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ROCKINGHAM POSr.DISPATCH. RICHMOND COUNTY, K. 0, EXPERT INFORMATION GENERALLY IS WRONG BRADY THINKS CARPENTIER WILL BE NEXT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION "Wise Boys" Are Incorrect Nearly Every Time. PAGE TWELVE i ' . . i' '" : ""- ' -; 1 I REVOLUTIONARY LANDMARKS Drpsstcrc Possessed Marvelous Amount of KncWledge on Sullivan Corbett Affair Lavigne Look for Surprise. Beware the dope of the boxer. Ex pert information generally goes wrong. Go l ack to the days of the Demo-sey-Kitxslmtuons setto. Ninety-nine out of 100 picked Dempsey. Well, he lost, oh, 'so easy. And then caine the Irish champion, Peter Maher, and these same holers said that he would eat tflta alive, It was astounding, mar velous the amount of knowledge they possessed ; they, lost ; Fitx won and won easily. Then comes the Sulllvnn-Corbett af fair. With hardly a dissenting voice the exierts chose Sulllvnn, and some of them pictured the outcome so vivid ly that every one stood In open mouthed amazement. They had the big fellow with the $25,000 In his vest pocket before the light had gone a eouple of rounds. They lost again. The odds against (.'orbett were greater than at any previous championship af fair in the history of the ring. Then they retrenched ; they said that ( 'orbett would win over I'itzslm uions. As usual they were wrong. Fit won. I'.ring their prognostications ui to the present time and lets see how they fared. Abe Atteli against Johnny Kll bane for instance. They told lS that Atteli couldn't lose, but he did. Then there was Leonard and Willie Ritchie and a host of other bouts in which tbey picked the wrong fellow. There Is, there always will be and always has been a prejudice favoring native sons, and this Is quite natural to every good American. Bat this preju dice Is apt to be the jinx in picking winners. No American wants some foreign boxer to come over here and take a championship back with him to Kurope, hut sometimes they do. Kid Lavigne, the ex-champion light weight, is one of the prophets on the coming fight, but he doesn't come out flatfodted. He says that he has a bunch Carpeutier will surprise Demp sey. But In his next prediction he etates that Dempsey can whip Carpen tler all right, and then he snys, "but nark my words, watch out for a sur prise; a win for Carpentler is possible." INTERESTING SPORT NOTES Boxing bouts lu Milwaukee since Au gust 23 last netted SIOS.S.'T.TO. Miss Alexa Stirling has 1!) clubs in ber golf equipment, live being of wood, Placing odds on the big fight de pends on whether you huve French ancestors or not. p. Even money is being offered that America will win one of England's three golf titles. Romlg of Penn State ran two miles In college record time when ha finished in 0:29. The man who bets on every race and loses consistently Is literally "nagged" to death. Ray Outmet, brother of Francis, won the annual golf tournament at Excelsior Springs, Mo. Carpentler has been in the United states twice before. Is It going to be three times and "out?" Jp "Haw. r., .ijt.J,. Those, who believers knockout Is coming In the big fight are wondering how, when and where? Georges has been photographed witb a dog, probably to offset the picture Jack had taken with the pigs. Bob Hutchinson, star sprinter of tho University of California, has been elected captain of the 1022 sqnad. The headlock has lost Its grip on tho public since Strangler Lewis' famous bold slipped off Zybby's bold head. tl Columbia is now the gem of the Harlem river, having copped the Childs cup race from Princeton and Pennsylvania. Tale's freshmen collection of track stars looked good In the mud when It beat Harvard 81 to 35 at Oun bridge. Recommendations may be made to the International Athletic federation to eliminate walking, tug-of-war, cy cling, fencing, shooting, rowing, ten nis and football from the Olympic games. W BESPECTACLED PITCHER Jos Devore, manager of the Grand Rapids team of the cen tral lessrne. has signed Otto Mel- ler, a Milwaukee semi-pro pitch er, who wears glasses a ia Meadows. He had a trial witb the Mil a-ankee Association team a rear ago, hut did not mate the grade. "Carpen;ier, in my opinion, will be the next heavyweight champion of the world' said William A. Brady dur ing a chat the other day. "He surely will defeat Jack Dempsey In the big bout on July 2.' and It will not surprise me if he turns the trick In less than three or four rounds. ''Dempsey isn't s formidable as he was when he won 'lie title from Wil lard. He was comparatively slow when he boxed Brennan in Madison Square Garden. In the Frenchman he will meet a wonderful tighter the greatest boxer since Jim Corbelt's time. Car peutier not only is scientific, but he is a powerful hitter ami. the quickest thinker In the ring today. "When those big I'ellows clash you'll find that Carpen tier's clever defensive WHY SPORT EDITORS ARE EASILY PEEVED Wrestling Zbysko, Kotson aris. Fighting Levlnsky, Ancho wltx, Gutenko, Antonopoulos, Chlpnlonis. Baseball Coveleskfe, McGllli euddy, Wumbsganss. Heimlich, Oeschger. Lebouvreaux. Swimming Duke Kuhunamo ku, Beaurepalre. Running Kolehmainen. Skating Baptie. Xilsson. Billiards Kieckhefer. Skiing -Omtvedt. Auto Racing (Joux, Chas sagne, BoiUot, l'atschke. PIRATES KEEP YELLOWHORSE Pittsburgh National Lsague Club Of ficiris Decide to Retain Little Rock Hurler. ' Chief YeJlowhorse, the Indian, who joined the pitching slaff of the Pitts burgh Nationals this season, will re main with the team as a regular. This Chief Yellowhorse, became known when officials of the club announced thnt the Little Rock team had been paid the purchase money for Yellowhorse' release. CREDIT GIVEN ARTIE HOFMAN It Was "Circus Solly'" Throw to John Ever That Forced Merkle at Second Base. Artie ("Circus Solly") Hofman, Chi cago Cub center fielder from 1906 to 1912, hns returned to baseball after nine years in the commercial wdrld. Annbnncejuent Is made of H of man's appointment to coach a high school team at Chicago, In 1008, It was Hofman's throw from center to Johnny Evers at second that forced Merkle of the New York Giants, cnuslng-the game, which v-ns for the ! pennant, to end In a riot. The. Onbs i defeated the Giants In the play-off, j Uwehy whining the title, tactics will offset Dempsey's rushes and heavy blows. Jack will discover right at the start that he Is up against the smartest antagonist he ever has tackled. It's' the general opinion that Dempsey hasn't defeated a first-class pugilist and that each of his victims would have been pie for the European champion." Brady until recently was in partner ship with Tex Rlckard and Charles B. Cochran in promoting tha Deuipsey Carpentier battle. He and Cochran withdrew, however, and left Rlckard to act as sole manager of the mil). Brady knows the boxing game from every angle. He developed two heavy weight champions in Corbett and Jef fries and predicled their respective vic tories over Sullivan and Fltzsimmona. Eddie Collins Continues his hitting streak. The f linch in boxing Is no relation to the squeeze play of baseball. "You can't tell a player without a scoreboard.' Can't tell him what? Otto Miller, in his twelfth year with the Dodgers, is catching better ball than ever. Mnlrenan seems to be getting better every time out. At least, his control is improving. Our idea of nothing at -all : the honor of batting Into the first triple play of the season. ' Clyde Manion, Detroit catcher, has been loaned to the Toledo American as sociation team. When a batter stretches a single into a double it doesn't mean that a rubber ball was used. Preliminary work on the new stadium for the New York Americans lias been started. The New York Yankees have sent Outfielder Christiansen to Joplln to re place Frank Gleich. Walter ("Dutch") Ruether, former Cincinnati player, is glvlnggreat serf, ice to the Dodgers this year. School teachers are umpiring ball games In Chicago. Maybe It'll make the kids perk up in their studies. There Is something wrong with the .day during which several homers aren't registered In the big leagues. Fort Worth beat Wichita Falls In four straight games of their repeat series, each time by a one-run margin. The 14th must be Walter Pipp's lucky day. He cracked out his first homer of the season on April 14, and his second on May 14. . Shortstop Tom Stevenson of the Min neapolis? team became disgusted with his own work last week, packed his grip und started homeward. Ope of the notable comebacks of the season who should not be overlooked is the veteran Bill McKeclmie. who is going great gups for Minneapolis. Walter Christensen. new outfielder from the New York Yankees, got away with the Joplln team. .He is compli mented for bis smartness of play as well as his hitting and fielding ability. ' The Detroit dub also is going to the Alabama colleces for them. It has signed George Johnson, pitcher and captain, and Bom Earner,, second base- nittn of the Alabama Polytechnic instl tnte. Upper Where the first man died In the Revolution. Wounded In die light on Lexington Common, Jonathan Harrington crawled to the doorstep of hia home and fell dead In the entrance just ai his wife opened the door. The Harrington house, which has been carefully preserved. Is at l,ra.r. in, Maes. Left Historic old-fashioned home of Paul Revere, from which fcs patriot started on his midnight ride to warn the peo ple of Boston of the arrival of the British soldiers. The old house, situated In the North Er.J, Boston, Is visited frequently by tourists. Right Washington's headquarters In neOTetOwn. This quaint two Etory structure was the headquarters of George Washington during IwO. wr.en he WM nirveyor. Toe ' srrt dure was at that tlm a wayside inn of the main stags coach road. It Is constructed o." nathe boWders, and is 0aid.t9.be a.i sol.d today as when built. How Great u Jk Was Wo In 1765 the passing of an act of parliament for collecting a colonial revenue by stamps caused general in dignation and led to riots. The first Colonial congress, consisting of 28 delegates representing nine colonies, mnde a statement of grievances and a declaration Of rights. The stamps were destroyed or shipped hack to England. In 1766 the stamp act was repealed, to the great Joy of the col onists; but the principle of colonial taxation was not abandoned and in 1767 duties w.ere levied on glass, pa pers, printers' colors and ten. This renewed attempt produced In 1768 riots In Boston and Gov. Gage was furnished with a military force of 700 to preserve order and enforce the laws. In 1773 the duties were repealed ex cepting a 3 pence a pound on' tea. It was now a question of principle, and from north to south It was determined that this tax should not be paid. Some cargoes were stored In damp ware houses and spoiled; some sent back; in Boston a mob disguised as Indians threw It Into the harbor. Britain Sends More Troops. It was now determined to enforce the government of the crown and par liament over the colonies; and a fleet containing several ships of the line and 0,000 troops was sent to America ; while the colonists, still asserting their loyalty and with little or no thought of separation from, the mother coun try, prepared to resist what they con sidered the unconstitutional assump tions of the government. Volunteers were drilling In every direction and depots of provisions and military stores were being gathered. A small force being sent from Boston to seixe one of these depots at Concord, Mass., led to what is called the battle of Lexington, and the beginning of the Revolutionary war, April 19, 1775. The British troops were attacked on their return by the proviuclals and com pelled to beat a hasty retreat A congress of the colonies assembled at Philadelphia, which resolved to raise end equip an army of 20,000 men, and appointed George Washington commander-in-chief. On June f? Breed's Bill In Charleston, near Boston, where 1,500 Americans had hastily intrenched themselves, was taken by assault by the BrltiBh troops, but with so heavy a loss (t,0M men) thnt the defeat had for the provincials the moral effect of a victory. After a winter kt great privations, the British were compelled to evacuate Boston, carrying away in their fleet 1,500 loyal families.' CO am " ; v rWnVS. ml. jO.AV - SBF BBi I V Tw iSSSKlusSBnisVBsanBSnSSBSB9 If Lttsl ShNvj The British go-prmne'ttt now put forth a strong effort to' reduce the colonics to submission. 'An army of 55.000. Including 17,(W0 German mer cenaries ("Hessians"), was sent "under command of Sir William Rows to put down this "wicked rebellion." The thir teen colonies adopted constitutions as Independent and 'sovereign states. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution In con gress declaring that "the united col onies are, and ought to ba, free and independent states; that they are ab solved from all allegiance to the Brit ish crown ; and that all political con nection between them and the state of Great Britain Is, and ought to be, dissolved." Birth of Declaration. This resolution, after an earnest debate, was adopted by the votes of the delegates of nine out of the thir teen - 'wiles. A committee consisting of fJmas Jefferson, John Adams, Benja.nin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston was In structed to prepare a declaration In accordance with the above resolution ; and the celebrated Declaration of In dependence, written by Mr; Jefferson, based upon . the equality of all men and the universal right of self-government, and asserting thnt "all govern ment derives its Just powers from the consent of the governed," oh July 4, 1776, received the assent of the dele gates of the colonics, which thus dis solved their allegiance to the British crown and declared themselves free and Independent states. Dark Days for Patriots. After the evacuation of Boston by the British, Gen. Washington, with the remains of his army, thinned by the hardships of winter, hastened to New York. On July 2 Gen. Howe being Joined by his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, and Sir Henry Clinton found himself at the head of 85,000 men ; defeated the Americans on Long Island Aug. 27, 1776, compelled the evacuation of New YorV and secured possession of Its spacious harbor and the Hudson river. On Christmas night Gen. Washing ton by crossing in boats among float ing ice made a successful night attack upon a Hessian force at Trenton and gave new courage to the despairing Americans, who recruited the army and harassed the enemy with a win ter campaign. In the meantime Silas Deane and' Benjamin Franklin had been sent to France to solicit recognition and aid. The recognition was delayed, but im portant aid was privately given in money and supplies,, and European volunteers the Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Steuben, Baron de Kalb, Kos kiusco and Pulaski rendered the most important services. While Washington was contending unsuccessfully against disciplined and' overwhelming forces In New Jersey, Gjn. Burgoyne Jfas leading an army of 7,000 British end German troops with a larjje force of Canadlc.:.?. and WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS Indians from Canada into norther New York to form a Junction with the British on the Hudson and separate New England from the rest of the confederacy. After two sharp actions at Stillwater nnd Saratoga, with but three days' rations left he was com pelled to capitulate on Oct. 17; and England, In the midst of victories, heard with dismay of the loss of an entire army. The Americans gained 5.000 muskets and. a large train of urtlllery. ' France recognised American Inde pendence antf sent a large fleet and supplies of clothing, arms and muni tions of war to their aid; and Gen. Clinton, who had superseded Gen. Howe, finding his supplies at Phila delphia threatened, retreated to New York, defeating the Americans at Mon mouth, N. J. Patriots' Hands Strengthened. Sp: in and then Holland Joined lit the war against England1 and aided the Americans. But the king and par liament were determined to maintain; the honor of the crown and the in tegrity of the empire. In 1780, 85,000 seamen and 85,000 additional troops were sent to America, and a strong effort was made to subjugate the Caro ltnus, where the war assumed a bittor partisan character and was conducted with spirit by Sumpter, Marlon and other southern chieftains. Lord Oorn wnllts with a large army marched from Charleston through North Caro lina pursuing and sometimes defeating the American general Gates. Worn out with his success be arrived in Vir ginia where he was confronted by the Marquis de Lafayette. In the mean time Admiral de Vnrney had arrived upon the coast with a powerful French fleet, and 6,000 soldiers, the elite of tire French army, under Count d Rochumbeau, while Washington hur ried from New York. Cornwallis was obliged to fortify himself in Yorktownj blockaded by the fleet of Count del Grasse, and besieged by the alliedj army of Americans and French, waited! for Sir Henry Clinton to send hlinl relief from New York. October 19.J 1781, he was compelled to surrender! his army of 7,000 men an event which produced such a change of feeling i England vas to cause the resignation! of the ministry and the dispatch of! Gi. Sir Guy Carleton to New York; with offers of terms of peace. The preliminaries were sbjned at Paris ; Nov. 80, 1782, and on Sept. 3, 1788, England concluded peace with France,: Holland nd America. The independ ence of each of the several states was acknowledged, with a liberal, settle, ment of territorial boundaries. In April, 1783. a cessation of hostilities had been proclaimed and the Ameri can army disbanded. New York, which bad been "held by the British through the whole war, was evacuated Nov. 25; on Dec. 4 Gen. Washington took leave of his companions in anus and on Dec. 23 resigned into the Lauds of congress his commission as com mander-in-chief. At TAPPAN.
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