THE DAILY BRITISH 'LATEST LOCAL SUSPICIOUS OF GIBBONS FIGHT Openly 8aid Now That Demp- sey Didn't Try to Put Him Away. Jack Demps2y's showing Luis Angel Firpo the belief fhat the + Dempsey-Gibbons bout at- Selby, Montana, 'was 10t all it shculd have been is gaining New circulation and importance. It is openly said that Dempsey did not try to put Gibbons away and pulled his punches through tie 15 rounds. The Shelby promoters paid Demp- sey only two-thirds of the amount promised him and Gibbons, who de- pended on the gate for his share, got nothing. According to the story told, the participants decided their only chance of getting big money out of the match was to hold two bouts, staging a return engagement in the east. It is said that tha reason for Mike Gibbon's absence from Shelby was not a disagreement with brother Tom but a business mission. Mike, the story goes, was going through the west betting money . wherever he could that Tom would stay 135 rounds. Since against Dempsey wanted to knock out Firpo as socn as possible. This was his plan announced by both Dempsey and his manager, Jack Kearns, be- fore the fight. More substantia} proof ct the sincerity of their plan is furn- ished by a bet that Kearns lost. He laid $500 to $2,500 that Dempsey would knock out Firpo in the first two minutes of the bout. This Demp- Sey honestly tried to do. -- If Dempsey and Finpo meet next Year the bout will undoubtedly be _ Auto Tops Recovered PRICES RIGHT Make the old car look like new. Sinclair's Phone 1684 - 860 Barrie St. ~ FRONTENAC Auctioneer! Aucitoneer | SERVICE AND SATISFACTION conauet sales in Kingst EW Idi SPORTING held on Boyle's Thirty Acres in New Jersey. Rickard was asked iast week why he did not pick the New Jersey site in preference to the Polo Grounds and he replied that he could not break even in New Jersey by charg- ing $15 a seat as his top price. He would be glad. he said. to use the New Jersey lot providing he could charge an admission fee large enough to permit him to make money. Steps are now being taken te bring about legislativa astion which will make a charg: of $50 a seal legal. If this change is made Rickard will undoubtedly pick Jer- sey. Firpo's handlers say the first re- mark the challenger made after the fight was: "I made him dizzy any- way." In this fact Firpo apparent- ly found complete satisfaction at that moment. Firpo #s as tight-fisted as he is big-fisted. Only Harry Lauder, among public performers, has receiv- ed as much publicity for being stingy as Firpo is getting. The miser trait in Firpo brought him much unpopu- larity before his fight with Dempsey. They tell a story about a banquet given in Firpo"s honor in Boston. After the meal the hat was passed to pay the musicians. Firpo, unable to understand the announcer, asked his interpreter what it all meant. This fellow jok- ingly explained, "They are passing the hat to get a carefare for you." When the hat reached him Firpo stuck in his band and solemnly ex- tracted a dime. PETE COMPTON SAFES TE BAL ROGERS HT Hornsby Knocked One Flat in Game at San Francisco. During his long career as a ball player. Outfielder Pete Compton, now with San Francisco, has saved only one baseball as a souvenir. It is a brand new ball that was | Rogers Horns- | used for one pitch. by hit it to deep center at Washing- ton park in Los Angeles during the winter league games there in 1921, and Compton, who caught it, kept the "pill" to commemorate the long- est drive he had ever seen. Compton, as he tells it, was play- ing far out of his position in center fleld at the time. He thought the Inning 'had ended and he was walk- ing through the center fleld gate. A roar from the grandstand caused him to whirl and see a low liner dropping toward the fence. It'was only a few steps away and Compton grabbed the ball by a jumping catch. Had he been in his rightful position the drive would have been good for three bases and possibly a home run. "The force withswhich Hornsby hits is shown by the appearance of that ball," says Compton. "It was brand new and his was the only bat that touched it. The ball is as flat as a pancake where his club struck." ENGLAND IN QUEST. OF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Country Being Combed by Enthusiasts to Find Likely Material. England is fine-combing her ranks {cf youth and strength in search of a iman of sufficient physique to mecet | the heavy-weight champion of the | world. For 25 years the country has | tailed to produce a real heavy-weight leader. It is on this account that Tex O'Rourke, who has trained some of America's best fighters, has been Lrought to England to lend his ad- vice to British pugilistic promoters {and sporting clubs in their quest for a "British Hope." At a recent meeting of boxing en- thusiasts held in London- to cele- brate the "movement," the American expert gave an interesting account of the adventures he encountered in his search for a contender, for the cham- pionship. All the towns and villages of Eng- land, Mr. O'Rourke explained, have heen searched for the right man. The plan is, when a heavy-weight of potentialities is discovered, to pay him the same salary he has been earning and put him through the most rigorous training that an Eng- lish boxer has ever experienced. He will be taught "the whole business" and, when he is fit, started fighting at the bottomr rung of the ladder until his experience is such that he may have some chance of beating whoever the champion of the time happens to be. O'Rourke said, In his search of 'England, that he had discovered four or five young men with the desired physical qualities coupled, as far as could be known at this stage, with the necessary mental qualities. The first discovery to pass the test was Leslie Price, son of a Bristol hotel- keeper, who is 6 ft. 2 in. in height, weighs 220 pounds, and is 20 years of age. In the same town was found Henry Walter McCran, 6 ft. 3 in tall, 217 pounds in weight, aged 22. "I have never seen a man 'in the | raw' possessed than this one," said Mr. O'Rourke. From Birmingham comes William Prestage, 6 ft. 3 in, 196 pounds, with exceptionally large hands ard a very long reach. Liverpool! has given Isaac Ingleton, a giant of 6 ft. 5 in. who has been accustomed at his trade to throw about bags of sugar weighing 200 pounds as if they were feather pillows. London's contribution is a pofice- man 6 ft. 3 in. In height, with good hands and a long reach. All these "hopes" shortly will be- gin a long course of training at a camp in Malvern. And they will do nothing except train and learn for the next six months, when the best of them will be given a match. But even if they live up to all expecta- tions, it is anticipated that 18 months must pass before any ome of them might have a chance of meeting the title holder. "THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER" You not only read It, you sing it. Try it on your plane, Watch nightly for this big comic hit. "GARGLE HIS IN «"@". » WHIG ., Wi GENERAL REVIEWS STANDING OF LEAGUES, National League. Ww. 9 90 85 L 55 60 64 69 72 New York Cincinnati. . Pittsburg .... Chicago oe sn St. louis ..., .. .» Brooklyn .... . 76 BOBLOR «..0 we os.:+ 530 96 Philadelphia .... .. 42 100 Sap American League. oon New York..eq aa .- Cleveland... .. Detroit .coe os "uu. St. Louis .. { Washington Chicago .. ... "ev as ee of more aggression | Philadelphia Boston .... CANADIAN FANS | LIKE SOFTBALL Indoor Baseball, Played Out- doors, Gaining in | Popularity. One game that is gaining a large! following. in Canada is softball, or] indoor baseball playpd outdoors. In the larger cities, where play- grounds are numerous, this sport has | a tremendous following and one of | its claims to popularity is the fact that it is played by young and old. Business men, girls, boys and teams of young men, all engaged in this pastime, can be seen every' fine summer evening at the fields or {Jewtraw Likely To Stop Skating | It is being reported throughout the northern Adirondacks that Charles Jewtraw, the Lake Placid speed skater who last vear won the international championship, will not skate this winter. parks throughout the Dominion. The Ontario Softball association. organized only a year or two ago, is rapidly becoming one of the big sport organizations of the province. It is now planning to group teams throughout Ontario in 1924 which will embrace several thousand play- ers. How keen interest in the game is growing, can be seen from the fact The Adirondack flyer spent the summer at Lennox in the Berkskires. He is th' winter to attend a lead- ing prep school in the vicinity of Boston. The champion is anxious to enter college as soon as possible, and de- votes much time to his studies. For that reason it is reported he will not this winter have. time to train and travel the long distances travel- ed each year by the speed skaters in the United States. If he decides to drop the game for 1023-24 it will be a severe blow to the Adirondack Skating association, members: of which were dependiag on Jewtraw to again clean up for them. -,~ SPALLA IS APT 10 GET A MATCN Foreign Opponent Against | Dempsey Seems to Draw Larger Crowd. That loud squawk of FErmino Spalia's which has just wafted in from Italy probably means the build- ing up of another million dollar for- eign foe for Dempsey. It's pretty hard to draw a gate with an American opponent for Dempsey--it is a cinch that a Demp- fey Wille agin would not have the social sanction of the Dempsey-Car- pentier and the Dempsey-Firpo bat- tles. The great heavyweight idea is an international battle with the for- eign contender ballyhooed into a world beater--until he tackles the champion. @ Spalla when he was in this coun- try a vear, in the language of One- Fyed Connolly, could not lick-any- body. Half the time he didn't know which was his left and which was his right. Then he goes back to Italy and beats some setup who held a title, and the howl goes up for a Demp- sey battle. Has Tex Rickard heard it? Does a robin hear a cherry drop? Wait and see, brothers. Spalla will be along in good time, after Dempsey and Firpo hive settled their second argument, and he "will hegin to stow away men that he would never have dared face in the ring last year. Then the time will come when a | | that recently two softball teams were | scheduled to play-off for the cham-| pionship of Hamilton. The weather | was wet and cold and unsuitable for the game, but more than 3,000 fans gathered, and when the teams did | not show up a near riot occurred, | which might have been serious but Several tournaments have taken place in various pants of the prov-| ince with teams from different towns and cities competing. Permission was granted a girls' organization in London to hold a tag day in order to raise money enough to defray the expenses of its team to compete in cne of these tournaments. Manufacturing firms are encour- aging their employees to indulge in softball and are providing grounds on which to play. The game pro- vides as much exercise, as much ex- citement as baseball with less skill required. ------------ Peterboro Defeated Brockville The Peterboro Canadian General Electric team was defeated on Thursday at Brookville, 10 to 1, in the the fifst game of the home-and- home series of the O.B.AA, inter mediate semi-finals. The hard-hitting Brockville crew pounded Frost out of the box in the sixth and collected thirteen his off him "and Galbraith. Jimmy Whit- ing struck out 11 for Brockville. The big feature was the home run by McLean for Brackville in the fifth, scoring two. Brockville had one error and Peterboro four, in- cluding one by Barrie, second base, which let in two runs. The C, G. E. team oollected six hits , including a triple by Rose, in the eightr frame that scored Dugan. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of fans. In the evening the teams were guests of the Board of Trade at a banquet. ALMS IN AUTUMN Spindle-wood, spindle-wood will you lend me, pray, A little flaming lantern to guide me on my way? The fairies all have vanished from the meadow and the glen, And 1 would fain go seeking till 1] find then once again. Lend me now a lantern that I may bear a light To find the hidden. pathway in the nillion-and-a-half-doliar house will flock heatedly to some great arena and watch the pest of Palermo get his. It's a great game, and so long as there are nations in Burope who can supply men big enough to make a noise when they fall down our champions wil! have no cause to complain of anyth'w save the ac- tivity of the income tax collectors. Canadian Vets: To See Speaker Manager Tris Speaker, of Cleve- land, and George Uhle, the Indians' pitching ace, are among several players of the American league who will participate in exhibition games darkness of the night. Ash-tree, ash-tree, throw me, if you please, Throw 'me down a slender branch of russet-golden keys, I fear the gates of Fairyland may all be shut so fast That nothing but your magic keys will ever take me past, I'll tie them to my girdle and as I go along My heart will find a comfort in the tinkle of their song. 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Figures for 1916, the only ones available for compari. son, show, 1,001 marriages as against 648 divorces in that year. at Peterboro, Canada, October 10th, 11th and 12th! The proceeds of the games will be turped over to a fund for the benefit of returned Canadian sol- diers. Others who are said to have agreed to take part in the games are Sam Rice and Roger Peckin- paugh, of Washington, and Leslie Nunamaker, manager of Ohattanoe- ga, Southern association. jis tf of : i r. x Fit a NA mn