Nebraska Newspapers

    Capital City Lads Completely
Outclass Rivals and Win, 30-6
Peaker Runs 70 Yards to Goal
By RALPH WAGN'KK.
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 8.—(Special Telegram.)—An avalanche of Reel and
Black grtdsters swept down on the Kearney football team here this after
noon and crushed their championship hopes under a 30 to 6 score.
By virtue of Its victory here this afternoon on a frozen gridiron. Lin
coln won the 1922 state high school football championship.
\Uth the exception of the first quarter, when Kearney outplayed the
visitors. Lincoln outplayed and outpaced the Yellow and Blue of Kearney.
I he aerial attack of the Capitol City eleven was the feature of the game and
"as Instrumental in causing the downfall of the local team.
More than 4,000 spectators braved the coldest day of the year to see
the game. Several hundred Lincoln rooters were on the side lines, while
nearly every surrounding town waa represented.
During the first quarter the Kear-<
ney backs ripped and tore their way (
through Lincoln's forward wall for
consistent gains. The Yellow and Blue
sprinkled a forward pass or two j
among their plays and advanced to
the L ncoln eight-yard line, where I
Quarterback Patrick attempted anoth
er pass on the first down. The flip
was Intercepted by Brown of Lincoln, i
For the remainder of the period, and !
In fact until the last minutes of the
game, it was the only time, during
the contest that the local eleven ad
vanced within Lincoln's 15-yard line.
Coach Brownie's Lincoln gridsters
played real football from the start, j
They played much better here this
afternoon than they did against Cen
I .'nl in Omaha.
The teamwork of the Links, and tip
interference given the Lincoln man
carrying the ball, was one of tho
bright spots In their play.
The passing of Lewis, the dusky
back, and the line plunging of Brown
and Thomas, stood out. On the Lin
coin line. Captain Gardner and Ban
ers played a dandy game. The former j
wag a whiz on intercepting and com
pleting forward passes, connecting j
with some flips that seemed hardly |
possibly to complete.
For Kearney, Easterling, the plung- j
ing fullback, and L. Keenan tackle,
together with Captain Peaker. played I
a good game. Easterling's defensive
and offensive play was the best t>art i
of Kernev’s game. This local gridster j
hit the Lincoln line time and again !
for good gains and his ability to hurl
the leather hall through the air was i
worthy of comment.
Captain Peaker scored Kearney's
lone touchdown In tho dying minutes
when he scooped up a blocked Lincoln
punt on his own 15-yard line and !
raced the remaining length of the
field, dodging several Lincoln gridsters
enroute to the chalk mark. Easterling
failed to boot the goal Hfter tuchdown.
That was tho tho extent of Kearney’s
scoring.
The Kearney line, while it held sev
eral times, crumpled like paper when
the Lincoln bucks hit it late in the
first half. In this half the Links
completely outplayed and outclassed
the locals in ail departments of the
contest.
Ljiny in tno second quarter Lincoln
threw Into a forward pass game thnt '
swept Kearney <>(T Its feet. It was
oass. pass and more passes, tiy this j
method of attack. Lincoln advanced j
down to the locals’ one-yard line,
where every Keyney player threw j
himself against the enemy. Brown of 1
Lincoln hit the lint*, bounded back !
and tried it the second lime. It was
the last down and goal to go. Brown
got the ball, ducked his head and
started for the line. Kearney grsi
sters held and Brown again bounded
bark. He failed to gain his mark
and Kearney took the ball on downs.
The spectators let out a yell that
woke up the coyotes out on yonder
hills. Kearney faced the enemy and
turned it hack.
Patrick then took tlie ball anil punt
ed to Kearney. Brown got the ball on
Kearney’s 45-yaril line. Lincoln
started for a touchdown. Krieg hit
the Kearney line anil it backed up
two yards. Quarterback ’Thomas
yelled for a pass, hut Kearney didn't
know it at the time. Lewis received
the Kail and flipped the leather to
dug Brown, who made a pretty catch
and raced 22 yards for the first
touchdown, anil the touchdown that
caused Kearney to lose tho game. It
was this touchdown that took the
fight out of the homo boys. Brown
failed to kick goat, but what matter
ed—Lincoln scored more touchdowns.
During the remainder of the half.
Kearney tried to dive through the
Lincoln line, but without success.
The locals tried to pass without sue
cess. Lincoln was well schooled in
the art of breaking up passes. The
Kearney eleven advanced within the
boundaries of tho Lincoln territory
• twice in the second quarter, but each
i time it was stopped in its advance
down the field when a Lincoln plnyet
’ intercepted a pass.
dust before the whistle sounded for
the first half to end Lincoln was en
route to another touchdown. The visi
tors were, on Kearney's 20-yard line
when the half ended, with Lincoln on
the Ion gend of a R to 0 score.
After an exchange ef punts Lin
coin got the ball in the center of the
field and reeled ofT six first downs.
An end run with Thomas lugging the
leather put the ball on Kearney's 13
yard line. From this position on the
field. Brown dropped back to the 20
yard line and kicked a pretty drop
kick for three more points.
Soon after Brown exhibited his toe
to the local fans, Keenan returned
a kickoff by kicking tile leather back
to tlio visitors. Brown curried the
ball to the center of the field, where
Lewis threw another pass to Gardner.
Tin flip was good for 10 yards and
Gardner showed his heels to Kear
ney for 40 yards and another touch
down. Brown kicked goal and the
score was 16 to 0.
The Kearney line was fast crum
bling at this stage. Tho locals took
the kickoff and tried to gain via
passes. One of the local flips landed
in the mitts of a Lincoln player in the
midfield. Brown then took the ball
and wiggled his way through the en
tire Kearney aggregation for a touch
down. Mis run was 40 yards and was
one of the prettiest exhibitions of bro
- ken field running ever witnessed on
the Kearney field.
The final Lincoln touchdown bob
bed up soon after Brown made his
remarkable run. Kearney again was
trying to advance down the field via
nasses. Olds intercepted a pass from
Basterling end then Lincoln com
pleted a flip. Thomas was on the
hurling end ancl Gardner on the re
ceiving end. The pass was good for
12 yards, while Camder reeled off the
remaining 33 yards for the touchdown
in much the same fashion as Brown.
Lincoln had earned the pigskin
down to Kearney's 15-yard line on
line smashes and end runs when late
in the final quarter Brown attempted
a dropkick. The kick was blocked and
Capt. Peuker scooped up the leather
and raced for the only touchdown
Kearney scored during the afternoon.
Kearney, it must be said, tried hard
enough to stop the red and black, but
the Lincoln team was too much for
them. •
The lineup:
Kearney Po*. Lin<o|.i
R«M!!y L. K.. McIntyre
L. K*enan ..L.T. Ba*a
Georg* L.G. Kreig
Wimberly C . Cook
Bowker R.cl. }i. Jon**
Vnnskike . K.T. K*Uv
Peaker C> R.E. Gardner (C)
Patrick Q.B. Thomas
MacCauly .... L.fl. Lewis
Easterling .F. B. Old*
ShreeVfH R.H. Brown
Sui'Stitutiorw> RMgeway for Wimberly;
Duresch for Ktl*«. Curtin for Leals;
Kriag for Olds IKtchen for Cook; Snyder
for Shreevvs; L. Jone* for Lewis; Minor
for Reilly; Godfrey for H. Keenan; I,.
Keenan for VansUlke, L*wis for R. Jones;
Wimberly for Ridgeway; Krieg for I»u
rtach • Durlseh for Bass; Minor for Eas
terling.
Touchdown*: Lincoln — Gardner. 2.
Brown 2 Kearney—PeakeT.
Drop kicks; Brown. Goals aft*r touch
down lit own .3
Officials Referee, Jones. York; um
pire. H hulte. Nebraska; head linesman.
King, Aurora..
Johnson Changes
Date of Meeting
Chicago, Dec. 8. — President Ban
Johnson of the American league to
day advanced the date of the Ameri
can league club owners' annual meet
ing in Chicago to Tuesday. Decent
ber 12, to enable the club owners to
attend the Joint meeting of the major
leagues called by Commissioner Lan
dis for December 14 in New York
city, according to a long-distance tele
phone message from Mr. Johnson in
Excelsior Springs. Mo.
The American league meeting had
been sot for Wednesday, December
12. In tho meantime, the joint meet
log in New York for December 14 was
called by Commissioner J,andis.
President Johnson's announcement
will make it possible for the American
league club owners to finish their
business here in time to attend tho
Joint meeting in New York. Whether
President Johnson will attend the
joint meeting was not made known.
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Notre Dame to Raise
Funds for Stadium
South eBnd, Ind., Dee. S.—A com
mlttee of business men headed by Ell
F. Siebert, mayor of this city, has
been appointed to work out a plan to
finance a new football stadium for the
i'nlverslty of Notre Dame, it was an
nounced here today. The bowl, which
will accommodate between 35,000 and
40,000 persons, will be completed in i
two years.
Lincoln Bout Stopped
Lincoln, Dec. 8.—What was intend
ed to be a 10-round boxing bout here
last, night between ‘'Kid'' Wheelock of
Lincoln and Jimmy Gill of Rock
Island, III., ended abruptly in the
third round when Wheelock was dis
qualified for fouling and the match
awarded to Gill. The men are welter
weights.
Arlos Fanning of Kansas City, light
weight, was given the decision over
Len Schwabel of St. Paul, Minn., after
eight rounds.
Injury May Cause Miss
Leitch to Give Up Golf
New York, Dec. S.—According to
word received here. Miss Cecil Leitch,
three time winner of the British
Indies’ championship and one of the
greatest golfers of ull time, may never
play championship golf again.
Upon her arrival hack in England
recently, following an extensive tour
of America. Miss Leitch told her
friends she believed the injury to her
arm, received in a foursome match
while here two years ago. would pre
vent her from playing golf in the
future.
Duluth After Regatta.
Duluth. Minn., Dec. 8.—Duluth will
he in the 1924 rowing tryout and will
make a bid tor the 1923 national row
ing regatta, it was announced.
Julius H. Barnes of the Duluth Boat
club has agreed to underwrite any
guarantee the club may be forced to
make to the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen to bring the pre
mier rowing event of the United
States to Duluth.
Seven Tank Marks Fall.
Chicago, Dec. 8,—Seven world's
swimming records were broken here
last night in a swimming meet held
here under the auspices of the Illi
nois Athletio- club. Most of the new
records shaved only fractions of sec
onds from the old mark.
Al ROR.VS CLAIMS DISPl TED.
Geneva, Neb., Dec. 8.—Geneva High
school supporters are protesting Au
rora’s claim to central Nebraska grid
championship and also Aurora’s
claim that a victory over them by
Geneva was a fluke.
Following is the team’s record:
Geneva .. Fairbufy .23
Geneva .2* FalrfMd . ..ft
Gene\a .14 Clay Ceuter . ... ft
! Geneva .2 Aurora . 0
Geneva .14 Hastings . .. ....12
| Genera .ft York . .13
i Geneva .If* Uni Place.12
Geneva . 3° Stiffen .fi
I Geneva .5ft Friend . .0
»I-'neva ." Crete ..27
Geneva .22 .Superior .... ..lo
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America Has Most Golf Courses
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Greb Is Believed to Be Slipping
Hy FRANK G. MENKE. 5
The “rabbit ball,'’ which liaa been
such a fruitful source of amazing
clout averages and a succession of
four basing records is going to linger
longer.
Nope, they aren’t gonna legislate
it out of existence. Rather, those
noble magnates are patting It upon
the spot which serves for a back and
are murmuring:
“Atta boy, Ol’ rabbit ball. You cer
tainly done right by us and we'll
stick to you. Before you came around
and let the boys bounce you out of
the parks with bunt swings, cash
customers were ony so so in volume.
But since then—oh, boy, aint you seen
’em bustin’ down the fences trying
to get a sight of you sailing over
the stands and far away.”
K. M. Landis, who does the high
commlssionering, discoursed on the
lively ball In this fashion:
“Of course. It’ll stay. What if
home runs are more frequent? Big
crowds prove that a four-base blow
is what the customers want to see.
They always cheer homers, don't
they? Until they begin to hiss 'em
why the present type of baseball will
remain among those consplcously
present.”
U. S. Leads in Links.
A recent census taken of golf
courses in the It. S. A. reveals the
startling fact that there are more
links here now than in all of Great
Britain, which Is the home of golf.
At this hectic moment there are
690 18-hole courses here, 1,140 reg
istered nine-hole courses and about
250 more nine-hole links scattered
around in the various summer re
sorts. That rqakos a grand total of
2,084.
The property value of the American
courses is about $150,000,000.
Great Britain has only a total of
1,253, divided as follows: England,
748; Scotland, 368; Ireland, 93; Wales,
44.
m Golf was established in Great
Britain in 1608—more than 300 years
ago. That was on the common in
Black lleath, London. The original
course, a seven-hole affair, is still
in use. The game was first played
in Scotland in 1735
It was Introduced to America less
than 50 years ago.
Everybody "Hants (ireb.
Quite a few of our boys—Tom Gib
bons. Gene Tunney1, Floyd Johnson,
and others—are involved just now
in a merry free-for-all challenging
bee—so as to get Harry Greb first.
There's a reason.
And that is they’ve all got it
figured out that whatever tho Pitts
burger might have been, he isn’t any
more. They think he's scooted down
ward from tho pinnacle that once
knew the tread of his hoofs.
Which is probably true.
Greb is the type of fighter who
thrives on activity. Permitted to idle,
he goes to seed. He has been idling
tor several months. Worries over a
sick wife, suspension by the New York
athletic commission snd finally ai
break with his manager, have beset
hint. All have hurt.
But loafing has hurt most of all.
So the boys have it reckoned out i
that Greb has lost some of his virility’, j
his speed nnd much of his once inex- (
haustible energy. Everybody, there- j
fore, wants to tight him—and gain !
fame and perhaps the light heavy-j
weight championship by whipping
him.
Maybe Greb will fool 'em—but the
guess is that Greb has started down
from the peak and never again will
be the formidable bloke which once he
was.
Bets $1,000—Wins $10,000.
This one reads like fiction—but it s
true.
M. A. Beyard entered his horse, Syd
ney, in a recent race at the Lo Trem
bly track near Paris. Just at post
time, he stepped forward and bet the
bankroll — aproximately $1,000 in
American money—right upon Sidney's
noble sniffer.
And Sydney galloped home in front,
paying TO to 1, which meant a $70,000
triumph for ye owner.
Gene's Got ’em Fretted.
This Gene Sarazen person has the
; golfing powers of the U. S. A. all
steamed up and fearfully feverish. One
might also add peevish.
It's all because the national open
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j champion of the links that dot and
dash the grpenswards of our fair coun
try sort of thinks maybe lie'll gallop
over to Europe in June and mingle
with the folks there in a try for the
British open championship there.
All of which would be fair enough
if it weren’t for the fact that some U.
S. golf championships are going to be
champed along about the same time
and tile officials are provoked, yes, sir,
over the idea that dear Gene might
cut the festivities hero and lend his
little self to popularizing the British
open. .
(i ‘op> right. 1 Sir )
lech to Lose Five
Veteran Gridsters
When roll is called next year. Tech
will be minus five football players.
Marcus Krasne, the giant tgckle,
and Nathan Reis, the husky guard, re
ceived their sheepskins last night at
the Central high auditorium. Ruddy
Sellgren, guard; Don Monroe, the man
responsible for many of Tech's large
gains during the past season, and
Harry Weisenberg. the speedy half
back, will receive their doplomns in
June.
Krasne and Reis expect to enter
Creighton university next fall. Krasne
lias been very active in athletics at
the Leavenworth school during the
past four years. He has made the all 1
state football team three years. He is
an expert shot-putter and also basket j
ball player.
Klepper Seeks Reinstatement
in Baseball Through Court
Chicago, Dec. 8.—Pacific Coast |
league magnates and President Wil
liam McCarthy, stopped off here today i
on their way home from the National 1
association meeting at Louisville.
William Klepper, who lias been
barred for life from the association, !
was accompanied by his attorney, Oils
Moser, Toni Turner and Bill Ken
wortliy Klepper, who has virtually
given up his duties as an official of
the Portland club, hopes to be rein
stated by the courts to which his case
will be token. His attorneys contend
it is illegal to throw a man out of
baseball.
Ames Elects Pilot.
Ames, la., Dec. 8.—Ira Young of
Jefferson, la., was elected captain of
the 1923 Ames football team here
today.
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Hulo Interpretations.
Q Must both player. Jump when at
center ?
A. In professional basket ball. ye*. It
I* not compulsory to jump in amateur
game.
W If player "slugs" or trip* the oppo
nent, how many foul* «rn called?
A. One foul In the former ease, the
offender should be dls<|ualif ied. Some
times, tripping may be n« eblental.
Q During a fret* throw for goal a mem
ber of oath team enters the free throw
line in nn nmateur game. Wliat is the de
cision if the bail enters the bunko.?
V The goal doe* not count. Ilall is
put in plti> at renter.
Q. At the end of a same th" score Is
tied, one team desire* to play the extra
five-minute period, the other team re
fuses to play For whom i* pane counted?
A. The team refusing to play extra
period lo*e* in amateur game, score 2-0.
In professional game. 4-0.
"A claims that professional rules
do not permit the u>e iif backboards. •’B”
claims tiny rtc» Which is right 7
A. "II" is rlgbt. The national rule*,
the only published professional rules. »av
the basket or goal Is to extend 12 inches
from backboard. However. professional
games are played In many place* without
backboards.
How to Play ItasUrt Ball.
Hook pana. Tli* hook pas* la made as
a rule at the end of a player * dribble, or
a ft* r h* has taken nt l*a*t one bounce
In the latter cane, as the 1 II comes up.
he leap* high into th* air making a half
turn. Th* ball r**t* in th* palm of the
hand, finger* cxt*nd*d. thumb to the
re*r the arm 1* straight The ball i?
started upward. An instant before it
reache* a vertical position, it is snapped
by a band, wrist and forearm motion to
th* player for whom the puss in intended.
The bounce p»*s. The bounce pas? 1s
mad* by throwing th ball so that it
boun*** at the fe*t of th* opponent who
la between the pnaaer and th* player to
whom th* pas? I? to h* mad* It in a
hard paaa to Intercept when made prop
erl y.
If th*re ire any point? about the game
"f hai£*t ball ■ *r its rules which puzzle
you. writ* I'd Thorp, care of our sporting
editor, enclosing stamped return envelope.
l?*-ll give : uy h> yuiik and correct de
cision'.
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Moore Re-Elected Head
of Omaha Gun Club
E. A. Moore was reelected presi
I dent of the Omaha Gun club at its
annual organization meeting last
night. Other officehs elected were:
Lew Adams, vide president; I. Noyes,
secretary and treasurer; Pete Simp
son, assistant secretary, and H. S,
| McDonald, corresponding secretary.
Membership dues for the ensuing
| year were fixed at $10 for residents
; of Omaha and $5 for out-of-town mem
j bors.
The club went on record as endors
i ing George G. Koster for state game
j warden.
Da\ is Clip Donor Nominated
to Head T cniiis Association
New York, Dec. 8.—fowight F.
Davis, of St. Louis, donor of the fa
mous trophy bearing his name and
emblematic of the world's lawn tennis
team championship, has been nomi
nated to succeed Julian S. Myrick of
New York as president of the United
States Lawn Tennis association. This
| announcement was made today by
llolicombe Ward of New York, chair
man of the nominating committee of
the U. S. L. T. A.
Notre Dame to Play Army
Eleven on Eastern Gridiron
West Point. Dec. 8.—A gridiron
battle between Army and Notre Dame
for next season is an assured fact,
it was announced here today. Knute
Kockne’s fast Hoosier eleven will
come east on October 13 to play the
Cadets.
Tulsa Oilers to Train
at Mineral Wells, Texas
Chicago, Dec. 8.—Jack Lelivelt,
manager of Tulsa (Okl t club of the
Western league, tonight announced
the selection of Mineral Weils, Tex., as
the spring training camp site.
Hard Tussle Expected.
1.08 Angeles, Deo. 8.—The Univer
sity of Southern California football
team will be satisfied if it beats Penn
State college even by a margin of
one point, In the annual east against
west game at Pasadena New Year's
day, according to Clifton B. Herd, ad
visory coach and scout for the Tro
jans. The Trojans will play an open
game against Coach Bezdek's team
and the Trojans will be out to roll up
as large a score as possible, Herd
promised the fans.
Coach Resigns.
Oinalut Bee l.cadvd M ire.
Morgantown, W. Va.. Dec. 8.—N. J. I
(Nate) Cartmell, for four years sue- I
cessful football trainer and coach at j
West Virginia university, today re- |
signed his post to succeed Bill Mar- 1
tin at Penn State college in the same I
capacity. Cartmell Is a University of i
Pennsylvania product.
Martin, whom Cartmell succeeds at
Penn State, is to take over the coach
ing of the Harvard university track
squad.
Volley Ball Champ.
Homer Hawthorne was declared vol
ley ball champion of the Y. M. C. A.
yeslerday when he defeated Stanley
Beranek in the finals of the champion
ship tournament in straight games.
15-2. 15 8.
Hawthorne will represent the
Omaha "Y" in tlie state singles cham
pionship.
Virginia to Play Oregon.
Morgantown, \V. Va.. Dec. 8.—An
nouncement was made tonight that
the West Virginia university football
team had accepted an invitation to
play the University of Oregon eleven,
at San Diego on Christmas day. West
Virginia did not lose a game this sea
son
Shulte to Talk
on Cage Rules
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Lincoln. Dec. 8.—By a plan similar
to that used for football conference**
th« past season, basket ball meetings
will be held iu cities and towns of
Nebraska under the direction ot the
extension division of the University of
Nebraska, co-operating -with the ath
letic department. Formal announce
ment of the meeting was made last
night l*y llenry F. Schulte, track
coach, and assistant director of uni
versity athletics. Because of the
many changes in basketball rules this
year conferences of high school super
intendents and coaches is thought
necessary.
Beginning at Omaha. Monday, De
cember 11, meetings will bo held over
the state as follows:
Omaha. Monday. December It, 1:3® to
o. 7:30 to 10 p. m.
Norfolk. Tuesday. December 12, 1:30 to
4 p. m.
Coinmbos. Wednesday, December 13, S:30
to 11:30 a. in.
Grand Isla-id, Wednesday. December 13,
2 to 6 p.m
Broken Uow, Thursday. December 14.
6:30 to 9 30 p m.
Alliance, Friday, December 15. 9 to
12 m.
Soottsbluff. Saturday, December 18, 9 to
13 m.
North Platte, Saturday, December 1*.
6:30 to 9 p. in
Kearney. Monday. December 18, 6 to
9 p. m.
Hasting*. Tuesday, December 19. 10 to
12 m.; 1 to 3 p. m.
Hoi drags. Tuesday, December 19. 6 to
9.3# p. m.
McCook, Wednesday. December 20. 9:30
to 12 m
York, Thursday, December 21. 2 to 5
P m.
Nebraska City, Friday, December 22, 1:30
t# 4:35
Fte.itrice, Saturday, December 23, •
a. m.
May Legalize Boxing.
St. Paul, Dec. 8.—The scheduled 10
round, nodeclsion bout between Billy
Miske and Tommy Gibbons, heavy
weights, here on December 15, may
be the first legalized decision bout
in Minnesota, it was indicated today.
The state boxing commission has the
power to allow decision bouts, but
heretofore no official verdicts have
been renedered.
Seals Buy Hendry.
San Francisco, Dec. 8.—Tim Hendry,
whirlwind rightfielder for the St. Paul
club of the American Association, lias
been purchased by the San Francisco
club of the Faclfic Coast league, ac
cording to word received here from
George A. Putnam, secretary of the
San Francisco club, who is in Louis
ville, Ky., attending the minor league
convention. •
CAGE TLAYERS GALORE.
lndianola. In., Doc. 8.—Simpson
college is virtually run over with can
didates for the varsity basket hall
team. In addition to seven letter
men and 10 substitutes and second
string players. Coach Cushman has
several promising players developed
in the recent interdass tournament,
which the Freshmen won.
Bugs Baer Says:
-TKEET car transfers aiv get!
longer than Greek cabinets.
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Greek polities ;ue bullets am! eabi 1
nets are pudding
Cabinets used to resign in hotly.
Now they resign as bodies.
(teiucuceati would have to put more
liard-oiled eggs than lie does now to
be bullet proof in Athens.
Their miniatei of defeats was loti ,
out to backyard and got ids war
straight from manufacture! to ton
sinner.
Other cabinet playmates received
their pro rata share of per capita am
munition.
This Ibil’ont diplomacy makes
wild and woolly west look much
smoother than tame and silky east.
Shooting is Grecian reward for guess
ing wrong. If you go into proposi
tion Idimll'ohletl you tlnisli blindfolded.
This explosive example will make ]
European cabinets very careful In
near future. If they live that long.
I nanimous marksmanship by eon
stituents will comitel political game
to become scarce and timid. Cabinet
officers will lurk in yyoods so long they
will grow horns.
Cartridge vote of confidence was
result of Greek cabinet fraternizing
with neighbors' children. When
Greek meets Greek, tombstones ate j
trumps.
I'nless Dardanelles citizens sprain
(lieir trigger fingers on some tuiigli
statesman, next few official proclama
tions «ill consist of last messages to
nearest relatives.
Minister of retreats was paraded
out in morning. They stripped all
decorations off his Christmas tree.
They clipped his medals. His epauh Is
were confiscated, liven his vest but
tons were salvaged.
If he could have reached Holland
lie might have written two hooks, lint
(•reek nation was correct tills time.
When your own bulldog idles you it's
time to put him on milk diet.
j Future Hellenic cabinets will think
twice after this. First, tlicy ll think
they will accept nominat.on. Then
they'll think of how to resign with
| out being punctuated with grammati
cal bullets.
Kuropean cabinets and kings are
nominated with ceremony. When
\ skipping up to take oath of office they
always ride In first carriage.
And when they resign tic y always
ride in first carriage.
Matched With Army
Knoxville, Tonn.. lice, x _.iiies
ree's football team will play the Army
I eleven at West Point in 1923, it wub
I announced today:
Schlaifer-Murphy Fight Called
Frameup; Purse Ordered Held
Butte, Dee. 8.—(Special.)—Morrie
Schlaifer of Omaha and Frankie
Murphy of Denver, who met in a local
ring last night, today were disquali
fied by the local commission, which
ordered that neither participate in tho
purse.
The ruling automatically suspends
both boys for 30 days in Montana,
which is a member of the National
Boxing association.
The Murphy-Schlaifer bout, the
main event on a card being staged by
the American .Begion post, was de
dared no-contest in the fifth round
w’ith Murphy writhing on the floor,
claiming a foul on a light tap at the
belt.
Doctors this morning examined
Murphy and found no signs of an in
jury.
The examining physicians, the box
ers and all other persons connected
with the fight were called before the
commission for a hearing this morn
ing and tho session lasted until late
this afternoon.
Charges that both boxers were pull
ing their punches went unchallenged.
The referree testified he was planning
to stop the bout in the grounds that
they were stalling when Murphy took
the nose dive.
Testimony that the boxers had en
gaged in a lengthy and private con
versation just before entering the ring
was uncontested as presented to the
commission, which after a brief ex
ecutlve session, announced its de- :
cision. |
Cobb Asks Probe of
Gotham Scnbes Scoring
Augusta, On., Dec. 8.—Ty Cobb, in
a statement today on the "disputed
hit," in a game at New York last
May, which has just been awarded
him hy President Ban Johnson, of
the American league, declared that
“the several baseball writers who
have so inlerested themselves in thy
‘disputed hit’ should also turn their
attention to what happened on my
last tuip to New York during the 1921
season.
"Let them tell me and the public
why it was that three safe hits were
taken ftom me during that series and
two times at bat added,” he said. ”1
would also like an explanation as to
why the official score in the ’dispute.]
hit' game of last May was not au
thenticated," he continued.
KAYOKD IN THIRD.
Bigspring, Neb., Dec. 8.—Dewey
French of Julesburg knocked out Art
Yost, local ring product, in the third
round of a scheduled 10-round bout
here last night.
BIGSPRING I.OSKS
Bigspring, Neb., Dec. 8.—The local
high school boys’ and girls’ basket
ball teams were defeated in their in
augural game of the season against
Venango.
Burch Buys Two Players
and Gets Four on Trade
Down in the land of the tall blue grass Barney Burch is acquiring quite
a reputation as a trader.
Burch's motto when he left Omaha was to obtain material by begging,
borrowing, buying or stealing. To date he has confined his activities to legiti
mate transactions in trading and buying.
A telegram from the hustling Buffalo boss this morning stated he had
purchased Tex McDonald, a third bayeinan, from the Wichita Falls club of
the Texas league, and Pitcher May from the .Seattle club of the Pacific
coast loop. 5)____
He also consummated a deal where
by Pitcher Dan Tipple, who gulled
the "iron man" stunt here in a double
header last season and got away with
it, goes to the Minneapolis Millers in
exchange for Inflelder Tony DeFate,
Outfielder Bonowitz and Pitchers
Odenwald and Cullop.
None of the Minneapolis contingent
Is a stranger.
Ten “Can’ts” for Football Players
New York. Dec. 8.—Football Coach
Howard Drew of Trinity college has
compiled ten "can’ts” for Ills charges
as a basis for good football and a
career in after life. They are as fol
lows:
1. You can't play good football
without bruins.
2. You can't play finished football
without knowing the rules.
3. You can't make the team if you
don't grasp the idea of teamwork.
1. You can't hope to remain on the
team if you don't remember signals.
B. You can't hold your place long
without showing legitimate aggies
siveness.
6. You can't do yourself .1 us*ice,
without getting and staying in good
condition.
7. You can’t break training rules ;
without sapping your own morale.
8. You can’t fight like a man with
less than 100 per cent loyalty and col
lege spirit.
9. You can't he a great player if
you have the ’ swell head.1'
10. You can't afford to loaf any dur- I
ing footbaji season.
Tony (Tater) DcKate played with
the Omaha club in ISIS and was trad
ed to Sioux City, with whom he
played until the middle of the 1020
season, when he went to the Amer
ican association.
DeKntc is a timely hitter and
cavorts either at short or second,
although he prefers short.
Cullop was the mainstay of the St.
Joseph club In 1020 and after the
Minneapolis club purchased the Saints
they shipped him to Minneapolis.
Bonowltz played three years in the
Saints’ apple orchard l>efore going to
Minneapolis last year.
Bonowitz is fast on his pegs and
was the foremost slugger in the West
ern league the greater part of 1010.
He also was among the hitting elite
in the other seasons.
Ted Odenwald was a member of the
Dcs Moines pitching staff in 1020.
although he belonged to the Cleveland
club of the American league. He
played with the Joplin club a short
time in the spring of 1021.
Yesterday Burch purchased Pitcher
A. Bailey from the New Orleans club
of the Southern league.
t
Western Moguls
Elect Tearney
for Five Years
Louisville. Ky.t Deo. $— President
Tearney of the Western ami Three 1
leagues surprise.! the Western league
club owners w hen, hji* Announced hi*
tc#ig nation at the league meet
ing yesterday AUtmUiPl hi# term of
dftlce was not to expire for at least
auotbei vear. President Tearney said
he was disgusted with factional rows
anti desired to step ou4»
The Western leaguers. however, d
dined to accept the resignation and
reelected him for five years tinder a
contract that hinds them to do ex .
iu tlv as the president decrees. I ndn*
the terms of the ne\^ agreement then*
shall he r.o criticism of President ,
Tourneys administration. Oommit
tees w *ie apiKUtited to consider thd.
disposition t*f the Sioux i.ity (la.) fran
chisi . which will be removed, and tile
sal • of the Denver franchise to ex
perienced baseball men.
The Attendance situation at Sioux
Pity has forced the league to seek a
new location. These questions will
Ik? settled at the meeting of the West
ern league, to i>o held next month.
Arrangement* were completed to.
I have the Boston Bed Sox open Louis
villt s new #250,000 park with an c.n
: hibitlon game rui April &. The old
! Ixmlsvillc 'park was destroyed a few'
weeks ago by fire.
The Chiiago Nationals release*] In
Holder Joe Kingman to Wichita l'aibw
Tv’s Hit Allowed
(Her Protests
Chir.igo. Dec. — President John
[smi of llic American league today;;
[gave out an explanation of his ruling
i allowing Ty Fobb the disputed hit.,
j which made liis batting average ovev;
| .41)0, for the third time, tying the w*r
j *or league record.
"The official score of the game of
| May 6 (at New York, between the
j Yanks and Detroit) was not amheoti
rated,'' President Johnson said in ;V.
statement given out as a reply to hji
inquiry from Brooklyn.
Reports that the Baseball Writepe
| association of New York was prepa*
ing a formal protest against overrule*
ling the official scorer also were rf
■reived at league headquarters. Mr:
Johnson is in Kxcelaior Springs, Ml'.
President .1 aim son's statement cy.,
i plained an arrangement made by tlu.
American league official statisticiaer.
fi r co-operation with tbo Associate!,,.
Press in checking box scores from*
all the American longue parks. ’’
“This provision was carried-out tt"
the game in question mid Cobb cred
ited with a hit," the statement said.
"If a change in the box score vva
made it was without notice to the
Associated Press and the American
league official statistician sensibly ac
cepted the Associated Press ac-(
| count.' ’ '•
Fletcher to Manage
Philadelphia Nationals
i .. *
Philadelphia, Dec. 8.—Appointment
i of Arthur Fletcher, shortstop, as mart
ager of the Philadelphia National
league baseball club, was announced
today by President Baker.
Seattle Signs Johnston.
Seattle, Deo. 8.—James Boldt, prr.vj,
I dent of the Seattle Pacific* Coast base
ball league club, has secured tbe it
j lease of "Doc” Johnston, former first
baseman for tbo Philadelphia Atblef.
I i«*F, be wired from Boutsvtlle, where
be is attending the convention of mi
nor leagues.
Jobnston 19 tbe brother of Jimmy
Johnston, Brooklyn player, who holds
the world record for stolen bases
Boyle of I he White Kihhon team In tin'
■< uiluhy 1 -ague. rolled high mmp tat?1
night HU score was 2i>i*. Ilia three
gamo total was 605.
I>. George is Omulm's only one-armed
bowler He rolls In the Greater Omali.
league and has an at'erage of 138.
Tlie Stryker sho*« company In donating
a pair of bowling shoes to the fair bowjt »
v.ho , a is* H her av. rag* th- most pins dur1
Ing the month of December.
.1. Shields of the >1 urpliy-DId-It* rolled
JtH Inst night. He had 2,|9 in the seventh
frame ami could have rolled a 289.
"Kew pie" SwoIhhIh In Omaha's li*arie»t
p;n "hiash'i. He tips the locale at 244
pounds and ravn his ambition is to b«.
ablo to average hi weight in bowling
The He set in "Kid**" is » miMcaditig
nnin> . Tho youngest member of tho
I* 4b yean o!«1
The lurnnm ii to award a ho\
of ctgHrs for the highest game -oiled be
tween December 8 and 1
To th« lady who bowls th* high g»tne
hf ween D* . ember 8 and 25. the larnam
Alleys will give a box of candy.
90^
each
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