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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1923)
It is easy enough to be joyous. When the home club Is walking through— Hut the fan who's worth while Is the “bug” who can smile. When the Bears lend 7 to 2. Jack Dempsey needs sparring part m rs at Ills Saratoga Springs train ing camp. Chance for some of these heavyweight fighters to pick up some loose silver dollars. • __ i Dr. M. P. Lawler, trainer of Uni versity of Missouri athletic teams for three years, will leave Columbia, Mo., Sunday for Lafayette, Ind., where he will become trainer of the Purdue football team. Let's nee! Wliat was the name of the fellow who stayed 15 rounds witli Dempsey on the Fourth? The Omaha whist team of four, composed of A. Dreyfoos, M. Cook, li. J. Scanned and Dr. Ellis, won the main event, -the Omaha trophy, at the whist meet played at Clear Lake, la. Boston finished second and Minneapolis third. Miss Mayme McDonald, tennis star, has been uppointed Instructor in physical educating in the University of New Ilamshiro. Phil Ball, owner of the St. I,ouis Browns, is said to have been offered ?750,00U for the franchise. Bob Quinn is having success even thus early at Boston and the new owner and president of the Red Sox Is said to be immensely popular In the ^ Hub. • ——————— Cjr in: “The fact- that the seven other .ichihs in the Western league con tinue to play the schedule out just goes to show what an opti mistic old world this is after all.” The recently organized Central Ne braska Golf association will hold their first tournament over the Kearney .course starting September 3. The* St. Paul (Neb.) Golf club Is making preparations for their annual club tournament; which will be held in the near future. Battling Slid has gone into the films. His first starring vehicle will be entitled "Absinthe Makes the Head Grow Softer.” Of tlie four Onia|ja trap shots wlio competed in the annual grand Ameri can tournament at Chicago this week, Ray C. Kingsley Is the only Omnhan who registered a good score. Kings ley broke 194 out of a possible 200 rocks. - Kntrles for the American l-eglon golf tournament will close W'ith Harry Hough. Douglas County post adju tant, Saturday. Play In the first round is scheduled to start Monday. Firpo has nothing but a punch, say the experts. And Ford has ■s> nothing but flivvers. The St. Paul (Neb.) American Legion Ball club journeyed to Coyes field and defeated the latter club by the score of 5 to 4. Construction work on a polo field at Ak-Sar-Ben will start soon after the annual fall festival race meeting, it was announced this morning. ——— Motto for the speed-drunk auto tsts: The Public Be Rammed!” | The first meeting of the Omaha Athletic Officials' association will be held at the Omaha Chamber of Com merce Monday evening, September 10. The object of the association is to provide good officials for foot ball games In this state. The rouge box covers a multi tude of Hens, you might almost say. The first squad of Creighton uni versity football players will report lo Coach Chet Wynne on Monday, September 10. At the present time Coach Chet Wynne Is attending the school for coaches at Notre Dame, conducted by Coach Knute Rockne. r w ■?-* SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug 24.—Sparring partners for heavy weight fighters in training are re ported scarce. Dempsey is searching for men. Firpo. at Atlantic City, Is starting his training with a slender staff, three light-heavyweights. Dempsey lias only one heavy weight sparring mate left. This is George Godfrey, solemn black giant from Lelpervllle. Jack Hurke, who survived tlio training siege at Great Kalis, in a light heavyweight. Ileinpsey lias been working with bantams and lightweights. Both Dempsey and Firpo must have more sparring partners to enable them to do their training according to orthodox methods. It Is easy to explain the shortage in the sparring partner market. Almost any b!g man w ho knows ' There Are Some Exceptional Offers in The Bee | “Want” Ads Today • AT lantic 1000 .. _li liow to put up his hands, who merely rails himself a tighter, can make more money in ring engage ments than he could hope to earn serving as a sparring partner. He can get as much for one light as lie could get in a week, perhaps in a month, as a sparring partner. In that one fight he would take less punishment than he might take in an afternoon’s work against a heavy hitter such as Dempsey or Flrpo. Old time managers held the theory that it was great experience for a young fighter to work* as sparring partner to a champion. « They held that tills work enabled the young tighter to learn from the champion liow to fight, that it gave him confidence lie could not acquire in any oilier way. The fact that James J. JefTries was one of James 4. Corbett’s spar ring partners is often cited as proof of the old theory. Kid McCoy, who has n brother living in Saratoga, was one of Tommy Ryan's training mates when Ryan was king of the middleweight division. Jefferies won the heavyweight title after graduating from Corbett's camp, McCoy later defeated his old employer. But Jeffries and McCoy were rare exceptions. It is doubtful if 10 per cent of their ability traced back to their training camp expe rience. Modern managers have discarded the old theory. Most of them think it is harmful to a young fighter to work as a spar ring partner, especially with such a thorough worker as Dempsey. Dempsey, a free hitter with both hands, cannot "pull” punches to any great extent in training. He uses big gloves, and is as considerate with Ids training mates as possible, but be does not have tlie faculty of drop ping ids punches In softly. As a result his sparring partners must he nhie to take good rare of themselves, must know how to keep out of harm's way. George Godfrey, a most skillful boxer, Is about as im mune to punishment as any man that ever hopped into a gymnasium, yet Dempsey hurt Godfrey with body punches at Great Falls so badly that George had to lay off a couple of weeks. Burke seems to be the one man in the Dempsey camp who can keep go ing. The writer thinks Burke has a chance of becoming a great fighter If he can learn certain things besides mere fighting. Burke gets very angry when he is boxing with Dempsey. At Great Falls the writer noticed Burke's lips mov ing as he boxed with the champion. Getting close to the ring, we heard Burke calling Dempsey bitter names. At first Dempsey was astonished at Burke's temerity. Now when Burke gets mod and begins "cussing" Dempsey, the champion merely grins. Burke is a good hitter with his right hand and can take a strong punching. Dempsey himself once served aa a sparring partner. He was a member of Rufe Camer on's camp out in Pocatello, Ida., years ago when Cameron, a negro, was training for an engagement. Dempsey has often told the writer how Cameron punched him around. He says Rufe seemed to take keen delight in slamming him. Cameron was in later years an attache of the camp of Frank Moran, the Pitts burgh pugilist, but was little known around the east. In his day, old Bob Armstrong was one of the greatest sparring partners :n the heavyweight division. Bob was as good In the gymnasium as George Godfrey, and was beyond God frey In his ability to Instruct young boxers. Bob served with several different champions, including Jeffries. He has attached himself to Dempsey's camp, but Boh is past the day when he could work as a sparring mate to a young fellow like Dempsey. Jack Thompson, who has fought \^lls many times, was another great man In a training camp, rugged, will ing. He served with Dempsey at various times, but apparently Jack, too, has outlived his usefulness in that respect. Perhaps Jack no longer desires making a human punching bag of himself. Seattle. Wash.. Atir. 21.— Floyd John son. Iowa heavyweight. tins hern signed for a bout in Tacoma Labor rlnv. Johnny Pepe, Tacoma boxing promoter. an nounce! here. Pepo sal! that he ha! not engaged an opponent for Johnson, hut ass considering Frank Farmer and Sem l.onefrr!. ' I Burgess Bedtime Stories i By THORNTON W. Bl’RGESS. Conceit's a babble that Is fated To burst trh^n overmuch Inflated. —Old Mother Nsturs. The Blessed Old Stone Wall. The old stone wall with the hushPR growing along tt on the edge of the Old Orchard ie a blessed place. At leaso that Is the way the little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest think of it. In Its time it has saved the lives of many, many little people. Probably no other place any where has seen so many narrow escapes as the old stone wall. Peter Rabbit, Striped Chipmunk, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Ilappy Jack the Gray Squirrel, Johnny and Polly Chuck, Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse, and the children of all these have learned to call that old stone wall blessed. The young Chuck who had run away to see the Great World is one of these. It saved his life the very first time he saw it. He had turned the corner of Farmer Brown's barn and come face to face with Black Pussy the Cat. With his hack to the barn, he had made himself look very fierce and dangerous, although all the time he was frightened nearly to death. Black Pussy had been bluffed. Yes, sir. she had been bluffed. She actually had been afraid to pounce on him. The young Chuck watched Black Pussy out of sight. Then he himself started on. He was _!! puffed up. Yes, sir, he was all puffed up. He felt very big and bold and brave. He forgot all about the fact that he had been so badly frightened. "I'm not afraid of anything.” boasted the young Chuck to himself. “That Cat was twice as big as me. but she was afraid of me. I would like to see any one try to scare me now. I would show them! Yes, slree, I would show them that they can't frighten me!" Ho was so busy with his boastful thoughts that he didn't even take the trouble to look for possible danger. So lie didn't see Bowser the Hound come around the corner of the bs*n. He was only a little more than halt way to the Old Orchard when Bowser saw him. Bowser opened his mouth and let out his big voice In wbat, to the young Chuck, was (he most dread ful noiso he ever had heard. He look ed back. All he saw was a great l mouth filled with the most awful looking teeth, and from that great mouth was coming that dreadful noise. Tlv- only thipg he could do was to run until he was caught. The young Chuck forgot that he was big and bold and brave and afraid of nothing. It seemed to him that his heart actually turned right over with fright. My, you should have seen his legs go! But a young Chuck's legs are short, and, though he may make them go very fast, he cannot get over the ground as such long legs as those of Bowser the Hound can. The worst part of It was the young Chuck knew of ho place to go. The only thing he could do was to run until he was caught. The great jaws of Bowser were al most at the tip of the young Chuck'a tail when he came to the old stone wail. Fortunately for him there was an opening between two big stones Just in front if him. He dived Into It, and he heard Bowser's Jaws snap together Just as he pulled his tall In after him. Once more he was safe! But he no longer felt big and bold and brave and fearless anil boastful. So it was that the young Chuck \bur Coal Pile Will Last Longer Your coal pile will “last" longer and you will save money by using BONANZA, because it burns 25Fo longer than soft coal; it gives more heat to the ton than soft coal; it holds fire like hard coal, yet costs but a little more than half as much as hard coal. If you’ve watched a “mountain" of coal shrink to nothing during past seasons you’ll appreciate the saving from using BONANZA. Order your supply today and let us PROVE to you that BONANZA does save money and give better fuel satisfaction. Phone JA ckson 3012. Central Coal&Col<£ Co Jcickfion 414 South Fifteenth Street learned to call the old stone wall blessed. Copyright, 1J21 The next story: "The Young Chuck Finds a Friend." * Adele Garrison “My Husband’i Love” Reason Mother Graham "Took All the Itlnme." "There!” said Katherine, at last, in a hushed whisper. “1 think we're safe for the rest of the night." She, Mother Graham and I, were gazing down at Junior, sleeping peacefully for the first time since the horrible croup spasms had seized him. We had fought the malady un til wo were all exhausted, the tiny figure in the crib being the most worn out of all. He appeared to have lost much weight, so white and worn was his little face, but he was'curled up in a natural attitude and his fingers were curved toward Ills palms, as is always his wont when healthfully sleeping. "I don't think he will have another attack," Katherine went on. "How do you know?" I Interrupt ed. also In a whisper. "I don't,” she retorted, smiling wanly, "but 1 have a hunch." < "That's good enough for me," ? returned, for I have had experience of Katherine's "hunches" on sick people. Mother Graham added the weight of her experience to Katherine's. "I think he is safe for the rest of the night,” she said, and then to my horrified surprise she sank heavily into a chair and began to weep, with great sobs shaking her. Katherine nnd I exchanged com prehending glances, and 1 bent over her with my hand upon her shoul der. "You are all worn out, Mother," I said tenderly. "I'll close the window in my room and switch on the elec tric heater until it's thoroughly warm, so you won't get chilled, and then you must lie down In there and go to sleep. Katherine and I will take turns watching Junior.” "It Is My Punishment.” She shook her head in sorrowful dissent, Katherine, watching her closely, gave me a significant nod and slipped out of the room. I knew that she would attend to the prepara tion of my room for Mother Graham and was not surprised when she re turned with a tiny glass containing a colorless liuid. Katherine put the glass Into roy hand and 1 held it to my mother-in law's lips. She drank it obediently, but her tears did not cease, and pres ently she caught hold of my dress, murmuring ‘distractedly: ' “It is my’ punishment. If he had died, I would have been to blame.” "What nonsense is this. Mother? I sold with the sternness which I knew was the dnl.v weapon to use In the face of her hysteria. "Nobody Is to blame, and he's all right, dome and He down until my room Is warm. I helped her to her feet, and she leaned against me heavily. Then, to my surprise—for my mother-in-law is never very demonstrative, except to her beloved "Richard Second"— sh« put her shaking old arms around me and clung (o me wildly. A Sensible (iiiggestion. “Von don't know." she said. ''I tried to make myself believe every body else was to blame, but his run ning out and getting lost this after noon was nobody’s fault but my own. He was wilh^nie all the time, bless his baby heart"—she choked again—"and T was so taken up with that pesky cleaning that I didn't miss him until too late to slop him. And—that isn't all." Khe slopped, took a deep breath, and straightened herself in my arms, putting her hands on my shoulders. “I—haven't made things as easy for you about the child as I might, Margaret,” she said, "and I’ve stuck to my own way of taking care of him when I knew you had altogether different Ideas. And then tonight, it wasn’t enough for me to let him get away in the "first place, but—but I was so tired that I slept too sound ly, and never knew he had kicked off all bis coverings until his cough ing awakened me. Ilis clothes were cold and damp when 1 took hold it him.” I had noticed the same thing when T had gathered Junior into m.v arm*, and i shivered involuntarily as i glimpsed the possibilities of serious Illness following such n chilling. Rut I held my mother-in-law closer, and spoke with cheery decision. "Von are exaggerating thing*. Mother. Any one of us might have let 1dm out, and no one knows hot ter than 1 how hard It 1* to keep him covered. I don't Maine you in the least and you must stop blaming yourself.” "Pardon me.” said Katherine crisply, hut In the- whispered under tone we were all using, "but surely you know, Mother Graham, that this attack of the croup might have come upon him If he hadn’t been sub ject to expo*ure at all. Rut he needs rest and quiet. The sooner we all get settled down the better for him. and lie needs all the air there Is. if you’ll just stay here until the other BASEBALL TODAY Omaha vs. Sioux City Game at 3:30 P. M. Baseball Sunday Double-Header First Game at 2 P. M. Box Seat* for Sile at United Cigar Stores, 16th and Farnam room gets warmed fur you, Madgw and I will go down and have Katie make each (if us n cup of cofffip. I could do with n couple of cupfverjr nicely juat now." Sick Cat IS'o Excuse for Speeding, Ruling of Los Angeles Judge Isis Angeles, Aug. 24.—Haste to lake a slek cat to a veterinary is no excuse for breaking the speed laws. Police Judge George 8. Rich ardson Informed Mrs. Prances Howe when she was taken before him fbr speeding. He sentenced her to 90 days in jail and suspended sentence fur two years on condition she does not again violate trallie laws. r PAUL J. WURN Succe«d ng the Late B. F. WURN | OPTOMETRIST When in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome Ask any coal merchant and he will gladly give you the facts about his , cost per ton, the amount paid out in freight per ton, the shrink, the over-head, the deliv ery and any other item of cost that is figured to make the selling price. Your coal man wants you to know the facts about coal prices. He wants you to have more of the inside facts about the coal business that you may better understand the details regarding the Retail Coal Situation in Omaha without prejudice Consider these things when you buy fuel; the narrowness of margin to your dealer; the importance of coal as related to the world's industries: and you will have a clearer conception of what your coal dealer is doing for you. THE ASSOCIATED RETAILERS OF OMAHA. (Watch this series of Coal Bulletins.^ They are being published in the hope « that you will better understand the ■ Retail Coal Situation in Omaha. J \