The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 281, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 18, 1923 Page: 4 of 34
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SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1923
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MOVE TO HONOR TWO
Shaking Hands With $75,000
EXHIBITION BASEBALL
AUSTIN PLAYERS WITH
At Hot Springa, Ark.:
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Officials Will Form First Lineup;
New Grandstand To Be
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Moore, McClain.
At New Orleans, La.:
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cabled reports of the bout, was de-
fending for the first time the title he
won by stopping Georges Carpentier
in the sixth round of a bout at Paris
Sept. 24. 1922.
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We can match your last year’s
coat and vest with new pants.
Business Men Suggest Moore-
Collins Day During Shrine
Conclave at Washington.
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At Shreveport, La.:
Columbus American Assn. .
Shreveport Texas League .
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Batteries: Weaver, Ambrose, Smith,
Jacoby and Elliott: Stallemars, Reed,
Meyer, Rose and Vann, Burns.
Batteries: Battes, Danfelg and Rob-
erts; Abbott, Naylor, Kinney, Ogden
and Hartman, Perkins.
of Austin has two baseball stars on
the same team such as Collins and
Moore on the Tigers’ pitching staff,
and they should be accorded some
Batteries: Stueland, Fussel, Sauffer
and Wirtz; Lyon, Thomas, Douglas
and Rigo.
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and engaged in forty-seven contests,
winning all but three. MeTigue was
born in Ireland in 1892.
Promoters hero tonight manifested
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 17.
Babe Ruth hit a home run in the fifth
inning of the Yankee-New Orleans
Southern League team exhlbttion game
here this afternoon. Dugan was on
first when he cleared the right field
Yenca with a high fly. It was Ruth’s
first home run for 1923 exhibition
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The easy days are gone tor Jimmy
O’Connell, the outfield star of the San
Francisco Seals, who was bought a
year ago by the Giants for 175,000.
Last year, playing with the Frisco club
under the watchful eye of Nfanager
Miller as guardian, O’Connell had but
to keep himself in shape, acquire all
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Batteries: Braiter, CQdy, McNamara
and Gowd, O'Neil; Han kins,* Brillheart,
Russell and Hargraves, Lapan.
This offer we are making to give you an
extra pair of Pants FREE with any suit or-
dered has made a big hit with men who know
good values.
Hundreds of wise buyers Eave chosen their
Spring Suits here and have practically gotten
two suits for the price of one.
Come in tomorrow and select your favorite
fabric and color and we will make it to your
individual measure and give you a PAIR OF
EXTRA PANTS FREE.
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At Greenwood, Miss.: R. H. E.
Toledo American Assn.......5 9 0
Minneapolis American Assn. ..2 5 1
Batteries: W. Wright, Glard, Be-
dient and Smith; Morrisette,, Birken-
stock, Bundy and Pierce.
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Batteries: Blankenship, Mack and
Schalk, Graham; Blume, Johnson and
Snyder, Smith.
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the inside ball he could pick up and
wait for this year. Now he is but one
of a group of new men in the GiantJ
camp, going on his own feet. He must i
deliver the way McGraw expects him ,
to. An outfield job with the Giants;
is his If he makes the grade. If he
doesn’t, the future is uncertain.'
At Tampa, Fla.:
Boston Nationals .....
Washington Americans
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IRISH CHAMPION OUTPOINTS BATTLING SIKI
Wichita Falls Texas League ..16 17 3
Sherman Texas-Oklahoma ... 7 15 6
Batteries: Hoots, Odom, Osborne
and Bischoff, Flaherty; Lind, McCall
and Erwin.
blood was drawn on the Irishman’s
forehead, showing a slight gash. Soon
after that Siki was bleeding from the
lips.
The Senegalese tried hard to get at
MeZigue in the twelfth round, but
McTigue’s ability at side stepping kept
him out of danger and Siki was un-
able to reach him effectively. In the
thirteenth the Irishman ducked to
avoid a vicious left swing and hooked
Siki with his right Ho geemed all
along to be saving his right for some
special opportunity, while Siki used
both hands equally at all stages of
the battle. After the fourteenth
round, McTigue began to fight, forcing
the pace and Siki made rather a
steady acquaintance with the ropes.
MoTigue evidently figured that the
time for making his bid had come
and he got home many times on the
black man’s ribs. In the eighteen.
Siki showed a rising temper and was
stamping'viciously on the floor while
MeTigue kept worrying him with vici-
ous right prods. When he came up
for the nineteenth. Siki showed signs
of punishment; he had lost some of
his dash and was not as enterprising
as he had been in the early rounds.
McTigue was wary and took no
chances. He had distinctly the bet-
ter of this round, though his opponent
reached his ribs a number of times.
In the twentieth and Mat round. Me -
Tlgue went in.hard and punished Siki
the offensive when the bell rang,
teh offensive when the bell rang.
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Boston American Regulars ...11 11 2
Yannigans ................... 3 9 5
Batterlee: Fowlkes, Gramf and
Chaplin; Ferguson, Black and Al-
brecht.
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By Associated Press.
DUBLIN, March 17.—Mike MeTigue,
the'Irish-American fighter, is now the
world’s light heavyweight champion
and European heavyweight champion
and Georges Carpentier can no longer
regain the honors he lost to Battling
Siki by a return match with the de-
posed Senegalese. McTigue gained
the decision from Siki at the Scala
Theatre in a 20-round contest tonight.
MeTigue won on points at the end of
the contest, but later Siki was re-
ported to have disagreed vigorously
and expressed his intention of chal-
lenging the decision.
Carpentier came from Paris with his
manager and sat at the ring side. He
watched the progress of the contest
not only with Intense Interest but ap-
parent satisfaction. He announced
his intention at the dore of the fight
to challenge the winner.
As a ring battle, the fight proved
disappointing. There was much swing-
ing and aide stepping, but no knock-
downs were score ’ and neither man
showed any particular signs of battle
at the end. One of the most exciting
featu * 3 of the whole affair was the
possiblity that the Irish irregulars
would interrupt the proceedings with
a bomb but the government had taken
precautions, with soldiers stationed at
various points around the theatre and
beyond one explosion a short distance
from the battle ground there was no
trouble and the fight proceeded on its
long and tiresome way.
The men entered the' ring at 8:15
and althoush both were welcomed, the
Irishman naturally was the favorite.
It was evident from the start that Me-
Tigue had a pre-arranged plan. aimed
at letting the Senegalese Ure himself
out. He let Siki do the swinging
while he did the ducking and dancing
about. Siki tried many times during
the early rounds with long and vici-
ous right and left zwings but they
found no mark; he was clearly puzzled
at the tactics of his opponent. Then
when he forced MeTigue to the ropes,
which he did several times, the Irish-
man came back with hard punches
and managed to work out to the cen-
ter of the ring without hr ring received
material damage.
McTigue used his left jab at Hiki's
face, but put little force into his ef-
forts. which were apparently directed
mainly at irritating the Senegalese
and to give him an opportunity to
wear himself out with continual
swinging. McTigue slid or hopped
around the ring for so many rounds
that his supporters became anxious
or discouraged and shouted “hit. him
Mike; put him out.” Siki, whose
wrath it was expected would rise
quickly under these tactics, held his
temper admirably and showed signs of
surprise when McTigue succeeded in
avoding his fiercest blows. It was
not until the eleventh round that first
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NEW YORK. March 17.—Mike Mo-
Tlgue, veteran Irish-American pugi-
list who captured the world’s light
heavyweight championship tonight by
defeating Battling Siki on points in
a 20-round bout at Dublin, never
reached the championship class in the
United States although he laid claim
to both the Irish and Canadian mid-
dleweight titles.
His claim to the Canadian title was
disputed by Jeff Smith, who gained
a decision over him in Halifax in 1921.
He won the championship in 1920
when he knocked out Gene Brosseau,
the recognized dominion titleholder at
that time.
McTigue, a crafty ring general and
clever boxer, fought most of the Iead-
ing middleweight and lightweight
pugilists in this country, where he
started his professlonal career in
1915. According to record books, he
lost but three out of 101 bouts in thb
last eight years and holds two deci-
sions over Harry Greb, former Ameri-
can light heavyweight champion.
He won forty-seven of his fights by
knockouts and twenty-one by deci-
sions. records reveal, while twenty-
eight others were no-declslon affairs
and one a draw.
Sik, apparently out-generated by
his more experienced opponent and
not in proper condition, according to
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Batteries: Roberts, Love, Brown
and Adams, Lingle, Wheat; Black,
Henry, McLoughlin and Crosby, Ennis.
unusual interest in McTigue’s victory 1
The Senegalese, a picturesque figure * and it was suggested that an effort
of the Paris cabarets who boasted might be made to match the Irish- ■
that he trained on wine and “high American during the outdoor season
life,” has been a storm center in here with Gene Tunney of New York
French boxing circles since his sen- j who holds the American 175-pound
sational rise to pugilistic fame. title.
Suspended at first for three months }
beacuse of a ringside brawl, he later |
precipitated a bitter controversy by;
charging that his bout with Carpen- 1
tier was a 'frame-up.”
Siki was born in Senegal in 1897
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Austin may be signally honored dur-
ing the Imperial Shrine convention in
Washington the first week in June
if the plans suggested by several Aus-
tin business men materia Hye.
The imperial convention is to be
held in Washington on June 4 to 7.
During the same time the Detroit
Tigers play the Washington Senators
at Washington. Warren Collins and
Roy Moore, both Austin baseball men,
are pitching on the Detroit team.
It has been suggested that it would
be fitting to have the Washington
baseball club management declare a
Colli ns-Moore day while the Shriners
are in Washington to honor the two
Austin players. Accordingly the
Chamber of Commerce Friday after-
noon sent a letter to Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers
who are now training in Augusta, Ga.,
containing the suggestion. In order
that the day may be appreciably ob-
served, it was suggested that drills
and a concert by the Ben Hur Shrine
patrol and band of Austin be given
before the gamebet ween the Tigers
and the Nationals.
“It is seldom that a city the size
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Brooklyn Nationals........... 6 13 0
Philadelphia Nationals ....... 3 8 3
Batteries: Sehriver, Q. Smith,
Mamaux, Vines and Taylor, Deberry:
Meadows, Hubbell, Weinert and Hen-
line, Wilson.
R. H.E.
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At Fort Worth: R.H.F.
Omaha Western League...... 3 10 1
Fort Worth Texas League .... 2 13 1
(13 innings.)
Special to The Austin Statesman.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March
17.—Educational and civic bodies of ।
Bryan and College Station will com- ’
I bine interests with the athletic depart- 1
| ment of the A. & M. College in cele- ;
pirating with novel features the open-
I ing of the 1923 baseball season of the ।
। Aggies on Tuesday afternoon, March •
20, when the Farmers will tie up with •
the Houston League.
The first play of the season will be !
called with Mayor Tyler Haswell of
Bryan on the mound, President W. B. i
Bizzell at the plate with bat, andi
Representative Lee J. Rountree wear- :
ing mit and mask. A considerable j
ovation is expected to follow this bur-
lesque act, as'the event will be cele-
brated with the suspension of business
activities in Bryan and College Station
and the forces of business are expected
to attend in a body.
This first game will also mark the
dedication of the new baseball grand-
stand. which is just being completed.
Covering the space where stood the old
grandstand last year and spreading
over a territory several times as large,
now rests a big, strongly constructed
and convenient covered seating stand.
It is in the form of an “L” bordering
the northwest corner of the playing
field. It has a seating capacity of
3500. with box seats. Five large en-
trance ways will permit a quick filling
and emptying of the stands without
discomfort to the spectators.
Directly in front of the grandstand
is the cinder path track, and all track
events will finish directly in front of
the stand. The track passes through
the center of the stand, seats being
' elevated at this place to allow the
runners to pass under. A view of
almost the entire course of the track
is had from any seat in the stand.
Other improvements on the field in-
clude well constructed pits for players
and a wire backstop immediately be-
hind the catcher, and well out in frort
of the stand to prevent passed balls
from striking the front wiring of the
stand.
The pits submerge all players and
thus the last possible obstruction to
observers’ view is done away with.
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