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THE SUNDAY DEE: OMAHA. JUNE 23. 1922. in mm jt it t i r - r ii nn i n7 v l eerier conditions urored tor tLoiieffe iracK ivieet Judge Many Changes rvrr l . it i I Packers Who Will Neet BufWas Monday Title Must Be Won in Arena to Please Fans Fate Unkind to Club Owners in , Junior League Play Doubleheader Here Today 2-B uiicrcu to ncip Field Officials Clone Rare Difficult to De termine Accurately Cali forniii Mentor' Suggei lion Finds Favor. By WALTER ECKERSALL. Itefoir the virions sectional inter 'illeijiiitr track anl field garnet are ''rid next year and the national col-1 h'Ki.ve on June 1, efforts will be Made to have better acconuuoda- :ion for jn!gr and timeri for the j lr nt anil hurdle race. In t!i? r.ili rii intercollegiate, i 'm-I'I .it Harvard last May, and in! 'l.e n.ttional fo!lei.':ate. decided on ' MajtK tail June 1". the racc were i so cloe tlut tiie judge were un-j able to dttcrmii.e the place winner with any decree of certainty. In fact. t it in secret that athektes were j h." in both mrt. I As many as seven runners were ' mt away in heat', and finals in both tneeis. It hapin'jied that all racer , were of about eitial ability, with the : i c stilt they were on the tape at prac- ' tical'y the fame time. The judge were able to catch the runners on the i sides of the track, but they "lost" the i men in the middle lanes. Suggestions for Chuijea. I Coa.-hes are seeking some way of rectifying such mist.'.kes in the fu ture, with the result many sugircs tions have been offered. Walter Christ i;-. coach of the University of California team, which won the east ern and intercollegiate and the na tional collegiate games, has offered a suggestion which is meeting with favor. The Bears' mentor believes the best way to overcome any such repe titions is to have two stands built and set back about 15 yards from each side of the track. If necessary, Christie said, a section of the grand stand should be used if the track is close to the structure. These stands should be high enqugh to permit the judges to look down and out at the finish line. Coach Christie also favors two finish lines. He asserted one line should be drawn across the track, while a tape should be stretched across the track about eight feet from the ground. With two finish lines to look down upon, and from a dis tance far enough out so that all men will be in the same range of vision, Christie believes the racers can be caught without mistake. Judges Fail to Follow. - Another pronvnent "coach asserted mistakes happen because the judges do not follow their men through after they have passed the finish line. The men go by so fast that it is easy to become confused unless a judge keeps his eye on the man who he is to. pick and follows him through and down the track a short distance, to make certain he has selected the proper place winner. When the national meet was held in Chicago a pole vaulter was elimi nated from further competition for failure "to clear a certain heieht. After the event had been decided this same vaulter, with the aid of officials, cleared the bar at 13 feet, six inches higher than the mark at which the event was won. Coaches were bitter in their criticism for per mitting; this man to perform and .Ipa -i-tiic .'n iiirlcrinc the . . - event. Regardless of what record tne nerformer liliKlit nave made, it woum not have counted, and his work only detracted from that of the two men who tied for first place. A rule will undoubtedly be injected next year to prevent such an occurrence at future meets. Rules Often Violated. Although a rule exists which for bids a runner to take the pole by cutting 'n cm ne inside, the edict has been violated so many times this year that some mentors intend to ask for a more strict ruling. It hap pens that on some occasions the pole runner may swing wide enough to permit the man behind to cut in and take the pole, hut it more often hap pens that the rear runner tries to run through and squeeze the field out. This is contrary to the rule, which states a man must take the pole from the outside and be at least two strides in advance before he cuts in. This has been a trick of one of the leading teams in the middle west for a num ber of years. Interest in track and field athletics is increasing, and the rules need a little changing to protect the athletes and coaches. Narrow margins have separated teams in the point columns and such things as losing a runner in a race, taking the pole on the inside, or trying to hook a leader's foot may mean the loss of points and the con sequent loss of a higher position in the final team ratings. Jockey Would Rather Ride for Broker Than Kaiser Bill George Stern, who rode Ramus to victory in the French derby at Chantilly, smiled broadly asi he pock eted a large bonus which the owner of Ramus, Marcel Boussao, handed him. "Brokers are more generous than emnerors." said Stern reminiscently. Former Emperor William of Ger man v." so a story goer, sent a hur ry call to Stern to ride his horse in the grand prix in Berlin a few years before the war. Stern won the race for the emperor and the court ma jordoTro afterwards handed the iock ev 3.000 marks. "Thanks, I'll give this, to my val et." Stern is reported to have said, adding, "As for me. I want 10.000 markf. A long discussion ensued and the majordomo made several trips be tween his imperial master and the jockey before the emperor finally accented the rider's termt. Th emneror found this wrangling very annoying," the majordomo vol unteered as be handed over ten bills to the jockey, v- . .. . - "Not half as much as I did, re torted Stern i t iB I- .7. 1 1 M I'll. W .-,1.' IM ''I.I II...T 1 , 1 , i' ' .. v . , y 1 1 ,n ri f. . ii ' 1 f ; I T A , f II 1 ' I - ! lit 1 'Fi?!'';?f'' r .... J ; - i l?hASA KUdle Hemingway. IXTRODUCIN' three Sioux City I for the Packers, is the league's packers who will be among leading base pilferers, those present at Western league Manager Walters S. (Chick) Mat park Mcuday afternoon when the I tick has kept the Packers in the rare Omaha Buffaloes and Packers for second place and will be on the open a four-game series. side lines when his team meets the Eddie Hemingway, third baseman Buffaloes. Tipple Hurls Good Ball and Buffaloes Win Dcs Moines, la., June 24. Omaha bunched hits with errors and walks and defeated the locals today, 14 to 2. Tipple pitched fine ball for the visitors. The hitting of Wilder fea tured. The score: OMAHA. AB. K. II. TO. A. E. OWasen. !h 5 1 3 3 3 0 Scrileror, ss ft t) V U 5 1 (.ninth im. 3b ft 1 O I 0 Mamiuli, t ft -i 3 1 U 0 tirtrfia. ir S t fl Hermnn. rf 4 2 1 2 0 (I Unroll, lb 4 1 2 13 0 0 Wilder, e ft 3 4 0 1 0 Tipple, p 4 1 1 0 2 I) Totals 40 14 10 27 12 1 PES MOINES. All. R. II. TO. A. . Corman 2b 40 0 5 4 1 Turgeon. cf 5 (t 1 2 0 (I Ucmin, If 3 1 1 3 0 fl (iruliam. lb 4 1 1 3 0 0 W.ignrr. 3b 4 fl 1 0 2 0 Yunu, rt ...f 4 0 2 4 0 II Lee, n 8 0 0 t 2 0 llr.imer. e 4 0 0 3 0 0 Mrl.uuKhtln. p 2 0 1 1 2 3 Cuitop. p I 0 1 1 1 0 xMilan ,1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3S 2 8 2T 13 5 iliutted for ( ullop in ninth. Scoro by innings: Omaha 10OS3500 011 E . 'rtaoin nhruiii emfwyp vbgrkqj 7.?&Z Pes SluiBCH 2 000000002 Summary Two-baso hits: Wilder (2), M:iniisli. (irahnin, Huron, Tuna, Mrl.augh lin. Suerlfire liit: Urrman, lSnroh, Tipple. Stolen biiKeM: iiilunon, Herman, (irirfin. J.cft on ImnrH: Omulia ?; Dps R!o!iipm, 9. Strurk out: l!y Tipple. 8: by Mcl.nufflilin, 1; liv I ullop. 1. Ileaea nn nallai irr Ttnpse, u. off MrLmiKiiiin, 4. nit i,y pitch, it bail: by I'nllop, 1. Ilaex en ballt: rr Tipple. Hy runi tannin.) unci puoncx: npnie Mcl.anirhlln. I'asxpil hall: Banner. Earned ruiw mill liilii: Off Mrl.ntihlin, 2 and 12 in ft InningM (none out in ninth), ofr Cul- on. 2 and 4 In 4 nntr.t: orr Tipple. 3 and 8 in nine Inning. loosing: pitcher: Me I.aurrhlin. Winning pitrlier: Tipple. Doable play: ;orman-(irahnm. I'mppires: Mc Gloom and Ilrown. Time: 1:5(1. State ISluen Heat Links. Bearliee, Neb., .luna 24. Beatrice took the first same of tlis series from Lincoln hfre today. It was a sp-bw game from the start until the ninth inning. Struator hit in the tlelns run and Vnger hit the ball over the fence tor two more and the game. Score: LINCOLN. I BEATRICE. AB.H.0.AI AB.ft.O.A. Tarric, of Dye. bs Zlnkcr. Sh McCoy, lb Olbwin. If Mwjl. rf Curr. 2b Ciinkev, o Smith", p JeDsoa. p Totals 5 3 4 OlPijer, 2b 4 f 3 S 5 4 4Kiniuicr. lb 4 2 8 0 S 1 5 2 4 1 1 4!ihinn. 9 OIRiminan, cr 5 011)111. 3b 1 OlWariutaff. If 1 5 1 ,1 a o 1 2 l 2 10 12 0 2 3 3 10 2 5 3 4 2 1 Strentor. rf .12 1 2'lTnner. e 3 0 0 0 1 llBlttendorf, p 0 01 ! Totili 35 13 27 10 41 IS 27 Hi Score by Innings: Lincoln 102 220 101 9 Beatrice 103 000 04311 Summary Runs: Carrier (2), Dye (2, linker, Gibson. Bool (2). Carr, Fizer (2), Quinn, Bowman. Dill (2), 'Warnstaff (2), Streator. linger. Bittendorf. Errors: Zinker. McCoy. Bool. Carr, Fizer (3). Bit tendorf. Horrto runs: Uneer. Dye, Pizer. Three-base hits: Carrier, Kirchner. Two bs hits: Dill, Warnstaff. Pizer. Zinker. McCoy. Bool. Sacrifice hits: Kirchner, Dill, Warnstaff. Smith. Carr. Stolen base: Boll. Wild pitch: Bittendorf. Doable plays: Pizer to Quinn to Kirchner. Pizer to Kirchner. X'nger to Quinn. Zinker to Carr to McCoy. Karned runs: Lincoln, i: Beatrice. 9. Struck out: By Bitten dorf. 2 : by Smith. 1 ; by .Tepson, 0. Bases on balls: Off Smith. 4 in 7 1-3 tnnines: off -Teppon. 1 in 1 2-3 innlncs: off Bitten dorff. 3 In 9 inn'.nrs. Kleven hits off Smith In 7 1-3 Innings and 2 off Jepson In 1 2- inninss. Winnlnff pitcher: Bit lendorff. Losing pitcher: .Tepson. Um pire: Slattery. Time: 2:15. Wotfolk's ritrhina; Winn. Hastlnsrs. Neb. June 54 PltrVnir air t'sht ball in the pinches, "Wolfolk set Hastings back today, 3 to 2. Hastings had him In holeg seven times hut he pitched himself out by striking out bmtters. Score: FATBBTHY I HASTINGS. AR.TT.n.Al AH.HOA. H-vwer, S 3 3 2!?a2htn. ss 5 2 3 2 rifTe'tnn. 3D s I - ii'muirn. 2a 4 Merwuiott. rf 3 3 3 01 Amen, ef 4 14 3 so 1 i 1 4ms (10 1 OKI nod ooo TMehle. If -410 oTnwe... if 5 miss, rf 3 10 eitvniets e .1 r.omHtln. 2h 3 11 JKerb. 3b !i Wlnbiub. lb SOU 0'Knp. lb 3 OTntmrr. o 4 1 13 eolith, lb J Wolfol. p 4(0 S"Vi. 2 IR-ck. rf S Trtlli 34 1037 TlWrjirlnrton. P 4 ooo SOI I Totals 41 10 27 12 Scr by innings: Fairhurv 100 300 BOO 3 Hasting! 011 000 100a Summarv Runs: Pooney, Blla. Good win. Wlllete. Crann. Krmrs: Rrwmev tS. Clevel-d. Bllsa. Goueban. Church. Serb 2V Three-base hit: Wllle's. Two-base bits: Gauhan, Roonev. Tomes. Sacrifice hits: M-Dermott. Winb-sb. Bases on balls: Off Wolfolk. 3: off Wieinirton. 1. Stolen es: Serb, Church. Struck out: By Wolfolk, 13: by Wlrrlnton. . Lett on hse: JTa-tinri. 15: Falrbory. . Hit tur pitched ball: By Wlggirsrtnn B!ls). Wild pitch: Vieington. Earned rues: Tairburv. 3: Hastings, I. Traplre: Kln ley. Timer !:20. Rnnefc Hits ud Win. Norfolk. Neb.. June 24. A thr-lat;;er. i threa doable and threa single, taken llrom Schupe In thre lonlnf resulted lo "Chick" JUtlkk. Proper Breathing Helps Golfers to Get More Distance With Their Drives, Says New York Critic New York, June 24. Harry Cross i way by golfers it might do away says that the theory has been ad- with much of the superfluous talk vanced that the reason so many peo- ing on the links. Of course, that pic play poor golf is because they seems almost too much to expect. do not breathe correctly. Players I have known for some time that they did everything else connected with the game wrong, but this business of breathing is a new one. According to this theory, if the player inhales a deep breath just be fore he makes his swing on the tee and exhales as he goes through with the shot the result will be a long, Straight ball of some 200 yardr. It sounds reasonable enough. Heretofore goners have used their respiratory organs for the exclusive purpose of letting off surplus steam when they make a poor shot. Much breath has also been expended in controversy over scores on certain holes. The ordinary golfer will probably tell vou that the only time hard breathing ever aided him on the links was whep he talked his opponent into submission ina heated argu ment about whether he was playing the eighth stroke or the ninth. There are great possibilities to make golf a more attractive game in this newest theory about breathing. If it should be taken up in a serious Woods and Minnesota Lures the Canoeist and Angler. If there is any section of the north central states that has superlative at tractions for the canoeist and ang ler it is northern Minnesota. Miles and miles of virgin forest, crystal clear lakes and streams teeming with fish, and big game to be seen along the way what more could any rea sonable man ask? The region we have in mind and want to tell you about is reached from the little town of Ely. It is sort of a gateway to the big woods playgrgound, the premier canoe country, the land of the "forest primeval." The routes that are be fore you as you strike out from Ely are almost without jiumber. You may go northeast from Ely and push up through Basswood lake to the boundary and then 011 east to the waters of Knife, Birch and Otter Track lakes until you come to the big Saganaga (there's a lake for you.) If you can tear yourself away trom tne torest-ciaa snores os mis beauty you will turn south and ex plore the real honest-to-goodness bush country, untouched by fire or axe. Then through Seagull and Ogishkemuncie and series 'of smaller lakes, practically all of which will make you tarry because of the good fishing, until you enter the waters of the Kawishiwi, which takes you back to Elv aeain. The boundary and Dahlgren river route is a dandy canoe trip which offers plenty of fishing and adven ture to any outdoorsman. After out fitting at Ely you start going and in a short time reach basswood laKe, which offers an eight-mile cruise, and then you arrive at the boundary a to 2 victory over Crand Island here Saturday afternoon by th Elk Horn. Speece was given good support a was fifhim hv holh In ami out fields. Th Elk Horna errors came in the last of the game. Score: GRAND ISr.AVD. NORFOLK. ABHOA iSllO.il Bobcn. rf 5 13 01 Atherton. s Krands. 3b 111 llWiifer. zb 4 3 3 3 3 0 4 30 Brewer, lb 45 llMarr. 30 Palmatler. If 4 0 0 0! Bouse. If 3 110 4 1 0 4 2 3 30 3 1 S 0 Menu 4 1 lilirl,t (wmker. cf 4 3 3 OlRt'K-tfr. rf if rlo. 2b 4 12 2: Hecartr. lb Rnbertl. 0 3 1 Srnlebel. el fchune. p 4 3 13 rtnlei 10 9 0 Sperce, p 3 12 Totals 30 S 37 Trt.I. 38 I 34 fl Batted for Roberta In ninth. Score by Innings: Grand Island Norfolk OSS 000 0 3 .....200 001 10a 4 Summary Run: Soaaker. Schupe, Xtherton. Rouse fl). Schlebel. Errors: Atherton (3). Wlaser. Marr. Thre-bas hit: Speece. Two-base hit: Atherton. Rouse. Met, Sbiabel. Sacrifice hit: V la ser. Base an ball: Oft Bpeecc. 1: off Schopa, 3 Stolen baaes: Schupe 1. Double play: Wisser to Hegarly. Struck ont: By Schupe. 3; by Speece, S. I'm pirt: Murphy. Tim: 1:10. L 11 Oscar Boettger. Oscar Roettger, .young right handed pitcher, who was sent to the Sioux City club by the New York Americans r.nder an optional agree ment, has shown more promise than any young hurler seen in these parts in several years. However, it would help a little n only a few of them would take it up. There are any number of players wno can taiK a gooa game oi gou, but here is a chance for them to use their breath for a practical purpose. Languid Interest in Davis Cup Prelims New York, June 24. Lawn tennis followers in this country are looking on the Davis cup preliminaries and preparations with a sort of languid interest. To them the entire affair simply means that some nation or other will come to Forest Hills next September in the challenge round, play the United States, perhaps make one or two sets interesting, but lose out. There is a feeling of com placency which is quite natural, in view of the return to form on the part of Bill Johnson, the ripening of Vincent Richards, and, of course, Bill Tilden. But in Australia, there is something of a different notion. Waters cSh and Basswood falls. Here are for- est boundary signs and warnings to the effect that you should not try to run the rapids without a guide. Too risky. Incidentally this is a good place to try your hand at getting some pike. A number of small por tages come in here as you continue your journey below the falls until you come to Crooked lake, a twist ing stretch of water that is well named. It is sixteen miles long and there are some corking fine camp ing sites here on the shores of the lake. Wall-eyed pike and northern pike are quite plentiful in this lake and good catches can be made. Continuing from Crooked lake on to Iron lake and Battle lake you can portage onto Lac La Croix (Lake of the Cross), one of the prettiest bodies of water you will see any where. It is twenty-five miles long, and don't hurry when you hit this stretch of water. You won't be able to, anyway, it's so pretty you will want to tarry, there is an Indian village on the north side of the big bay which is worth a visit, and if you are inclined you can get some interesting photos here. space will not permit of telling more of the details about this fascin ating canoe trip nor of the fishing to be had on this and other trips in this country. A thousand and more lakes await the fellow who is hun gry for some real woods and out doors life. One of the best things about go ing into this region is that a fellow coming from a lcyig distance need not bother about canoe camping outfit and a lot of duffle. You can outfifit in Ely with a bunch of real woodsmen, who furnish complete equipment for a mighty reasonable rental charge. These fellows, who call thmeselves Wilderness Out fitters, are going to make a visit to this big lake country of Minnesota a real pleasure with a minimum amount of work. Leach Cross Petitions Court to Change Name Leach Cross, formerly a light weight boxer, wants that made his legal name. His true name is Louis Charles Watlach. Born in New York 36 years ago, he has been practic ing dentistry for several years with the exception of a few months last year when he went back to the ring. In filing a petition for permission to change his name, he asked the same privilege for his wife and minor daughter. " His reason for desiring the change is that nobody ever calls him by his true name. Remove mud from black clothing , by rubbing with raw potato, Fistic Followers Refute to Recognize Title Claims of Boxers Only Way to Win a Cnmn Is Heat Champ. By RAY PEARSON. Perhaps it if all right for a boxer to claim a title without winning ii in the orthodox way, vhicli mean beating the man who holds tin crown, but to the great majority oi fans the business of claiming honors which at bect are doubtful, doesn't make a hit, and seldom do we heat of one of these claimants being rec ognized as the simon-pure blown-in-thr-bottle champion. At the present time we have as middleweight champion Johnny Wil son of Boston. Wilson won the title all right by beating Mike O'Dowd to the decision in a bout at Boston. Then later he repeated by trimming O'Dowd in New York, thereby prov ing that his title-winning feat wasn't a fluke. Downey Claims Crown. Wilson, since ascending the thnne, ' however, hasn't given any evidence that he is a great fighter. The fact that the middleweight rank show no clarsy millers enabled Wilson to become champion and also enables him to hang onto the title. Then along came Bryan Downey, who graduated from the welterweight class and got a match with Wilson at Cleveland. That bout was about as messy as ever has been staged, and after it had been finished Dow ney claimed that he had knocked out Wilson, but wasn't permitted to take the title because the referee vas frendly to Wilson and wouldn't count Johrwiy out when he was knocked down. We have no doubt that Downey won that bout, which was a no-decision affair, but that didn't help Bryan's case at all. However, Dow ney had to get even some way for the bum deal he claimed he received at the hands of the referee, and so he claimed the title held by the Bos ton Italian. Bryan also was backed nn hv the Cleveland boxinir commis- , jon jn this claim, but whether or ,,nt Downev was justified in makine the claim made no difference, for Wilson still is recognized as cham pion. 3nd will be until some fellow comes along and knocks him out or wins a decision over him. Couldn't Win on Foul. A few years ago Kid Williams, then bantamweight champion, fouled Johnny Ertle, an aspirant for the title in a 10-round no-decision bout in St. Paul. The bout ended with the landing of the alleged foul and the Ertle forces claimed that Ertle had won the crown on a foul. The Williams crowd denied that a foul had been committed. It was an other' of those unfortunate mixups. Ertle claimed the title, but few peo ple could be induced to recognize him as the legitimate titleholder and Williams went along as champion until Pete Herman stepped in and won a decision over him which gave the New Orleans Italian the title. There have been many 'similar cases of boxers claiming the title without having won it in the ortho dox way, but there is a brighter side, when one permits his mind to dwell on some of these scrappers, 'who don't want a crown unless they can win it as it should be won. . For instance, there is Johnny Dun dee, the junior lightweight cham pion. Dundee wants to drag Johnny Kilbane, ,the featherweight champion, into a match with him and Dundee believes that, if he could do so, he would "take" the Clevelander for the title and become a "double champion." Kilbane, however, shows no inclination to get in the ring with the Italian, even though the New York boxing commission threatens to forfeit Kilbane's title, if he refuses to fight. But this is what Dundee says, which shows how he feels about grabbing a forfeited title: Seeks Title Honestly. "I don't want a forfeited title. I want the featherweight champion ship and I can get it, if Kilbane will fight me. But I want to fight for it." Now take the case of Benny Leonard, lightweight champion. To morrow night in New York Leonard is going to climb through the ropes to battle Welterweight Champion Jack Britton. Benny also wants to become a "double champion," but he wants to win it and win it legiti mately by either knocking out Brit ton or winning a decision over him. Britton, of course, is going to have a lot to say about whether Benny succeeds in this colossal task, but just the same, the point we are trying to drive here is that Leonard isn't going to claim anything unless he can get it the way he should. We have a bit of information that if Leonard is able to cop the welter weight title we may look for his early retirement from the ring. Benny aspires to knock out Britton, then win on points from Rocky Kan sas at Michigan City on July 4, and finish up by knocking out Lew Tendler' when they meet in Jersey later on. Then he would bid fare well to the boxing gloves. Western teagne. Gaiters V J G. AB. R. H. Pet. Fisher. Joseph 7 SM 77 113 .432 Eart. Wichlt 531 64 110 .391 Manush. Omaha ....3 250 64 97 .3S Elsh. Sioux City ....4 255 t .38 Bennett. Tulsa SS 2S 7 5 National League. O AB R H Pet Hornsby, St. Lonia .SO 2! 51 S3 .4"S Blgbee. Pittsburgh ..S7 237 43 s .343 Grime. Chicago ...40 313 43 74 .354 Kelly. New Tork 60 229 31 .543 Johnston. Brooklyn .63 257 55 Sf .347 American Imioc O AB R H Pet Sisler. St. Louis ...65 367 69 115 .431 Speaker. Cleveland. 63 136 31 75 .3IS Heilmann. Detroit ..60 321 41 17 .333 ICohb. Detroit 61 13 37 "1 .! sju. avttrvit 55 ;:i n ii ,;t7 ' mmxl v ViA?' 1L4'a 1 ''I'iAiHJTIJl J - 1 utt to rjuhtt iiutiner. eeniii ( ouieir. ; colored baseball players ill the coun thiriii Uendit. .hnrti il.borne. fir.ii An-! try. will meet the Omaha AU-Stars, rferann, fir.ii Hmiw. Mi) William', ten-1 formerly the Armour club, in a er, and .v.to. right. doubleheader at the Western league The All-Nations baseball club, i park this afternoon. The firt game composed of four of the greatest I is scheduled to start at 2 o'clock. Gibbons' Defeat by Greb Puts Him Out of Fistic Limelight New York, June 24. Tom Gib bons of St. Paul was in line for matches with Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey until Harry Greb clawed his way to a decision over him. Since that affair Gibbons has gone back to the bushes and he has resumed his knockout career, flat tening all comers, but attracting no particular attention. Gibbons was a great disappoint ment' in his bout with Greb, but his performance was not so poor that he deserves to be cast aside. Heavy weights are so scarce these days that the fans cannot afford to ignore him. Gibbons is not all that he should be, but he is a great deal better than the average. It is not at all likely that if Demp sey were to tackle Greb, the cham pion would emerge from the eucouii; ter with fresh laurels. Greb has an unpleasant way of making all hit opponents look far worse than they really are. The tactics he uses are so peculiar that ordinary boxing methods cannot prevail against them. Gene Tunney says that Greb is not a boxer at all but a contortion ist. "Why he can't hit hard enough to knock over a lightweight," de Glared Tunney. "Honestly, I thought he was pulling at first. They told me he was a man-killer, but his hit ting was so light I could not believe he was trying." But, although Tunney charges that Greb won the fight by using the top of his head, he admits read ily enough that the Pittsburgher is Big Ten Initiates Sport Cleanup Selection of Athletic Head Is Declared to Be Forward Step in Correcting Athletic Evils. New York, June 24. Perhaps the biggest and most drastic forward step taken in the campaign to clean college sports was that taken by the Western Conference colleges at the Iowa City meeting, says Hugh S. Fullcrton. The decision to select one man, a man of high standing and of force, to act as commissioner, is the first real movement toward efficient cleaning up. The decision of the conference to put a check upon long trips and big intersectional games is another move in the direction of curbing the evils that have crept into college athletics, especially into football. There is no thought, evidently, at least not at the present, of stopping the normal in tersectional games, but the effort is to prevent such trips as Ohio State, W. and J. and other teams have taken, to the coast principally. Harvard Varsity Crew to Row in Homemade Shell The Harvard varsity crew rowed on the waters of the Charles in a homemade eight-oared shell built en tirely at the Newell boathouse by William Lutz and rigged by him un der the supervision of Head Coach Heber Howe and his graduate com mittee on rigging. The shell was satisfactory and Dr. Howe said that he planned to use the boat in the race against Pennsylvania. Safe or Out Q. In going from second to third the runner went directly in front of the short stop although he did not Intend to do so because he meant to interfere. He was Just hurrying to get to third. The short stop lost sight of tho ball. Should the runner be penalised? A. He should. He waa out for Interfer ence if he bothered the ahortstop, no mut ter what his intent mnv have been. He should have been thoughtful and directed bis vAiy back of the ahortstop. A. Ropes are stretched and it Is de cided that any hit back of the ropes is good for two bases. The fielder jumps over the ropes and catches a fly. Why is that not out? A. Beennse the ground rule specifical ly state that any hit over the rope Is good for two base. For the moment the rope 1 the harrier of the field aa much a if It were a fence. Q. There Is a runner on first and one out. The catcher drops the third strike on the batter and the runner starts for second. The ball is thrown to the second baseman who does not touch the runner, but after touching th base, throw to first for a double play. The umpire re fuses to allow a double play. On what grounds? A. The rule about thl play say the batter In oat whether the catcher bold the third strik or not. The runner who left first would have been an rosy out had hp been touched out but as he wa not forced to aeeond. touching aecond baae would not put him out. j. Is the official scorer given author ity to change the decision of an umpire regarding ball and strikes? .. The scorer haa no authority over any derision. If the umpire wlshea to aak him for Information b 1 privileged to do so. Q 8uppos that th batter' eye ar filled with duat when ha 1 In position and the pitcher la also In poattion. Can't the batter step out of th boa? A. Yea, but ha hould lgnal to the empire. o (be latter U1 v adcnta.il d. MLM :U 3 a puzzle. He thinks that Greb would beat Carpentier and make Dempsey look foolish. Double-Header Games Today Townsends and Murphy-Did-Its Will Play Off Protested Game at Fontenelle. M NDAT. Thirty-Second and Dewey. 1:30 P. M. Betsy Ros against Post office Employe. 3:30 P. M. nrlve-lt-Yourself against JCorth Omaha Booster. Fontenelle Park. 1 :30 P. M. Murphy-Dld-It against Towsend (double-header). Miller Park. 1:3 P. M. Columbia agaltut McKen ney Dentist. 3:30 P. M. W. O. Clark against W. O. W. Klvervlew Park. 1:30 P. M. Omaha Bee galnst South Side Merchant. 3:30 P. M. Thomaa'Cusack against Lake Street Merchant. Fort Omaha. 1:30 P. M. Naples Bank against Star Furnace. 3:30 P. M. K. of C. against Nebraska Tires. farter Lake Club. 3:30 P. M N. W. Bell Telephone against Carter Lake club. Athletic Park. 1:30 P. M. Social Settlement against Kinney Shoes. 3:30 P. M Christ Child Center s gainst South Side Sokol. Kim wood Park East Diamond. 1:30 P. M. Omaha Camp N. W. A. against B. & M Camp. 3 30 P. M. Whistles agatnst Leaven worth Merchants. Wtil Diamond. 1:30 P. M. Beach Camp M. W. A. against Magnolia Camp. i:3i f. M. Brown Park Merchants against Y. M. H. A. Munr Reach. 3:30 P. M. Barker Clothe Shop against v.nr:ei cnna juniors. Christie Height. 3:30 P. M. S. O Camp JI. W. A. against Rork Springs Camo. 3:30 P. M Corr Electric against Wil liam Aiercnanrs. wo aouoie-neaoer conflicts are slated in class A amateur circles to dav. At Fontenelle park the Murphy-Did-Its will cross bats with the Townsends, City league leaders, in a pair of contests, one being a regular scheduled affair, whiie the other a protested game which the Muny Dascball directors ordered ren avert The Omaha Bees and the South Nde Merchants will clash in the ore. liminary at Riv?rview and the Thomas Cusacks will vie with the Lake Street Merchants in the main attraction. The three-cornered tie for leader ship in the Metropolitan between the Lake Merchants, South Siders and Woodmen of the World, is expected to survive today s round, as the lead mg (Tarns meet .comparatively weak opponents. Attention! Kennedy AllStars Corning, la., June 24. (Special Telegram.) On Sunday. June 17, the Kennedy All-Stars of Omaha gave a splendid exhibition of base ball on the local grounds but were defeated by Corning, 3 to 4. After returning to Omaha the All-Stars laid their defeat on the ocal umpire, which not only shows poor sportsmanship but lack of mental intelligence by the person making such statements to the Omaha papers. This is merely an alibi for their defeat. Corning will be only too glad to meet the Kennedys at the Omaha Western league park with both teams using same lineup for all gate receipts and $500 or $1,000 side bet and as much more as the All-Stars wish to put up. John Conding of Omaha to umpire. 400,000 Stake Offered for Title Bout in France A purse of $400,000, 75 per cent to go to the winner and 25 per cent to the loser, was offered Jack Dempsey, world's champion heavyweight boxer, for a return match with Georges Car pentier. the European champion, to be held in Pershing stadium some time next autumn. Dempsey was also offered $10,000 a week to sign a six week contract to appear in the largest music hall in Paris. Worth Weight in Gold A record price for the services of a jockey in this country was said to have been paid when J. S. Cosdcn, well-known turfman, paid $25,000 to James Arthur for the contract on Chick Lang. Lang, who was devel oped under Arthur's training, had ridden 180 winners in less than two years. He is a native of, Hamiltcui Ont. Death Hat ClitinwNi Several Prominent American League Moguls in I,at Few Years ClevelamlLott Three. By I. E. SANBORN. Death lus been particularly un kind to the American league in tak ing away o many of the highest type of good citizens and good sportsmen who have been included in the roster of its club owners. It will be 20 years next season since the young organization com pelled the recognition of all as a ma jor league by locating a team in New York and in that time more than half its clubs have been bereft of promi nent men who have been identified with their ownership and leaders in the councils of the league. Some of the clubs have been in mourning twice. The lo,s of James C. Dunn, late owner of the Cleveland club, will be mourned by the entire baseball world throughout which he was known by reputation at least. This is the third time Cleveland laus have known grief over the loss by death of a sterling character. The first time was at the death of J. II. Kil foyle. who was associated with Charles W. Somcrs in the days when clean sportsmen with good nerves were required to back the league through the baseball war. The sec ond time Cleveland mourned was at the death of Ray Chapman, one of the world's greatest shortstops and a great credit to the game personal!. Mourn Ben Schibe. Another death within the year which has removed a veteran sports man from the American league ranks was that of Benjamin F. Schibe. a baseball pioneer in more ways than one. Ben Schibe also was the first to risk investing in a steel and con crete baseball stand, which was named after him. Washington lost two club owners by death. The first of them was Tom Loftus, himself a graduate from the diamond and a practical baseball man. The second was T. C. Noves, who, although a newspaper publisher, managed to find time to devote to the sport which he liked best, just be cause he liked it. During the years of its greatest success the Boston American league club was owned by Gen. Charles H. Taylor, publisher of the Boston Globe and for many years one of the leading citizens of New England. He, too, became interested in base ball because of his liking for it, and because his son, John I. Taylor, was able to take care of the routine busi ness of the club. William H. Yawkey of Detroit wan another club cwner whom base ball was called upon to mourn, al though it was fortunate in having a man like Frank Navin, already long and closely identified with the af fairs of the Detroit club, to step into Mr. Yawkey's place. Like Jim Dunn, most 61 these men came into baseball because they loved the game; not for the money there was in it, but for the sport of it. They were men of wealth and prominent in the affairs of the na tion. Dunn Ideal Club Owner. None of them typified the ideal baseball club owner more than Jim Dunn. Although the headquarters of his construction company was in Chicago, he entered the American league in the role of an alien owner a great handicap always. He be came one of the "first citizens of Cleveland" in a very short time. Business men, professional men, and every class of men liked "Sunny Jim," as they called him, because he was not only a clean sportsman him self, but a strong exponent of the square deal. His players liked him, as he liked them, and he established a record of signing a team of world's champions without a single case of holdout. They expected the square deal and they got it, as did every man who dealt with Jim Dunn, either in business or sport. 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