oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-13

RICKARD PROPOSES DEMPSEY-FIRPO BOUT NEW YORK, July 13—Tex Rickard will offer Jack Dempsey a match with Luis Firpo, the battle to be staged either at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City or under agreement with the fight clubs holding concessions to the Polo Grounds or the Yankee Stadium in New York, Rickard announced today. Failing to get Dempsey into the ring with Firpo on Labor Day, Rickard said he would make every effort to have the Argentine mauler meet Harry Wills, negro heavyweight. NO HOODOO TODAY FOR PATROLMAN PORTLAND, Ore., July 13—Patrolman Charles Tennant, born two score or more years ago on Friday the 13th, picked up a purse containing $13 while walking his beat at Thirteenth and Washington-st here today. GRIFFIN WREST SEMI-FINALS FROM CADY PORTLAND, Ore., July 13—Elmer Griffin of San Francisco defeated Fenimore Cady of Coeur D'Alene Idaho, 3-6, 4-2, 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Oregon state tennis tournament here today and will play Catlin Wolfard of Portland for the men's singles title tomorrow. Wolfard eliminated Armand Marion of Seattle, 8-6, 6-4, 6-1. C. OF C. LEASES NEW ORANGE SHOW SITE A lease for an extended time of eight acres at North Palm-st and the State highway, belonging to G. M. Bartlett, as a site for the California Valencia Orange show will be voted upon by the board of directors of the NEW GOLFER TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD By ROBERT E. HARLOW (L. N. S. Staff Correspondent) INWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, Far Rockaway, N. Y., July 13—Bobbs Jones, Atlanta amateur, took the lead in the battle for the open golf championship this afternoon when he played the first 36 holes in 71-73=144. This put him a shot in front of Bobby Cruikshank who played rounds of 73-72=145. INWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, FAR ROCKAWAY, N. Y., July 13—Jock Hutchison, with a card of 35-35=70 equalled the course record and led the field here today in the first round for the national open golf championship. His score equalled the 70 established by Joe Kirkwood, who led the 360 qualifiers. Hutchison's card: Out 344 453 453=35. In 452 453 444=35=70. Gene Sarazen got himself into a bad position for the defense of his open championship title when he required 79 strokes for his first round today. Chick Evans, playing with Sarazen, also took 79. U. S. TO SHOW CHINA NAVAL STRENGTH WASHINGTON, July 13—Altho the United States does not want to do anything to further disturb the already weakened Chinese government it looks with some favor upon the plan of Great Britain for a naval demonstration off the Chinese coast to impress Peking authorities of the desire of the rest of the world for the restoration of normal conditions in China, it was learned officially at the state department today. FINDS VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's jury yesterday afternoon at the Seale funeral parlor following the ingest over the C. OF C. LEASES NEW ORANGE SHOW SITE A lease for an extended time of eight acres at North Palm-st and the State highway, belonging to G. M. Bartlett, as a site for the California Valencia Orange show will be voted upon by the board of directors of the chamber of commerce tonight. In the opinion of Secretary Malcom Fraser the lease will be consummated. The papers already have been drawn up, and nothing remains to be done but to sign. The next step will be to sell the 15 acres owned by the chamber on North Palm at the city limits. The chamber also will elect officers. No candidates have been mentioned. The six new directors elected were: H. M. Adams, Leonard Evans, D. H. Benjamin, Roscoe B. Young, and Harry D. Riley, with Sidney E Prince or William Falkenstein, who were tied in the vote, as the sixth man. The meeting will be held in the city council chamber. FINDS VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's jury yesterday afternoon at the Seale funeral parlor following the inquest over the bodies of Mrs. C. R. Watkins of Whittier and little daughter, who were killed Wednesday night in an automobile accident near Buena Park. The bodies were taken to Whittier last night, where funeral services and interment is to be held. STORM IN REDDING REDDING, Calif., July 13.—During an electrical storm last night Redding had a brilliant display of chain lightning punctuated by sharp claps of thunder. There were three distinct sputterings of rain, something never heard of here before this late in July. Rain drops were so large they rattled on roofs like monster ball stones. SPANISH TEAM ON L. A. BEAUTY Richfield Spanish team another fast club Sunday with when they meet the Beavers. Another scalp gained for and action apured. A. Sanchez, manager nounced the following Dustillo, ss; E. Reyes, 1b; 2b; Macaray, 3b; M. Garteria, cf; Celaya, rf; Bleecker, the mighty will be on hand. BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, July grave, Cincinnati Red's two home runs here today cincinnati-Phila, game. He the circuit in the first duplicated the stunt in the Head and Winters were. The regular weekly b was held last night at the city park. And elaborate was given and enjoyed preciative crowd. Look over this Property Berger Half Acre BEGINNING AT $1400 Where else can you ever approach this figure on half acres served by the most important highway California? All improvements are included—gas, electricity, water under pressure, irrigation and oilled streets, etc. All planted to Valencia Orange Trees. AND IF THEY GET OIL You will reap the benefit—this tract being just two miles south of Anaheim in direct line of paving excitement, and all off rights go with the land. Better Than City Transportation are the roomy motor busses that pass by for Los Angeles and San Diego and intermediate points every hour, with only 7½¢ fare to Anaheim. Free motor bus to nearby school for the kiddies, too. Us show you Berger Half Acres today. $50 WILL SECURE YOURS C. B. BERGER CO. REALTORS-SUBDIVIDERS Phone 523 108 S. Los Angeles St. BIG JESS WILLARD GETS KNOCKOUT IN EIGHTH ROUND Firpo Is Now Ready to Meet Jack Dempsey for the Championship Crown NEW YORK, July 13.—Dollar wheat is not bothering one Kan., as farmer today. Jess Willard "made his hay while the stars shone" last night. Today he packed his things for his trip home to the sunflower state and the life of a "country gentleman." JESS WILLARD LUIS FIRPO Before 100,000 folk who packed Boyle's historic "thirty acres," "Big Jess" traded punches with Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine battler, and took 43 solid blows in 29 minutes and 50 seconds, giving his opponents 39 licks in return. Then the fight was over, Willard, a tired old man, sitting on the floor—$180,000 richer for the half hour's demonstration of the well known fact that "they can't come back." The end came in the eighth round following a succession of rights and lefts to the head which dropped Willard to his knees while the referee counted 10. "No Firpo for Dempsey—why, it would be slaughter!" Jack Kearns said today announcing that the champion's next opponent probably will be Harry Wills, the negro dock hand. "I am ready to fight any man in the world!" Firpo said today. It was not expected however that Jimmy De Forest, the cunning trainer-manager of the Argentine mauler, would allow his charge to go against Dempsey, Gibbons or Wills before "Dead Pan Louie" had piled up a row of dollars by meeting lesser lights in his own land where $100 ringside seats are the order and the ex-soda jerker the idol of the nation. Firpo's showing against the tired old man who sat down to shake his head "no" while 100,000 volces erried "go on, Jess," did not raise his stock with the fans. The battle lacked the spectacular. A clumsy young man and a clumsy old man were the participants. The young man rushed and swung with a peculiar right and left, which in its delivery had much the same motion of a baseball pitcher's in drop. All Willard showed was a left jab. Firpo's left hand was so much dead weight at his side and Willard appeared to forget he had a right. There was no particularly winning blow of the fight. Three sets of maulings, delivered while the men were in close, took the fight out of Willard. In the fourth round, the seventh and eighth, Firpo got Willard in close to the ropes. Then he swung his right and landed in rapid succession on the head and jaw. Twice the punches made Willard groggy. The third set made him sit down. But whatever may be said of the fight, it was a success financially. The 100,000 customers who passed thru Tex Rickard's turnstiles dropped $500,000 into the till. Rickard himself estimated today, as a corps of accountants labored on an official check. Willard will take 32 per cent of every dollar taken in. Firpo gets 22 per cent, about $110,000. Rickard will pocket approximately $120,000. Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, believes Wills, not Firpo, the next logical opponent for Dempsey. SPANISH TEAM TAKES ON L. A. BEAVERS Richfield Spanish team will have another fast club Sunday to contend with when they meet the Los Angeles Beavers. Another scalp is being bargained for and action aplenty is assured. A. Sanchez, manager, has announced the following line-up; C. Stratillo, F. Bayer, L. Chandeleo, SORE ARM HALTS BROOKLYN ROOKIE LEADERS CONFIDENT THRU RECENT DRIVES ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13.—As candidates for U.S. senator in three parties were winding up their campaigns today for the special election Monday, when a successor to the late Knute Nelson will be chosen by Minnesota, political leaders were trying to figure out what effect several big SPANISH TEAM TAKES ON L. A. BEAVERS Richfield Spanish team will have another fast club Sunday to contend with when they meet the Los Angeles Beavers. Another scalp is being barcalined for and action aplenty is assured. A. Sanchez, manager, has announced the following line-up: C. Bustillo, ss; E. Reyes, 1b; J. Chandee, ub; Macarny, 3b; M. Gareia, lf; Reuieria, cf; Celaya, rf; Bleecker, p. BLEECKER, the mighty moundsman will be on hand. BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, July 13.—Harrave, Cincinnati Red's catcher hit two home runs here today in the Cincinnati-Phila game. He smashed for the circuit in the first inning and duplicated the stunt in the sixth. Head and Winters were his victims. The regular weekly band concert was held last night at the Anaheim city park. And elaborate program was given and enjoyed by the appreciative crowd. SORE ARM HALTS BROOKLYN ROOKIE Ray French. Ray French, young infielder of the Brooklyn National, after a brilliant start, has been handicapped by a sore arm. French, who cost Owner Elbietta about 10,000 berries, has had the arm treated by Bonesetter Reese. Tagging All the Bases (By I. N. S.) Before 40,000 fans the Giants and Pirates went fifty-fifty, the first going to the Pirates 5 to 3 and the other the Giants 4 to 2. Babe Ruth's 20th homer with two on helped New York defeat the White Sox 10 to 6. Guy Morton applied an eleven to nothing whitewash to the Athletics and gave the Indians their third straight triumph over the Mackmen. Five pitchers failed to halt the Red Sox, the Tigers fell one run short in a ninth inning rally and the game went to the Sox 6 to 5. With two men on, Schleibner clouted a homer in the eighth and by an eight to five score the Browns snatched the bacon from the Senators. YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS National League Number Total Meusel, New York ... 1 Traynor, Pittsburgh ... 1 Hargrave, Cincinnati ... 1 American League Ruth, New York ... 1 Harris, Boston ... 1 Flagstead, Boston ... 1 LEADERS CONFIDENT THRU RECENT DRIVES (By International News Service) ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13.—As candidates for U. S. senator in three parties were winding up their campaigns today for the special election Monday, when a successor to the late Knute Nelson will be chosen by Minnesota, political leaders were trying to figure out what effect several big last-hour developments would have on the vote. Backers of Magnus Johnson, the Farmer-Labor candidate running on a La Follette-Brookhart platform, gave out this morning the text of a telegram from Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, heartily endorsing Johnson and asking union labor to vote for him. On the other side, Republicans were confident that two moves made by them in the last-two hours of the campaign would sway waveing ex-soldiers and farmer votes to Governor J. A. O. Preus, the Republican candidate. DEATH OVERTAKES THEATRICAL MAN (By International News Service) LOS ANGELES, July 13.—Funeral arrangements were made late today for J. J. Rosenthal, nationally known theater man of Chicago and Boston, who died here last night in St. Vincent Hospital. Mr. Rosenthal had been in the hospital several weeks where he had shown indications of recovering from a lingering illness, when death came. He is survived by his wife, known to the stage as Katherine Osterman, and his son, also a performer, Jack Osterman. ARABS SCRAP AT DOCKS CARDIFF, Wales, July 13.—More than 800 Arab seamen engaged in bloody fighting today at the docks. There were heavy casualties in the rioting. Many arrests were made. PHANTOM WAVES A radio wave can go through the wall of a building with the ease that a ray of light can go through a pane of glass. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., July 11.—A can tied to the tail of a valuable horse by a miscreant here caused the animal to run until exhausted and fall dead when it reached home. The critics choose the world'heaters now, but the common folks who compose posterity will pick the im- YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS National League Number Total Meusel, New York ..... 1 3 Traynor, Pittsburgh ..... 1 8 Hargrave, Cincinnati ..... 1 6 American League Ruth, New York ..... 1 20 Harris, Boston ..... 1 7 Flagstead, Boston ..... 1 7 Brower, Cleveland ..... 1 7 Burns, Boston ..... 1 3 Schliebner, St. Louis ..... 1 3 Liebold, Washington ..... 1 1 Totals National 304; American, 235. PHANTOM WAVES A radio wave can go through the wall of a building with the ease that a ray of light can go through a pane of glass. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., July 11.—A can tied to the tail of a valuable horse by a miscreant here caused the animal to run until exhausted and fall dead when it reached home. The critics choose the world'heaters now, but the common folks who compose posterity will pick the im- SEE THIS TAG on Every Orange BASEBALL WHITE KINGS of Los Angeles VS ANAHEIM ELKS AT High School Ground SUNDAY, JULY 15th, 2 P. M. Friday, July 13, 1923. UNITED Theatre Anahelm TODAY and TOMORROW BERT LYTELL in “Sherlock Brown” By Bayard Veiller HAROLD LLOYD In “SOFT MONEY” PATHE NEWS LEAGUE FIELDER INJURED ST. LOUIS, July 13.—Sam Rice veteran outfielder for the Washington club, was severely injured here this afternoon when he crashed into the right field fence while chasing a fly ball. His head was badly lacerated and fellow players carried him off the field. 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