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-. _gWillard and Dempsey Ready for Championship Fight Before Record Crowd at ToledoMcGeehan Picks Title-Holder to Win;

Latest Betting Favors Neither ManReceipts To Be LittleShort of $1,000,000;75,000 to See the Battle

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Btgewiscb Nelson», and Joe Mulvihill,of the Connecticut Mulvihiils. waitedat the outer door to "learn something."At the end of the conference Tex

RieLartf very gravely presented aStatement containing six points, whichIs eight points less than presented Bythe ¿'resident.

Ol'.ie Pecord will be referee, as hasbeen stated before. Major A. J. DrexelBiddle, of the Philadelphia Biddlos.fthJ Tex Rickard. of the Texas Rick-aias. will hi judges.W. Warren Barbour, of the Back

Bay Barbours of Boston, who is on.speaking terms with the Cabots ardLodges of that ur.loquacious city, willbe timekeeper.John Skelly, of the Yonkers Skellys,

will be alternate referee, which meansthat he will officiate in case Mr. Pecordshould drop dead.

Mr. Pecord is at present in excel¬lent health.

Kidney Punch Is BarredThe six points, which must not be

confounded in any way with the storiedfourteen points, stipulate that the kid¬ney punch shall be barred, also thatthe gladiators break clean. The judgeswill decide the winner in the eventthat the bout lasts the twelve rounds.In case of a disagreement between TexRickard, of the Texas Rickards, andMajor A. J. Drexel Biddle, of the Phil-ade'phia Biddies, the referee will pickthe winner.

If the referee believes that a foulhas been comrnifted he will conäult the».wo judge? and receive confirmationfor such an opinion. Last night JackK?Rrus, manager for Jack Dempsey,declared that ho never would consentio such an agreement. Apparently thatis why the agreement was made.Ultimatums in this game are made

merely to be set aside. The ultima¬tum of a box'-r is not any more seri¬ous than the ultimatum of a diplomat.You make fourteen points in the hopeof getting about six of them.The preliminaries have been settled.

Jack Dempsey to-night will flop at theOverland Club, where ho has trainedJess Willard will wrap the sparsedraperies of his couch around him athis town house.

Widely Different TypeDempsey will dream dreams because

he ¡a a gypsy, :¦. nomad of the break¬beat*.*, lio will dream of a new worldof big diamonds and myriad brightlights. Willard will not dream muchTie is of the small town business mantype and not a dreamer.Harking back to the eve before the

Reno fiasco one recalls the predictionsof a bittle between a couple of troglo-dites, or abysmal brutes, or.somethingof that sort. I can't predict that any-thing of that e^rt will happen on theaonnH.The world hss been surfeited with

fighting and bloodshed. To all whorealized what was happening in the last_"e\v yr-Erj this thing to-morrow is apuny thing. It Í3 just a quarrel be¬tween n big boy and a little boy, in anisolated back lot. But these thingsalv.tys have interested men, grownand hail' grown.The bout may go the full twelve

rounds unless Dempsey is the super- jman that bis backers believe him to beor unless Willard should change hisstyle of fighting and his point of viewon things general. Willard is defend¬ing the title and will let Dempsey come'.to him to wrest it away. That is hisStyle. When he fought Jack JohnsonJie boxed and sparred at long rangeuntil the negro was weary. Then T.eknocked him out.

If hn should adopt thesa tactics withDempsey he should win, unless Demp¬sey has more power beirr,»! his blowsthan he hai« shown. But ,f. would notbe a popular victory.

Jens to Force FightWillard has intimated that he will

carry the fight to Demp.u-y af-er it hasgone a few rounds, and that he willknock him out. This much is intimatedin the declaration that he must h.ive aclearance certificate in the event thathe should fatally injure DempseyWiilard once killed a man in thering. This was the on'tv ihing in hislife that ruffled his placid i.empera-raer.t. It is one of the ~ea3ons way hedoes not like the flght Rame.

Concerning the ring recorda of thetwo men, that of William HariisonDempsey is much moie impressive.Dempsey knocked them out, with a fewpunches.' Willard worried and v/orethem down when he did win, and hedid not always win. B»it it must al¬ways be remembered that he af.ainedthe objective of his ring career, whichwa-* to beat Jack Johnson and "bringback the title to the white ru'-e. '

If you will recall, a number of per¬sons, otherwise gane, were greatlyfrritrved because the title had left thevïh't»; »ace. Xow that the white raceha? it, what is it going to do with it?

Bui this ¡6 digressing. A friend ofmine who believe» that Dempsey willwir. -or, is he puts it, "Jack will knock :the b'g stiff for a goal".has ju3t de-cii-r d l-imself to this effect:"Thr tiger always can whip the ox.Tne «-«pier always can overcome thebiuc-reon."But to retort to thü argument:"Cf.r. the tiger claw the elephant?

Willard9s Complete Ring Recordf 1911

TeS. 15....Louis Fink.Sapulpa, Okla.10 rounds_Lost (foul)March 7. Ed Burke. El Reno. Okla. 3 rounds_K.O.March 25. .Louis Fink.Oklahoma City.3 rounds_K.O.April 29. Joe Cavanaugb.. .Oklahoma Citv.11 rounds ...K.OApril 4... .Al Mandeno.Oklahoma City.4 rounds_K.O*.June* «....Bill Shlller.Oklahoma City.4 rounds_K.O.July 4. ... .Frnnk Lyon.Elk City, Okla.10 rounds_Won.July 16, ..Mike Comisky... .Hammond, Okla.10 rounds... .Won.1312

May 23 ...John Young.Ft. Wayne, Ind. 6 round«_K.O.June 29 Frank »Bowers. .. .St. Charles, III.3 round«. .. .K. O.July 2 .Johif Young.Chicago .5 rounds_K.O.July 29 Ar-hur Pclky.New York.10 rounds_No dec.Aug. 19. .Luther McCarty.. .New York.10 rounds... .No dec.Dec. 2.Sailor White.Buffalo .1 round.K.O.Dec. 27... .Soldier Kearns. . .New York. 8 rounds... ,K. O.1913

Jan. 22... .Frank Bauer.Ft. Wayne, Ind.5 rounds_K.O,March 3...Jack »Leon.Ft. Wayne. Ind.4 rounds_K.O.May 20... (»unboat Smith.. .San Francisco..20 rounds... .Lost.| June 27... Charley Miller... San Francisco. 4 rounds... .Draw.I July 4....AI William«. Keno, Nevada. - 8 rounds... .Won.Aug. 22.. .Bull Young ...... Vernon. Cal.,11 rounds... .K. O.Nov. 17., .George Rodel.Milwaukee. 10 round«. .. .No dec.Nov. 24.. .Jack Reed_.Ft. Wayne, Ind. 2 rounds... .Won.Dec. 3.Carl Morn«.New York...10 rounds_Won.Dae. 12... .George Davis. .... Buffalo .2 rounds-K.O.Dae. 29... Georg« Rodel New Haven, Conn. 9 rounds_K.O.1914

March27..Tom McMahon. .. Younfstown, Ohio_12 rounds... .Lost.April 13.. Dan Dally....Buffalo . 9 rounds_K.O.April 28...George Roel.Atlanta. 6 rounds_K.O.1916

April 5_Jack Johnson.Batana, Cuba.26 rounds_K.O.1918

March29. .Frank Moran.New York .10 rounds-No dec.¦ <m,M .¦"¦ ft'»'» ¦' "¦"¦¦. . " '. '¦»¦ " " *. ¦¦ .*"*'.¦"*

Rice and McGeehan to ReportTitle Battle for The Tribune

READ The New York Tribune if yon wish to be up to date on allsporting topic«, but read it especially to-morrow if youcare to know all the details of the word's championship heavy¬

weight battle between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey, to be stagedthis afternoon at Toledo, Ohio.

The Tribune has sent not only two real fight experts, but a coupleof real fighters, to handle the biggest attraction of a decade in fistiana.MAJOR W. O. M'GEEHAN, formerly of the 50th Infantry (Regu.lars), and LIEUTENANT GRANTLAND RICE (115th Field Artil¬lery), who scrambled right into the line-up against Kaiser Bill, aro onthe ground.

Our sporting editor and the author of Sportlight are quite capableof covering every angle of the big mill as it should be covered. Theirnames are a guarantee of all that is best and brightest and strictly tothe point.

The Tribune will receive direct ringside service to-day, havingleased a special wire to transmit the reports of Rice and McGeehan

If you have red blood in your veins you cannot afford to missto-morrow's issue of The Tribune's sporting pages.

Tex Rickard, Judge

Can the rapier beet down the broad¬sword ?Demnsey ndm-rcrs tell me that Wil-

lard is undertrained. The next min¬ute Willard admirers tell me thatDerr.psey is overtrained. That mysteri- jou.i h't of mechanism, the human body,always will puzzle the experts.You can read the statements of thefighters and the managers and takethem for what are worth.which isvery little. As a fight this may be avery good one with the clash of stylesand the clash of temperaments. Thenagain, there are those who maintainthat it will bo a very bad one andhardly worth the trip and the price ofadmission.The town of Toledo Is now decidedlycluttered up. The hotel lobbies arejammed and to-night many a visitorwill tuck his head under his arm f.ndsleep under the semi-tropical sky.There arc men from Alaska; there are

men .'"rom Wall Street; there arc menfrom the í tock yards of Cliicago, and;from the oil fields of Texas."Wet" Until After Fight

The type is bull-necked and paunchy.But among the fat men prowl the rat-eyed and lean. All the crooks andconfidence men are here, as well asthe other sort. Also it is a more orless open secret that the July 1 pro¬hibition does not go here until afterthe fight It is another Reno in thatregard.a farewell to the old, wild,alcoholic days . This alone makes thegathering a bigger thing than the fightmay be.Among the bugs in the Secor Hotel

lobby is one who is distributing $1bills in the name of the People's Bankof Lawrence, Kan. Jack Grace got theiirst one and thought that it must bea trick. When he found that it was a !real dollar bill he collapsed and maynot be able to witness the encounterto-morrow.The special trains are still being

parked near tho arena. The mohiiiza-ltion will continue through the night jand until the afternoon of to-morrow.

Fight Reproduced in Armory jBy special permission the 2d Battery

Armory at lGGth Street and ThirdAvenue, Bronx, will be the only placein Greater New York at which theWillard-Dernpsey fight will be repro-duced this afternoon. All the other ¡armories will be closed in compliancewith the latest military order. All menin United States Army or Navy uni-form will bo admitted free.

How They Shape UpWILLARD. DEMPSET.248 pound».Weight.195 pound«6 ft 7 in.Helsrht.6 ft. 2 in.83 in.Reach.78 in.46 in.Chest (normal).42 in.491/a in.Chest (expanded).4C> in.17¡/4 in.Neck.17 in.38 in.Wai.«t.32 in.25 in.Thiuh.23 in.15J4 in.Calf.15 in.9 in.Ankle.9 in.16 in.Biceps.14 in.14 in.Forearm.14 in.B'/g In....Wrist.9 in.

Steams Leads FieldIn Testing Round atShackaniaxon ClubMatch and medal play gave quick ac¬

tion in the first annual invitation golftournament of the Shackamaxon Coun¬try Club yesterday when contestants,after qualifying in the morning, fin¬ished the first match round later in theday, John N. Steams, jr., the Nassaugolfer, lead In the testing circuit witha score of 73. six strokes better thanhis nearest rival, Gardiner W. White,a clubmate.Hia card follows:

Out. 44668444 4.37In. 6 '4 6 6 3 4 5 3 4.39.78FIRST SIXTEEN

Out. Tn Ttl.John N. Ptearns, Jr., Nassau... 87 39 76Gardiner Vf. "White. Nassau.... 41 41 82Mark Townsrnd, Shackamaxon, 42 43 85A. C. Willis, Schackainaxon. 43 43 86Robert H. McAda'm. Suburban. 45 40 85H. S. Batid, Shackamaxon.... 42 14 86W. P. Donahue, fchackamaxon. 45 43 88D. R. Meigs, Merion. 45 44 8!)J. K. Weldig. Shackamaxon... 47 45 92.1. J. Kairo, Weequahic. 44 49 96D. O. He-rlngr. Princeton. 49 4« 96Chester WllllamB. Yov.ntakah.. 49 49 98W. B. Mehl, Shackamaxon_ 61 60 101Mahlon Morey, Shackamaxon.. 50 62 102A. F. Jonen, Shackamaxon.... 52 66 107W. B. Wood, 8hackamaxon. .. 56 62 108First round.Steams bfat Weidtgr, 8 upand 7 to play; Kane beat McAdams, 8 upand 2 to play; Townsend beat Hariingr, 4\n> and 3 to play; Donahue beut Wlllams,7 up and 6 to play; White beat Mehl, 7 upand fi to play; Balrd lx;at Morey, 6 up and5 to play; Willis beat Jones, 7 up and 6to play; Melgs beat Wood, 7 up and 6 toplay.:-«-

30-Footer LenaIn First Defeat

Of the SeasonRYE, N. Y., July 8..Another LongIsland Sound yacht club hoisted theracing burgee to-day and held its first

regatta in two years. The organizationwas the American Yacht Club.H. de B. Parsons, chairman of the

committee, who is also chairman ofthe race committee of the New YorkYacht Club, decided to send the thirty-footers, the largest class to fill, overa 16!/£-mile course that took the craftto a buoy off Woolsey's Reef, anotheroff Matinicock Po!nt, and then home.As the wind came, the craft had tworeaches and a short heat in the lastleg home.The «division was made up of five

yachts. With the exception of Adois.the property of Fred Richards, theyachts all made a pretty start, wellhunched on the port tack. Adois start¬ed 8 minutes late. In the light airsit was any yacht's race. J. C. Clarke,throujrh good seamanship, managed tofind the most wind, and finally wonthe cup, offered by Vice-CommodoreHenry \V. Howe, by 4 minutes and "bseconds from Ogden Roid's Lena. Itis the first time that the Lena has beenbeaten this year.The summary:

NEW YORK YACHT CLUB 30 FOOTERS.START ):'h. COURSE 16HNAUTICAL MILES.ElapsedYacht and Owner. Finish. Time.

H.M.S. H.M.8..Minx. S. S. Clark». 4:53:11 3:08:11Lc-r.a. Ogdcn Relrt. 4 :5 7 : « G 3:12:38Oriol», S. C. Tirio. 6:00:25 3:15:26Mizpah, D, R. Richardson. 6:03:60 3:18-60Adtos, Fred Richard». »:0î:43 3:20:48LAROHMONT INTBR-CTiUB CLASS.START 2:00. COURSE 12

NAUTICAL MILES.Barbara, C. Shl«l«l8. 6:13:05 3:13:06Khar, L. D. L«-kwood_ 6:14:22 3:14:22CLASS U. START 2:10. COURSE 12NAUTICAL MILES.T»rn. W. T. Hornldga. 6:02:08 2:52:08Top, C. E. Russell. 5:0'i':l3 2:67:40Juanltat J. 13. Hftye», ir.. 5:03:30 2:68:89Mingo, H. T. Hornldge... 5:13:02 8:03:02STAR CLASS. START 2:0 5. COURSE 12MILES.Shooting Star, J.B.Shethar 5:31:14 8:28:14Saturn. O. W. Elder, 1r... 6:32:01 8:27:01Utils Dipper. O. A, Corry. 6:33:10 3:28:10«lernlnl, L. M, I'Irie. 6:34:86 8:29:36Alhena. A. V. Fraser. 5:41:63 3:88:63

International LeagueGAMES TO-DAY

Binghamton at Rochester (a.m.-p.m.)Jersey City at Newark (a. m.)Newark at Jersey City (p. m.)Reading at Baltimore (a, m.-p.m.)Toronto at Buffalo (a.m.-p.m.)YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Newark, 6; Jersey City, 4.Baltimore, 7; Reading, 6.

Buffalo, 9; Binghamton, 8.Rochester, 4; Toronto, 2.

STANDING OP TEAMSW. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet.B'more. 45 20 .692!Buffalo. SI 82 .484Toronto 42 25 .627'Roch't'r 28 86 .487

Newark 35 «12 .522 Readi'g. 24 37 .393BlngVn 80 81.492; J. City.. 22 41.349l|-!-

Battlers Who Meet in Title Bout To-day

Gianipîon HasBeen EngagedIn 31 Battles

Jess Willard, the Goliath of theprize ring, "came East" to make hisfortune, for it was in this city backin 1912 that he received his first realoppo-tunity in the ring. Willard wasfirst introduced to the sporting publicin tin West by Jack Curfey, the wrest-lino; promoter, who was attracted byWillard's tremendous size and bulk.However, the pair found that wrestlingwas not i\ money-making business anddecided to enter the prizering. Ac-cording to Curley, Willard first put ona boxng glove when he \va3 twenty-n'ne vours of ape.

The. heavyweight titleholder he-j ban his pugilistic campaign in 1911and has sir.cj taken part in thir¬ty-one battles. The first three »yearsof hi s career found him in twen¬ty-six contests and enjoying suc¬cess in the majority of them. From1914 to the present year Willard en¬gaged in only five bouts. He met threeopponents in 1914 and one each in 1915and 1916. During the last two yearsWillard devoted his time to promotingj his Wild West 3how and prospectingin oil wills. In his thirty-one con-te?ts Willard has lost two limited'bouts, won eighteen by the knockoutroute, lost one on a foul, fought a draw,gone to no-decisions in five battles andreceived the decision in live otherbouts.Willard did not begin his journey tothe championship with any degree of

success, for in his opening bout againstLouis Fink, at Sapulpa, Okla., in 1911,he lost on a foul in the tenth round.In this contest Willard showed a total |lack of boxing knowledge. One monthbrought a big change, for Jess knockedout Ed Burke, at Reno, in the thirdround. He followed up this contestwith four consecutive knockouts, amonghie victims being Fink, who was sentto sleo$ by Willard in the third round. IThe champion ended the year with twomore victories. >

After scoring three more knockouts¡in beginning his 1912 campaign Willard¡thought it time to go after bigger fishand headed for New York, where homet Arthur Pellcy it the Garden Ath- jletic Club. Willard's tremendous pro-portions attracted considerable atten-tion, but he still lacked ring general-ship and cleverness. The bout proveda slow one, with neither »«n suffering

| much damage, but Willard succeeded in¡obtaining the decision after ten rounds. I

A supposedly tougher opponent was jobtained for the Kansas giant in Lu- |thor McCarty in a'ten-round bout lessj than one month later. McCarty wasthen looked upon as the/ white hope.Willard caused .some surprise by out-pointing McCarty. He followed up thisvictory with a knockout over SailorWhite' in Buffalo, and also steppedSoldier Kearns in eight rounds in thiscity.

Jt was following these victories thatWillard began to be regarded as the(leading white hope. Willard went Westduring the next year and lost his firstfight when Gunboat Smith received atwenty-round decision over him in SanFrancisco. In this bout Willard re-.-.oectîJ Smith's hittina- r°wer, and itwas his remaining on the defensive toolong that lost him the bout. Willard'sstock foil lower shortly afterward,when he allowed Charley Miller to gaina draw with him in a four-round bout.

After disposing of nil his rivals, in¬cluding Carl Morris. Willard, in 1915,succeeded in getting a match with JackJohnson at Havana. Willard trainedfor tins bout for one year, ignoringnil his challengers in the ..'nenn time,The end came in the twenty-sixth jround, when Willard caught Johnsonwith a right, uppercut and knocked thenegro boxer out. Willard's last fightwas against Frank Moran in this cityIn 1910. and while It went the sched¬uled ten rounds Willard was recog¬nized as the winner.

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Miss Ryan TriumphsIn the Mixed Doubles !

WIMBLEDON, July 8..G. L. Patter-son, Australia, to-day won the tennis»ingles championship on grnss courtsby defeating Lieut. A. R. F. Kingscote,England. The score was 6.2, 6.1,6-3.

In the fourth round, mixed doubles,R. Lycett, Australia, and Miss Eliza- jboth Ryan, United States, defeatedLaurrentz nnd Suzanne Lenglen,France, 2.-6, 6.4, 6.2. This was themost thrilling match of the tournamentand was conspicuous for the magnifi¬cent volleying of Miss Ryan and Mile.Lenglen. The winners have now reachedthe semi-final.

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Facts About Big BoutIn ToledoArena To-day

Scene of Battles.Toledo, Ohio.Time of Start.July 4, 3

o'clock, Central time} 4 o'clock-Eastern time.

Title at Stakes.Heavyweightchampionship of the world.Principal s.Jeas Willard,

champion; Jack Dempsey, chal¬lenger.

Referee.OIHe Pecord; JackSkclley, alternate.Judges.Tex Rickard and Ma-

jar A. J. Drexel Biddle,Length of Contett.Twelve

rout;d3 to n decision.Weight of Contestants.Wil¬

lard, 246; Dempsey, 19S.Promoter.Tex Rickard.Purse . $127,500; divided,

$100,000 to Willard and $27,500to Deaipsey.

Probable Attendance.80,000.Probable Receipts.$1,000 000.Cost of Tickets.$60, $50,

$40, $30, $20 and $10.

E. C. Cotftliii StarsAs Rockaway A'sWin Polo Match

The all-around playing of E. C. Cow-din, at Mo. 2, was responsible for theRockaway A team defeating the Rock-away B four in a polo match of theIndependence Cup tournament at theRockaway Hunt Club, Cedarhurst, L.[., yesterday. The score was 11*4 to3%. The victors were allowed a three-goal handicap by their opponents, butjudging by the score this advantagedid not prove necessary.The line-up:

Rockaway A (11%) Poa. Ro< kaway B <¦ 314>G. Cary.No. 1...W. T. i'. Ha/..udE. C. Cowdlri.No. 2.C. R. LeonardJ. tj. Anderson.. ..No.8.C. P. DlxonDr. .T.D. Richards.Back.. .. K. TV. LernardKockawny A team allowed a handicap ofthree goalf?.QoaiB.Second period, Rlohar**!s; thirdperiod, Cary, C. H. Leonard; fourth pe¬riod, Cowdin (2); fifth period, Co»vdln,Hnznrd, C, R. Leonard; sir.th period,Cowdin, Hazard; seventh period, Ander¬son; eighth period, Cary. Anders-»!*,¦ift.al!''«.C. R. Leonard, Richards. Ref-'.re<.L'url TV. Hoppin-f. Time- of periods.jSeven and a hall minutes «ach.

Dempsey's MotherConfident He'll Win]SALT LAKE CITY, Utaii, July 3..Mrs. Cecelia Dempsey, mother of JackDempsey, to-day .old r-ïporters thatBhe hopes and feels that "William willwin." William is Dempsey's real Chris-

»ion name.

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Major Biddle, Judge"-¦. 1

Dempsey Got! Fighting FeverIn the MinesWilliam Harrison (Jack) Dempsey

ia a fighter by nature. He did not takeup fighting to make a living or to earnfame. Ho Just naturally fought hisway into the limelight. The fightinginstinct is in his blood. Jack is a raixt-ure of Irish, Scotch and Indian. He wasborn in Colorado twenty-four yearsago.While still a youngster he went to

j work ::i the minas, and between thework and the healthful climate of. thestate he developed a marvellous phy¬sique. While scrapping around themines he gained a reputation in aminor way and started to box in thering. He knocked out King Hancockin one round, which gavo him consid¬erable prestige and he quit work totake up the fighting game.Littlo i» known of his early set-tos,except that most of them he won inshort order. While he possessed nogreat skill in tin» boxing art and knewbut little about the scientific end of thegame, he did have a powerful andcrushing punch which, when landed,staggered his opponent. This, coupledwith his fighting instinct, stood him ingood stead in most of his engagements.Jack Downey, a Western middle-weight, hanüed Dempsey his first re-verse, outpointing him in a four-roundbout. In a return match Dempseyknocked out Downey in two rounds. Hethen begin to take on tougher op-portents, one of these being Joe Bonds,u fighter of some repute in the West.Dempsey outpointed Bonds in a ten-round bout and then set out for theEast.Arriving in New York, Dempseyfound difficulty in obtaining fightswhich paid money. One night at the

Fairmount Club, in The Bronx, thechallonger of Jess Wlllard got hischanco when Big Andre Anderson's op-ponent failed to show up. After muchpleading, Jack got the management'sconsont to engage the big fellow.Although knocked down time and

again, the fiery Westerner stayed withhis bigger contender and before the fin-ish he nearly put Andy to sleep.Matches thereafter were easier to ob-tain, und the black-haired youth quick-ly rose to prominence by the mannerin which he slugged his opponents intodreamland.John Relsler took Dempsey in tow!

at this time, but managed him oniy ashort white when Jack grew disgruntledund jumped back to the West. Begin-ning in 1917, Dempsey began to dis-play ronl form. He put opponents away jas rapidly as he could take them on.Willie Mechan, Al Norton; Charley Mil-1er and Bob McAllister were disposedof within the short space of two |months.The beut with Carl Morris was prob-1

ably Dcmp7iey's first big fight. TheOklahoma ^if.nt was beaten up in fourrounds and Jack returned to the East.Jim Flynn, Homer Smith, Tom Riley,Porky Flynn and Fred Fulton werebowled over with ease, and Dempseybecame the sensation of the day inboxing circles.-¦

Maj. Withingtou BeatsBriton in Scull Race

HENLEY England, July 3..MajorPaul Withington, of the Americanarmy, defeated Colonel E. L. Salier, ofGreat Britain, in the Kingawood scullson the Henley course to-day. Tru- for¬mer Harvard captain won by threelengths in 9:28.

This was one of the best races ofthe regatta. Colonel Salier took thelead early and kept ahead of Welling¬ton's spurts until the three-quartermile post was reached. Thereafter theAmerican gradually overhauled theBritisher. The pace thon becamegruelling, and Colonel Salier becamedistressed.For the Leander Cup the Leander

crew defeated tha American secondcrew.The American army oight-oar d crew

beat the French army crow to-day inthe elimination trials for the King'sCup. The Americans won by threelengths. The timo was 7:40.

-«».;-1.Po^-Mx-mlli S»ur Loses LegBOSTON, July 3..L. Harold Weld

f ... a-!, athlete who won the!hammer throw ;.n the int«->rrollfglatetrack and .field championships on May31, has had his left k-g amputated,Wold's leg became infected at his homein Gniemor, N. H.

Big Jess, Pride Nicked,Will Strive for Knockout

Champion, Ignored by Experts. Hopes for Revengein Quick Victory Over Opponent, Who I«Six Inches Shorter and Fifty Pounds Lighter

By Crantiand RiceTOLEDO, July 3..Jess Willard will enter the ring to-morrow after-

noor literally boiling over with a mixed combination of zngev, chagrinand desire for revenge. Deep within th'- hidden re-esses of his vastframe there is a slow, consuming fire which has been blaz'.ng higher andburning with a bright flame day by day.Here he is the champion of theá

world meeting a man who is six inche =

shorter in stature and nearly fiftypounds lighter in weight. Six monthsago as champion he was consideredinvincible, unbeatable and all the ballyrest of it. Yet within the last fewdays as the experts, critics, trainers,writers, psychologists, old fighters andcamp followers have been drifting in,three from every four have given ventto one remark after watching bothmen train: "Dempsey will peel hishide off in three or four rounds."Willard figured some rime ago that

he would be an overwhelming favorite,that nine experts out of ten would bepicking him to win and that the oddswould be at least 2 to 1 his way. Hedrew his first shock when the majorityof the early arrivals began to pickDempsey. And then, as the vote againsthim began to gro%v and grow, you couldsee that it was beginning to rankle andburn deep.

Willard's Pride NickedHis pride as champion was nicked in

more than one vulnerable ¡«pot. and soto-day he is burning up with the desireto show up the critics and the experts! who have looked upon him as a giar.tblimp ready to be punctured by ayoungster who v.r.:; unknown two years¡ago; by a man who was a 20-year oldtramp when he ^as dropping JackJohnson at Havana four ears ago.This feeling may add a considerable

I amount of impetus to Willard'p¡punches. It should send him in with afar keener desire to win, and win as[quickly as he can.

To beat Dempsey in two or three| rounds would be the greatest answerhe could fling bark at. his detractors,! the sweetest revenge he could everhope to know. But suppose Dempseyis a tougher man to stop than he nowfigures him to be" This psychologymay work still another way. He maythen begin to think, "Maybe thesebirds are right. Maybe they knowsomething."

If three people out of every fouryou meet tell you that you are lookingbadly the day soon comes when youbegin to believe it. With three criticsout of every four who have seen bothwork saying day after day that Demp¬sey ha3 a pipe, Willard is confrontedwith conflicting emotions.first, thedesire to show them up; second, theinner belief or hunch that there maybe something in what they say, thelatter being a sub-conscious affair thathas never found expression in any ofhis statements. But it is bound to bethere, just the same.

Will Net "Pull" PunchesWhen nearly every one in sight be- ¡gins to say a certain thing, even the

party involved begins to believe it. IDeep down within his ponderous sys-I tem Willard had moro than one |thought to-night about the possibilityof his defeat.not bo much becausehe figured he was slipping or becausehe thought Dempsey to be any marvel,but day in and day out for over twoweekö three men out of every four

Ollie Pecord, Referee

Receipts of Big BoutsHeld in Recent Years ;

FightersPrincipal»*. Share. Receipts. ',

.«Johnson-Jeffries. $121,000 $2 70 755 ,

.*Willnrd-Moran.. 71250 .l.'.O.OO»Johnjon-Burns. .. 3S000 97.000 |**Gans-NeIson_ 33,500 «9.715Wiilard-Johnson.. 155,000 .(¡S.OIOJeurles-Sharkey... .{*>,465 -16,300Jeffrics-Corheit. .. 43,638 r,;i,340:Corbett-McCoy_ 3S810 '56,350McGovern-Erne... 2<5.00f. 52.000NelBon-Brftt. 31,402 4S311 ,Wolgast-Xelscm... . 20,000 37,000Gans-Britt. 26.000 36,800 \Fit.Tsim'ons-Ruhlin 22,000 .*S.\000 jNebon-Gans. .... . 22,000 32.000 !Brltt-Corbett. 2-1.000 32.2*5 iJeffrles-Ruïilin.. .. l*->250 3U.800JeíTries-Fftzslm'nB 22, !03 .Vi.800 ¡Brltt-Nelson. Ifi.rtOö .'S.819 :

Jchnson-Ke'chel. 21.000 2'*\000 ;

Nel.íon-Britt. lô,273 27,770Burns-Squires. 13,900 25,600 ¡Corbett-Sulüvan.. 25,000 - ¡Fapke-Ketchel. 17,000 22,400.

**Fromoted by Te.v Rickard..Estimated, í

have stepped forward and expressedthe belief that Dempsey was the bet¬ter man.

Willard lias stated time and againthat he intended to show up thesecritics and *-\nert*5. This desire willundoubtedly be an added incentive, ancif he frets a -rood crack n Dempsey youcan blow your .oil that. .:¦ will r.eve:hold back the punch. Jess is' extreme¬ly sensitive to criticitm any jurt.r.vcn a chance observation that isn't eboost mfiy eat into his sou!.And to hear so many say he is slowand tat anu out of condition, and ncwonder anyway, has put a flame iMc»his breast that he never carneaagainst Jack Johnson or Frank ¡Moran.Then he was merely trying to win anc

protect a championship. To morrow b<will not only be trying protect ititle worth at leas! $500,000, but h<will be also oui to collect revengewhich is something that will carryman as far along as anj oiliei .,

human emotion.jack"s Confidence Bolstered

In the sam way Dumpsey's ; ladjkeen confidence has been bo! ¦.; b.\the voting majority, which :. an hi:way. Ail men. like to have their owiopinions backed by others. It seems t(put them on a sounder footing, eveithough very often it does not.Dempsey has always thou t hfcould whip Willard. Mo v, .v . îearljevery one here saying the same thing,he is more confident, than ».¦. -. r This

too, may work both ways. It ma;, tdcsomething to the boldness of his :i ".;.Crand it may work with ;i reviif he finds Willard -i r >x -. er .! thaihe expi cted to face.

In the meanwhile the çr in i ;cta ..' !<«jrows apace. The su. v: is at itsr ¡iglit. There will si be sover ¦' hundred million pcop ¡fromcountry v. ho will be '¦¦.- n yocould never make any one on the s .orbe ieve it.The jam Jit many places is thicli

enough to block a six-inch shell. A.nrtfrom each group arises '.he same olechorus, wherein two new name;* havesupplanted the Foch and Bindenburgof a year ago. For les« than ¿i yaiago Hindenburg still had one offensiveleft. He was then getting poised 'oihis finai punch. To-day he isn't wortha paragraph. And how many speak to¬day t»f Foch ?The curtain Is now ready to go upand more than enough has already n*>en

written. So why not let it go at that!

First Five BaitersIn Major LeaguesNATIONAL LEAGUE

Player pnd c!ub. G. A n R R. P.C.Crsvath. Phila. ... 63 17 5 30 C3 .3?.Yom-i-r. N Y.. 57 i'55 32 76 .338¡?otJiIm;-rth, Pitts. 45 153 2C 61 .323Rough. Cinn . 57 211 30 63 .3:2Williams, Phila. .. 45 181 28 53 .32D

AMERICAN LEAGUEPlr.yer nnd club G. A B rt H P.C.

Pert-'p-iuK1*, N. Y. 51 177 45 68 .33*Cobb. D»troH »4 176 31 63 .353Vesch, Drtroit ... 53 212 35 74 .349. Incitad, ¡Jttroit. 53 177 25 61 .345Jackson, Chicago. 61 223 V¿ 76 .333

Dempsey's String of Knockouts_ !1915-16

Knockouts.Kid Hancock, 1 round; Billy Murphy, 1; Chief Gordon, 6;Johnny Bcrson, 7; Animus Campbell, 7; Joe I.yrr.s, i>: Fred Woods, ;;George Copelin, 7: Andv Mailov, 3; Two-Round Gillijian, 1; Battling John¬son, 1; George Christian, 1; Jack Koehn, 1; Joe Bonds, !0; Dan Ketchell,5; Bob York, 4.

Won.Johnny Sudenburg, 10; Terry Keller, 10; Andy Ma Hoy. 10.Lost.Jack Downey, 4.1917

Feb. 13.Jim Flvnn.Salt Lake City-1 round.K.byJuly 25.Willie Mee'han.San Francisco.4 rounds-DrawAug. 1.Al Norton.San Francisco.1 round.K.O.Sept. 7.Willie Meehan.Sen Francisco.4 rounds.... DrewSept.19.Charles Miller.Oakland, Cal - I round.K.O.I Sept.26.Beb McAllister.Oakland, Cal.4 rounds-WonOct. 2.Gunboat Smith.Sen Francisco.4 rounds-Won iI Nov. 2.Carl Morris.JSan Francisco.4 rounds. Won1918

,Jan. 24.Homer Smith.Racine. Wis.1 round.WonFeb. 4.Carl Morris.Buffalo.6 rounds. Won (foul) ,Feb. 14......Jim Flynn.Fort Sheridan.i round.K.O. 'Feb. 2,">.Bill Brennan.Milwaukee.6 rounds_K.O.Mar. 16.Bull Sadee.Memphis.. .1 round.K. O.Mar.23.Tom K:le\.Joplin, Mo.1 round.K.O.May 3.Billy Miske.St. Paul.10 rounds. .. .No dec.)May 22 .Dan Ketchell.Excelsior Springs 2 rounds_K.O.Mav 29.Arthur PelKv.Denver.1ruund ....K.O. IJuly 1.Kid McCarthy.Tulsa.1 round.K.O.July 4.Bob Dcvere.Joplin.1 round.K.O. »July 6.Porky Flynn.Allanta.1 round.K.O.July 27.Fred Fulton.Ijfarrison, N.J.1 round.K.O.Aug. 17.Terry Kellsr.Dayton .5 rounds_K.O. !Sept. 13.Willie Meehan.San Francisco.4 rounds_LostSept. 14.Jack Moran.Reno.1 round.K.O. iNov. 6.Battling Lcvinsky.Philadelphia_,..3 rounds_K.O.Nov. 18.Porky Flynn.Philadelphia.1 round.K.O.Nov. 2S.Billy Miske.New Oiloans.6 rounds_No dec. jDec. 16.Carl Morris.New Orleans.1 round.K.O.Dec. 29.Gunboat Smith.Buffalo. 3 rounds_K.O.