Nebraska Newspapers

    Danny Morgan, Pilot oi Fistic
Crafts, Simply Can’t “See”
Jack Dempsey as Champion
Hy FRANK G. MENKE.
Copyrlaht, 192.’.
OL’LD Danny Morgai have lived to he l.nno years of
age and Jack Dempsoy knocked out 1,000.000 men
meanwhile, Dan still wouldn’t he convinced that the
Salt Lake City socker is any great shucks with the
niaubes.
Dan simply can’t ''see'’ Dempsey.
"Just a hard hitter, who luckily is living In an era
when all the rest of the heavies are four times worse
than he," asserts Dan. concerning the king of wallop
crs. 'Say, it Gut) RuhUn, Sharkey or Peter Maher
were at their best today they’d make Dempsey look
terrible, yes, sir, terrible. They'd get to him in a
hurry and knock him tor a row of buttercups before
you could snap your fingers."
Dun remembers Dempsey uuite well—but not at
nil favorably. For Jack surely has caused Dan to be a
prophet without honor. He ruined Dan’s "white
hope and heaven alone can count up how much
Dempsey has cost Morgan in wagers.
Figured .lark Setup. ®
Some few years ago when Dempsey
was just coming along, Dan figured
him a setup for "Battling” Le Vinsky.
So Dan had tho boys matched up. It
happened in Philadelphia, where Dan
told all those within hearing of his
voice that the Battler was going to
assassinate tho westerner in cold
blooded and brutal fashion.
It may be recalled tha Dempsey
merely toyed with Levinsky for two
rounds, so as to give the crowd some
sort of show for Its money. In tho
third he let a few loose—and there
was worry for some little time after- I
ward as to whether the Battler would
live to tight again.
Levinsky, ones a fistic sensation. !
never was the same man after Demp
sey crashed home a few In the Quaker
city.
When Dempsey fought Wiltard the
only fear this Dan person had was
that they might hale Jess into court
afterward on a manslaughter charge.
The hoys do say that Dan bet a
youthful pile of large sized bank
notes upon Willard
And again Dempsey "crossed” him.
^ Wagers »n ('arpentier.
•Morgan thought Carpentier a cinch
against Dempsey —and backed hi.s
opinion writh huge stacks of green
stuff. Again Dan came a financial
cropper.
Dan's getting a little revenge now
by spoofing Dempsey's ability. But
there's tho idea here and there that
when Dan's spoofing pus to the ex
lent of attempting to create the idea
that Dempsey would be nuft stuff for
men like Riihlin or Maher, he’s over
teaching his little self.
Dempsey Is so infinitely faster than
Maher was at his host that you can’t
speak of the. two birds with the same
voice. Dempsey could outstep Maher
two to one and, if he possessed no
other advantage over refer, that sin
gle one would be enough to insure him
victory.
Maher was a one punch fighter—
the oh) "bi-ymaker" kid. He'd pick
Ills right paw off ihe floor every so
often and throw it at an opponent.
If ii landed the fight usually ended
right then and there. But the quaint
thing about Peter’s punch is that, like
all haymakers, it arrived hut rarely at
Its destination.
Two-Handed Fighter.
Dempsey is a two-handed fighter—
perhaps the only real two-handed lilt
te^ in the game’s history. And Into
either hand he can pack as much
dynamite as Maher carried in the
best days he knew.
So. if the two meet, with both in
their prime, what would be the an
swer when one remembers that Demp
sey is twice as fast as Maher was,
can hit with two hands just as hard,
and much truer, than Maher could hit
with liis right?
As far as Ruhlln is concerned:
lie knocked out bhakey in 1900 and
put away Maher in 1002. But Sharkey
earlier had been "softened" in his
terrific 25-ruund tussle with Jeffries,
and Maher was about nil through in
1902. Beyond that he never whipped
a formidable man in his life—or I
fought one, either, beyond Bob Kitr :
simmons and Jim Jeffries. And both j
of tTibia put Ous to sleep without any
excess exertion.
Dann.v Spoofs Deuipsei,
When Danny spoofs Dempsey to
a point where he insists that Ruhlin
could have whipped him "easily," Dan
makes himself an involuntary appli
cant for a job as a burlesque come
dian.
It's true that Dempsey lives in an
era when good heavyweights are
scarce and great aspirants are non
existant. But it's equally true that
no man ever has extended Dempsey
since 1918 with the exception of Bill
,Brennan. And Bill did the extending
only because Dempsey climbed into
the ring that night overtrained—
stale.
^omo day—maybe before Dempsey |
■ i i \vs a set of gray-tinted whiskers I
end cultivates rheumatic joints—
someone may come along who classes
—in the opinion of oldtlmera—with
Maher, Rublln, Sharkey, l<’itz, Jef
feries and Corbett. And then we'll
see what wo shall see and the some
thing that will be seen undoubtedly
will be far different than the pop
eyed vision of Danny Morgan's.
Gate City League to
Open in January
The Gate City basket ball league,
composed of class "A" players, will
jtanen Its schedule tho first week in
nllhuHyx. with the following four
teams competing: Elmer Beddeo, Ar
mour ft Co., Swift it Co., and Thorp
eian Athletic club.
One game will be played every Mon
day and Thursday night.
The Elmer Beddeo team is composed
of former Technical High school play
ers who won the Commercial league
championship three yeara ago. The
team la coached by Ernest Adams.
The Swift ft Co. and Armour & Co.
teams will be composed Of plant em
ployee who arc ex-high school and col
lege players.
The Thorpelan Athletic club will
have practically the same team as last
year
Shade May Get
J
(.rack at Walker
AV E SHADE
wants to be wel
terweight cham
pion of this
man’s land—
But, there ie a
champion stand- ]
Ing in the road
Tils n a m e’e
Mickey Walker.
Now Shade
battles Frankie
Schoell here!
next Friday in a
10-round bout, i
Schoell holds a !
decision over.
Shade and the I
latter doesn't
liko it. Neither does his boss, Leo P.
Flynn.
Manager Flynn has wired Mr.
Shade, saying that if ho can wipe
the floor with Schoell hero "Fish
Night” there will be a Shade-Walker
championship fight cooked up in New
Jersey.
Shade would like nothing better
than a chance to crack Champ
Walker on the beezer with his loft
mitt. Dave is of the opinion that
Walker is made to order for him and
for this reason is anxious to get at
the cliampio- before someone else
blows around and knocks Walker for
a row af pari-mutuel tickets.
The California welter is training
at the Business Men’s gymnasium.
He will work out this afternoon and
give the local customers a chance to
lamp his fistic ability.
Schoell and Ms manager are sched
uled to arrive in Omaha some time
between 3 o'clock this morning and
midnight. Once Scheell light* he will
he carted to the Orpheum gymnasium,
where he will hang up his training
sign and put on a little skit for the
fans.
A good line of preliminaries are on
the program. The tickets are on sale,
have been and are nearly all sold.
Jake Schaefer Will
Play Roger Conti
New York, Dec. 10.—-lake Schaefer,
former world's 18.3 balkline billiard
champion, and Roger Conti, the
champion of France, will meet in
Chirago January 6, 9 and 10, to de
termine which shall be privileged to
challenge YYillie Hoppe for the In
ternational 18.3 halkline billiard title
here, regained in the recent tourna
ment here. The hilliardists will play
a total of l,5tt0 points in the three
evenings, in blocks of 500 points
each.
Fans Want ’em to Swap Punches
Floyd Johnson (above); Lnia
Firpo (left)
FIIiIIT fans here and south of
the equator are clamoring for
a mateli between Floyd John
son, the latest sensation in Ameri
canheavy weight ranks, and Luis
Flrpo. the champion of South Amer
ica. It is propsed to match the win
ner of the bout with Jack l)e«up
.sey.
Says"bugs*
ctoiri
HEAVYWEIGHTS
BRING PRICES
_
Mi? Boys, Worth Ten tents till the
Hoof, F. O. B., Kansas
City.
%
Gypsy Daniels and Pat McCarthy
look like the king's purse. The other
boys are plugged rubles.
Jimmy has more fun than a. mon
key in a mirror maze. He ribs (he
lads to slog each other while he pulls
his napkin up around his ears and
breaks his wrist on the gato receipts.
Ho did dig A1 Falzer out of one of his
knuckle tableaus. But he needs a
longer handle on his spade to get any
thing out of this disinterment expe
dition.
The flyp is so encouraged by his
showing that he will go back to V'1®
great outdoors and fight the King
Gyp for his wagon. After that he
will meet any fatweight who will
cross his right with silver. The child
of the wide open spaces looks like a
fighter.
All those earring Jugglers can
fight. Jimmy hail Indians, Gyps.
Turks, Armenians and Esquimos in
this tournament and nobody would
have been surprised if one of the
slopstiokers had torn off his beard
and displayed the dread uniform of
the northwest mounted police.
His next tournament will feature
the most tattooed heavyweight, a
drummer hoy from the civil war, a
survivor of the 18th amendment, an
ndlmral off the Weehuwken ferry,
two graduates from a South American
earthquake and the pathfinder for
Coxey's army.
The best man will meet The Glutt,
the Winer to get the subpoena.
The Glutt is in great Ahapc now.
In his last battle he hung up a ree- ,
oril for a non-stop right across the ;
Atlantic. His newi gloves are made i
of alligator leather, with the rough j
part outside.
“Battling” Siki Suffers Change
of Heart and Accepts Challenge
to Meet Carpentier for Honor
r«p> ri*h« IBs;. I
Paris, Dec. 10.—‘•Battling'’ Sikl hat,
written a letter to the newspaper Lc !
Matin, accepting the challenge to meet ,
Carpentier on conditions suggested by '
a Paris firm who subscribed 300,000
francs in order to make the *ight pos
sible. The disqualified champion
writes;
"I accept the challenge to fight Car
pentier for honor and make it uncon
ditioned beyond those made by the bi
cycle firm, Sanchoc; namely, annul
ment of my disqualification; the fight
to take place within 10 weeks and
300,000 francs to be paid over to a
fund for scientific laboratories. It
will bring great happiness to me to
fight in this time of peace in behalf
of French science with the same ardor
wherewith I fought during the war
for the defense of the soul of France
—the country which freed slaves and
Is the benefactor of the bltyck race."
It must be pointed out, however,
that the bicycle firm never Imposed
any conditions concerning the annul
ment of Slkl's disqualification, but
merely suggested that if both boxers
accepted and handed over the purse
to the scientific fund the French box
ing federation could hardly refuse to
forgive Slkl and annul his disquali
fication.
Carpentier and Dcscamps, his man
ager. went to England yesterday but
ponding their return on Monday Mme.
Carpentier, Interviewed, said she was
| absolutely ce.rtain "Georges will ac
: cept the fight for the honor alone and
will be only too delighted that the
I purse is to go to support scientific
institutions.”
Goullet-Belloni
Win Bike Race
New \ork, Dec. 9.—Goullet-Belloni
tonight won the six-day bicycle race
i at Madison Square garden.
Brocco and Coburn finished second,
and the Egg-Baton combination third.
BisMMltKte
YctoShciMtuwu)
By td 'IKorp
Q. What is th*> difference between the
amat' Ur ami prof* .'-sional dribble rule? |
A—Amateur rules permit dribbling with |
one hand only, and If stop is made, ball
must be passed or try at goal made be
fore dribbling again. Professional rules
permit dribbling with two hands and stop
ping and starting at will.
Q If a player In the art of shooting is
fouled, If the goal is made, shall it count?
A—Yes. Both in amateur and profes
sional ball, the goal counts.
ij. Wliat must bo th** position of the
feet v hen jumping in center?
A.—-According to amateur rules, both
men must hate both feet in tlie center
circle. The professional rules make each
man ulio is'to .lump toe a line with the
forward foot, which is twelte inches long
and three feet apart.
Q. According to the rule?, must play
ers wear numbers'.'
A.—The amateur rules make It compul
sory to wear numbers at least six Inches
high. Most professional teams wear them,
hut according? to the rules, it Is not com
pulsory.
Q How many personal fouls does 1t
take to disqualify a plsyer from an ama
teur gninc?
A.—Four personal fouls automatically
disqualifies u player from the game.
How to Play flasket Ball.
Basket ball is primarily a pacing game.
As a general rule ths pa-sing is progres
sive toward the goal Most passes are
made while players are in motion, but
situations constantly arise when the man
with the ball is stationary, while his team
mates maneuver for positions nearer the
«;oal. After making Ills past-, tlm player
j must, advance ready to receive the ball,
should it bo passed to him. A hall should
never be thrown a> a running player, but
Just far enough fn front of him so that
the receiver and the ball reach the same
spot st the same time. Such pass's must
not be too swift, but ratlmr carefully
timed Ability to pans a ball from the
position in which it ** caught makes for
smooth placing. Ther» are two elemeuta
In the passing of a ball, the one of prep
aration, and the other of delivery. If the
i preparatory movement can be eliminated,
the pass is materially faster. The fewer
motions a passer makes, the smoother and
faster will he his lay. .
Morvicli Goes in Stud
Lexington, Ky„ I>ee. 10.—Morvlcb.
winner of tlie Kentucky derby of 1918
and undefeated as a 2-year-old. arrived
from New Tortc Saturday afternoon
and was taken to the Hayland's farm,
where he will make the season in
Coffey Chosen Captain
of South Dakota State
_ i
Brookings, S. D., Dec. 10.—Bob Cof- :
fey, Watertown, one of Slate's smash
ing halfbacks, has been chosen cap- ,
tain of the 1923 Rabbit football team,!
Coffey has Just finished his second
year of football at South • Dakota j
State, playing a fine game and having ,
his full share in bringing the North '
Central Intercollegiate conference I
championship honors t.o his school.
Coffey entered the college last year
with an honor scholarship from Wa
tertown' high school, where he was
president of the HI V club. His first
touchdown for State whs made i nhls
home town against Yankton college,
when he bowled over the line twice
within three minutes for counters.
Kerr Trying to
Get Back Into
Major League
By AL hPINK.
Bobby Kerr, the little sawed off
left-ha nded pitcher of the Chicago'
White Sox. who held out last fall and
who pitched send-pro liall last sum
mer, is trying to get back into major
league baseball.
True, his friends deny this asser
tion but there is no doubt It is true.
And there are a whole lot of people
who would like to see Bobby back at
the old stand.
We are all human and all make mis
takes. There is no doubt Bobby made
a had break and that he listened to
bad advisers, when he jumped the
Sox. But now that he is waiting to
come back and do business right there
Is no good reason why ho should not
be given the chance.
Little Bobby should be forgiven. Tf
only for the able work he did in the
world series of 1919. when all about
him were traitors while he and a few*
other good fellows were standing
straight and true.
Although Bobby smelled a large
sized rat. he never wavered In that
Cincinnati Chicago world fracas, but
kept right on pitching as usual and
single handed and almost alone he
won both the games in which he
pitched.
He got scarcely any assistance in
the way of hitting on the part of his
comrades but went right along win
ning and In the face of the handicap
which he carried. He won the third
game of the series by 3 to 1 and the
sixth by 5 to t. They were two of
the hardest and closely contested
games of that ill starred series.
The closest-played game was the
sixth, which, -with Kerr pitching, the
White Pox won by a score of 5 to 4.
It was a 10-inning affair, the White
Pox malting a run in their half, leav
ing the score at 5 to 4 In their favor.
The Reds went In to get one to tie.
and two to win. Rausch, the first
man up, grounded to Collins and was
an easy out to Gandit. Then Duncan,
hit up a foul fly which was captured
by Sehalk.
Korf, the last man up, went out like
Rausch. Collins to Gandil. The
pitching of Kerr had won with little
assistance from his comrades.
Kerr has often been asked how a
little fellow and a newcomer like him-!
self came to do such wonderful work
In his first world series. He has often
said:
“I can't answer the question. T
ratjjer surprised myself. I have my
own ideas of pitching and I simply
carried them out.
"What are those ideas? Wei'
deiienda on just who is facing
“I don't know why, but It is a fact
that left-handers do not last as long
I
in this business its right hand pitch-1
ers. T hold to the theory often ad
vanned, that the reason of this is that.
It is because the left arm is nearest
the heart and the muscles of the
heart are thus subjected to the strain
the strain the right-handers aro not
subjected to.
“Often after a game all the muscles
in the breast and near my heart liHVe
been sore, although I have never felt
any trouble with my heart Itself
While left-handers are more lik*ly to
be wild than right-handers, when they
are effective they usually hold the op
posing team down lo a few hits. 1
think I was effective in both my
games at Cincinnati. I simply felt that
I could come pretty near heating them
single handed and I came very near
doing that."
Creighton Will
Play Oklahoma
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10.—(Special
Telegram.)—A. A. Schabinger, athletic
director represented Creighton at the
Missouri valley coaches' and officials'
meeting Saturday.
The expected application of Creigh
ton for admission to the Missouri
valley conference failed to mater
lalire.
Oklahoma A. and M. was an ap
plicant for admission, but the ap
plication was denied on the ground
that the conference did not care to
expand.
Oklahoma A. and M. was judged
satisfactory in every respect and if
at any future time the conference
should decide to expand the Sooner
institution will be given the first op
portunity. Schabinger contented
himself with mingling with the
coaches who greeted him warmly.
The Improvement that Schabinger
has made fh the management of
athletics at Creighton has been taken
cognisance of by the Missouri valley's
officials individually and Schabinger
was given a hearty welcome.
Should there be any expansion of
Ihe conference or if present members
should drop out it was evident that
Creighton, under Schabinger, would
be gladly welcomed into the confer
ence.
Extra! Extra! Kilbane
Signs to Enter
New York, Dee. 10.—Johnny Kil
bane, world's featherweight champion,
has signed to meet' Eugene Criqul,
holder of the featherweight title, here
some time ne.xt May, Tom O’Rourke,
matchmaker of the Republic Athletic
club, announced today. Criqul. It Is
understood, also has agreed to the
bout. The match will be held at the
Tolo grounds.
Jimmy Lovely, star for
ward on last year’s Creigh
ton university basket ball
team, has been elected cap
tain of this coming season's
quintet.
c/<2me?Xbi>e/y
Hagen and Kirkwood
Beat lSeville and
Black in Match
San Francisco, Dec. 10.—Walter
Hagen anil Joe Kirkwood, profes
sional golfers, Saturday defeated
Jack Neville and John Itlack, 3
and 4, on tlie Claremont links,
across San Francisco bay from
here. Black played well despite
Injuries he received several months
ago in an automobile accident.
Soccer Teams
■Brave Cold to
Play Contests
□LAYING In their abbreviated
iwtutm id doing a "sldmnij"
every time (hr. north wind lei
out i howl members of tho Omaha
Diet riel Soccer league l>ra\ed the cold
yesterday in order tha they mtgb
speed up the playing schedule of theti
loop.
At Miller park, on a finzen field
two contests were reeled off befov* 11
largo crowd. Tho Townsend Gun
company defeated tin Ceehies. 3 to 1
in the llrst game of th*- double-header
while Hie Caledoniana trounced th"
Italians lV tho score of 7 to 1 in tin
second game.
While the double header was bein'
played at Miller field, the Omaha
Sports and All-Americans were
bootin' the leather bull at Eltnwood
park. This game was ono of the
hardest-fought soccer contests of the
season and resulted in a 1 to 0 vie
tory for tho tsports.
The guarding of the All Anierii^^^
and Sports was one of the feaures of
the Elmwood game. The Sports un
corked a brand of teamwork a few
minutes before the first half ended
and managed to boot a goal. The
spurt on tho part of the Sports was
short lived as the Americans tight
ened their defense and from then on
the gaano was a nip and tuck affan
At Miller Park tho boat game of
the afternoon was tho I to 1 victory
of the Townsend Gunners over the
Cechles. The Townsends, with then
regular brand of good teamwork and
guarding, scored their pair of goal;.
In the first half when Muncaster and
Altken booted the ball through the
Cechles' goal.
The Cechles also scored a. goal in
tho first, half. After the Cechles go'
possession of the hall at one end of
the field they booted it down tho lino
until Novncek kicked tho leather
over the Gunners’ chalk mark for a
score.
rWH-ing the seeond half the gsnv
resulted in a close guarding affair
The Cechles came near scoring a
eouplo of times, but the close guarding
of the Townsend players ruined the
Cechles’ chances of chalking up a
tally.
The Caledonians won an easy -v |c
tor? over the Italians, 7 to T This
contest was one of tho best, games
played tills year In the Vague. Not
a foul was called on a player during
the entire contest.
The plajlng of the Italians was
j much better than usual, hut the
■ sweeping attack of the Caledonians
•was too much for the less experienced
Italians.
J. Henderson, with two goals, was
the star of the Caledonian team.
■ -—-—— i
Western League Managers Preparing for Coming Season—Burch Signs New Players |
Hy RALPH WAGNER.
'•‘IINLPS is starting
to pick up in the
Western league
since "Pa" Tear
ney's circuit mo
guls held their an
nual confab
down in Louis
\ illc, ICy., early
Inst week.
Several deals si
ready have been
made by the West
ern league club
I owners and num
erous others, no
doubt, nro pend
ing. The league
will have many
new faces to show the cash customers
when the turnstiles start their click
in' noise.
The training season will start about
the same time as it did last year.
Most of the clubs will go hack to
their old stamping grounds to pre
pare for the coming grind. The Dos
Moines Boosters and Oklahoma City
clubs have selected new training
camps, while the other six teams will
probably train on the same lots that
they did last spring. The Omaha
Buffaloes will start making tracks
down to Victoria, Tex., early in
March.
Ed Konetchy, the new boss of the
Buffaloes, will be assisted in rounding
the Omaha players into battling
form by Owner Barney Burch and
Coach “Cap” Leidy. The squad will
spend two or three weeks in Victoria
and then start on an exhibition tour
similar to last year’s trip that will
end at the town where the herd opens
the 192" season.
Play in the Western league Is ex
pected to open about the middle of
April. Whether the first games will
ho played In the southern section of
the circuit or the northern is not
known at the present as the schedule
committee has not gathered around
tho old stove to draw up the 1923
playing chart.
Northern club owners want the sea
son to be cracked open up in this sec
tion of tho loop. They declare that
the southern clubs have had their
share of opening games and now it's
time for the league to open In the
northern cities.
Fotlr of the eight clubs will have
new bosses, while every team In the
league will have new intiolders and
outfielders. Pitchers and catchers
will go south in droves.
Omaha, Dos Moines. Wichita and
Denver will have new pilots. Ed
Konetchy, former major league star
first baseman, will manage Omaha,
while "Red” Corrideti, well-known
Western leaguer, has been secured to
handle the reins over In Des Moines.
Just who will pilot Wichita and
Denver is not known.
Konetehy will succeed George
Leidy as manager of the Buffaloes,
while Corrlden will step into Jack
Graney's shoes at Des Moines. Joe
Dunn bossed the Bears last season,
but wilt not be at Denver this com
ing season. Neither will Joe Berger
manage the Wichita club in 1323.
Gus Fisher will manage Oklahoma
City again, and "Chick” Mattick will
be at the helm at Sioux City. Jack
Lelivelt will again lead the champion
Tulsa Oilers and Wally Smith has
signed on the dotted line to guide the
St. Joseph Saints.
That Burch is trying his “level
best” to give Omaha a winning club is
evident by the recent deals concern
ing the Buffaloes. Dan Tipple, pitch
er, has been shipped to Minneapolis
for four players, two of whom are
pitchers. Nick Cullop and Ted Oden
wald are the liurlers. Both have
hurled Western league ball. The
latter was given a tryout with Cleve
land last year but couldn’t stick.
In the Tipple deal, Omaha also
secured a couple of crackin' good field
ers. Tony DeFate, shortstop, and
"Bonny” Bonowitz. outfielder. Both
DeFate and Bonowitz are Western
leaguers. DeFate went up to Min
neapolis from St. Joseph. Bonowitz
was the best outfielder in the Western
loop last season and his hitting was
one of the features of St. Joseph’s
play.
For pitchers. Barney has sceured
a bird by the name of A. Bailey from
New Orleans. Bailey ’olnt-d the
southern club late in the season and
out of 19 games pitched, managed to
win 10, losing four. He was taken
out of two games and finished three.
Frank Okrio of the 1922 squad will
return. Beside these already named,
Omaha has Speece and Shupe. two
State league liurlers, Cullop, Odenwald,
May and Henderson. May Is a young
ster of promise. He hurled for Seattle
last year, his first season in organ
ized baseball.
Bailey was purchased from the New
Orleans club for quite a hunk of
change.
On third base we will see "Tex”
McDonald of Wichita Falls, Tex.
"Tex" Is another new addition to the
herd who cost plenty money, some
thng like $5,000.
McDonald swings from the left
side and packs a wicked bludgeon.
He hatted over the .300 marK last yeai
and played a hangup game at third.
First base will be taken care of by
Manager Ed Konetchy. the veteran
major leaguer.
‘■Whitey’’ Gislason. the ‘‘Little
Giant,” will return to the fold to take
care of his second sack. "Whitey" can
hold his own with any second base
man in the league and can swing the
bat with telling effect.
Short will be taken care of by Tony
DeFate. Funs know Tony and know
his ability to cavort out there between
second and third. What s going to
happen to Jimmy Wilcox is more than
we can tell.
In the outfield will be the old re
liable "Pug" Griffin. Griffin will
hold down right field. Bonowitz will
take care of the center garden in place
of Manush, and unless Burch com
pletes another deal, "Jack Rabbit Ap
person will grab ’em out left field
way. O’Connor and Masters, outfield
ers, belong to Omaha, but the latter
may be released. O’Connor, If be
gets Into condition, swings a wicked
bat and is a good fielder. Getting into
condition Is a big task for this fly
chaser.
From the looks of things, "Red’
Wilder will do the bulk of catching.
Spencer will not return to the fold.
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! Baseball Scribes
in Gotham Condemn
Action of Johnson
New York, Dec. 9— Members of
the N'ew York chapter of the Base
ball Writers’ association of America
' today passed a resolution condemn
' ins the action of President Johnson
; of the American league in changing
an official score turned in last May
| by Jack Kieran, one of the New
I York writers. By that change the
batting average of T.v Cobh was
boosted from :«I9 to . 1«*l as the re
sult of a base hit with which he was
credited.
It was the sense of the writers
that Johnson’s action cast discredit
upon the scorer, also that such ac
tion Impaired its usefulness of
baseball records.
It was resolved that hereafter,
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unless stores are accepted as official
and final, the members of the New
York chapter would decline to act
a* official scorers in flic American
league.
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Track Schedule
April 21-22—Kansas relays.
April 27-28—Drake relay.
May 5— Kansas at Lincoln.
May II—Ames at Lincoln.
May 18—Kansas Aggies ai -Man
hattan.
May 25-21!—Missouri ' alley at
Allies.
Portis Dynamos W in
portih, Kan.. Dec. 1°—'I Ik l’orti*
Dynamos won from OtIHl boro Satui
flay, 40 to 25. Coweft, former Kansas
Aggio captain, will bring a team her**
from Norton, Decomber 1*>.
“Cap” Ansop’s Batting Record
From 1876 to 1897, Inclusive.
TPiir Club League «*• A*n TR %
1877 Chicago National . « *?* ?} ” "
1878 Chicago National . ™ inj
I860 Chicago National . J) hj hi j.,
1883 Chicago National . $7 j}2 Jf 1|2 }i. ”7
1884 Chicago National . : J.1, I1' ',00 I'k ;'.’2 3')0
1883 Chicago Nat mal . ' ®® 44 7.?J
1887 Chicago National . 77 . ( J!J "2 i! 4 • i'
, 1888 Chicago National . 44 1,!, hi T V, 74,
| 1890 Chicago National . . JijJ 3! J-J * % nl
i JH9I Chicago National .*.-• • I”* ‘1” J
1S92 Chicago National ' '* ’* ’ •'* * *' •-*
13.3 Chicago National . >»' « ■? }*} ■**>
1 894 Chicago National . *♦< *' ,3i 1'* . 9*
1896 Chicago National . 1 '■ ' ■ *- 1,1 - '
1897 Chicago National . !•* ♦** •* 08 K.7 >63
IMS 9684 1713 >681 |UI .Ml
i ultra Oats hit not tturkd in aunimarlc » prior to 1881