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PART THREE
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11, 1921.
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FIVE CENTS
New Attendance Record for Foot Ball Hung Up Throughout Country
Yale's Crowds
Largest of Bi
Three Colleges
Ohio State Averages 23,000
for All Its Games and Other
Conference Teams Touch
New High Marks.
I
New York, Dec. lO.-The
foot hall season was a record-breaker
for attendance. The game's increas
ing popularity hit every section of the
. country. In the east, throughout the
wc.st as far as the Pacific coast and
even down among the Bermuda grass
in Florida record crowds came out
for the most important contests.
, , Vale, because of its huge bowl.
ulayed before the greatest crowds.
The Bulldog averaged nearly 70,000
for its three principal games 73.000
for the army battle in the bowl, 80,
000 for the encounter with Princeton
in the howl and 55,000 fo rthe game
, tli Harvard in the Cambridge
. slaudium.
I Attendance at manv other colleges
jii only restricted to the size of the
playing arenas, which in many cases
were increased by the erection of tem
porary additional stands. The west,
like tiic east, had its full quota of
record crowds. Ohio State averaged
23,000 for all its games and other
conference teams touched new high
liRitres.
The' season along the Pacific slouc
was also marked by great outpouring t
t rooters. Next year California will
i cluttered up with immense ! foot
i. II stadiums and they will very likc-
,iy be filled to the brinj if the game
( continues its present popularity.
Experienced Cagers to Bear South High's Banner This Season
Vnrlr Fnrfit of!o ma
lay ed With Cotner
i
mg an ineligible
(was reached Sati
the Intercollegat
tion, in its annual
Nebraska Conference Officials
uule in Favor of
V Bulldogs.
Lincoln, Dec. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) York will forfeit the
loot ball games it won prior to iti
game with Cotner this fall for play
ing an ineligible man. This decision
Saturday afternoon by
te Athletic associa-
nual meeting, at the Y.
M.'C A. ine two games which
York won prior to Cottier's charge
that it was playing ah ineligible man,
were with Peru and Hastings. .: .
R. D. Overhalt of Peru was elected
president of, the conference for the
coming year, K E. Weir qf Hastings
vas elected vice president and M. S.
Pate of Kearney was chosen secre-1
lary-treasurer. A committee of three, 1
- VV. E. Tilberg of Midland, J. A. Moss
of Cotner and.F. E. Weir oi Hast
ngs, was appointed as a champion
ship committee for the coming year.
The spring track meet of the con
ference, will take place May 20 at
' Hastings. Wesleyan was considered
l)ut Hastings,-owing to its inability
to take the meed at the last moment
st year, was given prior considera
f 'lion.
f, The championship committee re-
ported on awards and gave tiie Vitu
. basket' ball championship to Doane,
Wesleyan and the 1921 foot ball
, crown to the Methodists as well.
An application lor membership in
,'fhe conference from Grand Island
. business college; was laid on the
,tabJe. , An effort was made to re
quire more than four games in the
conference .before a team could be
considered for the conference cham
pionship, but this was voted down
owing to the difficulty with which
some of the schools contend in mak
ing the trips for conference games.
An effort was made by Wesleyan
' :iiifl others to nlaee base ball on the
list of intercollegiate sports which
would warrant the award of letters
to the players and a championship
to the wininng team. This was also
voted down for the season.
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Yost Picks Last
All-Star Eleven
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BASKET BALL prospects are
taking on a rosy hue at South
High. With two star per
formers of last year and six prom
ising substitutes of last season,
Coach Patton believes he has ma
terial for an all-star cast of rolled
hose performers. William Emigh,
guard, and Harold Ackerman, for
ward, veterans of last year, furnish
the nucleus for this year's quintet.
Earl Wedberg and Melvin Bakke
are guards - who distinguished
themselves as' substitutes on last
season's team and who are being
proomed for regular jobs. Dan
Caldwell and Ross Nixon furnish
the Packer knowledge factory
with, two fast centers and Russell
Graham will take his brother,
John's, position at forward. John
Graham and Ralph Bernard are
among the regulars of last year
who graduate in January. Eugene
Clark is another player who will
qualify for the first team.
Cue Champ Meets
Challenger Soon
RalpU Greenleaf Will Defeiul
Title This Month Against
Woods.
inion Divided
On Schlaifer-Perry
, Ten-Round Battle
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 10.
(Special Telegram.) Opinions
among newspaper men were divided
here last night at the end of the
"Kid" Schlaifer-Jack Perry JO-round
bout. One of the local sport scribes
gave the newspaper decision to Per
ry, who haitf from Pittsburgh, while
another declared Schlaifer of Omaha
the winner. They are welterweights.
George Barton, referee, called the
bout a draw.
The fight was a no-decision affair.
Johnny Buff Boosts
His Fee to Battle
With Midget Smith
New York, Dec. 10. Johnny Buff,
the bantamweight champion, appar
ently does not propose to go through
with that 15-round bout with Midget
Smith which Tex Rickard was try
ing to fix up for Madison Square
Garden on December 23.' Buff is
aid suddenly to have discovered Irs
services are worth considerable and
if they have intentions of sending
him in with such tough birds as
Smith they must pay well for the
privilege.
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tm rprtiittre lb HMH Ath!tta
witton- tmnnrcd h Cher Town
tim oaint on h fcierter Hl.i chool
trm floor Thursday lt. It to I.
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Stamfant at Stamford tart a'ht
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New York, Dec. 10. Ralph Green
leaf who won the world's pocket
billiard championship for the third
successive time in the recent annual
tournament at Philadelphia, will de
fend his title in the first challenge
match against Arthur Woods of Min
neapolis, in the grand ballroom of
the Hotel Astor, December 21, 22 and
23. The match will be conducted un
der the joint auspices of the New
York Billiard Room Owners' associa
tion and the Brunswick-Balke-Collen-
der company, the players to play tor
a ourse of $1,000 and the trophy em
blematic of the championship. The
contest will be for 450 points, to be
olaved in blocks of 150 each night
This is the first time that local fol-
4owers of Docket billiards have, had
an ooDortunitv to witness a cham
pionship match under conditions and
surroundings that formerly obtained
only for title balkline matches. But
the increased interest in the game,
due largely to the popularity of
Greenleaf and the keen rivalry of the
several aspirants for his 'crown, made
it advisable to get larger quarters
for this match where the public at
large, including women, might wit
ness the contest. This is also the
first effort by the Billiard Room
Owners' association to promote pro
fessional contests and is part of the
plan of those interested in the game
to exercise a closer supervision over
pocket billiards.
Recruits to Make
Up Ogallala Team
Ogallala,. Neb., Dec . 10. The
high school basket irall team of
Ogallala High this year will be
composed of entirely new men, by
graduation or otherwise, last years
team that won all but two of its
games, was lost. Coach Roy Young
reports, however, that he has much
material already on the floor, and
that Lloyd Pounds, forward; John
Theis. guard: Willis Storer, cen
ter; Lloyd Tresslar, center; Dale
Spangler, forward; Donald Porter,
guard, all of Ogallala, now make a
creditable team. Henry Geisert pi
lots the quintet this year.
, Coach Young coached at LTniver
sitv Place High in 1916, at Trum
bull High in 1917 and Brady Island
in. 1919-20.- This season's material
is of small physical stature, Coach
Young states, but loom big for fu
ture years.
- Ten games are on the schedule,
two each with Paxton, Grant, Ma
drid and Brady Island, and possibly
with Chappcll.
Severe Earth Shocks
Reported in Tokio
Modification of
Flip Is Favored
Kearney Quintet
After State Title
Coast League Magnates Aspire
To Expand Into Major Class
Will Curtail Sale of the Stars
HAT the Pacific Coast
league regards itself
as a future candidate
for the major league
family was the sub
stance of remark
made recently by Dr.
Charles Strub, t h e
owner of the San
Francisco club and
one of the leading powers in the
Pacific Coast league. Dr. Strub says
that under no aondition will the
Pacific Coast league stand for a re
turn to the draft. Last winter, when
the majors and minors united under
Judge Landis' leadership, the three
class AA leagues and two class B
leagues were taken in without the
draft. -
Since then there has been agitation
for the restoration of the draft among
various factions in the International
fid back on its circuit," said Mr.
Strub."
"We have a pretty big base ball
project in the far west, and the pur
pose of our clubs is to build up, not
lear down. tor that reason wc
object to our star players being
drafted by the big teams in the east.
"We also have decided to curtail
the sale of our leading players as
much as possible, and when players
are sold to the majors, the purpose
of our clubs is to get other good
players in exchnage, rather than
merely money.
"There is a great future for base
ball out on the coast, and we have
the makings of another major league.
As we gradually stop the practice
of selling players, we hope eventually
to grow into a real big league.
Dr. Strub says , that the Pacific
Coast league has no salary or player
limit at present, ana that there is
Good Turn Out of One-Year
Men Gives Teachers' Pros
pects Rosy Hue.
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 10. Coach
Ozmun at the Kearney State Teach
ers' college has sounded first basket
ball call and while all of the old let
ter mcrt that responded were of one-
year experience, the unusual turn out
of new material causes the Kearney
tutor to Dredict a "very good" season
in the conference. F. Gorm of Shel
ton, K. Ross of Arnold, forwards; E.
Cochrane of Stockton, center; H.
Kumnier of Kearney, guard: T
Clinitc, Kearney,' forward; C. Neale,
fruard, is the 1 neup to start, with
Persons of Columbus, and E. Bragg
of Alma, known possibilities,
Kearney s record last year was
none too good, but Coach Ozmun
Selection of Mythical Team
Doesn't Alway Please
,Coaches Says 'Hurry Up.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. "t0.
Coach Fielding II. (Hurry I p) Yost,
for 20 years di
rector cf the
University of
Michigan's , foot
ball elevens, has
picked his last
A 1 1-W e s t c r n
Conference foot
ball team.
C oath Yost
made known h
decision when
asked to select a
mythical eleven,
as had la-en lus
custom in past
years.
it should be
the duty ol
coaches to foster
a spirit of good
will among the various members of
the Bie Ten. and the selection of AI1-
Lonference teams is likely to strain
rather than cement these relations,"
Yost said. "No coach sees all the
teams in the conference in action
each year and therefore he is unable
to make selections agreeable to all
the schdbls.
'Another matter to be considered
is that each coach is tempted to be
a little partial toward his own men.
That is human nature and it is hard
to overcome. I believe it is better
for all concerned not to try to pick
an All-Conference eleven.
"Tlie practice eventually might
lead to bickering among the confer
ence members and that is a danger
all should avoid in every way possible."
Pitchers Revert
To Curve Balls
To Beat Batters
FIKLDINO H. YOST.
IV. of Mi.-hlfM
coach.
Harvard to Propose Radical
Change in Forward Pass
ing Game.
New York. Dec. 10. When the in-
fprrnllrciate foot ball rules commit
tee holds its annual meeting in Jan- j plans to come out with a stronger
narv it fe rpnnrted that Harvard will team this vearJ The Kearney in-
offcr a suggestion for modifying the ' structor played at Spearfish Normal,
forward passing' game 'which will South Dakota and Oberlin college,
arouse much interest and also will, Ohio, previous to four years coach-
meet with some approval, although i mg before coming to Kearney.
it is considered improbable that the
league and American association.
"Despite what our associates in j nothing to prevent the far western
the east do, the Pacific Coast league clubs from paying whatever they
will not permit the draft to be fasten- please to their topnotch players.
rules committee will vote to adopt
such radical reforms.
According to well 'posted foot ball
men, Harvard's plan involves the
complete elimination of forward
passes during the last five minutes
of the fourth period. At Cambridge,
the gridiron mentors say that forward
passing methods have been used by
various teams in the final stages in
such a manner as to subject the
sport to ridicule. Beaten elevens
have resorted to these tactics in sheer
desperation and yet have accomplish
ed nothing.
Throwing the ball around promis
cuously, the Harvard coaches argues,
burlesques foot ball and doesn't
please-the spectators.
The attitude of the Crimson isn't
selfish, it would seem, in the view of
the expertness of the backfield in
making forward passes count in their
general plan to attack. It is the abuse
of the' passing game which Harvard
is anxious to curb and it will not be
surprising if the suggestion to be
filed with the rules committee is sup
ported by Yale, Princeton and other
leading foot ball institutions in the
east.
The schedule;
January 6 Hastings at Kearney.
January . 12 Nebraska Wesleyan i
Kearney. ,
.Tanurfry -19 Hastings . at Hasting?.
January 27 Grand iHiand at Kearney.
February 3 Cotner at Kearney.
February 10 Nebraska Wesleyan i
University Place.
February 11 Cotner at Bethany.
February 23 Grand Island
Island. '
February 9 Peru . at Peril.
at Grand
Has Champion Benny Leonard Started On the Down
Grade? Recent Fight With Friedman an Example
Copyright, 19S1, Kinr Featur. Syndt-1 from that period of time when he
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iuuk on an comers ana sent most oi
them home in the custody of Red
Cross nurses of mythical beauty.
They all opined they could whip hiin
maybe if they got a chance. But
none was brave enough to chase
Leonard through a few alleys and
begin ' slugging with him just for
the exercise they might get through
the venture.
But all fs different now.
The king remained away from the
war zone through the summer.
largely because of a busted digit.
Washington, Dec. 10. (By A. P.)
The most severe earthouake of the
past 20 years struck Tokio Thursday.
according to unofficial advices reach-1 choly afternoons since Leonard e-
By FRANK G. MENKE,
Everybody wants to take a sock at
Benny Leonard these days.
Based on the threats made by
other fighters in the public prints
and in the public
eateries and other
public spots, it seems
hardly safe for Benny
T . - . J Jt -1. -
ft ; j ra wena arouna me
T' V boulevards without
X" J an escort of cops.
- "If I ever get an
other crack at Leon
ard I'll knock him for
a row of buttercups,"
chortles Johnny Dun
dee. "Lemme at that
bird just lemme at
Benny Leturt, him," pleads Lew
Tendler. "I'll bust
him up."
"All that I want in this wide, wide
world is to meet Leonard." sighs
Charlie White. "Wow! What I'll do
to him."
"I'll punch him to death if we meet
again,"' howls Friedman.
All this uprising stuff has come
about during the past few melan-
thought or has Leonard skidded
that much?"
Then came the Leonard clash with
George W-rd. a fair lightweight.
On form, Leonard figured to an
nihilate Ward. But he did nothing
oi me sort.
Leonard demonstrated in that hout.
as he did in the tilt with Friedman,
tr.at something is wrong with him.
His timing was miserable: his foot
work deplorable for Leonard. There
wasn't much snap or power in the
drives that he did, land. Ward, slow
puncher that he is. dirln't evnenVn.-e
Eventually he announced that he j any great trouble driving through
ing the Japanese embassy here. Xo
deaths were reported, the dispatches
id. but a cumber of persons were
injured and many houses were damaged,
saved a brace of recent "comebacks,'
to be exact.
Respected Benny.
AH the boys more or less respected I roe un and asked itself
the champion of the lightweights j "Is Friedman better
was going to make his 1921-22 debut
against Sailor Friedman, the rough,
tough bird from the wilds of Chi
cago. Everybody murmured:
"Soft stuff for Benny."
But what a surprise was occasioned
when the two boys began wiggling
fists at each other!
Leonard Slows Up.
Only an exhibition of great rinir
generalship saved Leonard from
utter defeat that night. He started
off briskly enough, bnt tired along
about the fourth or fifth round. And
then on cams Friedman like a west
ern tornado. He swept Leonard all
around the ring, put him almost
wholly on defense, busted up Ben
ny's complexion and started him
bleeding here, there and everywhere.
After it was a. I over the ropulace
Leonard's guard.
Has Champ Gone Back?
Ever since the jury has been try
ing to decide whether Leonard really
has gone back a Ions, lonir wav or
whether he's just a bit stale now and i
Albion High Has
Material for Fast
Basket Ball Team
Albion, Neb., .; Ded 10. Between
now and December 16, when Albion
High school opens its basket ball
year. Coach Harry Tyler expects to
round out one of the best teams in
the school's history. With Thomp
son and Weitzel, forwards, the latter
captain for the last two years; Ross,
guard for three years, and Whiting,
center last year, to form a first team
at the opening of practice, Coach
iyler lias Kubik of Wasau, Peiper,
Brownson, Bellows and Nichols
showing up as good material. '
Coach Tyler begins his second sea
son with Albion as athletic director.
He was graduated from Doane two
years ago, and with a new team last
year won five out of 1 1 games.
The season's schedule:
Dec. 16 St. Edward, at Albion.
Jan. 2 Genoa, at Genoa.
Jan. 13 Columbua, -at Columbus.
Jan. 12 Schuyler, at Schuyler.
Jan. tD Norfolk, at Norfolk.
Jan. 21 Stanton, at Stanton.
Jan. 27 Genoa, at Albion.
Feb. S St. Edward, at St. Edward.
Feb. 10 Newman Grove, at Albion.
Feb. 11 Srhuyler, at Albion.
Feb. IS Stanton, at Stanton.
Feb. 24 Newman ' Grove, at Newman
Grove. .
Feb, 25 Benson, at Benson. '
March 3 Madison, at Madison.
Four Letter Men
Return to Perform
On Ord Floor Team
Ol d, Dec. 10. Basket hall practice
at Ord High school is now tinder way
and with bright prospects for . a
good season in the return of four let
ter men and several new men show
ing up well. Coach C. II. Buck is
rapidly whipping his proteges into
form for (Jrd s hrst clash wim
Ravenna, December 16. Roy E.
Hetick, guard; Vlvin Jensen, for
ward, and Harry Williams, guard, all
of Ord, are experienced men on the
team, and William Gabriel, Lee May,
William Brown, Edmund Hanson
and Ralph James, make up the new
contingent of hopefuls.
Ord made a creditable . showing
last year. Coach Buck states, but he
plans to excel that record this year.
Coach Buck is in his initial year
here, coming from Iowa Wesleyan
where he was captain of the foot
ball and. basket ball team. Ord is
looking for games with strong teams,
especially around the capital city.
Here is the schedule to date;
December 1(. Ravenna at Ord.
December 20 St. Paul at St. Paul.
January 2(1 Broken Bow at Ord.
January 27 Grand. Island at Old.
February 3 Open.
February 10 Open. -February
If Ravenna at Ravenna.
February 17 Broken Bow at Broken
Bov. V
Ktbruarv IS Litchfield at Mtchfield.
February 23 St. Taul at Ord. (
March 2 Open.
March 3 Central City at Central City.
March 4 Open,
Next Season to Sec Hurler!
IJeiiii; Twistera, Drops ami
In-Shoots to Overcome
Drastic Mound Kule.
Once aga'n the flinging persons
have met an obstacle eeiningly in
surmountableand hurdled it in suc
cessful fashion.
Fever since baseballing began the
apparent aim of its rulinu powers
has been to handicap the pitcher.
Through all the year whenever any
reforms were instituted, it was al
ways with the purpose of iucrcasjig
batting and making the pitchers'
task all the harder.
In the remote period the pitching
distance was around 45 feet. At
certain times the pitcher was per.
mitted five and then six bad oiiei
before a batter got a base on balls.
In another era the pitcher was al
lowed to use saliva, slionerv elm and
a few other tlvngs to assist him in
the noble art of deceiving the shiR-
ger.
As the vears skidded onward the
base ball oowcrs made the work of
the pitchers harder and still harder.
Almost every new rule that was
made was a handicap to the tnounds-
men. Jt was discouraging, i "
pitchers, seeming to he made of the
stuff that will not recognize defeat,
have met each reform, beaten it
and then gone along bravely, game-
about their business ot Dealing
Alliance Champions
Out for Title With
1921 Team Intact
Alliance. Neb.. Dec. 10. Coach F.
C Prince and his cage aspirants have
began the early scramble for another
basket ball championship. While
losing a few of last year's northwest
Three Cage Veterans
Furnish Nucleus for
Fast Stanton Team
Stanton, Dec. 10. Coach E. M.
Rosenquist sees a fair outlook for a
basket ball season at Stanton High
school this year, but with three letter
men and a host of new material com
ing on, present indications may be
strengthened. Rosenquist was cap
tain of the Peru Normal quintet last
yer.
Arthur Herbst, capta'n, guard
HarryHerbst, forward, . and . Dick
Becker, all are three-year men at
Stanton. Harvey Inhelder, forward;
H. Martin, guard; Paul Beyer, guard;
William Schulze, guard, and A. Kauf
fel, forward, look the most promis
ing in early practice, Coach Rosen
quist reports. "
The tentative schedule:
December 1 PUiser at Pilger.
January 13 Pilger at Stanton.
January 21 Albion at Stanton.
January 24 Norfolk at Stanton.
January 27 Columbus at Stanton.
February 3 West Point at Weat Point
February 17 Newman Grovo at New
man Grove.
February 1 Albion at Albion.
March 7 Wayne at Wayne.
Veterans to Compose
O'Neill High Quintet
T'" re!rn to ,10rmalcy "d every-Jern Nebraska championship quintet,
than we
tningiiKe mat witn a little more
"gym" work and a few more soft
fights.
While the sport public ponders the
case, the fighting clan has arrived at
its decision. And it's this:
"Leonard has seen his best days.
The next good fighter who gets him
will take him."
And that's why all the boys who
used to take to the zones of safety
whenever Benny began to browse
around in search of prey, suddenly
have become brave, and bold, and
savage, and are shouting:
"Oh, lemme at bun!" j
Coach Prince sees in Dailcv. Cross
Joder, Fowler, letter men, the
nucleus of another winning combina
tion. Fowler, guard, leads the Alli
ance team this year, with Daily and
Cross at forward: 'Joder, guard.
Brown is showing up well at center,
Bucknell at forward and Kilgore at
guard.
Coach Prince has produced a runner-up
team at Alliance every year in
his three years as roach here. Last
year the team took' western honors.
Previous to joining Alliance, Trincc
played four years with Hastiugs college.
the batters to a gory pulp.
Rules Made Pitching Harder.
When thev moved the pitcher
back to 60 feet, it ruined his ef
fectivenessonly for a while. Then
he betran to mow down the willow
wieldcrs from the 60-foot range as
easily as he did from 45. When they
decreased the number of balls from
six to five, and then to four, he was
undiscouraged and continued to
baffle the swatsmiths.
Pitchers, it would seem, Have
mighty agile and resourceful brains.
Tvverv time the base ball folks
stopped thenf in one way, they would
perfect a new one and continue to
place the batsmen at a disadvantage.
Through the years they've been out
smarting the batters despite all the
help given to the batters by base
ball's ruling powers.
A year or two ago when drastic
regulations barred freak deliveries,
it was a tough blow to the pitch
ing fraternity. And when the live
ly ball came into existence at about
the same time, it was a dual smasn
which would have crumpled any
normal human being. But pitchers
apparently aren't normal and are
made of the kind ot stuit mat Hom
ing ever can conquer completely.
Barred Emery Ball.
DeDrived of the use of the emery
all. the roughing process, the spit-
ter. and things of that sort, the
pitchers stumbled a bit for a while.
And they stumbled even more so
when the lively ball was put into
play which made it possible for bai
ters to hammer the horsehide out of
the lot with only an average jolt.
But the pitchers through the fag
end of 1921, demonstrated that once
again, they have met the trouble
and whipped it.
The boys have gone back to curve
pitching. The old round house of
ferings, the tantalizing drop, the old
fashioned in-shoot have made tneir
reappearance after years A com
parative disuse. '
And that curve ball pitching is
conquering the batsmen.
The Giant twirlers demonstrated
that conclusively in the world series '
of 1921. They curve-balled the
Yankees into defeat. They were con
stantly serving up the old time twist
ers andvgot away with it.
Hurlers Can't Be Baffled.
In the other years the Giant twirl
ers, like all the others, more or less,
abandoned the curves. They fig
ured that the freak deliveries were
more effective. But robbed now of
the opportunity of using those quaint
styles, they have reverted to curves
and so, once again, they have
kicked over the obstacles in front
of them and once more are master
ing the batsmen.
For curves, with a keen brain di
recting their whirling movements,
are hard things to hit and they'll
grow harder in 1922 even if the "live
ly" ball continues in ut- "
(Copyright, 1921, by Kln Featurea Syndl
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Northwest League
Title Holders to Be
Minus One Veteran
Crawford, Xeb.,'. Dec 10. Cham
pions of the Northwest Xebra ka
Basket Ball league in '920, with a
record of 363 points against 143
scored by its opponents. Crawford
High school, through Coach L. D.
Snyder, is now laying the ground
work for another winning combina
tion. But one man of last year's team
was lost by graduation, which lends
O'Xeill, Xeb., Dec. 10. With all
but one of the O'Xeill High school
basket ball team a man experience
and some new men showing up in
brilliant form. Coach J. Y. Ashton
expects to better a record of a full much enthusiasm to another .success
scneduie ana out two defeats made tui year. More tlu:- a score are re
last year, by going through this porting dailv for practice,
season all victorious. Joe Beha, cap- Robert Minisk, threc-vcar man;
tain and center; Ralph Mellor and Warren Barnum. captai.i "and guard:
Wright Lathron. Kldon S
Mac Simonson, forwards: Georee
Stammard and Merle Hatch, guards,
all O'Neill boys, make up the old
line. Bennett Gilligan, James Mc
Pharlin. Archie Faulliuber and Mau
rice Downey are new men in which
Coach Ashton sees exceptional abil
ity. The schedule:
I'ecember J Inman at O'Neill
I'ecember nen.
I-:cnnber IJ O'Neill at Tnman.
Orcemher II Atklneon at O'Neill.
Iec-mber 3 O'Neill at Oarabera.
January (O'Neill at Kttiart.
January J.1 Stuart at O'Neill.
January 20 Ranett at O'Neill.
Jannary 27 O'Neill at Atklnao.
a'ebruary 1 Kwlng at O'.Nelll.
February la open
February IT O'Neill at F.wlnr.
February t4 O'Neill at Pael.
Ware a i Chambtra at O'KtUL
gnt Lathron, Lldon Snrav.
guards; Peter, Henry and Oscar
rittman are the old men back this
year. Carl Anderson, Llovd Pipher,
Paul Wolverton, Myron Smith, Leo
na Whipple. Lyman Boylan make
up the new quota of basketeers.
F-. E. Engleman. present superin
tendent, coached the team to victory
last year, but has passed the reins
to Coach Snyder this year.
The tentative schedule:
January U (hadran at rrawrorii
January 2 Valentine at Crawford'
January it Ru-hvliie at OawfoM
February J Merrtman at M.rrlnian
Jebruary 4 Valentin, at Valentine.
February ! Merrtman at rawforJ
F-r.ru.ry )7 Thadron at ChaoVon
February 4 Gordon at -rawfonL
Varrh J Buihvill. ,t RnehviHe.
asarcb 4 4ordon at Gordon.
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