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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 9. 1917. 13 A f CENTRAL HIGH 'QUINTET FACES STIFF SCHEDULE Fifteen Games, Ten Opponents and Three Trips on Road Are Ahead of Mulligan's Basket Tossers. CENTRAL'S FLOOR SCHEDULE Council Bluffs at C. Bluffs.. January 11 rommrrce High at Omaha. .January It Ponth High at South High. .January 18 Counril Bluff at Omaha. .. .January 19 Uncoln at Omaha January 28 I'nlver'y Place at I'nl. Place-February l Houth Hleh i Omaha Frbruary 3 toux City at Omaha February 9 St. Joseph at St. Joseph February IS Atehlson at Atchison February IS Uncoln at Lincoln February 12 Beatrice at Beatrice February 23 Sioux City at Kloax City March 1 Fort Doric, at Fort Dodfe ... March 8 St. Joseph at Omaha March. Fifteen games with 10 opponents is the schedule Central High's basket ha'! quintet faces with the opening of thfi 1918 season. Games have been scheduled with Council Bluffs, Commercial High, South High, Lincoln, University Place, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Atchi son, Beatrice and Fort Dodge. Prospects for a successful season ire accepted as bright. Mulligan has five veterans and several promising youngsters. Maxwell, Paynter, Logan, Konecky and Smith are the veterans. All are seasoned floor stars and the five make up a combination hard to beat. Three schools, Council Bluffs, Uni versity Place and Atchison, -report they have complete veteran fives, and St. Joseph has four of last year's men back. Three Trips Carded. Three trips are planned for the cage men. One will include St. Joseph and Atchison, Kan.; one Lincoln and Beat-tee, and the third Sioux City and Vt Dodge. All Omaha games will be played at the Young Men's Christian associa tion. Mulligan wilt not start team pracr tice until after the Christmas holidays. Six Nebraskans Given Places on All-Valley Team (Continued From Page Eleven.) line, and he fulfills all the other re quirements of a star end. Captain Shaw of Nebraska, of course, gets a tackle position. His work has been an outstanding feature at Nebraska for three years. He is easily the best tackle in the confer ipce. r IfVAet sf lPnnpq. I ni.i.H . 1. . 1- tackle. He is a veteran, a second team choice last year, and only a shade be hind Shaw in merit. Nebraska monopolizes the guard positions with Kositsky' and Wilder. Kositsky is little short of All-Western caliber. He is the best fighter on the Nebraska team. Possessing an in domitable spirit, he fights for every inch in every play. He is a tower of . strength on defense and on the of fensive he makes holes a wagon could drive through. ' Wilder makes an excellent running mate for Kositsky and with this duo on the job the center of the line be comes pretty nearly an irresistible stone wall.' Center is Problem. Trying to select a center is quite a job. Nebraska fans lean toward Bill Day ana well they might for Bill is some foot ball man. But Day plays k Mnter under the Stewart system, dif Aferent from any other, and whether he could hold down the job on a team coached under different methods is doubtful, probably not, because Bill is a backfield man by trade and a coach employing the regular formation no doubt would use him in that capacity instead of on the line. So Day is cheated out of a position on the myth ical eleven and the position awarded to Wallace of Ames. This makes a pretty good All-Mis-, souri valley eleven. It is a team pOw erful on the defense with a sturdy line and an airtight secondary defense. It possesses a backfield which can ex- Bloit any style of foot ball. Nielsen, obson and Schellenberg are good line plungers and will gain with straight foot ball. Aldrich, Dobson and Schel lenberg would gain tith open, field '.'lays and Rhodes and Randels, with the backfield quartet, make an excel lent forward passing combination. Several Lose Out. Several players who might be eligi ble for this mythical All-Missouri val ley team lose out because they have been shifted about this year or failed to play in the required number of . games. There is Ted Riddell of the Husk ers. Riddell has been on the valley team for two years, but loses out this season because injuries kept him out or tne game. ! Hubka played tackle, end and in j the backfield this season. Had he remained on one job he might have won that position, but he is shifted to ' the second team because he did not j stick to one place long enough to prove his superiority. Otoupalik goes to the second team because in juries kept him out most of the year, i Sam Kellogg in the game against i Syracuse played as good a game at m.tA i iri- wit n nn Mvhraatra ' J l It VI DO v. " c... V' . . ..... .;.. field. But he played it only one day, whether he could have put" up the same stellar performance through the season is problematical. , Collins of Missouri is another vic tim. Collins last year was a first team choice.- This year the Tigers were so weak Collins was given no opportunity to-do anything and there by loses out. Classy Second Team. The second . ' All-Missouri " valley eleven is but little weaker than the first team and probably could give the latter a run for the money were it possible to match thetwO teams.' Foster of Kansas is given the call over Boyd and Clark for quarter, be cause he is a better field general. Johnny Cook of Nebraska and Pringle of Kansas are two flashy backfield men, both ood on open field runs, and Otoupalik' is a pretty ciassy iuuDacK as we an Know. Subka and Laslett at ends are all any coach could ask. Nettels and Breedon are heavy,' powerful tackles and Gates and Jones guards of first water. With Bill Day to com plete the list at center, the second 4'm becomes an organization of "Cellar, qualities. BULLET" JOE IS A STAR AT BOTH TRAPS AND MOUND Alainstay of Connie Mack's Hurling Corps Also Adept at ! Breaking Clay Pigeons ! With Scattergun. j Connie Mack, manager of the j Philadelphia Athletics, American j base ball league club, has under con tract a pitcher who can hurl a base ball with such extraordinary speed i;hat he has been nicknamed "Bul let Joe." And, as it happens, tltVit s a very appropriate name, for the twirler in question, Leslie Joseph JJush, has become an expert' in the irapshooting game. Although Bush is proficient with the rifle, sinking a bullet just about vhere he desires to sink if; he prefers to use a shotgun. And with the scat ter load he has gained an enviable reputation in Philadelphia and vicin ity. He is a virtual newcomer at the frame, but he shoots at a 90 per cent ?;ait right along, and occasionally is ;i winner at the Beidemann Gun club of Camden, N. J., of which organiza tion he is a member. "I enjoy trapshooting in the win ter months, not only because I on ider it the most interesting and ex citing sport that I play, next to base ball, of course," says Bush, "but I do not shoot alone because I like it. I think it keeps me in condition and prepares me for the long diamond campaign. Improves Control. "I believe that a pitcher improves his control by shooting at clay tar Rets. Trapshooting is simply the co ordination of eye, arm, and mind that is precisely what base ball nitching amounts to. When I am on the mound I first decide in my mind where I want the ball to go, find then my fingers and arm do the iob automatically. "I find the same holds true of trap nhooting. At first I had to think how I would line up my gun, then when I would pull the trigger, how far I would lead the targets, and a dozen or more other things. Now, after long practice, I do all these things automatically, and it's only a question of my mind, eye, and fingers working in unison. "I hope I may be able to con tinue to shoot at the traps every win ter, and that when I retire from base ball I will have ail opportunity to take part in the Grand American handicap and other big tournaments." Mack's Mainstay. "Bullet Joe" Bush is, Connie Mack's mainstay in the pitcher's box. He is one of the best twirlers in the American league. Bush will show his true worth when Mack rounds together another championship ball club. Recently Bush and Grover Cleve land Alexander, the great pitcher of the Phillies, shot a match race at ISO targets, and It resulted in a tie, each breaking 127. Brown Outfielder Gets Assignment From Navy Outfielder Bill Jacobson of the St. Louis Browns, who last summer en listed as a navy , yeoman, with per mission to delay reporting until the close of the base ball season, has been assigned to duty at the Norfolk navy yan. Yale Sloan, another outfielder of the Browns, who enlisted with Ja cobson, has pot been assigned to duty so far as announced. Perhaps the navy has more yeoman and yeo women than it can use just now. The Browns ' will not miss either player greatly if Williams and Tobin, along with Smith, come through as ex pected. Denver Catcher. Signs Contract With Uncle Sam Two catchers well known in West ern minor league circles have joined the aviation corps of the army. They are Johnny Bassler, late of the Los Angeles Coast league team, and Al Bartholomy, who was with Denver in the Western league the last season. Bartholomy formerly was with Ta coma in the Northwestern league. Bassler was considered one of the best catchers in the Coast league the last season and his loss is a severe bio to the Los Angeles club. Oakland Worries Not and Continues to Sign Talent The Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league continues to take on former Northwestern league players for trials next spring. Among the new ones are Carl Hollings, who played as a pitcher and third base man with Spokane; John Taffee, who also was with Spokane; Dick Nelson, a first baseman who had a trial with Seattle, and Clark Boldt, former Seat tle outfielder. Memphis Sighs With Relief; Cruthers Gets Exemption Memphis fans are heavinsr sighs of relief Press Cruthers, their second baseman, has been exempted from the army draft and is assured the team for next year. Cruthers is making his home in Memphis this winter and will be on the job early in the spring. National and Sectional Ranking of 1917 Varsity Foot Ball Teams HE following attempt to classify the various foot ball elevens of the country is based on foot ball results, due allowance being made in some Cases for early defeats, later completely redeemed: ICATlONAi. 1. Georgia Tech. S Pittsburgh. . Nary. J. Minnesota. Pennsylvania. 4. W. and J. Notre Dame. Ohio State. Nebraska. Hyrarnse. Michigan. 5. Brawn. Kntgers. EASTERN. Navy. L Pittsburgh. I. Pennsylvania, t. W. and J. 4. Syracuse. 5. Rutgers. . Brown. W. Virginia. W. Va. Wesle- yan. Georgetown. MO. YAIXEY. 1. Nebraska. t, Kansas. 8. Ames. 4. Kan. A.-3C. IS. Missouri. K Washington. 7. Drake. . SOCTHEBX. 1. Georgia Tech. t. Auburn. Famous Harvard Four in X i J .Aw fs$j " X ? I ft Wm R 4 i ' t fir mm MMawnawiiiniiiiii mwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmBmsmtmmtmmmaBmm mmmmmammiai ! All the members of Harvard's most famous foot ball combination Brick ley, Mahan, Hardwick and Bradlee are now in training for an assault on the Hindenburg line. Frederick J. Bradlee, jr., mentioned in 1913 and 1914 in the leading selec IOWA LEADS IN FORMATION OF NEW GUN CLUBS Seven Scattergun Organiza tions See Light of Day in - Hawkeye State in 1917; ' Three in Nebraska. Iowa for the second successive year leads in the formation of gun clubs births being given to seven in the Hawkeye state in 1917. Ten was the number of new clubs that Iowa con tributed in 1916. Interstate Association records show that 40 clubs saw the light of day in 1917, but unofficial figures give the list of new trapshooting clubs as well up in the hundreds. The Interstate Association, the na tional body of trapshooting, offers to donate a trophy to every newly formed club, so that the members may have something (o 6hoot for from the beginning. It is quite evident, however, that the organizers of gun clubs are not aware of this offer, for in 1916, 737 clubs were formed, and only 72 asked the Interstate Association for trophies. They all could have had 'em for the asking. The appended list shows where the 40 new clubs are from: state. No State, No. Iowa 7 Kansas 1 New Jerey 6 Ohio I Nebraska 3 Illinois S Massachusetts I Wisoonsln 1 New Hampshire ... 1 Pennsylvania 1 New Tork 1 Delaware ......... 2 Indiana 1 Michigan 1 Florida West Virginia 1 Missouri iOklahoma 1 Texas lTennessee 1 Indianapolis Contributes Big Sum to Griffith Fund Base ball fan- of Indianapolis con tributed $932 to the "Bat and Ball" fund for American soldiers, sta-td by Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington club of the American league. Charlie Carr, former man ager of the Indianapolis club, was chairman of the committee which un dertook the campaign. The money is being used to purchase base ball equipment for army camps and the forces in France. Birmingham Lands Lad Expected to Be a Wonder Lester Patterson, a sensational 20-year-old catcher has been signed by the Birmingham Southern Associa tion club for next season. Patterson hails from Tacoma, where he has been phying semi-pro ball for several seasons. Pat is a bear in Tacoma and Manager Molesworth, badly needing catchers, expects to give the youngster plenty of work next sea son. Coast Mags Investigate Sacramento's Proposition President Allan Bautn, J. Cal Ewing and Judge W. W. McCredie were named a committee by the Coast league to investigate the proposition made by Sacramento for a franchise and to arrange the transfer of Port land if the conditions ate satisfactory. They are to report at the Coast league meeting at Los Angeles December 17. 3. Vanderbllt. 4. Alabama. 5. Nnawnee. 6. Miss. A.-M. W. and L., Georgetown, Dav idson, V. P. I. and other non-conference teams, not included, are stronger than most ot above. BIG TEN. 1. Minnesota. Z. Ohio Htate. 3. Michigan. 4. Wisconsin. 5. Illinois. ( Chicago. v. Indiana. . Northwestern. 9. Purdue. 10. Iowa. With all start eligible. SOUTH WEST. 1.' Texas A.-M. Z. Rice Inst. 8. ltaylor. 4. Texas. K. Oklahoma. . Okla. A.-M. 7. Arkansas. FAB WEST. 1. Wash. State. 2. Oregon A.-M. 3. Oregon. 4. California. . So. California. 6. Washington. 7. Arizona. tions for "All America" halfback, has just received word that ht has passed examinations for a commission in the regular army and is to report at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for further train ing. Bradlee was known as one of the best defensive backs in the game. Charles Brickley, the famous drop GUNBOAT NOT STRONG FOR ROYALTY Also Off London Flower Girls WIPED LORD'S CHAIRS OF PAINT Gunboat Smith has ceased to be much of a fighter, as Fred Ful ton's recent feat of polishing him off in quick style proves, but the heavyweight pug is still a source of humor. Here is a story of his visit to England, as the Gunner tells it himself: "I went to Westminster Ab bey one day with the missus." said Gunboat. "The place was full of dead ones. We walked around there an' I didn't see no reason to take off my hat like a lot of Englishers was doin an when one of 'em asked me to take mine off I told him tp beat it on the fast foot. We stopped before the grave of Mary Boylan, turrible Mary queen of th' Scotch. My wife says: 'Gunner, whose grave is that?' An' I tells her I dunno, some bum, I suppose. "Up steps one of th' john darms who was standin' around an' tells me what for an' that I should have more respect f'r royalty. 'Beat it,' sezi, 'or I'll but ton one on your chin' and he beat it and I didn't have to. I was so sore right then that if I had hit 'im I'd a done it hard enough to make Mary roll over in her stone coffin. The Ways of a Lord. "I went to the horse show wit' Buckley and we met Lord Some thing. He is a boxing nut. Buck ley, me former manager was bowin' an scrapin' an' bullin' an' palaverin' an' holdin' his hat on his chist an' sayin,' 'Yus, muh lord,' an' I says, 'Hello, lord,' an' he liked it. He was a grand guy. He invites me an' Buckley up to sit in his box. We set. When I reached f'r m'h handkerchief Ebbets Determined to Keep Base Ball Going President Ebbets of Brooklyn is for anything that will insure continua tion of base ball. He points out that the major leagues, if they operate next season, would turn over prob ably $500,000 to the government as war tax, no small item, and he also suggests that the situation is not to desperate as to require shutting up a business t! at has perhaps $20,000, 000 invested in it just to furnish the army with a bunch of soldiers who would hardly make two full companies all told. Ball Player Released From Army; Bum Foot First Baseman Earl Sheeley of the Salt Lake City team of the Coast league, who was drafted last sum mer and reported to ai army camp at the close of the Coast season, has been released by Uncle Sam. Shee ley is lame as the result of a broken ankle sustained two years ago and the army doctors concluded it would unfit him for service. But for this lameness he would be in the major leagues, for he is one of the great hit ters of minor league base ball: Connie Mack Up to His Old Tricks; Signs College Lad Claude Davidson, infielder and former captain of the Brown Uni versity base ball team, has signed a contract with Connie Mack. He play ed base ball two years on the Brown team and was known as one of the heaviest hitters in the college game. He can play third or short and col lege men of New England are sure he will make good with the Athletics. Tinker Would Cut Out Spring Training Trip Joe Tinker of Coiumbus thinks that if the association does not open its season until May 1, as suggested, no southern training trips will be nec essary and he suggests that if the In ternational is in operation it would be nice to have the International teams or some of them visit Columbus, In dianapolis, Toledo and Louisville and play an ante-season 6erics. . What's This? Herrmann Boosts Athlete Due for Can President Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati Reds says he wouldn't trade Dave Shean for George Cut shaw. This is interesting, consider ing that waivers were asked by the Reds on Shean and all clfe passed. War Service kicker, and coach of the Boston col lege foot ball team, is under orders to report for duty on the staff of Major General John A. Johnston of the De partment of the Northeast. Eddie Mahan is in the marines, and "Tacks" Hardwick is "somewhere" in France" as an artillery officer. t give onna them Chatauquy salutes when th' king an' queen comes in I hits wet paint on m'h chair an' Buckley an' me finds that they had fresh paint all over 'em an' th' royal swab had sent us tramps up there t' wipe 'em off with our pants an' coats. He's a cadgy bird is that lord. The London Flower Girls. "Then they had told me all about th' beautiful flower gals in London. Beautiful my sister's cat's left hind legl One night when I was jumpin' from music hall to music hall in a taxicab doin" my act, one of 'em stopped m'h cab at th' Nelson monument an' wanted me t' buy sunflowers an' garages an' dopey ikes an' pansies. 'I have no britches on,' I ser to her, me bein' in my ring costume. 'I have my dough back home,' I tells her. 'There is. no small change pocket in a pair of boxin' trunks.' She was soused, tP th' cowlick an' as handsome -as Sam Langford an' she cussed me out like old man Kcegan bossln' his wops on the New York Cen tral track above Sing Sing. Nix on them beautcheous London flower gals." He Was Deep Down. "Did you make any money on the Carpenticr bout?" he was asked. "I made so much," replied the Gunner, "that I come back home as a stoker, so deep in th' ship that when I heard th' lunch eon bell where I was I had to keep climbin' all afternoon t' get up on deck in time f'r th' 6 o'clock dinner an' I slept in a place where they come down every other day an' fumigated me an' th' rats and th' ropes." Ernie Walker Slated for Comeback, Asserts Allen Ernie Walker, outfielder formerly with the Brpwns, who has been re signed by the1 Little Rock club after a season's layoff, is due for a big comeback, according to President Allen of Little Rock, and he has sug gested to President Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals that Walker be given a National league tryout in the spring. Cubs Lose Good Prospect When Uncle Samuel Steps In Al Marriot, outfielder, purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Fort Dodge Central association club and given a brief tryout in the closing days of the season, has been caught in the army draft and his major league prospects are thus nipped in the bud. Maranville Coachss Navy Yard Basket Ball Quintet The foot ball season having closed. Walter Maranville, yeoman at the Boston navy yard, has taken charge of the yard's basket ball team. One of his players will be Jack Barry, manager of the Red Sox, also a yeo man in service. Heinie Zim Sinks Series Coin in Home for Mother Heinie Zimmerman, of bone-pulling fame, has shown that his head is hard er than his heart by spending his en tire earnings of the late world's series in providing a home for his aged mother in Njw Jersey. What Ho? Ask Omaha Mat Fans as Plestina Declares War on Demetral Many are the vagaries of the wrestler's mind; they are far too in tricate for the meager powers of com- ehension possessed by the average Lyman. Here's the latest one to puz zle Omaha fa. s. Few days after Marin Plestina and Joe Stecher wrestled last Labor day, Plestina received a letter from Wil liam Demetral, well known Greek fc.appler. ...' Demetral had planted himself in Detroit, had built up the game so the money was coming in and was enjoy ing real rosperity; automobile and all. Strangler Lewis, scenting the soft pickings, arrived in Detroit one morning and began to toot his trum pet : ; VETERAN TOM JONES ONCE MORE SENDS ENTRY TO NIP RING TITLE AND DOLLARS Pilot of Many Champions, Will Lead Byron Downey Be tween Ropes at Columbus, Wednesday Night, in Hope of Landing Another Chanmpionship and the Wealth That Attends It By RINGSIDE. Chicago, Dec. 8. Tom Jones, who already ha established more or less of a reputation as a pilot of pugilistic champions, will attempt to lead another aspiring young slugger to a world's title at Columbus, O., Wednesday night. He will send Bryan Hnwnev. th Ohio welterweight, into the rinff with Ted Lewis, welterweight champion, and Jones expects Bryan to emerge the winner. MATCH PLESTIWA TO MEET CUTLER FOR $1 ,000 SIDE Omaha Heavyweight Battles Chicago Grappler in Windy City on December 17 for Huge Side Bet. Marin Plestina, Omaha heavyweight wrestler, and Charlie Cutler, the Chi cago grappler who started Joe Stecher on his meteoric career in Omaha in 1915, are scheduled to clash In Chi cago December 17 for a side bet of $1,000. Joe Coffey will promote the event Plestina now is in Chicago training for the match. Marin left Omaha soon after his go here with Stecher Labor day. The huge Slav went to Detroit, where he chased Stranglcr Lewis out of town. Then he went into Ohio and trimmed everything in sight in Akron, Canton and Columbus. Upon returning to Chicago he posted $1,000 to wrestle anybody in the world. Cutler was the only one to bite. He offered to wrestle Ples tina, and his friends put up $1,000 that he could lick the Omaha heavy weiRht. So Marin dug down into his jeans for the thousand and the huge side bet is up. v Interest in Chicago over the match is reported to be keen, with Cutler the favorite. Omaha fans, however, believe Plestina will murder Cutler. Omaha and Crook Lads Will Battle For Floor Honors Solliers stationed at Fort Omaha and Fort Crook will extend their a,thletlc rivalry to basket ball Christ mas night when the floor quintets of the two local forts will clash at the University of Omaha gymnasium. Fort Omaha captured the foot .ball title from the Fort Crook lads so now the latt;r are determined to have revenge at basket ball. The University of Omaha suggested the game and will give the use of the gymnasium to Uncle Sam's boys. , The university also has offered the soldiers the use of the gym for prac tice whenever they want it, afternoon or night. The soldiers have accepted and a number of ;ames will be staged. Monday night, the Fort Omaha soldiers will play the University of Omaha five. Cards Sign Kid Hurler To Report Year From Now The St. Louis Cardinals are looking away ahead. The club has signed a high school star from Cynthiana, Ky., under agreement to report in 1919. He will attend a college in 1918. His name is Stanley Rees and he is said to have made a great record as a pitcher in Kentucky high school cir cles. He is only 19 years of age, yet stands nearly 6 feet in height. Red Sox Will Buy Martin On Sayso of Duffy Lewis Report from Oakland has it that on Duffy Lewis' recommendation the Boston Red Sox will pay a fancy price to the Oakland club for the re lease of Pitcher Speed Martin. Lewis says Martin is a sure winner in the big show if given the right sort of a chance to get along. Jack Lelivelt to Succeed George Stovall, is Report Report from Vernon has it that Jack Lelivelt, former outfielder with various American league and Ameri can association teams, is a favored candidate to succeed George StOvall as manager of the Vernon Tigers. Lelivelt's last engagement was with Kansas City. Jimmy Viox Decides His Rest Was Only Temporary Jimmy Viox, who quit the Kansas City team last year and declared he was done with the game, met Man ager John Ganzcl in Louisville and agreed to return to the Blues next year. It now seems that he quit only long enough to go home and help harvest the crops on his farm. Demetral saw flie big dough of the Michigan city vanishing in the dis tance while the Strangler gobbled up the gravy. So Demetral wrote Ples tina and asked Marin to come to Detroit. Marin did as requested and within two weeks had chased Lewis into Ohio. . Now comes thj climax. Plestina has declared war on Demetral and Bisted $500 U bet that he can throw emetral five times within the hour. What happened, Omaha fans ask. Two months ago, Demetral and Ples tina were buddies, working together to remove Lewis. Now the Omahan and the Greek are arch enemies, Your guess as good as any, The battle will give Downey the chance he has been angling for ever siffce he began to bulge in among the top-notchers, yet it imposes upon him a condition that may deprive him of the title even if he beats Levis. Downey must knock Lewis out to gain a verdict. Under the terms of the agreement the bout is to go 12 rounds and no decision is to be given. No mattrr how far Downey may outpoint Lewis if the champion is on his feet at the end of the scrap he will retain his title. Is Optimistic. Jones optimistically believes Dow ney will win by the knockout route, but there is little in the record of the Ohio battler to justify his optim ism. Downey has shown himself to be a clever scrapper and one who is always on top of his opponent, but he has failed to pile up an impressive record of knockouts that would jus tify the prediction he will floor the champion for the count. The bout will be held under the auspices of the Queensbury club of Columbus, of which Bill McKinnon is matchmaker. Walter Hughes, offi cial referee of the Columbus boxing commission, will be the third man in the ring. Fans Warm Up. Ohio fight fans are considerably warmed up over the match. Lewis won his title in an Ohio town Ak ron and there are a lot of fans who believe he will lose it in a Buckeye municipality. It is expected the match will attract a record-breaking house. The scrap will be the first that Downey has engaged in since , he placed himself under Jones' manage ment Lewis has been boxing on the Pa cific coast, but has returned east to train for the contest. As a sidelight to the negotiations that preceded the signing of the fight agreement, it is interesting to note that the conference in Chicago at which the agreement was signed was the first time Tom Jones and Jimmy Johnston manager of Lewis, 'have spoken in several years. Memory as to the cause of the enmity between Jones and Johnston is fautly, but for some reason the .two have, been -A. 1 l 1 bu loggcrncaas tor years, inu oniy their unwillingness tok let their per sonal feelings stand in the way of their fighters' interest enabled them to meet amicably here. Oreb Still Puzzles. Fight fans and fighters are still trying to figure out the Harry Grcb problem. Fans are utterly unable to fathom the reason for Greb's suc cess in the ring, and even men who have battled him have vastly differ ent ideas concerning the Pittsburgh middleweight They differ on the cause of his great showing, but seem to have a unanimous idea of the ef fect. . Geqrge Chip, the erstwhile New castle miner, has been against the Smoky City buzz-saw a couple of times and has some suggestions to make about him. Chip also is very well satisfied with what has gone before, as far as Greb is concerned, and is none too eager to have any more of the Greb game. "I've had plenty of chance to study this fellow, Chip said recently, "and have reached the conclusion that he has just one trick that makes him good. That is ..his ability to make an opponent so gosh-darned tired that he can't keep up the pace Greb sets. Defense is Tight. "That's all there is to it. If you want to beat Greb you've got to fig-, ure out some way of merely stick ing along with him. Unless a man is in perfect condition he hasn't got a chance with Greb unless he should happen to catch him with a solid swat on the chin and knock him out. That also is almost impossible, for Greb has an extremely effective de fense, without seeming to have any at all. His defense doesn't look like anything at all because he handles himself so awkwardly, but just the same nobody is able to puncture him to any great extent. "I do not agree with those who say the Pittsburgh man is merely a flash and will not stand up long." I think he is a great fighter and that he will keep on demonstrating it if he has good luck and doesn't break an arm swinging the way he does. "One thing about Greb that gives him a great advantage over other men in the middleweight division is that he is young and fresh, whereas the others are a bit worn and frayed from long usage. His great natural stamina makes it possible for him to set a pace that few can carry with him. That tells the whole story." Salt Lake Club Winds Up Year With Profit of $1,600 The directorate of the Salt Lake base ball club, in the Pacific Coast league announces that, it has made a profit of $1,600 on the season. There was a deficit in the playing receipts, but this was made up and the mar gin created by the sale of Players Hannah and Rath to the majors. Salt Lake City Hurler Reported on Way Oversea Pitcher Adolph Sch inkle, Salt Lake City pitcher, now in the national army, has written friends in Salt Lake that he is on his way "somewhere," which, is taken to mean that he was selected ' for a detachment : to go abroad and that be probably is in France by this time. " f Looking for work? Turn -to t'jc Help Wanted Columns now. Yot will -find hundreds of positions list J there, , - -