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BE ND CINCH
FOB FILIPINO
Jimmy Is a Little Chap But
He Packs a Mighty
Wallop.
AND HE’S IN SHAPE
Edgren Finds That Stories
of Poor Condition Are
the Bunk
By ROBERT EDGREN.
Jimmy Wilde world’s champion fly-
taamight fights the Filipino Pancho
Villa at the Polo Grounds June 18
in the same fing where Johnny Kil-
bane tossed awny his long-held feath-
erweight title to Eugene Criqui.
Wilde is a veteran title-holder him-
self and he hasn't fought since he
lost to featherweight Pete Herman in
England a couple of years ago.
But anyone who expects to see an-’
other flabby spiritless champion back
around the ring before the rushes of
a more rugged rival when Wilde
starts will get n surprise
Wilde looks in better condition to-
day than when he fought in this coun-
try on his former trip.
I found Wilde and his friend Mr.
Hughes and .his trainer for eight
years. Ben Williams in a small gym-
nasium in Jersey City tireparing for
an afternoon's work. The gymnasium
5s connected in some way with a Bni>-
tist church. It might not do very
well to have some fighters training
there but Wilde is different. Jimmy
is one of the mildest-mannered and
softest-spoken young gentlemen that
ever snapped over a knockout wallop.
When I found the party they were
waiting for a sparring partner to turn
up. Frankie Burns had promised
punching material a day or so later
and one young Jerseyite who ex-
plained that he was A. E. F. negro
flyweight champion was anxious to
oblige. His name was Johnny Clarke
—or Clark (I asked him which way to
spell it but he sidestepped).
Wilde in Fine Shape.
The first glimpse of Jimmy Wilde
stripped for notion was something of
a shock to ine. I'd been told that
Jimmy has become a country squire in
England dividing his time between
playing golf nnd riding to bounds liv-
ing in luxury and growing soft and
fat.
And there wasn't a visible ounce of
fat on him. Neither for that matter
was there a flattened muscle like
those that made Kilbane look like a
little old man when he faced Criqui.
.His muscles are long supple an.l
Wsean-cut.
Wilde has a perfect fighting build.
His legs are good .and perfectly sym-
metrical. his .waist small and his
back tapers offt from hips to shoulders
like a wedge. His shoulders are of ex-
traordinary width and bis arms long.
Wilde punched the bag for ten min-
utes hitting fast and hard. The war
he moved legs and body into his blows
and the clean hard delivery remind-
ed me of Bob Fitzsimmons at the bag.
Wilde is a workman.
Meanwhile Clark had stripped and
donned trunks and gloves. Clark is a
sturdy little darkey. He looked as if he
could deliver the goods.
Mr. Hughes explained to me that
Wilde never carries sparring partners
around when he travels but boxes
with all the best x local men he can
get. never knowing what his opponent
may uncover in fighting style. This is
good prneflee for fighting.
Partner in Many Hops.
When time was called Clark started
for Wilde with a sort of a spasm of
swing. Wilde has a fighting position
of his own. quite unorthodox bnt ex-
actly like that of old Bob Fitzsim-
mons. He carries bis hands low. hard-
ly ever using them for defense. In
that low position they are ready to
deliver any kind of a punch.
Two or three of Wilde's hard pokes
had the Jersey brunette ducking low
and swinging crazily. Wilde avoided
the blows or stepped inside a few
inches and let them slap around his
neck. Then he suddenly uncorked a
right-hand punch that landed on
Clark's map like a brick on a crate
of eggs.
Clark was lifted from his feet and
•when he came down he sat squarely
on a dumbell some one hnd forgotten
to remove. But for a large and resil-
ent cushion of muscle on that part
of his anatomy Clark might have in-
jured the bumbell seriously. As it
•was he bounded up and someone re-
moved the dumbell to a safer place.
Next time Wilde hit Clark the
darkey flopped against the wall and
pearls’ went through a window be-
fore sliding into a corner. But be
was game. He got up and came back
for more still swinging. His next
bounce after Wilde had landed a
left hook was on the bare floor be-
yond the Wrestling mat Wilde boxes on
<o make his footwork faster in the
ring. The janitor marked the dent in
the floor for repairs and the bout
went on.
Jimmy Has the "Sock.”
For two rounds Wilde cut loose
knockdown punches methodically and
with a mild interested expression on
his face. The few wild swings that
Landed on the flyweight champion
didn't seem to attract his attention.
Clark was bouncing up and down in
a third round and his legs were grow-
ing weak and wobbly when Hughes
called time.
“Sorry” he said “but this won't
do! We must have someone Wilde
can really hit. I'm afraid you're a
bit soft.”
Meanwhile. Wilde who works while
he's at it skipped a rope skillfully for
a while shadow-boxed swiftly for two
or three rounds then flopped down on
the mat and for ten or fifteen min-
utes went through a snappy calisthen-
ic routine such as few fighters at-
tempt. When he was through every
joint and muscle had been stretched
and suppled and he was ready for
his rubdown.
I haven’t seen anything quite as
workmanlike as Wilde’s boxing for a
long time. He combines speed and
skill with amazingly hard hitting. His
punches go in with a “sock.”
Pancho Villa won’t find any mushy
old champion in front of him when
be meets Wilde. If Villa can get
away with the flyweight title he’s
every inch the fighter he looked when
he beat down Johnny Buff. Villa is
training at a lake in New Jersey and
THURSDAY.
Ruth Getting More
Pastes Than When
He Led in Homers
New York June 14. — Babe
Ruth far behind in his home-run
schedule is nevertheless worrying
big league pitchers more this year
than ever before. The Babe more
serious and in the best condition
of his career is hitting the ball
when it means a run. He is lead-s
ing the league in run-producing.
As a result Ruth has created
what sports experts believe to be
a new record for free passes. He
has received 64 in bis first fifty
games. In 1020 he set the major
league record with 148 bases on
halls but with this season only one-
third over he has reached nearly
half that total. *
The free passes have been dis-
tributed by the seven opposing
teams this year in this fashion.
Washington. 18; Boston 12;
Cleveland. 11; Philadelphia. 11
Chicago 7; Detroit 3; St. Louis
•*
looks fit to fight a bunch of wildcats.
That's just about how fit he’ll need to
be.
Wilde a Golf Player.
While Wilde was being rubbed down
there was some talk of a game of
golf. Jimmy sat right up on the
rubbing table and announced that be
brought his clubs with him. nnd that
he'd enjoy nothing better than a day
on the links before the fight. He
has been playing golf for several years
and is a 14-hnndicap man in England.
In the two years he has been out ot
boxing he has played golf and has
ridden in hunts constantly to kep in
condition. He lives in the country a
few miles from Cardiff in Wales.
Wilde has a long list of ring vic-
tories. Some years ago he beat all
the American flyweights who invaded
England to fight him nnd he has
knocked out many champions in heav-
ier classes at home. He beat Joe
Lynch present bantamweight cham-
pion. in fifteen rounds in England.
His one knockout was at the hands
of Pete Herman of New Orleans who
went to England to fight him. Her-
man was a former bantam cham-
pion and he failed to make the weight
for his fight with Wilde coming into
the ring about fourteen pounds heav-
ier than the little Englishman.
At that time Wilde's weight was
105 pounds. He meets Villa at 112.
(Coypright 1923 by the Bell Syndi-
cate Inc.)
TARRANT AND BROWN
TO PLAY FOR TITLE
AT 36 HOLES SUNDAY
Finals Reached in Third
and Fourth Country
Club Flights.
Jack Tarrant San Antonio Coun-
try Club golf champion will meet
Ernest L. Brown former champion
for the 1023 club championship in
n 36-hole match next Sunday it has
been decided. The match wilt start
about I) o'clock iu the morning. .
The finals were reached in the
third nnd fourth flights of the Coun-
try Club's four-flight championship
tournament Wednesday.
T. W. Campbell defeated Major
Frank Lackland 2 and 1 and will
meet Joe Frost who eliminated Major
K. L. Parmenter 2 nnd 1 in the
third flight finals.
Lieut. E. M. Powers defeated Tom
Franklin one up to go into the
fourth flight finals against L. B.
Clegg.
AMATEURS WANT PAY
Distinction Between “Amateur" and
“Pro” in Europe Hardly Known.
Rome ■ une 14.—1 n Europe the pro-
fessional a'hlete is virtually unknown
and as a result amateurs are com-
ing to expect and even demand in-
direct money payments for tbeir ser-
vices.
Take football for instance. Some-
times 50000 people will pay gate
money to witness an amateur game
and the players are loath to see all
this money fatten the purses of the
promoters.
The problem of dealing with the
amateur who has developed into a
star realizes that he is a drawing
card and demands pny was taken up
recently at a meeting of the Interna-
tional Olympic committee. Many of
the countries including Holand Swe-
den. Denmark and Austria presented
their problems of dealing with these
stars. The committee decided that
under no consideration should an
Olympic athlete he given pay but they
left the definition of amateur and
professional to each individual coun-
try.
THHKE-EYE UtAGVB.
Wednesday's Result*.
T<rre Haute. 8; Bloomington 4.
Evansville 4; Peoria 3.
Rockford. 8: Decatur. 8.
Danville-Moline rain.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATOIN.
Wednesday’s Results.
Atlanta. 8; Memphis. 4.
Birmingham 8; Little Rock. 1.
Nashville •; Mobile 3.
New Orleans. 3-3; Chattanooga. 2-2
(first g; me ten innings).
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Wednesday's Results.
Jersey City. 2-12; Rochester 0-1.
Syracuse 5-7; Newark. 3-4.
Toronto 3-4; reading 1-5 (second
game eight Innings)
Baltimore. 8-4; Buffalo 1-4 (second
game called In thirteenth darkness.)
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Wednesday's Results.
San Francisco. 4: Sacramento 2.
Vernon. 11. Portland. 6.
Sait Laks 12; Los Angeles 10.
Oakland. 4; Seattle 3 (eleven innings).
western association.
Wednesday's Results.
Springfield 10; Henryetta. •*
Okmulgee jl; Enid. 8.
Ardmore 10; McAlester. 8.
Joplin 12; Fort Smith. 0.
SOUTH WESTERN LEAGUE.
Wedaesday’s Results.
Hutchinson. 14; Sapulpa 5.
Independence 21 liarties villa 1
CoffcyviUs. 7; Topeka J.
Salina. 5; Muskogee 4.
TEXAS ASSOCIATION.
Wednesday's Results.
Austin 2; Sherman. 1.
Mexia 4: Waco 1.
Marlin. 4; Corsicana. 3.
EXHIBITION GAMES.
Washington Americana 18; Quantico
Marines 5. •
LONG BEATS CONWAY
AT CLOSE QUARTERS
AND SPECTATORS 800
Slow Dogged Fight Doesn’t
Please—Brannon’s Vic-
tory Features.
Rny Long of Joplin Mo. welter-
weight battered Jimmy Conway of
Scranton Pa. and Atlanta Ga. 147
pounds counting the oversize ears at
short range for twelve long sleepy
rounds ou the Soledad Roof Wednes-
day night. It was a no-decisiou fight
as all Soledad Roof contests arc.
There wasn't even one of these so-
called “popular decisions." unless un-
der this head might come the howls
of “rotten fight” and the grumbling*
of a disappointed populace.
Long undoubtedly won. He bad the
punch but he used it almost exclnsive-
<y at close quarters where few could
see it take effect. He cut Conway's eye
and he jolted the cauliflowered "iron
man” unmercifully in several rounds
but his occasional efforts to score a
knockout especially in the eleventh
round were unavailing.
It was a slow dogged fight in sharp
contrast to the fireworks that char-
acterized a couple of preliminaries
and the fans didn't like it at all. They
were apathetic for about five rounds
and then they were noisy in admon-
ishing the principals to "quit hugging
and fight." It wasn't a bad exhibi-
tion of tbe ring game from a scien-
tific standpoint but it wasn't the
spectacle of swings and jolts and
tumbling boxers the fans like to see
and were convinced they would see
when Long and Conway met.
The sooner main eventers learn that
90 per cent of the fans come to see
violent action the sooner they will
climb in popularity. A return bout
between Ixmg and Conway probably
wouldn't draw a corporal’s guard here
now.
The semi-windup really spoiled the
evening. Jack Tolar and Johnny Simp
son. welters seemed leary of each
other and fought a very strange exhi-
bition for six rounds if the word
"fought" is permissible. The first two
rounds were nothing at all. Tolar ad-
vancing and. then with all kinds of
openings simply "laying" on the "Ok-
lahoma catcher.” In the third after
Promoter Shelton had visited both cor-
ners and mentioned money Tolnr got
busy and battered Simpson around in
the stsle he used on Johnny Green.
But Simpson realizing he might be in
a fight after all if he wasn't carefui
started in on Jack's weakest region
his short ribs in the fourth and had
Tolar hanging on. Jack would force
a mixup. but Simpson would meet him
with body jolts and Tolar would hang
on. This kept up for two rounds. To-
lar came out of it in the sixth and
did fairly well shoving Simpson about
but lacking Hteum to his punches.
Simpson butted Tolar in the fourth
and blood curtained one side of his
face the rest of the route. The fight
wasn't worthy of a decision. Tolar
forced it throughout nnd good nature
might be stretched a little to give him
an edge.
The feature bout was Bert Bran-
non's six-round victory over rugged
Rabbit Palmer at 128 pounds. Bran
non used both left and right effective-
ly but featured his left in clean
punches. He outboxed Palmer and
showed improvement even over hit
bout of last week. Palmer hurt him
somewhat with body wallops in the
fourth but he recovered and finished
strong having the Rabbit a little
woozy with straight staggering blows
in the fifth.
Battling Herrera bad a slight ad-
vantage over Doc Stacy in the four-
round curtain-raiser an exciting eg
change of wild wallops. Stacy scored
a knockdown in the third but Her-
rera refused to take a count and
lushed his opponent with gloves fly-
ing. Herrera had Stacy a little un-
certain a couple of times and landed
the majority of clean blows.
Brookie Stephens will meet some
lightweight as yet unselected on the
roof next Tuesday night.
What Boxers Are Doing
Britton in Action Again.
New York June 14.—4>n his third
quest to regain the world's welter-
weight boxing championship title Jack
Britton will appear Thursday night in
a ten-round bout with Soldier Bart-
field at the New Kingsboro Sporting
Club. It will be Britton's first ap-
pearance here since । e lost his crown
to .Mickey Walker of Elizabeth N. J.
last winter at Madison Square Gar-
den. Britton held the title twice and
though he is oue of the oldest men ac-
tive iu the ring he believes be cau
win it back again.
Mandell Beats Wolfe.
Cincinnati. June 14.—Sammy Man-
dell. Roiekford. 111. featherweight de-
feated Jack Wolfe of Cleveland in a
12-round bout here Wednesday night.
Mandell won every round.
Gory Would Meet Winner.
Chicago. 111. June 14—Jimmy Gory
Chicago welterweight has posted n
$lO6O forfeit to hind n match with the
winner of the Patsy Rocco-Joe O'Hara
bout in East Chicago Ind. Friday
nigbt.
Kabakoff Scores Knockout.
Poplar Bluff. Mo.. June 14.—Harry
Kabakoff lightweight of St. I-ouis
knocked out Al Madden of Flint
Mich. in the fifth round of_ a sched-
uled ten-round bout here Wednesday
night.
Firpo in Mexico.
Mexico City June 14.—Luis Angel
Firpo. the Argentine boxer is ex-
pected to arrive here tomorrow for
his bout on Sunday with Jim Hibbard
of Buffalo. New York. Stopping off
at Progreso. Yucatan. Firpo sent tele-
graphic greetings to the Mexican pub-
lic.
New Stables at Gonzales.
Gonzales. Tex.. June 14.—Forty
new stables for racing horses have
just beer completed at the Gonzales
County Fair Park for use of the
horses that will run on the famous
local egg-shaped trail*. It is expected
that several horses from this district
will start to train on this track in the
very near future and some fast pre-
liminary races will be staged on this
track on July the 4th.
Horses Sold For $95000.
New York. June 14.—A stable of
thirteen horses in training property
of Willis Sharp Kilmer was sold for
$05000 at Belmont Park track Wed-
nesday. Sun Flag a two-year-old
which was never raced brought $25-
000.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
Baseball Briefs
Competition in major league base-
ball is keener right now than it has
been at any time this season and the
edge is getting sharper in both leagues
every day. Before tie season opened
it appeared that there would be a
lively fight in the American but most-
ly for second place; in the National
most critics conceded New York the
pennant hands down—all except Man-
ager McGraw who repeated “you
never can tell in baseball.” The sea-
son is approximately one-third fin-
ished and New York tedtns are at the
top but no one will predict how long
they will remain. Both teams are in
a slump and the other clubs with four
exceptions are playing hustling base-
ball.
Six games separate the first six
teams in the National which means
that within a week there could be an
altogether different alignment for the
standing in that snreuit.
The Giants dropped the first of n
series to Cincinnati 4 to 3 Wednes-
day while Pittsburg was beating the
defenseless Phillies 4 to 2 and the
gap between first and second place
was narrowed to four and one-half
games.
Chicago could have been in third
place if it had not been for a wallop
Brooklyn uncorked just when it ap-
peared the walloping was over for the
day. The score was 8 to 4 and by it
the Robins kept in a tie with Cin-
cinnati for third place. Chicago had
won seven consecutive games.
Bogers Hornsby's rtlturn to the
game after an absence of three weeks
was stimulating to St. Louis and Bos-
ton took another tumble 3 to 2.
Hornsby got three hits in five times
up.
In the American the battle is being
fought very hard but the candidates
are not running as evenly as in the
National though only four games sep-
arate first and third places. New
York took the opener from St. lends
5 to 0. chiefly because Joe Bush held
the Browns to four bits but Phila-
delphia also won and still is only three
contests behind the league leaders. •
An interesting series will get under
way in the American Thursday when
Philadelphia receives Cleveland in a
struggle for second place. Cleveland
lost half a game by being idle with
Washington but is only one full game
behind the Athletics.
Boston took advantage of Washing
ton's off day and climbed a notch by
downing Chicago again 10 to 9.
“Reb” Russell smashed out a home
run with a mate on base which en-
abled the Pirates to take the first
game of the series from the Phillies
“Cy” Williams loading home-run
hitter of the major leagues has re-
turned to the Phillies' line-up after
several days out with an injury.
Al Devormer the Red Sox catcher
discovered that it doesn't pay to push
the umpire around when protesting a
decision. Empire Clarence Rowland
called Willie Kamm safe after the
White Sox star had scored on Strunk's
sacrifice "but Devormer didn't agree
and he left the game on Rowland's or-
ders.
Eddie Collins continues to shine for
die White Sox. The peppery vet bag-
ged a double and two singles in five
times up. anil in addition to field-
ing brilliantly with nine chances and
no wobbles he stole another base
which already ties his record of last
season when he stole twenty sacks.
Frank Brower star first baseman
of the Indians is on the hospital list
and will not be able to play for a
couple of weeks. An X-ray revealed
that he broke a small bone in bis
right shill when be slid intojhe home
place in Sunday's game at New York
George Foster who used to pitch
for the Red Sox has been given an op-
;>ortunhv to try a come-back with tha
Vernon club of the Pacific Coast
la-ague. If he makes g<od he is as-
sured a regular berth.
St.. Louis. Mo. June 14.—A pro-
nounced improvement in George Sis*
ler's vision has been noted recently it
was announced by 5A alter I- ntsch
part owner of the St. Ixuiis Americans.
Sisler rends the newspapers with but
little difficulty and iu the last ten
days has driven his automobile more
than 120 miles it was said. Mr.
Fritsch said he ". ould not be greatly
surprised" to see the frowns first-
sucker in the lineup by August. Mr.
Fritsch added that on a recent camp-
ing trip he and SWer engaged in a
game of “catch” with a ball similar tn
an indoor baseball and that the first-
baseman gloved all kinds of throws in
great style.”
New York. June 14.—A1l major
league baseball clubs must cut their
rosters to a limit of 25 players today
and after midnight they will be un-
nble to trnde with each other until
next season though they may take
plavers from the minors by purcbate
or bv waiver. It is the first year of
application of the new rule designed
to precent a strong club from clinching
the pennant by taking the best ma-
terial from a club that is hopelessly
out of the running. Formerly the
clubs were required to be down to —>
pinvers a month earlier but they were
permitted to trade with each other un-
til August 1.
SICK ARE ENDANGERED
East-West Team Match Planned As
Inwood Preliminary.
New York June 14.—A golf match
between East and West teams com-
posed of eight leading professionals
and two amateurs has been arranged
by the Professional Golfers Associa-
tion to be held at tbe Inwood Coun-
try Club July 2. a week before the
start of the national open champion-
ship. .
The East's team probably will be
captained by Fred McLeod of Wash-
ington. nnd may include Walter Ha-
gen. Gene Sarazen. Jim Barnes. l>-o
Diegel. John Farrell. Clarence Hack-
ney and Cyril Walker professionals
nnd Bobby Jones of Atlanta and
Jess Sweetzer national title-holders
as amateur representatives.
Representing the West will be
Emmett French of Youngstown. Ohio
team champion and probably Jock
Hutchinson. Bob McDonald Bill
Mehlhorn. Mike Brady John Black.
Laurie Ayton and Harry Hampton
professionals wit . “Chick" Evans and
Rudolph Knepper amateurs.
APPEARS TO BE SOME
DOUBT TH AT DEMPSEY
WILL GET HIS MONEY
Uneasiness Felt About
$lOOOOO Due—Jack
Wallops Partners.
By the Associated Pre**.
Great Falls Mont. June 14.—Pay-
ment Friday of $106000 the second
Installment of the $300000 purse
guaranteed to Jack Dempsey for his
fight with Tommy Gibbons- at Shel-
by Mont. July 4. will remove the
trace of uneasiness existing here of
the Shelby promoters' ability to g"
through with their enterprise. '
Jack Kearnk manager of the world's
heavyweight champion today profess-
ed a feeling of quiet assurance- that
the money would be paid over in ac-
cordance with the terms of his con-
tract. Kearns said Mayor Johnson of
Shelby has assured him that the $lOO.-
000 would be turned over at the ap-
pointed time.
When the money is tendered Kearns
it will be cheaper for the promoter
to go ahead with the fight than to
call it off as some skeptics feared
they would.
Most pf this money has been drawn
from ticket sale receipts.
According to the terms of the con-
tract Dempsey and Kearns keep all
the money advanced them whether the
fight is staged or not. Consequently
to call off the match the promoters
would have to raise an additional
$206000 to refund money to ticket
purchasers.
With two-thirds of Dempsey's guar-
antee paid the most the promoters
will have to raise to stage the show
will he nn additional *l!M>.000 ac-
cording to figures compiled today by
Russell Strain one of the original
backers of the fight and one of the
wealthiest merchants in the state. Ac-
cording to Strain's estimate the
arena cost will not exceed $40066
and he named $50060 as a very gen-
erous estimate of all other expenses.
Dempsey is to receive an additional
$106000 on July 2.
Strain estimates 25.000 people wijl
witness the fight and places the ex-
pected receipts at $050000. He says
the promoters can operate at a profit
if the gate is $600000.
Dempsey judging from the- work-
out yesterday. is through nursing his
sparring partners. He knocked down
George Godfrey a 225-pound negro
in the first fifteen seconds of the
first round and nil but knocked out
Harry Drake English heavyweight.
Drake left the ring badlv dazed and
bleeding after being knocked into the
ropes nnd was on the verge <of col-
lapsing when Dempsey caught him
in his arms.
Lid Is on at Khelhy.
Shelby Mont.. June 14.—1 t is evi-
dent now that the lid is on in Shelby
declared the Rev. Joseph Pope Mont-
ana superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League who left here today after a
four-day visit. "During the 48 hours
I have been in town I have seen hut
one man under the shadow of the
moon nnd he was not disturbing the
)wace." the Rev. Mr. I’ope snid.
Shelby's volunteer police force of
Cowboys under tbe local .chief of
police. Peter Alsup anil Sheriff Ben-
jamin already is being organized.
The cowboys will be deputized and
they will police the town during the
week of the fight.
TEACH IN GUARD CAMP
Artillery Encampment of Texas Troops
to Beat Camp Stanley.
Four officers and seven non-com-
missioned officers have been detailed
as instructors for the annual field
artillery encampment of the Texas
National Guard which is to be held at
Camp Stanley from July 5 to 19. in-
clusive. Those detailed are instructed
to proceed to Camp Stanley not later
than June 30. Maj. Herbert S. Clark-
son. field artillery detached officers'
list was designated as senior instruc-
tor.
The other three officers are also
field artillery officers on the detached
officers' list. They are: Capt. Ray
C. Rutherford assistant instructor:
Capt. Is>muel E. Boren adjutant nnd
assistant instructor and Capt. John
S. Winslow assistant instructoro.
The sergeant instructors arc: Mas-
ter Sgt. Duckett F. Hopkins. Sgt. Nel-
son T. Miles Sgt. Harvey N. Hamil-
ton Sgt. James H. Eaton. Sgt. Roscoe
A. Rabun. Sgt. James 9. Stogsdall
and Sgt. Lloyd Parmentier.
Some of the officers and enlisted
mon have also been detailed for duty
with the infantry encampment of the
Texas National Guard which is to be
held at Camp Mabry following the
artillery encampment.
SECOND WINS TROPHY
James J. Gibbon Award In Rifle Com-
petition to Indian Head Organization.
The James J. Gibbon trophy match
one of the features of the engineer
ritie competition just completed at
Fort Dupont Dola. was won by tbe
rifle team of the Second Engineers.
Fort Sam Houston it was announced
Thursday. The Second Engineer*’
team also tied the Fifth Engineers fyt
second place in the Charles L. Pottc:
trophy.match. The engineer mess cup
was won by the Thirteenth Engineers
with the First Engineers shooting sec-
ond and the Fort Snm Houston entry
third.
In the engineer rifle competition no
individual may be a member of a regi-
mental team who has been a shooting
member of the cavalry or cavalry-engi-
neer team in more than one of the na-
tional rifle matches of 1920 1921 or
1922. Neither can he participate in
the individual matches of the engineers
rifle competition.
Rotary Directors Meet.
St. Ixmis. Mo. June 14.—Members
of the Rotary international board of
directors were here today for their an-
nual meeting to discuss and approve
plans for the annual convention of
International Rotary which opens here
June 18. It was announced that the
directors' meeting would continue
through tomorrow and Saturday. A
number of important committee chair-
man and international officers are
scheduled are to confer with the di-
rectors. Nine thousand five hundred
reservations for Rotary delegates of
all parts of the work! to attend the
convention have been made it was
announced.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Wednesday's Results.
Wichita 8; Denver 8.
fit. Joseph. ?• Omaha 1.
Sioux City. 10; Tulsa. 8.
Oklahoma. City 8; Da* Moinea 3.
Amateur Notes
Amateur teams are privileged tn
nse this column to arrange and an-
nounce games call meetings and
make public reunite changes In roe-
ten nnd other interesting Informa-
tion. Bring It to the sporting editor
or phone Crockett Hit.
The opening game of the Now
Commercial Basehall League the
schedule of which was announced by
Secretary Virgil Winters Wednesday
will be played at 5:30 Friday evening
on the San Cedro I’ark diamond be-
tween the Freeman Tigers and the
City National Bank club.
The I'llmann. Stern & Krausse
Giants have changed their name to
H. & 11. and would like to book some
games with town teams for Saturday
afternoons. They have won five out
of six starts and will meet the Alamo
Iron Works team next Saturday.
Manager Bill Hughes can be found
at Crockett 9298.
The Station Hospital nine lost to
the Second Engineers Wednesday af-
ternoon by the score of 9-6. Brisbane
of the winners starred nt the bat
and Whitekide fielded snappily. The
Engineers play three games in a row
to celebrate the week-end. The Fif-
teenth Field Artillery the Quarter-
master Corps and Camp Normoyle
play them Thursday. Friday and Sat-
urday.
Manager Amann of the Richter's
Bakery team wants a game Sunday.
Call Travis 315.
At the big barbecue and picnic to
be held a: Comfort Sunday a double-
beader will be played the first game
between the Fredericksliurg Giants
nnd Comfort and the second between
the San Antonio Elks and Comfort.
The 60-piece Elks' band will accom-
pany the San Antonio learn and piny.
There will be dancing at night.
The Meiers' Pharmacy Midgets wnnt
games. Call Lawrence Hansen. Travis
103.
U. S. MILLS USED UP
620965 BALES OF
COTTON LAST MONTH
May Consumption Figures
\ Exceed Those of
April.
Washington. D. C. June 14. —Cot-
ton consumed during May amounted
to 620965 bales of lint and 54.728
of linters compart'd with 577.396 of
lint nnd 52.192 of linters in April
this year nnd 495.337 of lint and
50057 of linters in May last year
the census bureau annul.need today.
Cotton on hand May 31 in con-
suming establishments totalled 1.621.-
290 bales of lint nnd 163.892 of
linters compared with 1.889218 of
lint and 180980 of linters on April
30 this year and 1420428 of lint
and 159004 ot linters on May 31
last year.
Cotton on hand in public storage
nnd at compresses totalled 1579606
bales of lint nnd 47.583 of linters
compared with 1966.441 of lint and
53.056 of linters on April 30 this
yenr nnd 2 559.451 of lint und 94
276 of lintirs on May 31 last year.
Cotton spindles ncthe during May
numbered 35390.137 compared with
35.515.791 in April this year and 31-
641141 in May last year.
Imisirts totalled 23.593 bales com-
pared with 37068 jn April this year
and 14.320 in May last yenr.
Exports totalled 160.368 bales !h-
-clnding 2818 bales of linters compared
with 259084 bales including 2769 of
linters in April this ygar nnd 469-
397 bales including 12J)61 bales of
linters in May last year.
CURB OILS REACT
IVessnre Results From General Down-
ward Movement on Stock Exchange.
Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
New York June 14.—0 n the Curb
exchange today speculative interest
was divided between <9l shares and low
priced mining issues. The oils were
under pressure as part of a general
downward movement which included
the oil stocks on the stoek exchange.
This decline was based on the latest
production figures put out by the
American Petroleum Institute today
showing that output of crude was still
increasing. The active leaders of the
group were Standard Oil of Indiana.
Gulf Oil of Pennsylvania and Cities
Service.
In the mining stocks which were
very active again much was made of
the hardening of the copper metal
with sales r«'i>orted at 151-4 cents a
pounds. Mohican and Fortuna were
heavily dealt in but realizing sales
in the afternoon offset the early gains
and prices were about where they
stood at th previous close.
Among the gold stocks the favorites
were the Goldfield issues under the
leadership of Goldfield Florence
Spearhead which has been the active
leader on previous days of the week
continued to be well taken but with
little change in price. Zinc stocks
however were inclined to sng further.
Amalgamated Lead inz declined close
to the $5 level. Independence Lead
brok sharply for a time but subse-
quently rallied. Wenden Copper Min-
ing Company capital shares of $1 par
value were admitted'.
JOIN WEST TEXAS
Ixical Cliatnbers to Be .Affiliated With
Western Organization.
Plans for affiliating San Antonio
with tbe West Texas chamber of
commerce were approved at a meeting
of the San Antonio freight bureau
Wednesday. This action followed a
recommendation made by the trade ex-
tension committee of the San Antonio
chamber of commerce.
Closer eo-oueration between the
West Texas chamber and the San An-
tonio chamber is advisable it was
pointed out. because of the mutual in-
terests of the two. The two most
important matters involved it was
explained are the protection of the
common point freight rotes and the
fight to equalize county taxes.
A. B. Spencer president and Hom-
er D. Wade assistant general manager
of the West Texas chamber will come|
to San Antonin for the week beginning!
June 25 when it if planned to perfect!
the affiliation.
'heavy selling of
OIL STOCKS FORCES
GENERAL LIST DOWN
Violent Break Occurs in
New California Pe-
troleum Shares.
By STI'ART P. WEST.
Co»yright*by ^he San Antonio Light.
New York June 14.—Heavy selling
of the oil shares was the main feature
again in today's stock market. Had it
not mcen for this handicap other parts
of the list mighthave done better.
As it was the losses outside the oil
group did not extend ofr the most part
beyond a point and over a good part
of the list they were even smaller than
this. But the weakness in the oils
prevented any tendency toward recov-
ery. It was most pronounced in the
last half hour and was still the dom-
inating influence at the close.
A violent break occurred in the new
California Petroleum stock. Producers
and Refiners and Cosden all making
new lows for the year.
The Mexican Seaboard issues were
actively sold and Texas & Pacific Oil
nnd Coal fell sharply.
Copper stocks were not ns much
helped ns might have been expected
by the advance in the copper metal to
15 1-4 cents accompanied by reports
of heavy domestic buying. These
stocks were merely steadier than most
others during the intervals when sell-
ing pressure was keenest. T'tah and
Kennecott did better than Anaconda.
Other members of the copper group
were inactive.
Disappointment was expressed that
New York Central did not respond
more to the 7 per cent dividend. The
Street feels however that the stock
should at least sell above the It per
cent debenture bonds in order to in-
duce bondholder* to exchange. These
bonds were selling in the market to-
day about two points above the stock.
Considerable buying appeared in
Atchison in anticipation that this
road will follow New York Central's
example and increase its common
share dividend from the present 6 to
7 per cent.
Traders kept on with their hammer-
ing of the oil stocks through the af-
ternoon. The old California Petro-
leum stocks having been withdrawn
from the list the new shares repre-
senting four to one. wore the only
common shares dealt in. No reason
was assigned for the very sharp break
in “California new" except that its
arket position was not as strong as
that of the old stock and that as a
result it succumbed along with the
general weakness in the oil group.
Skelly Oil was driven down under
20 for the first time. Producers and
refiners. Cosden. Mexican Seaboard.
Pure Oil and Sinclair all continued
under pressure.
But this selling of the oils failed
to have much effect in other direc-
tions. Sugar stocks ceased to lie
sensitive to the decline in sugar fu-
tures. The principal strnegth. how-
ever toward the close of the day
lay in the railway list.
Wal? Street Features
Copyright by Ths San Antonio Light.
Kelly-Springfield.
New York. June 14.—Kelly-Spring-
field tin' was actively sold again to-
day. .getting down to n new low for
the year. Tile decline was based upon
general market conditions lower prices
on crude rubber and talk of a price
cutting war. Some people are point-
ing out that it would be a distinctly
good thing for Kelly-Springfield if it
were to call in its $16000600 ten-
year sinking fund 8 per eent notes
of 1931 which it could do on any in-
terest date at 116. This would re-
quire substitute financing but the new
securities could be put out at a more
advantageous rate and thus result iu
considerable saving.
Timken Roller Bearing.
Timken Roller Bearing was bought
again on the strength of exceptionally
good earnings favorable reports of
current business nnd the expectation
of an increase in the dividend rate
above the present $3 annually. Tim-
ken earned $f.72 per share in the first
quarter of 1923 au increase of 53 per
cent over the first three months of
last year. May showed further im-
provement anil June is said to be run-
ning ahead of May. It is estimated
that the second quarter will show a
net per share of $2.50 making the full
year's dividend considerably more
than earned in the first half year.
Current liabilities at the end of 1922
were $2006000 against ca*h and mar-
ketable securities of $7000000.
Financial News Notes
Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
New York. June 14.—Crude oil pro-
duction in the I'nited States during
the week ending June 9 totaled 2.076-
250 barrels which was an increase of
41.300 barrels daily over the preced-
ing seven days. California produced
740000 barrels daily.
St. Maurice paper lias gone on a $6
annual basis through declarataion of
the quarterly dividend of $1.50. For-
merly it was on a $5 basis.
Miller Rubber Company today an-
nounced price reductions of 7 to 10
per cent in passenger sizes of tires
and inner tubes. Prices are unchanged
for heavy duty cord truck tires of six
inches and up.
The B. B. & R. Knight chain of
cotton mills in Rhode Island an<l
Massachusetts have closed for the re-
mainder of this week. This is the
third successive week that they have
run on a three days a week schedule.
Wants Facts in Histories
Hammond. Ind.. June 14. —A p!«a
to preserve the nation's history by les’
of "European white wash" nnd more
complete facts was made by Dr. B. J.
Cigrand president of the national flag
Day Association in an address pre-
pared for delivery here at annual Flag
Day exercises. Most of our present
history text books devote too little
matter to the patriotism of the sol-
diers of the eight wars. Dr. Cigrand
declared. There seems also a timid-
ity on the part of writers.
Colonel MrKeeby Here.
Lieut. Col. George L. McKecby
Judge Advocate General's I>epartment.
arrived at Eighth Corps Area head-
quarters Wednesday and will be on
duty iu the judge advocate's office
at corps area headquarters. Colonel
McKeeby was stationed iu the judge
advocate general's office at Washing-
ton before coming to San Antonio. He
is to fill the office made vacant by
Capt. Hollie L Mason who was trans-
ferred to Washington.
JUNE 14 1923
KinKvo
The opponent drops his approach
shot into a sand trap at tbe edge of
the green but before he starts to
play his ball out goes over the green
and brushes aside the leaves and twigs
with his club. Then he walks in hit
putting line ami presses dowu the
ground around the cup with his foot.
Is he permitted to remove these ob-
jects while he is yet off tbe green
and unable to use the putter? Is
the opponent allowed to press the
ground around the cup to improve his
lie ? •
IMore the opponent starts to roll
his ball up to the cup from tbe trap
he is permitted to remove any lodso
impediments whidi may lie in his line
of putt on the green. You are sup-
|X>sed to remove such impediment by
hand. If you are removing any such
impediment from within six inches of
the ball you are penalized one stroke.
Tlie ground in front r>f your ball must
not he pressed down with any weight
greater than that of your club.
What would be the ruling if the
ball when driven from the tee should
strike ami become entangled in the
mowing machine which is cutting tbe
fairway and be carried away?
Should the ball become lodged ui
the machine such as this or any-
thing moving across the fairway ami
carried away you may drop a ball
from the spot where it came in con-
tact with the marine. There is no
penalty.
When the rules. give the player
the right to lift a ball and drop it
what is the proper way to do it? Is
there any penalty if the ball strides
the player as it is being dropped?
Should the ball nfter being dropped
roll into a hazard has the player the
right to again lift the ball and re-
drop it? Is there a penalty for lift-
ing a dropped ball that rolls into a
hazard?
The player shall drop the ball him-
self. In so doing he should face the
hole stand erect nnd drop the ball
behind him over his shouder. There
is no penalty if the ball while be-
ing dropped touches the person of
the player dropping it. If the ball
after being dropped rolls into a
hazard the player has the right to
again lift the ball and re-drop it
without any penalty being attached.
Yon are playing as a guest on a
new course and about to piny your
second shot for a blind hole the di-
rection of which is uncertain to you.
Your caddie is ahead to watch the
ball. Can you ask your opponent the
direction and the lay of the hole?
If you are In doubt as to the direc-
tion of play you may ask for advice
but you lire not allowed to ask any-
one except your caddie what club to
use or how to play the stroke. If
you should ask this of anyone except
your caddie in medal play you are
disqualified.
DEMAND FOR CHOICE
STEERS IS ACTIVE
AFTER SLOW START
Prices Are Up 25 Cents;
Hogs Are Steady to a
Dime Higher.
BY' L. C- GRVNDBLAND
Cooright by The San Antonie Light
Chicago. June 14.—The week's
total of livestock fell short of the
number on hand the corresponding
period last week. In the hog house
values made fair gains and present
quotations show the best levels of
the neekk Nearly 14.000 hogs were
held over from yesterday ami big
pack/ry did not have anything fot-
wardoiT from other trading points to-
day. but the market was strong ami
higher from the start. About 250 cat-
tle arrived to packers while more than
half of the run of live muttons ws«
billed that way. Car report was 926
for the 'lay. From now on shorn
lambs will lie quoted as yearlings and
springers will be quoted as lambs.
Receipts were 10.600 cattle; 33 0<)0
hogs 7006 sheep and 4<M)O calves.
Demand for choice steers was ac-
tive after a somewhat «low start nnd
values were strong to 25 cents hjghir.
Evon the medium nnd plainer lots
wore in good demand while yearlings
showed most advance. Some of these
sold at $11.15. Choice heavv steers
sold mostly at $10.75 to 1L25. Cows
nnd heifers found at good outlet at
fully steady values and the trade was
nt the best point of the week. Can-
ners and cutters were pickl'd up well
while bulls nnd calves went nn-
changed prices.
Ilogs sold higher for tight gsnd’S
while heavy packing grades were only
about steady compared with th" day
before. Prime lights and light butch-
ers sold at $7 to $7 05 for the sTek's
best joint while few plain packing
hogs sold down to 55.50. Good lots
mad.' $6 to $6.25 and sellers were abie
to clear the pens well. Taken ns a
whole the trade was steady to 10
gerts t'jher.
Lamb. sold steady to stron-:. Sor»c
I'hoice i.ftives went at $1825 with
bulk of choice lots at $15.50 to 81**
Aged muttons also found a good out-
let nt unchanged nrice levels. Some
light ewes again sold at Bt>.
STUDENTS ARE HERE
Over Half of 230 Qnota Report for
Training.
Fully half of the quota of the R Q.
iT. C. students to attend camp at F>><
Sam Houston for the next six weeks
had reported Thursday njorning The
total quota for the camp is 250. and
more than 150 had reported Thursday
It was expected that the full -50
would report before night Thursday.
Thursday morning wa* spent in puR
ting the student* through the nhyww
examination mill and Thursday sftv
emoon was taken up in Ksuing uni-
forms and equipment. Friday morning
the entire ramp will be ready to mo»«
off on its six weeks of military traia-
ing in the different branches of th*
service. syvjwj
The R. O. T. C. students are hernt
quartered in the barrack* southeast ot
Second division headquarter*.
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