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TIIH PEG: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MARCH 5. 1022. Up-to-Bate News and Gossip of Interest to Sport Fans Magnate Baker Sells Flair to N.Y.;Thcn Kicks ritilly Ho l'r ;?' Cmjut ititr fur PMitmuf f Hav ing M.b MoM Monry by W'riH king !Iul. By X. C. SANBORN. Nothinn more provocative ef a Iirotil niulr among th? (ulk on the inside of -fiirinii;il baebl ha oct-iined ii nuny nioom than the rrsidutir.il recently ad.'pted by ! Naitiinil I'ijiu whereby it club owners vme "enjoined" from ined tlttnic with one another' phyer. The laugh came out ( the -ct the ff'ilil'inn K""w "u' f,f fttt plaint im-de lv William I'. Maker r.f ili I'hd.iddphia rliil. who i the Natiutul Ir.iiiiii' competitor of liar ry Twee of the Iltn American league club fur the dishonor of hav ing miile the mi! money out of the trokrase of bacba!l ulrnt. Whit Happened in Washington. More tli.ui 2) year ago the Waif tier brother, who controlled the Wahinntnn cluh, then in the Na tional Icagiir, won a wide repu tation in the hniiie of (fllinit baie hall talent. They wrecked the na tion' capital as a baseball proposi tion o completely that the National league abandoned it entirely be cause visiting team could not pick up even meal money for their play er from the games played there. That i what is gomg to Happen to I'liitidelphia in the National league .m l Boston in the American league if the present condition con tinue. Both those citie have demon titrated in the past that they are iuitc able and willing to support teams in both major leagues if the patrons are catered to properly, and that means the retention of popular idols and an apparent attempt to build up a winning aggregation. All This Is Forgotten. Baker's plaint againt the Brooklyn and St. Louis teams of his Icanue re sulted in a four-hour discussion at the league's conclave, according to reports. There was nothing in the reports of that meeting1 to indicate that even a live-minute discussion had occurred over the fart that Baker helped McGraw win the National league pennant ami the world' series by jelling' the Giant manager the necessary cogs in , mid-season. There's the laugh of it. Baker, who is a New Yorker af heart, had no compunctions as a sportsman apainst selling- to the Giants the talent McGraw needed to win the championships, but he did prefer charges against Brooklyn and St. Louis for trying to cut a slice out of the melon which McGraw tapped. Too Tight to Buy Soap. And to show the caliber of the Phillies' dictator, Chicago Cubs went into Philadelphia a couple of years ago in hot weather with a task of playing six games in four days. The National league agreement is that the home ciuh shall furnish dressing rooms and all appurtenances for visiting teams. On the first day of the Cubs' visit to Philadelphia they used up nearly four cakes of soap in the shower baths after the game. Next day the trainer of the Cubs made requisition on the trainer of the Phillies for some more soap. The home trainer had to go to headquar ters in the president's office across the field. He came back with the ultimatum that four cakes of soap were plenty for any baseball team for four days. The Cub trainer had to visit the corner to supply the de ficit. That is the kind of man who complained to the National league that his players wanted to get away from his club and accused two other clubs of tampering with them. Can you blame the players? Curtis Aggie Basket Ball Team It Policeman May He Rival of Star Const Sprinter Bnl MfAllihtfr, N'w York Patrolman; lVotni-ing to Makfi Tatlilotk St' V litter Than Y.xer, f -J) lJ- J fir- I Baseball Squibs ' A far hark as 1SK4 t)i annual ml rrailon of tha blfr lagu teams aouth ward wai in practice. The eouth had many good ball parks and In 1885 tha Southern league was ord&nlaud, whlrh, outside of weather conditions, gave the big- languors some opposition and splen did practice, for the tennis of the South ern league, for several years after its Inception, contained many strong play- rs, also many players who had big league nverlenco and particularly hurlera who came to the southern circuit In hopes that the hot weather would restore their arms and put them in shape fof a comebaok. In 1 SS5 the major league teams tour ing the south found the toughest oppo sition In the history of the game. Such hurlers as Matty Kilroy. Tom Kamsey, John Hofford. Norman Hakeff "Cyclone" .Miller, Billy Hart. Billy Crowell and Tom SuUvan vera rehearsing prior to going Into the big show, which every one of them did that season. This galaxy of coming stars certainly did things to the big leaguers and when the big league season opened the batsmen found the hig league hurlere rather easy after facing the stuff handed out by the above nienr tloned squad of coming greats. Ter How lft Right och THtmias, hitvton. Mliltlle llnw Onrlrjr, Nelson, II. Cart, I. "it. t4n-er Row Lofton, Wheal, T. Cftrf. Cftptnlnt klrkwooU. hasmusj. With 14 victories out of 16 starts and a total of 515 points to op ponents' 20J, the Curtis Aggies arc looking forward to a hinh rating in the com ins state basket ball tourna ment. The two defeats administered to the AgRics were by one-point margins on small courts. Two ex traordinary feats were accomplished by the Aggies in compiling their record. One was the defeat of the Fcrn.'tin team on its own floor, ai feat which has been accompl.shed by no other team in any year. The oilier was the defeat of the strong Holyoke (Colo.) team, champions of the Northeast Colorado conference, on its own floor, a trick that has not been turned in four seasons of play. The only defeats sustained this year by the Holyoke first team have been the two at the hands of the Aggies. The Aggie record follows: AgBl"S J 5, Holyoke. (Colo) SI. Aggies 41, llcrtnind I'. Aggie 41, Stoikvillo it. AKgns 4J, Cambridge 14, Aggie IJ, Mi-Cnok It. Agsles J. rorad 4. At;;u4 l-'irnar?l 22. Aiigle J.;, Mailrl.l X .gl sn, I'nzail 1... AkkI" 41, M.-i iiuk s. Ak.'Ii-i Unhinge II. Acms 4", Mindvn N. Acg -a I". M i.lnd II. AKtl-S V: ' "-Io.) 15. Agslc 10, fitrnum 14. AgKU-s 4 . I.ad w.M.d, S. H Miir.-h 4. The lleU- lulls iiuji li'i,. i limlliatlolt basket ball t-turn i mi-ill n" iii-.l yesterday on the Si.-irf:-li nii-iii. il floitr. leadwood ami from .iliiid In the opener, 28 to 1H. It:i;-'1 i ity tn'k lli-Ileiuun-he Into camp in a f ist "ltd furious game by the score if tit 1 . idunnd then rnme back -. -I I end. St to This leaves l'i nilnnnl nr l ltapid City to iilsv the t.na.s v-: 1 1 i I imIvi-oi a big favorite. Crescent City Fighter Looks Like Bob Fitz In 187 tha Southern league circuit contained many big league hurlers who came there to see If they couldn't get the glass worked out of their arms, for Instance such famous one as Hob Ems lie, JJilly Mnuntjoy. Abner Powell, Al Maul, Larry Corcoran, "The Only" No lan. Maleom McArthur and "Peek-a-Boo" Veach aigned contracts with teams of the Southern league in order to get their arma in ahape. Larry Corcoran, who for many years was the star pitcher for the famous Chicago elub, and one of the greatest in the game, came south to re hearse left-handed pitching. Corcoran was ambidexterous and could show splen did speed with his left wing, but didn't have .much control. Larry failed to get that southpaw working. Bob Emslie's arm was beyond repair and that famoua hurt r ended his career as a hurler with the Ssvannah olub. Al Maul regained tha use rf his pitching arm and for many years was regarded as a stsr In the eld Na tional league doing his best work lor the Washington and Baltimore clubs of the National league when that circuit was a 11-club organisation. The famous team representing Detroit In the National league In 1S9S and 1887, was about the first outfit to take a trip south and train by playing tha teams of the 8outbern league rircuit. In 1SKT. the big Michigan team played IS exhi bition games with the Southern teams. Including Louisville, winning every one. In fact, the Detroit team didn't lose a game that spring, plsylng some JI before the regular season opened. From the sun ny south tha outfit Jumped to Minne apolis and St. Paul and played a. series of six games, winning all. That team stepped right in and wen a pannant after that severe training. !o won a world a championship. During iMI-4 and tha big league team would go as far mtth Richmond. Vs.. and Louisville. 6-ut most ef them began practlca on their own ball parks about tn rirn or pru and have been hnown to play exhlcltien games as. sari a Arril 8 on their own louaiis, ' By RAY PEARSON. Occasionally, but not very often, one who follows puglism for an ex tended period of tune resembles a star of the past. Those who have seen the young upstart Mickey Walker, who lias has been perform ing sensationally in the welter weight ranks in the east say that he is a dead ringer for Terry McGov ern, the famous Terrible Terry of other years. Not only is W a 1 k er credited with looking like McGovern, but he is said to have adopted a fighting BOB FITZ8IMMONS. A ITRiBUNS Pnoto.1 tat employed by the featherweight champion, who slugged his oppon ents to the mat a little more than fifteen years ago. But now we have another "case" that is even more interesting. It came particularly to notice the other night in New Orleans when Martin Burke, the Crescent City light-heavyweight, met and defeated Young Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the late Corn ishman, who was considered by many the greatest heavyweight that ever pulled on a glove up to the time that Jack Dcmpsey hopped into the spotlight. Burke's victory over Young Fitz was most decisive. The son of a famous father showed the ability of an ordinary fighter. Should Be in Movies. There was one man at the New Orleans ringside the night that this contest was staged and he said after it had been finished: "If that bout could be shown in the movies, it would look like a bat tle between old Bob Fitz and his son instead of a scrap between Marty Burke and young Bob. Not that Burke is such a wonderful fighter, because he does not compare in fistic skill with the late great Corn ishman, but it would be hard to find any ringman that more closely re sembles old Fitz than this boy Burke. Burke has everything in the way of physical makeup that characterized the Cornishman. Knowing Burke rather intimately the writer can state that this dope fits the case rather accurately. Marty has many of the characteristics of Bob Fitzsimmons, the former world's heavyweight champion, even so far as the freckles are concerned. Fitz was famous for his freckles. His face, arms, and shoulders were a mass cf freckles, and so are those of Marty Burke. But that is of only minor importance in the comparison'. Burke has the small head of Fitz, the broad shoulders, but not so broad as those of Fitz, and most import ant of all is Burke's legs, which are long and thin like those of the fa mous Cornishman. Fitz was knock kneed and so is Burke. Foot Movement Alike. If a picture of Fitz and Burke were shown with a cutoff at the waistline, it would show a couple of fighters of foot movement closely akin. Both slow and catlike they would appear, but always fast enough to move in and out against almost any sort of speedy opposi tion. There is an end to the compari son, however, when the wise follow er of the sport attempts to match the physical structure of Burke and Fitz with the fighting skill of the pair. It simply can't be dnne, the principal reason being that Fitz was a great fighting man, while Burke is rated only a good fighter. The difference between great and good reaches huge proportions in an ef fort at comparison along these lines and it is no fault of 'Burke's because it takes a century to produce two such fighting men as the late Bob. Burke Lacks Punch of Fitz. Burke larks that tcrriflio punch that made him a world's champion. And then Marty hasn't the ring generalship of old Fitz. The Corn ishman was a man of wonderful stamina and those who know Burlcc will say that Marty fails to stand equal to the famed Cornishman be cause he has not the stamina to keep in the running under punishment. The Fitz fistic strain does not seem to have been handed down ex cept in a small degree, for young Fitz hasn't the class that his father possessed. He is simply an ordinary fighter and no one who has seen him perform would hazard the pre diction that he has a chance to hoht the exalted position in pugilism that his daddy held. Initials Point to Fame for Tunney Gene Tunney, new American light heavyweight boxing champion, is a born New Yorker, and his first name instead of being F2ugene, is James J. "You know," said his manager, Frank Bagley, "two former world's heavyweight champions were James J.'s Corbett and Jeffries and un less I miss my guess Tunney will be the third." Tunney happened to be called Gene because one of his brothers, when they were small, couldn't say Jim. What he said sounded some thing like Gene and Gene he has been called by every one ever since. Cuba and Italy to Compete in Penn Relay Carnival Pennsylvania's 28th annual relay carnival, which will be held on Franklin field April 28 and 29, will bring together the most wonderful list of colleges and schools that have ever attended any athletic meet in the history of college sport. In 1914 Oxford university of England sent over a four-mile relay team which defeated Pennsylvania by a scant six inches in one of the most remark able races ever seen. Again in 1920 England sent over a combined team from Oxford and Cambridge which made a new world's record for the two-mile relay race. Last year the University of Paris was represented, and though the French collegians did not win, their visit here was most interesting. This year a team from the universities of Italy will be here. The relay man agement is permitting the Italian universities to bring over a com bined team which will meet the in dividual college teams of this coun try. The Italian team should there fore, be strong enough to furnish stiff competition for the American teams. The University of Havana has al ready sent word that it will be rep resented, while it is expected that two or three Canadian colleges will have men in the events. The Ham ilton Collegiate institute of Canada will bring down a team to compete for honors against the high schools of this country. Minnesota Loses. "Madison, Wis., March 4. Wiscon sin defeated Minnesota, 36 to 35, in a Western conference dual swim- ming meet here last night. WEST. CMOX TKI.EGKAI'II I.EAGIE. Team Standing. Won. Lost. Pet. Plant 'i 2 .:! Supply 41 2S .f.!4 Construction 39 SO .665 Auditors 33 .15 .47fi Commercial 29 41 .40 Traffic 23 47 .219 E. TYi. .710 .710 . i; 4 ..'14 .51 :, .4.-.:! .42S .S7S .n it .:i2 LADIES' METKOl'OI.ITAN I.EAGI Team Mantling. Won Ramer's 47 West. Associated Jewelers 47 Brown Realty Co 44 Housman's 3 Nadene's 34 Tillson's to Thompson's 2s Ptaaton'a McKenzie's .1 Selander's Ill DOI.D CI.TB LEAGUE. Team Standing. I Won, Lost, ' Sunflower 9 0 ' Sterling 6 3 I Valley MrooUs 6 4 I Fifty-Fifty Club 4 S ; Hold Quality 4 5 Niagara 3 S White Rosa 3 fi Berkshire 3 7 Lost 19 19 39 32 3d n? 41 43 5u Lost, s STAN OAR I) OIL I.EAGIE Tram Sjtanillng. Won. Mica 19 Seiwiac IK Cordova 17 Diamond 15 Perfection 14 Palarlne 11 Superla 11 Mogul ....11 Rtanolax 19 Red Crown OMAHA ELKS I.EAGIE. Team Standing. Won. Lost. Wests 51 IS Sutlers 44 21 I Harwoods 43 21 I Pysarts .".9 ."'l ! Youngs 34 35 I Barretts 32 S4 I'd tricks 29 4ii Sars 27 42 Thomas 24 25 Dochertys 22 47 GREATER OMAHA I.EAGIE. Team Standing. Won. Lost. N'ourss Oil Co 49 21 Omaha National Bank.... 45 27 t'niversal Auto Top Co.... 4 4 2 P. Melchiors A Son 44 2 Woodrow Cafa No. 2 3 3 4 Omaha Towel Supply.... 34 31 Gordon's Chocolates. 34 S4 Kimball Laundry 27 45 Bushman Storaga 23 4" Sam's Indians 2 id 't . 7'I3 , t-1", 7 .:. .5 5 ! ,S19 .407 .4H7 .4117 .374 .333 r.f. .739 .ti.11 . 123 .5B5 .4 93 . 4i4 .4 20 .391 .341 .310 rt. .r-25 .r-tt .n .E!S .472 .47! .37 5 .319 .;ui FARXAW ALLEYS LEAGIE. Tetiin Standings. Won JA-irnam Alleys F.2 Concrete Kneineenng Co. Eo 0-n-ral Tire 47 Chase Ptg Labeling Co. 4 Hese Printing Co 3S Betsy Ross 36 $1 a Week Tailors S3 American Tel. ft Tel. Co. 3f Bakr Ice Machine Co. .. 24 Swift & Co 20 Lost 2.1 25 28 29 37 39 4 3 45 M 55 Pet. 1,000 .666 .555 .444 .444 .333 .533 r.t. .S95 .6'-6 ,fi2S .fi 1 4 .5"6 .40 .427 .400 .320 .267 INIO.V PACIFIC I.EAGIE. Team Standing. Won. T.ost. Pivltion Engineers 53 23 Car Records ."I 27 l.ocM Freights 43 35 Auditors 42 3 Store Department 41 .37 Car Shops 38 40 Miscellaneous Accounts ...38 40 Passenger Accounts 35 43 Machine Shop 28 50 lard Office 21 t7 BOOSTER I.EAGIE. Team Standing. Won. Lost. Navigator Cigars 0 Swift . Co 44 22 I'nloit outfitting Co 39 27 Do It With a Motor Cycle.. 37 29 Styletex 34 31 Pantorlum 31 35 Con. Cosl A Supply Co. ...21 37 Independents 23 43 Burlington 1 47 Umaf.i National Hank ....16 50 Tct. .610 .054 .551 .538 .526 .487 .487 .443 .359 .269 Pet. .909 .6S7 .591 .661 .515 .470 .431 .348 .28 .243 Y. M. C. A. I.EAGIE. Team Standings. Won. Lost. Pet. Braunles 42 24 .3 Boutons 4 24 ,3 Wahoos 33 34 .484 Stubl.s 29 37 .439 Elsassers 2 3T .439 (Jicaha, Xsval 24 42 ,3(4 By DAVIS J. WALSir. New YimW. March 4. "1 It r trrtnrly hurrifd Mi'. Chartfi Pad dock of the I'aeinc coast, a Ren. llcmaii of comparatively no Icmrf whatever, may yet find it rxi'i'dient to move those living h:niki td In just a bit fabler luiore the impend iiiR track season parses on, .Six months ao ruddock was su preme among the world's priiitfr; today his niprcm.icy is in no wise questioned, hut it is attoiscther prob able that in the immediate future his speed afoot will he questioned. Having said that iiiiuli, we will o further and respectfully Mihmit for consideration the name of ltnh Mc Allister. New York policeman, whom the writer conider the inot prom ising sprinter in the wot Id today. McAllister "broke hi novitiate' as the Kayinp rocs, los than six months ago. Yet at this very mo ment he is rated above Jackson Schol, Hemic Wefers, jr., Kdthe I"arrell and others as the fastest man in the local district, and at a recent set of names he lent author ity to this belief by running 150 yards on the boards in 14 3-5 sec onds, a world's indoor record. Does Intermediate Runs. At intermediate distances he was caught in 1113-5 seconds for 110 yards, which means 9 4-5 for the century: ' 11 4-5 seconds for l.'D yards and 1 J 3-5 seconds for 130 yards. These performances were made without spikes on an armory drill floor that afforded all the spring and resiliency of a concrete sidewalk Can you heat it? Not with a horse whip. For one, Jackson Schotz couldn't, and Siholz is generally regarded as one of the world's best. He was yards outside of McAllister at the finish of this particular race. At the moment two faults stand outj in McAllister's style. He is slow away from his mark, and at certain stages of a race he shows a disposition to "climb" in his stride. Note, for example, the fact that it took him 1 1-5 seconds to travel from 110 to 120 vards, while other 10- yard intervals were covered as low as 4-5 of a second. McAllister did a little climbing between 110 ami 120 yards and, at that, broke a world's record. Nervousness of Novice. Many have contended that McAl lister's slow starting is due to the nervousness of a comparative novice. We do not hold with such. The ability of a sprinter to get away with the gun is largely a mat ter of nervous reaction to its sound. McAllister's nervous reaction to dale has been that of a deaf mute. Every muscle is loose as the gun goes off; therefore he makes starting a two motion operation instead of one. He must first tense his muscles before he can start them in motion. These are details easily eradicated by proper training. But even an inefficient trainer couldn't rob Mc Allister of his natural speed. Give him a good one, such as the late Mike Murphy, and there is no telling how far he will go. Success Crowns Work - of Illinois Coach j FouihlVr of (luff. We have heard itui.h of the great players ot W'li. winch, tf coiiim, i natural and proper, but we think too seldom of the men behind these men. ' H.it'k of every K'rcat oik iiii.iti"!! yie ; hidden fotce usiia'ly men i f strong personaUv cngijicd in a labor of love, liolf is ilif proud possessor oi t Union i imch stippoiier. 1 uev are ihe men who have made posiMc the great progress of the li tuie. To Idav I should like t' intioduee to you a lew oi tlu -e men. You'll be a bet ! ter golier ior knowing them. One of the real need of America 1 1 iRht now, from the golf point of i view, is more I'reorne W. Adaim, ' mote Jesse Carlton, more tieorije ' Crumps and 1 bis (iiuthcU; mote and . still more men, everywhere lik. Silas jMrawn. AlfNander II. Kevell ami Iv'oheit McKinley of Chicago. J These men were among the great : helpers of the game when the game , needed all the help available. They I wire active in promming clubs. After I they Rot the clubi promoted they sup J ported them in royal measure. They i contributed to koIi the enthusiasm j which was eiiualiy important with the i sport's natural attractiveness in en j aiding it to obtain its first footings i in the extraordinary popularity it ha j since attained. I Jesse Carletnn of St. I.ouis, re ' cently died, and in his passing a real champion fell from the ranks. He was a champion enthusiast ami he left a place for himself in the history of golf in America as definitely, I think, as if he bail won an amateur titular honor. 1 would call .lei-Hp Carleton on of tlio great pernonalltles of gif in Anierint. And I so descrihe Harry Aver of Huston. Clurence Geist, lleorge Cumip and KIIih liniiiel of l'hiladelpliia, cieuigo X. Ln of Toronto, A. H. Kerry Hut .1. C Fold of Scuttle. "Hill" Fne of I'lttshurgh. K. C. Tufts of l.ns AtiKi-ln and nthem of Chicago, New York an-l eU'-where whone names I tvcall but must omit In this spH.-e. The point Is that hundreds of tlm count erpurta of thesa men have a gieat "p. portunlty to accomplish In sm.-ilit-r cities nr.d towns throughout ins mutiny wtiit Ihtsa enthusiasts did In the larger ceniers. una of the nioxt encouraging aspects of I the sport at pr-sent is Its growth In eltli-s I of 5.000 population, or less. Thers Is Jut as much opportunity tor enthusiasm and constructive, helpfulness in this respect In the small town as ever there was tn the lug city, perhaps mors, My good friend, Billy Sunday, one remarked to ma that "nearly all tho champion, whatever the field, can lis traced hack to hick town hi ginning sumewhcr If you look under their crowns. As tn all other sports, nobody can ever tell where the youthful "phenom" may spring from. The champion five yearn" h-mco may come from some unheard of village, whereas the champions up to tile ' present have heen city products. The dc I veiepment of the game in tug cities first 1-4 responsible for this, though in Jesse j c.uliford we have today a champion whose j grime really was started in a sinnll New ; Knpland town. Golf's greatest develop ment will begin when hoys and girls take it up as they now play at basplmtl. mar bles and hoop rolling, and I hope to see llio day when. IT I shall still be contend ing for championship honors, the annual competition for the highest honors will have to be played off Hectinnally because of the vast numbers of players contest in e. I look forward to the time In a few years when "the man who" at dinners and other ceiebrations in the towns and ctttes throughout the country will be Introduced with pride ss the man who with his en tliiisl.'ipm and love for sport created and pushed to success "our local country club" Whet may hipirn after lhf-.lt, il.i W A-Ulf vt ,iii,I4 ha-l l -puiluiilts IM ,.. t ht;pi,,g lMii-t It, li.s ti. 1'vrty Adair. ! th boy teuft-ler. It.dilV Jon. Ht, l tit ,tp'Ot s'Mt H,d Moipb'tl. ,tl,-4 litoilfttf tie must i f entpitl-fr. ! as o nf Kiilll.y 1'IMSS l-li'st lulillltU- tpilt til tf-if tt-C bv fliore nf fhrs sttlhu-lasls, .-t ibctt atsit voth ohi .stir, a btinkef i.-s roMrs slid sh-d f r a t jb I hiie. If RM-essary, s-i ,-ng mm lh- I sit, i. d Tt ol del-end uI'mii tb fbiiil I r tiu i-. it iii malt in- rr r in erf.iits is tiodel fully ,s-Jlig of Ihe )esls n in 1 1- la a sisit. r. ll..H.Hil. J-I.0 so-. ar-il Alt !( n l. Mil Ilia els, jiiy. Cobb Predicts Tigers Will End Fifth or Belter Detroit Manager Not nj"tful. Hut Trll of riani for Stronger Team Nerdi Several Ptoyeri. Dr. .Mayo Builds Pidatial Yacht Craft Constructed to 15c Va'l a Steamer. 1 tdr iittifiil " '- lm.ii.ti Hi.. March 4 The Pe- jtrmt TiK-rrs arc not claumnkT tht American bauuc icniunt lor .-, I bill they will wake trouble aj'Ifnty l fur anv chili in Han Johnson' or : . ,,.,. m-.,l, Tern Kay liloml lobb, the dynamic maii.iRfr of the Detroit team, in an interview at hi home here The "Ty-ner" leader lta not Riven - . . I .,f,.l ttredietirma far f ll mitetl Mirgeoil llalllg I llUJtie Jcomiun can. Rather, he declared. he will concentrate m euorts t strenKthen the team in several de rartmeni and build it into a i.iriiiicl.ible tnachlue. Second baic and short-top are the main diuicultiet Cobb e.iys he i fae iiiK'. I-. year, he said. oppoiiion clubs tunu-hed hole throuh the key stone position of the infield that lost i man v a iiau c ime, mh ne na strong hopes of plupKmir up these mfieid dc fect before the scaon opens. "The Timers should finish fifth or bfUer," the CcorRia Peach declared. "We have a very good chance of finitdiiitK fourth or possibly third. W e are still unsettled at second base and at short. Last year 117 errors were 'made at these positions, but if I can 1 R-t some fairly t;ood fielding at sre ; ond and short we will worry any club j in the league. I look for improve j inent in my young- pitchers, and the I club as a whole will be more settled in its defensive play." The boys are all imbued with the spirit to win, and any club that ex pects to find the Tigers easy picking is going to be handed a rather un pleasant .surprise, according to Cobb. Last year "Pep" Young and a yoiniRstcr by the name of Sargent held down the positions of second and short. . i ' ii, m nut i-mi tiiiMini v,,. templatcd any trades to strengthen his team, but app ared satisfied with the prospects of the club for the coming season. WIM.IAM MAYO. ITR1UI..SIS I'boto I A palatial piivate yacht i being built for Dr. V. .1. Mayo of Roches ter, Mmn. It will be the most elab orate, most con venient, ami most luxurious, besides the largest craft ever operated on inidweslcm rivers or lakes. This craft will be a novel combi nation f yacht and houseboat. It will lie 123 feet in length, with a beam of 24 feet, and will draw 30 inches of water. Its liirht draft will enable it to oper ate in the shallow- est rivers a n d 'lakes, while its unusual power will Igive it a speed equal to that of the j average river steamer. I The power plant will consist of l twin eight cylindered heavy duly ; marine gas engines. The latent lc j vices for lighting, heating, cooking, land plumbing will be installed. This i floating summer home will have ac commodations for carrying auiomo bilcs and for quickly shipping ami unshipping them, so that they may be used as tenders for the owners and guests. Ready for launching about Mav I. this magnificent craft will then begin ; its scries of spring and summer : cruises, which will probably take it to 1 all of the mportant inidwcstcrn rac- j ing regattas and cruising pageants : during the season of 1922. j South High Five ' I Trims Nebraska City , Coach James Patton's South Hiah ! school basket flippers trimmed the Nebraska City High school quintet I at the Packers' "gym" last night in j a fast game by the score of 51 to 25. The South Siders started strong ; and were never in very great danger j of losing their lead to the visitors. I Bee Business Roosters Are Busi ncss-Getters. Infetel Mem D ANCIMG (Informal) Thursday and Saturday nights. Elias and His Orchestra, Harry Gill, track coach at the Uni versity of Jllmoij since l'JH, is probably the most conspicuously successful of all the Western con ference coaches, track, football, baseball or basket ball. Of the 75 conference meets in which his teams have taken part he has won 67, lost five and tied one. This means that Gill has won better than 95 per cent of his meets. Out of 15 outdoor conference meets Illinois has taken five firsts and three seconds and of the 11 in door conference meets his teams have won five firsts and four sec onds. Last season his team came through with a 1,000 per cent aver age, winning five dual meets, the Big Ten, indoor and outdoor cham pionships and ending the year with first place in the National Colle giate Athletic association meet. New Zealand Girls Claim Swim Records Two world's swimming records were claimed for New Zealand girls in cable dispatches from Wellington last .week, but only one qualifies for international brackets. Miss J. Hocft, who thrashed 50 yards free style in 283-5 seconds, beat the mark of 28 4-5 seconds, held jointly by Miss Ethclda Bleibtrcy of New York and Miss Maricchcn Wchselau of Honolulu. On the other hand, the 440-yard swim in 6 minutes 26 2-5 seconds re turned by Miss Guithra Shand is not a world's record, for Miss Bleibtrey covered the distance under standard conditions in 6 minutes 20 seconds last summer in Hawaii, and vouchers attesting the authenticity of the per formance have been submitted to the committee of the International federation. HEAVY llOISTIfJG E.J.Davis 1212 Faripm St. JA. 0353 1 The tire mileage is unusually high Dodge Brothers Sod an OMAHA. NEB. HARNEY AT 2BTH. ST. HARNEY 0123 COUNCIL BLUFFS IA. 33-35 FOURTH ST. COUNCIL BLUFFS, 691