THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1921.
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iThirty Rounds
Of Boxing on
Elks' Program
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j Athletic Show Here Tonight
j; At Auditorium Should Be
J One of Best Ever Staged
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In City.
nOIIT FACTH
. Place City Auditorium.
Time SO p. m. Monday.
first Bool Huddle Tnylor, Terr
Haute, lnd., aeeluot HerMe Bchafler,
ChleafO, bantamwelshls, (10).
Nmnd Bout Tommy ComWiey, HU
Paul, Minn.. asaln.t lloh perliie, Scot
land, mlilrflrnelnhts.
Third Ikmt rtnmnijr Mandril. Kock
fiinl. III.. nllit hiimmr KrT,
Brooklyn. N. .. frotherwelaliK (10).
Rrferee Kd. W. Hmltll, I'liii-UfO,
Fromoter Klbs Imlir.
I'rowili- To father llonlgens
Horn fur Boys.
: Herbie Schaffer, Chicago ikeetct
Swho fights Buddie Taylor, Tcrre
.Haute flash, in one of the three 10
! round bouts on the Elks boxing card
jcard tonight, is still using the right
t cross to keep the family larder filled
J with the products of Uncle Sam's
: mint.
; He demonstrated Sunday in a
'practice bout at the Queensbury
Athletic club with Sammy Fragcr,
) Brooklyn feather, who meets Sammy
IMandell of Rockford. HI., on the
same card.
J, Schaffer, although a top-notcher
S among the skeetcrs, has not been in
thp game long, and when he works
loa, he can't help but fight. He ant
j fragcr were working out in fairly
:rasy fashion when he sent in a left
t followed by a . right cross which
Sprawled the Brooklyn duster as flat
j a4'he ever was in his whole career,
j " Devine Doesn't Work Out
(i Jt was a chance blow, but it con
vinced the railbirds that the Chica
igdan packs a vicious wallop.
J; Bob Devine. - claimant of, .the
j middleweight title of Scotland, w ho
j meets Tommy Comiskey, came in on
(he same train as Schaffer and De-
vine. He did not show off his
j wares, however.
i Taylor, Comiskey and Mandell
will arrive tomorrow. All the box
Jers will work out this afternoon at the
Queensbury Athletic club.
As a result of Schaffer's showing,
interest picked v up in the bout in
which he wilj try.out his Sleep pro-,
duccr on Taylor, the Terre Haute
"fighting fly."
Taylor Has Impressive Record.
But fans may rest assured that the
.Indiana knuckle whirler is no set up.
:ln fact, he totes an enviable glove
record, which includes a ' decision
over Schaffer. '
In 29 bouts.? the flyweight has
scored 14 knockouts, .so it wilj..be
Greek meeting Greek Monday night
s. In the other 15 contests, Buddo
has registered, wins in 14, drawing
with' Jimmy Murphy, St. Louis vet
eran. '.
On two other occasions, however,
Taylor decisively defeated the "Show
Me" state flash, thus overcoming tht
lone blemish on his slate.
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Ryan Is Santa v
For Omaha Pugs
Puts Nine Local Knuckle
Whirlers on Athletic Club's
Next Card. v
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Denny Ryan, matchmatitr of .the
Omaha Athletic club, is helping
Omaha boxers to make some Christ
mas money by using nine of them
on his next boxing card, which will
be staged Tuesday, December 13.
The card will consist of five six
round bouts, and all the principals
are of Omaha, with the exception of
one. Several are winners on last
month's card, which was full of ac
'tion, four of the five contests end
ing with knockouts.
Yankee Sullivan will exchange
blows with "Squint" McKcnria, while
Frankie Woods will square off with
Frank Selders.
Duke De Vol and Jimmy McKen
na will clash under the classification
of "skeetcra."
Tommy Vaughn and Harry Reed,
lightweights, will -fight in a return
bout. ; j
Southern California Invited
To Play Centre at San Diego
, Los Angeles. Dec. 3. The.Uni
i versity of Southern California foot
ball team tonight was invited to
meet the eleven of Centre college of
Danvile, Ky., at San Diego, De-
c ember 26.
'Big Ten" Grid Card
October 14.
Minnesota against Indiana t Indiana
poll. Chtcaso a tains t Northwestern at Chi
cago. Notre Duma against Wisconsin at Madt-
ion (Tentative).
Iowa atainat Tale at New Haven.
October tl.
Michigan against Ohio at Columbus.
Iowa against Illlnola at Urban.
Purdue agalnet Chicago at Chicago.
Mlnneeota agalnet Northwestern at
Evanston.
Indiana against Wisconsin at Jitd.aon.
October M. . ;
Illinois against Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Ohio against Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Princeton against Chicago at Chicago.
Tardue against Iowa at Iowa City.
Narember 4.
Northwestern against Illinois at Ur
bane. Minnesota against 'Wisconsin at Madi
son. Michigan against Michigan. Aggies at
Ann Arbor.
Indiana against Notre Dame at Notre
Dame.
Nwrember 1L.
Chicago against Ohio at Cotumbue.
liltnols against Wisconsin at Madison.
Minnesota agalnrt Iowa at Iowa City.
Purdue against Northwestern at Evans
ton. : Xeretabe- 18.
WUcenetn against Michigan at Ana Ar
t)or Iowa against Ohio at Columbus.
lT.rnois against Chicago at Chicago.
Noveeaner tS.
MlchlgiB against Minnesota at Minnea
polis Oh'o against rilnots at TTrbana.
Wisconstn agalnrt Chicago at Chicago.
T-Mttsaa acaiast Purdue at Lafayette.
Mortbwe.era against Iowa at Iowa
Navy Goat Again Butts Army Mule
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Scores Seek Aid of
Governor's Wife
Mrs. McKelvie Responds to
Recipe Demands, Barring
Objectionable Ones. '
Lincoln. Dec. 4. (Special Tele
gramsMrs. . Martha McKelvie,
magazine writer and writer of mov
ing picture scenarios, has been able
to hide her fame tinder a bushel, or
under a notit de plume,' but Mrs.
Martha McKelvie, wife of the gover
nor, has been caught red-handed by
newspapermen as the only wife of a
governor who does her own house
work. ' '
To the ordinary housewife this po
sition attained by Mrs. McKelvie
through last winter's publicity may
be an envious one. But Mrs. Mc
Kelvie is ready and willing to join
with others with experience as their
teacher who say: ' , -
"You must pay for everything you
get in this old world."
A glance at Mrs. McKelvie's mail
this week proved the truth of the
assertion. Front the east, west, from
the north and from the-south, came
letters from women demanding
proof of Mrs. McKelvie's mastery o
the art of housekeeping and cook
ing. - . - ,, , ' 'y
A democratic paper, always con
servative in estimating anything
worth while which the McKelvie
family does, announced in Lincoln
today that 200 letters had been re
ceived by Mrs, McKelvie from as
many different towns demanding
receipes she has hn hand from or
dinary bread to strained honey wine.
And Mrs. McKelvie has answered
every question, excepting those
which might put her in bad with
Prohibition Enforcement Commis
sioner Rohrer of Omaha. ;
Kennel Club Sounds
Sentiment for Dog
Show in Omaha
'Members of the Omaha Kennel
club are sounding sentiment for a dog
show in Omaha next spring.
It there is enougn interest in a
show of this kind the members iff a
tn vet in on a rceular, circuit, which
would bring some of the finest dogs
of every breed in the united states
to Omaha.
Mike Gibbons and
O'Dowd Matched
; St. Paul. Dec. 4. Mike Gibbons
and Mike O'Dowd, St. Paul middle
weights, will box a 10-round, no-decision
bout here December 16, it was
announced tonight. Each boxer will
receive 35 per cent of the gross re
ceipts. "Battling" Silri Outpoints
French Heavyweight
' Paris, Dec. 4. "Battling" Siki, a
senegalese pugilist, outpointed Paul
Journee, French heavyweight, in IS
rounds of fighting here. Battling
Siki has been popularly designated
to meet Georges Carpentier.
Schlaifer and Logan, Matched
To Fight Jan. 17, Come Near
Clashing at Queensbury Club
NS who paid 25
cents to watch Oma
ha boxers through
their paces at the
Queensbury Athletic
club yesterday after
noon came . nearly
seeing two scrappers
come to blows, which,
on January 17, will
cost them three ber
ries, to lamp from the ringside.
Here's the way it happened:
Omaha fistic fans have been crav
ing to see Morrie Schlaifer and
Buddie Logan. Omaha welters, in
side the hempen strands for many
moons.
Signed For Bout.
So last week Jake Isaacson of the
American Legion brought them to
terms for the main event of the Le
gion's January boxing show. .
There wasn't anything incorpor-
if
J atcd in the contract that they were
MHMBBBSSsaaSBSHHMIHHMd &
"I've been kicked around by you
long enough, said the Navy goat to
the Army mule at the annual game
between the Army and Navy at the
Polo grounds, New York. So the
Navy goat found his sea legs and
butted the Army mule for a 7 to 0
victory.
Champ on Steel Blades
Oscar Mathiesen of Norway,
the world's champion speed, skat
er, has accepted a challenge from
the American professional cham
pion, Arthur Staff of Chicago", for
a series of races for the titlef
Mathiesen also has received
challenges from Bobby McLean
of Chicago," who was beaten by
the Norwegian two years ago;
Norval Baptie and Everett Mc
Gowan. As professional skating
matches are net permitted in Nor
way Mathiesen has announced his
willingness to come to the United
States this winter and meet these
men on Lake Placid or Saranac
lake. .
FCOTMLL
RESULTS
SATURDAY'S RESULTS.
State. !
Nebraska Wesleyan, 17; Wayne, 3.
v Other Scores.
Penn State, 21 s University of Washing-'
ton. 7. . '
North Carolina, 14; Florida, 0.
Ilaylur University, 21; Mississippi Col
lege, 0
I-. S. r 17; Miss. A. ami M., 14. -Ansonia
High. 13; Elgin High.
W. and J., 14; lr.Iven.ity of Detroit, 2.
Alabama, 14; Tulane, 7.
Zaantieo Marines, 20; Third Army
Corps. 0.
Wsite High (Toledo), IS i Maiden
(Mass.), O.
Southern California, 38; Washington
State, 7.
Hanlon Outpoints Barrett
Philadelphia, Dec. 4. Jimmy Han
lon of Denver Saturday outpointed
Eddie Barrett of Philadelphia in a
fast eight-round, no decision bout.
Hanlon had the better of the fight
except for two rounds. In the first
and eighth, however, Barrett stag
gered his opponent with rights to the
jaws. ' . ,
to cease to be friends until the night
of the bout. But hostility imme
diately arose between them and yes
terday it came near culminating in a
rough and tumble fight.
Schlaifer was pounding the punch
ing bag. Logan was waiting for it.
But he waited too long, he thought,
and told Schlaifer so. Schlaifer told
him to go . somewhere, which
wouldn't sound good in print, and
then business picked tip.
Rearm to Go,
' Schlaifer started at Logan and Lo
gan started at Schlaifer.
But just at . the crucial moment,
Johnny Creely, Schlaifer's manager,
assumed the role of diplomat, and
prevented the clash.
But whether they can be kept
apart until the date so near the Ides
of March depends on a lot - of
thing and many followers of fis
tiana who taw the glare in their eye j
are rery very doubtful,
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Hold Drake Relay
Meet April 29
Des Moines Institution Will
Stage Athletic Carnival Same
Day at Penn Meet.
Des Moines. Ia.. Dec. 4. The an
nual Drake relay carnival will go into
competition with the Penn relay
meet held at Philadelphia tinder the
auspices of Pennsylvania university,
it became known here last night
when Kenneth' L. - Wilson,8 athletic
director of Drake university, an
nounced that the Des Moines insti
tution would stage its meet April
29. ;
This date coincides with that set
for the eastern track classic. In
former, years Drake's relay meet
has been held one week before the
Penn relays.
This change in date was due pri
marily, to-.action on the part of va
rious "schools in the "big ten" con
ference who" expressed .emphatic
disapproval of any further , partici
pation in the Penn relays.
This attitude is said to have been
caused by eastern colleges refusing
to attend the national intercolle
giate track meet which was held
last spring by Chicago university.
: Several members, of the "big ten"
have placed the Drake relay carnival
on their track schedules and as a
result the local institution plans a
more extensive trek and field pro
gram than ever. .
Price of Golf Balls
Reduced to 75 Cents
Chicago,; Dec: 4. Golf will cost
less this year than it has for sever
al years, partly on account of the
reduction of the war tax on sport
ing goods. A leading manufactur
er today announced that the price
of the highest grade golf balls
would be reduced January 1 from
$1 to 75 cents, the prewar price.
It was indicated that the price of
golf clubs and bags also would
come down. '.
;:bugs"
BAER
How's this? -Your
claim that Rouslitnwii's hmn
never lost more than one fight at b time
seems to be sillier than telling the barber
to slap hair tonle on a toupee. Didn't the
mint KnneK uinR lor a tourr
lours for a minus. .
- JOHN O.
I N ratio with Gink Fowler, the
Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
were but preliminary fighters. The
Glutt did meet Gink once or twice
on numerous occasions. But the
Glutt's rep for bulldozing was un
earned increment. When Gink was
at the apex of his power and brass
knuckles the Glutt met Gink in the
Roughtown cafe and started digging
for clams in Gink's oyster stew. Gink
spanked him so hard that the Glutt
skimmed out the door and bounced
back.
Piped by Mayor's Daughter.
When the mayor's daughter piped
the Glutt looping back, she thought
he was the bravest man in some
parts of the world. She didn't know
that it was all one trip. Being in
the cafe for the second time on one
fare, the Glutt had to make his bluff
good. He walked tip to Gink and
caught him about four miles outside
of Roughtown.
Gink -changed the conversation
very adroitly. No matter what they
say about the Roughtown champ, he
was adroit. He didn't know how to
spell it, but he was a bug on adroit
ness. Having been bopped forth and
also having bounced back like a
forged check,, the Glutt didn't know
anything about adroit business. He
couldn't explain to the mayor's
daughter that his black and blue ex
cursion was the needles.
- This made Tarantula so sore that
she demanded a recount on her old
man's election. The mayor slugged
the board of aldermen. He was
ever thrifty and didn't believe in
cracking bad eggs unless you were
going .to make worse omelets.
.Twas a Vicious Fight.
When Gink and the Glutt fought
the, last time, the Roughtown R. R.
built a four-track spur right between
them during the hottest part of the
fighting without interfering with the
contest. That shows how vicious
they scuffed in the good old days
before prohibition came and le.ft
The Glutt was wearing his famous
banana skin shoes. Gink would still
be champion if the canvas hadn't
worn out his elbows. - He was always
'adroit.
CAii imp
iXlUg
Learn Golf,
From Bottom,
Says Hutchinson
Champion Declares That Fu
ture of Many Club Swing
ers Marred by Imperfect
Teaching.
By FRANK G. MENKE.
"Jocka da HutchJ opines as fol
lows: "The soundest adtce that can be
given to any man who suddenly be
comes afflicted with golf enthusiasm
is: Hire a professional to show you
the rudiments of the game.
"Jocka da Hutch," the American
who won the British open golfing
championship under
his baptismal name
of Jock Hutchinson,
has the idea that the
future greatness of
many natural golf
ing wonders is mar
red by imperfect
early teaching.
"There is anoth
er reason, too," as
serts Hutchinson,
"And that is a lot
of golfers, having
reached a certain
tti&fsh'A.rsi a.munt of perfec
iiun, uccainc sans
tied with themselves. They forget
mar, mere is always room for im
provement. They stand still while
tneir rivals, cognizant of the colden
rule, keep on trvinsr to learn mora
and more about the game and, as a
result, those students whip the other
teiiow.
Golf Is Catching.
lit ...
usually wnen a man decides tn
take up "golf he does it unconsciously
rather than with intent. He nroh-
ably decides he is only going to walk
around the links with a friend.
Eventually he gets a chance to drive
or putt the ball. This part of the
game fascinates him and he gradual
ly increases the scope of his golfing
eimeavor.
"The mistake, is that at such a time
we oeginner, almost refusing to
concede that he is a beginner, tries
to pick uo knowledee of colfinir
himself or let some friend of medi
ocre ability, teach him. . That makes
for a wrong start. . . . '. ,'
some certain style, a certain way of
swinging at the ball and a certain
stance which may be entirely wrong
aim yer ine proiessionai, wno event
ually takes up the teaching of that
leuow, nnas it almost difficult to
make him change.
i Outstanding Fault.
"The outstanding fault of the be
ginner,, in my-opinion, seems to.' be
eagerness to hit, the ball high -into
the air. It is a peculiar idea among
the starters that lofting a ball means
distance. It doesn't mean anything
of the sort The drive that goes the.
farthest is one which doesn't carry
very high, i
"It may not be so spectacular a
thing to watch as the high drive,
but in golf.it is 'the result and not
the, spectacular thing that counts.
"Whenever anyone who is about to
start in golf comes to me for teach
ing, the very first thing I do. is to
tell them to study each club carefully.
The beginner, by taking the driver
and studying its lines will readily
note that its face is almost but not
wholly straight, By comparing it
with the brassie he will note the
difference between the two. He read
ily will understand then why the driv
er is used for the tee . and why the
brassie is used on the -grass. .
Study the Clubs.
"You might spend a lot of time
trying to explain to a man why two
clubs which look so much alike serve
different purposes. But if you get that
fellow comparing the two sticks, he
will grasp in five minutes time more
than words can force onto him in a
whole day.
"Every iron club is different. Each
. T -
acivcs a uiiiurent purpose. It you
tried to explain, from having -"clubs
as exhibits, why a midiron does this
and a mashie does that, it would be
a rather hard task. But let the be
ginner have these clubs, have him
study the general lines of the head
of each and he soon will grasp the
reason why. " .
"The one mistake of the person who
has just taken up golf is his unwill
ingness to let the club head do its
part. He seems to want to do all
fhe driving with his arms and his
wrists. He seems to minimize the
all-important fact that the perfectly-
timed crash of club against ball will
send the gutta percha infinitely far
ther then a poorly-timed swing which
carries the weight of a 200-pounder
behind it.
Get Good Teacher.
"But, after all is said and done, the
main advice that I would give to be
ginners is a reiteration of my earlier
statement get a competent teacher
to teach you how to olav solf cor
rectly before incompetents have
taught you imperfectly and perhaps
ruined your natural ability.
(Copyright. 1921. by King Features Syn
dicate. Inc.)
Shake Up Made in
CHurch Cage League
Owing to a number of teams in the
church league being switched from
division No. 1. to No. 2 and vice
versa, it has been necessary for sev-
eral games to be played over.
These games will be played next
Saturday. as follows:
7:45 P. K. Wheeler M. E. atalnst M. K
Wops.
1:10 P.M. First Congregational against
Lowe Avenue Presbyterian.
8:65 P V. Klret M. E. against Clifton
Hill Presbyterian.
Golf .Association "Will
Hold Meeting Soon
New York, Dec. 4. The annual
meeting of the United States Golf
association will be held in Chicago
January 14, it was announced Saturday.
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Will Defend Title
Ralph Greenleaf, who won the
world's pocket billiard champion
ship for the third successive time
in the recent annual tournament
in Philadelphia, will defend his
title in the first challenge match
against Arthur Woods of Minne
apolis, at the Hotel Astor in New
York, on December 21, 22 and 23.
HuskersWill
Meet Trio of
Valley Elevens
University of Nebraska Sched
ules Same Missouri Confer-
ence Team Played Last
Season.
Lincoln., Dec'., 4. (Specials-
Nebraska's. Cornhuskers are. slated
for three games in the Missouri JVai
ley conference and one with Notre
Dame next fall, completing .one-half
of the Cornhusker schedule for the
coming grid season. Search is being
made throughout the east for some
good material to : bring ,to Husker
dom for. a; clash on Nebraska's "field.
The Valley slate, which faces the
university team, next fall, -s will com
prise the same trio that battled Ne
braska this season and will be a sim
ilar set of clashes except for the
fact that the placesof play will be
reversed. Nebraska ;. journeys . to
Norman, Okl., for the game with the
Sooners on October 28. . On Novem
ber 1J the Kansas Jayhaw,k;S and the
Huskers meet at Lawrence, Kan. On
November 25 the Ames Cyclones
clash with Nebraska on Nebraska
field. . ;.
Notre Dame-'s game has not yet
been dated. The Hoosiers and
Huskers are well balanced against
one another and the clash promises
to be a good one next season. It
always has been that kind of a
fame. . ; . '
Coach Fred Dawson is now m
the east. His trip to New York is
under the guise of a vacation, but
reports from Gotham indicate that
he may be nosing about for a clash
with some eastern college firm
which he could bring to Nebraska
next season. Ohio State has re
fused' the Husker offer of a game.
The Husker team next ' season
promises to be the strongest yet.
The team of 1921 .was praised over
the nation as Nebraska's greatest
eleven, but 1922 promises a better
one. Three regular and three sub
stitutes leave the team , this year
This leaves Coach Dawson with
practically ffie same team he has
had all year with which to build
his machine next fall.
Alabama Trounces
Tulane and Fans
Threaten 'Referee
New Orleans, Dec. 4. The Uni
versity of Alabama defeated Tulane,
14 to 7, in a post-season foot ball
game here. Referee Finley was
threatened by spectators' and Tulane
students after he had ruled a 50-yard
forward ' pass, from' Legendre to
Maloney of Tulane, who ran 10 yards
for a touchdown to tie the score, was
illegal because the whistle announc
ing the end of the period had- been
blown. '- -
Tulane supporters insisted that the
ball was in play- when the whistle
blew and that the touchdown should
have been credited to Tulane. .
FtootBaUFacts
WorthKnowiiig
3y Sol Jtetegev w
Q. On' the flrst down the center, of
team A psasps ball out of bounds on oppo
neat's 40-ysrd line. Opponent then falls
on ball. What Is rlecisionT
A It l the opponent's kali, first down
n their 40-jare line, -
Q. Under earns conditions player of
team A recovers ball. What la the deci
sion T
A. Tm A's ball, second down, oppo
nent' 40-yard line.
Q Does a runner have to touch bett to
(round behind foal Una in order to score
a touchdown ?
A. Touchdown is made whea defer
blows whistle after runner ha uusscd
goal-line. .
Q. What ml permits players behind a
punter when he kicks th ball, recorerins;
same after it has passed Una ot scrim
mage? A Rale 1. Bee. t: "A player nay at
all times receive the boll frsra another at
hie own side who Is ia frost af him."
Q. On first down team A punts. Ball
does rot cross line of acrlmnuEe. , May
team A recor-r ball T
A. ,. BaU beloBcs ta appoaeats.' ...
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Western League
Decide to Play 168-Game Schedule
Inl922--0mahaAttendanceLeads
Chicago, Dec. 4. Club owners of
the Western league Saturday decided
to play a schedule of 168 games in
1922 and authorized President A. K.
Tearnry to decide the draft prob
lem for the organization" at the meet
ing of the National Aociation of
Minor leagues in Buffalo, Decem
ber 6.
Action of the magnates empow
ering President Tearney to ' settle
draft uuestions means that the West
ern league will vote in opposition
to the restoration ot tnc orait. rrcai-dent-Tearney
is strongly opposed to
the draft
M. J. Finn of Omaha and Jack
Holland of Oklahoma City were ap
pointed to draw tip a schedule for
1922 and present it for adoption at
a meeting in St. Joseph, Mo., Feb
ruary 20.
Attendance at the league games In
Kansas University Awarded Annual
s, m ' mm A m
Outdoor 1 rack meet ot Lonterence:
FacultyRepresentatives Pass Boxing
Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Kansas university Sat
urday was awarded the annual
outdoor track meet of the Missouri
Valley conference by the faculty rep
resentatives. The. meet will be held
May 27 at Lawrence. The annual
tennis tournament of the conference
will be held at Lawrence, May 26
and 27.
The faculty members also adopted
a new rule governing the accredited
list of foot ball officials, which pro
vides that the present list shall be
revised and rechecked and no offi
cial shall be approved who has play
ed or officiated in a professional foot
ball game. Interpretation of the new
rule, as explained by the faculty
members present, provides that the
rule will not be retroactive and will
date from the time of adoption.
A ruling adopted allows the cham
pionship basket ball team of con
ference to meet an intersectional rival
representing- another conference in
one game, or rtn a series -of garaes
not to exceed three. . '
The indoor track meet, which was
awarded to Kansas " City by.' the
coaches, and which will be held at
convention hall March 25, was approved.
WITH "Mike" Finn, secretary and half-owner of, the Omaha' West
ern 'league' Buffaloes, 'On a committee with jack Holland of -Oklahoma
City to draw tip the 1922 league schedule, it seems certain
that Omaha will at least have two or three games on the local lot during
the summer months. .-. . ,
During recent years and especially last season, the local club along
with Des Moines and Sioux City, seemed to get the bad part of the sched
ule. The Buffaloes, Boosters and Packers were generally at home during
me rainy pan or ine season .
Northern clubs were required to
open their seasons in the south last
year and therefore did cot get a.
chance to show at home until the
season was well' under - way. , This
didn t particularly meet with the ap
proval-of the home fans, nor ' did
it help the team.
Finn is in favor of allowing the
northern clubs to open with, northern
clubs and southern teams start the
season with southern teams. Wheth
er Holland will agree to this is an
other question, but with "Mike" on
one end it s a safe bet that the south
era magnate won't have everything
his own way.
Ed W. Smith, writing in the Chi
cago American, says: "Boxing has
been going along in good shape in
Omaha, although the city is said to
have suffered from the presence of
too many clubs.
Omaha may have too many, fight
clubs, but if the fight programs turn
ed out to be fight programs instead
of what several of them have turn
ed out to be it wouldn't be quite so
bad for the game, especially in this
city.
When "Smiling Jack" Lelivelt, for
mer manager and first baseman for
the Omaha Buffaloes, takes charge
of the Tulsa Oilers next spring he
will find things in much better con
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Club Owners
1921 exceeded attendance In 1920 by
lO.lHK). The total was 647,101, with
the Omaha club lending with 1-0.-802.
Oklahoma City was second
with 116,538. The pennant-winning
Wichita clui drew 112.0VS and Tulsa
was fourth with 103.752. Pes Moines
drew 72.818, St, Joseph, 65.541; Jop.
lin, 60.JJ4, and Sioux City, 58.321.
Sale of the Sioux City club t
Walter (Chick) Mattick and L. P.
McKenna of St. Paul was ratified.
Mattick i"a former major leaguer,
and will manage the club and play
in the outfield. The club will re
main in Sioux City.
Club owners in attendance include
"Chick" Mattick, Sioux City; Bar.
ney Burrh of Omaha and Lee Key
ser of Des oMines. They will leavt
with other base ball leaders for
Buffalo on Monday to attend .he
National Minor league meeting.
Wrestling as an Inter-collegiate
sport was discussed and jt was tht
consensus of opinion among the mem
bers present that ft should be en
couraged, but no action was. taken.
Boxing also was discussed, but was
frowned upon.
The members - decided to offer a
prize of $100 for a suitable design
for an emblem to be used on medals
and for other purposes. Competition
is open to any persons who desire to
submit a design. ' H. H. King of the
Kansas State Agricultural college was
appointed to receive the designs.-
A resolution was adopted request
ing schools in the conference to inves
tigate the reputation and standing of
schools outside the conference with
whom athletic games are arranged.
The question of colleges taking more
interest in the Olympic-games, and
the board of control over the Ameri
can team, was discussed but no action
was taken, v
One important rule adopted - pro
vides that any player on an athletic
team in the conference, who officiates
in any contest and' accepts a fee for
same, becomes a professional in the
eyes of the conference. Tbis rule Was
adopted to prevent professionalism
in the schools, - . ' : .
dition than when Jimmy Burke took
over-the reins last spring upon th
.departure of Spencer. Abbott '..
Jack, who topped- the 'Western
league in hitting last season, has a
fine nucleus about which to ibuild a
club in' Tulsa. The Oilers ' have a
lot of good material left over from,
the 1921 fight, and with a Httle ad
ditions here and there will present a
formidable array. .
George Boehler, Tom Lukanovic,
"Lefty" Albanese and : Ray Rich
mond are on the roster. Eddie
Spellman will be behind the bat and
John Heving.may be. back again.
Lelivelt will take first, and John
Stewart will be back at second, while
George ' McGinnis will hold ' down
short.' . . , v . ' . ; . . '
The refusal of the New York
State Athletic commission to grant
Jack Curley a promoter and match
maker's license is looked upon by
close followers of the wrestling game
in these parts as further indication
that the commission is going to give
the mat sport a bath in Gatham.
According to the "stove league,"
Thompson may be back at -third.
But, in the outfield Manager Leli
velt will have the popular little Jim
my Burke, Phil Todt, Yank Davis
and Herschcll Bennett.
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