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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22,3922READY ID MAJORS KEEN FORITACKLE DEMPSEYCDELEGE STARSamSt. Paul Mauler Quite Willing Bi8 Lea9ue Pilo,s Constantlyto Meet the Championon Watch for Rah-Rahin Resined Ring.Boys With Class.%CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—Tom Gibbon* t» th# on# man flirht fan* want t« ##• stacked up against Jack remt**ey in a battle for the world’s htmvy-welght championship.Tbl* lias b#«n proved by a vot#Tto ««M** of mrnm Kitting#r,fuottell *i$r end colfeg# intwider the jjak# luicl the| efforts of _ i GiadK 'liW ©n foot to grab other * tm*t*ur stars, are part of a general plan aruong tb# iHjw Imym owft*em to eirape the whip hand held hftaaen oy a Lrucago new spa $*§r in which nearly to per cent of th# fane \ the minor leagues* picked Gibbons eg Dempwy'n neat! It la alalt;» a revival of an idee. In opponent out of a field that Included vogue a few year* ago that good ball ml the black and while heavyweights player* can bo elioved into the big now In the limelight. league without much pro hint naryWith the announcement of the voteGibbon# comes* out plump and plain i and syg he is willing to meet Deimp- 1eey at any old time and plac e and for any amount from a million to a buckakilt cap.Some months ago Teg Rickard arranged a fight between Tom Gibbons and Georges Carpentier to take place at Madtson Hquar# garden in NOW-Xfek Jm February. *^ ItHM Up #With Band Hand*fti anticipation of that fight Gibbon has been resting at his home in St. Paul recuperating from the strenuous time which he encountered when few weeks ago he met Bartley Madden and failed to stop him in ten rgptids. In his encounter w ith Madden Gibbons injured his left hand badly In the second round* and he went the remainder of the way on tho oneIn ijboae closlUg rounds Gibbonsbeat Madden up badlv with only the one hand In action, but he had not force enough with it to stop or knock out the sturdy battler of the expedi* tionary forces.It was th© first time in over twenty battles that Gibbons had not stopped his opponent in the early rounds.Like Gibbons. Eddie Kane, Tom's5} manager, has been resting since the I Madden-Gibbons fight 1 Kane, while wrestling in a playful ( way with a friend a few days ago,r^j broke his left collar bone, and he will jbe laid up for a month In consequence. *j What About Carpent ar?Kane, the day after Carpentier | knocked out George Conk, the Austra-I mm heavyweight champion in Londatl England, was aaked if he hOT heard from Carpentier and if the fight between th© Frenchman and Gibbons was still on.I MNow that Carpentier has won fromI Cook,*’ said Kane, *T look for him to start for this country at once m I have heard the rumor that Carpentier whipped Cook be w stay in England and ffght Ted Lewis,| Joe Begfestt and gibers of that crsvd Well, he got away with Cook. Now d ! it‘« up to Carpentier to ltte| over g j there and meet the men he has al *©f ready beaten or to come her© and if | meet * Gtbbdns.“Rickard has guaranteed Carpeti*etraining.This scheme has bobbed up ©veryfive years or so, but it cannot hesaid to hav© met with any particular success- But it is always worth agamble* especially at ptcst# nt prices.Kitlinger is a great athlete and may b© a good ball player In the bigleague, but nobody would bet on thaw, No| ao many years ago.Thorp# B o League Lemon, \„ McGraw felt pretty sure that Jli Thorpe, the paoogHtSod bost athkd# in the world* would set the woods afire for the Giants. But he didn't Alter several years of training, Jim at last has learned how to hit a curvu ball In th© minors. College pitcher* have curve balls, of course, but thatdoesn't make a big league pitcher by a long Jump. Then* is so much for both pitcher and hitters to It*rn in the professional ranks* that it can't be done in two or three years.The minor leagues. In offering a plan of settlement of the draft question have suggested that tho majorssign no free agents at all, Thatmeans college players in othegwords#all must com© from the minors or non# at alt -«* . College Star# Mad# Good.The college stars who have become famous in the big leagues can be counted on the fingers of th# two hands. Ftcd Tenney was the first of the college star# to make a hit* whealhe came from Brown university. Until]the appearance of Hal Chase. Tenney« was regarded aa th# greatest first lawman that ever lived. By soma he is still so regarded. Hal, how* ever, was pot a collegian.McGraw* mad© a ten-strike on col- ‘ legians when th# Giants trained in1 California, and he 1ms been trying toduplicate that performance eve? (since Snodgras# caught against tin Giants In a game with a College outIIbin*t*rr lhascom»(MUthere anil McGraw was mi ores; *mnn©S44eI■«4ft0I18tier an Immense sum to fight lt;bon# In Madison Square Garden, more than he could obtain In Englandin a dosen fights. So I can't believefor a moment that CgrpemkT w#| not fulfill his engagement with Gibbons next month/'But are you cocksure that Car* pentler will come to New York next month? Kane was asked, tin the other Hide they any he is fotof to stay there.Insists on Showdown,I know', I know, sad Kane. to make sure of the Frenchman'spuns 1 have wired boih It « Ward aCarpentierthat lie signed hlin for the next year,.He made good. Before Snodgrasn jcame he recommended tfiUaMiftf.' He also made good- By that oneMtf mov# McGraw gat $1 lt;*©,§##worth of ball players for practicablynothing, tShafer Passed Out of Se#ns.Had Shafer loved the game of1 baseball aa a profession he would have been one of the outstanding stars. He didn't, though, and it Was with great difficulty that they gothim to continue as long as be did.Finally he quit for good .refuting alloffers to return.Jack Murray was another ball 1 pla*cr to make good coming direct from college. He first joined th»? Phillies as a catcher, but was quickly shifted to the outfield, where be later starred und came to the Giants.Sislsr Real Sensation,Ed Ueutbacb was another great]her to come fresly from college!* ITvKTiits©illtoonGetV*i wsnt to know jiiwt whfrr* w« «r«|cy William* mmm aliw. f»*orf* fffrTrr *t. for (f C*rp#aUer t* net comingI n,wt| rtgtit out of » coil#*# team over. Gtblion* ha* pkatjr of other. into a bl* leayuo berth Ho wa* a Ulan* on foot and *iH go ahead with j ,urceM trom th# junjpUmane#i*Ittftthem. wWe have one big engagement especially to take place at Indianapolis in the Mar future on the night before.Speedwaythere. The Indianapolis ia*ople nayThat's about all. Htftil the big league managers feel that they have Just an much chance in trying out j the college players as do th# minors. They've got to get them from the co«-delonfrctinuoathat aGibb.msIn igues000 gat *stugood$00,spI/ Indianapolis, If Carpentier Is | still nmong the missing, we will go!after Dempsey. lt;• IGibbons is anxious for a gr» with j the champ on, ami. Judging by the newspdfer vote alone, which prlt;»ve*! the fight fans an* for Tom to Qbt Jmck before any other man, he surely deserves the engagement above allotin r*.Is not mmh chance of beating theminors to the town lots. Ninety per cent of the ball players com# fromm nmiuiniun lt;mt
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Lincoln Sunday Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Jan 22, 1922
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