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University of Texas Quintet Cancels Game With Creighton for Saturday ■ ~ ■ ®---—— — . — -- - Gophers Outplay Bluejays to Win Opening Contest of Season, 29-24; , Drake Plays B1 I •. ♦ * *' Scarcity of Games in Omaha Tetritory Forces Lone Star Five to Call Off Contest. By “WAG.” ITH their first bas ket ball game of season tucked away on the red side of the ledger, the Creighton uni versity Biuejays will resume prac for the next court contest which will tlce this afternoon he played at Creighton Satur day night, Janu ary 3, against the Drake university quintet. i'he Texas university team was scheduled to play the Biuejays Sat urday night, but final arrangements !f«H through when the southerners were unable to schedule enough games In this section of the country 'td make the trip a paying one. Creighton opened Its basket ball attain Monday night by losing a hard-fought contest to the Minnesota quintet. The score was 29 to 24. ■rite Gophers, experienced by hav ing already played two games this season, were given the battle of their lives by the Biuejays. Min neeota had the edge in heighth and weight. The visitors outplayed the (iralghtnn hoopsters during the 'gr*MAr part of the first half, but Award the end of the period the Biuejays hit their stride and scored enough points to end the half with the score tied, 12 to 12, Tn the second pe riod ' the Bluejays gavs- the Gophers plenty stilt competi tion. The score was tied three times. With only live min- I utes left In which I to play and the f score 25 to 24, the I rangy Gophers got' possession of ths ball and by soma □r team work y and TVolden | of, Minnesota each caged a field goal, bringing the score up to 29 to 24 at the end of the contest. Coach Taylor of Minnesota had noth ing but praise for the Biuejavs follow the contest. The I ';pph»r coach said | .TTT9t he never was no uneasy during a golden, banket ball game as he was last night. ; ’’'Omaha can well be proud of b'rSIghton'n team,’’ said Coarh Tay ROPER TO REMAIN AT PRINCETON Princeton, X. J., Dec. 12.—W. W. 48111* Roper, head coach of the Prince ton football team, will remain at his poet for another year, according to announcement today by Dr. C. W. Kennedy, chairman of the board of athletic control. A year ago. Roper announced that at the end of the 1924 season, the presaUre of professional interests ''Would compel him to withdraw from coaching, but recently he was asked by the board of control to reconsider. .Today ha announced his willingness to remain for another year and his ap pointment was formally voted. LA FAYETTE HARD HIT BY GRADUATION La Fayette loses eight of Its 1924 gridiron stars by graduation. Includ ing Captain Berry, named as all-east ern end by many critics; Budd, giant gUgrd, also Included In' numerous ■‘alt” lists and Chlcknoskt, haekflcld ace; * Crate and Brown, two other line men, will be missing next fall. Franklin Wins Cue Contest From Edwards -Walter Franklin, Kansas City bil jigidlst, defeated L. Edwards of Oma U*. -ISO to 149 In a hard-fought game of pocket billiards at the Holmes Ithcreatlon parlors last night. Edwards played a good game, hav ing a run of 61. At one stage of the Contest he led Franklin 120 to Si. Franklin finished the match with the high run of 66, which won the game far him. They will meet In another thatch at S tonight. O’Brien Outpoints Lombardo. New York, Dec. 22.—Tommy O'Brl en, Milwaukee lightweight, easily out pointed Johnny Lombardo of Phila delphia, better known as Ray Mitch ell. In a 10-round bout In Brooklyn , tonight. In the eeml-flnal. Jack Me Yey of New York, negro welter weight., obtained a decision over Vic Hlrsch of Chicago, In 10 rounds. O'Brien and Lombardo weighed In at 1)7 pounds. SELECT OFFICIALS FOR NEBRASKA : FOOTBALL GAME fieuttle, WmH., Pec. 58.—Three Miaanurt Valley officer* and one front the Pacific coa*t have been choeen for the Waahlngtnn-Ne braaba football game here October 11, 10J5. Itarwln Melaneat, grud uate manager of the I nlvrraltj of Weehlnglnti annonnred today. The official* Include Robert Mor rta, umpire. Paelfte; Frank Hlreh, referee; Fred Cochrane. field Judge, and J. A. Reilly, head line* man. I ue Squad January 3 r " A Yale May Send Rowing Crew to Germany in 1926 New York, Doc. 23.—Yale Is re ported to be considering sending its rowing crew to Germany In 1928 in acceptance of an invitation extended by the president of the German Rowing association. The invitation requested that the varsi ty crew be sent In 1925, but Cooch Ed I.eader is declared to be op posed to that. V_/ m lor. ‘‘Before the season is very far gone Creighton will be one of the strongest teams in this section of the country, or I miss my guess.” Wolden, renter of Minnesota, was the outstanding player on the Gopher o.ulntel. The lanky player was good on the defense and equally as good on the offense. He scored four held goals and two free throws. Hasey, Gopher forward, topped the scorers, chalking up six held goals. For Creighton, the playing of Cap lain Trautman and Coremnan was good. Trautman, forward, scored three held goals and 10 out of 11 free throws. Corneman broke up many Gopher plays. The team work of the-Bluejays was ragged, but will be snyoothed out from now on. “Ike” Mahoney tried many long shots, hut not once did he suc ceed in sending the leather through the hoops. The lineup: MINNESOTA Ct»I. _ . Ci. F.T. A. F.T. F, Rasey, rf . 6 2 1 I Gillen, If . 0 3 2 3 Wheeler, f . 0 0 0 0 IVoIden, rf . < 2 2 1 Mason, rg 1 fl ft Dunder, Ig (C). 1 o 0 Cog, « . 0 ft 0 ft Totals .12 7 6 2 CREIGHTON (24). O. F.T. A, F.T. F Trautman, rf (C).... 3 It 1ft 1 Ryan. If . 1 i 1 ft Brown, If . 1 n n 1 Mahoney, e . 0 l 0 0 Corneman, rg . 1 ft o 3 Koudela, rg . 0 ft 0 ft Spetcher, Ig .ft 2 1 0 Conivay, lg . 0 o 0 n Totals . 6 16 12 6 Referee: Schommer, Chicago. Umpire; Uohnmen, Wisconsin. JAMES MILIKEN UNI QUITS CONFERENCE Chicago, Dec. 23.—James Miliken university withdrew from the Mid West collegiate today because It ob jected to the one semester residence rule which the conference would not rescind at the semiannual meeting of representatives of the member Insti tutions. Several schools urged the adoption of a one-year residence rule which would require athletes to at tend s. School one year before being allowed to compete in Inter-collegiate contests. The rule was not passed. The conferenec outdoor track meet will ke held at St. Paul, Minn., May 29. Formation of 1925 football ached ules completed the business of the meeting. e ST. LOUIS UNI. AFTER GRID COACH fit. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22.—The re fusal of William Roper, coach Of the Princeton university football squad, to come to St. Louis university, has turned the attention of authorities to other coaches of national fame Chancellor Herbert S. Hadley, an nounced today. Matthews of Tdaho, who starred with Notre Dame, is among those mentioned for the position. Coaches' Association Hoftl Meeting Soon Bob Zuppke, veteran Illinois foot ball coach, will preside at the annual meeting of the Football Coaches’ as sociation in the absence of John W. Heismnn, the president, and Dr. John W. Wilce, secretary. Herman Is going abroad, and Wilce to the coast, but both have been working on the program. Fielding H. Vost Is the chairman of the committee on rules. John F. Meehan, chairman of the committee on coaching ethics, and Zuppke on program and entertain ment. Welch Defeats KOrco. Chicago, Dec. 22.—Frankie Welch of Chicago tonight defeated Patsy Rocco in a 10 round boxing contest at Bast Chicago, In the opinion of newspapermen. They are welter weights. Eveleth Defeats Millers. Eveleth, Minn., Dec. 22. Lveleth won from Jgfnnea polls In a two perils overtime contest In the west ern group of the United Stales Ama teur Wockev league tonight, 2 to 1. Northwestern Five W;ins. Chicago, Dec. 22.—Northwestern university defeated the Michigan Agricultural college, 2« to 17, In a basket ball game played In Evanston tonight. mtk ihf ^ KNIGHT? tftht GLOVES At Windsor. Onl.—.l»ltnn> MHIaw, I>a troll, won darUion from Hobby Ward, Hi, Paul, 1ft round* Jar It Hatko. I.oa An gal**. wa* atoppad by John Wtbar, !*• troll, third round. At Brnnklfa—Tummy OTtrlan, Hllwatt ka* got I ha d*r|ft|on nvar Johnny l.orn hardo. Philadelphia. tft round*; Jark Mr Vay, Nan York, got tha ilUrlalon os ar VI lltrarh, Chicago, 10 r-iunun. At >aw York—Mlrkay Brown Saw York, won * foul front Tommy I,' ti-h, Naur V-ok. aighfh round Mpam-at ('ianl nar, Newport. ft I . uot tha d*-'l*lon uv*i Jark Hauanar, !Saw York, 10 t otintf*. ^1 Mil I al»a I il> --I t-a ralilao. ^alf l.*J«* dar|alon*d Hud Ht-lla',% roillatid <»i*. Hi round*. ki i'**.- nil'*' and Vlrk flarg fought four round* draw. *o-» Broil, darlatonad Young f»al*} f--ur round* Wild Bill I* trail foughl f-oi» round drawr with Baba Herman, Salt L*ka • it/. | Indoor Sports ' By fad] ITS WO &0O0 TO | Mft-NO- AOfi-T ujevje MAP IT- / liMJeU-G- «lo»T" \NHTN0TSENO « Off. ->-VICAI«“ ( TVWT Tt COW5IM KAvJC 7HIS 0<-0 TA« TO ‘*,R.CiOUt> MfAG 1 BLANCHE 3 SE'AP-' R r AuHT.iA^? A&oWo B^che ££££, TO ITS WORTH MOPET 5EVT ITTO U-T- PEVEMOETE THAW THE TWA 0- 0 THAT ^ hiSTOAT WOO-LC OrET- ^,^'s op gfccM y ^ ^ooc-r^H^ S3.,. '/<_ indoor spo^r^r .. . ■ - . ■« ■— «: GtTTI MO- XH€: i-AST~ OP THE' Y-M.AS' PP.ESFV7T vnrappeo up two Retvov ToP-'rnc Right ones* * MANY OF BASEBALL’S GREATEST PLAYERS FIRST SAW LIGHT OF DAY BETWEEN im AND 1W By Associated Press. EW YORK', Dec. 23.—A full score of baseball player* born about time of the "great bliz zard'’ of 1SSS still perform in the na tion'* major league park*. Dean of them ell Charle* (Rabei Adams. sturdy moundsman of the Pirates, who wa*a world hero In 1909, and toll* on, re turning to promi nence In A decade which *eem* to Ivvve given many leteraii pitchers a new lease of life. Adams was horn in 1S83. A year later came Jack tjulnn. and in lSfitt down itr (toorgta, Tyrtis Raymond Cobb, destined to be baseball's greatest outfielder was named. Vermont prdducad Larry Gardner and Massachusetts contrib uted John (Shano) Collins. The year 1887 provided more his tory for the national game, bring ing Into being Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Harry Hooper and Kddie Collins, four of the game's best known names. Hooper was to wait another sea son for the two men who later were to become his partners In on# of the greatest outfields ever de veloped, thn old combination of the Boston Red Sox-Hooper, Trla Speaker, and Huffy Lewis. IJk# Hooper, I>ewls was horn in Cali fornia, hut Speaker was not far away. Trls i* a native of Hub hard, Tex. Two of the combina tion remain in the major leagues. Hooper with the White Six and Speaker with Cleveland as man sger. I,ewi* is manager of the Pori land team of the Pacific Coast lengtie. That year, 1888, brought a hand of pitchers, outfielder* and catch ers which has cluttered baseball's rosters for many season*. Zack Wheat, marvel of the Brooklyn out field, came along at that lime. So did Gladstone Graney, Clarence Walker, Boh Veach and Fred Wil liams. For mound duty, came Vr ban Falter of the White Sot, Hay Caldwell, Hick Kudolph and 41m Vaughan. Catchers produced were I.ew Marty McCarty, Bill Raftden and Chet Thomas, Owen Bush, Fd tlie Foster and Wheeler dobuston straggled along for Infield assign ment*. In 1SS9 the voice* of .Toe Wood and Rube Marquard were heard for the first time, along with that of Wallle Pchanr, who still catches for the Yankees. SqysndtigFm aeiri HEINIE MIIjLKH, whom r**l denr© in th» four points of th*! compass, bobs up with a firht story that will appeal to any veteran who' has ever done sentry go, "Sentry go" is a Job allotted to respectable people In thn army and navy and usually consists of gal loping two hours around a lump of government property. Then some other young society man takes jour plsre snd picks 'em up and lays them down for another two hours. Ilelnle state* that th« Pacific fleet was holding its annual summer maneuvres. consisting mostly of an effort to discover who was the best scrapper among the Iron rowboats. H was the second day of the tournament and the sick hay was crowded with young folks who liad fought and forgot fo pull In their nerka. There la no human being who can slug like a gob on duly. HI* punching ability is mily sur passed by a gob on leave. One sure thing in the navy la that if you stick out your chin for a punch, the next thing you know you will tie sticking oUt your tongue for the doctor. A couple of gobbish heavy weights were struggling for the glory of i)uecnsl>ury and what goes with It. One hoy was taking plenty. He was staggering around like a Mexican Jumping bean In » hot dish. AVay up on the forward bridge was another gob with a long tele scope and a megaphone. tie kept watching the fight through the glass at every favorable tliin In hi* s#ntry marathon that brought him around facing the ring. lie watched flic loser hohlilog up and down like a mallard on a wave. The fight went on while lie con tinued to dogtrot on the bridge many yards away. Kvery time he (hanged Ills detours to take In a view of the ring, he saw the loser getting anol her turret load of knuckles on the Jaw. The loser was game and got to his feet at least 17 times. Finally, the sentry upp»d with hi* megaphone and hollered, "lln easy on that guy, Hpike. he Is my relief.'* If jon ever knocked off tlmae two and four midnight walk* around a college full of Kentucky mules jnu know vvliat It means fo hear IN- tramp of flatfnoted gtinips com ing up fo take your place. You always said a prayer for the health of your sulmlltute. Jimmy Maiden Now I’ro at Nciiilwortli ■llmui.v Mulilen, veieran golf profen sional at the Nassau Country club, at Ulencove, Long Island. Is now in stslie | at Kenilworth lodge, Mebrltig, FIs . 'vheie he will team with I 'v 11| Y\ Silver, llte national open Champion. in tli* whiter cumpaUtluu. - /------N Miss Betty Becker and Former Olympic Diving Champ Wed L '_._ _J Atlantic City, X. <!., Pec. S3— Word ha« been received here that MU* Betty llerker of thi* city, Olympic diving champion, and Clar cnee Pinkaton of Ixi* Angele*. a former Olympic champion, were married today at The Mi**ion, Rivereide, Cal. The new* came lnJ» message to Mr*. Ada Taylor Sack eft, a rloee friend of the bride-to-be. The romance had It* Inception In a California nwimmlng pool la*t Hummer. While defending her title a* national woman champion at I’aaadena, *he met Mr. Plnkatf a, who had gained renown a* the Olympic men'* diving champion In is:n. Following the Olympic trials earh secured a place on the American team and sailed on the same ship for France. They were freuuently together during the game* and re turned on the same ship. A month ago Mia* Becker left on a tranacontinental tour, giving ex hibition* en route acroaa the coun try. She arrived at Io* Angelas last night and was greeted hy Mr. Pinkston. According to the mes sage received here they decided to be married today. Mis* Betty Becker waa tn Omaha last Wedneadny. She gave nn exhi bition of diving at the Nicholas Senn hospital. Veteran Pennsylvania End May Be Out of California Game New Years Philadelphia, Pee. 33, — Pennsyl vania's hopes of defeating ths Univer sity of California on ths gridiron at Berkeley, New Year's day, received another setlxiek yesterday with the announcement that Ted Kalrchlld, vet eran right end of Ihs Bed and Blue eleven, had been suddenly stricken with appendicitis and probably would ba unable to play. With Clark Craig definitely lost to the team because of an injury recelied In the Thanksgiving day rontest nitli Cornell, Fairchild's Illness rams as a shock to roaches and playrra alike. Craig and Fair child were considered two of Penn sylianla’a best linemen and the loss of Imth Mould lie a hard blow. Fairchild, whose home la In Salt I-ake City, *»« visiting friends in •Johnstown, Fa., o\rr thr weekend when hr was takrn III. Ilia physl rians said his condition was not srrious and that hr probably would hr alilr to drtrmilnr today whrthrr hr could makr llir trip to thr Fa rifir coast with safrty. I'onrh ta>u Young alactrd today to groom lam Hlngor, aophoinorr. for Fairchild’s place In casr tha latter Is unabla to play. Hitter cold has forerd th* sqund to practlca Indoor* for the las* few da>s. A final outdoor workout Is pinrinrd for Christmas day. when the sqijad will he divided Into two eleven* nml play a regulation gam* nn Franklin field. Coach Andy Smith of California Believes Penn Best Defensive Team Tterkeley, Cut., Pec. !3 Andy Smith, who occupies tits chair of foot!* It at tha 1 Tnlversify of t'allfnr nla Is putting his students through a special course of scientific research with the stadium for a laboratory. Professor Smith Is trying to evolve certain combinations of youthful properties which will produce the re actions known ns torn hdowns. such s blending of ih* proper constituent* Would assure a victory over the I nl verslly of Pennsylvania at the meet Ing here New Year's day and would bring California to the close of It* fifth undefeated year. Tha professor doesn't Imhl the ((tinkers lightly, having wntrhrd them overwhelm Cornell a few week* ago. lie consider* them the bc*f defensive Irani In the ra»l and one of the strongest In nil depart Moots Thn California Knar* am (nine through ntiff wnrkouta dally. Thnrn arn a Ini rrtpplra on Ihn a<|tiad, hut nol many. (Jordon Hither, an Pint, la limping and may not gnt In (hr IVnu gainp. Crank Thalrhnr la working out In Ihn poalllou. Charlra ISnooky) Moll, who plaja thn ollinr mil. and war knpl out of Ihn Stan ford gamr hy an Injur), la hark In Dip Hump. Ilia hrothrr. low pH MpII. who lirlpnd In make tlilnga lough for Stanford, la in maerm. Sorgnnl liaa mplarnd Whit* at left tackll. While hna a had ankle. Grif fin and Young are allernatlnc a\enly hi fullhmk. Both are likely to get a rrark at thn Wuakera. Captain eln< t "Till" Itnlny, thn o|«pii field terror, M v run Brown nod Jimmy l>lton are tlie ftrat airing halflmrka, with rnv em! i ipatJe playri a read) to atep In If needed Iliil'itli llo(k< \ I rani \\ in«. Inihifh. Minn , I »r. 2ll Tlw» Ini Inlli ln*. k« ' (#>ntn |m»\»»s| Into pi tl# tvllll Ih* Pit IrtlHli k It Y#llon ,|««klMll htiw tonight when H took the Ami ijatn* of tlm norlrji fio iiiHf* 2 to 1. *•«*««mon. him llW' J‘I HMI.« IU • •f • ollllOhll* KAh l»Hrtrl»fi| 'HI I >1. »• «*1 .|«• i» hunrinn In ih* ftr*t r^und of • (chMultd irt mmih<1 h#t< lit* iu«n ntiftlukl m At log pouutU* MARTIN WINS TITLE BY 2-TO-l MARGIN New Tork, Dec. 22.—Examination today of the ballot* by which Eddie (Cannonball) Martin of Brooklyn won the ban tarn weight championship from Abe Goldstein of New York Fri day night showed that Martin was victorious by a 2 to 1 verdict. The Judges. Tommy Shorten and Harold Barnes, voted for the new champion, while Referee Tom Sheridan declared the battle a draw . The state athletic commission to morrow will consider the proposal to allow Martin to compete in the Junior featherweight .division. 122 pound*. There Is no recognized junior feath weight championship JACK KEARNS TO MANAGE DUFFY Sail Francisco, Dec. 23.—Jimmy Duffv. Oakland welterweight pugilist is under contract to Jack Kearns for the next two years, according to a telegram delivered by Kearns, through his attorneys to Tommy Simpson. Oakland fight promoter. It is said the contract for five years was made in February. 1922. when Duffy went east where he met I-ew Tendler and Bobby Barrett. Followers of boxing, commenting on Keans' action today, satd that with 12 round boxing matches allowed In California. Duffy would have a great er ring yalue to a manager. CHAMPIONSHIP CUE PRIZES ANNOUNCED New Tork, lv*c 22.—Prizes of ♦ 3.000. $1,500, $1,000, $750 and $*60 have been decided up<.n fo rth* IS.I balk fine world championship hillard play at the Congress hotel in Chicago February 23. to March 4. with a limit of seven entries, it was learned today. The prnhnble entrants Include: Wil liam K. Hoppe, world champion: Wel ker Cockran, who tied Hoppe In the tournament of 1923: Jake Schaefer. 1921 champion: Edouard Horemans, Belgian champion, and Erick Hagen lacher. German title holder. ‘RED’ LAYTON GETS OFFER FROM BRAZIL IJneoln, nee. 31.—M. H. (Redl Layton, former I'ntvemity of Nebra* ka football player, who won hi* letter In both football and track, ha* re ceived an offer from the Sao Paulo Athletic club of Sao Paulo, Miami to take charge a* ita director, accord Ing to an announcement her* today. Layton met some of the member* of the club while at the Olympic game* In France, where he wn* a 140-yard dash man on the Nebraska squad. The queslion of his acceptance of the proffer has not l>een Indicated LEW PALUSO WINS OVER ‘BUD’ RIDLEY Sail laike <'lty. I'tah. l'er. *2.— Lew Paluso. Salt Like featherweight, decisively outpointed Bud Ridley, Seattle, in a 12 round bout here to night. Paluso, who recently participated In the tournament for the feather weight championship of the world tn New A'ork, carried the fight to his opponent from the sound of the first gong. Ridley Is claimant of ths Pa cific coa*t featherweight champion ship, WILBERT ROBINSON REPORTED BETTER Baltimore. Md . Dec. 11—Wilbert H. BohlitAon, manager of the Brook lyn Ivneholl club, who underwent an op# rut Ion Saturday at the Unton Me mortal hoeplt.il here, was reported nHfthtly Improved tonight. Mr. Bob Ineon’ft condition u the remit of nr* 111a« k of pleufifty. It wn» eald nt the hoRptt a I that he will hn\e to un dergo Another operation of a minor nature tomorrow or t\edne*d«y. \) «'l»*l»*r % in* Division. Billing*. Mont , Lee 22 At Web eter. Ihlltnir* middleweight, le.vrded a deciftlon over Uhuok l«gttv hert of l'Ai go, p., it the end of their l•> round bout heie tonight. t Disorderly Conduct Cost Siki $50 Memphis, Dec. !!.-vTliat a docile Siki allowed himself to be peaceably led by an undersized negro porter from a fashionable surburhan res taurant after he had entered and de manded food last night, was brought out today in city court when Battling Siki, Sengalese pugilist, fared charges of drunkenness and disorder ly conduct. According to the restaurant owners, Siki was ordered out of the cafe after he had been refused food, and when he failed to leave, as instructed, the police were summoned. Before they had arrived, however, a diminutive negro porter had ejected the once feared battler and turned him over to the officers, who appeared shortly after. Siki’s wife and her brother, Beverly Werner, a Memphis negro', who were arrested as an aftermath of the res taurant episode, were dismissed when it was shown they had no part in the inrldent. The Sengalese was fined *50. _ Will Not Sell Belmont Stable At This Time New York, Dec. 23.—The million dollar racing establishment of the late Major August Belmont will not l>e sold at this time. Announcement to this effect was made today by executors of the estate. Tills set at rest rumors that a de cision had been made to sell all the horses In training as well as those at Nursery Stud, the Belmont farm near Lexington, Kv. » The execlrtors said the matter was an open question and must remain so while the estate is the process of legal settlement, as is now the case. There Is a well founded belief, however, that if a decision Is finally made to sell, some member of the family will buy In many of the promi. nent horses at the sale, and keep the tamouae maroon and scarlet Belmont silks on the turf. ROCKNE SQUAD GUESTS OF ALUMNI; New Oi leans, I-a., Dec. 2?.—Coach Knute Rockne and his Notre Dame university football team on their way to Pasadena, Cal., where on New Year's day it will engage tbe Deland Stanford university eleven, In the an nual Tournament of Roses inter sections! game, were guests yester day and last night of a series of en tertainments. They arrived from Chicago. Rockne put his men through an hqpr's practice, consisting chiefly of passing and kicking and the execu tion of several plays. They were guests last night at a banquet given by the Notre Dame and Holy Cross alumni. T ' Finnish Runner Impresses Many With His Trials New York, Dec. 23.—Athletic ex perts expressed themselves today as being Impressed with the recent trials shown by Paave Nurmi, great Finish runner, who is here to test his speed on the boards against the best, of America's distance runners, Nurmi was dissatisfied with his at tempts to run indoors and hardly more than a week ago Was talking of returning to his native land with out so much as setting foot on ar American track in a race. lie will meet a select field in special mile at the Fimilsh-Aniericai' A. C. games on January C and later in the evening will go to the rnarh against Willie Jtitola and others in a 5,000 meter race. His work to date has been confined to distance running in Vancortlandt park and to brief quarter-mile spurts on a local armory floor. No announcement has ireeti made of the time made by Nurmi in his Ilia's. OFFICIALS CHOSEN FOR COAST GAME ralo Alto, Cal., Dec. 2Z.— FA Thorpe Columbia, will be referee for the Notre Datne-Stanford football game at Pasadena New Year’s day; K. K. Quig ley, Kansas, w ill umpire; Walter Kker aall, Chicago, will act as head lines man, and Judge R. Morris, Washing ton, will be field Judge. The Stanford players engaged in dummy scrimmage today, as they ojiened th°ir last week of intensite workouts before leaving for the south. Jim Kelly, the Cardinal halfback, who has been in tied with a cold, was out for the first time since the California game, and ran with team No. 2. Neill, regular guard, worked out in his old place. The injury which he Buffered in scrimmage last Saturday was found ot be not serious and he was able to get around wltli a cast on his kn»e. FORM KENTUCKY ATHLETIC BODY Louisville, Ky., Dec. 23.—Organl7.a tion of a Kentucky athletic confer enoe. patterned along the lines of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic a - sodatlon, is virtually complete, it was announced today following a meeting here last night of representatives of several institutions. The University of Louisville, Transylvania college of Lexington, Kentucky, Wesleyan col lege, Winchester and Western State Normal, Bowling Green, Initiated the movement. Other Kentucky colleges will be a«ked to Join the group. M’TIGUE, MARULLO BOUT POSTPONED New Orleans, f.a . Per. 22.—Ti e 10 round bout of Mike HcTigu* world light heavyweight champion, and Young: Mario, scheduled tonight, was postponed until January 19 l*e* cause of inclement weather. ■ 1 1 1 ■ 1 Man Alive! Tomorrow’s Christmas! If you've Keen asleep on this point, it's time to wake up to the fad that this is the da_y before Christmas! Have you bofaght your wife's present—your mother's—your sister's? We ’ll Shop For You I Telephone Atlantic 0600, ask for a shopper, man or woman as you prefer, and gifts will be sent to your office for your approval. We ’ll Shop With You Take rou through the store, showing you what* II • ever you want, or suggesting appropriate gifts \ to you'. 4 Sthompson-Belderi h=? The Best Place to Shop, After .4/r==l