CALLS DEMPSEY TO BEAT TUNNEY Eddle Kane Picks the Gham- plon for the Knockout or .. BY JOE WILLIAMS, Before the summer season is ended Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham- pion, and Gene Tunney, foremost white challenger, will step into the ring and start firing loaded punches 'at each other, 'Who'll win? ; -- let Eddie Kane answer that ; for you. Kane managed Tommy Gibbons until the St. Paul . heavy- } t retired some months ago. Kane is closer to Gibbons than a re- . ealeitrant bunion and when he speaks on matters touching on, and apper- taining to, the nose-busting racket he is reflecting Gibbons' mind, : If any one In the world ia quall- . fled through actual experience to tell whether Dempsey is better than Tun- ney, or vice versa, that one man is ns. t Three years ago, out in the little cow town of Shelby, Mont., Gibbons fought 15 rounds with Dempsey and 'was on his feet, in pretty good shape, when the contest ended. Last summer, at one of the ball parks here, Gibbons went on against © Tunney and was knocked out for the first time in his long career; not only knocked out but outclassed. The bout was actually one-sided. Consider the facts: Dempsey couldn't stop Gibbons. What's more he couldn't even score a knockdown. (And don't let anybody tell yqu he wasn't trying, either.) On the other hand, Tunney stretéhed the Irish- man and did so with comparative onse. You'd think, then, that Gibbons' pick would be Tunney. But it isn't. Kane says Gibbons is stringing along with Dempsey and nbt because of any prejudicial feelings, If anything Gib- bons has a somewhat higher personal regard for Tunney than for the champion. **Gibbons simply has an honest conviction that Dempsey is a greater fighter than Tunney," says Kane, and he believes that if the two ever fight, which appears likely now, Dempsey will win. Gibbons concedes Tunney's fine points as a ringman but prefers to believe Dempsey has y's chances of winning. This on the presumption Tunney is tte "better boxer, . Kane says Dempsey is a much hard- er puncher than Tunney, despite the fact that Tunney stopped Gibbons 'and Dempsey didn't. "Anybody could have knocked Gibbons out that might," admits Kane. "He was dead on his feet an hour before he entered "the ring." Being a more dynamic puncher, -- { Dempsey will rule a logical favorite to land the knockout if one is landed. Kane says Gibbons questions the widespread belief Tunney is a better boxer than the champion. "Gibbons found Dempsey a better than aver- age boxer In their Montana fight. Gibbons went into that fight called the cleverest heavyweight since Jim Corbett's time. Few expected him to last the limit. If he did it seemed reasonable enough to expect him to win on points. "You know what happened. It was a close fight for 10 rounds. Even Dempsey's own hand-picked referee admitted he would have had to give the decision to Gibbons on points if the fight had been limited to 10 ses- sions, "Unfortunately for us it went 15, and during the last five: rounds Dempsey out-boxed Gibbons--yes out-boxed him is the word--and went on to win the decision." There you have, mates, the low- down on Tunney and Dempsey by the one man who has battled them both. And the low down man, as he sees it, is this: Dempsey to win by a knockout if there is one, or on points if the bout goes the limit. 4 National League, New York, 11; Brooklyn, 4. Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 2, Cincinnati, 5; Chicago, b, (called; darkness). St. Louis, 5; Pittsburgh, 8. BASE BAL SCORES American League. Boston, 9; New York, 8. Washington, 8; Philadelphia, 3. Chicago, 11; St. Louis, 7. Detroit-Cleveland; postponed; rain, International League. Rochester, 7; Jersey City, 4. Toronto, 13; Newark, 4. Buffalo, 13; Reading, 7. Baltimore, 8; Syracuse, 7. STANDING OF CLUBS, National League. Won Lost New York: .. .. .. St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago .. a Philadelphia .. Brooklyn . . Boston .. Pittsburgh P.C. 857 .6§7 625 .500 445 428 .333 .228 Cleveland New York Detroit Washington Chicago Boston .. .. .... Philadelphia .... St. Louis ... 566 .500 .333 .223 International League. Won Lost 0 P.C. 1,000 760 714 500 500 376 A167 000 Baltimore Toronto .. Newark .. Jersey City Rochester .. .. .. 3 Buffalo .. Syracuse .. .. ... Reading .. 2 2 2 3 5 5 7 WILL NOT MATTER, Rickard Does Not Intend to Ignore Commission. . Fort Worth, Texas, April 28.--Tex Rickard's contract with Jack Demp- sey for a heavyweight championsifip bout in September, signed here does not place the promoter outside the rulings of the New Ybrk State Boxing Commission, although it leaves the way open for him to ignore the Com- mission if he chooses. Rickard made this statement in a reply to word that Com fon Chair- man James A. Farley had announc- ed Rickard would be called before the Board on his return to New York to explain his action in signing the contract. + "I have no present intention of op- posing the rulings of the Commis- sion," Rickard said, "and my con- tfact with Dempsey contains. nothing In contravention with its rulings. At any rate, Farley is not the Commis- sion. There are two commissioners 'besides him." ' The articles of agreement to which the world's heavyweight champion {ana the . famous promoter signed their names to-day merely require | | that Dempeey fight a cham: THE SOFTBALL LEAGUE MEETS ON TUESDAY Interest Is Fast Being Revived ~--Officers Are to Be Elected. The annual meeting of the King- ston Softball League will be held on Tuesday night next at the Y.M.C.A. and a large tuggout 1s expected, now that the weather is getting wiim anfl suitable for the game." The cricket fleld and the parks are dry- ing up fast and the games should be under way before long. Many of the softballers have been out already throwing the spheroid around to get limbered up. 3 Owing to the fact that some of the teams in the league last year were badly outclassed, it is very likely that there will be two sections fhils season, the seniors and the business men's, with a probability of the win- ners of each section playing off at the end of the season. This idea has been discussed greatly and will likely be brought up for action at the meet- ing. The Frontenac Regiment and the penitentiary have practically the same t8ams as last season and are all ready to get started. The Regiment's team last year was a speedy outfit but it is claimed that they are going to step faster than ever this season and cop the championship again. The "Pen" will have another strong team and it 'is rumored that they have more than one '"Babe Ruth" on their lineup. It is expected that all the other teams will be back in the league stronger than ever and a most successful season is anticipated. At the meeting Tuesday the offic- ers will be elected and plans made for the season. No time will be lost in getting things started as the weather has created the interest in the game again and the players are all set to get started. HITS AND JABS By Joe Williams. While ivory is very becoming in the facial make-up of an elephant, it has never helped a baseball run- ner to become an Eddie Collins, Jack Kearns is a curious insect. Every nice thing he says about Na- poleon Dorval, his new heavyweight, is meant to be a nasty crack for Dempsey. - -- There's a player named Keen and another named Blades on the Cardl- nals this year. Will the class in ele- mentary humor please take this one and chisel out a nifty for teacher? And speaking of the master sales- man, there's the genius who sold a suit with two pairs of pants to the legless wonder In the side show. We are not exactly qualified to say whether a pitcher should depend on resin or not. We recall that Fred Fulton used to lean om it a lot and he didn't get very far. Some people have all the best of ft. While the summer vacation sea- son is just around the cormer for most of us, Bill Tilden has to un- sheath his racket and start playing tennis all over the country. We think the newly-wed Brown. ings will get along just dandy, pro- viding the missus doesn't start writ. ing mash notes to Jackie Coogan. -- A Pennsylvania fight promoter was shot and killed on his way to a con- ference with Jack Kearns....HMe may have been lucky at that. Mr. O'Goofty saw the Big Parade the other night and was terribly dis- appointed. "There wasn't a single calliope in it," he growls. News note, 1948: "Washington won the 'opening game of the seafon here to-day from the Athletics. A pitcher by the name of Johnson al- lowed only four hits and blanked the visitors." 2 DAILY BRITISH WHIG SPORTING "NEWS "Friday, April 23,18 cbt TIMELY COMMENT?® | SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT | { ¥ v i Kingston leads; others follow.| The local curlers started something | {| when they dragged out the stones to have a last fling at the roarin' game | | atter the segqson was closed. Since then every curling club that boasts a, | sign of ice in the rinks have been trying to smash the record. Up till to-! | day Dunsford was leading the pack, but it is likely that some person will | manage to relay a stone from one end of the rink to the other and get | somebody else into the race. How about starting iceboating again ? | What about the girls' softball league ? Apparently the fair sex want] to see the men get goingffirst. Last year the girls' softball created al great deal of interest and large crowds witnessed every game. - It's about | time the fair damsels started thinking about a meeting. Some day something is liable to happen that will knock the boxing | is The Intelligent Demand Is' For Insulated Houses The fuel problem is a grave one. Home owners who! keep up with the times know that an insulated home means more comfort and therefore better health, ALLAN LUMBER CO. Victoria Street, near Union. ~ "Phone 1042; fans pop-eyed. Jack Dempsey may have need for a few thousand simoliuns | and fight somebody for the world's heavyweight honors. : on in of The Sunbury Hockey Club is holding a dance on Tuesday, April 27th, to help defray their expenses of the season. The teams made a very good showing in the league during the past season and the supporters - will likely contribute freely towards their receipts. The Victorias are losing no time getting ready for the season. The "Vics" have great hopeg-of trimming the Circle-Six this season and repre- senting Kingston in the O.A.B.A. semi-finals, -------- ------ Sir Thomas Lipton Not Saying Any- the sport map of Canada. Kingston was at one time very prominent: the mational game. Frank Grace, a Kingston man, is now the the West Point Military Academy team. Apparently there is as mi interest shown in the game in the States now as there is here, the other fellow a chance to build against me," he said, He point¥d out. also that he did not need to give nos tice of a challenge until next Sep- tember. If Sir Thomas challenges for the NOTHING SURE YET. re, er thing. Toronto, April 23.--S8ir Thomas Kingston in the C.0.B.L. this season ? if not a whole lot better. That's good enough. 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