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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1923)
Gameness Greatest Asset Fighter Can Have—“Spider” Kelly Best Illustration of Ring “Grit” The »l®*»t!on of the gameness of certain great professional fighters has come up recently. It has been Mid to meet Jack Dempsey for tl:s championship the man who will be given a chance to fight him must, above all things, hat e gainencss. When it comes to arranging a fight for the world's herfVywelght championship the moVing picture profits come into the calculations. A short fight, or rather a light of a round or two, like that between Dempsey and Fulton, or that between Dempsey and Willard, which ends before it is fairly started, is worth nothing from a moving picture standpoint. It has been said that before the start of the #Dcmpsey t'arpentier fight one of the promoters of the battle went to Dempsey and said: "I don't want you to pull Stir anything like that, but remember the crowd here is worthy of a run for Its money, and then, too, the mov ins pictures won't be worth a. dollar unless the fight lasts at least four rounds." There are some who saw the fight who believe that Den(f>soy stalled and never tried his best ujjtil that fourth round. It ,wns noised around the arena while Demp sey and Cur pen tier were fighting thaCDenrpsey had promised to give the picture men "the office'' just before he landed the knockout blow. •Just before the commencement of the fourth round Dempsey scratched his feet violently In the sand box—first it was the left and then the right foot. As lie made that up to tlmt time unusual mo tion. the motion-picture men became unusually alert and busy, and a second later came the knockout. e When the outsiders claimed afterward that' Dempsey had given the signal with his feet in the fourth roun^ Jack replied that nothing of the sort had happened, and said: ,'T tried hard to put Carpenticr out before the third round. I had all my money bet that way.” But to return to gameness in the ring. No man lacking it or lasting power will be given a chance against Dempsey, say those on the inside. This, of course, means that Fulton and Wil lard, both of whom were really beaten In the first round, are especially barred. On the oilier band, men like Bill Brennan, who* has gone a good part of the route with Dempsey; Tom Gibbons, who has never yet been beaten; Bartley Madden, who has proved himself a game and rugged fighter; Harry Greb, who at one time was Dempsey’s sparring partner and who gave Jack as good as was sent, have all proved their gameness and lasting power, and any one of them is entitled to a crack at the champion. That any one of them will make him step four or more rounds, the orthodox number needed if the light for tho championship is to be a financial success, goes without saying. Pugilists c;m stand so much and no more, and it is their business to deliver and take punish ment. They realize this, and generally realize it. too. l>eforc really entering the business. Some of them are high strung and nervous, and little things prey on their minds, and some of them by nature love peace. And yet when they enter the ring they nearly all of them forget all this and tight with all the courage at their command. Many of them have been tried in the big war, and they have one and all proved themselves true and loyal soldfbrs. We do not accuse either Fulton or Willard of lack of gnmrness, but we do say they have had their chance against Dempsey and have no fur ther right to ask the patrons of the gamo for further indulgence in that direction. This thing of questioning a fighter's gameness, something we have never done, or to accuso one of being a quitter, is to stir up strife, no matter how much of a coward at heart a man may be. A pugllilst is always very sensitive on this point, no matter how shady his reputation or how often before ho has been charged with that sort of thing. And if you intimate anything of that sort, he will go far to show you you are mistaken in your diagnosis and will often succeed in convincing you to the contrary. Take a very’ great boxer, Tommy Ryan. At one time certain parties questioned his game ness. Later, however, he proved that no gamer boxer lived, but he had to fight Tommy West and Kid McCoy to a standstill to wlpo out tlie stigma. They used to say, too, that I’etcr Maher was a quitter, but later he proved he wasn't. And there have been other pugilists besides Ryan and Maher who have been accused of being quitters when they did not deserve the name. The question of sameness in the ring "as never better illustrated than by Spider Kelly, once tliti king of seconds and a wonderful boxer in his time. Talking on the subject of quitters one day, he said: "I have to have a"fill good proof before I ever accuse a man of quitting, and in my day X would have knocked down any man who ever accused me of possessing that quality. “At that, there is no sonso of taking a licking for nothing or standing a pounding "lien you have no rliance to reciprocate. ) "Fighters whom I liavo met and know are a gritty set. Some, to bo sure, have yellow streaks, but those who bear that reputation have generally earned it by being v ery wiso match makers and taking on only soft marks. , "If a man chooses to take on soft marks, tliat is really his own affair, and if lie can get them without too much trouble and in a legitimate way, who has a right to blame him?” _ Baseball Players of 1922 Punched Out Three Times More Home Runs Than Athletes of-1912 or 1917 By FRANK G. BKBN'KE. r 0 figures interest you? If so, here's a volume of ’em—all of which speak \ oluines in a baseball way. The awesome Increase in long-distnnce clouting and the decadence of the noble art of pilfering are revealed vyj\ \ | ■ with startling clearness by a comparison of the diamond J/fh^ >IIA I doings of 1912 and 1917 with those of the season just In 1912 both leagues punched out a total of 443 home runs; in 1917 they amassed 335. But in 1922 they rolled up the astonishing total of 1,054—a number more than three times greater than five years ago. And in total basing the athletes of 1922 poled out 34,573 against 26,675 for 1917—ail increase of nearly 6,000 extra bases. Ilurry the smelling salts, Salvador! 7n every branch of offensive play—except In stolen bases—the boys of la«t year performed a million miles beyond the athletes of five seasons ago. And they bent every mark madet l*y the 1912 performers except in the matter of tripling and thievery. The decline in base stealing is real ly appalling. The total for 1922 was exactly 1,422. Let's dip down and see what that really means. There .were eight clubs in each league—16 altogether—and each play ed approximately 1^4 games. That’s really 2.464 qbmbats. An average of '0 men played for each team in each of those games—a total of 24,040 men. And the best they could do was 3.422 steals. Here are the statistics. They can speak louder and with more emphasis than all the words that can be writ ten around or of them. National. 1912. 1917. 1922. Two-hdiP hit* .. 1,76:5 1.432 1,894 Three-base hits. . 685 605 638 Homo runs .... '294 202 529 Total hits .11,214 10.316 12.595 Total ban'’* .15.199 13.664 17.362 Total runs. 5,669 4,408 6.199 Stolen baa^s .... 1.576 1,145 740 Amerlran league. 1912. 1917. 1922. Two-bm«p hits . 1.591 *1,474 1.987 'Three-base hits.. 668 534 680 Home run* . 149 133 535 Total hit* . 10.824 10,172 12.028 Total basea 14.198 13,011 17.221 Total runs . 6,487 4,640 5.864 Stolen hases .... 1.810 1.274 682 lloth Leagues—Combined Figures. 1912. 1917. 1922. Two-base hit* .. 3,354 2.906 3,881 'Three-base hits.. 1.263 1.129 1188 Home runs .... 443 335 1.054 Total hits . 22.038 20.488 24,623 Total bases ....30.397 26,676 34.573 'Total runs . 1 1,146 8,948 12.063 Stolen bases ... 3.386 2,419 1,422 Kirkwood and Hagen Lose to Sarazen and Hutchison San Barbara. Cal., Jan. 15.—Gene Suruzen, national open golf champion, and Jock Hutchison, former British open title holder, revenged themselves for two defeats in the north at the hands of "Walter Hagen, British open champion, and Joe KirkwoSd. Aus tralian champion, when they trounced the latter six and five Sunday. Soccer Meeting A meeting of all members of the Omaha Soccer association will be held Wednesday night at the city hall. The admission of two new team to the as sociation will be discussed. CROUP Spasm odic Croup !• frequently relieved by one application of— VI8JI1 Oce 117 Million Jan Und Ksarfe ADVERTISEMENT. Boils Quit Quick! S.S. S. Will Prova to You in Your Own Case tha "How" and “Why" of its Rcmarkabla Blood * Clean ting Powcrl There Is s reason for everything that happens. Common-sense kills misery. Common-tense also stops boils! S. S. S. is the eommon-eeasc remedy for boils. Pimple* May be Smell StiU because it ia built on reason. Scientific authorities admit its power I S. S. 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Jan. 13.—A tentative de cision not to permit Gene Sarazen, American golf champion, a five or six weeks leave of absence to compete in the British open golf championship tournatnent was voted today by the directors of Briar Cliff lodge, the Country club at Briar Cliff Manor, N. Y„ by whom he is employed as "pro.” "It was the consensus of opinion,” said a statement issued by the direc tors, "that permission should be re fused Sarazen for this purpose, but definite action withheld until his re turn front an exhibition tour he is making through the west and south.” Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 13.—Gene Sarazen, American open golf cham pion, expressed surprise when inform ed of the refusal of the directors of Briar Cliff Lodge, the New Y'ork Country club, which employes him as professional, to grant him a leave of absence to compete in the British open champiionship. Coast Leaguers Plan Attack Portland. Ore., Jan. 15.—Represen tatives of all clubs In the Pacific Coast Baseball league were here today for a meeting of the league at the call of President W. H. McCarthy. While representatives of the various ' clubs wtis qnwilling to be quoted in advance on what position they would take on the question of the draft now at Issue between the major leagues and the minors enough had leaked out following their formal conferences of last night to indicate that President McCarthy might not receive the full backing of the members in his meth od of iprotesting the draft and in his controversy with Judge Landis. It was said to be apparent that a major ity of the coast league clubs were op posed to the draft, but the point In doubt was whether a majority would uphold President McCarthy's recent course. William Lane, president of the Salt Lake club, is here to represent his club. Schlaifer Matched to Box Shade at Duluth — Morrie Schlaifer, Omaha welter, and Dave Shade, the Gotham flash, have been matched for a 10-round bout at Duluth, Minn., February 9, according to a dispatch received here this morning. Schlalier and Shade fought in Oma ha last spring. Shade beating him to I a frazzle in virtually every round. ZfosMaU TbttStioiM BijMWwrp Q. What is the radius of center circle? A. Amateur rules, two feet radius. Pro fessional rules, two lines, ono foot long, three feet apart. Q. Is a player allowed to step in front of an opponent who is on his way tq cover player who has possession of ball? A. No, this Is blocking. Q. How long is a player allowed to hold hall out of bounds before putting it into play? Jl. Not more than five seconds. Q. What Is a dribbie A. When a player, having gained pos I session of the hall and In any way, throws, I rolls, hats or bounces the ball, and then | touches It again before It Is touched by another player. Q. When the ball is being tossed up in center, some guards have the habit of putting their hands on the body of oppo nent. Is this a foul? A. Yes, It certainly is. How to Play Basket Ball. Offense. Center play No. 4. All plays in which a guard comes in to take the • tap- are dangerous. But when your cen ter has been getting the Jump there is very little danger attached to this. Center taps off to left laterally. Left guard comes up fast, gets ball and passes to right for ward. who. after starting straight up from his position, has cut towards center of floor. The center has cut out the right side of ring in a wide arc towards basket. The left guard, after making his pass, continues forward. Both he and the cen ter should now be in position to receive A pass, from the right forward. The right forward, after passing, will follow through in case the shot is missed. On this play, when the ball la •‘tappedf,, the left for ward goes through wide to back court to protect placs left open by guard. Willard Defies Old Age; Takes Up Boxing Mr. Jess Willard of Kansas, well-known in the oil business, started training to become a boxer at Madison Square Harden gym. Mr. Willard said he wanted to fight Jack'Dempsey or anybody else, which everybody agree was a delightful example of Kansas humor. Mr. Willard's genial disposition is making many friends, who are taking turns at arguing him out of his pugilistic mania. • Pretty good for an old fellow. (uy Faciflc & Atlantic) He didn't box—just posed. Office IRcsunlts amid Emtraeg YESTERDAY’S RESULTS NEW ORLEANS. Third Race—Six furongs: Camouflage (Smallwood) .4-1 8-5 4-3 Royal Charlie (Mein) .6*2 6-5 May Bodtne (Owens) .3-5 Time: 1:13 1-5. Alex H., Lugs, Annette Teller, Bonfire, Prince Welles, Queaada and Guv’nor also ran. Fourth Race—One mile and a sixteenth: Parader (Pool) .9-20 1-6 out American Boy (Bell) .5-2 ever Colando (Lang • 3-5 Time: 1:47. Romany, The Archer and Episode also ran. Fifth Race—Mile and 70 yards: Roseate TI (Pool) .6-1 2-1 4-3 Prince Til Til (Corcoran).2-6 1-6 Slanderer (LAng) ..6-2 Time: 1:46 3-5. Brunell. Mayor Carrel, Majority, Edward Gray and Henry Datt ner also ran. Sixth Race—Mile and a sixteenth: Superbum (McDermott) ,.2-1 4-5 1-3 Beach Beauty (Mein) . :*.••••7-6 3-5 Glabella (Chalmers) -*.7'1V Time: 1:48. Irish Pat, Bedazzle, Alste bler and Rork also ran. First Race—Three-eighths of a mile, for 2-year-old maidens; allowances; purse $1,000: „ • Aunt Jane (J. Merrimee) ..13-5 even 1-2 Idle Thoughts (Thomas) .4-3 2-o Lee Adrln (Wullare) .2-1 Time: :35 1-5. Nettie,May, Bonnie Jack. Castilla. Asa Jewel. SaisiC, Omer Kendall ilso ran. V Second Race—Six findohgs, for 4 year olds and upwards: Youneed (Langt .,....18-5 8-5 4-5 Fast' Trial (Mein) .4-1 2-1 Oraleggo (Sharpe) .• Time: 1:03 3-5. Sprlngvale. Quick Run, Sandy H., Ituggles, Royal DJ<\k, Anzena. daleta, Iron Boy, Margaret Elnora and Dr. Little also ran. , . . j Seventh Race—Mile aptfthree sixteenths: Huonec (Smallwood) .......11-5 4-5 2-5 Hickory (McDermott) ... , . . . >•., .3-1 $y Bermont (Pool) .,...»•*•. Time: 2:00 3-5. Re*af Lodgei Stanley, Satana. Maize. Mormon Elde*. Austral and Phelan also ran. TODAY’S ENTRIES HAVANA. First Race—>600; 3-year-olds. niaKlcns; claiming; 6'» furlongs: Horse. Wt. Horse. "t. Courtier .107 Oiaijua .'.105 a Jennie C.W0 Mies Ruth D....102 Pandlne .102 Irish Dawn .. .107 aKentucky Smile 97 Eugenie Gomez.102 Second Race—Six furlongs; >500; 4 year-olds and up; claiming; Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Bally New .110 aSslamarder ...108 First Ballot ....101 Breadline ......106 I.ady Heart _108 All Aglo.w -.Ill Capers .106 Blaise .114 Deer Trail .Ill Bobbed Hair ..10R Orchid King ...111 Old Pop .Ill Third Race—Six furlongs; Cabana* handicap; >800; 3-year-olds .and up: Horse. Wt. Sunbrae . 96 Ultimo .109 Edg. Allan Poe 112 l>r. Hickman ..106 Bust View -109 Fourth Race—One mUg; >600; 3-year olds and up; claiming: Horse. Wt. Jlozse. Wt. Dost Fortune ..110 Burley .110 Harold K.110 a Who Can Tell.. 102 aMolly Puff ...102 aMIss Dixie -100 aOllle Palmer...111 Bucknall .110 sJob Thayer ...110 Ferrum .106 al.ytle Niece ..106 Berlin .110 Fifth Race—One mile. >600. 3-year-olde and up. claiming: a'a-etty Baby ..106 aSp’tlng Chance 10o a I.ady Rachel ..106 a>ll«s Rankin .106 Whippoorwill ..111 Mlerlcorde .Ill uEditli K.106 Pollta . 92 Thoe, McMahon 111 aMontnerrle ...111 aLandslldn _106 aTobln Roto ..111 Bloomington ...116 Sixth Race—>600, claiming. 4-year-olds and up. one mile: Blazonry .104 Huene .102 Black Top _103 aMollowmot ... 97 ITarloelc ....'....106 aGtonn ..101 Quaker . :..110 Bruce Dudley ..110 Paula V.101 aApprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear; track fast. TIAJUANA. First Rare—$600; three furlongs; maid en 2-year-olds (7): b Hut tic Shot .. 115 gJosephlne New aLester .118 ell .115 bOverahot .115 Wiki Jack ....118 Porto Ue Oro ..118 Mar*. Madison 115 A.—Neal and Bartholomew entry. B.— Meadowbroolc entry. Second Race—5 1-2 furlongs; claiming. $500; 3-year.oldf and up (12): fiichcn .$7 xMlda .110 Plunger .113 Jack i.ee .115 Clear Field _103 Hunter's Point 115 xFour Leaf _108 xCaamono -.110 Santhia C.113 Kirkwood ......115 Mistake .115 Chbir Master ..llu Third Race—3 1-2 furlongs; claiming. $300; 3-year-olds and up (13)1 j> Trippawa.9'i xMtsa Fraul'd ..105 Rosa Atkin ....108 xLewls B.110 Ruth Harrigan 113 Cicely Kay ....113 Combs .115 St. Angelina ... *7 xClara Francis 108 xSheka .108 Elga .113 Clear Lake ....113 Home Guard ..112 NEW ORLEANS. First Rac^—$1,000; maidens, 3-year olds; six furlongs: Lucidus .116 Nuayaka .......116 Pelipn ...#16 Fernandes .Ill Billy El .116 C. A. Reinhart.11« Body Guard ....116 Minnie B.ill Alluring .Ill First Blush ....116 John Q. Kelly..116 All American ..116 Spinning Flax ..111 Rupee .116 Second Race—11,000; claiming; 3-year Olds; «!x furlongs: aKlnsman .108 Bigger Still ...107 Recoup .102 MIhh Leighton ..102 aBegum .'.100 Cappy Kick* ...107 Dearie .106 Blue Bird .102 aHigh Tea .100 aLayol . 97 Ghost .107 Sea Tag .105 Sweet Mama ..102 aJosephine C. ..100 Third Race—$1,000, allowances. 4-year olds and up, six furlongs, Ponehartrain purse: Despair .11.3 Diana .105 Jack Here. Jr. ..108 High Cost .110 Hidden Jewel...113 B’pety Bump*..111 The Franciscan. 106 Banker Brown.. 108 Canyon .Ill Wolfe* Cry.106 Honor Man ....110 Despair and Hidden Jewel, Swenke entry. Fourth Race—$1,200; Panama handi cap.; 3-year-olds, one mile: Anonymous ....118 Admirer .106 Setting Sun.109 Better Times ... 108 Fifth Race—$1,000. claiming, 4-ycar-olds and up. 1 3-16 miles: ^ altania ./til Ballot Car ,...110 aWalnut Hall... 105 aTho Wit .102 oGem .110 Fannie Bean... 107 Annette Teer...l03 Klrah .102 Our Birthday... 110 Carmencita ....106 G'tem’n Jouett..l02 Sixth Race—$1,000, claiming. 4-year olds and up. mile and 70 yards: War Pennant .114 Pit .Ill Ardito .109 Our Betsy .104 Bill and Coo .. 96 Handful .114 Execution .109 Tom McTaggart 108 aBally Bell ....103 Hermoden . 92 Financial aScourgeman ..109 Rooster ....114 aXan Mclnney 102 Bolster .108 Seventh Race—$1,000, claiming, 4-year olds and up, one mile 70 yards: Gen. Cadorna .114 aCockroach ....109 alVylle .107 aHysteria ..*...102 My. Rosie .... 96 Pirate McGee ..104 aPlantarde .109 Radical .107 Dadta .101 aDemos .:.. 56 Kebo .Ill aBlue Brush ...108 aBuxom .......102 Klrtle . 96 aApprentlce allowance claimed. .Weather clear; track fast. Second Round of City Interclass Games Today The second round of the city inter class basket ball tourney will be played off this afternoon at'the Cen tral and South High school gym nasiums. From the results of last week's con tests, the Creighton quintets loom up in the title race. The Blue anl White youngsters outclassed all their opponents In the opening round of play and the Junior five should have an easy timo of it for the next few games on card. The Central Fresh men were the only victors at the Hilltop school, while all the South High contenders were set back. The contests on card this afternoon at the Central High court are as follows: Creighton Sophomores against Creigh ton Freshmen. South Freshmen against Central Freshmen and South Sophomores against Benson. The Central Sophomores drew a bye. At the South High school “gym” the Central Juniors -meet the Creighton Juniors, the Central Seniors meet the South Juniors and the Creighton Seniors meet tho South High Seniors. Everett McGowan Lowers Speed Skate Record on Ice Mankato, Minn., Jan. 13.—Everett McGowan, St. Paul speed skater, lowered the world's record for the 50 yard dash on skates from 4 2-3 seconds to 4 seconds flat, here this afternoon. The record was lowered on soft ice, and the {ime was taken officially. "Billy” Kestlehous’ Adonis, speedy route-goer by L'ncle, won the sixth and feature rare at Tiajuana Sun day over a mile and sixteenth route, i The Omaha-owned bangtail heat I Paisley and Allenden to the wire, | while Bastille, Black Beauty, San j Orado, Rcgresso and Fairway were “also rans.” ✓ 1-enieve, owned by B. F. McClain of Omaha, won second money in the second rare at Tiajuana Sunday. The daughter of l.uck and Charity was beat to the wire by Robert L. j Jones May Play Go Incognito New York, Jan. 15.—The father of Robert T. Jones, bearing a relative claim to distinction with Mr. Nation, husband of Carrie, is said to have be come so distressed over the failure of Robert T., otherwise Bobbie, to win a national championship in golf ne suggests that Bobble change hl3 name for purposes of future tourna ment play. It is thus hoped that Robert will avoid unwelcome atten tion, of which, ordinarily, he is the focal point. It seems that all the boys have be come so impressed with Bobbie and his ability that they do not hesitate to play their best golf against him, with'the result that the young man is still without formal nodding ac quaintance with a national title. Some inconsiderate person, shooting par or better, lias always interrupted Robert just as he was about to get acquainted. Low scores have eliminated Bob bie from national championships, never high ones, during recent years, and Mr. JoneB, pere, is of the opinion that the great name he bears is to blame. The Joneses are so scattered and so few In number, it would ap pear, that any person of this name is as one set apart—a marked man. lie would, therefore, have Bobbie appear under an assumed name, and the rest of the field, being ttnjpoughly taken in and off its guard, would not deem it necessary to resort to the occult in dealing with the young man. --i Pacific Coast League Adopts 1923 Schedule Portland, Ore., Jan. 15.—Pacific Coast league schedule for 1923 was Adopted unanimously today at a meet ing here of the members. Salt Lake City was given pesmission to open the season at Fresno, Cal., instead of on its home grounds, and to continue there the second week if agreeable to Portland. Definite action by the Salt Lake City club on this matter is to be known later. The matter of tho league's attitude in the dispute with the major leagues on the draft question bad not been reached when the meeting adjourn ed at noon for luncheon at the Cham eon. The Pacific Coast baseball league members divided 4 to 4, on 9 vote to day on a resolution endorsing Presi dent \V. H. McCarthy on the stand be has taken in the dispute with the major leagues on the question of drafting players from the minor leagues. McCarthy himself cast an affirmative vote for the resolution. Win Ice Meet. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Athletes repre senting the Northwest Skating club, won the 32nd annual ice tournament of the Northwest club here today by amassing 120 points, scoring-in five of the ten events. Alverno A. A. racers with 100 points were second, while- the Norwegian-Amerlcan A. A. tylth 90 points was third. Take Lead in Pin Meet Aurora, III., Jan. 15.—The Frotz man brothers five of Gary, Ind., took first place in the Inter-state bowling tournament here toduy, shooting 2,376. They displaced the Oh Henry quintet of Chicago which had been leading with 2,324. Prayers were offered by O. E. Pear son, E. E. McMillan and Rev. J. C. Mahaffey- | Gene and Jock Avenge Defeats Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 15.—Gene open title holder, could boast today their partnership vengeance over their two traveling companions, Walter lla gen, British open champion, and Joe Kfrkwood, the Australian star, who, after winning twice recently, lost yes terday's foursome here, 6 to 5. Tester day morning’s round, played over the Montecito Country club course, was an up-and-down exhibition, with neith er team ahead more thun one hole up Sarazen, national open golf champion, and Jock Hutchison, former British Coach Hill Starts Preparing Central Cagesters for Two-Game Series With Outstate Quintets until the ISth, which Sarazen and! Hutchison won, ending the round, 2 ! up. Hagen and Kirkwood gained hack the first hole of the afternoon round, which was played on the Ha Cutnbre course. The British golfers, however, lost this advantage on the second hole and from then on they were unable j to head off the two champions. A large gallery watched the play. French Boxing Federation Clears Georges of Frameup Paris, Jan. 15.—All of thoso ac cused in connection with the alleged • 'frame up” of the cha mpionship mate h between I "Battling” S i k i anti Georges Car I pentier are do I dared innocent in 1 a report submit ted to the French boxing federation today by the committe, which fya s been i n vestigattng , the charges. The report says: “The committee is absolutely con „?i'25<JES vinced that the Carpejjtier. match on Septem ber 24, 1922, was not preceded by an understanding, the object of which was to arrange the events of the match and fix the result.” Tho investigators express regret that certain circumstances have given weight to tho accusations in the eyes of many sportsmen. They recom mend that the federation In the future take steps to have its regulations strictly applied, so that announce ments of purses w ill not bo made i which fail to correspond with the contracts signed by tho boxers and proper order will be maintained around the boxing rings. The decision of the investigating committee clears Siki's former man ager, M. Hellers, and Georges Car pentier and his manager, Francois Descamps, from charges that an agreement was made by which the Senegalese was to feign defeat in the fourth round. Siki brought Ids charges, with tho aid of thq deputy from Senegal, M. Diagne, after the boxing federation declared his newly won title of heavyweight champion forfeited because of an escapade at a subsequent fight when, whila serving as a second, Siki entered the ring and struck the manager of the boxer op posing his man. TEE, FAIRM# Contemplate swinging your golf dubs 2,000,000 times! Imagine, If you ran, tramping up hill and down over fairways and greens strung from where you are clear around to China—or half way around the world. If swinging your clubs 2,000,000 times and rolling up all that mileage on your speedometer would make you a par golfer, would you pay the price? Since the_common, secret ambition of all players is to be able to step out, sometime, and knock ofT 18 holes in something like a perfect score, the figures I have cited may be Interesting. These figures represent approximately the price I have paid for the abilities I have developed with my clubs. And think of it—I can't de|tend upon myself to play par golf even yet! As I contemplate these staggering statistics I wonder what one must do in order to play perfect golf all the time. Donald Dumper, import from Scotland, and a golfer of 17 years, about whom the sport world will hear much in due time, has just giveu me a tabu lation of these statistics on my own golfing career. The figures were amaz ing to me, to say the least. Donald. I might explain, is my caddy .and lie is to the business of caddying what John I). Rockefeller, is to the business of oil. One of my friends, a sharp-pencil shark, punctuated these figures with decimal points and divisors until he reached the conclusion—with astonish mf||t—that in all my club swinging 1 had generated enough power to move all the paper money in the United States two whole columns to the right on Uncle Sam's ledger. I won’t vouch for that, though. However, the figures do represent a near approximation of the number | of times I have swung a golf club, and they come very close to the actual mileage I have stepped off on golf courses. The figures assume five miles to be the average distance I would walk in playing 18 holes. Far be it from my purpose to dis-® courage any aspirant to par golr skill, but I will say here that no play er can ever hope to attain perfection without regular, consistent practice. By far the greater part of tny play ing has been during practice hours. Each summer it has been my cus tom to live at a club, and this year has been no exception. I have done this some 15 years now, but tho fig ures which Donald arrives at must of necessity leave out thousands of swings with my clubs in the days before I took up golf seriously, and the hundreds of miles I must have walked prior to 15 years ago, at which time I was 17 years old. I was participating, for instance, in caddy championships when I was 12. Taking Donald's figures for the last 15 years, which is the period that counts most of my playing for titles, the approximation is this: Practice, two hours daily for seven months each year, 210 days; 420 hours. Swings of clubs per hour, in prac tice, 250, or swings of clubs in 420 hours,-*-! 05,000 per season. Total for 15 seasons, 1,575,000., Playing: Average of five rounds of 18 holes per week, or 20 rounds of 18 holes each per month, or 240 rounds per year. With practice swings tho average number of swings per round would lie 100. Thus in ac tual playing I apparently swing u golf club about 24,000 times each year. In 15 years this makes a total of SCO.000 swings: This, added to the number of practice swings, makes a total of 1,035,000 swings, practically 2,000,000 golf strokes. Mileage: Taking five miles as the average distance around a course, which is fairly accurate since I am not often off the fairway, the 20 rounds each month would turn lip 100 miles of walking per month, or approximately 700 miles per year. In 15 years that totals 10,500 miles of "hoofing.” There have been days in championships when 1 thought I walked fully that far in one after noon! Compare these figures with sta tistics which we will assume to ap- I ply to your own playing. You are, we will say. an ordinary business man, playing golf twice a week. You would walk 10 miles a week, possibly a few miles more, and you will swing your club an average of 150 times each round, or 300 times per week. At that rate you go through one tenth of what I have given to golf, ! and the figures indicate that you will j be shooing close to par when you are 1,000 years old. All of which Is another way of emphasizing the im portance of practicing. You will note in the above that, while X swing my « club 10 Otimes in a round of golf, taking some three hours, I swing it 250 times in one hour of practice. The game thing applies to you—so practice, practice, practice, and per haps you will be turning in par score cards by the time you are 500 years old! ; N T R A L'S high nchool basket ball quintet will lourney out of town this week “nd to meet two ttrong stats teams, the Geneva tossers on Fri day and the Hast ings fivo the fol lowing evening. ^ Coach Hill ex pects to take the outstaters to a trimming from the showing made last Thursday by his cagesters against tho fast Council Bluffs crew. Even though the Purple only won by tho narrow, margin of one lone counter, the Iowan’s winning streak over Omaha high school quin tets was slopped, and considering the "cross river” lads to bo one of the fastest high school fives in the vi cinity, Central opened its season with a good victory. Coach Hill sent his candidates through the regular gruelling at tHa Purple court last night. 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