THE PER: OMAHA. Sl'XDAY. flfiTOBKR 23, 1921.
Hawkeyes Picked to Win Big Ten Conference Foot Ball Championship
Iowa Promises
To End Season
. Without Defeat
Amerieaii Leairuc Holds Edge
In Post-Scitsoii Games Played
Since 1903 Slump Hits N. L.
BrightLights on Nebraska Wesleyan Eleven
2 C
Locke and Devino Two of
Crratrst Sum in Vert
Team Ha Strong
Line Plungers.
By WALTER ECKERSALL.
With Iowa in an excellent portion
to win the western conference foot
ball champion
lm, because of
its victory over
S'otre Dame and
lllinoi. three
itrugglct will be
plowed next !at
urday which may
eliminate other
elevens from
contidcration.
Although there
Mill be chancel
of the favorite
being beaten with
the i'layinsr of
howauwoites. each Saturday's
11 uic niwp
cyea should complete their schedule
without a defeat, providing they are
at tne too oi their torm lor each con
test. Iowa has vet to play Purdue,
Minnesota, Indiana and Northwest
em. Indications point to the Hawk
eyes winning1 all these struggles, if
thcynhy as they did against Illinois
ana isotre Warae. .
Locke a Marvel on Plunging.
Iowa it a team of great offensive
power, while its defense has been
stiff enough to stop the best which
Illinois and Notre Dame could pro
duce. .Coach Howard Jones ' has
evolved a close and open attack
which is hard to stop. ith Gordon
Locke performing so well at hitting
the line, the defense of other teams
must tighten up to stop him. As
soon as this happens, and the opposi
tion line plays closer together, with
its secondary defense pulled up to
help out the forward wall, Laot Au
brey Devine of the Hawkeyes has
the open attack to call into use.
'As the Iowa leader is a past mas
ter in running with the ball, or toss-
ins it on forward passes, the defense
must open up to meet this style of
offense. Regardless of what kind of
defense an opponent plays, Iowa has
an offense which will gain. In Duke
Slater Iowa has a powerful lineman
who is a big help to Locke in his line
plunging attempts, while Belding is
an excellent receiver of forward
passes. Glen Devine and Shuttle
worth, halfbacks, are above the aver
age, and will gum when given the
proper aupport
Schdule It Unfortunate.
With such a team it is regretted
that Iowa will not meet Michigan,
Wisconsin, Ohio State, or Chicago,
elevens which arc looming up as the
strongest in the conference. While
the Buckeyes' defeat by Oberlin will
not mar their Big Ten records, they
appear to face a harder task to keep
their slate jclean than other elevens.
If the Badgers, Buckeyes, Wolver
ines, or Maroons drop one game of
their several schedules and Iowa
wins its remaining contests, , the
Hawkeyes will be entitled to the un
disputed conference championship.
Iowa will not play any harder games
than it already has gone through,
and all that Coach Jones must do is
keep his team on edge to play 1 its
usual brand of foot ball against re
maining opponents.
. One of the feature contests on
next Saturday's schedule will be the
clash between Michigan and Illinois
at Urbana. Regardless of results of
yesterday's contests, the annual
struggle between the Maize and
Blue and Orange and Blue should
be a characteristically, hard-fought
struggle. Success for the Wolver
ines against the Buckeyes yesterday
was expected to make Yost's men
rule favorites over Coach Zuppke's
eleven.
Gophers to Tackle Badgers.
Wisconsin and Minnesota will en
gage in their annual contest at Madi-
son in a game which the Badgers '
must win, to remain in cinsidera-: m,u,Uf ' -A"!- . y -tion,
after their game with Illinois ze"e's awa? wth th,s stun P""
yesterday. Coach Richards has ex-S5 BuV?0t y0U strenuus !
cellent backfield and line material Jte. He simply cracks at the
t.; ..oa,. -nA hi. frtr.,,. t,.! bulge. Human beings were not
been giving the. backs necessary
protection on ground-gaining at
tempts.
In the other game of note, Iowa
will clash with Purdue at Lafayette.
The Hawkeyes should win this con
test handily, as the Boilermakers .al
ready have been defeated by Chi
cago, Notre Dame and Wabash.
Coach Jones is not the type of men
tor to permit his men to let down
and mar their good work.
A great struggle should result at
' Indianapolis, where Notre Dame and
Indiana clash in their annual con
test The Hoosiers were beaten by
Harvard, 'while Notre Dame suc
cumbed to Iowa. Both elevens had
hard games yesterday, but the play
ers always perform better in the
game which brings them together
in the annual battle for Hoosier
state supremacy.
Colorado to Play Chicago.
Chicago will play the University
of Colorado in an intersectional
struggle, which will not attract
much attention from the local angle.
The Maroons, however, will have to
play foot ball, considering there will
be a natural reaction after yester
day's game with Princeton.
Two struggles of interest will be
played in the east Pennsylvania
will meet Pittsburgh on Franklin
field, while the strong elevens of
Penn State and Georgia Tech will
clash on the Polo grounds in New
York. Brown will meet Yale at
New Haven, Harvard will clash
with Centre at Cambridge, and Vir
ginia will be Princeton's opponent
on the Tigers' gridiron. The Army
will meet Susquehanna at West
Point and the Navy will meet Beth
any at Annapolis in easy games for
the two service. schools.
A match between Htrrr Greb. the Pitts
burgh mauler, and Charley Welnert. tha
Newark bazar, baa bean clinched. The?
will meat tor It round ar leaa la Jtadjon
allure parSea em Kqvembar 4 ,
f'
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Dieting of Foot Ball Players
In Discard Tendency Now Is
Towards Normalcy in Training
By SOL METZGER.
The fan and the public in general
believe that special diets and all that
sort of thing enters into the., train
ing of a foot ball team. They think
the winning coach has a wrinkle or
two up his sleeve in the wav of spe
cial foods that account for the fine
physical condition of his men. And
they hear so much about strict
training rules that they arc pretty
firm in this belief of theirs.
As a matter of fact" foot ball
training is not very much like the
training the public thinks it is. Win
ning college elevens have even eaten
pie during the week of a big game
and with no disastrous results inso
far as results were concerned.
Normalcy the Aim..
And the best of learns drink the
dreaded caffcin nearly every morn
ing for breakfast, just like the rest
of us. Training today is not what
it used to be, by a long shot. And
the proof of the modern system' is
to be found in the results.
The good old days of the strictest
sort of diet and all that sort of stuff
have pretty well gone into the dis
card. You can t find an argument
today condemning ice cream as a
dessert for a star fullback. In fact,
the whole tendency in diet js to
wards normalcy. It has been found
that the kind of grub mother used
to make for her darling boy Is just
about what said darling needs to
keep him tit and fighting.
. Gorged in Training.
One year we had one of the best
guards in the country go all to
pieces. Wis middle torso was about
as disrupted a piece of humanity as
a doctor ever laced., sickr Why
that athlete almost died from pains
under lus belt within a month atter
ractice ..began. Yet he had eaten
nothing except the choicest of train
ing table menus. stJt took two spe
cialists to discover the cause for his
gastronomic breakdown. It was
just a simple caseovereating. Now,
nothing , disrupts the stomach like
made to run, tumble and tackle with
the hull of their storage room over
flowing with any kind of food, good
or bad. It just can't be done.
Overeating Fatal
Your expert on food values will
lay out a program of menus guar
anteed to put pep into a lunger. But
if a hale and hearty boy comes out
for a varsity team, even backed with
18 years of simple life on the old
Fees to Title Meets
May Be Next Step in
Popularity of Golf
Admission charges to golf
matches, especially the big na
tional competition;, is a subject
which has been talked over more
than once lately. The matter, has
nof been approached so far, but
there are many who believe that it
will not be long before this will be
necessary, The increasing interest
in the game and the large crowds
which have been attracted by the
titular matches have brought about
this situation.
From a game which for years was
indulged in only by the wealthy,.
golt has come to be one of the ma
jor popular snorts. In cities where
there are public courts the number
playing rivals to a certain extent
those active ia base ball
But it does not stop there. 'After
a summer or two devoted to play
ing a person's enthusiasm extends
to a point where he welcomes a
chance to witness the stars in ac
tion. Naturally, as the number
playing golf has increased, so the
crowds attracted by championship
matches have mounted, until in this
summer's national events the galler
ies practically equaled the capacity
of the courses.
These giant galleries were particu
th. rnt4nt,, r.,i.:" lr
larly noticeable the last snmmer.at
farm, hell never get into shape to
tussle with another fellow for
touchdowns should he overeat
So, coaches aim primarily to pre
vent their charges overeating, espe
cially before scrimmage. That and
the avoidance of heavy foods in the
diet arc the main jobs in planning
a menu. It's an old athletic adage
that a sprinter trained on milk is a
licked runner. And jt goes double
in foot ball.
4tandnl Oil liaiM.
Thauah Ammona grade too llfbt (or
Foiarine, a manager ana captain u
1 very near "Terfeeilon."
Haarmann evidently learned to ptekl
'am early In tbe game.
The way some of the team ar crowd
ing the collar would lead ua to believe
that they are acared by the big "blow"
mad by tbe two leader.
Said Xelsen In an undertone, after the
blK night with the Folarlnee, "cancel
that quick etep march and play a fun
eral dlrgo for nie."
Do not Imagine that a lady belongs
to the Cordovas Juit because aha bowls
a light score.
It seems that the Cordovas' light was
hidden under a bushel basket.
Our secretary was displaying a choice
assortment of 15-cent Havana last week.
Better count up th contribution money,
Al.
What has become of all the Yank boost
ers? Jessie Ilhoadea seems to be acquiring
great strength by perforating '08 reports.
We will expect you to break the record
next Monday, Jessie.
Jessie Ilhoadea gives as her reasons
for rolling the ball In the gutter, la be
cause the man setting up the pin would
looK at ner so citeously that ana Be
Ueved him tired out and wanted to save
him any further exertion.
If more of the fans had followed in the
footsteps of the "foolish few" and taken
our secretary's, advice they would not be
forced to make reservations ror the win
ter at the Douglas county poor house.
Too can't go wrong when you listen to
gvoa auvice.
The fact that Mr. Sayles does not bowl
does not keep him away from the league
on Monday evening as an ardent rooter.
Every department la represented In our
bowling league except our filing depart
ment. Pep up fillers and be rooter If
not Dowiers.
It does not pay for tha Bemdaee te
bowl so close to th ladles' team aa they
can't keep their .mind on thels owa
game.
Saturday Anticipation,
Sunday Preparation..
Monday Realisation.
Tuesday Consternation?
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Con
sultation. Wanted A good coach on I, I, S and
4, who can keep his mind on bawling.
Th great responsibility of managing
a team of erratic "stars" Is telling on
bill's tcor. Hit 'em heavy. BI1U
Cheek, the boy wonder, ha timed up
with tha Red Crown. Leave It to him
to pick fast company.
There Is a rumor In camp that Paul
Kelley thinks he ha a bowling team
that i superior to the office teams.
Trot them out V. I K. an J be convinced
that you ar all wrong. .
Nelsea had IDS In th fifth frame at
practice and finished with 132. What-a-matter
George?
Who mlsnamd "The Moguls."
The challenger In lst week' edition
are still looking for easy money. ,
Mis Henning made every effort to
become champion of the gutter brigde.
Mis Rhoadea anV Mis Wlttlg will have
to speed up. .
The Red Crowns loaded up when they
signed Cheek, an ex-star.'
Holly's five atralght strike turned th
prospective defeat into victory.
Our wive and their lady friend wit
nessed our defeat.
Th warehouse has sent In 1 new ob
scribera to the Howlers Post Mortem.
That'a tha spirit.
Vonsieur Roer. bon pcretalre- ef the
league, was score keeper for the Oouronne
Rouge. Merc! beau coup, monsieur.
(PXEIIX TRIMS BIXMMmUI.
O'Neill. Xeb., Oct. JJ. O'Neill High
school defeated Bloomfleld on the local
gridiron yesterday, by a cr of 40 to
. O'Neill playa Long Pin there next
Friday. Two weeks ago they defeated
Long Pin hore. to 0.
West Point. Neb., Oct. IT -The Wt
Point Hlh school foot bsll team de-
- ated Albion bcr izi'-T, 6oor wu il
Wttk'TtterQll
HOTO V MACOOHAJ.O -IIMCOIK
Michigan Oval
Formally Opened
The University of Michigan's new
foot ball stadium, with a seating ca
pacity of 42,000,
was formally open
ed yesterday at
the Michigan-Ohio
State game with
the governors of
Michigan and
Ohio in attend
ance. The new
stadium, which
now surrounds
three sides of his
toric Ferry field,
is said to be the
largest in the middle-west,
and yes
terday it was cram
med full of howl
ling humanity, as
WIELDING YOST.
Coach Yost's team set out to aven
last year's foot ball defeat by the
nucKeyes.
The U part of the stadium is built
of wood, and has been made to join
the concrete stand on the south side
of the field, with the wooden struc
ture on the north side. This new
section, which is built over the run
ning track, is constructed in such a
way that it may be moved over to
the base ball field in the spring as
an auxiliary, stand to the regular
base ball stands. .
The entire stands have been paint
ed a gray, and the new structure is
one of the most imposing inthe
middle-west. Temporary stands can
be placed near the club house at the
cast end of the field, transforming
the stadium into a bowl.
Twelve exits have been cut in the
stands, which make it easy to empty
the oval in a short length of time,
no matter What the size of the crowd.
The Ferry field club house is sit
uated on the east end of the field.
Yale Oarsmen Under
Three English Coaches
The greatest year in Yale rowing
is forecast at New Haven. It is
pointed out that no American col
lege has ever before had the advan
tage of three professional English
coaches working as a unit. The great
increase in the number of men who
have gone into rowing since the.war
has made three coaches necessary.
The analysis emphasizes that
Head Coach Corderey has modified
the English stroke by lengthening
the slide, increasing the leg work,
and cutting down the body swing.
The broader bladed American oar
will be used and the English shells
less and less. The men will sit over
the keelson and not on alternate
sides.
Jo Lynch and Eddy O'Dowd wilt open
tha new Lexington theater a a boxing
club on October 36. A series of four
rounder will precede the main event.
jS "Jufr-:-- ll.
Cottier College Eleven Upset Dope by
p 5 w 7; ' "I
' Ivy ?rCSC'; r. I
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Cotner college eleven figured in
one of the two upsets in the Ne
braska foot ball conference race last
week when it drubbed Doane. The
other upheaval was the defeat of
Grand island by the Peru Normal
end -
HALF
Rail Strike Won't
Stop Grid Games
Xew Haven, Ccnn., Oct. 22. A
railroad strike will not interfere
with the Yale foot ball schedule.
Prof. C. W. Mendall, chairman of the
Athletic' board of control stated yes
terday. If the strike comes, Yale
will arrange to go to Cambridge by
automobile and Princeton will ar
range to come here by the same
means.
" In the Duck Blind.
When the big flights of ducks
come piling in from the north, very
duck hunter has just one ambition
in mind to get into a snug blind
and unlimber the old cannon. This
type of water fowl shooting is with
out doubt a great sport and requires.
the most in a bird shooter, as it
takes patience, keen eyes and skill
in the use oi the shotgun to get
ducks.
In many parts of the United States
shooting from a blind for open water
ducks is considered the cream of water-fowl
hunting. However, many of
us would just as soon bag the mal
lard, the king of marsh ducks, as
any bird that flies.
Or the open water jducks, the high
lv praised canvasback is usually
placed at the head of the list. This
duck favors the open and deep wa.
ter and feeds by diving. Great bird,
the canvasback, and tP shoot him is
a mighty sporty proposition. After
you get him you have something,
too. j . .
Alongside of the canvasback can
be placed the redhead, who is not to
be sneezed at when you are talking
about good looking and good eating
ducks. The redhead is not quite as
big as the canvasback, but he is con
sidered by many hunters the equal
of the larger species for eatfng. These
two birds are the topnotchers among
open water or sea ducks, and most
any of us would be perfectly satis
fied to put in a few days shooting
them alone.
The bluebill is another open water
duck that furnishes hundreds of
hunters some snort each fall. There
are two things about the bluebill
that are much in his favor. The
birds are plentiful and travel in big
flocks. We have seen them come
into a lake in a regular cloud. The
bluebill decoys well, pitches into the
decoys without any circling, and is
good eating. A fellow could hardly
ask for more-
Among the marsh ducks the mal
lard and the pintail are usually
ranked as favorites. Some fellows
can't see anything but mallard
shooting, and you can t blame em.
The wily "greenhead" is a wonder
ful bird and furnishes splendid sport
The fellow that comes in with a
full bag of mallards doesn't have to
Cotner college has won one game
and played one tie contest. The tie
was with the University of Omaha
eleven.
Members of the Cotner foot ball
team are. left to right, first row:
Captain Fieratt, Lane, Cave, Hock,
Woods and Waters fee
By I. E, SANBORN.
In H'ite of John McGruw's
achievement of a long denied ambi
tion by winning
a world's chum
pioiithip this
year, the Aim ri
ran league
strengthened its
lead over the
National league
in post-season
contests by vir
tue of the easy
work the While
Sox made of the
Cubs in the
Chicago City se
ries. Previous to.
fall the younger
o rga n ixation
JOHN J. M.-GAAW
(aluugcr of Utanu
had a wide mar-
gill over the veteran circuit, having
won 176 games, while the Nation
al won 13J in post-season combats
Grid Coach Begs
Students to Quit
Hero Worshipping
New York. Oct. 22. Hugh Ful
Icrton says that Coach Heisman of
the University of Pennsylvania foot
ball team, has raised a point which
is of vital importance not only in
foot ball but in every other game
The point upon which he touches is
more important in professional than
in college sport, and more vital in
boxing and in base ball than in other
sports.
Coach Heisman called upon the
student body Of the university to
rally to the team and to refrain from
ruining it-and making good players
useless by refusing to subject them
to hero worship.
He declares that the worst liaiuli
cap a foot ball team can have is to
have admirers, and he declared that
the students ought to tar and feather
the fellows who form the habit of
making gifts to the team, offering
them cigars, wantinar to entertain
them and otherwise, leading them
astray from the paths of duty.
THAT GLORIOUS FEELING.
Sitting in a duck blind on a blus
tering October day, when the birds
are flying and the old 12-gauge is
picking 'em off, is the peak of en
joyment for the duck hunter.
Only one thing better. You know
what that is cominsr home with
a full bag of mallards, redheads, J
canvasback, or widgeon.
sneak up any back way to get home
the limit on mallards is something to
be proud of.
The pintail is in some respects a
peculiar bird. He is about the most
suspicious, wary member of the
marsh duck group, and when it comes
to high flying he takes the prize.
This long-necked, handsome fellow
a favorite of many gunners
loves the high spots, but, as one
hunter says, "the higher they fly, .the
nicer they tali.
But bagging ducks from, a well
placed blind is not as easy as it
sounds, We have seen any number
of green hunters come in disappoint
ed because they didn't observe two
requirements. They didn't sit still
and they didn't use the duck call
properly. To sit perfectly still while
a flock of ducks is circling around
is not easy, but it is essential to suc
cess. Many a good shot is lost 'by
the hunter' being impatient and mov
ing before he should..-
. Using the duck call at the right
time is a clever trick, but too much
of it will scare birds rather than
attract them. Last season we sat
across from a blind in which one fel
low evidently was trying to imitate a
steam calliope instead of lure ducks.
Such squawks and noises yoij never
heard. It was enough to scare a bird
to death, and yet he wondered why
he couldn't bring 'em in to his de
coys. Chokaoff the call with one
hand, take it easy, and just talk a
little chummy duck chatter into it.
That is all that is necessary.
To see an old hunter work a call
and bring a bunch of birds around
is one of the many pleasures of the
duck hunter as he sits in his blind
and when a flock of fat "greenheads'
swing in and your partner says
"Let s go, that blind is the center
of the universe and nothing else in
the world matters except duck shoot
ing.
Defeating Doane
Saladen. Etzelmitler.
Middle row: Cooper, Nichols,
Klein, Fay, Rowland, Stevens, Shill,
Davis.
Standing: Coach Ltoyd Smith,
Draybill, Borgaard, Bradley, Jull,
Wendt.
a iv-v-3 ;,vV
since peace and harmony was clul
lishrd lirtwecu (lie two Ifag-irt in
I'HI.I. The two serial of IV.' I rrsiill
ed iii a net kuin of three games fur
the American league, because the
White Si triinnird the Cub in five
straight uaiiu's, while the world's ae
ries resulted in five games to three
in favor of the Giants.
American League Leads.
That means a total of eiclit post-
pennon victories for the junior Iraxitc
anu oniy live lor me veteran uoiiy.
raiding the total tincc IW to 184
for the. America. t Icauuc and l.8 fur
me jvauunai.
The tabulation of iutvi'lcagtie
games for this period includes a
post-season series, but does not m
elude any spring scries or txhibi
tion aames. the idea being that in
the fall the rival clubs ue their fii!l
strength, while in the spring or on
training trips the rookie proposition
is a considerable factor.
In the 18 world's series that have
been olaved since ncaofc wa. de
dared in 1903, the American league
has been victorious -11 times, while
the National league has won seven.
including the triumph of the uiants
over the Yankees. There was one
year, 1W4. when no world's series
was played.
N. L. Slumps After 1910.
All except three of the National
league's world's . cmiants were won
prior to 1910. In the 12 years in
clusive since then, the younger
league has been victor except in
1914. 1919 and 1921, and in all three
there was a conspicuous unset in the
dope. The four straight victories of
the Braves over the Athletics in 1914
was attained without l breath of sus
picion, but everybody is familiar
with the scandal of 1919.
No hint of suspicion attaches to
the series just finished between the
Giants and Yankee, and there is no
intent to remove any of the laurels
from the brow of John J. McGraw,
but instead to add to them, by point
ing out the fact that the dope shows
he beat a superior team by general
ship. The ease with which the White
Sox finished up the- Chicago series
of 1921. between two teams which
were in the same position in their
league races, would indicate a supe
rior strength in the American league,
according to all authorities. The
Yankees, according to the same au
thorities, would have won the world's
championship had they been blessed
with a leader of the caliber of Kid
Gleason or Tris Speaker. It was an
open secret all season that the Rup
pert outfit ought to have had the
American league pennant cinched by
September 1, wkh proper leader
ship. '
Richard's Tennis
Is Rated Third
The annual ranking list of the
ITnitcd States Tennis association is
awaited with keen interest, as fans
the country over are anxious to see
how the famous stars are rated and
romoared. both with World s t-ham-
pion Bill Tilden and with lesser
nlavers of various localities. The
New York Times has made its own
rankinsr selection, some weeks in ad
vance of the official findings, with
Vincent Richards in third place and
Ichiya Kumagae of Japan as the
onlv foreiuner considered. Follow
ing is the ranking list of the( eastern
So. 1 WlUlam T. TuMea H, Phlladel
PlNo. 2 William M. Johnston, San Fran.
0. S Vincent turnaras, mniwrai
No. 4 Watson M. Washburn, New
VNo. SRichard 'orrls Williams II, Bos.
wo. waiiac it. onusoi, iiwc,p".w-
ISo. 7 icnira nuiuarac, j j
at. .... .
NO. - Willi r.. mil, nan X rttJTO.,-,,.
No. 9 Robert G. Klnsey, San ranchico.
No. 10 Lawrence IS. Bice, Boston.
8ECONI TEN.
(Placed Alphabetically.)
TVnnlf T. Anderson. William J. Clothier,
Walter Merrill Hall, Samuel Hardy, Walter
T. Hayee. 'ranci i nunuir, nniuu j.
Klnsey, Pean Mathey, Nathaniel W. Klles.
a. Howard Voshell.
MEN'S DOFBLES. '
No, 1 William T. TUden II and Tin
cent Richards.
No. Richard Norrls William n and
Watson M. Washburn.
No. S Sobers U. Kinsey and Howard
o. Klnsey.
No. 4 William M. Johnston and Willis
ft Davis.
So. B TlnVent Richards and 8. Howard
Ko.1 8. Howard Voshell and 6amucl
Hardy.
No. 1 Harry G. Johnson and Oeort
Feabody Gardner, Jr.
No, S Luclan E. William and Frits
No!" Theodore R. Fell and Lj'Ie C
Mahan.
No. 10 Marshall Allen and William
Taylor.
v ' '
Golf Club Trophy
Won by Anderson
New York, Oct. 22. John G. An
derson has won permanent posses
sion of the golf cup representing the
champion of the Siwaney Country
club, his victory being his third in
as many years, in tne nnai ne de
feated T. S. Worthineton. the West
chester county champion, by 1 up.
Anderson had his opponent dormic
1 and the latter went down on the
18th green in 5. Anderson had a
putt of eight or 10 feet to halve the
hole and win the match and was
successful.
Anderson won in 1919 by defeat
ing Worthington by 2 and 1 and
last year won from Jesse Sweetser
by 3 and 1
Says Light Men Should x
Not Play Heavies on Grid
Legislation to stop light men be
ing pitted against heavy ones on the
gridiron is favored by John W.
Heisman, head coach of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania foot ba'l squad.
In an address recently Heisman
said the public would not stand for
a man of 125 pounds meeting one
weighing 200 pounds in the boxing
ring, and the fact that the same rule
did not apply to foot ball was one
of the defects of the game.
Lack of Rivals
Turns Dempscy
To Vaudeville
Cliuii!iioii Start Long Tour
At Minneapolis' Touight
Only Two Potential
Yon for Him.
By RAY PEARSON,
It icii't very likely that World
Heavyweight Champion Jack Ucmp
sty will be seen in ring action unlit
the hut days of next maimer. I ret
ting u mlf r the failure of promoters
t ninl a real npiNitieiit tor mm,
LVnip'cy has signed up for a Inn?
tour in vaudeville It will take him
to all i;irU of the country ami keep 1
him nfy until the next heated sea
son. The (iKiiupioti Marts his tour nt
Minneapolis tonight, and ilcsnitc the
fact that he will inttcn the bank role
to a in.iUrial e.knt. he does not
look i n the Ma work as a happy
existence. liven before Demnsry
bi-ciiiK- champion of the world he
told the writer that theatrical work
wasn't his line, and that lie doesn't
like performing on the stage.
Few Disposed to Enter Ring.
But Dcmp.scy hus learned since
becoming the titlcholdcr that the
fighting game isn't a life of continu
ous joy. Jf he could fight when
ever ho wanted to don the padded j
mitts he would be perfectly satisfied.
but Jack happens to tind it a hard
proposition getting men to quarrel
with him in the ring with the result
he is spending the coin he gathered
in other battles instead of adding to
his hank roll. That accounts for
the fact that when the agent for a ' i
vaudeville circuit approached him J
and offered inducements for Jack to 1
make a tour he accepted. With no
fights in sight that was the next best
thing for him to do.
Dempsey finds himself up against
it, because there are just two men
in the world who neeni to be logical
contenders for the title. One of these
is Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, brother
of Phantom Mike, and the other is
the big Jess Williard, who seems de.
tcrmined to "come back" in tv.x effort
to square accounts with Dempsey
and regain the title.
Gibbons Better Than Jess.
Those who follow boxing seem in
clined to the belief that Tom Gib
bons has the best chance to give the.
champion a real battle. But giving
a man a real battle doesn't mean
licking him or taking the title away
from him. Gibbons and his man-
ager, tddie Kane, seem to be about '
the only persons who thmk that Tom '
ha3 a chance of beating Dempsev
for the title. Gibbons might make
Jack gallop at his best for a few
rounds, but sooner or later the power
in Dempsey's punches and his ad
vantage in weight would tell the
story, just as it told in the recent
Dempsey-Carpentier bout.
There are a few people who are
trying to egg Dempsey into a scrap
with .Harry Wills, the negro charr .
pion. That bout never will take
place, according to our notion, for
Dempsey has stated he won't meet
Wills, and there isn't a promoter in
the country who would offer a purse
for the mixed contest.
Superior Team Has
Streak of Bad Luck
Superior, Neb., Oct. 22. The Su
perior high team seems to have: had
bad luck from the beginning of the
season, in regard to the playing erf
same men in each game. Every
game, although they have not been
beaten, has seen an entirely new line
up for Superior.
Last week, against Hebron, Quar
terback Oliver was on the side lines
so that he might be in condition for
the Geneva game, but he was forced
into the lineup because of the punch
that Superior lacked with him out.
During his few minutes in the line
up, he was severely injured, being
carried eff the field. It is doubtful
whether he will be seen in the line
up again this season.
Coach Copenhaver Shitted a guard.
Bailey, and Weir, tackle, into tha
backfield with the hopes of putting;
forth a winning aggregation against
Geneva this week.
Wetzel, star center for the team,
still is Copenhaver's main cog, both
on defense and offense. Wetzel has
outplayed and outclassed any of the
opposing centers that the Superior
team has met. ' He is making a
strong bid for all state center this
season and if he continues to work
as he has been during the remainder
of the season he will be attracting:
considerable attention in 'foot ball.
So far this season Superior hat
scored 211 points to their opponents
7, Hastings being the only team to
score on tnem, macie it on a latce
nlav.
Next week the team will go to
Lincoln where they will meet Lin
coin high.
Sallee Bellwether
For Flag Winners
Any major league club wiahing to
win a pennant next season should
get in touch with Harry Sallee.
Somehow or other when Slim Sal
gets on a club it wins. He was
with the Giants in 1918, the Reds
in 1919 and with the Giants again
this year. He had' to retire a couple
of times in .order to make it, but
sornehow managed.
During the off season he will look
them over and make his pick, then
if he thinks other than the Giants
are to win in 1922 he will tell John
McGraw the hotel accommodations
don't suit him and negotiate a
change cf clubs.
Purple Captain Is Light
Jack Hathaway, captain of the
Northwestern university foot ball
team, is one of the lightest centers
in western conference gridiron his
tory. He scales only about 160
pounds. One of the principal rea
sons for Northwestern s losing sea
son is the Purple's lack of weight.
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