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f! - : Konetchy High in His Praise of Buffaloes Manager of Club Says Omaha Infield Should Stack Up With Best in Minor Leagues. OKSICANA, Tex., March 13.— Spe cial Telegram.) — Konet c h y, M c Donald, Bure h, j Griffin, Apperson, O’Connor, Defate and Siemer will go out to the Cor sicana C o un try club golf course tomorrow morn ing for a chance of training. A 11 busy this after noon d i scussing strokes and predicting the sensational strokes which he was to exhibit for the approbation of his colleagues. The club worked out this afternoon and Gernandt. the ‘‘Wonder Kid'' from Omaha, showed up well. George Becker is steadily improving in his work in the box. The circuit pitch ers were in the box this afternoon and practiced throwing out the bunts from the old heads at the game. When questioned this morning con cerning his opinion of the infield of the Omaha dub. Manager Konetcky stated that tho Buffaloes had the best minor league infield in the country and that it was his opinion that there were few major league infields which would equal Omaha. The outfield is stellar in its per formance and has rounded into shape. O'Connor and Griffin look mighty good and have recovered their eye for the ball since their training began last week. Apperson arrived this morning and had his first workout today. With a day or two of work “Rabbit" will be in shape to take the field against the Texas league champions, the Fort Worth Panthers Saturday. All of the batters were on a ram- j page this afternoon and rattled the j fence many times with their drives, j Manager Konetchy stated after prac tice that at the present rate of lam basting and losing the ball over the fence a new supply of baseballs would have to be ordered in a few days. Burch is all smiles over the way hts team is snapping into the work and the fellows were as enthusiastic ♦his afternoon as If they were play ing In a regular game. Omaha will make Tulsa step lively In the open ing game April 18. and also in the pennant race, if the club keeps going at the presene rate. Nebraska Matmen Chosen. Ames, la., March 13.—Six Iowa State college wrestlers were selected to take part in the Individual cham pionship tournament of the Western Intercollegiate Wrestling association at Columbus, O.. March 16 and 17, at a meeting here tonight by a commit- | tee composed of B^O. Sehroeder of Iowa university; R. Cl. Hitchcock of Wisconsin university and C. W. May- 1 ser of Iowa State college. Nebraska ranked second with four i men and two alternates. Indiana land ed three and one alternate and Iowa three. Catholic Daughters Win. The Catholic Daughters of America and the St. lirrehman's high school cage squads were victors In a double header basketball program held last night at the Creighton "gym.” The Daughters defeated the Y. W. C. A by the score of 19 to 14 in the feature game of the evening. The st. Rerch man's girls won from the Cathoil"' Sokols by the score of 16 to 4. AD\ lit tl'KM KM". HAIR STAYS COIEDJLOSSY “Hair-Groom” Keeps Hair Combed—Well-Groomed HAIR GROOH TUMWMKM Keeps Hair < Combed I i — -V Millions Use It—Fins for Hslr! —Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly A few rent* buy* Jar of ‘'Hair Groom" at any drug store, which makes even stubborn, unruly or sham pooed hair stay combed all day In any style you like. "Hair-Groom" 1* a dignified combing cream which give* that natural gloss and well groomed effect to your hair—that final touch to good dress both In business end on social occasions. Greasoless, stainless "HairOroom" doe* not show on the hair because It Is absorbed by the scalp, therefore your hair remain* so soft and pliable and so natural that tio one can pos ‘ slbly tell you used It The New Flyweight Phampnom - - By Ed Hughes A KmockouT fVfMCHEft. AcTkovGM ne oauo ^ AaJ D Al>v>S T DOoffgt> VlUCA •*» J CAST / /^j ^OOnIO 6e>imo >s * WSNOCB- Hf . 6u*«ie ~TooK.“^fe Ki»jG3 "SfA*cmS *•****& WfTV40*/T *■ zx-yzp y * ' HAO *0 "^Oo8l8 Al/O\0trU(j t*u>Jfo£ Viuiis SwiMG6-wis <*oT -A MtJ £tE Frankie Genaro, who sheared Pancho Villa of his flyweight title recently through a "hair-line'’ deci sion, is a real champion. Although the little Italian’s margin was a watery one the advantage was none theless apparent to close observers. He was the complete master of the dynamic brown-skinned lad in box ing. Genaro’s defense was down right astonishing. Inasmuch as he about held his own in the exchanges there was nothing else to do but hand him the verdict. This Italian midget from New York's teeming Harlem section should rate himself as one of the best fly weight champions America ever had. He has the brain, the physical re quirements, and he has mastered the Bound principles of boxing. Genaro i is the first champion In many years to spring front the amateur ranks. Frankie was a success as a txtxer front the moment he first laced on his gloves in 1919. That year he won the New York state 112-pound amateur honor. The next season brought him national and Olympic titles, the latter being ift the 108-pound class. Genaro started In the professional ranks almost immediately upon his return from Antwerp. In his two and a half years amongst the "pros'' Genaro has had but two setbacks. In particular he seems to have the "Indian sign'' on little Pancho Villa. Previous to taking away Pancho's title Genaro obtained a close decision over the youngster from the tropics. Before that he battled Villa to a draw in a no-decision bout. Genaro Is frtAAl *C»fc 66rWU> a Tm*. fct W€i(jHT KiaJC’ » OF Am**»CA of Viuc^s ^ Sw*<4^'^o r -n^« MfiLK headed for the worlds flyweight hon ors. Jimmy Wilde has signed to de fend his world's crown against Villa on June 16. In >few York. This match really belonged to Genaro. Hut if Frankie can beat Pancho In the ring, then Villa is his master at ob taining title matches. The latter beat Genaro to Buff's crown after losing to the little Italian in Brooklyn. Now he has speared the ilde contest which carripg with it the world's champion ship in the class. However, Genaro will probably wait until Villa wins it and then grant Villa the chance to redeem himself. Through these means Clenaro should ultimately win the title now held by the once great Jimmy Wilde. * Omaha Team in Squash Match Fifteen players are fighting for a position and ranking on the Oma ha squash team which will meet St. Louis players in an Intercity match here Saturday afternoon. The contest will start at 2 o'clock with three games being played simul taneously. Players ranking 9, 6 and 3 will play at 2 p. m.; players ranking 8, 5 and 2 at 3, and those ranking 7. 4 and 1 at 4. The St. I.ouie players will arrive here early Saturday morning and spend the forenoon accustoming themselves to the Omaha University club courts. The Mound City aggregation is trained by a professional instructor and Is one of the fastest Tn the west. It recently defeated Cincinnati play ers In an intercity match. Selection of the nine players for the Omaha team will not be made before Friday. Cudahy Club Will Hold Fight Program The Cudahyvj’acklng company ath letic club is planning on staging a flock of knuckle whirling contests at the club's athletic rooms soon after the first of next month, according to an announcement made last night. The Cudahy officials are trying to get an opponent fur "Kid" Schlatter. A Irwin Blge "Turk" Logan l*>ut is In the making and an Ace Hudkins llarry Kinnear fuss Is almost com pleted. Jack Menlo, ring warrior, may appear on the sAme program, “Chuck” Kearney Playing Basket Ball in Denver "Chuck" Kearney, former Creighton university basket ball player and roach, Is now a member of the Koche Ambulance quintet of Denver, accord ing to a report published In the Rocky Mountain News. Kearney Is one of the stars of the Denver team and has been picked as one of the all-state forwards on one rrlhe s all state Independent team. Blue Rifle Team Wins Shoot According to results received yes terday by Captain James Wheelln, conch of the Creighton University rifle team, the i 'relghtort markamen defeated the North Dakota State rifle team In a apeclal match, which was shot off last week, Karh team shot a course of sip stages on Its own gallerv, sending the results to the opponents for com parison. The locals scored 4,807 rounds out of a possible 8,000, as a gain st the Dakotans 3,391. Following are the namea of the Creighton team: L. Kramer, L. Brown, D. Hllsaard, L. Vance. H. Leermakers, J. Bigler, P. Srhemmor, L. McCabe, H. Liehtenberger and A. Brandon. Kramer is the team captain. Duck Laws Being Violated. Killing of ducks In violation of the International agreement between the United States and Canada will be called to the Attention of the slate gome warden by the Isaac Walton league of Omahu, Tom McBlttie, pres Ident, announced this morning Omaha hunters have been killing ducks In' large numbers recently al though the open season closed De cember 31 and doe* not open until September IB. Ducks have been flying "up stream" In unusually large numbers the last month and many hunters Two Omaha Team* to Meet. Two Omaha teams of the Knights of Columbus league will compete In the national K. of C. tournament at Milwaukee Saturday and Sunday. Ileafey, Fitzgerald, Rice, Meehan and McAullffe wll rnmpoae tint) team and McQuade. Donahue, Gavin, Ijong and Brawley the other. Davies Explains How to Get Correct Distance From Ball Hy STANLEY DAVIES. 4iolf Instructor yield Club. tin tomorrow* article Mr Davies will explain how to over, ome fault* which result In *mnther!n* and topping the ball > IN ADDRESSING the ball one should be careful not to stand too near or too far from it. These two faults are very common, and any player guilty of cither should take immediate steps to correct it, for such an error will make it im possible for his swing to go through the correct plane, and as a consequence he will lose power, control and timing We will assume that the player has addressed his ball with the heel of the club off the ground, tn other words, his position Is too near the ball. The left arm and shoulder will not turn back In the correct plane, but will have a lifting action, the position at the top of the swing will be incorrect and the timing of the swing will suffer. In standing too far front the liali the wrists rotate too quickly, causing a flat swing which produces a smoth ered shot or a decided puli, and fre quently destroys the balance. The proper distance from the hall can be obtained by allowing the club head to rest on its natural sole. I recommend to a player who has diffi culty In getting the correct distance from his hall to place the club hebd on the ground firstly and let his dis tance from the ball bo governed by the position of his club. If the dis tanee from the ball bn* been measured correctly the shoulders and left arm can travel In the name plane, enabling a player to have a uniform swing. He also places himself In a position to make the best possible use of his hitting powers. If this p< sition is not attained not only is the hitting power and control sacrificed, but the timing Is missed also. It is possible to time a stroke only when the left arm Is traveling at the same speed and tn the same plane as the shoulder Billy Wells, Fighter, Meets Billy Wells, Actor, in Omaha BIM.V W hM .K, wlm liihU Kranklr Srhorll at I In* Auditorium I litlay nlglit, I* hr>r« aliown “milting" Ills old rrnny from arroa* llir |M>nd, liniy Wrlla, Iho arlor, who oprna an rngagrmrnt wllli llir Krlalr Twin* | at Iho (iayrly next wrrk. Thry wrrr rrarrd In Hormondary, Kiixlanrf. and ! Iirlong lo (lir Hiimc art ora' cluh of l.ondon. TIip arlor formrrly wan an. amatrnr hoxor. " 'Awn my checkered nverAlla, If It ain't Wily \\ *11* " "Black niid white talnbawa, if It lan't my bloody nwld friend Hilly ; Welle," Thu* did Beirmmdaey Billy Walla, i ♦ ha fighter, and Harnmndaty Hilly Walla, the actor, both of llrrmnndaey, England, exchange greetings when they met hy chance yesterday in the Uualnaaa Men a gyti> f Tech Will Not Enter Tournev 0 Omaha Technical high school, win ner of the state interscholastic bas ket liall championship, will be in vited to represent Nebraska in the University of Chicago National l>as ket l.«H tournament at Chicago April * io 7. inclusive, according to word reaching here. Sutton had previously been Invited to enter the meet on the strength of the team winning last year's cham pionship. Tech will not nccept the invitation. Coach James Drummond announced today. The team Is disabandod and attention is turning to baseball and track. The team would have to continue practicing if it entered the Chicago meet. Drummond said. Schaefer Beals Hoppe. New York, March 13.—Only by a marvelous comeback In the two re maining blocks of 600 points each, can Willie Hoppe retain hla title of worlds champion 18 2 balk line bll liardist. against the assault of Jake Schaefer of San Francisco. The chal lenger easily won the first block of the title tournament last night, 600 to 277. Young Jake had a lead of 223 points He averaged 41 8-12. with high runs of 139 and 100. compared with the champion s averages of 23‘j. and high runs of 94 and 44 Durocher Trims Riley. In the interstate jiocket billiard tournament at the Paxton parlors, Pete Durocher of Des Moines defeated Frank Riley of Omaha, 125 to 81. in the afternoon game. In the evening, W. Wilson of Des Moines beat William Usher of Omaha. 125 to 112. This afternoon Wilson plays Far rell, while J. Rarber and Durocher play tonight. Postpone (»ritl Practice. l.lncoln, Neb. March 13.—(Special Telegram.)—Rain and snow f*ut a crimp in the plans of Head Conch Fred Dawson, who had planned to gal lop his candidates for next fall's fool liall about in the open air for the first time yesterday afternoon. "Scott" Dyo, baseball coach, had the same Idea. They will call out the Huskern as soon as weather conditions will pet mit. Colorado Teacher* I,o#c. Kunsns City, March 13.— Fast pia> was the order in tho games Ihis afternoon of tho first round of the National A. A t' basket hall tourna ment. Completely outplaying the Colorado Stats Teat hers college, Durango, Colo.; FnlrmouAt college, Wichita. Kan , won a place In the second found by defeating the teachers. 37 to 17. I'lankinton Irani l eads. Milwaukee, W m . March 13—Twrn ov eight It'imm aoNauItctl the pin* yesterday In the American Howling Congreaa tournament In an effort to diaplat'o tho IManktnton Glob* No. 1. team of Milwaukee, which la holding tho lead with 2.THO. Tho Wisconsin I total No. 1, rapped out a total of 2,165. which puta them In third place. W isconsin Beats Indiana. Madison, W|s., March 13.—The Vnl j vxrslly of Wisconsin haskst hull learn defeated Indiana university team here! tonight. 37 to 17, going Into s tie with Iowa for first honors In the "big ten" conference. Braniff to Join Norfolk. Johnny BrunllT, Omaha sand lot pitcher, who was started by the Otnaha 1 VVeateru league club last fall, hae hern released to tit* Norfolk club of Hi* alula league. Great Crowds Acclaim Firpo as Next Champ Buenos Aires, March 13.— (By A. I’.)—Buenos Aires went wild last night when the news was received that I-ouis Angel Firpo had knocked | out Bill Brennan in New York. : Thousands of persons marched . through the streets of the city, , shouting, singing and hailing Firpo as the world's future champion. By DAMON RUNYON. 1'nlteriMll Vnlrf Staff f «rrs*pon<lent. EW YORK, March 13.—A wild bull of a man from the pampas of the Ar gentine. his eyes, chalky-white, glar ing through a smear of blood with the insane fury of a wounded beast, a main of black hair fairly standing up like the quill* on a por cupine—that was Buis Angel Firpo, gigantic, fearful looking' as he rushed out of his corner for the twelfth i round at Madison Square Garden last night. Old Bill Brennan, soggy with punch i es and very tired, w’as coming out of 1 the opposite corner. His faded green trunks bad slipped far down over his hips. A roll of fat around his middle was jellying with fatigue at every j step as Brennan walked. He stuck out his gloves, soaked with Firpo's blood, more by instinct : than anything else, to meet the rush i of the wild m.in. Then the gallant old trial horse of the heavyweight divis ion made his last stand. IMatfonn Shake*. The platform shook under the rush J of Firpo's 220 pounds. Bill <ried to | stab hirn off with the same left hook I.oui* Angel Kirtw. that had done great damage to KSr- | po's face in the earlier r*™ Is. It was like stabbing i rhinoceros with . a hairpin. Hang! Firin'* righ" hand resounded against Bill's fat s!d*“ Bill* knees shook. A strange j ailor had come over his battered fare He fell weakly against the hairy body of the giant from the Argentine. An uppercut from Flrpo's right hand, as big as a pump kin, Jolted Brennan's head hack weak ly. Bill gamely tried his ]«-ft hook. On came Firpo. his great hands swinging 1 like clubs falling on Brennan's head, on hi# neck, far down on his back as Bill bent to the rush. Itrvnnan Staggered. Now Firpo stood off. steadied his tremendous bulk and chopped a right against Brennan'# chin. Bill staggered on toward the hairy body, and again and again Firpo clubbed away at his chin with his right. Then with two minutes and 37 seconds of the twelfth round gone, Brennan fell weakly, face forward on the floor. He did not get up again. The time keepers dragged his body back to the stool in his corner like a sack of meal, and a volatile I-atin-Arnerlcan hopped into the ring and kissed Firpo on both cheeks, black with beard stubble. “I'm going to show you another Jef fries tonight." promised Tex Rickard before the fight. Firpo's weight was announced at 220, Brennan's at 203, which is heavy for Bill. Landis Behind Benton. Cincinnati—K. M. Randis was quoted as saying he is "running the game," and that ''Rube” Benton would play ball this season. Kearney Stars in Denver. Chock Kearney, erstwhile Creighton basket ball star, is continuing his stellar playing with a Denver semi pro basket bail team. Kearney is the big cog in the machine and has won an army of admirers. Miss Browne to East. Los Angeles—Miss Mary K. Browne, formerly national women's ter.nis champion, has announced she idars to Invade the east this year to participate in both the national wom an's golf and tennis tournaments. Name Jeannette Referee. Joe Jeanette, one of the greatest negro heavyweights, has been named a referee and judge by the New York athletic commission. He is the first r*gro ever appointed to that posi tion. Pitcher Ivellv Sold. ■Seattle. Wash.. March 13.—Ben: Kelly, whose brother. George Kelly, "on fame as first baseman of the j New York Giants, has been sold by the Seattle baseball club of the Pa r-ifii coast league to the Memphis club i >t the Southern league. Kelly is a pitcher. To Join Enid Cluh. Pete McGuire, former Onwlia ama teur baseball player and hardball king over at the "Y.*V has signed a contract to tryout w.ih the Enid club of the Western asoesiation. He will report at Enid, Okia.. April 1. Harsch Beats illiain-. Helnie HaHkrh defeated Williams, r» to 32 in the billiard tournament which utartcd at Ernie Holme?' recrea tional parlors last night. The match vent 72 inning?. Williams had a high run of 5. Husker Huskies Third in Final Mat Standings Ames and Ohio Statr Tied for Leail in Western Intercol legiate Wrestling. WESTERN W’RENTE] NO 'TAN KINO* W. E. P<t. Iow% Mat*. ."> O J.006 Ohol Mat* .ft l.MC Indiana . • i ,7'4 >*hra*ka .$ 1 .7.VI IIIIno4« i ■* ,*w»: Inirmltj of Iowa .A 2 .hhG Mivon»in. 2 A ,4IU| f hirajro 2 ;{ .4<M| Purdu* I a .234 Michigan tpri*-- '» Mlnn**ota o 4 /«,■) Nurt«w*M*rn 0 7 .ex* Lincoln. Marcii 13—(Special)—Ne braska is tied with Indiana for third place In the final standings of the Western intercollegiate wrestling, fencing and gymnastic association with Arnes and Ohio State di ding honors for top division. Friday and Saturday of th.s we*“k the individual championships of li » Western intercollegiate will he he . : M i ambus. O. A conference c ^ mittee selects all contestants for th-se matches and four Nebraska grapple:» were chosen. They are Captain S. A. Troutmar., who has won four successive matches this season and the 175-pound individ ual championship at Columbus last year: Dale Renner, who has also won all his matches in the heavyweight division: Floyd Reed. 158-pounder, and Rupert Pmbst, 125-pounder, who have won three out of four starts this sea son. • Nebraska will be also represented in the fencing ar.d gymnast.c compe tition. Henry Sargent, at one time interscholastx fencinsr champion of France, will represent the Huskers with the blunt rapier, and two gym nasts. Warren Miller and Lloyd Schi’d neck, are also making the trip. Wil liam Novak, an Omaha medic, may be taken as the third member of the gym nastic team. Nebraska will be the only Missouri Valley school represented at Colum bus. Kansas Jayhawkers have start ed wrestling and have made applica tion for membership In the Western. Mattick to Pilot Ottumwa. Sioux City. Ia.. March 13.—W. J. 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