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Annual Coffroth Handicap Race Will Be Run This Afternoon at Tiajuana Oval ~ — ---— (•; Cream of Turf in West Will Go to Barrier _ Prize List for One and One Quarter Mile Event Will Be S37.373—Weights 90 to 122 Pounds. — TIAJUANA RACE TRACK, MEX., March 24.—The four points of the compass will turn the greatest crowd of race fans the wVst has ever reported to this course tomorrow after noon when the fourth renewal of the Cof froth handicap at one i l and a quarter miles j will bo down in turf history as the greatest event of win ter racing. So rich is the prize in this Coffroth handicap that the figures .seem stag gering. In money value, class of thoroughbreds and jockeys, fame of stables represented and in attendance the handicap, numed in honor of James Wood Coffroth. president of the Tiajuana Jockey club, and pro claimed the impresario of western racing, will compare favorably with that classic of Kentucky—the Ken tucky Derby. The value of tlib Coffroth handi cap this year with 15 starters will be $37,375, making it the richest purse in America for horses of all ages. The winner's share Will he $29,875 with $4,000 to the second, $2,250 to the third and $1,250 to the . fourth horse. Big Horsemen Represented. Pitch famed horsemen hs Harry Payne Whitney, Commodore J. K. I-,. Ross, C. B. Irwin, William Daniel, A. C. Bostwick, George P. Fuller and J. M. Crane will be represented and carrying their colors will be many of the first flight distance horses of America^ While the money values quoted here are based on 15 thorougu* breds going to the hands of starter Harry Morrissey, is Is likely that (here will be an appreciable increase in the distribution of rewards, for if now appears that the field will number 18. Not only will the Coffroth handicap lie a great race of thoroughbreds but it will also be an exacting test of joekeysliip. Owners are so desirous of giving their thoroughbreds every chance to do their best tjiat several of the best riders in America have been engaged for mounts. Notable among these are Jockeys McAfee, Merrtmeo. Claver, Pool, Martinez and Thompson, the latter being the former F. R. Bradley rider, who had the mount on Behave Yourself, a Kentucky Derby winner. That there is certain to be a riclt reward for the winning rider is disclosed by the fact that most of the owners have prom ised their riders that if "they get down in front" $5,000 will be their share of the winning. To this will be added $1,000 from the Tiajuana Jockey club. Blanc Being an Entry. Weights in this big event will range from 90 to about 122 pounds and the honor of taking the top impost prol» ably will be assigned to Feylance. the prize in the Ross string. Thi stable and the best of it will be the possibly Spanish Maize to the post, the three comprising an entry. An other will be from the William Daniel stable and the West of it wil be the sensational 3-year-old, Blanc Seing, who ran one and one-eighth miles the other day in 1:52 1-5 to tie the track mark. Blanc Seing is a promising candidate for the Kentucky Derby and since his good performances here the prices on him in the derby fu ture book have had a sharp decline. With Rlanc Seing will be I.ighter and Olynthus. Harry Payne Whitney's well-known colors of blue and brown, symbels of many notable turf victories for years, will be carried by Spot Cash, whose laces litre have all been first class, fieorgie, a remarkable weight packer and winner of five straight races in New York last summer, will be the entrant of Col. p. J,. Baker. Cleorg>e lies been given a special "prep ' for the big race and will have many fol lowers. Marquette Will Erect New Athletic Field Special PWpateti to The Omaha Bee. Milwaukee, March 24 -Renewal of Ihe student stadium campaign for $40,000 has lie* ti made at Marquette university hefe, following the sale by Ihe city of Milwaukee to Marquette ilunmi of eight acres of the city's . Circus grounds for a stadium site ■ituderils are raising money with ahlrh to pay for the grounds. Alumni txpects to start work immediately on :helr campaign for $250,000 needed to •rect the first section of tfie horse dioe, which, when finished, will peat 65,000 people. Prospect Iiriphl for Grid Team at Marquette ’ ftpeclul VU[lutrll to The Ornnhtl Her. Milwaukee, March 24.—Although no j call for spring practice has been is sued by roach Frank J. Murray of the Marquette university football squad, prosper Is are bright for the Hilltop’s best r> idlron aeimon In history, next bill. About 2ft of the 2ft letter-men on ast fall's undefeated squad are expect >d to report at the Fake lieulnh camp In September. Joe (Red) Dunn, quar terback. Is captain. For the first time Marquette has scheduled two Impor tant Interscctlonal contests, one with Boston college In Boston October 27, sod the other with the University of Vermont In Milwaukee on Thanksglv 'ng day. The schedule follows: Hepteinbcr 39—Open. i letober -« ‘pen October li—Itipon In Milwaukee. October 20—Cttrrol! In Mllwuuke* Oetobor 37—Booton ••••liege in Boston, November 3—University of Detroit In Detroit. November irt- ('nlverslty of North D«* tc»ta In Milwaukee November 17—Mouth Piknti In Mil * «ukee .. 4 November 21 — (TliinkMivlKf) Lnlver* ftiiv of Vermont In Milwaukee. L WiKMOT amid MmimimiCT^Up Smi First Amimnnal ©mmalna (Girls' IBastet Ball T<tMraamni®mit_ Iwat-cell I * J O'Connor OAUCHTSRS OF AMSfUCA| 'm~*i 6'mma. (i'anrlQ F Calkv+jno. ^ GiNt'gfroti [■n. ceuuAs] 310T0S 3 UHlEXM Duughte* ■ of America. Front row, left' to right: FLLio l^eutcfwefjcr, (apt. Mor rell O’Connor. Dolly Roth; 'nt< k r«w, left to right: Emma Grtnsle, Eeona Wagroun, Y «lora Boone, Bernice Bttrkc, Mtulie Ryan. Large Squad Out for Husker Nine Hjinlal Dispatch to The Omaha Iter. Lincoln, Neb., March 24. — Scott Dye. coach of the Nebraska basket ball team, is snatching a much furrowed brow trying to figure out who is who among the 60 baseball candidates who have reported. To date an outdoor workout has been im possible. And the opening game with Oklahoma is scheduled just a little over a week away. Milling about In the armory, trying to keep from "kenning" each other and at the same tinje trying to get in some sort of condition for the open ing of the season, the Buskers have found themselves iiadly handicapped. His battery men are giving Coach Dye little reason for concern. He has some good pitchers and some good catchers. The infield presents h;s biggest problem. The schedule for this season calls for IS games. The schedule: April 2-3—Nebraska against Oklahoma at Norman April 13-13—Nebraska against Missouri at Columbia * April -U-i’l-—Nebraska against ^Vaah ingion at St. Louis April 27-28—Oklahoma against Ne braska at Lincoln. May 4-3—Missouri against Nebraska at Lincoln May 11-12—Nebraska against Ames at Ame«. May IS-19—Ames against Nebraska at Lincoln. May 21-22 — Kansas Aggies *#ga nst Ne braska at Lincoln June 1—Nebraska against Kansas at Lr. wrem «*. .Jun#» 2—Kftns.'>s against Nebraska at Lincoln. Six Teams in Colored League N. J. Wee ton, physical director of the V. M. C. A., hag called a meeting 'of the newly formed negro league to I be held In his office at 7 110 Tuesday j night. The pix teams that hove made irp ! plication for franchise* arc: Swift tv j <'o . Cudahys, Armour*. Braudels Theater waiters, Frankljrn Thenter ! Giant*, and St. John* colored < hureh. There is room for two more teams and any club deserving n franchise , must have their manager at this i meeting, Weston announces. »--•'-1 State Colleges Preparing for Track Season — Lincoln. Neb., March 24—Nebraska colleges aro now centering their at- i tentlon on spring sport, with the bas ket ball season out of the way and i j cage honors divided between Nebras ka Wesleyan and Peru Normal, the i |Cornhusker intercollegiate circuit is .preparing for the track and tennis sea I son, baseball not being a recognized | conference sport. | The main collegiate interest cen ; lered in track. Last spring five i schools participated in the intercnl | legiate track meet at Hastings. Ne I t.raska Wesleyan won the champion ■ ship with a total of 63 points while j Hastings college was a close second with a 58 1-2 point total. Doane col | lege. Nebraska Central and Grand j Island college followed in order ’ nam< d. The 1923 intercollegiate meet will be j held at University Place next May I . under the auspices of Nebraska Wes- j lt-ynn university. Indications are that 1 at least eight schools will participate . ; in the meet. A number of veteran performers ! have responded to the call for trark 1 candidates at the different camps. Le Bar, who holds the record for the half mile run. will head the Doane college aggregation. George, winner of the . 220-yard low hurdles at the 1922 meet, i is back at Wesleyan, ns is nlso Austin, j distance runner, who won the mile. ItU'-scl! Chandler* hurdler, will cap ! lain the Hastings college team this ! year. Chandler won the highs In the state meet last spring. Other mem | Iters cf the Broncho squad are Young. Anderson. Harry, Hnlmestet. Maunder and Rasp. Thirty-five men have responded for track at Midland college The work j of the Lutherans will probably cent- r .around Lawrence Horn, an all around (athlete, other material includes Camp bell, Tschudy. Luschel, Sudman. Grltt man and Lundberg. Chadron Normal plans to take a. dip 'Into the track sport this spring. Fifty men ore expected to answer Coach i West's call for candidates to pgrform 1 on tho cinder path. The list includes . Mi Kelvey, Pringle. .Shipp, Trapp and ; Smith, veterans. New men aro Wey | mouth, Lingle, Lowry. O'Connor and i Ileal. Th» dual meet season will probably ' "pen the third week in April, the stale | conference championship coming the middle of May. George Calza, Italian Mat Champion, Lacks Experience, But Is Gamest in Business Spfdiil lllMiutell to Tile Omaha lire. KW YORK, March 24.—Oeorg* Colza. 1 deacrlbed ns t h a i Italian wrestling: champion. shape* up like a dangerous contender, even for the world's mat t iti'*. T hero nr#* bi* V KPr anil stronger! 1 grapplera, also mat f man with a far ' gran tar repertoire ; of holds and a more ^ i advanced knowledge i f the game—but none with greater courage. In the winning of the fea ture match over Charley Cutler a I couple Weeks ago thin quality at nod j cut. in a fashion tha' enthused his admirers almost to a frenzy and brought the bout to a quite dramatic clone. Cutler, who was supposed to prove easy for Calta, prove.! to bo a sturdy and experienced mat man. Calza took the aggressive right from the start and his perslstenee und enthusiasm almost threatened his undoing. The utory of this match really center* around the final five minute*, n* up to thl* time It was practically all Cal za, vrllh Cutler playing a walling game. Assimilate* Punishment. With the bout a little more than three-quarters of an hour gone Cut ler suddenly made a leap at falsa and Clamped on a powerful head lock. The Italian broke It after nn effort that left him Ju»t a little dazed. Hut he continued on the aggressive and was Siam the victim of another pun ishing lieadlock. Again Calza was forced to* expend much strength breaking loose, again he came out of Ib<! hold dazed, but again be took the Aggressive. A third time fuller succeeded In applying bis favorite hold end this time when « alza still persisted In the aggressive ho was met by a fierce rush. Then followed some of the fastest work thHt sporting nv n can recall In nny heavyweight match of recent year*. They went flying about the ring for fully three tnln tile* like n pair of featherweight bos era, breaking hold after hold almost as fast as secured In the frenzy of their whirlwind struggling. Game to Core. CAlas'* daunt leu* work wu* final ly rewarded. lie *frured a romblnn lion head and hip lock that Culler wai forced to auccumh to after much convulsive heaving of the body and pounding with hi* hit* till the ring interned to rock. No punishing wa* this winning hold that after Calaa had arisen Cutler *t!ll Hprnwled with hi* face In the cuhvus ttnubln to get up for lubre then n minute, while hi* legs neat about In u grotesque man ner and hi* arm* thrashed around like one In the throe* cf strangula tlon. Then Colza's admirer* went quite ernsy. They hurled Into the ring, climbing over one another’-* shoulders and breaking down considerable of the pre** table* In their effort* to shake the hand of their champion. The tlm* was Ml ' minute* and So second*. < ’ttltsa I* now after Ihe - alp of I'M. ( Strangler l,*wi*, heavyweight wreatllng champion iof the world Ite ha* repeatedly < hallenged I*ewl* slner hi* arrival In till* country, two year a ago. but Ihm nut found * promoter who Is willing to gamble on the tnntch The St. Cecilias high school girls’ basket hall team won the first annual cKy championship cage tournament held under tiie auspice* of Omaha university last Wednesday night when it defeated tile Daughters of America in an interesting contest by the score of 15 to 14. A free throw after the regular playing tibie had ended enabled the St. Cecilias girl* to be crowned city champs. Seven teams were entered in the tournament. Ernie Adams, roach of Omaha university athlelic teams, had charge of the affair, which was a success from start to finish. The championship team was awarded a handsome trophy donated by , Beddeo, clothier. Walter Johnson Yearning to Achieve 100 Shutout Victories By FRANK <>. MENKK. Copyright. 1913, by King Feature* Syndicate, Inc. i- i ALTER JOHNSTON'S arm ones the mightiest whip in the baseball world has grown tired and weary through six teen years of constant strain and constant effort. The days of the "Speed King-’ or*; numbered. There has come to him much in the financial riches of banebaJl; much In glory; much In esteem and much that will make him a baseball Immortal. But in _ the*'- ebbtrur hours >.f his big league life, Johnson knows an unfulfilled ambition—the yearning to achieve 100 shutout triumph*. Will his dreams come true In 1921? In the *ix years of his big league life. Johnson lias whitewashed foemen 97 time*—a record Infinitely ho yond all pitching opposition. Several season* ago he eclipsed the mark of S3 hung up by Christy Mathewson. The "Speed King" has averaged a trifle better than six shutout* per season. If maintained through 1*2^. hr would go well beyond the century and thus establish a record that might be imperishable. Were the arm of Johnson today the - same wizard like whip of hi* earlier years. It would be a certainty that he could pitch at least *lx runlega triumphs In 1323. Hut the arm hat lost It* youthful power, It* bullet like sp< ed. much of Its cunning. Bats men no longer fear I',—and no longer dots it liaffle thim, a* In the other days. Once Walter used to thick It a day poorly spent when he didn't shut out the enemy. But In 1922 the great mouBdsman’e chief difficulty wa* In winning in any old way that was possible. Even in that endeavor he was not really successful for In 31 hattlisi. he was triumphant in only 15. finishing the year with an average of .405. But whether Johnson ever doe* reach the 104 mark or not, It would seem that already he has compiled a record which may resist all the on slaughts of future years. Only one ---rg pitcher in the game today can be re yarded as having a chance to top the ; Johnsonian record—and that is a chance remote. In hi* 12 vearg OroVer Alexander ha* pitched his way to T9 shutout win*, including in. which he - line in 191G and which constitutes the single, season record for ail time. Alexander lias averaged about six and one half whitewash application* per year Could he keep it up for live more seasons, it 1* uuite likriy that he could eclipse whatever is the final record which Johnson will make. llut the pathetic thing is that Alex ander* days, like Johnson *, seem to he numbered. If either trekks the big league trails for three more full n as-ns, it will be a happy surprise to the baseball world. And even if Alexander did go five years more, and Juhnson didn’t add another white washing to hi* list. It t* unlikely that Alex would pr.es Johnson. ^WESTERN ::'LEAGUE __ NOTES Uy •« ” ONK Western league frltw has p k <■ I Tulsa. St. .1. — t>h anil Omaha to finish in order named at the end of the 1923 *»oson. A.id We might add: "The flowers that I loom In the spring, tra la, are not the same flowers that bloom In the fall, two tra la* " • • s <*/'^lllCK'' MATTIt,'K Is going to I work on a salary and at the same time manage th" Otrtim wa baseball club of the Mississippi Vulley league. Well, It's quite n drop for "Chick," who last year owned and managed the Sioux City bull club. Matt Irk rnoy make some money at Ottumwa this season, we hope ■ i. and If he does It will I more than he dill at sioux city last year. • • • A former Western lens tier. Joe Kneaves. will manage the Topeka dub Ilf the Southwestern league tin.- sea son. Jon Is a fortnet Western short stop. * • • TOM l.t' IvANOV 1C, who liurle.1 with tmor auooean for Tulan laat year. Ima decided to i|tlU baeehnll. The mogtila at Titian tried lo find r°"t another pitching Job, but without amv coaa, Mtkanovlf haa taken unto him- f a wife. Jle live* In Kenttle, Wneli. • a • Wentern fin ulf. / <\T TATCI1 nut f"r the Denvci \\l rtenri thin —11-01 Thin In » » the dope flinhed nrouml the Wontern circuit. Hilly (lllhert, Denver mating" la kicking up rtttlle a fttnn out writ. He rently the White H"'- roll a ■ 1 a Inti |i 1 l.v the name of lliylhuuk to the I lent Now ronien tltltn-it with the newn that the Olanta will end five met. to Hen V* r. Including n oali her, two pltohera nnd two tnftehloi Another V\htn Ho* cantnff, an Inflelder, In expected to Join (illl.oi t a aquad early ihln week, • • • 1~v I.I'OIITH ft'i'in Mineral Wrlla, l-r Tex where the Tiilnn "tier 11 — | *» |n Irnlttlnu. Mate that Karl Black, aouthpaw hurler. liman t rhaug T ed a. nickel's worth since last season. lie’s throwing and grunHug In the samp old fashion, says the report • • • A LETTER from Barney Lurch say* that Manager Ed Konetchy Is very much pleased with "Jack Rabbit" Apperson s show ing at c ond bn sp When flriffin, llonowitx and Ot'on nor, outfielders, hit their stride during the spring training perlisi it left Ap person without a Job. Because of his speed and fielding ability, the "Jark Rabbit" has been playing second In the exhibition games and doing a l ight smart good Job of It. • • • JIMMY HHIN NEKS, new Tuba pitcher picked from the Eh lea go reini pio ranks by Jack Leltvclt, stahds six feet even without unre paired so* to his pedal extremities. Tin- Oilers have unother six-fontei. "Hwede" Johnson, who hails from Min nesota. Johnson Is a hurler who has plenty of "smoke" on the ball. Shields Beals Shepard. I lt»y Shield* trimmed Hurry Shepard, Si m 1*. In *ij liming* of three cushion ' Millard* last night at the Stale I three i ushlrin tournament, which i* lie log held al the Kline Holmes recre ational parlors. Boat (Masair t oday. I jOnilon—The annual Cambridge Oxford li'iat race on th* Thame* will bo rowed at fc n'chK'k today. VII lb* London patter* have tug feature stories on the great sporting event. | Cambridge is the favorite. I loti' Jnrli Dcm/tstY uml Fir/hi ('om/Hirr Bentparj— I irjHv— ’« intr* \*i* ''i\ irart l»H |»onti*U Ur mill I'M immhoI* m n. 1 In Ri mi l 14 l nr Hr* HmicIi Incite* 4*? im in * I Hr*l. normal 41 inehtm ill In* Hr* 44«1*1 it inrHfm MU* Itnhfg \rrl* . I* Imhro ' I III Hr* 44 rUf M'v Inrhr# IHi> In* lira ltlcrt»« II1 ( Itn ltr* 'll Im Hr* Th Ifli |A IneHr* • ,t , Ht iir* I .»lf Iiicltp* i V IneHr* , «. . AnkU kU Inehra Oilers Look Like Fast Club to Start Season Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Tulsa. Ok!., March 2C—The Oilers' j ramp at Mineral Wells, Tex , Is a ; beehive of activity, as work in tar nest ha* started and Manager Jack Ueiiveit, with his coaching and pep. s getting snappy work out of the | -quad of batteryrnen. which Includes Pitchers McLaughlin. Black. Shinners. King. Henry, Clark, Johnson, Tatum and Simmons, and Catchers Crosby md Ennis. Not facet are due to appear in the Oiler pitching staff this season. George Boehler, last year's ace, having been sold to the Pitts- - burgh Pirates. Dave Danforth re i died bv the St. Louis Browns. Oscar Hough! md, relief pitcher, sold to Evansville of the Three ! league, and Paul Shuman will I>e disposed of Therefore. McLaughlin and ^iiark are the only veterans of last year, so Lellvclt must rebuild his staff. Thompson, third base; Lamb, cen ter field r: Davis, right fielder; Bau man. second base, and Stuart utility man. will be the veteran*. The work of Dudley Lee, shoctstop purchased from the St. Louis Browns, will be watched with great Interest, as Lee fs expected to make the neees •try addition to the Infield that will make it second to none in the league. Bennett’s Place Must Be Filled. The pdoblems confronting Lelivelt ace th" piti king staff and a new out field to take Bennett’s place In left field. Front the advance dupe con- j corning Bob Clark, he should “del.ver the goods" in class A baseball, and j the former Milwaukee hurler Is ex- , petted to greatly strengthen the staff of boxmen. It is possible that Luge Stuart will ; be placed in left field, as he Is a bant ‘ hitter and a good fielder. I mat year he was on Ihe bench most of the ' tic. but n . on afount of being la-king in any department of hitting j or playing I.ellvelt simply had a win ning combination and didn't want to j lake any chance* of breaking it up. ] The (tilers have started their pre juratory tnmpaign with every pros pert for r> 1 eating ttieir victory of Ksl year tin- coming season, al though firm present Indications they will probably encounter strong oppo sition on the part of seveta! rival dubs, possibly the 81. Joseph Saints and Ibirm y Burch'* Omaha aggre gallon. At present it look* a* if the Oilers will open their senson with a stronger team than they bad a year ago. Since that time the infield ha* been strengthened by tile addition of Hud ley I .ec. small Chance for Kookif* Although the Oilers have a wiuad of promising young recruit few I kely wilt di-play enough ability to earn regular berths. Some of them, how■ \ei will bo retained on the squad during the season. From the III sent outlie k. tile Ollei * Will open the season with only two change* Shortstop and left outer garden will stiow new faces', tile tmlanoe will tie players who finished the 1952 season. State “Y” Swimming Championships Soon l.tnooln. March 52 —Lincoln, Oma ha Beatrice. Fremont and Oruml la land are expected in the llat of etl 11 lea in the annual gymnastic and swimming championship* to he held it the City V M F. A. here April " Ti e swimming section of the meet has been divided into two part*, men-* :,|,i hoys'. The men s event* will In .hide a tour-man relay, three optional dives, to mid free style. 40 yard hack swim and the 200 yard free siyle. The hoy s will compete in a four Ivey relay, (three Optional dives. 40 yard free style and 20 > avd hark swim. The gym l nastli- M , rk will Include work on the rings, the iierallet bars, horse and tumbling. Naval ii'itli'tny itta. Annapolis, Md . March 11—1- er ths fourth sio cessive year the gymnasts of the rntted Slates nn\«l academy won the Intercollegiate gVmnasttc championship ,-onteated here tonight. Murphy in Draw. Tm ion Frafty veterajt of the ring tluit he Is the host Frankie Murphv could get In hls bout with Dirk Twin Unmb-e was a draw A* Mil* nuke* -Tommy O linen h#*t .!«•* ,laar«B In 10 tounda Ja-h IHrionkll l«r>a t |lud f'hrlauana in 10 J*«'k £*|U* »nd Tuny l)cnn>a fousht *i* round* i%* • draw, / # fit. OclU* High M-hool. Front row. left to right, rollflrii Foy, ( apt < Htheritir (.illifftiHfi. Mary Boarh^tu: hack row. left to rlcht: Pauline Bralg, Helen (irortrr, Margaret l>«aohoe, Alice timiif, l/irriu Foy. Rook Shortstop Makes Big Hit FpeUl Dispatch to The Omaha life. Ntw York, March 24.—Dave lian • roft'a return to the Giants will be a severe blow to Travis Jackson, the young shortstop who has been mak- ; ing such an impression with McGraw End Jennings at short. Although Bancroft has returned, it 1 docs not mean that Jackson will not be a fixture with the club. Only 20 i years old, this youngster played 3 47 ganus with the Little Hock club of the Southern association last year. Since the New York club started to train at San Antonio young Jackson has l>een sharing the spotlight with Jimmy O'Connell, the $73,000 outfield er from the Pacific Coast league. There have been many days when the youthful Southern association boy •u tually trow e the expensive Jimmy outfit picture with his fielding and batting. Very few players have made such an Impression on McGraw as Jackeon has done thia spring. "There is a player with a punch.” remarked Mc Graw. "He looks well doing anything. \ P.atting, throwing and fielding, he goes to the right and left and gets them. He stands up to the plate in major league fashion and hits ’em hard.” All the Giant coaching staff includ ing Htighie Jenning*. Cozy Dolan and Joe Caacy. *r» gnatly impressed with Jackson. Each one of these veterans does not see how Jackson can be kept out of the big leagues. Brennan Got SI 2.000 for Go EW YORK, March 24—-More than 32.000 attended the boxing show at Madison Square Garden, at which Lc.s Flrpo. heavy weight champion of South America, knocked out ‘'Bill" Brennan, formerly of Chicago, hut now of New York. Of thi* number 11.033 paid for ticket*. The gross receipts, including the government tax of 10 per cent, amounted to 147.016.10. The net receipts from which the tighter* received their paj, tigured up $40,605.95. The state drew down $2,157.05, which "as 5 per cent of $42,741 ftrrnnan fought for SO per rent of $40,603 95. which made his end $1! 1S1.18. Kirpo battled for SO per cent of $4«.6Q3.96. Which gave him $8,120 79 Ticket* sold for the fight were as follow'*: 2,00* it It . I Mil st $7 5.MI.00 M*l st »3. I SM 0# »0S SI «« . 5.15* eo :,5JT St 15. II.IISM till M 17 t00 Total . ,$45,741 ♦» With government is\ of 1* i>er cant added * ft * 10 Total $47,015.10 $10,000 in Prizes Mat Hr (riven in N. V Pro Meet *l»*ri*l Pikpmeli It* The Uumh« Hr*. New York, March 24 —It ix rumored that the West cheat er-Rilt more t'oun try club at live. N, Y . ix planning to stage a "monster" open golf lourna | ment for professional*, the prixe list to total over $10,000. first award to he $5,000. Some time slue* this club nsked the secretary of the Metro | politan Golf association to set aside the week of July 25 to 27 fot a "tour nament carnival," amt this w is den*, i !t Ix understood that thlx will be the j time chosen for the big meeting West i heater Blltmore will be the scene of the women's national and the women * metropolitan championship , 40 in l.apo Moot. Chlcaso—Forty, hutnnl of SI on Irani*. «* oriel nally planned, will battle for Hie title In the national Invitation intersvholaatlc basketl’n" tournament at the University of thloairo. April 4 to ■ The latv-t : entrant was Weston Mali.'* ®tate \ champion of Idaho. Htnk.iT DcfoaU Ka\. t'hleairo—Jole Itav, known os the world * f.i»tr«t middle distance run ner. was defeated in a mil* race *'V , Hay Bucket-, of the 1 tfiveralty of ! I'liiiago. Chicago Club . Has Trio of Brainy Players Manager of World’s (Tiam- f pion .New ^ ork liianl- Says Thai Sox Fighting Spirit Should Bring Results. Ky .JOHN J. MKHtWV. <M»na*ee Uorld'n ( hampion CUnti.) AN AN TONIC, Tex . March 2* —Kay Shu. Ik i» one of the hem eatebcrs I evet «w in my Ions experience as t player and man ager. brainy, a quick thinker nlwaya ready ft re* an adxanlage and to act on it <»n the instant, superb in execu tion. The young ster is my ideal of backstop. In com'/tnatiori with Manager "Kid" Gleason and Eddie Collins, who have ^ signed up much to my satisfaction, tha White Sox have a trio of unbind bratnfness, determination and fighting spirit that ought to carry along any team to successful results. *K-1 ' Cleason was a team mate of mine on the old Baltimore Orioles and no one knows better than I that he !« a game fellow. The “Kid" will figb* at the drop of a bat and never was known to quit. He always wore his cap at a very rakish angle when an Oriole, and while he may not now ha*e It perched on one hair, for he has grown somewhat bald, the peak i« slid aggressively cocked over one ear st right engie. To hie shrewd, sharp looking eyes there is nothing during a game that esoapes him except mv signals. He watches me constantly and In th» C an's' long service of exhi bition games the wise old bird may detect them. * ( I have aiwavs been averse to reiv ing with any dejrrcc of confidence on my young and ln*xpcri*nc#d pitchers lr championship contests. This doubt fulness was reinforced strongly by an Incident in the very first game be tween the Whit# Sox and Glatns Fred Johnson, the promising pitcher who plaved with the San Antonio dub last year, had during the train ing season shown me enough to war rant me In eoai hlng him oar»fu!iv Severai da vs before the game J toil him I would put him on the mound in the gam* T Instructed him lh< r oughly what be Up to pitch to cern: rf the opposing batters at stages that might arise. Johnson thank-’ me for the advice and said he w- 1! „_ follow- it to the le'te- \n doubt he started c(T with that determination. Still, whenever there Was a man on firs', has" he forgot everything I hs told him and drifted hack to his old style he was used to as a minor leaguer. Sow J did not criticU- the young ster harshly after the game I told him plainly what hi« faults were I :*ked him why he failed to follow ruv direction* -He replied,' "I forget them " Probably he did Johnaon Jo#* the game in a peculiar manner. Capt. Bancroft, with two men on whom Johnson had passed, and none out. walked quietly oyer to the pttcher and said, "look around once in a yhile toward second base, and we might ‘nail1 this runner with a quick throw. Turn around once then again On your second look. I will be on the hag to catch the bail " "All right." replied Johnson. ' Much to my surprise," continued Banov. "Johnson had hardly got harx in the box than be turned quickly and shot the ball over second and far out Into center field. Both run ner* scored on the weird pec Thai cost us tbe game, for the Box beat us. * to 4. T am rather pleased that »* lost, however That is something strange for ro» to *a> •' * ex planation. T w 11 say that t think the f xjsT.erro of a defect and bow !|-e game was l,»-t will h* of '. <•> memory to not only Johnson but also to the world's champions as a v The latter were me 'cpt ow — S-i the absence, of I''!- i ■,« • & | Willie Kamin from the Box • a The unexpected downfall w 11 tend t > i educe all of the world champ o- « under chest expansions, -nd that we managers are w >rt • ' say a* t.mes I ''Clinton Blum, the t tohrr ’ n [Colgate universiiv. pit hed -he f ■ «t four innings o? the Bta his * ■ ing was Impressive, he has a b c fu ture in the game " 1 ’ei *-ei(tht, 1*51 v Nation^ Tournr"’ for Caddies Is Proposed m ' o k V i ‘ 1" caddie championship, wfh Chleag as the scene of the event, * 1 ; robnhly be held w ithin the next > ear as a result of a movement 'statue.! by Charles !'■• .if - W festered by the Western t.olf as . anoint ion The t. > s' expenses wilt b< ' .aid and a college srhoiargbSp w ' Is* tbe main perennial price tt !t figured that it least IW.OW will N 1 accumulated b.v the Evans' found.. | tlon fund. __ lieese Forage ^ heat. Ilonk. honk! \V lid geese are (lying over Nebras ka in great numbers. Vil\ ires were received y eslcrday frmu tiie VVnoda-l pdihe ranch near Herman that an many geese had descended on the ranch in their northward (light that a quarter sor lion of growing wheat was almost , eo'ii|>4etely destroyed. Farmers and ranrhera near Her man were forced to mount their horses and gallon over.4Itelr land. hinting away with shotguns, to frighten the gesso away before they loot all their grain lien then, much grain was damaged hr. snse the grew were In such gi-eal mini her* and seemed to know that they were In no actual danger from the shotgun fim. _