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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1924)
Creighton Springs Surprise of Season in Defeating Heavy Marquette Team* ® I . . . - .... — . * : I m • 1 Bluejays Beat Old Rivals by Score of 21 to 7 Omaha Team Passes and Skirts Ends for Three Touchdowns; Mahoney Kicks All Ooals. / t UiW All K K E, Wis., Nov. 1.— Ereighton 'spoiled M a r q U e 11 e's greatest home coming spread hers Saturday afternoon by slipping Ihe Golden Avalanche Ihe biggest sur prise in the his lory of Hilltop athletics. Start wlth a whirlwind attack In the first period, Chet Wynne's Bluejays scored a touchdown in the first period, added another in tlie third and came back with a final In fourth, winning at ill to 7. Marquette tallied one marker in ihe third period when Creighton foolishly elected to forward pass i ils own territory and had the ball Intercepted on its 16-yard line. A crowd of 15,000 sat by dumfounded as Marquette’s great machine was riddled by the fleet Creighton barks. It was Marquette’s first reversal in three years and was a sorry wallop to the proud hllltoppers who hail flaunted their fine perform ances in tlie fare of tlie Big Ten as well as the major eastern schools. The upset dampened Marquette's prestige and unquestionably will prove to balk Marquette’s efforts to schedule any of the conference teams next season. Marquette was taken completely I b.v surprise. The Bluejays, led by Bight Halfback Speiclirr, Just swept up and down the field, practically a* they pleased. Speieher proved Ihe hig ground gainer f<ff- the visi tors. his runs in the fire period and in the third session bring mainly responsible for the scores of his team. He was hurt in the fourth session and had to give way to Keano. The latter proved to be a licet athlete himself and by Mg end runs worked the ball down to Mar quette’s 10-yard line, where he car: ried It over for the final touchdown of the day. Creighton fought a dogged, deter mined and brilliant battle. There waa cot a department of the game that they did not have it on Marquette like a tent. The Creighton backs, Mahoney. Speieher, Kitzgibbon, I .eupke, Keane and Bertoglio, played ihe ends and hit the line for consist < nt gains. Where the Creighton backs showed best, however, was on Hie ends, and Speieher, Keane and Mahoney rode the right half of Mar quette’s line for big and consistent gains. lJiltvIm blocked most of the (•prints mound his end, but the other • xtremlly offered little oppoetllon to tlie Bluejay backs. After an exchange of punt* In the first period, Maliouey made a tine return to his own 40-yard line. Speieher on the first play rirrled Marquette’s right end for 35 yards, making a brilliant run to Mar quette's 30-yard line. A forward pass, Maliouey to Speieher, put the ball on the 10-yard line and on tlie next play Speieher drove through to tlie eight-yard line. Here Mar quette held and Demoling pi'nted nut to Mahoney, who returned to the 25-yard line. Consistent plug ging worked Ihe hall to the five yard line and then a forward pass, Mahoney to Speieher, scored a touchdown. Mahoney kicked goal, making the count Creighton, 7; Marquette, 0. In the second period a forward pass, Curtin to WTIwlg, allowed Marquette to gain 40 yards and put them in scoring position, but Creighton held and punted out. The rest of the period was given to milling up and down the field with out result. Marquette made a great fight of it in the third period and by elnmnurig the Creighton line hard twice worked down to the 20 yard line, hut Creigh ton always held *t the critical mo ment. Once Creighton took posses sion of the hail on down* on it* 14 yard line and again it Intercepted a pass on Its 10-yard line. Creighton finally got going end then Speieher tore off another of his long runs behind perfect. Interference, carrying the hall to Marquette’s 20 yard line, the run being good for 35 yards. Only Demoling stood between him and the goal, but he managed to get his hand on Speieher’* belt and no pulled him down. A forward pass lo Speieher again advanced the ball to the 10-yard line and by ahort plunges Creighton worked to the five yard line, where Kitzglbbon carried It over, Mahoney kicking goal. Score: Creighton, 14; Marquette, 0. With the game apparently won, Creighton in tills period elected to forward pass in Its own territory and Sullivan intercepted for Marquette, returning In the 16-yard line, Mem cisrli Tarrying the ball to a score '•n the first play iu the fourth period. Marquette apparently had Creighton routed in this session and worked the forward pass for long gains, carry ing the ball to the sevon-yard line, where Sullivan, center for Marquette, made a bad pass, the hall rolling bark in the 40-yard line, here Creijfhton on the next play gained po'session. Hpflcher was Injured shortly’ after and Keane took hia pin re. He war fresh and strong and hia short runs, with some fine smashing by BertogUo and l/>wer, carried the hall to Mar quette’s 10 yard line, where Keane sprinted over for the final score. The lineup: Creighton !'«•, Marquette Alien .T.. (c) Dilweg (layer • . OL. Barbie* Neary .h. Cartwright Nolan . ..C. Craina Powara .H.. .Sulllvun Krauaa .K ..... hull hang .K Fa hay Mahoney .Q Berimllng Fltiglbbon .h. Me Connie Hpelrher .It. HkCniii Ber togll® .F. Melme. h Hubatttutea: Kchiih for Hpelcher; l.owcr for Rertogllo; I.uapka for FitzOlblmn, Curtin for Datnnllng . Demoting for M« Cormlrk. hane for Pnnplea; Sullivan for Craina: Oarlarh frr Fahay. Official*— nefeice fir ay. llllnnla Umpire: Millard. Tlllnoia Wealevan. Field Judge: Mortnn, Michigan. Head llneaman: Wjatt of houlaiahA. BOSTON COLLEGE BEATS HASKELL Boston, Nov. 1.—Bolton college won from ^h* Haskell Indiana achool team today, 34 to 7. Darling, Boa ton's fullback, scored three of the five touchdown* by hi* team and sent a long forward pass to Me Kenney which developed a fourth. The Indian*' score rime In the third period on a long march from mid field with Smith carrying the ball '■or the touchdown. e Here s Coach Drummond’s Tech High Footba ll Special -t Bloomfield. N>l>—Tlie Cmfton High school team easily defeated the local eleven. 22 to 0. Haminerhack and Ray rtnrrsd for the wlnnera, while Huchhol/. 24iid Hehruder showed up to advantage for Bloomfield. David City, Neb.—David City defeated Central City, 25 to H. Corad, N'eb—Sutherland waa unable to solve the Co/ad defense and lost, 22 to 0. Ansley, Neb.—Ansley scored another victory by walloping Ravenna, 46 to U. Hasting*. Neb.— Inn gume that was ore-aided throughout, the fast Hastings leam romped through Columbus for a 20 to 0 victory. Pawner. Neb.—Pawnee defeated the Peru Hob Kitten*. 41 to o. It was Pawnees sixth straight win of the sea son. Pawns* has not been scored upon this year. Brokeiv Bow. Neb.—Broken Bow won from Aurora. IS to 5. Crawford, Neb.—Crawford negotiated the final hurdle In the western Nebraska championship race fcy walloping Scot fa bluff. 57 to 0. Henderson. Crawford quarterback, scored four touchdown*, one of which war the result of a 70-yard run through a broken field. Crawford la at tempting to arrange a game with Lincoln at Crawford on Armistice day. Mlnrien. Net#.—Mlnrien proved little op position for Clay Center and the invade! a punched through for a 75 to 6 win. Teeumeeta, Neb.—Falls City nosed out a * to 7 victory over tbs local high school. Virgil Plummer, star of Die Bridgeport High school team, will bs back in the lineup this week. Plummer has been on the hoepita list wlt^i an infected arm. Tekamah. Neb.—Tekamah defeated Pender, f to 0, in & fast gams. Morrill. Neb.—Morrill and Alllunce bat tled to a 13 to 13 tie. ftilver Creek. Neb.—Clark put an a game scrap against the local high school eleven but wets unablo to solve the local’s defenas. Silver Cr*eU won, 12 to 0. filenwood. la.—Glcmvood trample on the low#, school 'nr the deaf. 30 to 0. Stowe, Stivers. Hathaway and Giliard looked gbod for the winners. McCook. Neb.—The dope was upset when McCook outplayed the Curtis Ag gies, winning, 6 to o. Big Springs. Neb.—Big Springs defeat ed NVauneta, tf to 0. North Platte, Neb.—North Platte trounced Gathenberg. 44 to 6. Ord, Neb.—A drop kick lu the third quarter by Coiliprlchi from the 40 yard line ga\# Ord a i to 7 victory aver Fuller ton. Norfolk, Neb.—Norfolk defeated Fre mont. 13 to 7, In ons of the bardest foufeht con tests ever pisysd on a local field. It ass Norfolk’s fourth victory of the season Fairfield. Neb.. Fairfield b/ri little trouble with the light Kxctet eleven, win ning, 20 to t». Albion. Neb.—Albion lost to Osceola, 14 to U, lu a good game. Bloomfield, Neb.—Bloomfield will be w ithout i he asslslam-e of athletic direr tor Hornby for some time ** the coach suffered « broken collar hone last week while working with the squad. Rroek. Neb.—Tbs Brock High school team, playing !ta first year of Inter scholastic football, has turned In several win* this wesson, its latest achievement belnr & 21 to 0 victory over ths Humboldt eleven. Seward. Neb.—The Heward Seminary High school, beat Kxeter, 21 to 0. Gregory, 9. D.—Gregory Invaded Burke to win, 2k to 0. Newcastle. Neb.—Tha South Siout CUy grid machine plowed through th* New eattls team for i 21 to u win. The first half was scoreless, but ths invader* ^sensd up la the final pfrlod, ahd by capitalising on Newcastle mlsplays, shov ed over ftut touchdowns. Auburn, Neb.—Vcrrioa beat Auburn. 13 to 6. Big Springs, Neb.—Big Bprlags bed to play exceptionally good fool hall to win fr«*m Wauneta, JO to 7. Covad, Neb.—f'orari took th# husky Arapahoe eleven *« a neat trimming. 22 to A. (t ass Arapahoe* first defeat cf I »he season. Plain view. Neb.—Plain view kept In the running for the stats championship by defeating ths fast Pierre eleven. 14 to n It wae PItinviexv s fourth victory of the year. Plain’iew has scored 171 points to opponents 6. Morrill, Neb—Morrill took Gertng Into camp by a II to l count. OREGON TAKES BREAKS AND WINS Heyward Field, Eugene, Ore., Nov. 1—A break In tha early part of the second quarter gave Oregon a 7 to 3 victory over the Washington Huaklea thla afternoon, upa*ttlng prevloua prediction* and upaettlng Wsalilngton'a chance, at the confer ence title. Oregon outplayed the Huaklea a* far aa tackling and line play went, with the Huaklea having a big edge In the kicking department. Right Handed Batters Losing Hold on Slugging Honors in Majors UK t he right-handed batsmen of the major leagues los ing easte, and are they going to al low all tile left handers to carry off the honors that ' are going? Babe Ruth, m George SLsler, Itog 1A ers Hornsby, Ty (’ o b b and Tris » Speaker seem to W lie running away with tlie batting •*> honors of the two big leagues. George Kelly, the big first base man and rlglit-liunded buistnan of the New Vorlt Giants, slatted off last spring like a house on fire, hitting the ball over the fenee eurly and often, and giving prom ise of giving Halle Huth a fine buttle fop lending honierun hon ors. But later Kelly fell down In his hitting and Kuth rushed out into a long lend and stayed there. , There was a time when the right-handed batsmen of tlie ma jor leagues bad It on the left handers. Tip O'N'elll, leading btwsinan of the first American association; Knelt Kwiiic. leading batsman ,,f the old and original Netv York Giants; Kd Delohanty, who, when with the I'hlllles, was the leading bapaiau of the American; Nap I* ,n»lo of Cleveland; Captain An son of the Chicago White block ings of two decade* ago, and who they say enuld hit the hall harder than any other player living, were all right-handers. But at. that running with them and in their day were surh wonder ful left-handed batsmen as Roger Connor and Mika Tiernan of tha New York Giants; Dan Urouthera, of the famous Baltimore Orioles; Billy Keeler, Ned-dianlon and Roar ing Bill Tuc ker, all of whom wera hitting from the port side at that time. But they, great as they wera, were no match for the company of right-handed sluggers who wera going along with them. In tha very first days of the pro fessional game there were many crack left-handed batsmen. AI Reach, the very first salaried professional player, who began with the Kokfords of Brooklyn. whs one of the hardest hitters of his tlma. So, test, was .Ine Start, the nark first baseman of the Atlantic* of Brooklyn, the first rrnlly good professional team. Jilpnmn Pike, with Start, waa California Schools Sever Relations California Stadium, Berkeley, Nov. 1—Athletic relation*! between the* Diversity of California and Stanford university on the one hand and the Diversity of South*Vn California on Ihe other hand will he severed at the rIose of the prepent football season, it waa an non need at the stadium here today Just before the frame between California and Southern California started. The announcement paid: "The bedi»§ charged with the msfn t*nence of Inrercollegier* athletic ccmpe tUlon at tha University of Stanford uni versity respectively. have regretfully come to the conclusion that the continu ance of athletic relations with the Uni. varsity of .Southern California Is not con dur.lvs to the heat Interests of Intarml leglata sport They have therefore de termined that no further athh’tlc con-! tests with the University .-f Southern California will he scheduled by either tlie Uril veralty of t u II fornlu or Stanford uni \*ielty after the close of the present football feeion.’ LARGE PURSES FOR NEW ORLEANS TURF New Orleans, I*t., Nov. 1.—• Thor oughbreds whose name* have been curved deep on Ihe tablet of turf hls lorv will be In New Orleans for the 1024 25 winter raring season. New’ Orleans will hreome the Mecca of King Horse. Never before In Ihe his tory of southern turf baa there been such preparations and Improvement* for the benefit of both horsemen and visitors as outlined by the Business Men * Karina association. Alluring purses will be offered to at tract America’s beat horses to the Orescent < *lty. 8**veral $10,000 purses will be offered during the running or the fair grounds meeting, uiul there will be a $25,000 handicap on the Inst Saturday of the meeting. But those set purses will be augmented If necessary to bring nationally famed horses here. Moorr to Fight O’llani. Ohleiigo, Nov. 1. Ted Moore, Kng 11 mIi well er>\ eight and middleweight champion, and Joey D ll.ir.i, Fort Dodge, la., have hern matched for a 10 round contest at Hast Chb ago, Ind , next Friday night. f another hard bluing left-hander on the Atlantic*. lint right-handed batsmen were the rule In that day, rather Ilian the exception. Of recent years, however, the men running the professional teams appear to be trying to edu cate all their newcomers to bat ting from the left side. They figure that speed Is every thing In these days, and that the left-handed batsman has ■ lead lo first base of several seconds over the man who Is hitting from the other side. To capture these seconds they see educating all tlielr young players to Istt from the port side, especially when facing a right handed pitcher. On the other hand, when a laft handed pitcher is at work, they are willing that even the left-hander should bat from the right aide. Rut no matter what may be said about the men batting from one eide or the other, one thing stands out more prominently today than ever before, and that Is, the effective work being done in baseball nowa days for the first time In the his tory of the game Is being done by the left-handed batsmen, no hit ters of the present day excelling tha port siders like Kuth, Speaker, t’obli and others like them. Chadron Normals Beat Wildcats Chadron, N>b.# Nov. 1.—Chadron Normal * gridiron steam roller smash ed It.a way to an overwhelming vic tory over the Wayne Wildcats bars. The final acors was 61 to Z. Wayne garnered Its only tally early In the first period whsn Marquet scored with a drop kick. An Kagle fumble and the high wind blowing paved the wav for the Wayne score. Way us did not menses the Kagle goal again during the gains. McKelvey and Garvin played the stellar rolls In the Kagle backfleld while Smith and Trapp were ths out standing figures In the lint. The work of the Kagle machine aa a whole, barring occasional fumble*. Was beyond reproach. Summarv Total yerde ga'nad: ('had ron. 4 77 Wayne, 75. Yerde from •crim inate ChSdron, 44. Wayne. Rarsdd first downs: <'hadron. Ii: Wayna, * I’aaaaa completed: « 'hadron. 1 1 or 3 *» \arda; Wayna. 4 for 24 *r<1«. Paaaaa incomplete and intercepted: Chadron, 3; Wayna. F> Punta: Chaldron. 1 for 10 yards; W *vn«, i for yards. Panal ii»»g Chadron. none; Wayna. t for * yards Official*: Hartley, Nabreaka, ref ^•-aa Olaworth. Tenkton, umpire, Bros, Creighton, haad llnaaman. (hadron. Wayne. Carrol .Ij W . .. Patarena Trapp (C) . I*T. Prescott Putnam .I,Q. Ksflsy Smith . C. Btraiman Hartman .HO. Garwln Tavener .R T. Miller i'hrlstlan .R.K... Reed Patrick.QH. Marquet McKelvey .. LN. Reynold* O'Connor ..F.B. Bralnard Uar>in .... R fl .. Armour Substitution* Buckingham fur Hart mar Croaa fur Patrick. Gilmore for O'Connor. Spray for Tavener, Patrick for Croat. O'Connor for Qllmore. Hartman for Buckingham, Tavener for Spray. Spray for Tavener. Buckingham for Hartman. Tinders for Bu< klnghatn. Bear fur Put man. Gilmore for o’t'onnor, Jsellaon fur Carrol. putcraon for Pagley, Atrnuur for Mar<|uet, Armstrong fur Prescott. OMAHA CARDINALS TO PLAY AT LE MARS Given an extra week of praetlee before tha Western Union gama next Friday at LaMars, la., by tha ran rallatlnn of tha gama with Nebraska ("antral rollaga, which «n t" hava been played laat Friday, tha Unlvar alty of Omaha Cardinals will ba In top form against (ha lowans. Tha raaplta will annbta Ooach Adams to groom a fullback to taka the place of Dlctx, who left school In favor of marriage a weak ago. Slater may l,a shifted to full from right half. or Clary may ba hauled back from a guard position. Sterner and The I ecu are alao available for the position. At the last meeting between the Cardinals and Western l'nlon two years ago, the game took place In Omaha, and t)»c home team badly up act the dope hv handing the heavy lowans a 20 to o defeat. That game vuis the one hlenu.«h on Western'll 1222 schedule, end the Cardinals will meet a foe Friday who la eager for revenge. CINCINNATI AFTER BERT ELLISON Pun Francisco, Oct. II Jack Hendricks, manager of the Cincin nati National league baseball club, la hers today to dicker for the *erv Icea of Rart Rllaon, manager of the San Francisco club, who la wanted to take the place of Jake Dauhert. first aa otter for the Rede. who died thla year. George A. Pntnnui, secretory of the San Urnncleco club, was closeted with Hendricks for several hours during 'he day and admitted that the eaatern outfit waa seeking the Seals' skipper. Ii ■ DDIE MORRIS, although ac accused of having a close affil iation with the K. 1C. K. (Kan't Kill ICrowa Klub), Is said by friends to be a pretty good Irishman for a bricklayer. laite news from Hempel Temple at laike Andes. In South Da kota. where the Omaha fishermen make life miserable for the bass, in cludes the following about Mr. Mor ris and his Ashing: It Is reported that Eddie Is too old to east a light frog far enough to reach the inose beds, so he sets Ilia frog on a board and lets it drift out to where the big bass lie. Then I " a Jerk on the line releases Ihe fro; which Kddie Is able lo reel In with ill Main Howell Mouth Hesid Antl Hark-laiih reel. Mr. Hempel says that Morris baa been thrown In the lake by his friends at least one* because of hta fishing tactics—but we don't believe It. Kd comes In with the big ones and gets them In th* good old fashioned way of casting and fighting them In, Peril Teachers y Defeat Cotner Peru. Neb. NoV. 1—Tha Peru Stats Teacher* college walloped Cotner, 43 to 8, In a lop sided affair played on the local field. Cotner, by scoring on a braes of dropklcka by Bnyder, one In the sec ond period and one In the fourth, succeeded In scoring against the Teachers. This 1* the first time thla year that Peru has been scored on. Kdle, flasy Peru halfback, was the star for the winners. The longest completed pass ever made on the local field came In Ihe third quarter when Captain Gllksson snagged Buettgenbach’a 6? yard heave. The summary: Pern P» s. Cotner nilkraea (e> .1,0 Wllhrr Jfslrtlsr .t. T. Kennedy Schneider .......c H. Mamies 0«rl** .>„.HC. Hutselt Milan .HT. Bornsaard llartsr .It E. Turner Prised ..QB. Shuman 5*1 Is .. 1. H. Hanoi Btilslnr .R It K ray bill (c) Bu«its«nba*h 1* H . Snvder Nummary—Rafars* bu***'*. l.lnioln High school L in bit« : Mi Fat land. York. Hvadllntsman. Lawlor. Nebraska Touch rt.**a>: Hulalns. Edlr lit Milan. bulks •on. Burttrenbach, Dalasll. Point after toufhdoien Buattetnbach 1(1 Field urili. Si ndsr < Jl stall. Hit. Pet u Cotner Yard# from aiulmmaar a*,k cs Varda galne.1 by pasasa . .. 10, Vaasr. aiiemnied . s 3 i F'a.ssa eompteled . 4 ft Passes tnlsrrsptsd hr. ..... 3 1 Vsrds from nunts .. 314 t.'.ii Avoir* isrdi nun** . 4 Pens It Isa .... II ft *15 r •• dnwns 88 t CHICAGO WAI.I.OPS PURDUE ELEVEN By AuftrlaM Praia. rhlcsgo. Nov. 1.—Perdue, fighting to th* bitter and. escaped a shutout by Chicago today when a 40-yard pass, lfarmeaon to Hogan, was ■ aught over the gout lino by the lat ter Just after the final pistol was fired. The scoi.) was 1!i to « In favor of Chicago. Th# ending was the most spectacu tar seen on Stagg field In years The timekeeper'* pistol was fired Just as the ball settled Into Harnieson s out stretched paws on a perfect shot from Captain (Taypool at i enter. The hack waited until his end was dear, then heaved the bait to His corner nf the field where Hogan P iped high, pulled down the trait and fell nur the line. FEATHERWEIGHTS FIGHT IN TOURNEY New Turk. Oct. .11 ^e *lx prim l pal* In the featherweight elimination tournament to determine u *ucce**or to Johnny Dundee, who voluntarily i elinqui*hed hi* title lo the state ath letic ('omndaslon, *ignod contract* to day for the tournament at Madison Square Garden Friday, November 21. Drawing* will be made nt the office of the rommtaalon next Friday after noon. I < itirisi Jordan \Yin». OnvsJanil, o, Oct. St. - Chris .tor <l»»n, c laimant of the world * middle u eight wreatllng title, won from Ha> I 1 at penter of laMitoaater, tt„ In Mralfht full* here. Hornsby Bats .479 in 77 Home Games in Setting Major League Swatting Mark Si. Louis Star Wlio Fclipsed Wagner’s Record hy Leadingi League Five Successive ^ ears, Says He Prefers Right Handers to Southpaws. In creating ills historical hatting average during the 1934 season, Rogers Hornsby featured h!s attack against the pitchers with the re markable mark of .479 for hla 77 gumes in his own hack yard. The St. l-nitis star did not miss a single game on Ills home ground* and an interest ing table compiled^ on Ids record average reveals Home untiHUal sta tistics on his general average. In reaching his .4335 notch Horns by created a new high mark for bat ling during these modern days. He did not wipe out I he .438 figure made bv Hugh Dllffy with Boston In 1894, but his mark stands as supreme during the days of the foul strike rule. I litII Hornsby swatted .4335 dur- I tug the past season the high aver age listed among the major leag urers was the .41979 for George Sisler witli the iSt. l/>ui* Browns In 1933. And then is It not forgotten that he is the National leaguer to swing his way to the top five successive years. Hans Wagner raced in front as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1»t»fi, 1907, 1908 and 1909, while Hornsby has been high in 1930. 1931, 1933. 1933 and 1934. Whether Hornsby will be able to press Ty Cobb's American league stride of nine straight years from 1907 to 1913 remains to be seen. Rogers still lias plenty of youth on liis side of the fenee, as Ike will not reach his 39tli birtlulay until next April 37. lg batting .479 at home against 358 for the road Hornsby proves the value of familiar surroundings. On the road the athlete hop* from city to city. His night's sleep is on a train an average of every third or fourth night, the playing conditions change from city to city, and in other words he does not have his natural stance and swing while hopping around the circuit. During his 143 games Hornsby was hitless in only 43 and but eight were c.t home, which means that he deliv ered at least one hit in 69 of his 77 games at home. I'uusidei aide swat ting. There was one sideline record of considerable proportion for Hornsby during the past summer. Appearing In four games on two day* in mid August in dougle-headei * with the Philliea and the Giants Rog made 13 hit* in 14 trips to the plate. With nine In a row and one needed to tie the ^Ntional league record of 10 succes sive hits, he was stopped In the Ana ust 23 game with the Giants by Art Nehf. In 10 successive games at home during this remarkable hatting spurt Hornsby made 37 hits in 39 trips to the plate. In injury on August 39 In a game with the Cubs prevented Hornsby from pressing Huffy’s .138 average When be was forced to tlie sidelines for repairs lie had an average of .433. lie did not return to the line up until September 7 and naturally Was (brown off his stride. In his last 30 games of Hie season Horns by batted but .343. It Is claimed by many experts that a right handed hitter takes the wrinkles out of the curves of a left hander easier than a light hander. Hornahy does not agree with this opinion and his average supports his contention. lie hatted 443 sgainst right handers and but .359 against southpaws. I believe in the theory that prac tice makes perfect," remarked Hornsby in explaining hla tinuaual success against right handers. "A fel low gets more right-handed pitching Ihnn left-handed. Which explains It all. 1 faced southpaws only 117 i limes. I had 419 cracks agslnat right handers." That pitchers are not alwaya Stic ■ cessful in their boasts of taming great hitters Is found In a brief in cident related by Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals. During Hornsby's remarkable streak In the latter part of August he had 23 hits in 35 times at bat. Rurlelgh Grimes of the Superbas was exchanging pitching tips on the. Cardinals’ bench before he was to oppose the Car dinals. Hornsby's hitting was the chief topic. "They don't know how to pitch to that fellow," remarked Burleigh, who ranks In the top flight. "I'm going against him this afternoon and watch me." The box score of the August 21 game against Grimes shows three doubles and one home run for Horns by in four swings against Grimes. Passing the same players on his way to the clubhouse Grlmea smiled and chuckled: "I'm through trying to bear down against that bird.” During July snd August Hornsby lacked two hits of reaching an even .500 average for the two months, get ting 107 hits In 213 times at bat. The following tables records Horns by s record average in different parks: CUBS. Boa Bin. O AB R H. 1. 2. 4 Is SO BB A**. ri :« i» is « » i li i n -til New Yerfc. II 7* II II 5 1 4 14 * 14 -461 Brooklyn It 71 It II I • I 14 • I» -41» Philadelphia 21 tl It It le I 6 14 It 14 .414 Chiracs, :t 7i it so 7 i i it 4 it .m PltUhorch It 11 14 24 3 1 4 t 1 t -III April. O A B It H 5. I. 4 In BOBB Ave 14 56 II 24 4 J 4 12 4 It .421 M«). 21 10 It 14 7 I 1 » 1 » -*1* Iona. 27 161 17 II 7 t 1 11 • It !'• dole 21 12 2 24 52 6 7 2 27 4 12 .464 IlflOt. 2t 106 24 45 11 2 111 7 11 .411 September. 20 70 IS 24 4 1 1 I 1 14 412 Abroad. a AB R It. 2 3.4 In So BB A>( 16 .1 it 66 15 4 It 14 It 44 .256 Klchthandera. Ill 414 ti III 17 11 20 Tt 21 It .441 southpaw*. 41 1 17 26 42 6 1 5 II I tt lit At Home. 77 2*0 76 |2» .5 16 IS 14 1* 44 -41* NORTH HIGH HOLDS NE0LA TO 0-0 TIE Coach Jones' North High football team battled the heavy Neola, la., eleven to a s< orelesa tie on the North High field Saturday afternoon. About 500 witnessed the game. Only four first string men were eligible to play for the Omaha ns. as the lowans held the North aggrega tion to Nebraska scholastic eligibility roles. The vlailors excelled at lino plung ing. but their attempts to akirt the North High ends resulted In loKees. Ckptaln Marlin. Towsley and Win nersun starred for Omaha. North High's next game will he played Thursday against South High at Athletic park. Next Friday Jones' tram plats Thomas Jefferson and Thsnkigtiving day will journey to Plattsmouth. 379 Pounds of Midland's Weight w_ __ _v jjirchie fttctliars J : Fremont, Nell., Nov. 1,—Tht Lumbal brothers. lands (Red), on the left, hltd Rrlc (Htg). guard and tackle on the Midland eleven. "Rig"! Luechel. apt|\ dubbed the "human tractor," tip* the beam at 504 pound* Thi* la hi* third >ear on the Midland squad attdldutlng the latter two sen non* he waa given berth* on all-con- i farthe# mythical eleven* lle 1* 1 *t tidying to he * preaehtr. Ui other t “Hed,’* weighing 17*. play* alongside * of Stic aid together form * for war# * ilefenee that la nearly In\ ulnerahle. They hall from t'olumbit*. where they \ learned the rudiment* of football un * der CVnh h Rich. \ Heavy Title Not in Danger of Losing Owner Heavyweight Division Likely to Remain Idle This ^ in ter — Second-Raters Numerous. TORK, Not. X —For a time th* heavyweight di vlalon promised action, but It bS* fallen Into a *tat® of coma. Not a a 1 n g 1 • flgdi « stand* OH* against the prl™ offered In a con* test with Cham* p 1 o n Dempe* J Even th® brown panther, Will*, is In disfavor »in<® hla disappointing bout® with Bartley Madden and I.uia Flrpo. There are sufficient character* In th® second flight, with Renault, Firpo, Quentln-Romero and others able to furnish interesting battle* among themselves. But, with the pos sible exception of Renault, who mat develop into something, there is one for the champion to meet—end aWI contentionless division is sn uninter- | esting one. It would be the saving of things If an Knglish heavyweight of real ability could be developed. Folks are getting a bit fed up with the Argentines and Spaniards and Ital ians. They would like to see a husky youth from the land of Jem Mace come forth to do battle with the best American lighters. At a meeting of the New York State Athletic commission, Tex Hickard and Frank Flonmey were summoned before the board and asked what future matches were in the offing at Madison Square Gar den. Chairman Brower laid down the law to the Garden promoters re. garding the scheduled Firpo-Fulton match. Rickard was informed that under no considerations would a Firpo-Fulton bout be permitted in New Y'ork. 4 Mr. Brower also put hi* foot dow n ™ on a Firpo-Madden affair. When George Godfrey's name was mentioned Brower declared that tbs giant Philadelphia negro was a more acceptable opponent for Flrpo and that he thought that when Godfrey s suspension In this state waa lifted the commission would have no objec tion to a Firpo-Godfrey match. Godfrey was one of the Jimmy Daugherty stable of boxers who was suspended with Bobby Barrett. af*»r Barrett had been a party to the vio lation of the commissioner's ordtf^Tm to Mickey Walker not to box anyone 1 until he defended hia title against 1 Dave Shade Daugherty, by the was-, visited the commission in a vain at tempt to get the ban lifted on his boxers. J It is understood that the commis sion's reason for prohibiting a Firpo-Fulton match waa that there waa no guarantee it would be a sporting contest, inasmuch as Ful ton, a aelf-confesaed faker, had been suspected of several "dives." He only recently ws* beaten by Mar 1 tin Burke, which would tend to eliminate him as an opponent for Flrpo. i The Firpo-Madden bout was pro- I hihiled because it would he a hru- I tal one-sided encounter, in which ^ j the only question would be how I much punishment Madden would 1 stand. The Wllls-Madden bout* 1 convincingly showed Madden’s true status. I hiring Chairman Brewer's com ment on a possible FirpoGodfrev match he stressed the point that the commission had no objection to mixed matches between blacks and whites as long as the bouts were between evenly matched contestants. He de clared that it made no difference what color boxers were, what weight, what ability or anything else, all un even or sport lacking matches must and would be prohibited. ! Race for Cue A Title Tightens j New Tmk. Nov, 1.—Interest In the ■ title race increaae* with the inva- J wen of three new player# In the N«- ■ j tional Champion rocket Billiard league With the field trimmed down , lo 10, all the old stare and champion* ret*ined and the schedule reduced to four- and * half ntontha with 73 games for each player, the scramhls ha* been tightened up on all sides. ' according to Leandsr Kilpatrick, secretary of the league. New faces in the league are pie-s sented by Joseph Concannon, a *t*^ who Is coming back: Charles Har. mon. the New Tork state champion, and C. K. Seaback, the New England champion Concannon Is to play fop the president of the league T. A. Dwyer, in his Rational Reaction I establishment in Brooklyn. X. Y. Sen ;h*rk Will represent the State Theater rluh * of Boston. Harmon play* f..r | Dt* l<awlcr Brothers of Xew Tore. Northwestern Wins | First Conference Game in Three Years V _ Evanston, 111., Nov. 1 —U W** Northwestern * day today as the Pu 7 j pie won Its second western oonfe ^ enca fotXball game In three season* j* defeating Indiana university, 17 to <. before a huge homecoming throng. The Purple piled up a 17-polnt lew-1 at the half but the Hoosier* braced in the second half and opened up with au aerial attack that threw a scare into their opponents snd re *ult«xl In s touchdown for the 'tsIUv^^^H <" the thiid period when hJfS plunged over from the one foot 1 ■*. W and Capta n rAs^the ri I l»lnt. Ki