| Show eran Fight for Positions In Willie ie Ritchie Now s After Title o I Dempsey and Tilden in in Limelight Arguments Offered By Critic YORK July 29 By By The As As- Associated Associated NEW Press The The old guard giard nay may be having its trouble with young oung ambitious talent but it Is staging a 1 i comeback along several fronts nev ney- t S cs I Jack Dempsey 4 the hollow shell shellS S of f 1926 Is now nov ac acclaimed ac acclaimed claimed the galling gun cun of 1927 He 4 i 1 has lias hurdled the thet t e- e I first obstacle Jack JackS S Sharkey in a bat bat- battle battle batI I tle tie to win back the 1 i heavy heavyweight heavyweightS we 1 gh t k 1 crown something S no no cx ex champion ever has done l L. Big Dig Bill Tilden 1 O J in spite of defeats at the hands of youthful French French- Frenchmen Frenchmen men abroad Is back burning up home courts again He will wili be in the thick of the fight to keep the Davis cup as well as to win In back the American singles title tille with Ith at least a fighting chance to come through His veteran compan compan- companion companIon companion ion In international play little Bill Dill Johnston also is eager cager to w show that age ge and experience cannot be count count- counted cd ed out at least this year ear on the courts FIGHT FOR FOIt PLACES Meanwhile such polo veterans as Milburn Webb and Stevenson all Stevenson all near near or beyond 40 are 40 are fighting for forS S places on this years year's American big four against a hard riding group of young Joung horsemen among them the 22 j old ear Freddy Guest Yale Captain Milburn at 46 Is 15 still rated the great great- greatest est eat st back in polo but Webb may have trouble keeping his position from Guest challenge The veteran Stev- Stev also has a keen rival in J. J J er Cheever Cowdin another young play play- player er Even the th old lightweight champion Ritchie lUtchie has been bitten by the comeback bug It Is coincidence that Willies Willie's return to the ring came short short- shortly shortly ly 13 before the tragic death here of 5 Freddie Welsh the British dancing master who s ho won the lightweight title from Ritchie in London in 1914 Welsh died yesterday at the age of 41 41 while Ritchie now 36 has one knockout victory already to mark his come- come Back Dack Willie may not go goery very ery far along the upgrade up fade but critics assert he still possesses the fine punching qualities Qualities qualities ties he had when he was the cham cham- champion champion champion pion of the world CHATTER GALORE Jack Dempsey seems fated to be In Involved In- In Involved In 11 the rings ring's most moat hectic de- de debates bates Hates whether they are In or outside of OI the ring with or without gloves His last three fights have hwe stirred up more snore confused chatter chat r than any doz dos dozen dozen dosen en other battles combined There were many excited claims of S soul foul after Dempsey Demp ey g d Firpo in n 1923 but the cries were a whisper compared to ro the outburst that has followed the Sharkey Dempsey match It Tt is still going on The debate raged last September over oser whether Demp- Demp Dempsey Dempsey sey was a hollow shell or merely a vic vic- victim tim tUn of mental worry when he lost to Oene Gene Tunney whether some drug was into his coffee coUce beforehand or whether it was vas the bite bUe of a polson- polson Ius us mosquito that made Jack leth- leth After one of his big victories Bobby Jones ones was approached by an on eager seeker eker after golf toU elixir What Is the secret of your our game Mr Jones the duffer asked Without batting an eye ee Bobby Dobby re replied re- re the ball plied Hitting |
