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2-C TUG BKE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. FKDRUARV 13. 1022. . MM whub SMD r 2j nwa. w it rj Ki'BteCj 1, miM FART. MfU i Majors Borrow Much Talent , From Gridiron Major DiuuioiitU StuiMed With College riui!iall Stars Uasrliall Celeb ritir. Coach Flcuus. Three of the greatest football le.nif in the country were turned out I a 1 1 if 4tou by prominent figure i ii the baseball world. 1'cim State was coached by Hugo Uetdek, foitnrr manager of the l'itutiurali riratet. I C c n t r e college ai coailifj by i.iiai it m v i a tit National league UIHtMIC. Washington ami Jelierson was coached hv Larl (Grcay) Neale, outlieldcr for the Cincinnati Red. Because these three eleven were so prominent in the sport light, at trillion was drawn to the rather clone association between baseball and football strategy. Studded With College Start. Major league baseball ha for a long time borne a strong intercol legiate football complexion. Jim Thorpe, regarded as the great est all around football i.tar ever de veloped, made good in baseball. He U (till in the game and hit over .3U0 last season in the American associu-. tion. Frank Frisch, star infiebkr of the New York Giants, wa a brilliant halfback during his college day at Fordhani, when Hie same pecd that marks his diamond work made him one of the most elusive backs m the east. Howard Berry, one of the greatest backs developed at Pennsylvania and a star all round athlete on the track and field, is now a utility outfielder with the Giants. Eddie Collins a Quarter. F.diHc Collins, star second baseman and captain of the White Sox. was a great quarterback at , Columbia. Christy Mathewson was 'a gridiron cxnert at Buckncll. Rip Collins, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. was a star with the Texas Aggies before the war. Del Pratt, sec ond baseman of the same club, was an all-southern back while playing with Alabama, a university which also developed two other stars. Joe Sewcll and Riggs Stephenson, who made good with the Cleveland In dian. "Greasy" Neale earned his nick name because of his great open field running- while playing with West Virginia Weslcyan. Jake Stahl Not Forgotten. Jake Stahl. who managed the Bos ton Red Sox soms years back, was a great halfback at Illinois. Jack Coombs played at Colbv and Harry Lord was a stnr at Bates. "Moose" McCormick, like the great Mathewscn. started at Buckncll. Ray Fisher, former Cincinnati pitcher, made his name at Middlebury, and Dave Fultz was an all-Awcrican back at Brown. Hugo Bezdek never played major league baseball, but he managed the Pirates. He learned his football at Chicago, where he was a star full back. Charley Moran is not the only um pire actively concerned - with "big time" football, a3 Ernie Quigley is one of the most competent referees in the west. While on the subject, the case of Glenn Killinerer, all-American foot ball star of Penn State college, t's a most recent one. He was signed by the New York Yankees, but has yet to prove his right to a place in big league baseball company. Half of Big League Club Managers Are Former Backstops One-half of the major league man agers who start the 1922 race will be catchers. Six of the backstops will boss Na tional league clubs, five from the bench and Bill Killefer of the Cubs behind the bat. The others are Mitchell of the Braves, Gibson of the Pirates, Rickey, St. Louis; Robinson, Brooklyn, and Moran of Cincinnati. Of these Gibson was the greatest star, being one of the best of his day when an active player on the Pitts burgh team under Fred Clark. ; In the American league Connie Mack and Lee Fohl represent the catching brigadcwho are managers. Connie Mack is the oldest manager in major league baseball, having turned 60 years. He was catching in 1886 and was sold by Hartford to Washington in the old National league. ' Richard Harding Davis a Lehigh Football Man It is not generally known that the late Richard Harding Davis, author and soldier .of fortune, was a stu dent and football player at Lehigh university ack' "it 1886. In the Le high Quarterly for 1891, Dick tells in vivid fashion of his impressions of the gridiron sport in those days. He recalls the fact that the V trick in football was first attempted at Lehigh and was first tried against the University, of Pennsylvania with great success-..- 1 Bowling Official Dies . , Kansas City,' MoVr Feb. 1C Frank E. Hurless, 44. an executive member of the International Bowling asso ciation and 'secretary of the Kansas City Midwest Tournament Bowling association, died at his home here early today. Yoo-Hoo, Georges; Come, On Over pwifw ii i i wwiWwiwmwpw mi in i..i.i, mini HARRY CREB. CENE TUNNEY TOMMY GIBBONS. Tim Hurst Certainly . Knew Best Method of Shortening Up Games YEARS ago, when the use of the spitball sprang into prominence, major league ball games were greatly delayed by the extra time used by the pitch ers, in getting; the ball ready to de liver, and President Ban Johnson of the American league wrote all his umpires, asking for suggestions as to how the game could be short ened. All agreed tint only the entire elimination of the spitball would act ually .shorten the games. Tim Hurst, who was the jester of the staff, wrote to that effect and added a postscript to his letter, which read: , "If you are really in earnest about shortening the games, Ban, why not try seveu innings?" TIM HURST. TRIBUNE Photo.) jvCcramWed The "Big Nine" athletic conference which Coach Jack West of South Dakota State college is trying ' to organize in this section of the counv try, may ' be changed to the "Little Ten." The South Dakota athletic direc tor was in Omaha Saturday to talk over the forming of an athletic or ganization with Coach "Mac" Bald rige of Creighton university, and during his stay in this city divulged the information that the Des Moines university of Des Moines was seek ing a berth in ' the proposed con ference. . ,'. .' Following the Des' Moines-Creigh-ton game here Saturday night, Coach Harry Bell of Des . Moines held a conference with Coach - West to lcem of the "Little Nine." Bell is highly in favor of the conference and said that Des Moines would .be glad to enter such a circle, providing the other scools fall" in ljne.- . ; At the present, Michigan Aggies, St. Thomas of St. Paul, Creighton, Marquette, South, Dakota State, South Dakota university; North Da kota university. North Dakota State and Morningside college of Sioux City have been-invited, to, join the conference. ' .: i" --, Des Moines has been invited to send a representative to St. Paul the latter part of this month. when representatives from the other nine schools will meet to draw up final plans for the organization of the con ference. As Des Moines is located only a few miles from Oraaha, Coach West, believes that the chances of the Tiger university gaining a berth in the new conference are bright. The Creighton officials seem . to .favor Des Moines' entering the ..circle. : Most of the schools mentioned above already carry on athletic re lations with each other, so the. organ ization of a conference would only help to facilitate the making " of schedules and increase the interest in athletics among, the students and alumni. ;.In short,-it will do for' the members' what the Big Ten has done for its members. - "1 ' ' v Detroit High Schools to V ; Puhlish Sport ,Year .Book Following thie precedent of the Chicago Public High School Athletic league, Detroit schools will codify their records for all sports in a book let to be issued during the current year. The Chicago High ' School Athletic Guide is published through Spaulding's, TOMMY GIBBON'S of St. Paul will tackle the hardest foe lie lias met since lie started his career as a "knocker-out" of light heavyweight obstructions to fistic pre-eminence when lie tackles Harry Greb of Pittsburgh for IS rounds to a decision in Madison Square Garden, New York,, on March 13. Some critics regarded several of the victims of Gib bons' "kayo" sleep powder as "set-ups" in his list of more than 20 knock out victories, but the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Dutchman never was even faintly considered in this light. In fact Grcb has many backers who like his chances to wallop Tommy. Gene Tunney, the Jersey boxer who learned so well how to use. his maulies while a fighting member of the American expeditionary force, that he recently knocked the American light heavyweight championship right out of Bat Lcvinsky's grasp, is the immediate objective of Messrs. Gib bons and Greb, as a matching of the survivor with the light-heavy cham pion is logical. A fine set of treys for Georges Carpentic'r. as holder of the world's light heavyweight championship, to begin thinking about, ch? Walcott Earns Edge on Hritton by Hard Punches Jack DcffitMc Skill ami Speed Alone 1V1 Crth ing Blows of Hard-Slug, ging Black. Till I. nf ml nrllrM 4trmnt mHlikal ll.hl. Iwlra hai.r oil ,rr mrl. Many ' nrais t ru l fan nll.niiilii la nmwi aiara f Ilia al Hii Hum bo laiar rhlaiva' lam In I ha ring, and tkraa lul.. ara mranl la ronir hal ml.UI haa fcapnan.it i ' haul hr BnuU'w a rtrn rarh al Ilia twalralant. km In Ilia irliM. Tha nt alifH ef nn Imaiinar InI. tla briar Jiniixr Uila anil Jtmwf Itairjr Hill arar am luiaa). By RAY PEARSON. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Feb. 18. (Special.) Joe Walcott, the "Birbadoes Demon.' the tub by colored battler who floors heavy weights with his mighty iuiichc5i rouldn t stop Jack Britton in eight rounds, the limit permitted in this city of "brother ly love," although Walcott won by a safe margin. If Britton, the boy w ho did not i - ... I JV . reach Ins best f y - until past the JU i rk ..... -t. 1....1 r , ? 1.1 v JOB WALCOTT. Bird Banding at Waukegan Yields Interesting Results. DO birds return to the same meeting place? Do- young birds return to their birth place? These and other puzzling questions concerning the habits of cur feathered friends have been the subject of-study by ornithologists for some time. But it was not until birds were trapped and banded and records kept that conjecture was re placed by proof. The biological sur vey is now carrying on this work very extensively, and each year much interesting information is secured relative to the migrations and habits of birds. A very valuable and systematic piece of work in bird banding is be ing, carried on here in the middle west by W. I. Lyon, an ardent bird student of Waukegan, 111. Mr. Lyon began trapping and banding birds in 1914, and since then he has handled hundreds of them. In 1920 a total of 360 birds were trapped, banded, and released, the dist including such birds as the brown thrasher, robin, flicker, gra ckle, junco, catbird, towhee, oven bird, white throated sparrow, mourn ing dove, white crowned sparrow, red winged blackbird, barn swallow, yellow warbler, and fox sparrow. The white throats topped the list as far. as numbers were concerned with 164. According to Mr. Lyon, the trap ping of the birds is a comparatively simple proposition. He has experi mented with several traps of his own designing, and as a result some suc cessful ; models have been- made. Even traps for the sides of trees had to .be manufactured in order to catch woodpeckers. Suet was placed in these. , ' One of the surprising things about the capturing of the birds was their latk ot tear in the traps. Mr. Lyon tells of one bird that was taken out of the traps six times in one day, and the same bird was in the traps every day for tvver.ty-one davs. That some species do return to the same nesting site was proven by a flicker which was caught in a hole in an apple tree on May 7, 1915. and band No. 34057 fastened to one of its legs. On May 27, 1916, the same bird was trapped in tHe same nest, this time with five young. Mr. Lyon has also secured data which would seem to prove that young birds return to their birth place. A robin which was banded May 17, 1918 in Mr. Lyon's yard was trapped again on April 6, 1920, just ZUO feet from where it was born To show the migrations of birds the following record is interesting Robin No. 34,065 banded on Mav 19, 1915, shot at Milltown, Ga., 900 miles from its birthplace. Mr. Lyon has obtained a vast amount of information on the habits and migrations of birds,' but there are a number of problems yet to be solved. Other workers are needed to trap and band birds along the shores of Lake Michigan, according to Mr. Lyon, as a number of work ers about 50 miles apart along the lake would be able to do much in solving some of the problems of migration. Maher Loses Coin i--V "iWon Own Terms ;' Here is an old one in a new guise, told about old Peter Maher, the for mer Irish heavyweight who used to tote an awful sock way back in the days when fights were f-r apart and purses thin. "Miah Murray, .4JitAv,fcH-known Bostotu sporting, m.an wante(l to get Maher fora-shot'.at: M"arv,jn Hart, the old.TKentirckyvthumper, for a 12 round bout in Boston, so- he' wired the big Celt an offer-of $1,200 if he would take Hart. Murray waited for several days - and ' finally Maher's afiswer cafhe long.'.Ii read: v "Nothing-doing on your offer of $1,200.- Will take'-no'thing less than flDOO.' .'(Signed) -Maher." ; 'Murray quickly.' changed the con tract .which he liad, prepared in ad vance, and inserted-$!,000 instead of the $1,200.. Malier, grot.tbat thousand iron men, a retarded-lesson in ari thmetic, and a good lacing from Hart. .'.. i ' - Amherst to Play in West. Amherst college will make its western bow in a football game with Oberlin colkge next falL This will be followed if. -the trip is successful by several games in the middle wcit in 1923,. StiU Hitting After " 25 Years in Baseball Sam Crawford has just, signed a contract to plair wi:h Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast league this sum mer. He will be in right field, and he says he will be the first' man to report for spring practice. Crawford has been in baseball more than 25 years. He played with Cincinnati 22 years ago. He is the marvel of sports, for not an other1 athlete, whether in football, baseball, track, tennis, or any other competitive sport, can equal Craw ford's stretch of competition. Although he has slowed up a trifle, Crawford is stiil able to hit a ball as hard as ever and just about as often. Year after year he has bat ted .300 or better, a slugger among slugger and a man whose eye is still keen enough to retain his job while many youngsters are clamor ing for the position. Ili Stars in Meet Newark, N. J., Feb. 18. School boy athletic stars from all parts of the United States will participate in the fifth annual indoor intirschol astic championship to be ' eld March 4. The program includes eight championships and a specwJ 880 yard eventil . " . year mark, Had been foolish enough to stand out there in the center of the ring and trade wal Ions, he would hnvc been punched into dreamland. Hut Jack, smart boy that he is, knew that if he tried to "shoot" with his colored opponent, he never would have been able to hear the clang at the end of the eighth round. Britton at Defensive Best. Walcott, the fighting man, in fac ing Britton, the fistic artist, knew he had nothing to fear from his white rival. On the other hand, Britton was forced to box his prettiest, and that meant that the master mind was behind a display of defensive skill that would be hard to match. But even though he is a master at de fense milling. Jack was lucky to weather eight rounds of the rough wear and tear that the colored fight er forced on him. It was such a fight' as keeps the fans on their toes, because of the possibilities, or rather the possibility of a knockout, for always there seemed a chance that a slip in Brit ton's defensive tactics would give the 'Barbadoes Demon'' the opening he sought for his rrushjng punch of either hand. In his corner stood Tom O'Rourkc, wily manager, and into Walcott's ears at every opoprtunity came the admonition to "keep fore ling him and break up his defense." Hard to Break Up. But breaking up that smart foot work, that clever blocking, and other interrelated tactics which form defen sive skill, wasn't easy when the "man behind the gun" is Jack Britton. If this battle had been of longer dura tion there undoubtedly would have been just one end to it, a knockout bv Walcott. Britton was weary atld glad when the final gong sounded. while Walcott was fresh and tit to battle for an indefinite length of time. Britton took not a single chance while in the ring. He couldn't afford to From the moment he first put up his fists he adopted satety first tac tics. Walcott would not box, because "that is not his forte, and finding Britton resorting to defensive methods, Joe was under a handicap, fo he simply dotes on having a man in front of him who will light and slug with him. Tries to Rush Tack. The clever Britton jabbed Joe with speedy lefts to the face, then, to es cape the countering damage, covered up. He played the game that way for the first three rounds, by which time Joe found that he wasn't get ting anywhere m the point scoring. It was up to the colored battler to put more steam into his rushes in an effort to force Jack into a corner or on the ropes, where he couldn't es cape. Joe tore after Jack in the fourth round and jammed him into a neutral corner, and it appeared that Britton wag in for the finishing clout. There seemed no way for him to escape, and Walcott, shooting hard lefts and rights to Britton's body and head, had Jack in a bad way. If one of tho?e wallops had landed squarely on Brit ton's jaw the fight would have been over, but Britton cleverly managed to keep his chin out of the way. He managed to fight his way out of the troublesome position, but accepted considerable punishment in doing it. Evades Danger by Speed. Thereafter Britton used his feet to keep out of dangerous predicaments. He could not escape entirely, for Walcott never once let up in his at tack, arid landed many a solid smash to Jack's head and body. Britton, however, counted plenty of points, but his blows carried no force, and Walcott was an easy winner. Annapolis Grid Experts Prove Stars With Gloves Many football players and other prominent athletes are included in the members of the naval academy boxing squad. Which has its own training table. Among' the football players arf Larson, Conroy, Barchet, Hamilton, Cruise, - O'Rcagan, Roonev, Mathews, Flaherty and Powell. Bowlers Elect Officers St. Paul, Feb. 18. Officers will be elected and a place for the 1923 tournament selected at a meejting of members of the International Bowl ing association here today. Tonight 46 five-Wan. teams are. on the pro gram, SIW:BAER s TATE of California U going bankrupt trying our moving pic ture ctur (or iiiurdir, They lit itarte J In to improvi movie, by thootnur all movie actor. If your wife get celluloid bug and wtnti to go to taiitorrua tor hua career, don't waste money on railroad ticket. Keep her at home and shoot her yourself. Day In Hollywood open tin with iiu t.l iillriAiua nit -It la 4 f s scene f crime and fade out of coro ner' chariot. Latest artillery practice in Lot AnRcIci U great break for one ttar now in Mr. Jail's hou.e. California has had to many cannon partite that state bi run out of witnessee. There fore, they ve got to let him oil o he can terve ae foreman of jury in thin latest and more modern assassina tion. Old-time ictori used to get flowers over footlights. nmhuMasti used to follow Booth, ncmhardt. Maude Adams with handful of flowers. Nowadays, friends of movie actore follow them with whole carrisge full of blossoms. Thcv may get plenty of blooms, bud and bouquets, but they never smell 'cm. Hollywood doesn't take disarma ment conference seriously. Let's go back to pie throwing stage apain. If we have choice of em balmer'a or baker's wagon, well take pastry limousine. Movie actors once roamed plains in countless numbers. But ruthless extermination will soon make 'cm scarcer, than mollis on icebergs. Good actors are getting scarce. If Hollywood stara must have their matinee scenarios written by Krupp's, why don't they shoot their understudies, St. Louis Brovyns to ' Play Nineteen Exhibition Games St. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 18.-A total of 19 exhibition games will be played in the south by the St. Louis Amer icans before the' American league season opens, April 13. - February 21 has been decided up on by Lee Fold, .manager of the team, as the date on which the bat-, tcry men, will leave for the spring training camp at Mobile, Ala. The Browns plan to hold their first work out February 23. The infielders and outfielders ar scheduled , to begin their training a week later. The Browns' squad this year will be one of the smallest ever taken south, numbering .30 players. Last spring 43 players made the trip. In the party of battery men will be 15 pitchers and four catchers. The pitchers are Shocker, Davis, Ba'yn'e. Vangilder, Koln, Danforth, Wright, Smith, Meine, Holliday, Noel, Henry. Pruitt and Elliott. The catcher are Severeid, Billingsi, Collins and Hev ing. The outfielders are Tobin, Jacob son, Wifliams, Shorten and Durst. Infielders are Sisler, Gerber, Mc Manus, Ellerbe, Austin, Robertson and Mullen. Star Jtaskct Vagcr CAPT." V ZPMZO I I J 1 i- Brainard, Neb.. Feb. 18 (Spe cial.) Captain Edward Voiulry. star basket ball player on the local high school team, established a state high school record and tied with Captain Stibbs of Shenandoah, la., for the number of, baskets scored in one game. 1 lie local. player caged 51 field goals in a game played here recently. Milton Stock Signs Contract St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 18. Milton Stock, star third baseman for the St. Louis Nationals, has signed his contract for 1922, it was announced today. In the contract was a caluse in which Stock agreed to report at the Cardinals' training camp at Orange, lex., not later than March 1. If he reports as agreed, it will be the first time since Stock became a mem ber of the St. Louis Nationals sev eral years ago that he has been among the athletes at the begini of the spring preparatory. Receipt of Siock s s.gued contract brought to seven the number of players who have signed new con tracts. Other players have contracts which carried from last season. Ihose signed are Stock, Lavan and Toporcer, infielders, and outfielders, Heathcote, Mueller,. Manu and Mc Henry. The signing of Stock, Manager Branch Rickey said, removed the possibility of worry about-him- not reporting in good condition for the regular season.' Last year Stock did not sign until the eleventh hour, missed spring training and reported only in time for the first game, but was not in condition to play. Drops Basket Ball. Upon request of President Drey fuss of the Pittsburgh Nationals, Shortstop Maranville, who is a star at basketball, has cut out that sport for the rest of the winter. Nebraska Huskies Defeat Minnesota Coriiluihkrrs Win, 26 lo 22 Isiai'ium Cnj8 Only Fall fur Winner. Lincoln, N.k, b. ltf.Opnut Telegram.) 'I he rmvriMiv l Nf lumka wrtMhnx team (hh-atcd the L'uivmiiy nf MiuneMt.i liupptcrn by (he norc of !'t Ui il at tin uni tmitv armory thi. alumnon, liiif. K.iit nf Nebra-.k.4 won the i!v U-t for the lliikt-r when he phm l Tim uell's hhouldcrs ii the nut in tun and a lull minute. I'ai't.iiu Isn-d, '1 Intuitu and 'iioiitman the Hurl er team cadi won from their t " ttenw by dTiMoiix.biili i( tte.l H points, liaul.i.1 and Leahy each iv istered a f.H "in their Ncli.isl..i opponents and Cvi'i"'f ra cited a de cision cur Kcnner in the liijw weight vlas for the balance of Mm iirtou'a points. In the 115-i'Ouiul rl.i. fiaalaa cf Miuticot.i defeated l'ickwcll of Nc buska when lie pinned hi houtdi'M to the mat with a hdy huld mid a lialf-iiel.oii in 5:10 minute. Miniu Mit.t regitcicd another till in the lJj-poiind ilas wluii Leahy defeat ed IMoi'l in Ihirc iiiinnu and 5'i seconds with a body hold and a luilf Nelson. Isaacbcn Wins. Ii.iacsi'ii of Nebraska had n trouble with 'i'miiK-ll, whose shoul der went lo the mat in tuo minute and 3d seconds with a reverse Nel son. The fastest match of ihe after noon was in t lie H.i pountl via, when Thomas received a derision over Captain Stoncr of the Minne sota team. Stoner wa on the defensive throughout the entire 12 minutes. He went to the mat at the five-minute period and a few second later he regained his feet when he squirmed out of a half-nelson. Stoncr went to the mat twice in the next seven minutes, but he had no trouble in getting on his feet again. Captain Heed of Nebraska won his match in the 159-pound class when he defeated Brown by a de- vision, Brown went to the mat at the six-minute period. Troutman obtained another decision for the Huskcr team when he outpointed Lailcy in the 175-pound class. Bai ley went to the mat a little after the six-minute period and saved himself a fall when he broke out of a dou ble nelson. Gopher Beats Renner. Cooper of the Gopher team won the heavyweight match when he won a decision from Renner in the final match. Renner went to the mat at the four-minute period and i!thougn regaining his feet several times, he was always kept on the defensive by . his Gopher opponent. . E. (i. Schroedcr from the XTniver sity of Iowa was the official referee. Yale Wins 313 Out of 451 Sport Events Since War A record of Yale athletic achieve ments shows that since the war Yale has engaged in 454 athletic events, in both major and minor sports, and has won 315. Statistics on varsity matches between Yale, Harvard and Princeton show that Yale has won 13. Harvard five, and Princeton five. In minor sport" events Yale has won 37, Harvard " eight, and Princeton 13. The best record is Bee Want Ads are Best Business Boosters. 1 -"" to Join with us in , I i ' the celebration of . Mm a 21 FEBRUARY 22 Our store will be open all day and evening. Enjoy the special entertainment, get a souvenir, meet the boys. ' . .-';'. See the complete line of 1922 INDIANS. Two brand new models. Numerous improvements. Substantial price reductions. Remember a' motorcycle is the cheapest means cf motor transportation, lowest operating cost. 16th and. Chicago "Sam" the Indian Man OWNER Phone JA 3728 I L f r J" - 4