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0 12 THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1922. Nine Illinois ' Gridstcrs on Ineligible List Vl'liuint, Stcrnaman, Criigle, KaUrr, Cammagf, Grefue, Siiniun, Milligaii and Tcimlirr Turned 'Pro. Clinniiiaiwn. Ill . Jail. 31. The nine l'tiivcrity of Illinois foutlall flay ers who cnuagfil in a foolli'all game at Tavlorvillc HI.. November 27, viere cleclareJ ineligible today from further participation in atnieiici at llii- university. The men admitted playing on the Taylorville team gaint a t'arlin villc team, which included eight 'nir I).im men. Abcut fltHMHM) had been bet on the game, according to resident 01 me two towns. The nine men nusneuded are al- init, .Sternaman. Crangle, Kier, liammaire. Greene. Simpson, Milli- vai ami Teuscher. v Miillm, a substitute, vw in the party, but was not called on to play, u.-ri.rilini la the olavers' stories, and no rcnurt was made on him. All the mm fen fesnd voluntarily to their nan iii the name. Craiiale is in hospital here, but sent word to Coach that he had participated. The suspended players will all con tinue in school, it was announceo. Paying Athletes Is Denounced Portland, Ore., Jan. 31. Presi dents of four Pacific coast confer nice colleges and universities in the Pacific northwest and the authorized representative of another, meeting here last night, adopted a resolution setting forth their abhorence of "paying athletes," or of "permitting them to receive unreasonable com pensation for employment given during any part of the year." The four president at the meet ing were P. I.. Campbell. University o Oregon; W.'J. Kerr, Oregon Ag ricultural college; E. O. Holland. Washington State college, and A. U. I'pham, University of Idaho. The presidents explained that their resolution was not based on evidence implicating any northwest college in a "paid athlete" scandal, but that it was thought proper to make clear i heir attitude against such practices. They declared; their belief that inter collegiate athletics .in .the Pacific northwest were on a clean basis. HIGH SCHL BASKETBALL Scrlbner Team Wln. S.:Hbner. Neb., Jan. 31. (Special.) Tna Si rlbner High school basket ball team valloped the Beemer quintet here by tho wore of 58 to 11. . Much Interest was taken In this game as Beemer has not been j .....j ,ki. ....m Tho locals took the lead at tho start and scored almost at will. Ehlers, Scrlbner's star cemer, In the sm being out for more man two weeks wlh an Injured knee. The tVorwork of Seoly and the basket shoot Inn of Stoetzel were the features of the contest. It was the 11th consecutive win for the Scribner team. Sutherland Hefeata North Piatt Seconds. Sutherland. Neb.. Jan. SI. (Special ) The Sutherland High school basket ball loam defeated the North Platte second ifim on the hitter's floor by the score of S2 to 17. The game was Interesting from start to finish. This Is the locals second victory over the 10 J.e f'rst game played on the Sutherland floor. In. score was 20 to 10 in favor of the Sutherland quintet Fairfield legion Wins. ; ' Fairfield, Nel)., Jan. 31. (Special.) The local Region basket ball team de feated the Edgar American Legion Quintet here by the score oijjio Curtis Win Two. ' J Curtis. Neb.. Jan. 31. (Special.) Two won teams fell victims to the onslaught of fhe Curtis Aggies last Friday and Sat-i.-day evenings, when Cozad was defeated bv a scor.e of S8 to 4 and Famam drew ,he short end of a 36 to 23 count. The cozad game vas played on the Aggie floor,- the size of which bothered tne northerners In their shooting. a" V8S defeated on its own floor, a feat which has been accomplished by only one : other ttkm 1n two years. Against Cowd Cap tain Tom Carr, who was in the game only 10 minutes, and his brother. Harvey, Ird in the scoring with six baskets apiece Kirkwood was high point getter in the Fnrnam fracas with . seven baskets. 1. : r.arr was a close Beqond with six. The Aggies have a three-game scries this week e-id. Thursday night the fast Madrid ; team visits Curtis. Friday evening the i farmers journey to Cozad and Saturday f McCook opposes the locals on the home floor. ... ' , ' ' Superior High loses. Superior, Neb., Jan. 31. (Special.) Th Superior High school team was defeated iterate. 41 to 11. The Superior squad seemed to carry bad luck, having lost the game at Sutton the night previous, lodgepole Wins Two lodgepole. Neb.. Jan, 81. (Special.) lodgepole- High school cage team "K fast gam from the Bridgeport H gh by the score of 27 to 24. In a clash w.th the fast Big Spring town team the local quintet won, 40 to 21. To Play York Cagers. - York, Nab., Jan. 31. (Special.) tni-vi-rstty Place basket ball team will meet Coach Green's cagers in the high sehocl. "tym" Friday evening. The York boys 1st returned from victories against Min den Kearney and Holdrege. and feel more than confident that they will have some joints which are new to them. H- B"t43rtorp Notre Dame Athletes Admit Playing "Pro" Ball P f Xf I if " n ) h v h - r vHhHat Eddie Anderson, Hoger Kellry, Harry Mrhrre. ' I Eddie Anderson. ail-American end; Roger Kciley, varsity end, captain of the basket ball team and' star track men, and Harry .Mehere, sub-center in football, regular basket ball player' and captain of the 1921 bas ket ball team, are among the eight Notre Dame star athletes who' have admitted that they played in a foot ball game November ) 27- which caused their suspension fftKii school on the grounds that they turned "pro." All three athletes in the above lay out were members of the Notre Dame basket ball team that played Creighton here two weeks ago. College Sports Headed Toward Ruin, Says Penn Director Philadelphia, Jan. 31. College sports are headed toward ruin through too keen competition for supremacy, R. Tait McKenzic, pro fessor of sculpture and physical director of the University of Penn sylvania, declared at an address to day. - "Athletic activity is the best substitute for war, and every verile nation must have one or the other," he said, "but the en croachments of commercialidation have endangered intercollegiate athletics. At this time over-enthusiastic alumni of institution after institution are competing for the services of coaches to turn out winning teams at salaries that sur pass the salaty of the - college president: This is especially true in the west. "There are many hands trying to wring the neck of the goose that laid the foldcn egg, and if the undoubted benefits to the col lege are to be saved ; from strangulation by , commercialism, it can only be by keeping in mind three things: "First, employment of . the great income of these spectacles for equipment of fields and gym nasiums for the students and for the giving of skilled instruction and the necessary medical super vision of these great education agencies. v ' "Second, by linking these games and contests more closely with our social life and making it a part of it in a way which cannot be done so long as the athlete is . considered as a man apart from his fellows. - "Third, by studying your sports with the eye of the artist." Cj. Whit making ran T ri the ball (H. J. f.) a tree try for goal to another player? A. No. An boneet attempt mut be mnue t case it. M yon pas It to aaaHDer player It i fool. Q. If a substitute goes on the Tourt nefora reporting to the scorers or being recognised by the referee, is it a foul J (J ST.) A. 'rs. tn amateur' rnlea this Is a font, la professional roles si player reports ulreet t referee after being reregnlsed by him. CJ. How are polnta acored In a game? A. "la both amateur and prefew tonal basket ball a field goal founts 8 points anal coal from a free throw eonnts I j. How are the baskets ohosenT (W. 'A. The Tleltina- team may aelert their basket a the beginning ef the flrat half. rr tbe- second half the. teams change bC?'"Whn was the first professional A. ' It was organized In MS. The nam. Nathmnl Leaa-ae of Frefeawaaal Banket Ball Club. If la aonbt about nay basket ball ' rule writ vd Thorp, rare of unr anortlaa' department. enclosing stamped return earempet Indoor Baseball League Organized at Shelton-Many Teams Shelton, Neb., Jan. 31. (Special.) Shelton has organized ran ; indoor baseball association with eight teams in the league. The games are staged in the hall at the American Legion headquarters and the players are composed of busiress men, profes sional men, high school students and boys. , , . .... The teams started the season s schedule, yesterday. It will-last 10 weeks. More than -100 men,- young men and boys have joined the asso ciation, and much interest is being manifested in this form - o indoor sport. . ' ; ' Many of the. women are, becoming interestedvand plans are being made to organize either two or four clubs among the women and girls, of the town. , In the event a woman s asso ciation is formed it is likely--that they will use the indoor diamond only in the afternoons as " all other ; league games are played in the evening be- tween tjie hours of 7 p. tri? and 10 p. m. s . Three Tie for First , ; . Place in Gun Meet 4-. r .: , , ; '-Houston,'. Tex.'," Jan.' 31.-W.H. Hexr .of Guthrie;, Okl.J .E. TiWpod ward of Houston, 'and Frarik Hughes of Mobridgc,. S. -D., yesterday Vwere tied for' high honors afte'r-the: first day!s regular .shoot at the- :Sunny South- handicap ; trap v shooting tournament ' being staged here with Lscores of 199. 'Woodward had ahigh run for the day. of 17 o.- Frank Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., was winner of the Hazard Doubles trophy of 96 in SO pairs of targets. E. C. Wheeled of Fawhuska, Okl., was the holder- of the title. Tris Speaker, manager of the Cleveland Indians, turned in a score of 179 out of 200. Portland Catcher r ii . a i l ! Doid to mobile Portland, Ore., Jan. 30. Delmar Baker, first string catcher "of the" Portland team, has been sold to the Mobile (Ala.) team of the Southern association, President W. H. ' Klep per of the Portland club announced today. Baker came to Portland from the Detroit Americans in 1919. President Klepper said the only reason for ptrting with Baker was that he had not been satisfied to re main at his present salary. Eighteen Giants Sign Contracts j New York, Jan. 31. Signed con tracts of six players, four of them new men,-have been received at, the offices of , the -NewYorfc; Giants the club .announced - today. Eighteen Giants now are under' contract for 1922. . - ' -v? Alex Gaston and ? Virgil 'Barnes were the-old men to send in their signed papers. -The;-others were Frank "Samide, catcher,, of Denver.; Floyd Brown, also a backstop, from; Logan, la., and Glen Shores of In dependence, Kan., and4John Albert son of Monirose, S. D., right-handed hurlers. Virgil Barnes is, another of Jess, the Circleyille (Kan.)Xhurler, who played a ; hero role for' fie Giants in the last, world's series; Virgil is a. right-haiidedi'pitchcr. : -'yVJith'. Gaston, he forms V what . MqGraw calls his "pony battery." - ' .. ; ' All these youngsters .will undoubt; edly be assigned to the recruit squad, for whjch -I five games'- have. So far ; been "booked. The underlings ivill play at Beaumont, Tex!, March' .18 and19;" the IndianapolisJrArHerican Association. ;club, at .Marlin; Tex.', March: 24 and ,2S," and the' Ports mouth,1 Va.,' team, on April 8rv ; ! Belgian Champion y ; JJladingCochra ; - EdouardHoremans,' Belgian bilr liard -champion was leading Welker Cochran,'6Q0 to-156, af-the finish of the second 300 block' game of their 1.200-point match last, night ,. at fthe Under the "Sun billiard parlor;. Both players displayed wonderful billiard and technique. The Belgian's average for the day's play was 120,; while that of Cochran's was 120. . Two garhes today will complete the performance here. i Boosters Purchase . , First Baseman Graham Des Moines, la., Jan. 30. An nouncement was made here today by officials of the local Western league ball club that Bert Graham, Okla homa City first baseman, had been purchased by the DesVMoines club. T. Oklahoman Kayoes King. ' Shreveport, La.,', Jan. 3! Jimmy King, New Orleans. 152 pounds, was knocked out in the 10th round of a 15-round bout here last night by Curley Smith of Oklahoma. Plestina Seeks Aid of Burns and Loch Marin Plestina, wrestler, in voked the aid of two Omahans, "Farmer" Burns and Pete Loch, in his efforts to obtain- his sec ond naturalization papers in Chi cago last week. Local immigration officials have been asked to obtain affi davits from the two Omaha men that Plestina lived in Omaha from January 1 to September 1, 1917. Plestina is a Bohemian by birth. . He lives at 3611 Prince ton avenue, Chicago. ,,K ,, Luehring Visits 1 Husker Medics Fred W. Luehring, athletic direc tor at the University of Nebraska, who recently resigned his position to go to the University of Minnesota, journeyed down from Lincoln Mon day to give ' the Nebraska Medical college athletes the "once over." Judging from his trip, the Husker director was pleased with the inter est shown by the medics in basket ball and the future of tennis and track. , , j The Medics will hold an inter fraternity, basket ball tournament, the first, game being scheduled tonight at, the First Congregational church. " All letter men in basket ball are barred ' from competition vin the' tournament, regardless of what col lege they obtained their letters.': Stanislaus Zbyszko 1 ! Defeats Daviscourt Boston, Jan. 31. Stanislaus Zby szko, world's wrestling champion, df- teated JJick JJaviscourt ot lexas, m a, finish match last night,- winning two1 straight falls.' .Zbyszko secured the first fall in 42 minutes 35 seconds on-' an.: arm scissors and grapevine hold. - The second fall came in 22 minutes .14 seconds, when Daviscourt had' fastened a double Nelson on the champion; but '. was . rolled over. Roller and Wells ' K - v Win Cue Matches Jake Schleisman' of Carroll,'. Ia., lost another match in the interstate pocket billiard . tournament being staged at the' De Lux parlors Mon day;:, when: E. G. Roller won an in teresting contest by the score of 125 to 92. ; ' . , , ,' "In.-the ievchiiig's'' match, R. K. Wells of "Des Moines defeated Dick Dixon of Siou Citv.' Ia. ' Swarison 'arid Belitz . play ' this aft ernoon, while Olsen of Council Bluffs and Kemp of -Lincoln meet tonight. Coupal v Rolls 293 Game at Local Alleys C. W. Coupal, one of Omaha's pin tumblers,-howled a 295 game at thf Omaha , alleys yesterday afternoon during a match game with a friend and now the captains of the Create' Omana.Jeague teams are angling for Mr. Coupal to roll on their respec tive squads. Coupal was gliding along 'toward a 300 game, In his last chance at the pins he left five standing on the alley." Watt of the Plant team of the Western Union league, rolled a 276 name in league competition last night.' II f . Have You a Mysterious Key? Frankie Murphy. Surprises Fistic Fans in Workout Denver Veltfrwfiglit (Jofi Tour Fast Hound Willi Jack Tajlor at Queen'. . bury A. C. Morrie Sclilaifer U going' to be cne busy tlrd Thunday evening at the Auditorium, At leait that is the opinion J hnt who law FranVie Murphy, the Denver whirlwind, in hi first loca! workout Monday, at the Qtieeiubury AlhUtic club. Murphy went, four fiist round with Jack .Taylor, the ulored heavyweight, and forced hi Irjr opponent to give ground re l eatcdly. , Fan who have een Murphy in action in Denver jay he is as tough ird as hard a puncher as Srhlaifer, and that lie can also box'much better t'.an the local battler. Hence the rxpectation of some real action when .he two clash Thursday. , (in Bloomberg of Minneapolis and Fraukie Welch of Chicago, the two writer who meet in the 10-rmind emi-windup, are due to arrive tod,lv. If they get in before noon, they will work at 2 and 3 o clock, respectively, at the Quccnsbury, Schlaifer works out at 2 o'clock, and Murphy at 3. ' . The .American Legion-band hail leen secured to play between bouM at Thursday's show. Tickets for the contest are on sale at popular prices at Baseball Head quarters, the Sportsman, MerrittV drug: store, P. & B. cigar store, Stock Exchange and the Auditorium. Two Gties After . A. B. C. Tournament tournament of the American Roul Ha? eoiigres, according to A. I l angiry, secretly of the A. It. C, lw it here cUuing tin the' rtitrK lor the 1 '.'.' toiiruamrnt ! be held joifiro. un. .u. Jiuniiiuie an.i ! i. .. .. . , , " IHir, HtlVI'H I IUMHIJ S. trand Rapid, are seeking the lY.'JI 1-angtry tody expfeiied liis belief that the Toledo, tournament will have l.nuO icjiiu, the forgot in the his tory of the congrr. The entries ilc at iiiidnight. Bi..i.vn. Jan. i VI, U-r Travaru f V llatra !( lh ili-t i.ii.n In l-rounil u.r hil K, '. i.ib.it PI Ihia 4r lBU.hi. Thorp to Be Head . 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