SPORTS. .
Young Striding , Georgia, school “boy boxer, has been promised
a mf^tch in San Francisco with Gene Tunny, American heavy weight
champion as the result of his t- n round decision in San Francisco
last Saturday over Tommy Loughran, of Philadelphia. The bout will
probably involve the title.
Ha.roId Osborne, of the Illinois Athletic Club, broke his own
record last week at Austin, Texas, o f six feet and one fourth inches
by jumping six feet eight and fifteen sixteents inches in an ex
hibition against Shepard, Texas University freshman.
Tex Pickard, fight promoter; Fred ^uir. by, Hew York movie man,
and Jasper C.Juma, Washington and Jew York newspaper man, were fine
last week $7,000 each in the Federal Court for illegal transportat
ion of the films of the Dempsey-Carpcnter fight. Teddy Hays, of
Los Angeles, former secretary to Dempsey, and Frank Flournoy, Uadi
son Square matchmaker, were fined $1,000.
Reorganization of the City Baseball League of Juneau, was per
fected last week at a well attended public meeting at the City Hall
at which Karl Theilc was elected President, H. G.Walmsley Vice-Pres
ident and J.A. Davis as Secretary. The league will be continued on
a four-team basis as in the past, with the American Legion, Alaska
Juneau, Elks and Yoose entering. Jo efforts were made to elect
managers of th^ trams.
Prigr.rio last Saturday night broke the wo3:1 dTs indoor 10,000
meter record. Willie Plant quit in the 38th lap. Frigerio*s time
was 44 minutes and 38 seconds, or one minute twelve and four fifth
seconds better than his former record made February 17th and folksy
eight and two fifths seconds better than the indoor record stands.
Jack Dempsey and Jack Years have, been placed on the ineligible
list by the New York State Athletic Commission due to the refusal
to reply to the ultimatum to accept the challenge of Harry Wills.
Jack Demysey, wold heavy weight champion boxer, cannot return
to the boxing ring for several months, under a contract signed in
Los Angeles with motion picture producers, the exhibitors1 office
there announced last week. Dempsey*s agreement, it was explained,
stipulated that a certain time must elapse after the picture is pro
duced before he can fight again. The producer said that the cham
pion would play opposite his wife, the former Estelle Taylor, in a
story having to do with Hew York life.
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P. Fo rbe s, fo rmer Director
of the Veterans
stricken with paralysis last week at the home
.ary Judkins, in Boston. His condition is re
ported as serious by physicians in attendance.
of his sister
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l.ary Fullilone, an eleven-year-old Evangelist of Atlanta, ga. ,
has startled the South with her sermons. She recently occupied
the pulpit of a leading Atlanta church and conducted the entire
ceremonies.
The Harding Nemo rial on the spot in Woodland Park where the
late President gave the oath of allegiance to 30,000 Washington
boys on July 4th.,1923,following his return from Alaska, was dedi
cated Larch 29th. The monument has a panel, on which is sculptured
the reproduction of the oath of allegiance. The funds came from
boys and the Elks Lodge sponsored the movement.