Nebraska Newspapers

    Lincoln and Kearney Battle Today for State High Football Championship
Westerners Enter Game With an
Unbroken String oi Victories While
Central Holds Win Over Links
Large Crowd Will See 1922 Title Clash—West Elevens
Hold Edge Over Eastern State Teams.
By KAl.ril WAGNKR.
JOHN riGSKJN will make his last stand of tlm 1522 footllhll season in
Nebraska this afternoon when the Lincoln and Kearney High school
teams clash on the latter's gridiron in a battle slated to decide the stato
m championship.
The game this afternoon marks the third time In the history of Nebraska
high football that a team from the eastern part of the state has Journeyed
to the west section of Cornhusker land for the purpose of deciding who’s
. \\ ho in high schpoj football.
!<*.«t year Lincoln High traveled out to North Platte for the championship
game. The North Platters threw over an aerial attack that swept Coach
Browne’s grldslers before It for something like i 27 to 6 victory.
Cambridge Heals Commerce.
The year previous Commerce high of
Omaha, now Tech, was forced to rat
tle nut to Cambridge to play the team
of that eity for the state title. Cam
bridge won by n small margin and
with the victory went, the,1991 state
high school football championship.
Lincoln high goes west today as a
representative of eastern Nebraska.
Will the "Links" suffer the same fate
that they did last season when they
j^l'Uck up against this west eleven at
Kearney, this afternoon?
In meeting Kearney, Lincoln plats
a team that has not tasted defeat this
reason, le-t alone cndiim a game in a
lie with an opponent. Kearney has
shown throughout the Reason that it
was a team that would hear watching
from the start. The westerners de
flated Gothenburg and several tough
elevens, hut Kearney’s defeat of Goth
enburg. right after that eleven trim
med the husky Cyrtis Aggies? stamped
it as one of the strongest In Nebraska
among high schools.
Lincoln Loses to Central.
Lincoln, on th® other hand, has not
fared so well this year. The "Links"
came to Omaha to play Central high
with an undefeated record, numbering
among their victories a win over Tech
of this city. What happened when j
* Lincoln and Central’mixed is a matter |
of history, although It might be safe i
to say that the Purple handed the.
Capital City eleven a nifty 19 to 6 .
victory. One would think that Cen :
mil's victory would ruin Lincoln’s!
chances of remaining in the running.
Tt did, but only for a short time, how
ever.
The recent action "f the state hoard
if control In ruling one of Controls
players Ineligible caused the Purple,
to lie ousted from the running. I his i
ruling on the part of the state hoard j
put Lincoln back in the nice. Thus
the game this afternoon.
Expect I .uce Crowd.
One of tiv 1 gi st iTowdii tin*t li.'p
e\ er xvit.m seed a high school football
game in 111. w> st.-i .1 purl "f tin slate
will be on haisl it •Kcarliey today. .
■Bwc.ither conditions permitting. A large
delegation of Lincoln fans will attend
the game and several high school foot
ball followers from Omaha expect to
see the connst, which promises to be
one of the hardest fought struggles
of the high school grid season in Ne
brnnka. %
Anil thus will John Pigskin, who has
been n very popular gentleman during
the last three months, makes his last
appearance of the 1S32 season.
Notre ^ame to Raise
Funds for Stadium
South Pend. Tnd., I)ee. 7.—A com
mit tee of business men headed by Lli
F Siebert, mayor of this city, has j
-a appointed to work out a plan to |
f|n;,.1 now football stadium for tin
I nivertdty of .Noll'. Dame, it was an ■
pollut ed tv I . tod.' V. The howl. which
M ilt a.. Iw-iween. 3.,J>00 am1
10.'Koi persons, will l.c completed in
two years.
Arizona Training
Tucson. Ar.z., Dec. 7.—Coach J b
Al< Kale of the University of Arizona,
today ordered 30 Wildcats to report
to ihe footlmll field for light work-'
otit preparatory to hitting the hard
schedule mapped out for the next two
weeks before the Christmas day game
with Utah.
Cy Young Solti,
ljirmingham. Ala.. Dec. 7.—The Dir
minghani baseball eluh today an
k pounced the purchase of Grover (Cy)
^ruling, a right handed pitcher, from
i he Oklahoma City club of tlie West
ern league.
Zfoshp/M&cts
1bu5hcu\(ifa\Qtt
Bq Id Shorp
ICult* Interpretation*.
«*». If center taps bull while referei »•**
throwing it up, Is it ra'hd u foul?
A. \rn, it ho taps It before ball is on
its downward course.
Q If a man climbs th* cage arid snoots
basket and reforeo penalises* him for
, imblng ■ ag<. is I ho basket a loo d?
\. No, this h a foul and the basket
dors not count )f made.
O ran a plR'er take most* thy n one and
. m half steps while jumping In h*-,d ball?
\ Neither player i- allowed to take
s step. They assume same positions a
center men do tit center.
o. When tw.» players are jumping, ma
(>n« of the players tap and catch ball be
fore It hits floor? .... . ...
\. In aniateor game, this Is legal, in
prof regional same it Is foul .
. * If a player shoots for basket »»«'*
the ball is at the top of th* ring, when
t no timer’s whistle blows and tnc ';*■»
drops through the basket, does the basket
A. Yes. troal counts In both amateur
nnd professional games.
How io Play Basket Ball.
Underhand (one-hand pass) <”'<• ^,r1'1
passes are always dangerous, especially
j.,r beginners The bull is held !n t'Rlni °f
hand, flngsrs spread, thumb to the outsirt*.
Short passes .*r-' all inpdo with f-’i •uin
and wrist motion on Is, Long pass.** of
this kind nr* made with full sweep of t h*
whole arm frotp tin* shoulder down. A
step in th* direction In which the pass
is made is usually taken.
Overhand tone-hand*pass). V or throw -
ing the ball great distances, the overhand,
one.hand pasdS the best. The ball rests
i„ i he palm dT the hand, fingers spread.
^^fcLliumh to the inside. Th- ball - carried
m Pick until It is just behind ml above
Th* alyjulder. II is* then star 1 forward.
Hirig the power *»f the eir. Ire n o from
the shoulder, at he te l
the direction in which the ;• .#4o be
U 'tost one-hand Pa&c* are it .• 1 w*h th *
ricm i.and (unless player is lc‘ I.-inded i
although many men hav ’ ' ” > t-■ pra
rme become efficient in th» o- th r
h . nd.
If there are ary points .<!>•'
».f basket ball or Us rules w., .* '
you write Ed Thorp, car' of ■•jr --r! >"£
rdit < r, .--n*-losing stamped, ret am «
iic'U i;i>w }cu » t^uick and evne t decision.
Millers to Keep
Ex-Packer Star
Minneapolis. Minn.. Dec. 7.—A num
ber of new faces will grace the base
ball team of the Minneapolis American
Association club of 1 ti—15, Through the
sale of several players to the Wash
uigton Americans and the Pirates this
year, the loeal club has effected busi
ness relationships which probably will
result m the acquiring of players by
the Millers from the two major league
organizations.
New players will be set n in all three
departments, pitching, infield and out
held. The hurling department, which
fell down in a midseason slump which
cost the locals the league leadership
ami probably the pennant several
moundsmen will be obtained to handle
the burden with Phillips, Smallwood.
McGraw and Schauer. Although
Phillips Is the property of Washing
ton, it is likely that he will he in a
Minneapolis uniform next season.
Hollingsworth, who finished the sea
son with the locals, will go back to
Pittsburgh, and it Is doulitjful whether
Tingling and MeColl will be on hand
The sale of Bill Conroy, third base
man, to the Washington Americans
will mean that Bluege. who came from
the Senators, will hold down that po
sition. Defate Is almost assured of
either second base or shortstop and
Jourdan will guard the initial sack.
It is announced, however, that Motley
Jennings, shortstop, and Dob Kisher,
second baseman, wit' not be with the ;
locals n.-xt year, and new material to
till In will be necessary.
Wisconsin Favors
Creijrhtfln Game
Madison. Wir.. l>ie 7.—An Inviti
I on from West Point, risking the |
University of Wisconsin football team j
to go <east next season to play the |
Army, was presented to the Univer
sity athletic council last night. It was
received with disfavor, but formal
action was positioned until the next
session.
Eight other institutions have been I
isked for places on the Wisconsin |
preliminary schedule, none of whom
were formally acted on last night.
They are Nehru Ska. Centre college.
Syracuse, Marquette, Iowa state col
1,*% North Dakota university. South
Dakota State college anti Creighton of
Omaha.
Of these, Iowa state college, South
Dakota state college and Creighton
are considered good prospects, Ath- |
letie Director T. T. Jones said. , i
Columbus llipli Proud of
pi Record in Football
i v,]u)-i Neb.. I n . yS 7,—Though
t heir rhui unship hopes were blasted
l,y « defeat, the Discoverers .were in
several ways one of the most distinc
tive football machines developed In
high school circles In Nebraska this
year. Statistics at hand fail to dls
close a record that equals Columbus’.
The scores follow:
Columbus .
I'gumhui .*!
Columbus .
Columbus ... is
Columbus .41
Columbus .I*1?
Columbus .35
Columbus .^
I'alumbUH ."
Columbus .13
Bcnuyier .J .v
Osceola ..0
Norfolk . 0
Havelock . />
Seward .
Alhlou .
North Platte .
T.lncoln .
Grand Tslaml . .
Fremon t
Ord a Good Record
Ord, Neb.. Deo. 7.—While other
teams were putting n their bids for
the football championships of various
sections. Ord wnntsMn file a claim for
the highest honors in the Loup val
ley. Ord lost mi early season game to
the Lotip City team, but a com pari
son of scores made by t he two teams
later In the season shows the class
of the Ord aggregation. Broken Bow
defeated Loup City decisively by a
.•. ore of US to «. while they were lucky
in scoring a 14 to 0 victory over Ord.
Ord's record for the season:
Ord . ''
Ord .25
Orel • • .. ~
Ord . 0
Ord .^
Ord .
Ord ..3 fi
Orel .T *
Ord .
Tot.il point*. .26*
I«oup i lly .
i ’1*111 ral City ... 0
Analey . r>
Urokfn Bow ....14
Sargent . 0
Ravenna .......
Mh.xou City . 0
Soot la . . G
Albion . 0
Tot .il pointl. . • 46
Dempsey at Los Angeles.
Dos Angeles, Deo. 7.—Jack Demp
sey, heavyweight boxing champion,
was to arrive here today for a few
days* rest before opening a vaude
ville engagement. Jack Kearns,
Dempsey's manager, will not arrive
iirttil Monday, having stopped off at
Oakland to visit his mother.
Local fcoxing fans are awaiting de*
velopments in a possible meeting be
tween Kearns and Hay Archer, rep
resenting Jess Willlrd, former heavy
weight champion, who wants a return
bout between Dempsey and Willard.
I EDDIE'S FRIENDS Tl,r Af'mM,h
5--<ZV'-——I DiDNT MEAM Tp SPEAK.
O-HOO-HOO* yOO HAD ft&lloHLy, SWEETHEART,- Go f
RIGHT TO SPEAK TO ME YOU KNOW THEy DONT GIVE
WAy you 3>«3>.—before those chips aw Ay!- why, ip }
THOSE PEOPLE.TOO1.- £ "ADN'T PAVED such a /
_ .,K_ A, _ „ gPlendid game THtyi) ,.s
How D,D I KNOW a PAIR OF have CLEANED US'' )
PINES WOULDN'T BEAT A NASTy ^ - *"
old fLush?-— Goo hoo!--you
EXPECT me to know
eveefm.Nfc- /iuTW«i»tol\
j you told ml
you knew how ,
. To PLAy the J
\ game'._(,—
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Earl Sande, Turf’s Greatest
Jockey, Rich at Age of 23
By FRANK O. MEN’KE.
They've written the name of Earl
Sarnie into the book of turfdom,
which chronicles the immortal deeds
of Tod Sloan, “Snapper” Garrison.
Walter Miller and Isaac Murphy.
And not without reason.
For Sande haq performed feats of
jockeyshlp through several seasons
that make him not merely the great
erfl; race rider of his day and his gen
end ion, but one of tlio greatest of all
time.
“Whatever I am today," Insists
Sande, "I really owe to the fact that
I was raised wdh horses lu my boy
hood on an Idaho ’■anch, came to
kiim* them, to understand them—
and they have come to know and un
derstand tne.
"It shall always'be my belief that
no. matter how great may be a Jockey
ami how great may be Ills mount,
they'll never go far as a winning com
bination unless there Is tut almost
perfect understanding between thejn.
The man must kno r the strength and
the weakness of his horse; know how
to rate him; know how to handle him
to get Vvery ounce of energy out of
him. And a horse must have a love
for and n faith In the man who rides
him—or he won't give the best that
is in him."
Sande was born in 1899 in Groton,
S. D. When he was 8 the family
moved to a ranch near American
Falls, Idaho. And there it was that
the youngster, destined to become one
of the satellites of American turfdmn,
got his first riding experience.
Rode 'Em Rough.
“In the earliest days my great am
bition was to be a cowpuncher,” re
lated Sande. “Tile wilder the horse
(lie better I liked it, for I figured that
was giving nw broncho busting "ex
perience. Some of the mustangs 1
rstmddled In those days were among
the toughest of the tough.
"Along about the time I was 12 Hr
13 1 began reading about race horfje
Jockeys. Then my ambition shifted.
I decided I wanted to be a Jockey. I
got my earliest practloe racing kids
from the neighboring ranches. It was
on those early duels that I began to
study horses, their powers and their
limitations; how to Judge pace, how to
nurse they- energy,
“It wasn't very long before I be
came champion among the kid riders
on the ranches out near home. And
then 1 begun to look forward to the
day when I could ride a real race
horse.”
Sande got his chance in 1917—In
New Orleans. The kid. then 18, got
permission to leave home and set out
for the Crescent City, where a race
meeting was in full sw-ing.
"My first job was galloping horses
for Joe Goodman," said Sande. . "He
kept mo at it for two months. Then
lie doubled to give me a chance in a
foul race, lie put me aboard a horse
named Liberator. With any other
jockey but me aboard Jiini that day,
Liberator would have won by 20
lengths; with me on board he was
lucky to finish second.
I nderstands Mounts,
“But the mistakes I made on that
first race were lessons to me. When
Goodman gave me a second chance, 1
made good by driving Princess home
n rather easy winner.”
That marked the real beginning of
Satide's meteoric career in the saddle.
Home months afterward his work
had improved to such an extent that
the racing combination known as
Johnson and Kana bought bis con
tract from Goodman. And not so long
afterwarc(*J. K. L. Ross, the Cana
dian multimillionaire, paid them a big
sum for their contract.
Hande’s brilliant riding in the Ross
colors made fame for himself and a
fortune for the Canadian. A marve
lous judge of pace, blessed with a
splendid pair of hands, instinctive rid
All-Eastern First and Second
Teams for Season of 1922
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ing skill and superlative gameness,
Sande rolled up an amazing score of
victories for Ross and the Ross horses.
Then came the break—over the Sir
Barton-Man o'War match race run in
Canada for a $75,000 purse.
Sande. who always had ridden Sir
Barton for Ross, was slated to
pilot the mighty racer in the classic
with the super-horse. But. for some
reason still unexplained, Ross substi
tuted Keogh for Sande at the last
minute.
"I don't know to this day why bo
did it,” declared Sande, concerning
the action. "But I do know that it
hurt m.v pride. And I went to Mr.
Ross and told him so—told him, too.
that 1 no longer cared to ride for
him. Mr. Ross released me from my
contract—and I signed up almost ini
mediately afterward witli tho Ran
t-ocas Stable."
It's history that while Sande rodi
Ross lmrses lie led the world on purso
winnings; that as soon as Sande left
his horses won fewer and fewer races
and pow a Ross triumph is a rarity In
the turf world.
And likewise it’s history that since
Sande lias been ridng the Rancocas’
whizzers tho Rancocas stable has
been topping turfdom on the matter
of yearly w innings.
Horses Run for Him.
“Any time tV at Sande goes aboard
a horse it makes that horse just 2a
pounds better,'’ is the saying in the
racing world. And facts and figures
plus past performances, prove it.
Sande rides best around 113 these
days. He has been picking up a little
weight each year for the past two
seasons. .He takes excellent care of
himself—wages a constant fight
against the advent of that day when
he will become too heavy to ride.
But when it does come, and Pando
must pass into the vale of obscurity,
be will not go alone. For there will
go with him a fortune.
The youngster, rating as not only
the highest paid jockey of today, but
one of the highest paid of any era of
racing, is reputed to be worth in the
neighborhood of $400,000. which isn't
so bad, is it, as the result of five
years of working by a youngster who
now Is only 23? (
(Copyright, 19??)
Walter Mails Released
to Oakland Club
Cleveland, O., Dec. 7.—Walter Mails,
a left-handed pitcher of the Cleveland
American league for the past two sea
sons, was released by President R. P
Barnard today to tlie Oakland club
•of the Pacific Coast league. Mails
joined the Cleveland club in 1920 and
was the deciding factor in the Indi
ans winning the American league
championship tlint year when lie won
seven straight games.
Kearney Gridsters
y •
Hurt in Practice
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 6.—{Special T> 1
pgram.)—Preparations for the Lincoln
high football game here Friday to de
cide the state championship are under
way. While carpenters are construct
ing additional bleachers. Coach Fiber
hart is putting his charges through
some pretty rough practice for the
final test.
The scrimmages have proved costly
In date as I: dg way, center, dislocated
his right elbow In practice Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday Cheyenne
Koinple, right tackle, one of tho heav
iest men on Ihe eleven, took a had
sj ill and wound up in the hospital, a
collar hone broken.
The coach is confident that substi
tutes from bis second string line can
make good in these gaps.
Practically all reserved scats were
sold todny. big blocks of reservations
being made by out-of-town fans.
American League Averages
(lilt mim\(..
Club * G PI*. T.P. P.B. p" A E. pc*
, New York .154 ,124 i> 17 416, 1991 157 975
Chicago 14- 41 > .i J 9k, 1 55 .9*5
Petrol! .155 155 *' M 41 ■ 5 ■join 191 .970
Washington ....••••..•••.•••.•154 16h \ '1 1 '** Jl,-J0 19-: .:<k9
St T.nuis .154 • •» 7 !!•:■' 1**0 201 .90s
Cleveland . 1-5 It. - till 1SM9 "2 96*
Philadelphia ...••1**5 • iy 1 : 4**77 19SI 21. 966
Boston .154 115 2 10 1116 19fcS 7-1 ^cr’
INIMMOI \l. I IKUHNtr.
• (Ten or More Games)
I'irsl Hu semen
Player—Club ' T G. p n \ E- P«-«
: J. r. Judge. Washington. R M*' 137* 1"1 *: .996
I J. P. Mclnnii. Cleveland. . K 140 1276 75 ft -996
L. J. Gulato, Cleveland .. ^.. K 24 202 14 l 995
Second Huhpmen
Player—Club T fi I’O. A. E. Pet.
E. T. Colllnw. Chicago. U 14 4**6 151 21 .976
II. Pcheer, Philadelphia . K 7 9 60 101 4 .976
A. U Ward. New York . R 15 4 55s 4*9 23 .974
Third He semen
Player—Club T G P.O. A 1”. Pet.
! M. J. McNally, New York . . 41 5 4 41 7 4 2 .9*3
II. M. McClellan. Chicago . R 71 77 1 59 7 .97 1
E. J. Mulligan, Chicago . R M 94 205 9 .970
Short slops
Player—Club ^ T G. Po. A K. Pet
, L. B. Scott, Non York ”, H 154 7"2 55* 30 .966
.1. Mitchell, Boston-New A* or la. R 6 2 9* ixr* 11 .963
C K. Galloway. Philadelphia . U 155 321 493 41 932
Outfielders
Flayer—Club T G P.O. A K. Pet.
C. H. Shorten, St. Rouia .N R ’ 5* o 1.000
E. Goebel, Washington . R i ‘ 7 9 I 0 I onn
J. f. Milan. Washington . I. IP 1* 3 0 1.000
* Catchers
Stayer—Chib T « P o. a c Jvt.
R. Y.C Schallc. Chicago . R 12 591 15*. h 9*9
17 Sev-reid. St. Route . R 1 ( .-2 17:: ii 985
l; Perkins. Philadelphia . R lib 1 1 • 9 9*4
Pitchers
Player—Club T t; P.O A E. Pc*
V-*. P. Johnson. Washington R 41 11 66 0 1.04*0
T. T Push. NYork *: •* 16 6 1 n 1.000
, C. It. Naylor. PhilaUclpbia . K ,4 A0 46 0 RQ90
Siki Says Carp
Is False Alarm
— •
Paris. Doc. 7.—(By A. P.)— In a let
i t^r addressed to the French press,
'Battling'' Siki. the Senegalese lightot,
today reiterated the charge* which h*
*Hkid‘* exclusively to The Associated
Press last Monday—that the light ho
tween Siki and George* t .irpentier,
which was won by the negro, hjid been
j “fixed."
“The match was fixed." says Siki s
j letter, “and l could not avoid it until
l got into the ring. But now I have
I been deprived of my title, and I will
| push matters hoforc the courts. 1
* never received the amount of money
I was entitled to from the stakes."
The French boxing federation has
decided to make a most complete in
, vestigation of the arrangements pre
ceding the Siki-Carpentier tight. It
i has named a subcommission which has
been invested with unlimited powers
for the collection of evith floe and tak
[ lng testimony.
“Carpentier was one of the easiest
marks I had met in my career," Siki
said tonight. “He never had any bus!
ness in the same Hng with Jack Domp
* sey. The American public has been
iffi^osed on the same as has the
French public, as then* surely arc 10
heavyweights in America who can
! knock Georges for u ‘goal.’ Marcel
Allies is a much tougher man than
| ("arpontier. Gorges know s very wall
! he is taking no chances in challeng
ing me tor a return match, for 1 am
disqualified and cannot fight for
months."
Rogers Lands Joh
Albany, Dec. 7—William Hogers of
Sacramento lias been appointed man
ager of the Albany team of the East
ern baseball league, according to word
j received here from Michael J. Hawk
} ins, owner of the club, who is in
I Louisville, Ky.
Kogers managed the Sacramento
eluh of the Pacific const league for
four years and was with Calgary and
Denver last season.
Sangor Fights Lynch.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Dec. 7.—Slated for
the greatest test of his career to-,
night, Joey Sangor, bantanweight,
will meet Joe Lynch of New York,
bantamweight champion. Sangor is
conlident of victory, hut Lynch re
mains a heavy favorite.
I*in Champ to Meet.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Arrangements tor
n championship bowling match be
tween Jimmy Hlouin, present title
holder. and Jinnny Smith of Milwau
kee were completed.
Duffy ins.
Oakland, Dec, 7.—Jimmy Duffy of
[Oakland " mi u decision from Jimmy
Sacco of Dos ton in a four-round box
ing contest here last night.
Many Untried Runners Will Go
to Post at Winter Race Meets
\
Jty AIi SPINK.
The winter racing season, which
c - pencil on Thanksgiving day at New
Orleans, Havana and Tijuana, prom
ises to lie a record breaker.
Never befora in the history of the
winter racing game have the winter
courses been loaded down with such
•good racing material.
Hast seasym was a wonderful one
for the regular race courses of Amer
ica and the going was so speedy and
the entries so numerous that many
of the horses never got a chance to
enter in a race or to got started in
one. #
It is this leftover, untried material
that is today tilling much of the
stable room at tin. winter race
courses, a thing that will make the
racing all the livelier and more un
! certain.
• • * w
It was James W, C'ofrroth of San
Francisco, who originally started the
I ball rolling at the Tijuana race course
'in Mexico opposite San Diego, Cal.
It was "Shinny Jim." too, who built
up that course from the ground and
placed it in Its present prosperous
condition.
Now there is a lawsuit over the
t-"i-l< and certain parties atrying
to take it away from^lmmy.
mi 1'huiiUHgiv ng day, however,
when tlie track opened, throughout
the opening program of seven races
despite the efforts of Jerome A. Bus
sity and his associates to dislodge him
by legal action, Coffroth held posses
sion of^i he course. Bassity said, how
ever. he was confident that lie would
get the trncl? within a shoit time.
4 4 4
Thp winter race course at Havana.
Cuba, whicli under tbe lead of Gen
era! Manager Frank Bruen came into
its own three years ago and for the
first time in its history then classed
v. ith the best of the wilder race
tracks, promises a wonderful season
of racing this year.
To take enre of horsemen and pub
lie alike, the Havana track manage
ment has been making great prepara
tions for this year.
Just before sailing for Havana.
Brnen said that improvements costing
$250,000 had been made at the Cuban
course and that there would be about
1,000 horses there this w,nter. and to
take care of that many horses, it
would be necessary to enlarge the
paddock and stables.
"Tin grow : of 11 tutu, as a
ter resort continues, and 50 per cent
more visitors are expected during the
coining season.” said Brian, "than
ever before in. tho history of our
track. We will not only offer purses
that will attract the best horses, but
our handicap and,stake events will
make each day's program inviting to
both horse ow ners and spectators."
* • •
All things are lovely at New Or
leans. America’s leading racing cen
ter, this year.
The right men, with the veteian
Joseph A. Murphy, premier racing
steward of America, in the stand and
watching things, means that this wiU
be the banner season of racing in tht
Crescent City.
A better class of horses have at
rived there than ever before and more
are coming in from the eastern and
Kentucky racing centers daily.
Swanson Captain at Tech
Martin Swanson, senior at Teel
| high school last night was elected cap
tain of tlie 1023
football team at
a mooting of .
the letter men. #
The Tech cap
tain-elect played ’
end and half
back during the
past season and
was one of the |
best players on
(’oach Drum
mond's eleven.
He also boots a
football quite a
distance. Marlin S a HII win.
Members of the Tech grid team will
be guests at a banquet given in their
honor at the high school Saturday
night. Letters will, lie presented to
the players at this gathering.
Proposes Pirate Pont
Paris. L)i e. 7.—tteorges Carpentier
believes that the best place to settle
the controversy over his rtcent hunt
with Battling Sikt is in the ring.
Writing to Le Journal, the French
boxer says:
"Here is what I propose to .Siki:
Notwithstanding his disqualification
and the disqualification 1 might incur .
I offer t# meet him at any date he |
likes, in public or in private. Should
he be ready to put up a stake I
bind myself to* pay to charity that I
stake, or purse, if one is offered. I
am absolutely certain I would finish
Siki this time In less than three
rounds." i
China exports »3,00tl.0OU pounds of !
human hah a year
Western League Moguls Re-Elect
Tearney President and Promise
Not to Criticise His .Work
/*• _
Tys Hit Allowed
0
Over Protests
t llioa ;• V»* « . 7 President J"hn
sen of tin Nmerlran !• ague today
gave out an explanation of Ids ruling
allowing T Cobb the disputed hit
which made his lotting average over
.400, for the third time, tying tin* ma
jor league record.
"The official score of the game of
May o (at N*nv York, between the
Yanks and Detroit) was not*tiuthenti
cated," President Johnson said in a
statement given out. as a reply to an
inquiry from Brooklyn.
Reports that the Baseball Writers'
association of New York was prepar
Ing a formal protest against overrul
ing the official scorer also were re
ceived at league headquarters. Mr.
Johnson is in Excelsior Springs. Mo.
President Johnson's statement ex
plained an arrangement made by the
American league official statistician
for co-operation with the Associated
Press in checking box scores from
*11 the American league parks.
"This provision was carried out in
tin* game in question and Cobb cred
ited with a hit.*' the statement said.
"If a change in tho box score was
made it was without notice to tho
Associated Press and the American
league official statistician sensibly ac
cepted the Associated Press ac
count. ' *
New York Giants to
Train in Texas
New Yyrk. Dee. 7.—Texas and Cal
ifornia fought a drawn battle yester
day In the affections ^ the New York
Giants.
Uesieged on one side by the elo
quenee of a group of native sons from
the coast, and op the other aide hy
lingering memories of that peerless
sunshine of San Antonio, John J.
McUraw, like a true diplomat, took
refuge in a compromise. He decided
lo train his world’s champions at tho
Texas city in IP.’J and at Fresno in
1H2-1—provided tho back era of the lat
ter city live up to "certain condi
tions.”
This was tile cut,-me of the pro
found problem faciiiK the Giants au
thorities, particularly Manager Mc
Grow, to whom the final decision was
left.
Aditnir to Pilot Dallas
Seattle, lj« . , jiK’k Adams, m u
Hger last »-asm) • !' tin- S> attb- < oakt
league base hail Hub, who wan to be
traded to the Pittsburgh Nutinuals for
three players, is to manage the Texas
league team in Dallas, according to
advices received here. It was said
in a dispatch from Dallas that Pitts
burgh had made a deal by w hich Dal
las would acquire Adams.
Giant Loses at Golf.
San Antonio, Tex . D o. 7—Ross
Young, Now York <1 ant outfielder,
was eliminated, one up, in 21 holes
in n semi-final match for the golf
championship of the new Alamo Coun
try club.
Louisville. Ky.. Pec. 7.—PresMcn'
Tearney of the Western and Three I
lmtru ;i surprised the Western leagu"
I'hih owueis when he an non need In
leaiguatioii at the minor league moil
ing today. Although his term of
olBee was not to expire for at least
ahntlier year. President Tearney said
he was disgusted with factional row ■
and desired to step out.
Tin Western leaguers, however, d»
rimed to accept (he resignation and
te elected hint for live years under
Contract that hinds them to do ex
uotly as the president decrees. Undei
the terms of tin now agreement th- r
shall ho no criticism of President
T earneys administration. Commit
tees were appointed to consider tin
disposition of the Sioux City (la.) frnn
clilse. which will he removed, and the
sale of the Denver franchise to ex
perienced baseball men.
The attendance Situation at Sioux
City has forced the league to seek a
i.iiVr local ion. These questions w ill
lm settled at the meeting ofjthe West
orn league, to he held next month.
Arrangements were completed to
have the lloston ltrd Sox open Loui
vine's new $250,000 park with an ex
hibltlon game on Aj>r11 5. The old
Louisville park was destroyed a (• \
weeks ago )iv tire.
Tlie Chicago Nationals released In
tlelder Joe Klugman to 'Wh-hlta Kail
Tex.
Howell to Pilot '
Central Eleven
“niue" Howell, the spectacular
ground gaining fullback of Central,
wits elected to pilot the 1023 gridiron
machine at a meeting of the letter
men this morning.
Howell poled eight votes, two more
than Ward Percival, tho powerful
end.
Howell has played two years on the
j team. He was not in the lineup in
[ Central's game with Tech, and Purple
followers, believe that his absence eu
ablad the Penpushers to gain a tie.
The Purple half hits the line for
long gains and his open field running
i? always a feature of his, playing
He is one of the most popular pi.
• is on the team. *
“BILLBOARDS
IN ACTION”
Thi plua-e was applied to A
Anima \d« by one of our eti1liu*i
a «f i« Advertiser.'. Me stroke the
truth. \ •‘till pictu c of, a mi!u- y
niaid ipilkiiiK a cow to ad vert it r
pome brand of condensed Milk m**\
attract your attention. But l^t the
cow kick the bucket over, spill the
milk, rprawl the milkmaid over ‘he
ground, and you will not only see
it but remember it. Tt Is phyachol
ogy. See
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Special Sale
, Suits
and
Overcoats
Two groups, representing ,
the limit in » value giving.
Come and see for yourself
how wonderful they are.
fin addition, we are show
ing others at $20 to $50.)
$29 75 $35.00
TiiYjarJrkc Lor the .Ho,iday
I UaCUUo Dinner and Dance
£L $35.00 ul
Ideal Gifts for
Christmas
Small things, to help improve
a man’s personal appear
ance, are always exceeding
ly welcome Christmas gifts.
Note the examples below.
Shirks
In madras or
silk, plain col
ors or neat
stripes—
$ 1.15 to
$8.50
Gloves
The most popular
11 gift. Can he had in
juft a plain dress
glove or a fur-lined
driving glove—
$2 to 87.50
Pajamas
arc much appreciated j
as a Christmas gift.
You can get them in
flannel, madras or
silk—
81.50 to $12.50
Reefers
Silk and wool
and came l’g
hair—
7r*o to
88.50
Hose
Give him a
i»ox of Inter
woven for
Christmas—
10c to g2
Ladies
Attention
I><> your Christmas
shopping where you
tret quick attention
quick service and
quality merchandise.
Hickok !
Belts
With or with
out initial
buckles—
S2 to 85
Ties
B c a u t i ful
n e c kwear in
cut silks and
knits—
75c to 82
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