The Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 4

THI MIRIDIN OAlbT JUUHNAU vvini numuvMi Vk av SALIENT FACTS ON BIG FIGHT HURRAY HURRAY! TABS WIN GAME Cubs Again Leading In National League jempsey Looks Fit As He Quits Camp Sharkey Says Start With Caution Bustling Bruins Subdue Giants as Pirates Idle at Philadelphia Yanks Take Another Says Beat Sharkey In Two Punches No Alibi If He Loses Played Golf Last Evening Expects to Carry On Defensive Battle at Outset -Taking Easy Today -Very Confident ot Winning INSILCOS MEET PEXTO OUTFIT and forced Peckinpaugh to hit into a double play Thereafter Chicago did not get a bit Cleveland and the Boston Red Sox split even in a doublaheader the Indians taking the first 4-2 and Boston the second 6-5 Wilts Autry Hudlln snd Hoff nun being injured during the game took several herd left hooks on the jew without wincing end in feat exchange he aeidom misted on bit own thruata Sharkey will engage in no rise whatever today Tex Rickard announced that the dvtnc ticket had reached the 900600 mark Tomorrow aifht'a show la expected to drew approximately on end one-quarter million dollar the largest gate for any non-championahip fight in Cold Water Boys Final ly Get in Victory Column Wotders win nsver cease The Tabs after being dragged in the mud and trampled on by the several other clubs in President Jimmie Burns' Twilight circuit finally came out of the haze last night and took a gsme frdm Halbaeb's Endesa by the score Of 3 to 1 It was a duel between pitchers all the way wth Fran Buckley the pride of Hsr-rlngton Hill on the mound for the cold water drinker having the edge on Carl Schott who done the flinging for the makers of ball bearing While Buckley we a trifle wild walking no leas than seven batters he proved strong in the pinches allowing but two akinny little hit to be registered off his delivery snd forcing total of 14 base runners to remain stranded high end dry on the sacks Schott too twirled good brand of ball handing out only five binglei and aetting down six men at the plate by the atrlkeout route Caudette Osffney end Poite were the heavy men with the willow for the winners Oaudette and Posts connected with two base blow during the proceedings while Gaffney came through with a stinging triple Hal-bach and Perry were the only Endee player to tee first as result of safe hits The Maplewoods and league lead Ing Falcons will cross bats league tilt tomorrow night The box score: ENDIES in a New York July 20 Salient fact and figures concerning tha Dtmpaay-Sharkty heavy-weight battle this Thursday night at the Yankee stadium: Principals: William Harrlaon (Jack) Dempsey aged 32 ef Lee Angeles and Jaok Sharkey ef Boetcn aged 26 15 rounds to a decision of two Judgee and raferee Preliminary bout atart at 8:15 main bout at 10 Eastern Daylight time Probable attendance 80000 Probable 1260000 Preliminaries (all 1x James Braddoek of Jersey City va Georg Larocco of Naw York: Sandy Selfart of Pittsburg vs Wyoming Warner of Cheyenne Wyo: Tom Sayere of Detroit Jimmy Byrne of Louisville Jo Mont of Boston va Frankie Muakie of St Paul Georg Man-ley of Dedver ve Ray Neuman of Jersey City in bout to bo held after main event Chief For Dempery Leo Flynn for Sharkey Johnny Buckley Radio Stations WJZ and WEAF of Now York and associated statlena in nation-wide hookup Show will he held Friday night if woathar forces postponement ST MEET The East Sides and Falcons will clash In a diamond tilt on Indian field tonight Bill Scully or Schott will perform ou the mound fo: the over east lads with the rest of the lineup composed of Ernie Hackbarth catch Young first base: Ames second base Thiesen shortstop A Fontaneila third base Footanella left field Wollschlager center field and Srhnable right field The game la scheduled to start at 6:30 EavasdrOpplrg still is punishable as a crime in England New York July 20 Hit hard work all behind him Jack Sharkey was more confident than aver today that he would beat Jack Dempsey in their 15-round boot tomorrow night at the -Yankee stedi-um and win hia way to a championship battle with Gene Tunney want to see what Dempsey will do when I sock him on the jaw" That was on of the Boston first remarks after he had laid away hit glove following hia flnal workout yesterday best him" Sharkey said 'Tm bigger than I ever was I'm stronger Tm hitting harder I elwaj could bit when I wanted to so i have no fear of Demptey't hitting I mean to aay that whenever 1 set solidly like any other hitter 1 could alwaya punch hard But the difficulty in that iff that in aetting yourself you are exposed to being hit just as hard at you bit and 1 tee no sense In giving an opponent better than an even break in this respect That' the reason I have specialized in boxing rather than hitting I can accomplish the same Sharkey's plan of battle he said has not been determined "That's up to be asserted "You have to adjmt yourself 4 conditions Inside tb ropes as you find them I'll go into this fight with no set plan of battle" Sharkey's last workout Indicated that ht expects to carry on a defensive battle at the outset Against Paul Cavalier a sparring partner he held hit right arm close to his body against attack from a left hook His counter offensive as shown against others of his staff is topped by a lightning right upper cut Sharkey was finding his openings quickly In the last drill SPECS ARE UP TO OLD TRICKS Want $125 For Seats to Big Battle New York July 20 Ringside setts for the Dempsey-Shsrkey fight with a box office price of 27 50 were reported being offered' along Broadway today at 125 each Reports of wholesale gouging by speculator has caused United States Attorney Charles Tuttle temporarily to shift hi Investigation into the sale of theatre ticket to tomorrow night's fight at Yankee stadium Announcement of the Inquiry brought a stateemnt from Tex Rickard promoiar of the fight that he was anxious and willing to co operate with the government He asserted he bad a list of the names addresses and number of tickets bought by each purchaser the first forty rows ringside and denied any ticket had been alloted any agency within the first twenty-seven rows The 125 price was being asked for seat within the first five rows it was reported and 120 each for seats i In the next five row MEL KERR IS SEEING AMERICA Elmira July It' not the Navy and See theWorld' now it is "Be a Baseball Player and See America" That' what 511 Kerr member oi the Elmira club aay Hia expert ercea since he left hi Canadian home prove It Kerr got bit baptism In organize baseball a a member of the Chicago Cuba at the opening of the 1925 tee son He was Catalina Island with the Chicago outfit From Chicago Kerr' went to Sag! Ufiw Mich but returned to tha Cubi the next spring to go to Wlehlts Falla Tax That club movad him tt liiooroington 111 Another spring cam and tonne him with Okmulgee in the Wtaterr league only long enough to be called by the Cuba and tent to Read ing Pa Reading immediately ten' him to seven different clubs and many state In slightly more that two year And he's only 22 yeari old now! White Sulphur Springs Saratoga Lake July 20 (AP)-The calm cenfldenc of the man phyai-cglly and mentally tuned to pertec lion gripped Jack Dempeey today as the once great cur of the heavy weight division hung up his training perhapa forever Behind the most powerful man modern ring history has known lay three months of toll in the Ventura mountains of California and three weeks of grim battling here to re build the splendid two-fisted lighting machine that once ruled the world Ahead of the 32-year-old warrior loomed the most dramatic night oil his the night when he must win or quit the game he loves Bight years ago this month pop-eyed youth of seventeen was 1 milled aa his idol the young Iron fgted Jack Dempsey crushed the gmt bulk of Jess Willard to win Ike championship in the sul focatlng heat of Toledo Thursday night In the Yankee stadium that am youth Jack Sharkey of Bos Into now aurgtng through the heavy Wdlght ranks that Dempeey swept wUl attempt to end once snd for si! the fighting career of the man he thought all-powerful am ready" Dempsey said to-y "a ready as at any time in my If I lose there will be no alibi no second come-back snd I quit for aver the game I love I never have mad au excuse before snd I won't now But put it down in the IB lick that Sharkey kid In just two punches" yAd the Dempeey who ended training today to depart for the flane of the battle in New York ap Mated fit to do Just that weeks ago Jack was fat lw of foot and sluggish despite hi Sriy training grind in California weighing 205 pounds there was a pad of excess flesh around his ab-4oaen and hips bis legs were Mavy and the thickness of unneces-ary weight was on his shoulders But today the Dempsey who seeks atom a comeback trail too rugged for any other former heavyweight champion to conquer is lean trim vicious Stomach muscles form a rippling cover of body His waist is narrow liga thin and speedy and through umpny'a shoulders and back Withe muscles that stretch and flex Udder a sun-blackened skin that cov-fa not an ounce of excess flesh Most Impressive of all is Demp-My a mental attitude toward the cniK struggle Strong as a fiery youngster was he who wasted ener-If recklessly at every turn of the 1 Tln3 because of youthful aal that could not be held in check 1 Ml place is the calm veteran con for night of Mttle that mean either fistic obliv-fon or another shot at the title Gene Tdnney won last fall at Philadelphia proved that point yesterday 00 other time in the lengthy umtoing period Accompanied onl Manager Leo Flynn and tlJ) tT Sr" newPpermen of tt hundred who have visited the mp Dempsey in the approaching lT iw flnal shot the best nine holes of golf he ha ever played todty rails for a trip to Albany about li a He win catch a train for New York where he will go into seclusion at a hotel until the fight COURT LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING Curry and Akeson Rep-resent Local Teams TBe Connecticut State Basketball league will hold a meeting in Hanford this evening to discus plan for the coming season Two Meriden teems will be represented Jack Curry for Endec and Art Akeon for the Insilco Other team to have representative present are the New Britain National Guard Brito! Itodees New Haven Atlaa Hartford Dixies -Waterburv Kaceya and All-MWdletown Billy Lee former Jour-sal sports editor will preside -r Enough make Choosing John silver anniversary festivities for their setting the Chicago Cubs climbed back into the National league leadership only a day after they had been hauled down to second place While the Pittsburg Pirates were being rained out at Philadelphia the bustling Bruins subdued the Giants st the Polo grounds 8-5 Fighting sn uphill battle the Cubs tied the score in the sixth and then came through with an eighth-inning rally that clinched their victory Home runs by Hartnett and English provided the winning margin Cincinnati bested Boston in thetr last place duel hitting being a big factor in the Reds' 3-2 decision Eppa Rlxey held Boston to six hits The Yankees won their eleventh ctnseculive victory over the St Louis Browns 8-1 The Ruppert riflemen got to Stewart St Louis southpaw in the third inning and drove him out of the box Ruth and Gehrig failed to furnish any excitement in theii home run scramble although both sluggers got one hit Ruth a single and Gehrig a triple Detroit's Tigers put on one ot the most thrilling ninth-inning rallies of the season scoring seven runs to beat the Philadelphia Maekmeu 10-9 in the last game of the series Rube Walberg had the Detroit team well In hand until the final inning when he retired under a ahower of base hit Rommel succeeded him and fared badly and Pate the third pitcher for the inning walked two batters and then permitted Bkssler to sing home the tying and win rung runs "Firpo" Marberry rescued HotlU Thurston at Chicago and the Washington Senators nosed out the White Sox 4-3 team wa was about to crash through in the fifth hen Marberry went to the mound laruie Titian Wiaaa-tta IP YOUR say: "Fill watch me No has been its fault well a pipe On my of good the hinged of the none' Then business-end the Local Scheduled For Tough Diamond Battle Sunday Manager Charlie Woodtke has ordered hia Insilco baseball team to hold a practice session at Hanover park tonight The Silver diamond aggregation art to engage in what should be one of the toughest contests of the season Sunday when they taakle the Eddie Hackbarth Pextos in Southington The Pextoa keenly feel their topple from the leading position in the Central Connecticut league race and will go on the field Sunday determined to take a tall out of the Meriden nine It will be a red-hot affair make no mistake about that and a large delegation of local rooters have already made plant to go over to the borough and alt in on the proceedings Following the Southington game the next bookng tor the Inlllcot will be against the MiddlStown Recreations at Hanover park one week from Sunday The Middletown game will be the final one of the aecond round schedule Middletown ia another team that has found the going pretty good lately the nine representing that city having been victorious in every gam since losing to the locals 9 to 2 in the season opener It was announced that the Insll-cos eligible list has been closed es per league constitution The following players are eligible to take part in league garnet for the balance of the season: 8 Curylo Curylo Lunderville Dthlke Patkos-ke Winterhalder Walsh Thomas Kroeber Kline Johnaon Charles Woodtke William Herrill Harry Neyas and Ed Walsh HONORED AS GIANTS LOSE Stars of Other Year Help Acclaim New York July 20 For a tew fleeting minutes yesterday baseball's pioneer days were called back to fbe Polo ground for review a John McGraw was formally honored a manager of the New York Giant The national grown portly and gray-haired sinoe he took charge of the New York club in 1902 received the tribute officially from Mayor James Walker The occasion was McGraw'a silver jubilee Star of other yaar came beck to help acclaim the man who took charge of the Giants when they and their rival National league cluba were tottering "iron Jo Mc-Glnnity was there Amo Ruie took ed on Billy Gilbert Dan BroutherS George Gore Mickey Welsh Jaok Warner and Joe Hornung applauded as McGraw was presented with huge trophy Hughie Jennings wa sighted in the standi and waa led out to the field by Jo Humphries announcer A steady driszl held down the crowd to 30000 while the Giants and the Chlcego Cube now leading the National league battled through nine Inning The Cubs won the ball game 8-5 When the lait man was out the fiery Giant manager hustled aero the field to the club house silent end downcast The crowd including men prominent in ell walks of life bed been congratulating McGraw on 25 year of marked mccees and the day had been epolied somewhat by his team's failure to win and Pleasant BY DOSSIN BROS Total Endee Tabs Two-base Three-bate 3 5 21 6 000 001 102 000 3 Gaudette Post Gaffney 20 Patkoske Double play Definger to Buckley Bates on Off Buckley 7 Schott 3 Struck By Schott 6 Buckley 3 Wild Buckley Left on Endee 14 Tabs 6 Passed Hackbafth (2) Frobel 1:47 BASEBALL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 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