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I ssssss. ] The ( imaha Sunday Dee I ■*-—— ______— —__— -—-— VOL. 52—NO. 34. PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4. 192.1. 1—B FIVE CENTS ' ‘Pop’ Geers, 72, Plans Another Year in Sulky Ikiward Franklin Geers, better known ns the grand old man ot the trotting world, is 72 years of age. The coming sea son will be his tor i' sixth with a sta ble of trtJHcrs and pacers on the nice track. In his long career he has ap peared in races before more peoplq than any other man who ever sat in a sulky and has also won more races than any other that ever followed the proression, in wmcn ' pop ' omens. Pig name will al ways Ik :i lender. There has never been a man con ^i^^iec-teil with the turf who held the in A& torest and kindest thoughts of all people with whom he has been asso ciated as Pop lias. , Born in Tennessee. Pop Geers was born near Lebanon. Tenn., Jan. IS51, and began to love speedy horses while a mere school . boy. At the age of 20 lie was a train r er and won his first race at Lebanon in 1871 with a Morgan stallion, Little Dave, who stepped in 3:05 hitched to a skeleton wagon. In 1S75 he commenced as a public Irainer In Nashville, anti raced sev eral Srotters and pacers that fall, in fairs- hi his home state, with the fast Alice West. She had a record of 2:33. In 1876 he located at Columbia, > Tenn-. and remained there until 1889. His first champion was Mattie Hunt! er, 2:12 3-4, that re raced in 1878 and' made a pacing queen in 1879. His first champion trotter was Annie IV., 2:20, whom lie paraded In 1880 and won his first race on the Grand cir cuit with her in 1881. In 1888 he raced Hal Pointer. 2:041-2, also Brown Hal, 2:12 1-2, in 1889. both of which ne made world's champions within the next two years. Locates in Memphis. In 1S91 he started training and driv ing for the Village Farm and contin ued in this position for 10 years, until the farm's dissolution. In 1902 ho located In Memphis where he has made his headquarters yearly since. Hla chief patron since 1904 has been Frank G. Jones, one of the trotting turf’s wealthiest lovers of the sport. ..JTilden Predicts Great Year for Tennis New York, Feb, 3.—(Special.)— "This will bo one of the greatest years (n mv tennis history,” salil William T. Tilden the other day. "You see," said Tilden. puffug nervously at a cigaret, "1 have only bad the bandages off my finger the last two days. The fin ger is rather stiff, hut will respond later and will he of great use to me in holding my racquet. "Xhe past. I want forget it. We don't live in the past, especially in my game. It is the future I must prepare to meet. That I can say I am most optimistic of. \ "I have beaten other players," eon * tlnued Tilden. "Why should I not be defeated by other men? That is the way of amateur sports. I arn prepared to be defeated." _I_ _ _ - - Bird’s-Eye View of Proposed New Happy Hollow Grounds LANGFORD V MOREAU LANDSCAPE. A AC Ml TIC T $ HAPPY HOLLOW CLUB MARRY LAWFUL A.I.A. • A RtMITRCT The above drawing shows the way the new Happy Jfollow grounds will look when completed 4n 192a. TI10 course will be -1 holes and will boast a 1 $100,000 (lu house. ^Tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool and practice g reens also will be constructed. East Still Wants to See Paddock ‘New York, Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Her i lici t lteeii, a recognized sporting au thority, Bays that sooner or later Charley Paddock will have to come , east and prove himself ngainst the sprinters now hitting up the pace in this section. It would he n shame not to have the man whom many consid er the faster runner In the amateur ranks the world ha- ever seen, show those who doubt his al ability. Noth ing will change the opinion of those who snw him in m ion at Antwerp that he is one of 1 he greatest run ners of the world today. The extrava gant claims made for him on the Pa cific <joast, the obvious impossibil ity of sniii^ «.>f bis records and cer tainly nttk *>r»v complaint made about his treatment In the east will really affect the question. Golf Championship at Sleepy Hollow in May The amateur golf championship of the Westchester County Golf'associa tion will be played on May 31, June t and 2, at Sleepy I-Tollow, in prefer ence to Quaker Ridge. The *!unior event will he played some time In June at a time which will not conflict with regents' examina tions. Scardale and Mt. lvisco have offered their ccurses for the open event, which wilt ho held in Sep tember. Indoor Golf in East, New York, Fob. 3.—Open cham pionship golf indoors which has never been taken sqriously in the east, is going to be given a trial. Though talked about here in New York for years, in the end it has re mained for Chicago promoters to take the plunge, the plan being to bold tlie tournament during the ear ly part of April In the First Regiment ! armory. Hy FRANK ti. MENKE. A lot of guys have walked right in. turned around, and strutted right out again. But it has remained for Til Huston of New York, to reverse the. process. Til sold his half interest in tht i^cinkees, walked right out of base ball. took a few sniffs of unbasebnl lie ozone, and even while additional obituary notices were being written about him, he walked right back again, Iron hat and all. "I changed my mind,” grinned baseball's '‘Patti.” And darned If he didn’t. Just what effect the return of Hus ton will have upo^i the Yanks in particular and baseball in general is something of a problem. But that it'll have some visible, even pyrotech nic&l. effect—that's* a certainty. For Til, the grand old warhorse, is just like that. Loves action, more ac tion—>ow, wow—let 'er go. Gallagher. Til Return. About two minutes after Til walked right in again all unannounced and while the “wake” was still at its fW-tre he'ght. he uttered an utter ance or two, in which was included: "Here's little me. boys and girls— r ight back ateha. And say—I wasn't gone long, was I? But I was gone long enough to read some nice notices that were written about me—and some that weren't so nice.” Which is true. Huston "retired In December amid a salvo of typewritten cheers, issued by the band of New Tork newspaper men /Who were with him "to the death” In the ill-fated New York-Chi cago-Boston fight to oust Ban John son from American league power. Huston sniffed happily of those per fumed words—and seemed content. Uut one day there was wafted from ^ii) west a story about Til. which at tempted to bounce the halo right off his dome. And then—well. Til cams back. Idea of Crowning IMffem. It happens thRt beyond New York •am* *iltsrs aren't in complete sc cord with the Gothamites’ view of Huston. They concede that Til should 1>e crowned—but their idea of crown- ; ing differs radically from the New ] York one. They fa re welled him—but not with tears flooding the vocal I apparatus. I One architect of news items inject- , ed vitriol Into his typewriter. He ; punched the machine with vim and gusto and then he sprayed the well- j soaked words in the general direc tion of Huston. My, my, how cruel he was! And he was cruel without Intent to be kind. That particular paaagrapher re marked that the passing of Huston j wasn't such a tough blow to baseball He hinted that maybe it wasn't a blow at all. He pointed out that the I civil war within the American league, which cost such heavy financial losses, as well as internal bitterness, was due largely to Huston's violation of the baseball in the Mays case. And he concluded with a sentence, , which, in substance, was "here's your ' iron hat. Huston—and goodbye." Thereupon Huston eame back. In Action Quick. He wasn't back for five minutes— in fact, he wasn't back officially at all —before lie knocked the Sunday game chip off tlie Gianty' shoulders. He dropped into the Yankee offices one afternoon and before anybody knew what he was doing, he uncoiled a long telegram from his system. He sent it to Ban Johnson. It breathed defiance of the Giants and pleaded with John son, as the American league chieftain, to go right-out and bust the Giants upon the coco for him if the Giants wouldn't play nice and gentle like on the Sunday schedule thing. Someone asked why he was taking such an interest In the Yanks when , he was out of ownership. And then j cams the bombshell. "I'm not out. The sale doesn't go. Tin still pai t o*wner and I'm going out i after those Giants for trying to die- : late the Sunday schedule that's to prevail in New York in 1923.” ! And so he's In again I (Copyright, mi) Shortage of Maple Trees Causes Fflanufacturers of Bowling Pins to Wonder What Will Happen The real bowling pin these days is made of manic. In recent years so many trees have been out'down and turned into bowling pins that there has come a shortage in that sort of timber and the bowlers and the manufacturers of bowling pins are wondering what is going to happen when the maple trees give out. Maple seems to be the only thing that will do for pins. Other woods split, they nrc too heavy or too liglu tine inspired Inventor made pins like butcher's blocks—strips of wood glued together—but the weather affected them and they failed, although it is. admitted they could be used In dire emergency. Rubber pins or pins with centers of wood, rubber covered, have been tried, but they chip off or get dents knocked in them. They can't stnnd the terrific impact of the 16-pound haymaker that “speed” bowlers shoot at them. It all comes back-to maple, firm, ofose grained and reliable. For league bowling maple pins last only about two weeks. Then they are relegated to the open alleys where they stay until they can’t stand oh their own legs any more; perhaps their bottoms are trimmed off once or" twice, then It's the swan song; ignominous retreat out the hack door, and somebody's furnace. It takes less than a month for 4 set of fine maple pins to go through an alley, or rather for nn alley to go through a sot of fine maple pins. It's easy ‘o see, that the bowling game uses up n lot of maple every year, and that, with every particular housewife demanding shiny maple1 floors the. maple trees can't grow as fast ns they are cut down. No wonder tne farseeing managers are anxious. One of them Is saving every one of his old pins. He foresees the time when the sine will have to fee cut down and then he'll be all set. Kiviat Huns Good Trial Half Milo in Comeback Abel Kiviat, the Wilco A. A. speed king, ran a fine half mile trial in a Brooklyn armory. The Wilco alhlete is making fine progress in his at tempt to round into shape after a record layoff. Under a watch held fcy a friend the former 1.000 yard and mile champion and the present holder of the world's record for 1,500 meters went along without great ef fort in 2:02 t-5. Tribe to New Orleans. Cleveland baseball nquad will lmve spring1 practice at New Orleans next spring, it being the 15th time the ex- , champion have prepared there. The 102nd regiment of Engineers arm ory. New York city, will ho the seen© °f the nnnunl In# eroollegia te indoor track .and field meet March 3, 1923. Bowling Scores ARMOUR OVAL LEAGUE. Team Standing*. W. Ij. Pet. 1 Simon Pure . ..26 1 :t .667 ' Cloverbloom .23 16 .597 Verlbesf .21 16 .541 Devonshire .17 22 .436 White Flyer . 1 5 2 4 ..’.85 Luxor . ..15 24 . 3*5 1 Strom .173ITcn*man .162 Waack .169!Dros*.161 IV\< HERS I.EAGI E. Teen* Standing*. W. L. i »* t. Swift* Premium .39 1 5 .722 Dolds 60-50 .38 16 .704 Cudahy* Puritan ........1 « >.4* Armour* Star .» 64* Armour* Oval .*....23 :: I .426 Cudahy* Ilex 22 .407 Swifts Brookfield ..2" 2.1 170 Dolds Niagara.9 4. .166 Individual Average*. Haiti ■ ... .1*4 r* i rson ...172 Clark .178{Cha*e .. .169 GREATER OMAHA LEAGUE. Tciim Standing*. W Ij. Pet Nourae Oil Co .4.’ 18 700 Cady Lumbfcr Co.37 2 3 .617 Omaha Alleyn ..33 27 ..50 Foater-Barker .32 2 4 .533 Sanford Cafe .3 1 -29 .517 Gordon Chocolates . 29 3 1 / .483 Omaha Towel Supply ....28 32 .467 C. Sr C. Garage .. .27 33 .4 50 Bushman Storage .21 39 .350 Blue Taxi Co.20 40 .333 Individual Average*. Kennedy ...196 Learn .193 Wart chow ..196; Wesley .193 HOLD fWt-50 LEAGUE. Team Standing*. W. I*. Pet. Buffaloes ... 9 3 7 50 Sterling ...... .. 8 • *4 666 Dold Quality . t. *. .500 White Ruse . 6 ». 500 Berkshire .o 417 Sunflower .7 167 Otrl Teajn No. 1 .10 2 .8 33 Girl Team No. 2 . 3 10 167 Individual Average* Ham.1*7 Dold 17* Dyck .UlCoa .,.175 i 9j .. ' ■ ... . ■ ' ——-. Referee Duffy Named by State — George 1 niffv, who refereed the Schlaifer IVi lls and Garda- Kilo bouts I at the Auditorium last night, received $173 and ids expenses for his services, i Ho is one of (ho highest-priced off! I dais brought to Omaha since the In auguration of the slate boxing law. | Duffy was selected for last night's i contests by the pmalia boxing ln . specter. The Spanish-Amerlcan War I Veterans, who staged tlie show, had no voice in the matter. Dnffy comes from Milwaukee. He Is a licensed referee of llie Wisconsin state boxing commission and officiates frequently in that state where 10 round, no-decision contests are permit ted. Hefore becoming a referee, Duffy was a boxer, lie has been connected with the boxing game for 20 years. j Vnitert States Golf association will meet In Pittsburgh January 13, next. Tourney ; dates and other matters of Importance will , bo acted upon at the session. Dempsey Isn’t After Much Money for Bout New York, Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Ac cording to Jack Dempsey's friends his manager, Kearns, tfill demand $500, 000 for hjs services In the ring. If Dempsey meets Harry Wills here he is likely to get almost that sum. But bouts with any of the other men mentioned as candidates for a Demp sey walloping would not lie enough of an attraction to gain Dempsey that tremendous amount of money at this time. In another year Floyd Johnson or Flrpo, perhaps, might he built up into enough of an attraction to bring in a gate with Dempsey equal to that, which a Dempsey-Wills match now would draw. But just at this time a Dempsey-Wills match is the only one sufficient to attract a gate large enough to assure Dempsey getting a cool half million dollars. Madera Rejoins Nittany Boxers After an absence from college for more than a year, due to n broken leg received in ttie memorable foot ball game with Harvard back in 1021, Hags Madera, Pittsburgh boy, has re turned to Penn Stale for the second semester. What is better still,/Hags is out in boxing togs and gladdened the heart of Coach Leo Houck by an nouncing that he would take his old berth in the heavyweight class. Hogs boxed as a heavyweight two years ago, and was regarded as one of tlie greatest heavies In eoilege cir cles. He sparred several rounds with Coach Houck tonight, and his font work seemed to be unimpaired despite the long si^go In the hospital as a result of his broken leg. Majors to Stop Minors Buying and Selling Back “Nobody asked you, sir, she said.” would be a logical as well as per fectly natural reply for the major j leagues to make to those minor league promoters who have become so bet up over the alleged attempt of the ma jors to force them to tak> players sub ject ^to the draft, against which some of them have signed the pledge The National and American league Magnates simply agreed to stop being suckers to the extent of disposing of their surplus players at bargain prices in the spring time and being forced to pay blue sky prices to recover any of that surplus in the fall if it is needed for the future strengthening of their own teams. They decline to let the minor league follows get theirs both ways, going and coming. Five leagues Against System. N'ow there are onlive leagues which adopted the Volstead act pgninst the draft system, and there are more than 30 minor leagues in the country. Only John H. Farrell knows exactly how many minors there are at a given moment because they vary so constantly. Anyhow, there are at lea“t a dozen or 15 of them who are perfectly willing their players shall he drafted if the big leagues want them. Consequently there Is no attempt to force any manager, mag nate or league to take players subject to the draft. If the five circuits In which the draft is prohibited don't want t<i admit athletes tained with even one-half of 1 per cent draft they don’t have to. • Naturally the five draft-proof minor leagues don't stop to think of that. They are the three Class AA and two strong Class A circuits which have [bossed everything in the bush league world so long that they have forgot ten they are not the whole works. From the day of their birth these circuits have depended on the major leagues for players with which to fill out their teams. For the last eouple of years they have been allowed to obtain promising young plajk>rs, not quite ripe for the big time, at very low* prices, then demand Jheir own figures for the release of any young ster who might develop real ability. According to press agent figures the Pacific Coast league last year held up one major league club for $75,OliO, and another club for $100,000—not for a franchise and ball park, but for one single player. Mast Get Out and Pig I p Recruits. Consequently tho btislj magnates see In the latest move b" the majors an attempt to compel them to abro gate their principles and submit to the draft, whereas it is only a move to compel the anti-draft adherents to go out and dig up their own recruits Instead of panhandling them off their friends, as heretofore. Need New Leader. New York, Feb. 3.—Now that \V. C. Fownes of Pittsburgh, captain of tho American team which defeated the Fritons as Southampton last year has definitely announced that he will bo unable to go to England this season, tho executive committa of tho United States Golf association will have to appoint a new lender. Frank Leroy Chance’s Major League Batting Record By FltKDKKlt'K <i. MEB. warrior of another decade is /about to take another fling at big league baseball. The lure of the diamond again has taken hold of "It u s k” < banco, tbo for mer p o e r I e s b leader and once fiery first base man of tho Cubs. Failure to do anything with a tail end American league club in New York 10 years ago lias not dis couraged Chance. He still hanks heavily on his former managerial ability, and Is about to embark on the precarious Job of leading 'back the Boston Bed Sox to their former position at the top of the baseball roost. But in this series of sketches, we are interested more in Frank Chance, the baseball star, rather than In "Husk," the manager. Chance’s record is not as imposing as some of the then we have commented on. Wagner, I.ajoie, Huffy, et a). Husk hit over .30 only five times, scored over 10U runs only once, and the most hits he cracked out in one season was .151. However, with it all, Chance was one of the star first basemen of his team, or akiy other time, a dashing aggressive player and a na tural lender. Frank LeRoy played his >first big league game in Chicago on April 2!*, 1S98, the Cubs playing Louisville. Chance caught Clark Griffith that day, and the Cubs were in a liitful mood. They lashed Chiu* Frazer, the Louisville hurler, all over the west side and won by 16 to 2. Jlans Wag ner played In that game at first base for the Colonels. Chance caught for Chicago five years, without even attt feting any great attention. B was when he was shifted to first base in 1003. that bis famous career as a player really started. His speed, which was never properly utilized when lie worked be hind tlie. Hat. quickly manifested It self, for in his first year as a first baseman Flank stole 67 bases. lie remained a dangerous husi runner until ids legs started to go hack on him in 1910 « Fifteen yeuia inter Chance left Chicago, where he hryl won his grpat glory, and tried to put the New York Yankees in the spotlight. Idke Anson, he took over a tail-end team, and after two years, during which he encoun tered much interference and suffered many disappointments, he threw up the job in disgust. Now, r'Rht- years Inter, he intends to tinker with an other tail-ender. Year Club Ijcague. CJ. AB. R. If. TB. SB. Pet. 1898 Chicago National . 42 140 32 42 55 5 .288 1899 i him go National . 37 190 30 55 08 11 .280 1900 Chicago National . 48 151 26 46 82 9 .804 1901 (.'hlcago National . 63 228 37 66 83 30 .289 1902 Chicago National . 67 230 40 67 86 28 .284 1903 Chicago National . 123 III 83 141 194 67 .327 1964 Chicago National .. 124 431 89 Ito 194 42 .310 1905 Chicago National . 115 392 92 124 170 38 .316 19(01 Chicago National . 136 17 4 103 151 204 57 .319 1907 t hlcago National . 109 382 58 112 138 35 .293 19(91 < hlcago National . 126 452 63 123 164 27 .272 1909 Chicago National . 92 321 53 88 112 29 .271 ; 1910 f hlcago National . 87 295 54 88 116 16 .298 1011 Chico go National . 29 88 23 21 36 9 .239 1912 Chicago National . 2 5 2 1 I I .2**0 1913 New York American . 12 24 3 5 5 0 .208 , Total 16 years . 1232 4207 706 1273 1690 404 .297 _Dogs With Pedigrees ls-fl ti» Ki(ht—Wuldj Thor. Pa* drr Uui*iuiifiiitrr unit Saruli You Hcinerk. J. G. Murphy, 601 Harrison street. Council Bluffs, is the proud owner of a most unusual breed of dog. Not only are his animals unusual In ap pearance, but most of them have a life history of note. Baddy Thor, less than 1" months old, is the prize animal in the Mur phy 'kennel. His sire is King Thor. King Thor served during the world war In the German army. Sarah von Heineck also has parents which came from Germany. I ler sire also served in the German army during the war in much tlie same capacity as the French police dog. Pax der Burgomeister, in the uyiper t 'ghthand corner of Hie layout, la the lau-at addition to the Murphy keunel, Pax came from Germany a short time ago and has a pedigree as long as the Rhine river. In Germany this breed of dog is known as the German shepherd dog until trained. The German shepherd dog is the same as the German police dog, tile difference being that the po lice dog is especially trained. The dogs In the Murphy kennel are trained to be good watchdogs and especially go**! dogs to have nround where there are children. , HOT STOVE LEAGUE hj(i)at> Dam; bankortii, st. i,ouis brown hurler, who was bus pended from the big show last season for- doctoring the 1ml! and who later assisted in hurling Tulsa to a western league pennant, may Isoe duty with Atlanta in the South ern association. Atlanta Is dickering with the Browns and it is believed that the southern club has a good chance to get Danforth. Inability to compete in bidding with a «iub in the league where there is no salary limit, lias cost the Tulsa (tilers the pitching services of the big hurler. Banforth's contract with the Browns cnlls for rt major league salary and the Vlub that gets him must pay it, say, the Brown offi cials. TAKi; a dive into the American league pitching records and you'll discover that since 1900, the year of circuit's birth, there Were many high-class lefthanded hurlers. In six out of the 23 seasons of its ex : istonre southpaw hurlers have led In games won for a season. “Rube" Waddell with Connie Mack in 1002 and 1905, led all hurlers in games won, while lCd Plank, also in the services of Philadelphia ath letics, with » percentage in games won of .760, was the leader in 1906. “Hub" I,pnnard with the Red Sox beaded the list in 1914 with the record of .792 in games won. The big noise in 1015 was "Babe" i Ruth of the Red Sox. “Babe" had a ! percentage of .750 in victories. Tn ' 1 ;>JS. F. N. Cuumbe of the Cleveland : Indians, led the hurlers in victories with a mark of .650, which, by the was. is the lowest percentage ever registered by a leader since the. birth 1 of the American league in 1900. BASEBAI.I. players have names for everything. And ball players have pet names for umpires and hall bats. In the Western league nearly every player has a ball but that, lie rails by a pet nhme. Some time this hat, pet name and all,, are hurled at the “unrp." I Harney Burch, owner of the Omaha Buffaloes, had a favorite hat last season that he called "I.ulu." "Babe” Herman railed his hat a ‘‘stick." When Frank Isbell, owner of tho Wichita club, played with the Witches, ho hail a bat be called ‘‘Bet sy," Isbell never put his favorite bat with the other bludgeons, but al ways carried "Betsy" in a special bag. Ami so it goes. The old stick, money ; getter, etc., are other names applied j to the hat. George Fisher who played with St. , Joseph last year, frequently referred to his hat as ‘‘musket,” JIMMY IIAM1I.TON, former mana ger of the Joplin Miners when they were members of the West , rrn league, will pilot the Nashville club of tho Southern association this season. Hamilton tfnn the pennant with Charleston in the South Atlan tic loop last season. During the off season Hamilton la bors in a sporting goods house. JACK COFFEY, former manager of Denver mid Des Moines of this league, -will manage Hartford in the Eastern league again this com ing season. Coffee was one of the host pilots Denver had. From ibe Colorado city Jack went to Des Moines. % WTTHTHE PUG^ Bryan Downey will get busy week after next. The Columbus middleweight ha* been booked to battle Tommy Hobson in a 10-roun-ler at Detroit on February Hi lt ought to be a good fight. Downny Isn’t so formidable that ho can afford to hold. Robson t'*o cheaply. The date for the i'loyd .loll n*on-Bob Roper thing v hicli is to staged at Bos ton haa finally b* rn nettled on, and the men will <otm> together in a decision en gagement on February 9. Benny Leonard, world’s lightweight fist flinging champion, is at present moving in quite another orbit of the artistic empyrean. For Hen Is Just row doing hie level host to uplift the well-known drama. He made his debut ns an actor the other night and, contrary to expectations, proved to be a good one. V^Hinnrd Is one of the headliners In the Shubert revue, "The Dancing Girl." Quite a part has been written for him and he goes through it In great style. Hen does some talking, dances a bit, struts his training stuff, participates in the Inevita ble comedy boxing net and in the finale joins the ensemble and makes a sturdy ef fort to sing. Leonard's sterling performance sur passed the fondest hopes of his admirers. As one critic said: "His ring handiness only wins by a nose over his savoir fafre on the stage." * -- George Chaney, popular southpaw light - weight, is probably the greatest knocker ouf of nil tine Chaney already has sev enty-* ight knockouts to his credit end is starting a new campaign with Hn bleu to Increasing the totnl t. an even hundred.! His manager, Sammy Harris, says he 1 would like to hear from Charles O'Connell, among others. The great battle between Joe Iturman of Chicago and Patsy Flannigan uf St I Louis, staged Monday night, wa* the talk . of the pugilistic rlalto today F’annlgan , was lauded for his gameness and his, ability to coma back after being knocked down. Burman's fight, however, brought fonh ' more praise than any local fighter has received in jenrs. Some of them can't quit. Kid Williams. former bantamweight champion, was glad 1 to get in on the semi-windup bout with ■ youngster In a show in New York the other night. Williams won the bantam ti tle eight years ago and lost it In 1917 to Pete Herman. Williams tried repeatedly to corn* hack and couldn't. The public knows he Is done, but Kid knows that he can still make a living as an ex-champ. leach Cross, who beside* being h prac ticing dentist, has mud** quits a reputa-; tlon in the rin.r as n lightweight boxer. J t»ow Is acquiring new laurels out w. -t as j an after-dinner speaker At h banquet in Hollywood recently at which William Jen nings Bryan was the honorary speaker, Leach was called upon f<*r a three-minute address nnd shored the honors of the v caslon with the silver-tongued exponent of grape juice. — Harry Galfund and Johan j Billot* will. meet In the main bout at the Broad* a? ' BahlbUiou club Thursday night. Luis Firpo to Meet Veteran in Bill Brennan New Ynrk, Feb. .T (Spenal V The management of Madifcon Square Har den announces that Ians Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight, has been matched to box 15 rounds with Bill Brennan on March 12, one week be fore the Floyd Johnson-Tom (Iibbons -•rap. It is Kn Kml’s plan 1<» bring th»‘ winners t»f tlmse glove fights to gether in the Harden sonio time In April to produce an opponent for Dempsey next fall. Firpo will be subjected to a genu ine Most. Brennan, a battle scarred veto run, is a fairly good boxer, pos* sensing much experience. Ho is an ordinary hitter, as his recent losing • out with Fl"\'d Johnson proved, but ho can assimilate punishment. In Brennan, the South American will not ♦ ncQiint'T a soft mark liko Mct’ann, Herman or Tracy, whom ho knocked senseless last year. Brennan knows how to defend himself and is game, though flow'. Firpo lacks science and has much to learn at defending himself. But ho is a terrific puncher, particularly with his right hand. Interest in the coming battle will be centered in Fir po's ability to land one of his tre mendously powerful blows and how he will conduct himself when Bren !uhi reaches a vital spot. Firpo will have an advantage of at least 2T» pounds. Yanks Finally Land Lefthander • Xrw Ycrk. Feb. 3—(Special.)—The Yanks finally have landed a left : hander. Failing In their efforts to j got Dickie Kerr or Jakey May and discouraged in their attempt to bring | back Kiltie Kenton, the Yanks have retched down into the Southern As jBW'iation and plucked Johnny Suggs of the Atlanta club. So f.ir Suggs' baseball career reads like a baseball romance, lie Is a Dixie collegian and stood all oppos ing lintsmen on their heads. East season Suggs married the daughter of the former owner of the Atlantic club, and now Joe Corbett, the new owner, sells Johnny to the Yankees. All that Johnny now needs to do Js to All the Yankees' greatest want, a. left handed pitcher, rescue Miller Huggins from another defeat by tlioso blood-thirsty (Hants in a world's series and then live happily with hiS baseball bride forever after ward. Center Field Awes Bambino One look at the new stadium of the New York Yankees in the Bronx land IJaba Kutli remarked: ''Say. here's lone baby who is mighty glad that he's I not ft center fielder. "W hoever patrols that beat In center is not going to i bo crowded. He's going to get leg weary many an afternoon and finish . puite a few battles fit for the rest : cure.” The babe's outburst was prompted i when measurement disclosed the fact that due center at the Yankee field is | Gj feet deeper than that at the Polo 1 grounda Old N. Y. League Is Reorganized With franchises awarded to five cit ies, the old New York State league was reorganized at a meeting held in Elmira. Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Binghamton, Elmira and Schenectady received franchises. The sixth fran chise will most likely lie awarded to I'tiea. There is a dispute on in this city over the local baseball 'tights, l ilt Acting President Farrell lias de cided the ohV rights do not prevail, und the award of the franchise to Walter llapgood of Rochester, N. Y, has been approved. May Add More Events to Championship Track Card New York. Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Sev eral running events may be added to the program of the Intercollegiate championship track meet next May, if delegates to the annual I. C. A. A. A. A., conference in this city on March 3 approve such a proposition. At the meeting of the executive an.I advisory committees of the Intercol legiate Association of Amateur Ath letics of America, it was the general opinion that such additions were re quired to lialance the program, which at present consist of seven field events and eight running races. • Enters Dog Derby. Quebec, Feb. 3.—Another entry has been received for the big Dog Derby, which will be held here on February 22, 23 and 24, bringing the total number of teams scheduled to start in the 150 mile race to nine. It is from C. E. I-atourcaft and Napoleon Belanger, former prospectors, with long experience with dog teams in the Klondike and other northern regions. They will start a crack teem of huskies. Controls 147 Tracks. The ITnion Trotting association con trols 145 light harness racing tracks. The fr© surface of Now York’s now i< ** pnlac* lofHtmi ©t .' 2nd *troot, between liroadwMy and ICightli avenue. la JOO by >«<• foot «*verl'»oklni? th** skating spsoosro (taDnrlec* running entirely around* the u torlnr dlvidod into :‘4 s»*. tJonr Tine. rlutw and probably rolloKUie -am.* will use tlu building for pbiv •lurk Dillon, “limit killer.** uni* »«vo* nterd light - heavy weight champion lli© other wight at Hlrknell Ind that } 4 an tak • * are of himself in tl) i y outpointing oa« Jo© Wtiktr© ©r k'OlVUBbVUk
