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VOL. 51 NO. 13.
PART THREE
'OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER U, 1921.
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TEN CENTS
Western Conference and Missouri Valley Elevens Open Practice This Week
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Murphy and
Cox Tied in
Circuit Races
W ith Season at Half Mark
Doth Have 22 Races
"Pop" Cms Has Bad
Year.
The racing season o( 19J1 is half
over. At the close of the rougli
keepsie meeting, .w
Cox and Murphy S W :
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econa puce, cacu
with 22 winner to
their credit. The
parr won six of the
IS races decided at
Hudson River
. Driving park.
Murphy's 'winncri
vere the 3-vear-old
colts Ivter
Henley and Silla
dar and the Peter
the .Great horse
P e t r o s k y, for
which he paid
S6.000 at Cleve
"PoV" CEFM.
(TR1BUSK rboto.l
land. During the rouglikeepsie
meeting he also added the 3-ycar-old
gelding Czar Worthy . to his
stable after driving him a mile in
2:07. last half in 1:01. He. cost
$12,000.
,'Cox won again with Jane -, the
Great and Grayworthy, the latter
defeating Jcannetle Rankin in
2.0.TJj. When he keeps on a trot it
takes a nag like Peter Manning to
keep in front of Gray worthy.. In
the fast pace Cox drove Juno for
Murphy and won in 2:0JJ. .Her'
regular trainer finished at the tail
end of the summary with Sanardo.
Sen-ill Has Two Winners.
Serrill won at rouglikeepsie with
the Dillon Axworthy1-; pair. Helen
Dillon and Sister Bertha. The fatter
defeated Millie Irwin and Early
Dreams, while on the 'opening, day
at Keadville Helen .Dillon- reduced
the .' reason's record "for "-2-year-old
trotters to 2:094, Rodney forcing,
her but with Chop' Siiey.v' Murphy
also gave Rose Scott an airing 'in
this event. She is his candidate for
the. big futurities -at Columbns'iijd..
Lexington, as sm; was secono sin
2:07. in the third heat; St looks is if
she 'would be re'advwhen the -beU
calls i her to jrteet ' Favonian Bogi.i
Harry Fleming broke into the
v. innina column at Poflghkccpsie
with-iDtfra. Hauiesaad ife 'Atlantic!
i uc tuner -is
sstern,
n; She
beat
Pitman woo, his seeond.race on the
trip through the circuit' with Emma
Harviester in 2:074. defeating E.
Colorado, Wiki Wiki, aud Great
Briton.
Fred Hyde Wins Easily. .
Frfeti Hyde; and, his Irish filly,
MarjJ O'Connor, made their first ap
pearance on the mile tracks this year
at Poughkeepsie. They won from
Iva Lou and Baby Doll in 2:04;-$.
It will take a clever performer to
"beat her on the trip to .Lexington.
Her -second to Jackson Grattan at
Springfield, Mass., in July in 2:064
was ample notice to the racing folk
that she can pace a couple of sec
onds faster than her present record.
The Poughkeepsie meet and the
meetings held at other points on the
same dates made but few changes
in the list of winning drivers. Fred
Edman still leads with 26. Murphy
and Cox are tied at 22. Joe John
son is fourth with 19 and Vic Flem
ing fifth with 18 to his credit. Harry
Stokes had three winners at the
Springfield (O.) fair and jumped to
17. Ben Whitehead and Sep Palin
are tied at 15, while Crozier has 13,
Harry Brusie and Leese each 11, and
Lyman Brusie 10. .,.-',
' Geers in Bad Season.
Gcers has teed Very unfortunate
this ; season. He had a splendid
stable when he shipped from
Memphis to Cleveland. One after
miother went lame until Wiki Wiki,
.Lillian Silkwood, and the Etawah
gelding Geers were the only ones
that remained on the firing line.
Ben White, with his flood of
speed, has also failed to show, in
front when there are any "winraces"
being made. His. second money
finishes and wins in third heats make
it look as if he is either shy in rac
ing qualities or is satisfied to get
what money comes that way without
changing his classifications. It is to
be hoped that Princess Etawah, a
ir.are that can , trot ,ia 2.04, reduces
her "winrace" before she dies of old
age. This is her ihird trip through
the -Grand Circuit Without winning
a race. y-- 5.
Belgian Cue Artist ;
To Compete in
; Chicago Tourney
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'-: 'New York, Sept. "iOl Horemans,
the Belgian billiard player, is on his
way back to thb Country and expects
to enter the wdrld's champion. 18.2
tournament at Chicago, Novem
ber 14.
This will no doubt be something
of a surprise to Willie Hoppe, who
has maintained right along what the
Chicago tournament would include
'nly native players.
Hoppe has been planning on play
ing the Belgian in a snatch after the
' tournament, but they will probably
Hash in the title tournament The
first prize will be $3,000 and second
money $1.S00.
-. One of the conditions of the tour
nament is that players participating
m the tournament shall hare the first
right to challenge in the order of
the"r standing at the termination of
itt tournament.
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has a lot oHictf and' can
Foreign Aces
To Compete in
Pulitzer Race
Indications Are That Nearly
Every Country Sponsor,
ing Aviation Will Be
Represented.
With every incoming mail bring
ing inquiries concerning the Pulitzer
race, the principal event of the In
ternational Aero Congress to be held
in Omaha November 3 to S, inclu
sive, indications are that nearly ev
ery country in the world where avia
tion is sponsored will be represented.
Inquiries have been .received to
date from aces of France, Germany,
Bulgaria, Italy and Austria. The
erstwhile enemy aviators who have
asked to enter are K. voss of lire
men; Captain von Bethmanp, second
in command of Baron von Richtcr's
famous' flying circus, and Ohcr
Lieut. Joliann Schlcswig, Fokcr
flyer.
Two Bulgarians.
Best known among the French
fliers who are expected to enter arc
Sadi Le Cointc, winner of the Ben
nett cup at Etampi, France; Lucille
Berault and De Komanct.
Coin te-, had entered the Pulitzer
race with the Detroit committee, hut
when he learned expenses of ship
ping his plane would not be de
frayed, he withdrew. By the Oma
ha Aero club paying the expenses of
the plane from New York to Omaha
it is believed he will enter.
Assen Yordanoff and Alexander
Slayanoff are the Bulgarian pilots
who are entered. . .
Capt C. C. Moslcy of Detroit,
who last year won the trophy at the
first Pultizer race at Mitchell Field,
Long Island, has entered in the hope
of capturing the trophy permanently.
It goes to the flier who wins the
race twice successively.
If the foreigners cop the' Pulitzer
trolly emblematic ot ' the t greatest
achievement in aviation racing
they will have to prove superior to
probably a score of America's pre
mier fliers' and this is believed hard
ly1 possible. , ' '
ft - Cox's Planes Assured.
'-Eddie Rickenbacker, H. E. Hart-
jej-,. Secretary of the American Aero
reljib,-Albert'. Afcosta: W. D. Culbert-
.6nv B. G," Bradley; W. de Haviland,
F"-' A. Johnson and George-D. White
arCamone the best known American
sky; pilots : who will answer ' the sig
nal oir.it hursday. November 3...
. S. Ev J. Cox, Houston, Tex4; mil
lionaire, oil man and racing enthu
siast, has : two planes the : Texas
Wildcat. , and the -Cactus Kitten
which he will enter. The Texas
Wildcat was entered in the Gordon
Bennett cup race in France.
Former Chamo to
Enter Billiard Meet
New Yorlc. Sept. 10. It was re
ported that Frank Taberski. former
professional champion at pocket bil
liards, will probably enter this year's
championship tournament to be held
in Philadelphia. This report was a
great surprise to followers of the
sport in New York, for it was gen
erally supposed that Taberski would
never again enter tournament com
petition. . Two years ago when he
held the title, he declined to play
in the annual national championship
tournament on the grounds that a
champion should be permitted to
stand out, meeting the winner of the
final round in a challenge round for
the title under the rules a champion
is compelled to play through.
"Bill" Brennan to Meet
Hugh Walker Sept. 15
St. Louis, Sept. 10. "Bill" Bren
nau, Chicago heavyweight, will meet
Hugh Walker of Kansas City in a
bout here September 15, for the bene
fit of former service men, it was an
nounced tonight. Bob Martin, A. E.
F. heavyweight champion, was
matched with Walker, but Martin
is il! and is not able to meet Walker.
Buffalo Club Runs
Big Loss in Staging Bout
Between Brennan and Dempsey
Xew York, Sept. 10. If it is true that the promoters of a leading club
in Buffalo are willing to pay $30,000 to Bill Brennan for a 15-round bout
with tWe world's heavyweight champion, Jack Dempsey, on November 26,
they are running great risks. It is assumed that Dempsey will receive
more than three times as much as Brennan's share unless the title holder
has agreed to reduce the price for his services.
Dempsey took down $100,000 fori the bout will go the full IS rounds,
knocking out Brennan in Madison He says that Bill is more confident
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lattcr's guarantee was said to have
been a quarter of that amount Un
til Tex Rickard decided to aban
don his plans for a Dempsey-Bren-nan
scrap in Jersey City on Labor
day, the champion persistently de
manded "another $100,000 rake off.
Rickard cut the match off because
he was convinced that it would not
be a strong attraction.
Won't Pay Price.
Buffalo boxing fans may be eager
to see the conquerer of Carpentier
in action, but they will not pay the
New York prices. If the Buffalo
promoters force Dempsey and Bren
nan to accept percentages in accord
ance with the new edict of the
athletic state commission, it Is possi
ble for them to pay expenses and
even make a little, money. But if
guarantees are secretly ; paid to
principals financial losses may be
sustained.
Brennan's manager predicts that
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Net Star Raps
Drawing System
Tilden Says Pairing , Method
for Meets Is
Unfair.
William T.' Tilden, II., of Phila
delphia, world's champion tennis
player, thinks that the present sys
tem of drawing matches in tourna
ments is all wrong. .Tilden claims
this method is unfair to the players.
Tilden claims that. " instead of a
blind, draw, leaving: the pairing to
luck,' the matches should be. arranged
m a systematic manner The pair
ings should be madewith the play
er's ability in view.'. ' ' - .
Should the present 'system oe con
tinued and he expressed the opinion
that it would not he predicted that
a second rate-player would some
day hold a national title after play
ers of the first rank, thrown together
by a topheavy draw, had killed each
other off. . ' . ,
Tilden's suggestion would be to
arrange matches in which each of the
foremost players would be pitted
against a lesser player for the first
two or three rounds. This would
leave the foremost players entered in
the tournament to play in the semi
finals and finals and would be giving
the public greater tennis and would
also be fairer to all entered in the
tournaments. "
No action has yet been taken on
Tilden's suggestion, but it is likely
that some , new form of arranKinii
matches will be devised at the winter
session of the National Lawn Tennis
association. It is a suggestion
worthy of note.
Dawson Team Wins
Over Pawnee Indians
Pawnee City, Neb., Sept. 10.
(Special.) The Dawson base ball
team defeated Pawnee City Indians
on the local park by a one-point mar
gin, the score being 4 to 3. The game
was hotly contested and welt played
from the start. Both teams played
remarkably tight ball. Kiueger,
Pawnee City's twirler, played his
last game with the team today. To
morrow he leaves for St. Louis to
study for the ministry. Dawson lost.
a game io rawnee vity last week Dy
a one-point margin after 13 innings
of play.
Risk of
man ever ana mat ne Will prove
that it is all wrong to think that
Dempsey held him up for 12 rounds.
Brennan Under-rated?
That Brennan has always been
under-rated is improbable, but by
no means impossible. He is looked
upon as a second-rater because there
are several second-raters who have
out-pointed him consistently. He is
not particularly fast, even for a big
riian, and he has a cramped way of
hitting that makes him look awk
ward. v
But Brennan has not been knocked
out by any man except Dempjey and
no other man has hurt him, even in
the bouts in which he was out
pointed. There is. no question but
that he is game and tough. While
he looks slow and awkwird against
fast and clever boxers, it may be that
Dempsey "s style is less puzling to
him and that' his style happens to
puzzle Dempsey.
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Orders Fighting
Barred at Games
Major Leaguers Scrap
; Often That Puhlic Is
Displeased.
So
Kew York, Sept. 10. Fighting at
base ball games is becoming so om
mon that there is a loud call from
the public against
1 V clubs which allow
it. r r e s l o e n i
Johnson has sent
out an official no
tice to the man-j
. agers 'of the
American league
teams to put a
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-j . iu naming
among players on the field. Some of
the major .league umpires are too
lenient and are chiefly to blame for
pugilistic, encounters because they
fail to suppress personal insults
hurled back and forth between the
rival dugouts.
An umpire who permits a hot
out ejecting the offender from the
game, does not deserve to keep. his,
job. According to Cleveland base
hall critics, one of the New York
Yankee players "actually grabbed
Umpire Chill by the throat" but was
not disciplined. If this assertion is
true, Chill should be asked for an
explanation by the president of the
American league.
Base ball pennants can be won by
clean playing. Rowdyism and unfair
methods do not appeal to the fans
who really love the game. The um
pires are clothed with authority to
enforce the rules and there is no
excuse for them if they wink at vio
lations. Record Sale of x
24 Horses at
Saratoga Track
Top prices were obtained in the
sale of 24 yearling horses at Sara
toga Springs by the Xalapa farm re
centty. The sale of the entire lot
brought a price of, $110,200, an av-'
erage of $4,591 a head. The crowd
was large and the bidding spirited.
The top price of the sale was
brought by Mary's Last, a bay colt
by Hourless-Mary Davis, for which
A. J. Goldsborough, acting in be
half of Charles A. Stoneham, paid
$14,500, The second best price of
the night was disbursed by S. P.
Harlan for a black colt by Star
Shoot-Elmaha. which went for $12.
100. Mrs. S. D. Riddle paid $10,000
for a black colt by Hourless-Pam-phyle.
while a similar sum was given
by Mr. Goldsborough on behalf of
,Mr. Stoneham for a brown colt bv
Ogden Scenery These four head
alone thus brought $46,600, itself a
record for this season.
Bennry Leonard, lightweight chtmplon
and Jack Brittoo. middleweight boss, will
hava It out' In a 12-round tussle In Jersey
City on October 11. The site of the bat
tle field will probably be the Jersey City
Dase bsii paric. . Br.ouia benjamin annex
the middleweight crown by stopping the
ancient Brttton, lie would probably step
out of the lightweight class for all time.
Making weight for that division has been
a tough spot In Leonard's .life.
Expert Anglers Will
Swimmer From Pool
Try to Fish Olympic
New York, Sept 10. Two ex
pert anglers will try to fish Miss
Ethelda Bleibtrey, Olympic swim
ming champion, from a 250-foot
swimming pool with a bamboo rod
and ordinary silk fish line, Sep
tember IS. She will try to pre
vent them. The contest was ar
ranged today by a newspaper. ,
The anglers are Joseph Caw
thorn, expert on tuna, and James
Cruikshank. star trout fisherman.
The line w ill be attac:d to a belt
.which Miss Bleibtrey will wear,
allowing her' full freedom. The
fishermen will take turns in trying
to pull her the length of the tank
and to "land her."
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Miss Sterling to
Defend Crown
Will Play to Retain Cana
dian Woman's
Title.
New York, Sept. 10. It is defi
nitely announced that Miss Alexa
Stirling, the American women's golf
champion, who also holds the Can
adian women's crown, will defend
her title in the coming tournament
which will he held at the River-
mead Golf . club,
Ottawa, Canada,
September 18
.M. . Miss Stirling,
vlio has-been vrsjt
ng at the home of
Mr." and Mrs.
Joseph G. Windle,
at Roslyn, L. I.
since she returned
from the "British
and French wo
nen's champion-
1 -,hips, has ' been
laying little com-
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MISS ALEXA.
STIRLING.' '
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time to practice,
In the -Canadian
event, her chief
rival for the; honors will, be Miss
Cecil Leitch," the British women's
champion, who also, annexed the
honors in the French women's event
and who' will play in the national
women's championship at the Holly
wood Golf club, Deal,- N. J., in
October. '
.Brooklyn Catcher
Makes Winners of
Losing Mound Men
OTTO MILLER '
TTO MILLER, veteran
Brooklyn catcher, may not be
in the same class with Ray
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Schalk of the White Sox, or Steve
O'Neill of the Indians in receiving,
but there is none better when it
comes to handling pitchers. Bur
leigh Grimes, star hurler of "Your
Uncle" Wilbert Robinson's last
year's penant winners, gives Mil
ler a lot of credit for bit success
with the Brooklyn club. ,
When Grimes was whh . the
Pirates he was a consistent loser.
Grimes was traded to the Robins
along with "Chuck Ward and Al.
Mamaux in 1918 in a deal that sent
Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to the
Pirates. In 1917 Grimes wort only
three games and lost 16.
The first game he hurled for the
Robins he lost, but in the next
game, with Miller receiving, he
shut out the Phillies at Ebbet's
field with four hits. Since then
Grimes has been an almost sure
winner and in nearly every one of
his victories Miller was behind the
plate. . - , ,
Miller learned his tricks of catch
ing from Billy Bergen.
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CROWD JUST AHEAP TO"
SET OFF THE GRE5A '
No Inducements
Offered Paddock
Columbia Officials Brand Re.
ports False That Sprint
Marvel Is Bein. Enticed.
New York, ' Sept. 10. Reports
that Columbia university is seeking
to win Charley Paddock away from
his first love, the University of
Southern California, are denounced
as absolutely false by the authorities
of the local institution. If the great
western sprint marvel has any idea
of coming east to study journalism,
it is the result of his, own particular
leanings, not of any athletic propa
ganda, by the Blue and ..White.
. Fred'-'Rcmp, one .of the directors
of Columbia's department of phys
ical education, is emphatic in his as
sertions that Columbia university
has little use for proselytizing
methods in its athletics. While it
would look upon Paddock's matric
ulation into its ranks as a sort of
a ' godsend, it has no intention to
awerve in its allegiance to South
ern California.
The gossips, who have been con
necting Paddock's name with Co
lumbia recently, appear ito forget
that the Blue and White would gain
little by bringing him east Under
the one-year residence rule and its
strict interpretations at Morningside
Heights, Mercury s present day suc
cessor, would be unable to Sport the
silks of Columbia until a year from
September. Even then, his past
service in the realm : of intercol
legiate 'competition would limit him
to a single season of competition at
Columbia. y ,
Grid Practice Starts
At Broken Bow High
Broken Bow, Neb., Sept. 9. (Spe
cial.) Foot ball practice, at the local
high school has started in full swing,
with Beal, Beck, Brown, Dietz, Bom
berger, Jackson, C. Thompson -and
Scott, "last year men,' back in the
harness. Thirty grid candidates re
port each afternoon for practice.
Start Practice Thursday
Creighton university foot bailers
will start daily practice next Thurs
day afternoon at the Blue and White
athletic field.. . .
Record-Breaking Entry List
. Expected for Senior Golf
Tourney-Harding May Compete
New York, Sept. 10. AlMhe indications are pointing toward a record
breaking entry list for the annual tournament of the Seniors' Golf associa
tion over the links of the Apawamis club about September 20. No less
than 300 names have been sent in to W. E. Hale, the secretary, and he says
new ones arrive each day. At the rate they are being received, it looks as
though the list would easily total 40U
Interest is rife over the rumor that
President Harding will be among
those present for the senior tourna
ment, although nothing definite has
been announced as yet' However,
it mav be said that the officials oi
the association arc pulling strong for
to;h the president and the former
chief executive, William H.' Taft, to
play over the Apawamis links'.
First Round Sept 17.
. There has been so much enthu
siasm expressed out west about the
proposed team match with eastern
golfers before he start of the ama
teur championship at the St Louis
Country club that it is just as well to
say right now that the contingent
that goes out from hereabonts with
a view of bringing home the titte will
place that event above all others in
importance and that, if any team
match is played it will . be merely
a practice round and not in any
sense an intersectional tournament
played out to the limit.
The preliminary qualifying round
for the championship will be played
on Saturday, September 7. Then
Kilhane Lured
Into Title Bout
With Dan Frusli
Former Idol of Fans Has Lost
Popularity by Com
ntert'ializiug
Crown.
By RAY PEARSON.
Another fistic champion is going
to take a chance of being knocked
over and losing his crown next
Saturday, and there will be a lot of
people watching for the returns of
this combat, which will be staged u
Cleveland, because they would find
pleasure in the event a new world's
champion featherweight ascends the
throne. Johnny Kilhane is the boy
who will take the chance, while
Danny 1'rush, a young man from
Baltimore, is the fellow who is
loaded with championship aspira
tions.
A few years ago Johnny Kilhane,
one of the most popular champions
that ever crawled through the nenip
tor battle, has changed from a popu
lar rinestcr to an unpopular one. The
reason is that Kilhane adopted tac
tics which cannot be employed by
boxers who hope to hold public
esteem. Others, more intimately as
sociated with the sport, made him
the target for criticism so "heavily
loaded' that it is taken tor grafted
that they arc warranted in thuir atti
tude. "
Kilbane "Safety First" Boxer.
Johnny, however, never has been
jolted when his fistic ability has been
the subject for 'discussion. His won
derful achievements in t'ne days
when he was the idol of fistic fol
lowers cannot be overlooked. He is
(perhaps we'd better say was) one
of the greatest featherweights that
ever donned a boxing glove, and at
the same time we must mention the
names of a few others who might
have been ranked a bit higher in the
scale of classy feathers, for we can't
forget George Dixon, Abe Attel and
Young Corbett.
The "safety first" and comme rcialr
izing tactics of Kilhane have been
responsible for the attitude in which
Kilbane has placed the fans. Kilbane
his held the title for more than eight
years, or since he beat Attcl in a de
cision' bout of 20 rounds on the
coast. For , the greater part of the
last three years he has sat on the
crown msteadof wearing. Jt on his
1iead, from which it might be
knocked ifsa better man came along.
Kilbane to Get $60,000. .
Kilbane found that by demanding
a huge amount of money to match
up with aspiring feathers he could
play the safety first game to the
Icing's taste. He was so exorbitant in.
his demands for coin that it was im
possible for promoters to meet them,
with the result Johnny was able to
attend to his tire business in Cleve
land without any danger of receiving
more than ft panning for h'S failure
to do what all champions are ex
pected to do fight.
This time, however, he found a
promofor nervy enough to come
across, and. whether he possesses the
title or loses it next Saturday he will
be $60,000 richer in purse, for that is
the amount of dough that must be
shelled out to Kilbane for his serv
ices. ;
Ruth Out to Cop
Hitting Honors
NeV York, Sept. 10. Babe Ruth
with most of the hitting honors at
his mercy, is out to lead the Ameri
can league this season. The Bam
bino declared while going to Wash
ington from Detroit that he was go
ing out to battle all the boys for the
crown. He is only a few points be
hind Cobb and Hellmann and the
way he is slugging the apple makes
Yankee fans confident that he will
cop off the title for himself Babe
intends to bunt his, way to the top
it he has to. ' v
or more,
there will be the competition for the
American golfer trophy on Sunday.
Dates Changed. " .
A change in the dates for the Les
ley cup matches which are scheduled
to be held at the ' Country club,
Brookline, Mass., on Friday and Sat
urday, October 7 and 8, undoubtedly
will be made. -. As was pointed out
some time ago, this is the week of
the women's championship at Holly
wood, which will attract large num
bers of golfers of the sterner sex in
the metropolitan and Philadelphia
districts. - - ' vi
Capt Gardiner White of the metro
politan team is now in correspond
ence with the other districts looking
to a change in the dates. It is likely
that it will be held either a week
before or a week after the women's.
Probably it will be the latter, as a
number of events are scheduled the
week of September 26, anions; them
the P. G. A. tournament at Inwood,
the Massachusetts open at Essex
county, the invitation event at Cherry
Valley, the invitation tourney at the
Whitemarsh Valley Country club in
the Philadelphia tourney.
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Coaches to Rush
Drill for Early
Schedule Games
Some Schools to Inaugurate
Tw Training Periods Daily
Basic Plays to Come
First.
By WALTER ECKERSALL.
With a number of university and
college foot ball squads already at
practice for opening games to be
played the latter part of the month
and early in next, western confer
ence candidates will answer the call
of the coaches' whistle on Thursday.
On the same day squads represent
ing the Missouri Valley conference
institutions also will swing into pre
paratory action.
Ih some cases, the men will be
put to work at once and morning ana
afternoon practice sessions ordered.
In others, the candidates will be per
mitted to toss and kitV: the ball
around the field in a carefree man
ner on the opening day.
The men will be told just what
is to be expected of them during
the year. Practice hours will be es
tablished and a schedule for night
blackboard drills adopted. Other
minor details will be worked out so
that practice in a systematic sort of
manner will be held for the re
mainder of the year.
Basic Plays First.
Teams which have important earty
season games will be put to work
at once. Skeleton squads composed
of the three backs, quarter back,
ends and center will be givdn a
set of signals and plays to learn,
while the forwards will be given
drills in the proper modes of check
in?, blocking and charging.
' Smart foot ball coaches never
overlook the golden opportunity to
harp on the advisability of having
the men follow the batl at this stage
of the season. As the year ad
vances and the players are loaded
up with new plays and signals, it is
hard to impress the Talue of this
cardinal point of following the ball.
Practice on Kicking.
The successful coach always has
his players fighting for the ball.
Glen Warner, well known coach of
Pittsburgh, is a stickler for having
his men around the ball. Last Sea
son when Pitt played West Virgin-;
ia, a member of Warner's team had
to leave the game because he was
injured by butting heads with a
teammates in .diving for a loose ball.:
h Another "good.. ,p)m,-. one-which U.
ways has been" :afc .important factor
in foot ball, is the early development
ot punters and field goal kickers.
Coaches should select men for these
departments as soon as possible and'
give them instructions each day. As
soon as they are accustomed to
kicking without feeling any soreness,
the nien should always practice their
attempts behind a 'scrimmage line, i
Ohio Man Makes
" Living Playing
"Barnyard Golf ?
So ;far. as available records show,
Columbus is the only city in the
world boasting . of a resident who
makes his entire living by pitching
horseshoes.
That man is C.' C Davis, a car
penter by trade, who became so pro
ficient, in "barnyard golf" that he
spends all of , his time pitching in
tournaments.
Davis is an expert, and sporting
editors of Columbus newspapers
claim he is the best pitcher in the
country.
Seldom dpes he throw two shoes
but that one, or more likely both of
them, circles the peg at the other
end of the court. ,
He has - what is considered a
world's record of having thrown 12
double ringers in succession, or 24
consecutive ringers. Charles Babbitt
of Lancaster, 0 his nearest rival,
has a record of 10 consecutive double
ringers.
So expert is Davis that his oooo-
nents seldom manage to score more
than 10 or 12 points against him in
a 50-point game. In exhibitions
Davis places three pees in the court
at different distances and then from
the same position rings each of the
three pegs.
T Another exhibition stunt of his s
to place a match before a peg and
then throw a ringer around the peg
u sum manner as 10 iigm me
match. '
Another favorite Davis stunt is to
throw ringers with a blanket held
high between the stakes so that he
cannot see the opposite stake.
Women Golfers
Arrive for Tourneys
, Miss Cecil Leitch, champion wom
an golfer of Great Britain and
France, and her sister. Miss Edith
Leitch, have arrived in New York
for an extensive golfing tour of the
United States. Thus far the only
definite arrangements made are that
they will compete in the American
national , women's championship
tournaments. '
British Soccer Players
Dictate Their Own Terms
Getting players to sign up to play
soccer in Great Britain is a task,
One individual sought recently by
the Barrow club asked for $45 net
week during the playing season, $25
during the closed season, a job that
would bring him $25 a week in ad
dition all the year round; a fret
house and transportation for him
self, wife and children, as well as
furniture, a distance of , 70 miles.
The player in question is not yet
second-rater,
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