Lively Ball Hasn’t Upset Pitching, Says Christy Mathewson, Greatest Hurler
New York* Dec 17. — Christy
ilatheweon, the acknowledged peer
of baseball pitchers of all time, rest
ed his 210 pounds of overweight in a
hotel lounging chair, adjusted his
tortoise shell spectacles, and proceeded
Bate
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Kilhane-Criqui
Bout Next Mav
j
Paris, Dec. 17.-V meeting be
tween Johnny Kilbauo and ISugen?
Crlqul for the feather weight cham
pionship of tha world had practically
been decided upon, the bout to lie
held at the Polo Grounds In New
York May 30 next.
Crlqul * manager. Robert liudeline,
today cabled Jack Kearns authorizing
him to accept an offer front Tom
O'Rourke, .New York promoter, with
n slight modification as to the divi
sion of the gross receipt* which lluch -
line feels certain O'Rourke will ac
cept.
O'Rourke, who holds Kilbane's sis-j
nature, offered Crlqul 20 per cent of
the gross receipts, liudeline has
been holding out for 20 q» r cent for
his man, hut now offers a com
promise at 22Vj per cent, leaving all
the other detail*, such as the motion
picture rights, to he debated when he
reaches New York.
Crlqul and h s manager plan to sail ;
for America about the end of Feb- j
ruary.
WTTH-THE
PUGS'
Johnny f refley. roMmi^r of “Rid*' Sfhlul
fer. Is angling for > vorul bouts for the
• Kid * bunk t .*st The Creeley-Bchlaifcr
outfit expects to shake th*- duet of Omaha,
from their No. 12u about the middle of
next month und head for New York city.
The Rulph Spellnmn-Rosoo** Hall bout
scheduled last night in Sioux City, la., v.as
< ailed off.
Kddle \n<Jeri»ou of Moline »n#l T’otsy
\ iannlgan of Si L©ul* ate down for ft
taaJn event bout in Chicago Monday night.
New York, lire. 16.—At the reference
today with members o: the New Jersey
boxing commission. William Muldoon,
< huirman of the N* vv York slnle athletic
«nmmission, declined to >uy whet hr "Mid.
get" Smith, Harlem, was to be suspended
in * hie state, thus preventing his bou'
with Champion Joe Lynch scheduled for
next Friday night. ,Smith In suspended in
N>w Jersey and til'd New Jersey commis
sioners want him set down here, too.
Junior lightweight title holder. Johnny
Dundee, is pot drawing down anything like
the money lie should and h® threatens to
retire from th# ring. lohnny got ff*2o
for his 12-round bout with Cone Belmont
of Memphis.
\ ft«T watching Hurt ley Mudden in uc
t'on English boxing 'Titles have drawn
the conclusion the American heav
weighta are not a • -d after nil. Because
Madden had stor'd oft’ Bill Brennan, k fed
Fulton. Hilly Mlsko. Harry llrcb, Battling
Lovinsky und other top liners they ex
pected to ari a ore U boxer and a great
fighter. English ring followers are t\rm
believers In "f'-rm '* Madden had no form
an«l so they reached the conclusion that
th® rc.st of the h*avles on this side of
th® water are little >f any better than
their champion. J« ltecV.ett.
to Bhell out his bits of advice to
"Babe" Ruth and bits of reminis
cences of "the good old days," when
Matty was king.
Coming down from Saranac, w here
he been countering the scourgo of
tuberculosis. Matty is aiding hf the
sale of anti-tuberculosis stamps to
the Christmas trade. But wherever
Matty is, baseball is talked, and so
he wAp asked his opinion of the live
ly ball whloji has resulted in hundred*
of home runs, in the last two sea
sons.
"A1J thia talk of a lively ball ap
pears to be alibi stuff," Matty answer-1
cd with a smile. "I don’t think the
lively ball lias really upset pitch
ing. It makes no difference whether
it's a lively btdl or an old-fashioned
one, a batter must get hold of it to
smack it. Its tho pitcher’s job not
to let them get hold of it.”
Matty was reminded that "Babe”
Ruth frequently gets long drives on
balls apparently not lflr, perfectly —
on balls that the "Babe’ 'did not “get
hold of" just right.
"Yes.” replied Matty, "but that bird
Ruth does get hold of many of them.
■Rabe’ hit the longest fly in til" last
world's series that I ever saw in my
life. You remember tho one that
Tinker hit over Cy Seymour’s head in
| that play-off same with tho Cubs, in
i li)0»? e*y played away back and then
| missed it. Let me tell you something;
On this one hit by tho ‘Bubo’ to Cun
ningham—well, if Cy had been that
far back be would have had to run
in 5') yards to have caught Tinker's
smash—that’s how far out it was.
"Then you .don’t think the lively
ball is tough on pitchers?"
"Sure.” It’s tough on ’em to see
the old piTI piasted out of tho lot.
They can learn how to pieth if.
though. You noticed they pitched it
all right to ’Babe’ Ruth, didn't you""
“By the way." Matty added, laugh
ing, "if ‘Babe’ will keep his head
up ntit season lie can cross these
fellows. It's a hundred to one that
every pitcher in the league will try
to slow ball the 'Babe' to death after
what happened in the world's series.
One time 1 noticed, ho choked liis bat
and whipped one of those slow ones
into left field—didn't try to take his
swing for a homer. Suppose he
chokes up on 'em next year that way
and tries to slap one into left—why
its a cinch. Well, the first thing you
know they will h/vo to stop pitching
slow ones. Then lie can licit ’em into
the stands. There was never such n
hard hitter as that bird.”
"How do you account for all the
homo run busting this year?')
“Why, the follows are using long
handled bats and are trying to hit
home runs because they are popular.
In the old days if a batter took a
swing like that he'd be fined. That's
it. Why, llornsby, Williams. Tiuth—
all of them—are taking that long
swing simply trying to hit home
runs. That's it.
“Feel like you'd like to get in there
again?''
"S-'ure, but I won't. I'm getting
good at that. You know,” he add. 1
exhibiting his 220 pounds of weight,
“I am a full exercise man now . Know
what that m»nns?.Tt means the doc
has said that I can take as much ex
ercise as I want. L’p to a few weeks
ago I could take only CO minutes a
day. 1 haven't got a sign of ‘t-b’ any
more. I'm about well—-but I'm run
ning on one cylinder."
Incidentally, "Babe" Ruth himself
has been down from his farm, near
Sudsbury, Mass., for a couple of
days, although it has been thought
ho would stick religiously to the farm
until time for trekking south nest
spring. The "Babe" ih.lstw) ho is
training constantly.
Walking, hunting and topping
trees are the three P.'s in the Babe's
forest catechism. “I get up at T
Denver Will Remain in
League—After New Manager
for Next Year—Need Players
Giantsr Kidding
New to Bezdek
Mention of Hugo Bezdek’s name as
successor to Irving Wilhelm as man
ager of the Phillies calls to mind an
incident of hl3 fret week or so as
leader of the Pirates. The Giants vis
ited Pittsburgh for a series and dur
ing the first game (he boys had con
siderable to say to the stocky Bezdek.
who was on the coaching lines.
Most ptominent in this connection
was Charles Herzog, then the Giants’
second baseman and widely known as
a "goat getter.'' His running fire of
comment aimed at Bezdek evidently
got under Hugo’s skin, for that night
the Pirate manage r sought Herzog out
at the Giants’ hotel and demanded an
explanation from him. Plainly he was !
r<ady to light if the explanation was
not satisfactory.
"You shouldn't nil lid a little thing
like that," said Herzog, with a laugh.
"You're new to the game, so we just
thought we’d put the bridle on j ou ,
and ride you around a bit."
This jargon of professional base
hall was uuite beyond the comprehen
sion of Bezdek, whose experience tip
to that time had been grilled solely
111 collegiate athletic circles, byt Her
zog made it plain to him that the
hoys merely had been kidding; that it
was the accepted thing in profes
sional baseball; that no harm was in
tended.
"We didn't cubs you or call you any
names, did we?” Insisted Herzog.
"Well,'’ answered Bezdek, rather
dubiously, "you did say I looked like .
Barney Dreyfuss.”
Creighton Followers
to Start Drive for
Stadium and Field Fund
A drive to raise $-,000,000 to j
erect a new stadium and athletic
field at Creighton, will he launched
early next spring, according to
present plans of Creighton univer
sity officials.
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ENVER. Colo., Deo.
17.—(Special Tele
gram.) — Denver
will have a West
ern league ball
club, but who will
own it and direct
its destinies for
1323, la a much
mooted (location.
Milton A n fen er.
Denver lawyer,
now controls the
slock of the club, ,
but is ready to i
torn it over to
any competent
la eliHil man, who will meet his,
terms. Tie returned recently from th( i
minor I- ague meeting at Louisville,
r ini announced that he had made ar
rangements io meet eastern mags
here, but the meeting Ml through. ,
The easterners have withdrawn their |
offer, and. now the club will prob
able remain in Arrfener's hands.
Anfener has airings on prominent
eastern managers, and will sign one
In the next few weeks. He feel3 that
tlie failure ot the Denver club of last
year was due to interference with the !
pilots by the owners, and says that !
tlie man he names will take over the
complete management of the club.
Anfener has never before been con
nected with baseball, and he took the
elub over at tho oriil of the season
only when tho owners could not meet
their debts fo 1iim.
Merchants park, the home ■ f the
Hears, will bo remodeled at once, and
tlio seating capacity increased. There
is every reason to believe that the
club will ho a success next year, as
Anfener has plenty of capital and tho
manager he liae in prospect is a big
leaguer.
Few of tho players on last year’s!
team will perform for Denver this j
year, according to Anfener. Following ;
are the men under contract: Hall, |
Wefte), tiros.", Salisbury, pitchers; !
Parker, catcher; Ray O'Brien, Tom- I
my Long, outfielders; Bourg, first I
baseman; Shanley, second baseman; ^
Wright, third baseinfu. Rot many of
them will be retained. Hall and Gross,
O'Brien and Bourg ate the only cer
tain choices. Johnny Kerr has gone
to Detroit; Billy Patterson is in a
hospital here and will not be able to
play again; Kilhulen, catcher, died on
the coast a few days ago.
Maroons Play Tabor Soon
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V
Retiring Army Officer
Is Presented W ith D. S. C.
Columbus, Dec. 17.—Retiring from
active service in the army after 27
years. Col. James Swilson, medical
corps, erstwhile Fifth corps area ,
surgeon, was presented with the Dis j
ttnguished Service medical for "excep
tionally meritorious and distinguished
service as chief surgeon of the Amer- ,
lean Expeditionary forces in Siberia."
The presentation was made by MaJ.
Gen. J. II. McRae, Fifth corps area j
commander at Fort Hayes, formerly
Columbus barracks.
Next Wednesday, Colonel Wilson j
and his family will leave for Panama :
and Honolulu. They will return here '
to make their future home.
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“Battle of Tijuana” Raging
Between Croffroth and Bassity
San Diegp, Cal.. Deo. 17.—Out here
they call It the "Battle of Tijuana”
this fight between the Coffrotli and
Basslty interests for possession of the
Tijuana race track. Aside front one
day's jyuspesion of racing, however,
neither horsemen nor public has been
inconvenienced.
The suspension came on an order
front the minister of war at Mexico
Cite-, who lind received tidings of dis
order and street fighting. between
members of the rival factions. Ilia
telegram was received at 11 o'clock
in the morning. Three hours later,
after l>eing assured that all was cjuiet
in Tijuana, he rescinded the order,
but it was too late then to go ahead
with the day's sport.
The only casualty to date is Col.
Carlos Robinson, and his worst injury
is to his feelings. The colonel is six
feet in height, weighing more than - JO
pounds and carrying a sword fully
three fathoms long. As the com
mander of the Mexican garrison at
Tijuana, he threw' a guard of soldiers
around the house of Judge Preciado,
who had rendered some decision ! in
the Coffroth-Bassity controversy. The
judge, resenting this treatment of the
Judiciary at the hands of the military,
wired his protests to Mexico City. The
colonel and his big sword were re
lieved from duty at Tijuana and or
dered into Sonora.
There i3 no denying, however, that
Bwssity is making a hitter fight to get
control of the track. lie and his as
sociate.-v are throwing every legal en
tanglement in Coffroth's path. De
spite this, Manager U. P. Atkin an
nounces that the worst that Bassity
can do has been done and that no
further interruption with the program
! of winter racing is to be expected.
A Brazilian scientist claims to be
able to change the color of black peo
ple to white. This can be accom
plished by drawing blood from the
i left arm treating it in a special ap
| raraids, heating it and then reiuje.ct
I ing it into the right arm.
; Bee Want Ads Bring P.esults.
BKKET bull practice
at the Omaha uni
versity la runndig
lions at full speed.
| 'Crippled up” Ernie
'dams, coach of the
Maroons, is grad- I
ually rounding his
baaketoera into con
dition for the tirst
jame on the Omaha
schedule, that with
Tabor college of Tabor, la., here i
January 5.
Coach Adams has a speedy squad
out for daily practices and prospects
for another good team at the uni
versity look mighty bright at the
present.
With the return of Wade Reeves,
guard of last year, the Maroons’
stock has took a. decided jump.
Adams has Onpt. Davis, Ackerman,
Leo Koneeky and Jacobsen trying
out for the forward positions, while
Kastman, Chesno and Williams qre
Jumping for the center berth, with
Paul Koneeky, Hunter, Reeves and
Stromberg working out for the guard
positions.
We Thank You, Harry!
I wish to thank jou on behalf of
our college, the University of Ne
braska Medical college, for the beau
tiful trophy The Omaha Bee award
ed us as team winners of The
Omaha Bee-“Y” Thanksgiving day
cross-country run. It is a most
appropriate trophy and we are very
proud of it. The prompt manner In
which it was awarded is also very
laudable.
With proper publicity among the
smaller colleges of Nebraska and
Iowa I I>elive this run could be
made very popular in the future.
I wish to commend your interest in
this sport, and wish to assure you
we v ill do all in our power to vnahe
these runs successes.
Very truly yours.
iSigned) Harry H. Kretiler,
Athletic Manager, ('Diversity of
Nebraska Medical College, Omaha.
Breaks Most Targets at Ak Traps
f* Says "dugs'
Deter*:
A .-AMERICAN,
’TIS OF THEE
Sweet Team of Ciuessery, of Theo
We Sins.
AFTER having broken your leg it
two places IV* one college, it’*
a lot of butter on your bread t«
get picked for somebody's All-Amer
loan football team.
$
I'opulation of Inited Males and gr
rases is 11#,000,000. There arc 10,000,
000 experts. Every expert picks II
people for his A11-American football
party.
That's ..the reason they call it All
American. Everybody in works plays
on it.
Like* beauty contests; All-American
team is picked by photographs.
No two experts agree on same play
ers. If any man is picked for two
teams, lie must be twins.
Expert doesn't have to see his
picked birds play to know that they
are good. All ho does is to read list
of other experts. Then he disagrees
with them.
If one of these guessing teams
were lo play another Weejeo team
for championship of colleges, swamps
or Automats, it would he life worst
game played since 1f92 or any other
historical date.
Fortunately, All-American teams
don’t play. All they do is to get
picked up and put into catalogues like
Burpee's flower seeds.
Why not get two of those teams to
gether and let 'em play and prove
something? Nobody knows what it
will verify. But if it only endorses
Einstein's theory of universal fi'ying
pans, that would he something.
Tickets on sale at all reliable buck
et shops.
M.w. v.. i. Eii.vUlSTON. state
woman trap shot. exhibitod her
ability as a trap shooter yester
day afternoon at the Ak-Sar-Ben
traps of the Omaha Gun club when
she won two geese in the weekly poul
try shoot.
The Nebraska woman champion
oomYieted against such loeat shots as
Joe Dawson, Isaac Noyes, \V. ,T. Mc
Caffrey, F. A. Marshall, H. W. Me
Namara and U. C. Kingsley and man
aged to place high in two out of the
three events of the afternoon.
In the first event for 20 targets.
Mrs. Ed mis ton. shooting from the IS
yard mark, broke 19 out of the 20
recks. \V. ,T. McCaffrey, Isaac
Noyes, TT. AV. McNamara and O. E.
Otto each broke IS out of the 20
targets from the 22, 20, IS and 16-yard
lines, respectively. In the second
event Mrs. Edmisten smashed 17 out
of 20 targets for her second goose of
the day.
Scored of the ufternoon follow:
Hd«*p. No. 1 No.2 No.3
Yds. 2') tgts.20tgfK.SOtgtN.
W. .1 McCaffrey_22 16 14 17
K. Boogie . IK 12 14
W. B- Riley .20 12 14 14
Low Adams ........18 12 12 ..j
John Ragan ........22 11 1'*
Isaac Noyes ..20 16 15 *16
V. A. Marshall .20 M2 12 ••IS
It. W. McNamara ..18 **15 *14 *M i
Frank Swearingen ..18 14 12
Hayes . 16 *14 *16 14(
Joe Dawson 22 11 ,11 17;
Frank Williams .....16 14 14 14
('. K. Otto .16 16 ••16 17 |
Mrs. W. C. Ediiiuston IK ••IS *M7
L. J. Crow .52 .. 16 12
R. C. Kingsley .22 .. 11 17 i
Mt yer .16 .. .. *14
•Duck. ••Goose.
Joe Stecher Wants to Know What
Has Become of Charlie Hanson
By RALPH WAGNER.
It's open season on wrestlers.
.Toe Steelier, former world's king in
among the mat artists, has armed
himself and broth
Charlie Munson.
er-manager Tony,
with a flock of
challenges and Is
going to st»p forth
In the cold,« cold
world and hurl
■aid challenges at
'll the wrestlers in
he land.’
The Dodge (Neb.)
~rappler says he Is
,:\ fine condition
Cor a bout and Is
all dressed up and
hasn't any place
to go. which trans
lated means that
Steelier is ratin'
to land a match with any bone-crusher
In the world, bur none, and Champion
Ed (Strangler) Lewis Included.
"What has become of Charley Han
son?" chirps the Steelier brigade.
"Xot a tiling,” snaps back "Doc”
Elwood, manager of one Charlie Han
son.
"Why can’t wo wrestle?" moans
Joe Steelier. "I wanta buy a couple
more apartment houses before all the
bolters get ’em."
“Hanson vun,ta to wrestle the cham
pion before meeting any second
raters,” comes back Elwood.
“Wow." says Steelier. "That's the
blow that killed the old man. How
come this Ilanson guy says I’m a sec
ond-rater? Why, 1 wps wrestling arid
defending the championship of the
world when Hanson was being rooked
to sk°p by his mother. What's more,
if El wood or Hanson think I’m a
second-rater why don't they sic
Charlie on me and see w hether or not
I'm a second rater?
“If I’m a second-rht,er Jack Hemp
My is a setup for Carl Morris and
anyone who follows sports knows
Dempsey Is no soft lulu to knock
over.” ’ —
Steelier has been wreaking a little
this winter down around Kansas City
and Wichita. The former champ says
Ills arm, the one that caused him con
siderable trouble a year or two ago, has
fully recovered and is as strong as it
ever was, which was pretty strong.
According to brother Tony. Joe has
been working bard on his scissors
hold and has strengthened his legs
to a point where he thinks lie can tie
this guy Hanson into knots if they
over get into the ring.
Steelier Informed us that lie would
rather wrostje Hanson in Omaha than
the chfimpiou or anyone else. Hanson
and his manager have said a lot of
tilings about Joe and tho former
champion would llko nothing better
than to got a chance to dump Charlie
on his back before ati Omaha ::u\/
enfee. •
The Douglas County post of the
American Legion had Steeher and
Hanson signed on tho dotted lino for
u bout boro last July 4,-but the latter
Work on New Creighton
Athletic Field Will Probably
Start Early Next Spring
Creighton university is to have u
new footlKill stadium. Work on the
new structure will probably begin
next spring and will be completed in
time for the 1!*23 football season. The
stadium is being erected in connec
tion with the new $2,000,000 expansion
plan recently adopted by Creighton
and to he undertaken next spring.
The initial cost of the new stadium
will be about $150,000 and plans have
been so drawn that additional units of
scats may be added its needed. The
fir3t structuro will seat 7.500 persons,
according to the plans already drawn
and accepted. Creighton athletic of
ficials believe that the 7.500 limit of
the first structure will bo readied
the first year after its completion and
that the capacity will have to bo dou
bled within a couple of years in order
to take care of the crowds which will
follow when Creighton is admitted to
the Missouri Valley conference.
The now stadium will be located on
the Creighton campus along Burt
street from Twenty- fifth street to
Twenty-seventh street. The city of
Omaha has recently abandoned cross
streets in tills section to make room
for the new bubbling plan of the
university and the way is new prac
tically cleared for action. The prev
ent football field at Creighton is al
ready outgrown in size but in addi
tion. it will have to be abandoned and
torn down to make room for buildings
now under plan by the university.
The first unit of tiie grandstand
will be erected on the south side of
the new stadium. It will be of perma
nent construction only concrete and
steel being used. Not a stick of wood
will enter into construction of the
stand. Tlie seating capacity of the
first unit will be $7,500. Plans for the
stadium, including this f-Tst unit, have
already been drawn by Architect John
Latenser. Bids for the' work have
not yet been called for and specific.*!
lions will probably not be given to
contractors until spring.
Creighton athletic officials have
strong hopes that Creighton will«oon
1* admitted to the Missouri Vulley
conference and are working to that
end. The rules of the Missouri Val
ley conference are being rigidly en
forced and adhered to this season and
this is the policy which Creighton w ill
pursue in the future.
Once the conference is attained,
Creighton yvill feel assured that games
with the very largest institutions in
the circle will bo brought to Omaha,
which, by the way, is the largest
city in the Missouri Valley conference.
Plenty Material
at Peru Normal
Peru, Neb., Dec. 17.—Peru normal
will enter the 1922-23 basket ball sea
son with plenty of playing material
which includes six veterans and 22 re
cruits, according to a statement just
issued by IV. O. Speer, director of
athletics. In addition to fine pros
pects, tlie team has acquired a new
floor for the practice and playing of
home games. This floor covers a
space, 78 by 48 feet, with the ceiling
of tlie room Ei feet above the floor.
Seating capacity has been extended
to a balcony in addition lo a great
main floor allotment.
Among the players reporting for
practice, the list includes the follow
ing veterans, showing the length of
time spent in basket ball at Peru,
either as regulars or substitutes:
Itothert (captain) Harvard, forward;
Praary, Auburn, forward: Pounce, Ne
braska City, forward; Place, Nebras
ka City, forward: Milan Auburn, cen
ter; Buitgenbaugli, Peru, center and
running guard.
New men out for places include Gil
kerson. Clay Center, forward: Willy,
Hebron, guard; Weimar, Hardy, cen
ter; liurnsdon. Peru, guard, and Bell,
Beatrice, guard.
Bast year Peru normal school and
Teachers’ college went through the en
tire season without defeat and plajmd
each of the following twice: Kearney
normal, Duane college. Midland col
lege, Cotner college and Wayne nor
mal college. York college was played
once. Tlie Peru team was awarded
the state college championship.
in addition to the state champion
ship games, Peru played several oth
0’- games, among tlrern beifig two
with Tabor college, an Iowa Institu
tion, and one game with the Syracuse
Athletic association team. Tire oppo
nents in all three games were de
feated.
Hamilton Roads Boxers
Defeat Great Lake* leam
Norfolk, Dec. 17.—The Hampton
Roads naval training station boxing
team defeated the Great Bakes train
ing station at the Hampton Roads
Naval base, in five out of eight bouts
for the intertraining station cham
pionship of the Atlantic coast.
Legion Planning Fight Show
cancelled the match because of a
toothache or something. Anyway,
Jake Tssacon of the Douglas Deglon
athletic committee, says the Legion is
ready to slage the match any time
Steelier and Hanson can get to
gether.
Coming Matches in
Ring and on Mat
Dec. 18.—-Kid william# v#. Voun* Mon
treal. 12 round*, dwlslon, Baltimore: Ja
malm KM v». Tiger Khmer*. 1"
Flnclnuati: Jimmy 1 lalihv yt.
Koeeo. Indian Harbor. Ind.: O.kcy
v« Frank Ilanunxlo, in round,. Brooklyn;
Ted Joyce t,. Bernlc Halm. Detroit;
Mickey Walker t,. Phil Krug IS round,,
no deel,Ion, Nenark. X. J.: Frankie Je
rome r». Jabei While, 1- round,, dec»lon.
Harlem. X. T.: Willie t.arber y. young
a cobble. Truj. N. 1 : Vl< McMughlln '
Jack Moore, Hronklyo, X. Willie Her
man t*. Chubby Brown. Rochester. X. V;
Harry Mulcahy v». Lefly Thomas Hytmr
cu»e. X. V.; Willie furry . a Harry Rlget.
It round, Staten Island. X. V.
Dec. 19.—t harll* Hrecher U-d *’h“P;
man. 10 round*. Bo*ton; liforgO Kifield
v*. Roy t’hlaholm. T«mnto, Unt.
Dee, 20.—Peter Halo v*. Ferry Alnet.
New Orlran*; Joe liatt! vn. looter ChaM
nnt. New Orleans; .\l Carite in. Raymond
Cullottn. New Orleam*.
l>er. 21.—Eddie Andemon t*. Tony Mar
tin. 10 round*. Mlnnvupoll*; Joe Hello v*.
Willie Herman. 12 round*. Pater*nn. N. J.
Dee. 22.—Joe Lynch V*. Med**t Smith.
New York; Pal Moore. %* Dud Taylor. 10
round*. ChlrtiRO.
Deo. 28.—Jimmy Mar* va. Millie Oar-j
l>er, Brooklyn; Panama Joe Dan* vs. Andy
Palmer, 12 round*. Harlan. N. A.
Dee. 25.—.lack Britton v*. Bobby Bar- j
rett. 8 round*. Philadelphia; Whiter Hie
gerahl vs. Aleck Hart. Philadelphia.
Dee. 2«.—dock (Kid) Wolle vs. Benny j
Cioiild. Toronto. Ont.
Dec 28.—Willie Herman in. Johnny
Martin, 12 round*, no decision, P*»m1c.
N. J.
Dec. 29.—rancho Villa v*. Terry Martin.
N. V.
Jan. H.—Jlnimj llussell v*. C barley Win
ter*. 8 round*, Dayton, O.
Jan. 10.—Harry Brel* v*. Jim Delaney
Oklahoma < Ity, okl.
Jan 20.—Joe Ileltdt Ts, Dick Smith. 21)
round*, deci*ion, I.ondon, Enx
A new potato scraper hau been in
vented, made of a glove covered with
a rust proof wire netting.
/
NOW that the Shade- ,
Schoell fight is fast
becoming history,
Omaha's fistic fan
dom is waiting for j
the American]
Legion to Burst j
•orth with the an-1
jouncemeiu or ns
Tight card for Jan*
, lary 8.
Tho legion has
the next date at
the city fight’ shed and is planning
to stage a slugfost unions a couple
of heavyweights or lightweights.
Gene Tunney, former light heavy
weight chump, and Harry Foley, the
latter lightweight champ of the south,
may be ilie headliners on the legipn
show.
Then again. Date Shade and Eddie
Shovlin might tangle in a 10-round
bout. |
Anyway, the legion is going to stage
a show and when it’s a legion show
it’s generally u good one.
Paisley and Joella J.
Derby Prospects
San Diego, Dec. 16.—M. L. Allen’s
Paisley and Tam O’Shanter slable’s
greatly Improved filly, Joella J., have
shown to be the best derby prospects
of the 2-year-olds that have been seen
hero under colors so far this meeting.
Both youngsters, however, m»y be
partial to muddy going. Each has
won twine in the mud. Paisley sur
prised local fans by defeating the
speedy Motor Cop and Dr. Corbett in
a five and one-half furious race by
seven I* ngths. IP* followed this v'
-.cry with a runaway race over such
clever 2-year-olds as Carlos Enrique
and Dick Terpin, rated two of the
best youngsters in the west last win
ter.
o'clock every morning/’ he explain*
| ed, "and take a ten mile jaunt
I through tho woods. Half of It's
! aunt and the other half 1 Jog. and
| It has worked wonders with me. t
went up there sealing about 735 and
1 was flabby. I'm down to 115 now.
"My eyes are stronger and keener
than ever." he continued. "The other
I day 1 was out hunting and out of
1 eight shots 1 came through on
seven."
cmfejgrrv •MATHHwgflK
Promising (lagers
at Chadron Normal
Chadron, Neb., Dec. 17.—Two vet
eran players and a substitute of last
year's team v. ill form the nucleus of
the Chadron Normal school and
Teachers’ college basket ball team
thia season, according to K. 15. West,
director of athletics at that institu
tion, Former Captain Trapp of Brun
ing and McKelvey of Carper, Wyo .
are out for guard and forward posi
tion.--. respectively, while Pat*, of AI
liance, former substitute and utility
player, is keeping1 an eye trained on
the center station.
New men of considerable playing
ability from which the bam will ut
! limately iȣ dected in part are Deal
of Alliance, center; O'Connor of Al
j liance, center; Lingle, Morrill, center;
I Kubik, Gordon, forward; Chalfnut,
[Chadron, forward; Fisher. Chadron,
forward; Powers, Des Moines, la., for
ward, and Green man, Indianola, la.,
; guard.
Yates of Ottumwa. Th.. Inst year's
i captain, did not return to school this
7 <*&r and it will become necessary to
select A new' captain from the two
letter men on the team.
The Chauron basket ball schedule +
about complete. It is as follows:
Pocembrr „r—Chadron High school a:
Chadron. •
January 12—Spcarfiah Normal at Chad
ron.
January 13-—South Dakota School of
• lu'ineft pt Chadron.
January 25-2C—Wayne Normal at Chad
roa.
. ebruary 2-3—Midland college ot C'had
| ro
February C—Waj ne Normal at W ayne.
February 7—Midland coll- ge at Fre
mont.
February 8—Comer college at Bethany.
February 9—Peru Normal School at
Peru.
February 1 s -17—Kearney Normal at
Chadron.
March S— Kearney Normal at K arne;
March s - —Soul 1) Dakota. School of
I Milieu ot Rapid City ,S. D
Mar< h 9—Spearfinh Normal at Spear
flah, S. D
Game Wardens Arrest Man
for Shooting Golden Eagle
New Lexington, O., Dec. 17.—Wil
liam White of Corning, Perry cuunt.%
was placed under arrest here by
game wardens charged with shooting
a golden eagle. The bird measured
SI Inches from tip to lip and was
only two-thirds grown. Farmers de
clared tile bird- was responsible for
the disappearance of many lambs in
this section in the last few days.
/fesbrfftai/fed?
Tou5hou\dlM
By MStorp
g In on amateur panto, after drib
Min# down tjii- floor, I <mI. t u shot at
basket and miss. May I follow In and
take another* shot before tin* ball h.»*
bG1 n touche*! b> another plav*r?
Ve*. for tin aoon n*t you luLr jftnr
first ahot 3 our play mum completed and
the ball ItwoniMi n free hall.
g. Is on** of th« phi?-- ra jumping al
lowed t*» strike ball t*n Ha way up?
A. No, the hall must l*e tapped at ih
liijchest point in amateur game, on lla
nay down In profeeHloiuil game.
Q. On a jump ball, liuvo ! the prefer
* nco of keeping my right or left hand
behind my back ?
A. Van. Kit her hand.
Q. If two opponent* strike a ball at
the name lime, causing it to go out t*f
Gout1 eta, to which aide does the reforce *
g.v* the ball?
A. The referee make* it a jump hall,
three feet in on the court from tlic point
H went out of bounds.
g. If at tbs end >>f the regular period
tin- score if a tie, d<» the tea mi change
goaty for the extra five minute period?
\. No, tlie additional period of five
minutes will be pla3 ed without change
of baskets.
Shooting. As most of the basket ball
throughout the country ih played under
tho amateur rubs, the Instructions that
are to follow will bo given with tho
under:-ending that the baskc is six Inch*
from th*» backboard. In the professional
p-nm*'. when- the basket 1 Ji* inchrj from
t \ - ba*'kboard, u**arly nil hot are at
tompted *j*«n. Th<- backboard ie seldom
considered I»y tho shooter, although many
goal.* ai t* h* un d on the bank.
in Ivskct ball ther*» ar*1 three clapses
of ihots to l» • considered. r'lr.-t. those
made from a position close* to Hie basket
Ih eloce to the basket is meant that Lh<
shooter, v. hen he leaves t!io floor to
make hie. .-hot, cun r**;tcii the bucket or
at least within a few foot of it P«»c
ond, all shots mao fron* any distance
greater than those apecifird ab«jv*» Third.
fr$e shots made from tho foul line.
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! Ray Elliott Compares Present Day Grid Game With Old Style of Play
By WAV V. ELLIOTT. j
(editor's N<«l»—One of the best quarter,
backs who off played on a '"•■rusks
team. He played liut one year. I*9*- but
has been closely Identified w'}}*
football ever smee. He wo. little illff
cner In tlu* iram«* now tnaii m tn*
days accepting In the class of plays used.
The powerful learn still »ln« over the
heady team, ho holds, regardlessofthe
.,i,eo came. KlUott played under Yielding
H Ywt. now coach at Michigan, the only
year "Hurry-lp” lost directed a Mehraska
team. — „
IN writing of tho old 1S9S team,
after having lreen interested in
every Nebraska team since that
time, forces me to go pretty deep in
my memory.
Fielding H. Yost was our coach that
year and 1 believe his salary was $600,
of which he had $200 still due him
after the season closed. They called
him "Hurry-Up'’ Yost,- and that cer
tainly was Ru appropriate name. But
between halves, if you had happened
to pull what is now termed a "bone"
his knowledge of expletives was pot
only a source of wonder to the mem
bers of the team, but served as a mar
velous tonic. The player addressed
was certain never to repeat the mis
take which called forth the censure.
In those days we w^uld start on a
trip with four substitutes and always
played a game Saturday and another
.Monday. There was no- surplus of
players and when a regular went out
of the game he could not return. Nat
urally every- one of them had to play
in the fray as long as he could stand
on his feet. That was the worst fea
ture of the game as It was played In
those days.
Played William Jewell.
We played William Jewell a prao
lice game that year and then beat
Missouri. 47 to 0, but Kansas was
the big game. The Jayhawkers had
a team which averaged 185 pounds
and they were using the “Penn
guards back" play. Five men, weigh
ing from ISO to 226 pounds, hit the
center of the line In tandem forma
tion. When you stopped one of those
plays you knew you had been some
place, but more than likely you didn't
know where you were. The rule
governing pushing was unheard of
them
The odds were 3 to 1 that Ivausas
would win and they were out to wal
lop us In any way they could. They
tried slipping "sleeping dope” of some
kind in our water bucket before the
game started, but Jack Best happen
ed to see the man who tried it where
upon Jack showed his mastery of
the English language.
We took the field first. The Kan
susans came on in single file and
if there was ever an aggregation of
giants that team was it.
Thought He Made Mistake.
I weighed 135 pounds and when I
saw that bunch of 200 pounders enter
I began to wonder If I hadn’t mude a i
mistake In taking up football.
Wo won that game, IS to 0, but
e\ery member of the team was bat-I
tered and bruised. Although wo i
were shot to pieces we had to go to
Kansas City and tako on the K. C.
Medics. Monday.
We won tlie Kansas game with the
quarterback kiely This is the play
which later developed Into the for
ward pass. The quarterback had to
stand in position and kick the ball so
lliat one of the ends could snatch It
over his shoulder while running. It
required fur .more accuracy than the
pass. 1 think I had on the only piece |
of equipment furnished by the uni
versity thut year. Knowing that we
were outweighed Yost figured our
only chance was by using the quar
terback kick. .So the university
ltought me a pair of shoes and we
completed 10 out of the'tl attempts
which was a record In those days.
We had two gomes in Colorado thut
year, one with Colorado university
and another following with the Den
ver Athletic club's team. The latter
aggregation was a professional outfit
recruited from college players, most
of whom were front life cast. Wc won
both games, beating the university
22 to 10, and the Den'f.fr club 11 to 10. I
The Denver team had an old liar ■
vard guard who weighed 270 pounds, j
I remember him well. I also remem
bcr that two games of football in
mountain uir makes you appreciate
how' light it is.
We had our 11 points when Denver
started a goal march just at the end
of the game. We kept forcing them
to the sidelines and when they made
their touchdown they were forced. 1
under the rules then, to bring the ball
straight out from where the man
crossed the goal, and attempt the kick
for goal. The kicker missed because
of the angle from which he had to
kick.
There has been considerable con
troversy about the try for-polnt sys
tem. I believe the old rule much the
beat. Knowing it has to bring the
ball straight out from the place where!
the man crosses, a team uses better
generalship in sending him across in
order that the kick may be made
from a vantage point rather than
an angle.
Follows Game ftoselj.
I have followed the grid game
closely since I quit playing and I
can see little difference in the present
game, excepting In the class of plays
used. It is, and always will be, a
ease of balance, brains and coaching.
Any grid star must have individual
coaching along the lines of stiff-arm,
side-stepping, twisting and change of
pace and then hate the head to "turn
i:is shifting" to get his opponent oil
balance. After the individual work
haa been completed then- comta the
team work.
Football playing should ho called
football working. I have seen men
who did not look good to start work
hard and use their head and by doing
this < limb to stardom, where the man
with plenty of natural ability refused
to work and didn't get nny place.
My contention is that instead c*f
having one man star in t lie haektteld.
every back should have the same
atuff. Then the opponents would be 1
watching all of them instead of hav
ing tlie atar marked.
An ideal backfleld was represented
in the one developed by Coaches Daw -
son and Frank at Nebraska this year.
Kvery one of the backlleld men could
stiff arm. sidi step and twist. Under
tiie.-e conditions the going is mad*
mighty touglMor the opponent*
