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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUN J AY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1920. Leaders in City Section of Salt Lake Division vS s - Pre-Seaso- : Tire Special n vs VITALICS East High Wins From L. D. S. U. After Close Race $450 Heavyweight Wrestler Now Seems to Have Cham- Take advantage of this exceptional tire offer and equip your wheel with VITALICS. These sturdy tires will' give you more, miles and less trouble than youve ever had from Thats ' because any other. of their JGST A FEW TO GO AT , pionship Cinched. J - o Steelier. baling clinched, to th satisfaction of everyone concern!. th heavyweight wrestling championship of ' th world, probably will retain th tin for aom year to com. Joe's claim to th honor one held by rrar.lt Gotch Furthermore, cannot now be disputed. no on In sight at present, either ther fi thl country or abroad, a ho seem to 'hay a reasonably good chanca to wreat tr.e .title from him. Though Earl Caddock wa beaten by from youth Stcher, the Anita, Iowa, etlll loom up aa Joe'a moat on formidable rival, which la th tip-othe wretllng tituetlon at preeent. How-v- r, the possibility that Caddork ever will be able to hold hi own with the ' Nebraska farm boy I dim Indeed. Earl splendid wrestler, on of th moet t versatile, but b la too amall and too really danlight to b reckoned a a oclaaors-hotd gerous opponent for th marvel at thl ttnu. one defeated 8terhr, Tm. Caddock om hen back, year that wa N. Earl waa already an accomplished grap-p'.d kid, with and Jo Just a nothing but a pair of powerful leg and a haay knowledge of wrestling. Today Caddock Is a fait, clever grappler, but Siecher haa Improved so rapidly that he i Melady a very clearly oulclasaea Gen protege. next la Ed to Cad- Lex rank Strangler dock. In th opinion of moat students of lh mat game, but the fllrang'er haa lit tie to recommend him but the headlock h useless when employed which la against Steeher. Joe la equipped by r.a ture to successfully combat the hoadloik His head la rather small and so molded 'that tt la practically Impossible for Lewie, skilled aa he la In th use of hie pun dshlng grip, to firmly clamp It in th crook of hla powerful left arm. Lew la, who la. very much of an .gave Stechar a hard tuael In Madison Square Garden some few ago 'but eventually succumbed to the body cieeors. Toe Strangler la anxious to meet. Joe again In the near future, but gnere la small room for doubt as to th relative merits of the pair. Waldek Zbyszko, the Pole, also sue tatned a recent defeat at Bucher's hands and la definitely out of the running a leaet for the time being Zbyeako. poe elbly the strongest of ail the big fellow is rot Improving with th passing years, and, though he la reckoned aa one of the world's leading graj piers, tt la Idle to suppose that he wld ever become the of tn "boy In overall.'' master c In addition to these man. there are lord of others who may be regarded as putsib.e rivals for Stachar, though none of thee figure to crowd Joe very closely for th honors he now hold. In the group ar Jim Londos, John Ol In, John peaek and Martin Pleetlna. Olln wont do as a really worthy rival of the cham plan; Peaek seems to bo Improving rap. Idly and may b groomed for a meeting with Stecher In th near future; Plea-tl- n unquestionably la a good one, hut Stechar certainty haa nothing to fear from hlm- - - Londoa is gams ana good, but too small. , In spite of th lack of formidable opStecher a probaDiy win be kept ponent very busy. Joe wl.l continue to accept aa matches frequently as they ar of fared to him, providing tn inducement 'are sufficient. Vitalio Features: ' r.. i ' layer of strong, rugged material: Extra heavy tube made of pure white rubber. Genuine motorcycle fabric. Pure White rubber friction. Genuine motorcycle fibrin. Tread, extra thick pure white rubber. Five 1 . 1 super-constructio- ' THIS LOW PRICE. Have your bike repaired now charges by our expertSr--ouare lower. r ' . f , Look for SPECIAL CLUB OFFER In Next long-chinn- Weeks Ad. ff We Retire Baby Carriage Home MGUTHMECO. of the - Ivr-Johnso- I : VAJvchv 22H EAST SECOND SOUTH WASATCH IS Tver Johnson Service. i tr Boxing Fast Growing in Popularity as One Result of World War raw-bone- t -- wall-nig- , ANDREWS. By T. S. . Special te Th Trll-ene- ILWAUKEK, Win.,' March 13. The boxing game for tho United States has taken a 'wonderful ' boom the past eight months and the indications are that it will continue for some time to eomy. The world war made manv boxing fans and also muuv boxers, Soil they want the mitt on the same level with game other sports, it is being legalized in many state and where the oommissns are handling it with care the game is prospering. W here gates of $200 and $400 were considered fairlv big a year and two years ago, today thev are taken as mere side shows. Houses of $10,000 to $23,-00arc common nowaday, and thev even run well over the $30,000 mark Uf course this does not take in the JWKBfffk ' Upper group, L. D. 8. U. Back row left to right Dwane Candland, for Tillie Oleson, coach ward; Victor Alex Evatfs, guard. Middle row Me Murray, forward; Paul Cannon, guard Roy Thomas, guard. Front row Gloyd Cowley, forward; LeRoy Sanders, ceu ter and forward: Sherm Preece, forward; Ray Margetts, center; Ralph Barnes, guard. Lower group. East high. Standing, left to right Robert Meyers, guard; Wendell Enckson, center; Reed Jewkes, guard; Jack Leonard, forward; Gene Livingston, guard; Ott Romney, coach. Seated Doug Burrowe, guard: Lewis Taufer, guard; Francis Gillespie, center; Arnold DeWaJd, forward; Boy Haws, forward. Pugilists Often Continue to Perform After Being tV . jT ageist fl y j '" f mam - i. SCf , 7 ' w 'V rr. I ty S'5 Ve fcf V r ' a IfUSHfcwull H f fwi tm i $ ' f Ilf 9 imw tl US I ' f- - eews.' swim icvfe- . if f a I esr Dsc - a P V 0 fi f -- are "' v' r e. - " O T Mc- t - V fe 1 - - 2 1 ' - t w;lV Ur ftT- 'WtfV.e.- a C! T yy A,r Cl'.D'iMfJ vJ f .'V - ifI ' V JM ?- - , ' & e r ini ii the I.aet ligh fne games being aide to demonstrate , superiority 'over tho Latter day fcaints university basketball playDazed by Blows. ers, and ecu now I In re maj tiU omo be lump fan who are of the A a rule boxers who have taken the opinion that I ho Leopards are not the ten count have seldom been able to hotter organization. But tho Last high the sensations of the k. i. blow, five go down in the record books as numerous are Instances there where fnd have gone through battle and the Motors, an. I that counts. The Nuiuts opened their hoop seaoii could remember nothing of what happened. scoring a 2; to 22 victory over the l known lightweight, Leopards. Joa Welling, Just about one month Jater tells of a peculiar experience he hud w hen the two tiams played again. Jn spite he fought Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee at the baseball park in Cincinnati during of tho fact that the L. 1). S. l tads llod up until the last ten Mionds ot play,, th world eerlra. were nos-eld Joe, out "Iq the third round," both let our rights go and Richie beat "ethey me Ibo alibi irr'fiiPTcruins Tor tho to th punch. My knes sagged and then Joss of thisgiven ganfb was an exeelUnt one, all became a blank to me. remembered aud will u some team tnat will bo bottling of what transpired from the third able itto get a . better one it was J'n round until the tenth Then heard rnv manager. Jack Grace, sa that eer thing uav the thirti-iuthon point wa going nice. I wondered where I was This for th victorv and whal waa going on. Leopards left the two teams tied tor , "I could hear a noise, which was the the section title. No a third game was crowd yelling, I suppose, but seemed to feel foolish because 1 could not think what net esstry, .but the question much wor ried two toaihcs lor two weeks was I liuagined the I waa in. peopie wherethe would think I was bugs If I could not it should be played. lin&tly, sav where I was. and Just at that moment after Coaches (Hoson and Romney some one began talking about Cincinnati. unable to decide upon a tloor, the mat Then I remembered that I had a fight on ter was turned over to the board ot there, but I didn't realize who it was with. My head began to clear a bit, and control, which ruled that the two teams aa th tenth round ended I started for my should play a thriegame series. The Hrst battle ot the series took dressing room. ' "Mitchell won the newspaper decision, a week ago yesterday at the I'm dud I dont wonder at It. but I guess he place of Utah gv nmo-uoiThis was versitv never realised th condition I was in. I must have fought in a mechanical way similar to tho game played oa the 13th, only. To this day I cannot remember a only it wa the Last high was nosed out thing Iabout the fight alter the third round. in the la-- t half, an. I not tho .Saint. would like another battle with But Last Mondav the two teams nut Mitchell Just to satisfy myself as to the Deseret gymna again, this tune at took whether he could repeat it. the lea-- t trom The above story recalls to mind a simi- Slum. The Saints lar happening to Charlie Neary, a great almost the beginning, and at the on favorite in Milwaukee two decades ago of the first, half were on the long end Neary wras matched with Willie Kltxgerald of the count, h to !. at Brooklyn, N. T , at that time one of Tho Gold and Bloc plover weakened the best lightweights in the country. The bout wa held at Blue Island Avenue club under the strain in the second half, and near Chicago. In the first round Fitzger- the Leopards staged a timely rally, with ald knocked Neary fist with a right nay-lk- r, about ten minutes to plav. Their bas w but the Milwaukee boy was up st at this stage of the game Sins 4nd stayed th ten rounds, taking of short was and henoineno!, nothing $ eevere beating. After the contest Neary asked his manager, Joe Crawford, if he it would have been an excellent team cut the rally could have that imbed had been fighting. I "Pure, Charlie, you went the ten short. li founds." said Joe. The filial whistle found the Lo;ards I "That's "I leading bv a si ore of 23 to No there funny," retorted Xeerv 414 not know I had been In a fight.'" wa nothing left to do but play a third game. This took place nt the Kilb-reetIDAHO LEAGUE BARS , j gv mnasimn at Murray last in a victory lor the Manager of which CONTRACT deei-iv- e JUMPERS conn bv the of 2" i : T fook before Af.y. J ,W f 4 plenty of matches for Blackburn, especially against bovs like Pel Moore, Joe Burman, Jack Hbarkey, Jack Wolfe, Mike Ertlc, Mike Dundee, Earl Pnrvar and a host of others. The above named lada are all good and eompace favorably with the work of Blackburn and . Jack Green. Joe Sullivan, who has matched many fighters around Chicago and New York, is now handling Joe Cox, the navy The big fellow mad a repchampion. utation when he beat JoeBffckett, the former English champion, in the interCox Is allied tournament" in London. now seeking a match with Fred Fulton, and he would also like to show around .a 1 Frankie Rowan, the New York featherweight who has been east for a while, ia back home, and reports himself i fair condition new. He is going to start training at Morganroth s, and would like to get a match with Dtflk ' Logan or boys of that class. Little Joe Carr, who was one of this regulars of George Ryans gymnasium, has gone to Detroit, where he expects to interest himself in the boxing game. Joe was formerly promoter of the elub in northern Michigan, but gave tt up in war time. Tendler After Leonard. I ae adopted barring all players under contract in organised baseball. Empires were given authority to tine or vieslrh Player, each club being required to deposit HuO by April I to tneur of rule adopted Gambling and rowdyism will be prohibited dr effort will be made for two games Paul. Jest me and Buhl are In Xeeky. r of midweek If Twin Kalis cannot loin tre 1games. ague an opportunity via given to Oakley or American kali fa-e- te do so. It was evident that the strain of o manv clot game wa telling on the players, and. a., a result, the plav- was whatever- the ragged af times. game larked in aeeurac" was made tip in interest. interview f fo-lrr- evrn Rouh and Iarrv Kopf. An you know, plsr sann Giants Admits ritly p!n-rr- a aon aa fr t, th th anto, i vrrv the deai wa tailed off bv Herrmann." FVom trie wav McHraw talked, Later Mlraw was1 ajked aoout 'Rabth ownerH of th Cardinals ha no bit1 Marntividc S'orlr have been printto dispoao of their wonderful Hog-e- r. ed that the midget shortstop was coming New 1 ork club the to Not 0 Ions ajd Mram, th New the York club made an of8t Lovds club couldn t refuse an offer fer"Yc, for MaramilJe. anda rood one. too," w hi for a Mnsr.c so repUcd h, involved "Thy, like the Other, mu- h .ii'fimn Hu' rthis var the various to meet with su ceaa M owners of the National Raaue are look-im- e .failed ou see thftt John Joseph fa having So forward to a rood and are hist own trouble in hi endeavor to add anxious to bn-ithe weak of to hs tnm for the coming hase. ip are teams Tnpr remtant wIiph it strength thnr baU ampntkn. and it is almost certain come to ciin their piavor he will a'art the session without putHow aoout y lton Stork rominjf to that over a single bl deal H$ admitting th Giants? Mcfiraw wa asked in the course of the Interview that ted "Tiie M. I.oui rlub offerrd Stock to he was scouting for a new and capable th Giant in a trad ahin would hv second aji Tovie la retting been fooltah for me to consider,' replied along In hapeman, and, atiR years, loarry.can 1 M aw. made a roumer-propouoslur th bad. be has seen beaUday. bv drenh Rtkv whh h fielder. a aa d thu another deal wtii h has been $r talked about for many wpke fails by the w wa vjde. mith th York baA4ifR (John McGraw, 'Tib, Relief Bill to Be Drafted. declared that manager of th h had bren unauocrasful in hU atWASHINGTON. Mar-It, D'aflng of a bill to provul wm ort of re' ef for tempt t a hi deni wnich aould lor mn w!J lr tartd trerKhcnr inrrr tiren of hou th MondA umi his tfm for hr g jcaon a .ilrnidi commit a, 10 m. Hi oLr f IT'' in uh and tbaf pparrn fUtn hn for c'njr rrfoi l f1 b$? r?od for Mho Week it) bv th civ'i and l po'w 'Litv of tvi iiif.eiicr Uuouiiiig a n of the Oiant iraa should ra rniir He Tried to Got Hornsby and Roush. In mrmhr it M ) The Tribune. EI'PERT, Idaho. March 13 Charles CelBna, L. E. Woods and Albert Lee represented Rupert at t is meeting of th Boot hern jjdeno baseball league a rule ' ' l Special t -- Wisconsin. g to 20. wanted to remain here and take another shot at the local pride, but Manager George Batllieu, after considering all angles, decided it best to make the trip to England first and then return here about June, when be will finish hi contract with the Auditorium club, lie will then go back to England, where be has been offered matebea for the late fall. The club here wanted Edwards to remain over and get better .acclimated before starting again, blit hi trip to England ws determined to be the best for him just now. Friends of Jimmy dabby, the American middleweight, are most anxious to have bun return from Australia and throw down the gauntlet to Champion Mike ODoud. Thev are of the opinion that Jimmy, with his greit cleverness, is the one best bet to beat the champion over the ten round route or any other. Clabby'a winning streak In New Zealand has given his friend here great confidence in his ability, and they are trying to get him to come direct-hominstead of going back to Australia, but thev feel that perhapa Syifney has too trong a hold on tho former American star to let him get away. George Baillieu, pilot for Llew Edwards, states that he may bring Vince Btackburn and Fred Wav to the state on bis return from England. There are 1 , The debut of I. lew Edward, th champion of Australia, was not a verv auspicious ope, but nevertheless the lad mado a great hit with the fan by hi game fight against Richie Mitchell, and they want to see more of him. Lle Britons May Lome Over. the-wel- d Edwards Going to England. -- or . V ridiculous bids of $300,000, etc., ftw heavyweight title matehe. It might be stated, however, that those big bids are not making a hit with the botittg fan, for they realise that they are fce one who pay the freight. Boxers who were tailing $130 tor matches a short time ago are now demanding five and ten times that morh. There are many clubs and good matehe are in brisk demand. The stars of fh grena are reaping fortunes just now, and they are not particular whether they keep busy or not. b? ihie refa4 Next McOrav quizzed about the deal concemlnir Eddie Koyl and Pep Younz. whih. by the mav. was defined Herrmann. preatJent of tne by Cincinnati cl ib. odr.ir, treasurer of the Cincinnati team, came to m in Havana and Offered to tade Rouh for Youna said MiHj-as- r. To tia offer T rplud that t rad to th I vou'ri Hg'ju 'mcmnaJ tain provuid tnai m re urn re ihed BALL PLAYERS MAKE SOME RAPID CHANGES the Senators jrlvlnc him and Kd Almunlth for JSarold Jamrln.Ti Now not one of the trio that figured deal are with the club to which they were traded. Ainsmith waa aent to Detroit in another and Janvrln went to the St. Louis Cardinal by way of the waiver route. In exchange e l SEEMS TO BE MAKING CIRCUIT OF LEAGUE Just a year ago Walter Merer, the catcher, waa bought from th Itoton Red Sox by the St. Ieinla Hrowna He ojaved all laat season with the Browns. A couwa of week he ago nt to the ple by thee- - waiver Washington .National route. It 'will be the fourth American league team with which he haa been He waa with the Chicago White Sox In 1815. and wa sent by them to Milwaukee and Providence FVom the latter club the Red Sox took him In 1917. d. After the presidency. . Gin Dumont, who, with Joe Wllholt Vf . Mar-- h is -- William and Norman MNeil, hasbeeiij aent to Grant Webster of New York fhe-- with of slate todiy ie,,(lona Red Foj, played the secretary Toledo by the Ilne-r-554 names of ertnonf voter Ii n 0: ly one wlthte noeton. Jf, heertng suppe-- t of Ms caml.dr.cy for tha prs . , wa a.'cutt d from Washington last jear, nomination. MONTF-riLIER- ca-o- Will Benny Leonard, champion lightweight, agree to meet Lew, Tendlef, his persistent challenger in the city pf brotherly love I For the past year and a half Tendler,-h- a been talking mateh with Leonardo or rather his manager, Fhil Olassman, been has doing the talking, but without result. Whenever the matter came up the oid stumbling bloek appeared weight. Benny would have met Lew long ago but for the question of weight. First the. Philadelphia bov wanted 133 ringside, then 133 at 3. and later 133 ringside. boxing fans in the east profess to know that Leonard eannot do the lightweight limit any more, but BO one can prove it, as the champion has side stepped the scales whenever the demand for weighing in publie was madeu A fight manager in New York who claims to know, says Benny weighed over 143 when he boxed tome time ago, and that he fra in pretty fin trim. In that ease, Leonard had Tittle thf worst of the weights whea he boxed , ' Jack Britton and Boldier Bartfleld. However, this eannot be given at to thentie. The onlv wav to find ont i to get Benny on the scale before some The ebampioa is boxing commission. surely deceiving' in his street flpthes, for he rertainlv doe not look to hav th poundage of a welterweight. TWO is little doubt that a match between Leonard and Tendler in or Jersey would draw a tro- - ' (Cvmtlanel on Page Twnty-tw.- ) |