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TJ1K BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. JANUARY 13, 1922. Up-to-Bate News 'and , Gossip ' of In te rest to Sport Fans Dempsey Beats . Down Fits With 1 Attack to Body i'liioU of Croat Ilea v) weight! in Imaginary Uattlc Y.tuh in Imaginary Hattle Km!? ltouratl. - The Men Behind the Men Who Shoot the Baskets Thla U mmm mt m f Mortal ilM-ilblHtf mlhll flht bctw-r bvtvr h ne m. Mmmv mrmH mnia mr rMM4 r fans itnpi)tf lh hi Utc rfclrt4 fmmm In Ilia tine, ant! lhr trtr ar mat la ror wfcl mlhl Imi hapi! fcntl ititrli r antral mmIM wH tfc rnlnU Mr In hlr prim, Th Ht lory af twtlty htltl. Tmm .lhb.m nd KM tr4t, whlrll t tPlMtml tod, HMr HMl MMU) , By RAY PEARSON. Tiajuai!,' Mexico, Jan. H. (Spf vial.) Jack Dcinpxey is king of the .U.S. heavyweight. He vanquished the wonderful Bob Fimiminons in a struggle which will down in ring history a the greatest ever tn I(;J , fought betwei ' heavyweights. ' I r battle within the j '"'- narrow confine RPC'- J of a 24-foot ring ) , f ever wn as va- ,',;" cious; tio two men f , I, ' Brother of Leonard Will 5rrc to Keep Ring Title in Family "W'e . WINTERS . fOio StMtt.) DR. L. J. COOKE (Miaattoti.) NELSON NORGREN. (CUcngo.) DR. DANA M. EVANS (Northwestern.) -BIG TEN" CONFERENCE BASKETBALL COACHES. cious; tio two men ever stood t ne t Rrucllini? pun ish- in era) that the na pr.imvnvt J l-ll M.UKI (Tuaot'NK rhoa.'.i ' h, Cornishmara suffered an the brief time of sonictliln like 11 1-2 minutes. Dcnipsey won because he as a two handed slu.uRcr; because- he outslug- acd Kuly Hob and battered him to the canvas in that frturtU rciind. But as , the referee stood counting 'over tlirf fallrrt' Fitz. his 'conqiiero. stood reeling and holding the ropes with one hand. Fit was done, but Demp scy. the man who had survived this contest of gamcness and punishment, httjc resembled a champion. One Has to Crash. Never before in any ring have two men been battered as were , both Dempsey and Fitisimmons in four louuds. They did not box, they fought from the -first clang of the Kog, and, they stood tou totoe, lit thja center -of the. -rtng-riiunching 'for .-ill that was. iaijhem when "haturc took a hand. One gfthe other had to fall, and that, one was Fitz. One may picture Dempsey the con oueror as he was led from the rinc,. a towel covering a fateAvhfeff -was'ri't-j pleasant to see. It was a lace that had been punched until the two eyes were nearly closed.'" Both lips were bruised raw and one had been split by. a terrific left-hand shot.- The nose ' was puffed and bleeding. Those were the marks whiqh showed the unerring aim of the clever Fit?. ..They were mrks that gave certain evidence that Kuby Bob had tXitscorecJ the Utah Mauler. , '.' -i. Then came Fitz .crawling wearily throughthe ropes -and lending his, way to the dressing ro6m. Fitz, the loser, .had one eye closed and a nose which shpwed that it often, had been visited by Dempsey fists. But there was a reason why Fitz did not carry the battered face that Dempsey borJ cut of the ring. .. . Dempsey for the greater part of the battle ripped his powerful left and right hand?: punches to Fitz's body, and these swats left .their im pression itvrcd bruises. ' It was this body punching that hutt Fitz, thrt stewly sapped his strength and 'Vlressed him" for the blow to the rhin which separated him from his thoughts and meant defeat. The thousands around the ring, pitched within' the- inclosure of the Tiajuana racetrack, figured Fitz,. aa easy winner aftei the first session. The watched Fitz cJeverly. step around Dempsey, . shifting' here "and there and shooting' stinging lefts to Jack's face, punches). wtfiich Dempsey seemed-unable to block. In that first round it looked as if Fitz was a 100 to 1 shot to defeat Utah Jack. Fitz did not try his famous solar-plexis punch, because.-.-Dempsey effected a crouch which kept his body well pro tected. v -1 ' Starts Swaying Attack to Midriff. The battle of punishment started when the gong called them to action in the second round. Pempsey came flying out of his comer, swaying from one side to the crtljerand be fore Fitz could set for the attack commit himself. He's. wise judge. Jack shot left and rigr)t to the. body, Tiiese rib crunching wallops stung FhS'and he quickly fell into a clinch to jtpp the; bombardment. Then just as quickly as the referee broke thenv Dempsey -returned to the attack, and this, 'iime was met with a left hook which' '-split his lip. But that did not Stop' the enraged Dempsey, who took , more punches to- gtt'inside. and there ripped a brace-dtV Wts and rights, to Fitz's body with dartaaging effect. , Dcmpsey's blows.4arried Rreater force than those ol&'itz, but Fitz fought back gamely and rocked Jack with a right to the head ;as. .the gong ended a isefesion replete with slugging. A; Round, for. Ring History. ., Jfovgreatcr round than the third have'angsiders ever witnessed. They sav. '1'itz reeling and wobbly, and tbeyAjsaw Dempsey with sagging knee? and dazed eyes, battling there iti'the' center of th flag: That cither was able to withstand the' punish ment without. tofteraaiff to the' canvas was amazing. .Yet.Jaclc 'nd .Fitz stood -!to" the'- fesk'iind never once ; halted' ;The -bell foend theni' slug-gmg-swkiv all the power they could put nrrto - their Tiunthes -while the frenzied crowd Veiled for a kaoekout. Both -ci pcmpsy'$'- ai'yei'jshowed signs oT clocanf Pd Oti ot- Fitz's . w as ? tt -same -condition when they staggered to iheik .ccSrriers. ;: , i Then 'came th fourth round -and the fitlisk.. 'The anirpje's rest seemed to dof Dempsey' rkik food than Fitz, ' and once mere he -Jasjc out of his eornef. on.' ahe-;'juuip, .Once' more, hifting and swaying, he collided nath Fata near the latter's own . v Here's One Problem Too Deep for Land is: College Men in B. B. JN a dij-eussion about the draft aiul . sandTotters and college player7 Judge Landis was asked the other .day,' "Would you advise a col legian, to go into professional baseball?"- r "Hold on there that's one ques tion 1 will not answer," the judge exclaimed, with up raised hands. "I hrg to be excused "from telling any young man what to do when he selects his profession or trade. That's a matter for him to decide entirely for himself." It . seems that many college play" ers have written to Judge Landis for his opinion oi professional b a se- Jtrrjfii landm. ' ball as a profes-(tribune ph0(0. sion and he al- : ' i i.i' ways declines to ..'Vit V ot? johnny Kilhane PI aiis to Leave This Country in Search of Good Featherweight Material Across Seas corner. But Fitz was ready and shot a solid left to Jack's nose. But crowded an dose, forcing Fitz against the ropes. There he bat tered h.imwatri left and right and right hooks to the body. (. . Then Comes the Finish. ' Those punches weakened Fitz and heclinehed to save himself. Break ing from the clinch, Fitz shot a right to Dempsey's jawv Jack was wobbly but. .still fighting and crowded in once more as his manager, Jack Kearns. shouted: ( "Get inside and finish him." Dempsey didn't need that admoni tion. His left crashed into Fitz's body, and then over went the right for the midsection. Fitz sought to step back,- but there was no escape, and this time' Jack shot a left to the head and followed it with a right to the. jaw. The game Cornishman's hands dropped and he fell to the canvas, where the referee counted him out. . : ' , Herman's Fists Bring ; VVealth to Him , If 'Pete Herman succeeds in wrest ing the bantam, title from Johnny Buff he will have established a record, as lit will be the third time he has heldt.the honors.. . Pete' already holds one record. He has eaned.more' money with his fists than any other,bantam in the history of the ring. Within the last year this little -Italian has. received over $200, 000 in -purses.;: iJe received $35,000 -when he lost the title to Lynch. Three weeks later, he received the equivalent of $25,000 or knocking out Jimmy Wilde.. He received $1000 when he stopped Jimmy- Higgins, and $37,000 when he won , the title back from Lynch. Herman drew down $16,000 the' night he lost the title to Buff. In two bouts with Yoiwg Montreal at Bos ton he reseived $12,500. Twenty: six other bouts make his total earn ings for the year well over $200,000. JOHNNY! KILBANK, feather .plans to leave this countrr weight chanipipn of the world, If arch 1 to look, over the Tcathcr- Vi-ight jT-irjatctjal- across the sea with the idea f finding .a worthy 'opponent. Johnny will be the first world's champion, with the exception of Tommy Burns, to make such a tour. When he sails he will . have - "been champion in his class, for 10 years. John; L. SAUivan, whds-was . ctiani- jOHNNT.KiLBANa . pion from Fcbru-ITRIB-tss pnoto.i v ary . 7,r 1882,-7:1 September 7. 1892 is the only 'other (13 tec American champion to hold a title as long. , Champion Nearly Ten Yeara. ' 'Kilbane has been iia the ring 15 years.1 He look part in 137 contests, 86 of which were an defense of hi title. Kilbane defeated Abe Attcil for the featherweight championship February 22, 1912. , He will be accompanied abroad by his wife and daughter, May; Jack Garvey, his business representative; Al Ziemer, his sparring partner, and Jimmy Dougherty of Philadelphia, a personal friend. Wants to Fight Foreigner in U. S. Johnny said he was not hanker ing after any foreign bouts, but would like io have some of the best of the old world ring talent come to New York for an international featherweight battle which might mean a big purse. ' O'Day's Retirement Is Bj'Lbis;t6. Nationals Challenges McGill ,. , Bf International News Strvlet. '?Ncw York, Jan. 14. Hank 6'Day, the veteran "umpire, is reported to be about to tender his .resignation to President Heydler of the National league. If O'Day does retire the game of baseball will' lose one of its most famous characters an umpire who has stood, the knocks, of baseball fans and critics for a quarter; of, a century with sturdy and honest in difference, knowing full well that he was always doing his best in one of the. toughest jobs that any,.man was fiver called cn .to filL-iAn umpire's work is never appreciated and prob ably never will be. - ijtill Hank. O.Day will sever his, connection with the national game with the love and'respect of the base ball public,-, arid h'is retirement -.-will be a sad loss to the sport. Hank was stern in his rulings, prompt in making his decisions and strict and firm in his dealings with jlayers, Knows Rules Thoroughly. No man knows the rules of -the game any better than O'Day 4 Play ers as a general thing are not well versed in the rules. The majority. of players, in fact, never make a"closei study of the rules. Hank O Day received his appoint ment as a National league umpire from Nick Young of Washington, D. C, when he was president of the parent base ball organization. "Uncle Nick"". never " regretted making the appointment. ;t-Harik became sop pro ficient that he soon gained the repu tation of being the best umpire on Young's staff and was assigned to the most important contests. Made Famous Decisions. Hank saw many umpires come and go, but both he and Bob Emslie, who was also appointed b'y Nick Young, lasted through the regimes of all the presidents who followed - "Uncle Nick." --Harry Pullman succeeded Young, and it was during the latters administration that Hank made his famous over-night decision in 1908 when Fred Merkle failed to touch second base. That resulted in the game being called "no contest." The game was played off the next day on the Polo grounds. Cubs Won Pennant -.The Chicago Cubs won out .thereby- winning the deciding game fcr the championship of the National league. O'Day was a pitcher, as was F.ms lje'.'.in' his playing ,career. Hank was on ' the Washington Nationals and from there came to this city and became a member of the Giants, to-, gether with Mickey Welch and Tim JCccfe... Hank drifted back to Chi cago' arid" was' quickly appointed an umpire. He has not enjoyed the best of health since he' was hit by a foul tip on his right ear, necessitating a serious operation. Hank must be about 65 years of age, but he ap peared to have good eyesight and ex cellent iudement last season.. ' Hartk O'Day1 will be missed. He is a grand old character. Dodge, Neb., wrestling fans be lieve they have another champion in the making in the person of Stanley Bursch, 175-pounder. Now, Stanley isn't a top-notcher at the present, but Joe Stccher, for mer world's champion and resident of Dodge, believes Bursch has the makings of a champion, and there fore is ready to pit his protege against "Pat" McGill, or any other 175rpound grappler. - Bursch is only 18 years old, but with a, little wrestling experience is expected to make a name for him self among the wrestlers of this ol' country. . ." Yankees Angling for Lee Meadows Paddock Breaks Six Records on Track in 1921 Accjuisition of Philly Curve Ball Artist Would Bound Out Staff.' Cardinal Student is New Discus Sensation ' The'-latest, sensation among dis cus' throwers is XTfta-Riehards, the .former Brigham Young and Cornell university high jumper v and all around star'atfldiieoring.vto'-'ad-vices from California, ' Inhere '-the. Utah giant is. attending the-Univerv sitv of Southern '"..California' law school, he is prepiring jo, win. the discus throw in the next Olympic games.' ' ': In 1912, at the Qlympic'gani'in Stockholm, ... Richards -surprised iht athletic 1 world -'by.; .'defeating. ;t;he world's best high jumpers and es tablishing a new Olympic record. While at Cornell he was a' consis tent winner in the high jump and also scored coints for TarV MnaW. ey's team in the shut-out and broad jump. Kichards has given up the high jump, but is Koine creat o-nns with' the discus. : . . . Frankie ; Murphy 1 Beats Lowboy, radgett Denver CorcH- XHi.SiX Marpfiy of TJcnVef 'Sn ftetefereYs htso-Vanqnillie'd arasion -orer "VcrwPOJl" 1 rJBgfft- T)t Dolores, 'Colo.. ina 12-round bout here-last night. They are welter-' weight. ., . . ..I .'-.; ;..' Joe Gorman -of-PortlanA ."fVJ AC iealed Jack Doyle. Denver, 4Q rouna twit. ihcy are feather weights. . Richards Ranked High as Player Youthful Net Marvel Placed Third "Among Leading Tennis Players. t New York, Jan. 1,4,-w-Vintent LR.igharrfs;'. the" youthful, tenuis mar-' vel, of Yortkers, N. Yw has', at last ieqeived "his 'just .due at the! hands 0 :the.r,anking;pomrriittee ,:.of - the .United "StatesTeniiis association. , In the lists , issued by tiiFs committee for 1521, Richardi j rated Uiird,-and only' outranked by .William T." Tilr dHaaHl'-rWiliiarhljlohnstoit, in- singles- plays " Thas. is where Richards- belongs. He should have been ' among the first 10 in 1920, too, and was ranked 12. The year before, when. . he . held five national titles, he , waSj. placed as 32. ; '. V The playing of Richards through; out the season of 1921 was, the out standing feature of AmerkatV.lawn tennis; The junior chanipi.on,JiaJd,.the gatest 'totirnament' -record'' ot any nfaver. wiiinincr . sectibnat titles-' all -over.the'pountry. He defeated Wil liam T. lildcn,-,II,- an annexing the Rjhode Island state champtonshift at I'roen'cein'rthaV't'ourosirtrent, he. Stso"" VaiianiSlied ' Rtchard' ; 'Norris tWilrtarjrsj'iL-1'-' -'-r:,"w' - ne won the - western . cnampion shin from Walter. T. Hav:esand de- UeatedTcliiya "Kumage of Japan sev- erai Himes.iUttter Ibts toa.-'1''"0-fore-the'wizardry-oi thV Yoftker Jad were Watson M. Washburn, Walter Merrill Hall and S. Howard VossciL Babe Ruth to Play ' First for Yankees New- .York.' Tan. 14. It is evident that the Yankees, plan to use Ruth, as first baseman next season, ana tne biggest sign of promise is the behav ior of the big fellow this winter, and his condition. He is 20 pounds lighter than he was during the world's series amt.loofcs well. The sentence imposed upon him by Judge Landis may really prove a blessing in': disguise, as it eives Ruth a friohth'Jit "which to prac tice and traiif as a firstbaseman, and r I. , ... i. -II ..'J i ii ne does set nevwui avoia losing a number of games While learning,-. Yale Plans Varsity Teams of Graduates Yale university wilt make an at tempt this spring to form a graduate students athletic team and to arrange meets with similar, teams from other colleges. Charles Taft started the movement last spring and a graduate crey atitf baseball nine werf formed, but challenges to other universities were declined. The" present graduate students will try to form a Crew and baseball riine this spring and to arrange games with Harvard. Princeton and Columbia,' The ' Yale graduate teams will also compete in . the spring interclass' meets and regattas. Mack and McGraw Real ' 1 'X tWrans atv Club Pilots ' Conhic Mack of the. Athletics has ai'ianagcd 'a major league team for Z years and- John-,- McGraw. the Giants' bos Vis a-close second with a record of 20 years, as piolt of a big league outfit New York, Jan. 14. The deter mination of the Giants to cinch the National league pennant in advance is again shown in the rumored ef forts of McGraw to get Lee Mead ows from the Phillies. Whether it bi a trade or purchase, the price won't figure. The only bespectacled pitcher .in baseball on McGraw's 1922 list makes his plans complete. - It would not only give McGraw the best rounded out pitching staff in the league, but it Would give him the best lot of curve ball pitchers in the business. Since the death of the spitball the emergy ball and such, McGraw was first to note that the heavy hitting was due entirely to an absence of the old-fashioned curve ball. By noting it in time he won the world's championship. It was the. curse pitching of Barnes, Douglas and Nehf that beat the Yanks. ' Lee Meadows, here as a rooter, was one of. the very first to point out the advantage of the curved ball. Lee himself is a marvelous handler of the benders, x ' "Curve balls will beat those fel lows and beat them to death," he said:- "f f I was 'McGraw I'd make my pitchers work their arms' off, if necessary, to-.' sse nothing but curves.".;! ' : i. : . v After the Yank's' had won two games, ' and it looked ' bad for the Giants, Meadows, a student of the game as well as a player of it, out lined his ideas at a dinner.' " -McGraw likes a thinking ball player. Always he has wanted Meadows. After hearing that sug gestion he wanted him. worse than ever. Only One Error in Year for Mclnnis "SuttTy". Mclnnis, first, baseman, who was ' traded just a short time ago by tl.c Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians, made -only one error during the last baseball season. He made 1,549 putonts and 102 as sists in 152 games for an average of .999, Nt Tudi tiljrht Mt th Plonr Afklette rlub. Ahe tioldstrln and Frnky ray are down for II rounda lt tnt main event. Fay has taught anina hard drawa with Jack Eharkey anil Joe Ljnih. On January 21. Frankey Jerome, tire Rrant l,ntm will mt Phil O Dnvil i ot Columbua lor li rounda at tha Cow Ever Existing Sprint Record Beaten by California Uni- . versity Marvel Other Athletes Star. New York, Jan. 14, The perfor mances of Charles W. Paddock of the University of California in shat tering all existing sprint marks, head the list for 1921. Eleven new records have been the result of. Paddock's work. Six of them went at standard distance and fice over ristances not recognized as standard by the record committee of the A. A. U. j Paddock will have to share one mark with two other sprinters, for the 100-yard dash record . of 9 3-5 seconds is now held jointly by Dan J. Kelly Howard Drew and Pad dock, but to Paddock falls the great er honor, since he did this on four occasions on different tracks. Kelly and Drew only did this remarkable tnneNjpnce, showing that they had been able to reach perfection in sprinting only on that occasion dur ing their ' careers. Paddock may some time even go better than 9' 3-5 seconds.: ' ' Starting at 90 yards, Paddock an nexed every-mark up to 300 meters. and with the exception of the 10Q yards ha covered the distance faster than any other sprinter. The record for 220 yards-' probably stands out as Paddock's best mark since it is a distance more often run by sprint ers. -rs v Sheppard Bettered Record. Only one past assault on records can be compared with the Cali fornian's, and that was the campaign of Mel Sheppard in the middle dis tance in 1910, when he broke nine marks from the S00 yards to the two-thirds of a mile. Several of Shcppard's marks have been beaten, since, but at that time they were con sidered as remarkable as are Pad docks. Next to Paddock's performances comes the great broad jumping of Ned Gourdin of Harvard. Jumping well over 24 feet all the spring, Goudin crowned his college career by clearing 25 feet three inches in the last meet, jn which he wore , the Crimson colors when Harvard and Yale joined forces against Oxford and Cambridge. . "...'. 7 For 20 '-.years Pat " O'Connor's mark of' 24 feet7 11, 3-4 inches, stood the test against some' very great leapers and it was- regarded as one of the old-time marks that would stay on 'the books for some time to come. Gutterson had done' 24 feet 11 1-5 inches in 1912; Kraenzlein, 24 feet 4 1-2 inches in 1899 and Prinstein, 24 feet 7 1-4 inches in 1900. Goudin outclassed them ' all and his performances prove that no mark is unbreakable. . Beat Sheppard's Record. Other individuals who shared in the record- breaking of the last year are Larpy Brown of the University of Pennsylvania, August Desch of Newark and Notre Dame, and Willie Plant of the Morningside A. C,, pf New York. '-. ' - ; - Brown bettered Mel .Sheppard's 1,000-yard mark, covering the dis tance in 2;121-5 af Franklin Fiejd at the American. Legion meet. Desch will not get credit on the books for his mark of 53 4-5 seconds for the 440-yard low hurdles, since he raced over two feet,- six inch hur dles, which are not standard, but his feat will go down as a noteworthy performance and a Penn , carnjyal record mark. Walhe Plant stamped himself as the greatest' walker - this country has ever produced for from one to 15 miles. It was in the 15 mile and two-hour walks that he created new marks. Record Still Stands. In relay running three marks went by the boards, one mile, quarter mile arfd half -mile. The one-mile mark at 3:162-5 stands out since it was made by four men, Larry Brown, Earl Eby Dewey Rogers and Bob Maxam, all members of Penn's track team. While the record will not be credited to Penu on the books, because the men represented the American Legion in that partic ular meet, it is a great" performance, in that four men in one college made this time. A club might easily gather four men together and smash this rec ord, but it will be many a day be fore any college team will boast of four quarter milcr's who will ave rage 491-10 seconds. The best per formance prior to. this was 3.18 and the average good time for a college team is 3.20. are goiiiir i, try to kern nc ligailwriKM tit f aia !hr aanily." tint l.iclii UCIiillt Champion Uenny Leonard. "Ix't not generally known that I have kid brother, mine, who will be r-a.ly to tart within a year. I'll tuna 'him looe when he ha the e and strength. He weighs 125 oum. but he is goinif to be a great fichtrr. He'll he ready to fight for the light wfigbt title when I am rcadv to graduate to the welter division," , Grid Rules May Stand 'Unchanged ' ' ' " f Intercollegiate, Rules Commit tee Not Expected to Make . Drastic Reform?.' New York, Jan. 14. The decision of the American Intercollegiate foot ball rules committee, tint to make any drastic changes in the present code at its meeting in March, may be a surprise an some quarters where it was expected that some action would bo' taken toward eliminating, or at least curbing, many of the for ward passing features, and In others it will be received with an "I tolJ you so" attitude. The general public will likely say that the decision was a wise one. The public has just arrived at the point where it is Becoming fairly familiar with the game, and because of the open game and its possibilities of following the plays when t'.M style is .used is becoming more in terested every year, as is shown by the increased attendance at ajames in 1920 and again in 1921. To make any sweeping changes, or to make rulings that would complicate mat ters for the student of the game, who pays the freight of the college grid iron sport, would be a step against public favor.' -.Football rules have suffered a good deal because of the fact that Baseball Needs Weapons Against Tinhdni Moguls' .Magnates, No Player, Who Arc Qufrrfni; National Eject Lcball arms ti lt necfisary ! I -"-.V'-l fUniiTnkUZEII. I rKiiii..s.i'bui.). guy gainl unil T - for thaine r may belti)!''1' a. ai,,Mjt it I'n I II organized It iclf with llic pear' puni.ti or fliiiii aatc "undoirable" dub owner at expciliiioti.ly - mid tllettively a it t an t ilth or ci I ball players. i!a iuIiiiii s iatiu,e will not - render the full conlideiii-e of the public which it enjoyed a few years ago. For c o ii d u r t "'detrimental to baseball," a player rata be net lari-J temporarily or permanently ineli gible to take part in the new agreement. offense a club' owne hcly reprimanded" nrt to exceed f.inj tor any on; offense, or in extreme .caies may be deprived of representation in joint meetings of the two niaj-.-r leagues. " Make Landis an Asset. ' The foregoing power were con ferred a year ago on Kcnes.w M. Landis, who- was chosen high com missioner of professional bast-halt with a great flourish of tnunpe'A and reams of press ageuting by the magnates. The latter realized their Maine was a pretty sick patient and they imagined that the instant the public was informed that Judge Lan dis had been chosen as doctor ex traordinary, the fans would belie. e everything must be all right be cause no one ever has doubted that Judge Landis stood always for the square'deal, or that he was a loyal friend of baseball. Then the magnates give the high knowledge ot the football code, which embodies the spirit under which the game is played, its spirit of good sportsmanship. , ; New Champ Got Start in Boxing bame Overseas many players did not fully under stand thera, nor did the players have commissioner power to do anything nc tnotignt best to the ball player who did anything detrimental to the game, but limited his power to punish an erring club owner to a few penalties which don't mean any thing. Black Sox an Instance. Eight White Sox players were bar red permanently from organized baseball because three of them con fessed they had taken money in pay ment for laying down in the world's series of 1919. This is in no way an attempt to defend those players, nor is it a criticism of .their puir'sh ment. If they had been allowed to remain in professional ' baseball, all the better classes of patrons would have quit it outright. -'- Severe as the punishment was, at "was necessar the irood of the game. ..' Last summer the Philadelphia tional league club, for monetary con sideration, helped the New York Giants win the league pennant and later the world's series. The White Sox, for personal gain,' helped Cin cinnati win a world's series in 1919. The Philadelphia club was not fined or even subject to "public rep rimand," except by members of the press. It could not be expelled under the agreement which authorized the expulsion of the erring White Sox. Frazee Jolts the Game. Harry Frazee, president of the Boston Red Sox, by his policy of selling star players, including Babe Ruth, has wrecked what used to be cne of the best and most loyal base ball cities in the world, so far as the public's love for the game was concerned, -He has. done it for a monetary consideration a great deal bigger than the sum the White Sox were paid in the world's series of 1919. ' ' - . , But Frazee is still in organized baseball and the ..only , penalty handed .out to him, as yet, for his actions, is a concerted, "reprimand'' from the baseball writers of , the country. Last summer it was' -announced that Stoneham and -McGraw of the Giants had disposed of their inter ests in the Cuban race track "it the instance of Judge Landis, who 6bjected to linking baseball with a race track." Now it is reported Stoneham and McGraw contemplate building a race track in Florida, if the state authorities can be coaxea into permitting it. Lesson From Turf Sport. It may be injurious to baseball to be linked with a race track, but in the palmy days of racing the own er who did anything detrimental to the best -interests of the sport could be "barred from the game just as effectively, as the crooked jockey. Organized baseball can learn a les son from the race track. , These. .are only a few of the in stances that show the folly of ex pecting Commissioner Landis to "clean up" professional baseball un less given power to treat the club owner as' drastically as he can the player. . so long as some oi me men now connected with the same can null off the stuff they have been pulling for years, and get away with it. the New York. Jan. 14. Gene Tun- ney, the Greenwich village boy. is today American : light-heavyweight boxing champion by virtue of his victory last night over the veteran Battling Levinsky. ' He got his start in pugilism through a desire, while not busy sweeping punches with the Germans in France, to enterta'n his buddies behind the battle lines. When boxing became the king of A. E. F. sports, Tunney entered for the fun of it. His opponents never were able to plant a real hard blow on him. ; Gene went on to become cham pion at his weight of all the glove swinging artists in the American forces in France. Packers Lose to Y Central High Cagers In one "of-the most sensational basket , ball games, ever, played on a South Side High school court. Coach Hill's Central - basketeers emerged from the annual contest with the Packers on the long end of a 20 to 7 score. The game -wag featured hy good teamwork, passing and hard playing. Not one duTi niomefit entered into the contest, and up to the last, four minutes of play the score stood 16 to 15 in favor of the Purple and White Hoopsters. Nixon. Graham and Emight played a good game for South, while Konecky and Beerkle were Central's stars. The lineup: v lor JWnolda. rf . Kjrt, if .... Beerkle (c) C Lawson. rs . Konecky, Ig . v- Total Central (20.) O. F.T. F.F. T.P. Pt, .......l.'. , ; o. l o , s 1 o . ll 0 i V,..V. 4 0 0 1! .......0 " 0 I - - t ( ..0 2 0 . 1 20 ..........8 4 - . 4 Sotlth Wlrli flT.V - - . . .., .O. F.T. .F.F. T.F. Pts. Aekerman. rf-. I a - S- '- 2 Graham (c) If S I 1 0 Kmien. it .z z II Bernard, . lg ..,..0-,-,. ., it 0 Totals .........'.,. : t 5 - 0 Brennan After Bout . ; - With Jack Dempsey New York,' Jan. 7. Interest in the heavyweight division of the pugilist's is beginning -to boom again for no apparent reason,- as there ii no good match in sight at the present time.. Both Bob Martin, and Bill Bren- anan tiav- annntirireil . the'msplvrs as candidates for a match with. Jack thinking public will be suspicious of Dempsey and that is about all. Brennan intimates that all the big fellows will take to cover now that he is ready to resume battling. He says he intends to -meet all comers in order to force Dcmpscy to give rhini a return match.. Commerce Captures Tilt With Geneva Geneva, Neb.. Tan. 14. (Snecial Telegram.) If Friday the 13th is hoodoo day, it didn't seem to inter fere with the Omaha Commerce basket ball players here last night in a game which they won from the Geneva tossers, 24 to 10. Coach James Druuimond's bas keteers started out with a rush and soon had a good lead on the locals, who tried hard at every turn of the game to score a tally. At the end of the first half the count read 14 to 2. the honesty of its former favorite sport i Yale After Annual College Track Meet .New1-York, Jan. 7. Harvard and Denn wiH have- competition in the future from other sources than Syr acuse and Cornell for the privilege of staging the intercollegiate track meet With the completion of the new Yale track this spring, Yale will put in a bid for thi classic, with a good chance to have it every third year. This track will meet every quirement for the intercollegiate games. This means that the track will have a 220-yard Straightaway and will be wide enough for six hurdlers in a heat - IT. r-