between rounds we would ask him to let tis throw in the sponge aa he was out of condition and had all the odda against him. "No." he ald.

"I'll take it and when I go. I'll go like a man." In the 1.1th round Fitz stopped it with a knockout. Dempsey never was the same after that. He pined away with a broken heart. Editor's note In the next chapter McAtiliffe tells of his return bout with Billy Myers In the same boxing carnival that held the George Dixon Skelly match and the Sulll van Corbett match, three nights running.

VETS' BILLIARD LEAGUE Vlxtures in the Veterans' Billiard league for tonight and Thursday follow: Division Elmwood vs. Army and Navy; St. Vital vs. Imperials: Canadian Legion vs. Weston.

A Division Elmwood vs. Guards: Imperials Army and Navy; I eglon vs. PL Vital. lLnj.il.LL Leaves City Well known Figure in Curl ing World Transferred to Montreal (v Iwnu4 'AJir i It" TOED ELDER Who for many years was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Curling club. He has been moved to Montreal, and Winnipeg loses tin enthusiastic curler and a flue organizer.

C. P. R. HOCKEY LEAGUE OPENS a rtation Telegraphs and Traffic Aggregations Register Victories Transportation Telegraph, last year's champions, and Traffic, registered victories in the opening games of the C.P.R. Interdepartmental Hockey league at the Amphitheatre Tuesday night.

Mrs. D. C. Coleman faced off the puck in the first game of the evening. In the initial contest of the evening Traffic blanked Terminals by a 1 to 0 score.

O'Connell scored the lone counter of the match on a pass from Mayslak. Wally Frldflnnson, Holt and O'Connell shone brightly for the winners, while Hanna, Hinklc and Shade played tirelessly for the losers. The teams were: Traffic Dick, Muyslak, Irwin, Rosborough, Frldlinnson, Holt, Earls, O'Connell, Nichols, Lynden. Terminals Goodman, Hinklo, Hanna, Pepper, Evans. Enwrlght, Miskowskl.

Burnett, Schade. Penalties Schade, Hanna, Irwin, Miskowskl, Holt. Showing lack of experience and unable to finish, the Motive Powei aggregation dropped a 3 to 1 decision to the champion Transportation Telegraph squad in the final fixture of the evening. Kernahan was the outstanding player on the Ice and scored all three of the champions' goals, two being on beautiful eolo rushes. The teams were: T.

and T. Jones. Dick, Kernahan, Dale, Stack. Buchanan, Hatfield. Marsh.

Edwards. Motive Power Napper. Elnarson, Vanehan. Bird. Jackson.

Prouse, Gloair. Welby, Brennnn, Lamont. Penalties Jackson. Buchanan, Kernahan. Stack, Dale, Wilbv, Dale.

CITY SNOOKER LEAGUE FORMED Eight Prominent Rooms Will Be Represented Opening Games January 4 Teams representing the King George. North Star, Orpheum, Regent, Rex. Strand, Stag and Varsity rooms will comprise the City Snooker league which was formed at a meeting held in the Army and Navy Veterans Association rooms over the week end. The opening game will be played on January 4 and the entire schedule will be released next Wednesday. Home and home games will be played and each team will consist of four men.

It waa also decided at the meet ing that if the competition meets with success, the league will be thrown open to further entries for both snooker and billiards. All games will be played indcr the control of the Manitoba Amateur Billiard and Snooker Association and under the up to date ules of snooker as laid down by the Inidon, England, Control JackDempseyDeniesHe Used the 'Rabbit Punch' Says it was a "Cuffing Blow" Explains What Rabbit Punch is Again Attacks Barry. By JACK DEMPSEY (Special to The Trlburwl (Copyright, 1927) EW YORK, Dec. 14 In ATI all the years I have been part of the ring M. mm game i ve never Deen given a worse deal throughout than was accorded to me by Dave Harry, tne reieree in Chicago.

The world knows that Barry ac rorded Tunney a long count and thus probably saved Tunney his title as champion of the world. But other things happened during that tight which were helpful to lunney with Barry as the helper which the public did not see or actually understand. All through that fight, Barry kept hissing warnings at me, almost always without provocation. Almost every time I landed a body blow, no matter if it was six inches above the belt, or 12 or 18 inches, Barry would get close to me and snarl: "Keep your punches up or I'll disqualify you." On several occasions in which Tunney and I got in close and I attemDted to out mv head against his chest so that I could whale away against his body, Barry promptly would break us, although wc were not in a clinch and gen erally would warn me, stop out tine, or I'll disaualifv you." During the fight I cuffed Tunney on the back of the head. Barry classified that as a "rabbit punch and constantly warned me that he'd disqualify me If 1 didn't stop using that punch.

The blows I landed on Tunney's ck and the back of his head were NOT "rabbit punches." They merely were cuffing blows dealt with the flat part ot the fist (that is the part in the region of the thumb and the clenched Index finger). For Barry's benefit and also for Tunney's, speaks of my use of the "rabbit punch" I'd like to explain what is a "rabbit punch" and why it is so called. In the "rabbit" industry the animals "lire killed by men who stick their lingers straight out, make the hand rigid and then chop down on the neck of a rabbit, using the hand aa a hatchet is used. The part they strike with is the BOTTOM of the hanrW meaning the part that extends from the tip of the little finger In a straight line to the wrist. A real "rabbit punch," there fore, is a blow delivered with a DOWNWARD CHOPPING STROKE, and with the bottom of the hand or fist as the striking weapon.

My blows to Tunney's neck were cutting punches, delivered with the Inside of my fist the thumb and Index finger region. They were NOT "RABBIT PUNCHES and It was only Barry's misunderstanding as to the difference between CUFFING and CHOPPING punches that caused him to label every punch to the neck rabbit punch." Barrv never gave me a square deal when he broke us from the clinches. If anyone doubts this, such persons can take a look at the moving pictures of the fight. In the eighth round, when Tunney clipped me on the chin with a right hand punch, it was while Barry was breaking us. Before I could recover balance and get out of range, Tunney hit me on the chin with hla right hand.

When I went down in the 8th, what did Barry do? Did he chase Tunney to a neutral corner before he started to count as he had done in my case? The world knows he DID NOT! It knows that even at I wst flopping to the floor Barry, seemingly fearful that I might get the advantage of even to much as one extra tecond, fairly leaped to get over me and start the count. Tunney waa almost alongside him and no more than an arm's length or so away from me. But Barry, who stalled his count over Tunney while he waa escorting me around ANNUAL EXCURSION EASTERN CANADA Low round trip excursion tickets to destinations In Eastern Canada are on sale daily during December and until January 6th; return limit, three months. Travelling by Canadian Pacific, you have a choice of two fine trains dally, providing a dependable service for winter travel. Ask the ticket agent for further particulars.

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Fort and Portage, and Hargrave and Portage. Admission Boxes and Centre Section, Reserved Seats. Including Tax. Ladies Find They Pay if TheyVe Late irrs YOOR TUHN Ion tub ate. lTopay WATOH any Chance To knock POWN SOME CIGARETTE MONEY fEM CU0SI THINK1 TMEfRC GYPPING us and eeutNG STU TICKETS Twice' By AL DEMAREE (Farmer Pitcher New York Giants'1 In the old days before turnstiles, the visiting ball club used to pcoi a player, usually a pitcher who had worked the day before, at the gate to prevent any "gypping" by the home club.

Occasionally the home club representative would be more of a fan than a financier, and along about the third or fourth Inning he would slip away to watch the game. Then, perhaps, a whole street car load late arrivals would come, and there waa the player's chance for "graft." Usually the player laid In a supply of change, but I remember once when a big flock of fana came in about the hixth Inning I ran out of change and charged everybody dollar, ladles included, forgetting that It was Ladles' Day! (Copyright, 1927) CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE MATCHES AT OLYMPIC Three more games are scheduled to take place in the Central Hock league at the Amphitheatre rink tliir. evening. At 7.30 o'clock Telephones and Whitlas are scheduled to play while at 8.30 o'clock Marshall Wellp and Provincial Savings wil! provide the attraction. In the final game 4 9.30 o'clork Robinson Little aixl Brlgdens will cross sticks.

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