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Et PASO EVENING POST DeMolay Banks Game Feature City Cage Loop Opening PEAKING OF SPORT By BOB CITY LEAGUE STARTS 18TH YEAR MUCKERS TO PUY LUMBER FIVE IN 2ND DEMOLAY CAPTAIN mmm ONIGHT the City Basketball league embark on its 18th annual cruise with Skipper Jack Donohue in charge. For the first time in 10 years, the league is starting its season without the El Paso High school fact that cause some little finan-j cial difficulty, but the team Curtain Goes Up on 1929 El Paso Basketball League Tonight managers believe Donohue will steer it safely thru the season. Absence of the Tigers this year is going to rob the league of some of the patronage it lias had in the past. The league will have one school team in the Miners, but the Ore Diggers draw like the High school team. The league got its start back in 1912 and has been operating ever since.

For four years, the City took the title. Then the Cactus club grabbed the championship for two years. The Bil- Jings Co. and Calumus club won in 1918 and 1919. For six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, the High school Tigers ruled supreme.

But they were beaten out of the title by the Bankers in 1926. In 1927 the Southern 1TH the DeMolay-First National Bank fray featuring, the opening program of the City Basketball league will be held tonight at erty hall at 8 The first game will bring together two of the most bitter local rivals, the 1923 champion DeMolays and the Bankers. Both teams are leading favorites to capture the City league bunting. Pacifics copped first honors, ana last 23 ankS have the same team they year the DeMolavs broke the tape have had for two years, and the ahead of the Bankers and High, £)eMolays have virtually the same school. BELIEVES GAME PLAYED BEST AT STARI AG SHEA, who has been connected either as a play or or manager in the league longer than any other person, takes an old- fashioned view when he says better basketball was played in the early years of the league than during the recent years, one he says, Claude Bowman, were the two greatest players ever performing in the league.

wras almost impossible to hold them Shea says. all the care crew which brought them a title last year. The Bankers will not lose Eddie forward and leading zc er of the league last year. He decided not to enroll in the Mines Pucsday. The second game will see the Feterson Lumber Co.

meeting used to guard Muckers. The Lumbermen will be get loose and i slightly favored to win as they are them, they would shoot baskets, especially DeMar. more seasoned than the Mines. He was as slippery as an ---------------------------The year 1913 was the most ex- had more of an offense when the citing one during the 17 years the, league first started out. There were more players who could shoot baskets.

Perhaps the defense was not as good, but the game was more spectacular and Shea believes that two members of the Cactus club, DeMar and league has been running, according to Shea. Every important game that year was decided by one point margins, and the City team cinched the championship only af-; ter it had been forced to go three extra periods by the Cactus club. LAST PERIOD PLAY GIVES TIGERS WIN KYNE OWES NO TRACK RENTAL DO not owe Col. Matt Winn nor I any other person in this country as much as a five cent piece That is Wm. P.

way of replying to a rumor which is circulating among race track fans here that he would be barred from the Juarez track for failure to pay rent on his last meeting. Kyne is now negotiating to old liis third meeting in According to E. S. Buchoz, El Paso representative, Kyne does Mormons Beat Owls; Down Clubmen A 3 Showing i Mormons mid-season the form, the toir opened the Pass City Kvne tooh the on a percent- 1 basketball league Tuesday night by at the meeUng lf I coring a 32 to 29 victory over the goals. age he make any profits he was not to pay any rental.

As it hap- pened the meeting was a financial iailure, as everyone knows. Arizona League Will Have Six Teams for 1929 PHOENIX The Arizona State league will have six clubs during the 1928 season. Mesa and Globe were added to the league at a meeting held in Bisbee. Besides these, Bisbee, Phoenix, Tucson and Miami will comprise the league. Fred Joyce of Tempo was elected president.

Two trades were announced. Bisbee agreed to send Eddio Miller, second baseman, to Miami in ex- Owls in the feature battle of the night. The half ended 19 to l(j in favor of the Owls but a rally in the last two minutes gave the Mormons victory. L. Taylor and Hawes played best for the Mormons while Lowman and Oxford starred for Owls.

St. Albans showed good form in downing the O.F.A. club of Mt. Sinai, 22 to 17. Wilson and Peticulas were St.

Albans while Off was high point man for the Omegas. Following are the lineups and scoring: forward. 6 field- goals; forward. 1 field goal, 1 foul goal; Oxford, center, 7 field goals; Addins, Btw and Hunter, guards. Taylor, 3 field goals, 2 foul goals; Willis, forward, 1 field 1 foul goal; Wilson, center, 7 field 1 foul goal; N.

Gay lor. Lambert, Pierce, guards; Hawes, guard, 3 field goals. St. forward; Wilson, forward, 3 field goals. 1 foul goal; Armstrong.

forward, 3 field goal. 1 foul goal; Petticolas, 4 field goals; Graham, guard. 1 field goal, 2 foul goals; Bucker and FTER showing ragged teamwork, poor goal shooting and a weak defense, in the first half, die Ttecr Cagers Tuesday night, flashed some spectacular basketball in the last period to swamo the 8th Cavalry team from Ft. Bliss, 37-19. The Soldier team led most of the time during the first half, the succeeding in tying the count at 12 all, just before the poiiod ended.

In the second half, the came out with blood in their eyes, dazzled their opponents by speed in floorwork and accuracy in shiMting They scored 25 points to their ELECTRIC PIN FIVE SWEEPS PEYTON GAME inners Beat Packers By Score of 2520 to 2365 I uesdav Dempsey the Savage Now Jack the Sentimentalist PASO Electrics made a clean sweep of their match with the i Peyton Packers Tuesday night in the Industrial bowling league, win! ning all three games with total pins. Pinal score was 2520 against handlers, meet him half way. To Xormilc, Dempsey says: me over to him. Gene, I want ta shake his Has the ring ever known a more graceful gesture? I doubt it. But this was an incident that stressed more the capacity for losing By JOE WILLIAMS New York Telegram Sports Editor Tex body was moved into the grave today the spotlight of public which in life he manipulated without a whine or whimper than SO smoothly and any possession of any great amount picked out one Of his fight- of tenderness.

To the mob he still ino- mov. nnri lipiri him un 1 remained the man mauling men and held him up beilst conceivably a against a new and strange man could be one or all three and It showed Dempsey still be a good loser. It remained for the death of Rickard to bring to- public notice The Electrics got off to a 63 pin lead in the first game and steadily. background. increased their margin as the match savage as Dempsey the senti- continued.

i mentalist. Featuring the y. in ioi the Kiec-j tq his intimates this was not a jjle side of the fighting man, to. his deep emotions and tremendous cron- with a 551 count, took the honors. who has proved a tower of strength to the Packers, grabbed the high total with a 556 which included a 211 game.

Amato was without the services of Joe Villovoz, and substituted George Wight, who performed in a creditable manner. Outside of sterling nothing sensational was scored by the Packers. They were entirely oft 1 their regular game, particularly Me- 1 I Cormick, Amato and Paschal, who, world it was. The man sympathies. I rather think this jungle beast These even surprised some of the newspa- lurid tag lines have built up such per feh0Ws who were close to him an atmosphere of professional an(j jmn perhaps more lntl- cruelty around the former cham- i mately than anybody else.

pion that it is not easy to associate the qualities of tenderness and sorrow with him. There is the memory of him in his first championship fight at Toledo, No tiger ever went after his prey 1 with more murder in his heart than; Dempsey did after the waddling Willard. There is the memory of him over fell way below the 500 count. With the win, the Electrics Jin City in the fight a0amst trenched themselves in first place undersized Carpentler. Rickard bv a healthy margin.

had asked him to go easj and cai- the Commercial leaguers ry the Frenchman along for a get into action. Internationals meet couple of rounds to give the custo- the Fashion Shoppers, while the mers a show. Buick Motormen hook up with the Wilson-Millican crew. Two good matches are looked for. seven.

Mike Corona's spectacular one- handed and over-head shot put the Tigers into a lead they never relinquished in the second half. Geo. Ponsford then sank two short ones in rapid succession and Gene the Francis put one thru the hoop, giving the Tigers a good lead Corona, Ponsford and Gallardo li I Mack Winner Over Morgan in Denver Go Photo. Ametli DeMolavs tonight will start their quest for another City unt, the scoring stars for the Tigers league championship and Capt. Bob Charles is expected to lielp to I wuson ana mieoias.

whue Cox and Painter made the thru a victorious season. i -r, CiWles 18 one of thC outftandins basfcctba11 El Paso and Refeiee Ju.ian called a.close i jias macje the All-Star City league team the last two years. He is a penalizing players 23 times dming fagt guard and an expert long shot artist, the game. TIGERS WIN SIX TITLES El Paso High school Tigers have won more pennants in City Basketball league than any other team. They have landed change for Shortstop Don Flickin- .1 Feiner, forward; Sterrt, forward.

1 neld ger. Bibbte 11 0 had John goal; Cohen, center, i field goal; Cold- Smirch, catcher to Tucson for Dave man, center. I field goal, 2 foul goals; Salazar pitcher. Erlich, guard, 1 foul soal; Kahn ani Wild- A playing schedule of four games SUUl per week for each club was adopt- ww ed. The season will be split.

The Win salary limit will be $2250. Ullld Ul cwijieh a off. forward, field goals; six consecutive championships, winning every year from 1920 to 1925, inclusive. WILLIAMS LOSES i United Press T.eased Wire LOS ANGELES. Kid Francis.

Italian bantamweight, took nine out I of 10 rounds to defeat Delos (Kid) Williams. Los Angeles, in their fight here Tuesday night. The first round was even, but from then on Francis had all the better of it, ai- tho he fell short of stopping his opponent. BOWLING Lawson Beats Brown in Bout iSpecial to Post GALVESTON, Lawson won the decision over Kayo Brown, light heavyweight of El Paso, in a 10-round fight here Tuesday night. Deming Cancels Bowie Contest The Bowie-Deming basketball game, scheduled for Saturday mght at Bowie, was cancelled Monday night by Deming, Coiclova, Bowie coach said today.

Cordova is trying to get a game with Fabens in place of the Doming contest. in Basket Loop The Community Center basketball team, coached by Margaret again finished first in the Community Center league. Clint was second, Loretto third, and St. Clements fourth. The Center team defeated Ysleta High, 31 to 18, in their last game.

On the Center line-up was Anna Dwyer, Katherine Young, Anna Bourland, H. Carrol, Helen and Catherine Berry. Members of the Ysleta team: J. L. McPherson, King, Greggerson, H.

N. McPherson, Guerra, Glum and Zams- worth. Following arc the past pions. Y.M.C.A. City Y.M.C.A.

City Y.M.C.A. Y.M.C.A. 1916 Club Club Co. Club. School School 1922 School School School School National Banksrs Paclfics SMS BOWLING ST Tim IVDrSTRTAI, On Knlrkerbacker Atlrvs r.L r.VSO ELECTRICS I vitc'1 n-r I Mack, collegiate aspirant to the junior lightweight crown, Tuesday night won a decision over Ted Morgan, present custodian of the coveted headpiece, by a goodly number of socks to the jaw but lost the championship by five Rnd a half pounds.

Announcement of the judges' decision brought 5000 rabid largest fight crowd Denver has teen tin a their feet in a mighty roar of acclaim, but it only served to bring blood to the choIcric eye of Frank Churchill, manager of the crestfallen champ. Churchill protested vigorously, claiming that, he was the victim of just another decision. But the judges, two Denver writers, stood by their fistic guns, and Eddie Mack today was the campus hero of Regis college, where he picture, no is a student, and of the Rocky sentiment, i Mountain province of fistiana. His only regret is that lie did not match 129 pounds when he weighed in for the clouting. But the L-est he could do was a despairing In the second round Carpentler hit Dempsey with that long straight right hand of his and it shook him up a little.

Fire camc into eyes thunder clouds rolled across his swarthy face, Six minutes later they were scraping the prostrate form off the i canvas. There is the memory of the Firpo fight, the most dramatic fight Rick- I ard ever staged and the most dramatic fight Dempsey ever fought. The champion had been knocked out of the ring in the first round, i In the next round lie came back and battered Firpo to the floor. By the rules of the ring and of I had grown to love Tex like a When Dempsey said that Tuesday he was not a hardened veteran of countless fights talking: he was a grief stricken boy who had lost something that had grown into a priceless possession and that had lost this thin? with such suddenness and mystery left him bewildered, dazed, wondering. long vigils at the bed side of Rickard, the revelation Of the real affection which existed between him and the dead promoter, the silent suffering of' the these tilings have given the public a glimpse of a Dempsey that only a few people knew existed.

So on the day Rickard's body is handed back to the Gods and the sports world bows its head, a new note of admiration is sounded for Dempsey. It has just occurred to me that I might have waited until a later date to have paid my re- i spects to Dempsey. Still I believe I this is the way Rickard even on his burial day would prefer that it be I done. Always he used to say about those fighters. pay any attention to GRIFFITHS WlSfe fair play ho should have stepped-I Vni ted Press Leas ed Wire back and given his stricken foe a chance to rise.

But he What do animal-men know of rules and ethics? The hot breath of battle seared his lungs, and came hissing thru clenched teeth. lie stood immediately over Firpo, both hand poised, like spears, for the kill, and the instant Firpo lifted his knee and hands from the canvas both of gloves exploded in his face. And so goes the liistory of liis whole ring career. The raw elements of drama completely fill the stage. There is no contrast to the touch of softness or Griffiths, Sioux City heavyweight, demonstrated his right to recognition as a slugger by knocking out George Gemas in the second round of a scheduled 10- rounder last night.

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Tunney has beaten him and won the heavyweight championship. Dempsey is in severe physical dis- tress. His face is a pulpy parody, a mask in crimson welts. One eye is closed tight. The other is little- more than a slit.

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