The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 364, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 17, 1926 Page: 48 of 92
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Dempsey Expects to
CHAMP SAYS
HE’LL EOOL
WISE ONES
Sees No Reason Why 30
Should Be Athlete's
Deadline.
By JACK DEMPSEY
Copyright. IS2«. Kins Feature* Syr... Inc.
Quite a few fistic experts have it
al! figured out that the next time I
make a defense of mr title the chances
win be all against me—and that I’ll
be toppled into deft at.
They may be right—but I can’t view
it that way.
Their whole argument is based upon
the fact that I’ll be a year or so
beyond SO and that such a fight will
he my first for at least three years.
They take records of fighters of other
yearn and nse those records in arriv-
ing at their conclusions .about me.
I don’t think that such a method
i. entirely reliable. What others
have or haven’t done does not serve
as any definite guide for what I’ll
do for the simple reason that I live
in a different era than the others —
and I think I’ve lived a somewhat
different life.
MADE SO LIMIT.
Many of the champions of the past
made 30 the deadline for athletic
greatness because of certain folly.
They paid no heed to keeping them-
selves fit between fights. They slept
but little ate whatever they craved
and ate whenever their appetites de-
manded. And beyond all that many
of the champions openly boasted con-
cerning their drinking ability.
In the other days of pugilism as
in baseball the athletes were rather
heavy drinkers. They usually started
on a lushing career around 23 or 25.
and. as the years went on. they drank
more and still more. As a result
when they were 30 they had. through
drinking and other wild dissipations
burned out their stamina brought
damage to their bodily organs—and
were about through.
But these days arc different. Base-
ball and pugilism as well as other
sports furnish definite proof that if
a man does not dissipate and he does
take care of his physical self he can
go on to the age of 30 33. 35 3S
and even beyond that and still be a
star.
SOME EXAMPLES.
Tom Gibbons. Jack Britton Ty
Cobb. Tris Speaker Eddie Collins and
a score of othere have proven that
by clean living a man can retain ath-
letic greatness far al> ng in the thirties.
I’ve tried to live clean and sanely;
eight to ten hours sleep a day. no
liquor good wholesome foods plenty
of outdoor exercise and constant ad-
herence to light training rules. So
I expect to fool plenty of folks who
think I’m about all through now be-
cause I’m 30. I ex]>ect to hold the
championship until I’m 35—and in
the meantime every logical foeman
will get a chance to knock me off
my championship peak.
MATTY ONCE BEAT
WALTER JOHNSON
Did you ever know that the late
Chriaty Mathewson and Walter John-
son now the Senators' ace ever op-
poaed each other as pitchers in a
game?
Well they did and it was in
Joplin. Mo. not long before the World
War. which might well have been the
"world’s serious.” McGraw and his
Giants were touring the “sticks” with
a equad playing exhibition games.
■Toplin is not far from Coffeyville.
Kan. and Coffey die is where John-
son lived.
It was agreed that Johnson and
Mathewson should oppose each
other. McGraw divided his squad of
players into two tear and the Big
Train and Big Six w>: t a' it. ITach
pitcher was allowed to pick his
team.
They went inning after inning
before practically the entire popu-
lation rf Joplin and Coffeyville
with no score. Matty's fadeaways
against Walter's speed. It is re
<v»rded that Matty finally won by
a one-run acore.
ST. LOUIS BROWNS'
PILOT HAS LEANING
TOWARDYOUNGSTERS
NEW YORK. Jan. 16—A baseball
critic bays that Manager Sinler of
the St. Louis Brown#-- is a Lrm w-j
liever in young plavrs. H n team I
climbed into third this year
after he had weeded <mt several vef
er a ns. and now it is said that I
other old timers vho have been draw-
ing big salaries from Owner Phil
Rall are elated to walk the plank.
Hitler’s trading material inHude*
Marty M<MnntiF f second-baseman: ।
Outfield* rs Tobin and .Fa co boon and
Pitcher Joe Bush. If he ran obtain
prayers of equal value though younger
£e will let these men go.
The Browns’ wise leader points
with pride to the a<*biev meats of
Garton. Giard Dixon Hargrave. Ben-
nett Harrj Rice all colts whose
imeasaut huetling lifteel the St. Jxiuis
team out of the second division in
which it was submerged until late in
Aww’
men who noted the
marked improvement of the Browns
daring the late campaign declare
i hat Hisler is on the right track
and *ill have'a real pennant cod-
IvjUcr 4
j ATHLETIC SCRIBE
; WINS GOLF MEET.
MOUSTACHE RACE
Most newspapermen have no ath-
letic tendencies. Supposedly they run
to brain instead of brawn. But Ben-
jamin Franklin (Swedei Johnson is a
brawny boy. Ue just won the Harry-
Symons trophy as newspaper golf
ehampion of San Antolio. Shortly
afterwards he was declared winner of
the office moustache race. Some ath-
lete. B. F. is!
GREAT KEBS
IN FOOTHILL
mt BIOL
NEW YORK Jan. 16.—Once in a
great while there comes along a
gridiron specialist like Charlie Brick-
ley who has. by diligent practice ac-
quired what is known as an "educat-
ed toe.”
Brickley specialized in kicking
field goal” from all angles both by
the drop-kirk method and by kick-
ing from placement and his record
of only five mused out of seventy
attempts at Harvard shows how
successful he was.
ECKERSALL IN CLOSE.
Walter Eckenmll was another won-
der at field goal kicking but he was
also a remarkable all-round player.
Both "Eckie” and Brickley kicked
fi»e field goals in an intercollegiate
game—Brickley against Yale in 1913
and Eckersall twice—once against
Illinois and once against Nebraska.
Trafford of Harvard also kicked
five against Cornell in l*?90 while
Robertson. of Purdue with seven
kicks holds the record.
‘’Frosty” Peters’ seventeen drop-
kicks in one game was made in a fresh-
man contest —University of Montana
against Billing” Poly. The inter-
scholastic record is 15 set by Alfred
Griggs. of Exeter (Cal.) High School
in 1915.
LONGEST PLACEMENTS.
The longest place kicks on record
are 65 yards made by Haxall of
Princeton against Yale in and
66 yards 2 feet 8 inches by Cha i-
wick at Exeter N. H- on November
29. 1887.
Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan
made a 63-yard drop-kick in 1915.
Pat O’Dea of Wisconsin and the
late George Gipp of Notre Dame
each drop-kicked a 62-yard field goal
in a game while O Der made an
exhibition drop-kick of 63 yards 11
inches in May. 1898.
O’Dea's stunt of drop-kicking a 50-
yard field goal while on the dead
run when almost at the side line”
wm most remarkable. It occurred
in the game of
1897 or 1899. O'Dea wae runnin/
back a punt when Gil Dobie now
coach at Cornell had him almost stop-
ped at the edge of the field. It wa>
a surprising thing to do and » ven
more surprising b’ enu** it succeed l d.
AMATEUR BASEBALL
SURVEY SHOWS BIG
INCREASE IN YEAR
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.—An in-1
creuse in amateur baseball in larger •
cities especially where broadening of |
rewation projects has provided addi-1
tional fields is announced by the
B rest it n A
tion of America.
The association's statement showed!
that 1171 leagues were in operation
in 339 cities th* past summer and 1
that more than 11 J*k».o<wi persons wir- •
newed game# in 161 cities. In 321
cities an 8928 teams comprising 107.- 1
800 players.
OMAHA GIRLAFTER
MISS BAUER'S TITLE
OMAHA. Jan. 16.- Miss Corinii"
Condun of Omaha b> endited with u
l<M-yard baekatmk' swim in 1:19.
and her roach peter Wi ndell now '
sw-ms confident that she will win |
J »he approaching junior national ’
championship for women then b« the
। rurn»’ up in the senior title test id
I which victory is conceded to MB” ।
Sybil Bauer of Chicago.
SPUDS GET'FUSSELL
BACK; BUY CATCHER
WICHITA FALLS Tex. Jan IG.-
President J. Alvin Gardner of the 1<»-
I cal club of the Texas League has
! rnnouncpd the purchase of Catcher
Clifford Knox from the Birmingham
club ami the acquisition of Fred Fur-
mO from Seattle in a swap by which
Pitcher Herb Brett goes to the Coast
X4a«u« ciy
MS OF CUBS
SM/ILLEST IN
BIG LEAGUE
Stands Five Feet Four But
Looks No More Than
Even Five.
NEW YORK Jan. 16.—According
I to the official statistics. Earl Adaxto
the aggressive little infielder for th?
Chicago Cubs is five feet four and
one-half inches high and weighs 150
pounds. But when these figures wcr<
flashed on a veteran baseball writer
at the New York meeting early in De-
cember he offered to bet his scon
book and a week's wages that Adams
was only five feet high.
“I might concede an inch to that
five feet” went on the baseball writ-
er. “but not a fraction more.’’
Anyway Adams is the littlest man I
n in the majors not excepting that other '
i. atom. Gautrcau. the new second base-
man for the Boston Braves. And.
like most little men he has stored I
> within an abbreviated span a mighty I
f lot of nervous energy. Early in his I
r baseball career Adams gained tin |
nickname of “Spark Plug.” Other |
f players have been thus entitled since I
i- then but Adams was the original
spark plug of the majors. He earned
_ the name and merits it still by his
aggressive play his high spirit his
I । confidence and his tireless energy.
। PLENTY OF SPIRIT.
I The immutable law of balances
I giveth unto a little man this spirit to
more than offset the handicap of his •
lack of weight and scant inches t«» ;
carry him on through sports competi- '
tion. It is his spirit that makes ;
Adams a big leaguer when many a
boy of six feet and fine proportions ;
and every natural physical qualifica-
tion drifts back to thd bush the same •
year he came up to the big time.
There is nothing very impressive
to be found in a study of Adams’ rec-
ord in the National League. His bai-
ting average for four years with th< |
1 Cubs is about .285. Not so good and
: yet not so bad for a shortstop. But
. ho is of that rare and valuable type
. of batsman known a” a dangerous hit ;
ter. He bats at his best rather than I
his worst in a pinch. With men 6n [
the bases he is dreaded by an enemy ’
’ pitcher as much as manv men who
load him 30 points in the season's
। batting averages.
‘ Adams js fast. His short logs and )
active brain won for him third place ।
in base stealing ln”t season. He stole
26 bases being kd onlv by Carey and
Cuyler. He led such fast men as
. Roush and Frisch in this regard.
s As a shortstop Adams ranks up I
with the average. He also plays sec-
[ ond Ima with equal speed and still.
GAME. FAST KEEN.
j Just a big leaguer is Earl Adams.
L One of the rank and file of the every H
day men. A game fast keen little
j man. whose high spirit carries him |
. through. ।
He was born in Tremont. Pa. 29 i
years ago and played his first pro-|
fp”sional ball with Danville in the
’ Pie«lmont League in 1920. Earl was ’
’ : 24 before he reallv got into the game. '
’ i His first bush league year play at-
j tracted Branch Rickey th-n manager
. of the St. Louis Cards and he bought
1 । the boy and sent him to Syracuse. It
' was a question of Toporcer or Adams ‘
for St. Louis utility man in 1922.
j and Toporcer's hitting prevailed with
• 1
’ GLORIAOIS
STARS IN NEW ROLE I
j
PINEHURST N. C. Jan.
* Gloria Swanson movie star has prov I
en in the short time that she has '
■ i been here that she is « trapshoot•?.-
‘ ; much better than the ordinary.
* i Registering on the entry list ns
' i Marquise de la Coudraye of Croton on-1
■ । Hudson. N. Y. the cinema star sur- I
' prised people here by winning a r<v
> ‘ ular weekly trapshoot for worn >
breaking 133 out tW a possible
* birds at the regular IG-yard dis |
> tan<<-.
• । Following this. Gloria entered nn
other event a 150 target event for
! women connected with the moving ■
I pietun* company on location h*Te and
’ thi” time scored 134 to win.
Challenging h«*r titled husband
। Gloria needed only six shots to mak<
’ him admit defeat ev»*n aft< r h< ha-
ut the afternoon in
■- ■ to def< at her.
VICTORIA ORGANIZES
IZAAK WALTON CLUB
VICTORIA Jan. 16. Th<
rary organization of th* Vi» t .ria
('h .pter of the Izaak Walton lx; uu-
was effected at a meeting h- d m th<
'hamlxr of commerce hall ith H. A.
Lawrence as secretary ami Earl H.
S hii'id* r as treasurer.
The purpose of the league js th*
conservation of wild game and the <
tabbshrn«*nt of game pr«”erv«>. Th«-
organization was nam«< for a n »t««!
English author and sportsman who
liv«d in th«- sixteenth and it
has a larg«- membership throughout
:he United States.
Agents of the state game anil
oyster commission an- promoting th-
<*xtension of the Hague to and
otne weeks ago caused about 40 np-
resentative Victorian” to secure mem-
in the organization. Most of
hose wen present at the meeting.
Turner Hubbv. state game fish ami
.ster commissioner and his chief
■!< pnty. H. F. Smith who were guests
of th< J.ions dub during the day. also
attended the meeting.
'The Victoria chapter will Is- ]>er-
man< ntly organized just as soon as
•- charter la received from rhe league.
SI ZANNE NEVER BEATEN.
PARIS. Jun. 16 M RoSBUM
Lenglen the French tennis star has
the greatest record of any tennis
player in the history of the gam< •
She never hae been beateu since e- -
tablishing supremacy many
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
Keep Title Until He’s 35 At Least
M'GRAW SAYS GIANTS
WILL HAVE CARDINALS
TO BEAT THIS SEASON
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.—Pittsburgh
nnd St. Louis have the clubs that New-
York will have to beat to win the Na-
tional League pennant according to
John J. McGraw manager of the
Giants.
"We all know." he said "what a
fine hustling young ball club the
Pirates arc and with the cxiiericnce
mid confidence that comes to a world’s
champion tiny should be all the better
next season.
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AGE WINS ACQUITTAL
FOR DENVER MASHER
DENVER. Jan. 16.—GP)*^-Because
R. W. Ward is 83 years old he was
acquitted of a charge of mashing.
Ward was arrested on complaint of a
Denver girl. A companion of Ward.
Rosala Nicoletti however was sen-
tenced to 30 days in jail. He is 67.
Judge Orahood ruled that Ward’s
age was sufficient grounds for dis
missal.
FOUR RACE DERBIES
FOR MIDDLE WEST
IN COMING SUMMER
COVINGTON Ky„ Jan. 16.—The
Kentucky Derby will be run at
Churchill Downs May 15 and the
Latonia Derby on June 6. if his pres-
nt plans are approved by the Ken-
tudty State Racing Commission Gen-
eral Manager Matt J. Winn of the
Kentucky Jockey club announces.
Colonel Winn who has just re-
turned from Chicago where he is sup-
erintending the construction of a huge
racing plant in Will county said:
DUGAN MUST DISPLAY
KNEE TD HIS BOSSES
NEW YORK Jan. Id.—Joe Du-
gan whose trick knee was operated
upon last October says he will have
to undergo an ordeal before the Yanks
will give him a contract for 1926.
He will have to bare his knee for
examination. Joe has begun to blush
already. He has asked Colonel Rup-
pert and Ed. Barrt>w to use one eye
only and spare his feelings.
SUNDAY JANUARY 17 1926.
'BAO BOY’ FUENTE
TO BE REINSTATED
LOS ANGELES Jan. 16.—Tony '
Fuente sensational Los Angeles heavy. 1
weight boxer involved in several ques-
tionable knockouts is to be reinstated
by the California athletic commission
and will resume fighting in a short
time it was reported today. Eddia
Sears formerly of New Orleans man*
ager of Mushy Callahan California!
junior welterweight has purchased
Fuente’s contract.
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