'■a, !& COMMISSIONERS STOP IEWIS-FALES FIGHT IN THE SIXTH FRAME m Charge That One of Lewis’ Wal lops, Flooring Fales, Went Below the Belt. 1 s New Hanover’s boxing commission Interfered last night in the sixth round •f the scheduled eight round fight be tween Harry Ffrles, local light heavy weight, and Frankie Lewis of Winston Salem, all three commissioners claim ing that Lewis was disqualified on ac count of a blow that he struck Fales Just below the belt. . The fight was in Lewis’ hands at the time, he having floored Fales In that round and had him apparently at his mercy when the foul occurred. The first round began with both men full of'confidence and for the entire round each tried to pick the weak spots In their opponent. The round ended with the advantage lying apparently with neither man. — In the second round Lewis led the fighting. and at first was apparently easily the winner, but in the last few seconds of the round Fales began fighting back, landing several beauti ful body blows. This round also was galled a draw by many. The third round was fast and fu rious and both men mixed it freely, the crowd cheering one man and then the other and calling at all times for more. The round ended apparently a draw. The crowd went wild at the. begin ning of the fourth round and called for action, which both fighters furnish ed aplenty, although Fales’ punches failed to land in fully half his.attempts and the general opinion expressed at the ringside was that Lewis had the best of the fourth stanza. t Fales covered in tne nrtn rouna, Lewis easily besting him with a num ber of blows to tl)e body and head, the Winston-Salem man showing bursts of speed that were exceptional and tak ing advantage of every break that came his way. Fales apparently was weakening in this round. In the sixth round Lewis had things i- all his own way in spite of the fact that Fales landed several telling blows. Fales went down under a series of hlpws but failed to take advantage of the time ajlowed, coming back for more punishment. It was at this junc ture that a series of body blows were delivered by Lewis, one striking the O. local man just before the belt, causing him to double up and causing all three boxing commissioners to rush to the ringside and claim that Lewis was dis qualified on account of the foul. Following the disqualification of the Winston-Salem man, that the crotyd plainly did not like, and which they I commented on in no uncertain terms, Commissioner Longley made a Short speech and told those present that if ^ : Wilmington was to have boxing that., it would be run by the commissioners v and that they were doing the best they could to See to it that the sport was clean and that all three commissioners plainly saw the blow, therefore they had no recourse left to them but to or der the fight discontinued. Immediately after the speech made by Commissioner Longley, Lewis ad dressed the audience, stating that he was willing to meet Fales here next ' week and guaranteeing to stop the lo cal man within five rounds or else for 5 • felt his share of the purse to charity. E. P. Dudley refereed the main bot, as well as the semi-finals. Taylor S' Murray acted as timekeeper and the fight was conducted under the rules of the New York boxing commission. A crowd estimated at well over a thou sand witnessed the bout. Ladies were plentifully sprinkled among the audi ence and marly apparently enjoyed the b*ut to the utmost. . . Last night’s event was opened by an announcement by Manager Ira F. Cates in which he told of his intention to stage fights here as often as the people wanted them, provided he could ' secure good men. He told of the way in which the fight would be conducted and introduced Marsden Bellamy, ' chairman of the boxing commission, who in a few, though well chosen, words told of the recent legislation un der which bouts could be held here and toldalso of how the bouts will be con ducted. I Slliri Mintz and Lester Burrus fur nished three rounds ot fast fighting for • the preliminary. Burrus had the ad vantage! over the slim lad, carrying the 5f fight to him at all times, Mintz slowing up decidedly before the third round was finished. 4 The second bout of the evening was n-: between Kenneth Mann of Wilmington and Kid Little of Charlotte and fur nished thei real treat for the crowd, the bout being fast and furious at all tf*xes, both men showing aggressive ■ / ness thfbughou^all five of the two ‘ minute rounds.' . Mann had distinctly the advantage of [V* the Charlotte boy, although the light weight from the Queen City was game to the core and showed that no yellow - streak was in- him, he coming back ior more punishment at all- times and • continually forcing the Wilmington boy ..to keefl jjip the fight. \ , The crowd Enjoyed this bout to the limit and each man was cheered time and again as direct blows were ex changed by the two lightweights. - Present at the ringside tonight be sides the fighters, their seconds and handlers, and ring officials were the three commissioners, several policemen and firemen and newspaper men, PrOr moter Cates stating .before the fight that no others would be allowed in or der that the entire crowd could, better witness the bout. Neither DodgersNor Red Sox Is Expected To Change Ownership NEW YORK, March 8.—Baseball cir i cles had two major league clubs on the block today—the Boston Americans | and Brooklyn Nationals—but although Interests in both admittedly were for sale to the highest bidder, doubt was expressed tonight as to the prospects of either changing ownership at pres ent. Harry H. Frazee, president of the Boston Red Sox, declined to comment on reports reviving the possibility that he might sell his interests. It was learned, however, that he had not con ferred todgy with Ban Johnson, presi dent of the American league, on the subject. Owners of the Brooklyn club, mean while, admitted they had been ap proached by representative of Edward Simms, wealthy Kentucky turfman and oil operator, with an offer of $500,000^ for their interests, but did not appear to regard) it favorable. Charles H. Ebbets, president of the club, was quoted by the Brooklyn Eagle’s training camp correspondent as saying the price was not-satisfactory. In Brooklyn, Stephen W. McKeever, who, with his brother, Edward. J. Mc Keever, holds a half interest in the Dodgers, declared emphatically he would consider no proposition to sell and added that ‘‘there isn’t money enough in New York to buy our share in ,the club.” Baseball men regarded the attitude of Mr. McKeever, as practically quashing the proposed deal because of an agree ment he and his brother are understood to have with Mr. Ebbets, under the terms of which each party has first option on the other’s holdings in the event either desired to sell. Proof of the existence of this fact! was Been in the statement by Mr. i Ebbets that he could reach no decision | regarding the Simms offer until -con ferring wl'th the McKeevers. I Trinity Enters 77 In j Annual Track Meet I "" : DTJRHAJt March 8.—Coach Burbage of Trinity jlbllege, will have 77 entries in the second annual indoor track meet to be held at the Star Brick warehouse here Friday evening. Seventy of the men will compete for honors in the var sity events, while seven will enter the freshmen events. Every event, with the exception of the freshman half milfc ' dash, will see a number of Trinity men competing. Although Coach Burbage issued his call for track practice several weeks ago, he is far from satisfied with the showing that his team has made to date. While he was in Virginia for two weeks with the basketball team, the track athletes worked out under Captain Shankle and not until Monday was Coach burbage abl§ to give suffi cient time to the track men on account of basketball practice. Coach Fetzer Has Only One Mound Candidate CHAPEL HILL, March 8.—Herman Bryson of Asheville, who is now start ing his third year as varsity pitcher for Carolina, is the only letter man Coach Fetzer has for mound duty to start with. Herman, or “Kid,” as he is. often called, is counted on to do a! lot of hard work this spring. Judging from his summer record with Maxton last year he should prove a good bet at any rate. He pitched 24 games and won 20 of them. When he was not pitching he was playing left field and batted a .280 rate, which is considered good for a pitcher. Rube Benton Fully Exonerated By Landis CHICAGO, March 8.—The controversy over J. C. ("Rube”) Benton was settled tonight by a decision of K. M. Landis, baseball commissioner, declaring Ben ton eligible to play in organized zase ball, approving his transfer to tl» Cincinnati National league team by the St. Paul club of the American associa tion and severaly criticizing those who brought charges against Benton near ly two years after the alleged irregu larity occurred. “THE Radio KING,” the wonder of nil serials, Bijou today. 'CRACKS LAMBASt. CALVINIST .QUINT Spring ‘Bijaf Surprise in Sunday ' School League and Wallop Presbyterians 34 to 30. r / ■■ __ . What seemed to be at first a one sided game at the Y. M. C. A. last night in the Sunday school league turned out'to be a last match and re sulted in a decided upset of the dope pot. The Presbyterians, who have gone through , the season up to date without losing a single game and who have met much stronger teams seem ingly than ^ the one they faced last night,, came out on the short end of the 34 to 30 score, although it took an extra five minutes to decide the best team. The score at half time was 24 all. With the Methodists going so strong that when the extra time was finished they had' the game packed away. It is true that the Presbyterians were weakened by the loss of several of their first string players and that the Methodists were strengthened by the use of several of the high sohool squad who are at liberty to play Sunday school ball now, but the fact remains that it is the first game that the Pres byterians have lost. They face the strong Lutheran team next week, which has not yet given up the hope of championship again for this year and will be forced to play their"best brand of ball or else take their second trimming of the season. Neitt week, besides the Presbyterian Lutheran game, the Methodists and Baptists will p'ut on a game. Burk heimer, with his floor work and shoot ing, and Kelley with his excellent work as guard and center, were the most useful men on the floor. Bear, of the Presbyterians, was second highest scorer with five field baskets to Burk heimer’s seven. The line-up: r Methodists (34) Presbyterians (30) Powell ..F... Bear Boone ..._.._F.. Horne Kelley .. . .C.-..Westbrook Burkheimer ..Q.......J Williams Davis .(3. White Andrew Hewlett (N. H. H. S.),, .referee. Wellsmen Grab Two In Three From the Belvin Volleyballers The games today tn the volleyball league brought out some interesting play, Wells- team taking two and los ing one to Belvin’s team. The next games will be played on Tuesday at 5:30 in the T. M. C. A. gym. The game of volleyball is not betyng properly appreciated, but with national championships being played off as they are this year and last year and with teams coming from all over the entire Country, the game,is assuming an im portance that it has never had before. Even the universities, are putting out ‘varsity teams and Trinity is alffeady ^arranging a schedule her t^eir team. •The games Tuesday will ,b«. between Wells and Weaks and will be' free to* anyone who would like to watch them. Standing of the Teams Team— Won? Lost. Wells .. 18 6 WeakS 11' 13 Cowan ....i $* •••"• • • H 13 Belvin .V.... 8 16 P. C. .738 .459 .459 .328 Cobb Tells \yhy South Produces So Many Stars PHILADELPHIA, March 8.—In re cent years many of the major league stars have come from either the sunny south or the 'Pacific coast. Incidentally a great many of the big stars in the baseball call some small town home, rather than the big.cities. How so? Does the south and the Pa cific coast offer ipore possibilities for the development ofxball players? Is there more chance for the small town youngster than the big city kid? During the recent meeting, of the American league in this city the ques tion was put to Frank Chance, who hails from California, and Ty Cobb, who is the outstanding figure in base ball from the south. Both seemed to have the same view point. It was this: The more you play baseball the bet ter you progress. The climate in the south and on the coast makes it possi ble for the youngsters of those two sections to play the' national pastime two or three months longer than is possible in other parts of the country. Both agreed that in the small town baseball was the chief amusement of most youngsters because there was little else to do. Also there was more room to play than the big city usually affords. There you have the opinion of two of the big stars of the game on why the south and the coast produce a ma jority of the stars, and why the small town”boy has a better chance at base ball than his big city brother.. «THE RADIO KING,” the wonder of all serials. Bijou today. - High School Nine To FWeticeMonday r .• ' ' .•'.■■■•. . ■ , Coach Pearce Has Good Nucleus ; _ .Schedule Being Arranged. High school basebairpraciic* begins next Monday an?, a number of old men as well as scores of the younger ones at the high, school are expected to re" port for practice on the initial after noon of practice. Coach Pearce has a good" necleus on which to build a'team as five of "last year’s letter men are in school this year and with these men to build a. team around he feels that he has a good chance to put 'a machine In the .field that will walk away with hnors that the student body will be proud of. During the present schoolastic term the high school has twice been within a narrow margin of securing state hon ors, once in football and again later In the season in basket ball but both were missed and the school is confident that they can at least win state honors in •one of the three major sports of the School. The diamond at the Robert Strange playgrounds is not yet in the best of shape but it i^ thought that a gang of workmen will soon begin work ip or der that it may be in the best -condi tion possible by the time that the-first game is scheduled. The entire schedule for the team has not yet been completed although the tentative arrangements call for a num ber of home games and it is thought that the fans here will turn out in numbers to witness the sport during the early summer months when the high school men will play. Braves'Meet Reds; Pirates Hit Giants Senior Cagemensof Brigade En ter Last Lap. . —-i-TT-- - ■••• Barring a victory by tJie Bravea, the Boys’ brigade senior basketball league will close its season tonight with two games. Fans Who turh Out for the fray tonight are promised two crack ing, good games that should prove in teresting ahd' exciting. All four teams are in pink of condition and every player will try to give the spectators the best exhibition or the season. The first game kill begin promptly at 8:15 anPthe public is invited, no admission being charged. The. first game on tap for the even ing will be staged between Braves and Reds and it goes without saying that these two quintets will put up a classy exhibition. Each team is primed for action and are patiently waiting for the refree’s whistle. The Reds are one game ahead and as this Is the last game on the schedule, a victory for the Braves will tie them for top. Although the Reds have a slight advantage by being on top, the Braves are deter mined to. capture tonight's battle. The1 second will be between the Pirates' ahd Giants | : Hemenway Lads Trim Eighth Grade Team •*V' % ', The H$m*hw)iy basi®tb ......... Young Men’s Clothes Shop 102 NORTH FRONT STREET Safe at home With STROLLERS fifteen Quality Guaranteed by. TOBACCO PRODUCTS CORP. 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