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FINANCE i I SPORTS Wednesday, February 6, 1935 Free Press Want Ads Bring Best Results mgs riayorr oopes yimmea yereat as Hangers in YJNo. 278 New York Ring Commission Sanctions Nori- Title Bouts for Max Baer Detroit Team Twice Unable to Keep Lead They'll Battle Friday for Golden Gloves Prizes and Free Press Fresh Air Fund "'y I I ill illii mam'trnmrnmssmiMM mi 1 i'ii t. ii Villi mkeamsmtik iv sn; V. mmsmr i mm- Hl!" fil L-Afti- 4 ii 11 -i warn i it till 1 1,1 1 1 1 "HI' ''ll I I iiiiiii mm wmm SjVWilMXsf I Hit in urn "HL -s I il: i itei ii: -i mm ii'iiiis i tit-' "ss: 1 rL ini I I. mmimiimM mi-mmmmm ft a wmm pp i i 5 vi, mmMmm.

i Ys it 3k I If 1 I 3 iiiiiii 1 WiipillllIilW Edict Erases Rule of Boxing Old as Game Champ May Now Play Around with His Heavy Crown NEW YORK, Feb." 6 (A. The New York State Athletlo Commission put on one of the most fantastic performances of a weird series today arranging some way to let Max Baer box exhibition matches here, just as he does almost everywhere else in the Country. After an hour's regular session and a couple of hectic hours afterwards with the boxing writers, the Commission found the way, but only after passing, and then hastily amending twice, a regulation that might have been the most revolu tionary In the history of boxing commissions. "All boxing championships must be at 15 rounds," the Commission finally decided. will be permitted, however, that a heavyweight champion may engage in bouts of a lesser number of rounds than IS, when his championship will not be at stake, provided, that said champion conforms to the rules of Section 7 (championships) of the New York State Athletic Section 7 says a champion must defend his title here every six months to remain In good standing.

Commissioners Confused The ruling not only did hew things to the English language, but in us original state wouia nave permitted champions in any class to box opponents at class weights without titles being at stake if the distance were less than 13 rounds When that was Dointed out to Com missioners John J. Phelan and Bill Brown, chaos took over the proceedings. The rule at first said "any champion may engage in bouts" saying nothing aoout tne necessity ior an onDonent to be over the class weight to Insure the non-title feature. Hastily it was arnejided to read "mav engage in douis si catchweights." Thin didn't satisfy the newspap ermen so after 30 more minutes of shouting the perspiring commissioners struck out "at catch-weights," put the word "heavy, weight" before "champion" and the day was saved. Under the original regulation it would have been pos sible for a warrior in any ciass to make the division limit, knock out the champion, and still not be rec ognized here as tne new ruier.

nu still possible for that to nappen in the heavyweight class. Dempsey May Refere "But what's the use of kidding ourselves," said Chairman Phelan, "we want Baer to fight exhibitions here If he's going to fight them v.rvwhftr. else." The Commission couldn't be con vinced, however, that it woum nave hn nimnler to eav just that in the first place, and let It go at that. The Commission also passed a rulinr designed to permit Jack Dempsev to referee matches here. Although licensed, Dempsey doesn't care to accept the run of routine Please Turn to Page 18 Column Hockey NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN DIVISION OFCA Chicago 1 10 4 76 67 Boston 17 1Z 77 6H Rangers 18 11 4 94 90 Detroit 11 14 7 78 70 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF OA Toronto Maroons 21 17 10 8 6 10 8 12 I IS 5 18 8 78 56 Canadien Americans 87 92 St Louis 22 60 100 TUESDAY'S RESLXTS Boston 4, Detroit 2.

Rangers Maroons 4. St. Louis Americans 8. Chicago 4, Canadlens 1. THURSDAY'S GAMES Detroit at Canadlens.

Americans at Rangers. Boston at Toronto. Chicago at St. Louis. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF OA Detroit 16 12 6 92 70 82 London 15 12 8 64 76 SO Buffalo 14 IS 8 72 68 28 Cleveland 14 14 6 72 77 28 Svractise 12 16 1 75 81 24 Windsor 11 15 8 65 78 22 WEDNESDAY'S GAME Buffalo st Windsor.

'i unlHIli ii i II f.t&r-s,.. tr. "liiiiiiii! Ii rr' if MliiiiiiiiiPiiiiiiii I i 'i A i I 1 1 IHiMliWllSilli mm mi In i i i i i iv tiWsW'trilriMai'tiiTiiirs BILL BOMMER CIESLIK The Second Guess W. W. Edgar rpHE refusal of major league J.

club owners to claim Harry DavlB, former "Rubber Man" of th, Tigers, for the waiver price a refusal that forces him to remain in the minor leagues, rwalls the little inflelder's debut 1 -under the big tent." Kew baseball players ever thrust into a situation ouite like the one which confronted Davis when he came up to the Tigers In 1932. At that time Bucky Harris, thfn manager of the Tigers, had Kely decided that Dale Alexander, the "Big Ox," would not do for the first base Job. Harris was firm in his belier that with a first-class first sucker, the Tigers could go places and do things in the pennant race. He settled on little Harry Davis as the man he wanted and sent a rush call to Toronto asking him to report when the Bengals returned from the South to await the opening 'That was the first odd twist for Davis. He had been resigned to the fact that he was to spend another season with the Leafs when, overnight, he found him-aelf wanted in the majors.

He lost no time getting to Detroit. He was an eager young lad when he reported at the baseball office to greet his new mates, and get down to work. DAVIS was no more eager to get out there on the in- field than Harris was to have him there arid fit him Into the Bengal But fate stepped in and stymied him. For two days it rained a downpour that washed out all hope of practice. Finally, came the third day and the opening of the pennant race.

When the Tigers took the field for their warm-up drift; Bucky turned to little Harry and said, "Get out there, you're our first baseman." Imagine that! A regular on a major league team with less than a half hour of practice. That was Harry Davis debut In the major leagues. If ever a player was "put on the spot" it was Davis. But he came through and did some of the niftiest first baseing ever seen in Navin Field. He stretched and stretched for low throws.

He leaped in the air for high ones. He picked others out of the dirt In truth, he did a workmanlike job of it and it wasn't long until he was likened to his famous namesake Harry Davis, the first baseman on Connie Mack's famous Athletics. A LL the while Bucky Harris sat back and enjoyed a mile of satisfaction. He had made a bold move benching Alexander for an untried rookie and it worked. But Davis was not destined to remain long.

With the coming Oreenberg the next season, arry slumped. It Is an old lory of how Lanky Hank took the Job away from him and Onally forced him off the team. L1on of the mysteries of basebail-the sudden decline of the Rubber Man," who was Put on the spot" and came through. for a time, little more than two years ago, he was the talk or the baseball world. Now he unwanted and cast adrift to the buahes to fare as he may.

a is another example of the fickleness of fame 5n sports. one oldtimer put it, "You re up today and down tomorrow. And never was there a ntue Turn to Page 18 Column 7 Fund of $10,000 Set for Playoffs International League to Aid Players Feb. 6-(A. P)- tliS'S th.

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hi. the Ust World lr-t. but Ik nf con" bet- Gloves Patrons Are Benefactors of City's Underprivileged Youth Lewis Scores Two but Bruins Rally to Win, 4-2 BOSTON. Feb. 5-fA.

P) Th faltering Detroit Red Wings, who have not tasted victory in seven games, bowed to the Boston Bruins, 4-2, before 12,000 tonight at th Boston Garden. The first two periods contained plenty of bone- crushing body checking and high- suck worn out wnen the noma club ran its lead up to 4-2 early in th final, the pace slowed down to a walk. The defeat, coming while th New York Rangers were beating the Montreal Maroons, 5 to 4. for their 13th games In which they have not been beaten, left th Wings trailing the Gotham team by seven points for the last playoff position. It was the Wings' fourth defeat of the season at th bands of the Bruins.

The teams played a 2-2 tie In Detroit. Lewis Score Twlcw Herb Lewis opened the Detroit scoring in the fourth minute of play and, after Charlie Sands tied the score without assistance, th Red Wings' premier left winger regained the lead by countering Cooney Weiland'a assist, during the third minute of th second session. Before that period ended, Nels Stewart tied the count at two-all and Sands, aided by Eddie Shore and Stewart, rapped home th third Boston counter. Marty Barry ended the scoring early in th third session by driving a long shot from the left boards through Goalie John Ross Roach. Two of the Bruins drew 10 mln-ut misconduct penalties, Stewart for debating the merits of th initial Detroit tally and "Red" Beattle for pushing Referee Bill Stewart about in the second frame.

The Wings were very much in th running during th first 30 minutes of play but they wilted badly under Boston's furious closing drive. Action Starts Early The gam was less than four minutes old when th" referees, Bill Stewart and Jerry Goodman, found themselves In-hot water. Th Red Wings attacked the Boston tone in full force and Lewis circled the Boston net with the puck. He passed out but the rubber became lost. in, th wild milling.

Lewis, however, cam out and recaptured his passout The sweep of Red Wings knocked Goalie Thompson sprawling in his cage and while he was off his feet, Lewis poked th puck into the right corner of his net. The goal umpire refused to turn on the light but Goodman pronounced Lewis' shot as a scoring play and when the angry Bruins raised a mighty protest, Stewart drew a 10 minute misconduct penalty for his part of the argument. One of the gallerites hurled a bottle to the rink, narrowly missing Stewart, and the action halted until the broken glass waa swept up. This setback kept the Bruins smarting for the next six minutes, which they spent pouring rubber at Goalie Roach from all angles. Mclnenly drove two terrific shots at the Detroit goalie, but the vicious body checking of the Wings' defensemen prevented the Bruins from applying heavy pressure.

Th Boston attack slowed down when Shill was penalized for board checking Young as they rounded the Detroit net. Sands Ties Up Game The 1 a threw five men against the short-handed Boston ians, but on their first rush they were trapped by Shore's sudden sola The Boston star drove against Roach and the latter made a beautiful save on th closeup shot Aurie back-checked in time to interfere with 8hore's try for hi own rebound and drew a penalty that made the sides even up. With two minutes to go, th Bruins opened a series of four-man rushes and Goodfellow jumped out of the pack with the puck. Sorrell raced down with the big defense man, who eluded Davie, th last mobile Bruin, In center Ice. There waa no one ahead of Good-fellow but the goalie.

Ebbie cut in from the right boards and when he arrived In front of the net, passed back to the trailing Sorrell. Johnny, however, overskated th puck and Sands come back to capture it. Sands carried back to th Detroit zone, lashed a terrific shot Please Turn to Paoe 18 Column I Doug Nott Signs Lions' Contract Titans Star Gridder Accepts Pro Bid Doug Nott University of Detroit' great pass-heaving back for the last three seasons, signed a contract Wednesday to play with the Detroit Lions next fall. P. M.

Thomas, Lion treasurer, announced Nott entrance into the professional football ranks. Known as a blocking back at Ann Arbor High School. Nott developed Into one of th outstanding aerial threats of the Country under th tutelage of Coach Gus Dorais at U. of D. The Ann Arbor youth entered U.

of D. in 1931. He reached his greatest heights in 1933, when hi passes gained more than 1.000 yards for the Titans. Last season Nott was handicapped by injuries and was kept on the sidelines for several games. Nott's passing will augment the tosses of Dutch Clark and and Glenn Presnell for the Lions.

His kicking ability will provide th team with another good punter be- i sides Frank Christenaen and hi running will make him a consistent I triple threat. iiiiiii" is mm. 'i i ft 'I I iii 'i 'ill, lj.l. iilll 1 ll i. I i.

I mil barracks be built, for the present equipment was not designed to care for the demands made on it. It is out of the proceeds of the Golden Gloves tournament that the Free Press Fresh Air Camp hopes to meet the needs of the children of the poor in Detroit. Only capacity houses at the semi-finals and the' finals will make possible the building of the necessary camp quarters for even with the generous contribution which the Free Press adds to funds gathered by public subscriptions, the yearly in- Gloves Tickets Now on Sale Tickets for both the final bouts and semi-final bouts of the Free Press Golden Cloves amateur boxing tournament now are on sale. Finals tickets may be purchased at the Olympia, where the bouts are to be held, and at the Public Relations Department of the Free Press, first floor of the Free Press Building. They are priced at 1.10 and $2.20.

Semi-finals tickets may be purchased at the Naval Armory, where the bouts are to be held, and at the Free Press Public Relations Department. They are priced at $1.10 and $1.65. Reservations for the semifinal bouts must be taken up by purchasers by o'clock Thursday afternoon or they will be disposed of. to enter th heavyweight division in the National A. A.

U. tournament at SL Louis, coaches of th Detroit team believing that Louis had the light heavyweight title sewed up. So Stanley conceded his opponents up to 25 pounds and won the championship an; way. Bridges, who has been beaten three times by Evans, Is another who suspect he might have a chance to beat Louis. And boys who were teammates of Jo on th Mt Olive A.

C. squad last season assert that Bridges was forced to compete as a middleweight in the Golden Gloves tournament because the coach didn't think Louis could beat him and because he didn't think Joe could make the middleweight limit unless he cut off a leg. When the 1934 tournament began Bridges was an open class middleweight Golden Gloves champion and Louis a novice light heavyweight champion. Bridge had been fighting several years and hia friends believed he would win th tltlt In' any claa entered. set I i I It 1 I is "i 1 1 III'.

mm 1(11 il; 'h Hill ill; l. ammm come scarcely meets operating expenses. When the warm months of midsummer come and mothers appear to plead that a way be found to take their boys or girls into camp, the proceeds from the Golden Gloves tournament can aid the camp directors to give a hopeful answer. The sale of the last 1,000 seats la as important as the sale of the first 1,000. It costs 10 to send a boy or a girl to camp for 10 days so every 110 taken in above the actual expenses means a chance at health to some child.

There is no finer sport drama than that of a Golden Gloves Tournament, unless perhaps it be the one enacted every summer on the great playground of the Fresh Air Camp. There boys and girls, well nourished, well directed, learn the first rules of sportsmanship. There hundreds of children learn every year to swim, to box, to play baseball for the sake of sport itself. That work has proved its worth. It must go on and the patrons of the Golden Gloves tournament are the ones who are to say how much of It shall be done, how many boyg and girls are to have their chance next summer.

Cranbrook Five Down Country Day, 35 to 25 Charley Van Horn led Cran-brook's basketball team to a 35 to 25 victory over Country Day School Tuesday afternoon at Cranbrook. Van Horn, a forward, scored 11 points as his team led most of the way. Cranbrook was in front, 21 to 7, at the half time. Jack Becker, a guard, made 13 points for Country Day. 8TANLEY League Leases Braves' Field Boston Club Secure for 11 Years NEW YORK, Feb.

5 (A. The Boston National League Baseball Club emerged today from its final clinical examination with a fresh lease on financial life, its hold on Braves Field guaranteed formally by the league's club owners until 1946 and the administration of its harassed president, Emil E. Fuchs, retained in office with a rousing vote of confidence. Settlement of the perplexing Boston situation was announced by Ford C. Frlck, president of the National League, after a seven-hour session of club owners, who also ratified the 1935 schedule, starting April 16, and adopted regulations sharply limiting the experiment to be tried with night baseball this year Although the league did not come to the financial rescue of the Braves, according to Frlck, It took a decisive and unprecedented step In untangling the Boston club's af fairs by signing the renewal of the lease on Braves Field for the next 11 years on what Frlck de scribed as "highly favorable terms." The Braves will sub-lease the park from the league.

The effect of this was not only to safeguard payment of the rent, which has been in arrears, but to forestall use of the park for anything but baseball. The Boston club's affairs had been complicated earlier by a threat to rent the field for dog-racing. champion, -who Is competing for the open light heavyweight title this year. That 18 the title vacated by Louis when he turned professional And Stanley has sound reasons for his belief, one of them being that be already has beaten Louis. Stanley, who was born and reared In Detroit, began boxing in 1933, after Louis had been awarded the Free Press trophy for being the most promising novice boxer in the tournament.

That award to Louis made him ambitious. "I started training at Brewster Center," Evans said recently, "with a number of other boys who were working out there. One day Joe looked around and asked me to train with him. I did. After three rounds he started to leave the ring.

"I did not know at the time Just who he was. so not being tired I said. 'Hey, you quit?" Joe, according to Evans, looked around with surprise and. it seemed to Stanley, a little annoyance. "Why-y-y, he "So," said Stanley, "We went three mor rounds." Rangers Beat Maroons, 54 Blue Shirts Keep Pace with Boston MONTREAL.

Feb. 5 (A.P.) In one of the most brilliant offensive duels seen on Montreal Ice this season, the New York Rangers ran their string of unbeaten games to 13 tonight as they turned back the Maroons, 5-1. The victory, which gave the Rangers their tenth triumph and three ties since starting on the rampage Jan. 3, surpassed all National Hockey League records since the Boston Bruins won 14 consecutive games in 1930. It also kept the Blue Shirts within one point of the second place Boston Bruins in the United States Division.

After the Maroons, themselves winners of their three previous games, had taken a 2-1 lead in the first period, the Rangers pulled away in the second session and then held their rivals even in the final period. With the Rangers leading, 4-3, Pirate turn to Page 18 Column Pros Emulate Ponies at Agua AGUA Mexico, Feb. 5 (A. The 72-hole 85,000 Agua Callente Open golf tournament, opening Thursday, will mark the first time United States pros have teed off with 82 tickets bought at the pari-mutuel machines on their chances to lead the field for a day. the semi-finals.

This year Bridges and Evans are fighting at their natural weight and should be as good as ever. Bridges still is a member of the Mt Oliv A. C. team, and Evans is compet ing for the Brtggs A. A.

Sine they are both in the same weight class one will have to be eliminated. But no matter which on wins their impending bout Detroit will be sure of having an able successor to Louis in the Tournament of Cham pions at Chicago late this month. Bridge and Evans are just two of the many high class glove wield-ers who are entered in the Golden Gloves tournament Annually the Detroit tournament brings out same of the best amateur boxers In the United States some of them being even better than topnotch professionals, as Jo Louis' case seems to prove. The boxers who won title in the tournament last year could hive held their own with any other boxing team In the country. After the Please Turn to Page 9 Column 2 Every purchaser of a ticket to the semi-final or final bouts in the Golden Gloves tournament this year will help send some underprivileged and undernourished child to The Detroit Free Press Fresh Air Camp next aummer.

All the profits of the Golden Gloves tournament will be turned over to the camp which for 28 years has been giving health and happiness to children from the city streets. More than a quarter 'of a century ago The Detroit Free Press opened the first summer camp and gathering 84 sickly boys from Detroit's slums of that time, nursed them back to health and strength on the shores of Sylvan Lake. Not once since then has the work been allowed to cease. The camp has grown from a small group of tents to a collection of permanent buildings. Year by year the demands on it have increased.

When the depression came and thousands of families were forced on the welfare, the task of finding funds to care for children who needed good food and fresh air became an acute problem. Last year the camp cared for 1,173 boys and girls. This year the need will be as probably greater. It is imperative that a new National Cue Match Is Won by Detroiter NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (A.P.) In a closely contested match at the New York Athletic Club Albert Prl-meau, of Detroit, tonight defeated John S.

Davenport, Philadelphia, in the fifth game of the National Amateur Three-oushon championship, 46. During the summer of 1933 Evans had his first fight, his opponent being Frank Kapanowskl, and Stanley beat him decisively. After that ne aiei ana ae- feated Clinton Bridees three times. Lout once and Jimmy barnes once ltu lnfit a He de cision to Louis In the 1934 Golden Gloves tournament Louis and Evans entered the open light heavy-weight division. Louis won the decision largely as the result of a first round knockdown but during the last round Stanley was and might have won the decision had the bout gone longer than three rounds.

Although he was a legitimate light heavyweight, Evans was persuaded. I Evan rallying: noblv I i 1 I 1 Joe Louis? Great! But Say, Two Glovers Figure They Can Outfight Him By Charles P. Ward Joe Louis, who was preparing for the Golden Gloves semi-finals this time last year, today is rated by many experts a best fighters In the world. Some even say that only the world champion. Max Baer, could beat Louis should i on of the live 1 they be matched.

Yet there are a couple of box- ers entered In this year's Golden Gloves tournament who believe down in 2' their hearts that they can outfight the Brown Bomber who has knocked out 11 men in 14 pro Louis fessional bouts. And they have few friends who agree with them. On of these Is Stanley Evans, the A. A. U.

national light When the Mt Olive coach lined up his entries, members of the team say, he found he had two outstandings boxer in the same weight division. That would mean on would have to eliminate other. That would never do. So he looked Bridge and Louis over. Bridges was advised to miss a 1 of meals and become a middleweight And because he was Interested In the success of the team.

Clinton entered the Bridge middleweight class. But the weight making proved too much for him. Ha was only a shadow of th Bridge who had won the championship the year befor and waa eliminated befor I -'SB. S1S 1 I "wmf I 1 ft--' WI.HI.