Up-to-Date News and Gossip of Interest to Sport Fans
Sunday Is Dav of
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Rest for Football
Players on Coast
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Nittany Lions anti Trojans
Ready for Annual Gridiron
Haiti e at Tournament
of Roses.
Pasadena, Cal., Ltec. 31.—Kundny
was almost a day of test for the foot
ball squads of Pennsylvania State and
the University of Southern California,
which will meet here Monday in the
annual east against west gridiron
contest of the Tournament of Roses.
Both squads ended their heavy
training Saturday and contented
themselves today with long hikes to
keep their muscles relaxed and their
conditions pointed.
Clouds which hung over southern
California today brought hope to
Pennsylvania State fans, as the Nit
tany Lions are regarded as "a wet
field combination" by gridiron experts
.jnd it was generally conceded that
rain would bring them an advantage,
Tlic Trojans, who have played most
of lhen games on dry fields, naturally
were wishing for a continuation of
the weather which has brought them
■ string of victories, broken only once
in the season, and that by ttie Univer
sity of California Bears.
Hugo F.ezdek head coach for Penn
sylvania State, maintained an opti
mistic air today and the morning pa
pers published a picture of Ulmer C.
Henderson, head couch for the Tro
jans, displaying a broad smile which
may mean something, ns he has a
reputation for gloominess.
Advance seat sales indicated an at
tendance of between BO,000 and
60,000.
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Running in Mud
V--'
Is a Lost Art
Ity LA1JA’ COLLYER.
"This reminds me of the days when
Guttenberg, Alexander and Glouces
ter were in their prime," remarks an
old-time turfite as ho gazed upon the
sea of muddy water that covers Jef
ferson park and which forced the
management of that New Orleans
track to cancel racing for 2 4 hours.
"The tin if difference is that nowa
days you couldn't get a corporal’s
guard to turn out, yet under the same
kind of conditions at Guttenberg and
Clifton they raced jnst the same for
New Yorkers, in those days, were
crazy for any kind of racing. If the
track froze over duling the night two
large truck loads of rock salt were 1
scattered over the course and by race
time the track was mud and water
again. Yep, and it remained that way
all winter.
"Two things can ho credited to Out
tenberg. It brought more recruits to
the sport than any other ten tracks
find it made more mud horses than
any four. When a heavy fatl of snow
came along Joe Marrone, who was a
padrone in those days, would get a
couple of hundred Italians to work
shoveling It off into the infield. Mar
rone made so much money during
one winter at Guttenberg, in that
way, that he bought a stable of race
horses and he owns one to this day."
All of which brings one to a full
realization of how things in racing
have changed. A quarter of a cen
tury ago people flocked to such crude
places as Guttenberg, Alexander,
Glifton and Newport and there un- j
derwent extreme hardships just for
the chance of seeing the “gee-gaws"
perform. Today a particularly i
mu<Jdy track Is enough to cause a j
postponement because track man
agers have learned to their sorrow [
that the public not only won't stand
the least bit of Inconvenience in trav
eling to and from the tracks l ut that
the people who pay the fiddler also
positively refused to turn out in pay
ing numbers on days that are gloomy
or when the horses are likely to race
in the mud. Verily this is the day
of glass enclosed, steam-heated grand
stands, extravagant purses and fast
track horses.
Siki Files Suit
to Regain Title
Paris, Dec. 31.—Batling Siki filed
a suit In the civil courts yesterday
against Paul Rosseau, president of the
French boxing federation, for annul
ment of his nine months disqualifica
tion and for restoration of his title
as European heavyweight champion,
which he won from Georges Car
rentier.
The suit was a result of Rosscau's
failure to answer formal summons
served upon hint last week directing
him to produce within three days the
records upon which Siki was diaqaull
fied. The Senegalese boxer repeated
in the action begun today, his conten- j
tion that the federation’s action was
illegal because ho was not allowecj
to give his testimony.
“What’sAlfThis About j
Benton,” Asks Moran
Chicago, Dec. 31.—Having "seen by j
the papers’’ that there was some
thing of a compHtion over the return 1
of Pitcher ‘‘Rube ’ Benton to the Ma- i
tlonal league, Tat Moran, manager of
the Reds, bobbed up on the local hori
zon today to inquire what it was all
about. Pat and Mrs Moran are here
for a visit with the latter's folks.
When assured that there was con
siderable opposition to the prospective
purchase of Benton from St. Paul by
the Cincinnati club. Moran said he
couldn’t understand It. Tie insisted
he had never heard anything to the
detriment of the liurler even at the
recent confabs st Mew Tork, when
Benton s name and past were sup
posed to have been freely aired. He
expressed the belief that eventually
the cloud will be removed from the
pitcher's name
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Bowling Outgrows
Local Facilities
There are more bowlers in Omaha
than there are alleys to accommo
date them.
That alone evidences the growth
of bowling in the city during the clos
ing year.
Omaha’s two alleys—Farnam and
Omaha—are taxed to capacity to pro
vide pathways for all the leagues.
Many leagues. In the process of or
ganization. were disbanded last fall
when It was learned that all space
had been reserved.
Bowling has won many converts
among women as well ns men. The
Ladies' Metropolitan league is re
cruited to full strength and as a re
sult two more ladles' leagues are to
be organized.
The Knights of Columbus league
will be composed of 10 teams and
the Women s Greater- Omaha of four
teams. The leading women bowlers
will compete in the latter league.
A record entry was recorded In the
state tournament, and Omaha wooden
ball heavers Invaded tournaments In
other cities and carried oft honors.
A1 Krug bowled 646 in three games
in the state tournament and retained
his title of singles champion.
Mrs. R. T. Jameson defended her
city and state titles against all chal
lengers and promises to hold sway
for another year.
The Nourse Oils won the team
championship by bowling 2,979 In the
state tournament.
R. L. and Kenneth Sciple toppled
1,231 pins for the doubles title and
R. L. Seiple won the all-events with
a score of 1,823.
Tigers’ Crack
Quintet Intact
New York, Dec. 30.—The college
season is now in its preliminary
stages. The holidays will bring a
temporary cessation in the court ac
tivities, and then with the resumption
of classes Princeton and Columbia on j
January 9 will open the Intercollegiate j
Basket Ball league.
The great problem confronting the
coaches of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth,
Columbia, Cornell and Yale is the
Orange and Black menace of Prince
ton. There is not a man missing from
the Princeton team which last year
defeated Pennsylvania in the play-off
game for the championship, the first
basket ball title to be won by the
Tigers.
A year ago Princeton did not figure
! in the predictions for the season. Hill
j kahn was in his first season as coach.
"Hall Wittmer was the only veteran
on the squad and he was declared
ineligible before the schedule had
been half finished. The team was
green and suffered setbacks in the
earlier games. But as time went on
the possibilities developed heyond all
speculation, and Pennslyvania, at first
thought to be invincible with a vet
eran team, lost two games to the
Tigers and the first holding of the
new Alexander trophy.
“Bull” Kline Resigns
as Florida Mentor
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 30.—W. G.
(Bull) Kline, three years head coach
of athletics at the University of
Florida, tendered his resignation to
the athletic board of control in
Gainesville, to become effective at
once, it was announced today.
Kline came to the Gainesville in
stitution from the University of Ne
braska, where he was head coach for
one year.
Pioneer Runners Had Endurance
Racing Cost King Over $200,000
★ ★ ★ ★
A New “Betcha M illion" Race Yarn
By FRANK G. MENKE.
The horse which gallops beyond a
mile and a half in the era is consid
ered a durable wonder. The nag
which romps for two and a half
miles once in a while is called a
“super horBe.’’ Yet in the early days
of the turf a racer wasn’t considered
really worth while unless he scooted
along for three miles as a rather reg
ular thing—and frequently indulged in
four-mile jaunts.
Lexington hung up the fust murk
for the distance 68 years ago when
he ran the four miles in 7:19 3-4. The
record endured from 1855 to 1874
when it wras smashed at Saratoga by
Fellowcraft who ran it in 7:19 1-2.
Then came the world renowned Ten
Broeck whose owner challenged for
a race with Fellowcraft with a $1,000
side bet. The challenge was declined.
The racing association then offered
a $1,000 purse for such a race open to
all horses. Ten Broeck’s owner ac
cepted. So did J. D. Crouse, the
owner of the four-year Add.
The first mile was extremely slow
—1:52%. The second was in 1:45%
and Add dropped right out of conten
tion there. Ten Broeck reeled off tho
third, 1:46% and the fourth, 1:50%.
The total time was 7:16% which was
more than three seconds faster than
Fellowcraft's mark.
The Ton Broeck figure withstood
onslaughts of hundreds of horses for
21 years. Then came Lucretia Bor
gia to smash it in spectacular fash
ion. This California mare was dwarf
ish in size, weighing less than 700
pounds, but she had wonderful speed
and endurance.
Racing against the mark of Ten
Broeck, the little mare, with Clawson
in the saddle and carrying 87%
pounds, but unaccompanied by a pace
maker, ran as follows: 1:50, 1:45%,
1:47%, 1:48',2, making a total of 7:11,
which was more than eight seconds
faster than the Lexington record of
1855 and over four seconds beyond
that of the wonderful Ten Broeck.
The Lucretia Borgia mark, hung up
on May 20, 1897, in Oakland, Cal., en
dured for 15 years when it was re
duced to 7:10%—the world’s record
at the present time—by Soternia run
ning in a race at Louisville, Ky.
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Champion Hard Luck Yarn.
Speaking of hard luck.
Twenty-five years ago, Paul Fox
Jumped aboard a nag known as Poor
Jonathan, at Morris Park, N. Y. The
bookies were laying 500 to 1 against
him. As the gallopers were leaving
the paddock, an old docker hushed up
to Fox and whispered:
‘‘Poor Jonathan can’t lose this race.
Get a bet down for yourself.”
Fox had no money in his riding
breeches so he couldn’t pass any along
to the docker to be bet for him. He
asked the docker to put up $10 on
the nose of Poor Jonathan for him.
same to be paid back when the race
was over. But the docker was so
broke that he hadn’t been able to bet
a dime for himself.
Poor Jonathan at 500 to 1 ran home
in front that day without the jockey,
the docker or the other having a cent
to bet on him. And what made it just
a trifle more distressing, from the Fox
viewpoint, was that the owner never
paid him the $10 jockey fee.
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Racing (net King $224,000.
Those who have long held to the be
lief that the hoss racing is the "sport
of kings” point to what happened to
the English turf in 1922.
King George, with a string of 14
' nags, racing under his purple and
gold colors, won only $26,445 In
purses, wheras it cost him beyond
$260,000 to maintain his stables.
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A "Betcha Million* Story.
One of the very many Interesting
anneedotes concerning John \V. Oates,
master plunger of the American turf,
concerns a horse he gave away and
then bet against—which action cost
him $24,0000.
Lotus was the horse. He couldn’t
do anything for Gates and the latter
gave him to Billy DuBols. Several
weeks passed. Then DuBols hunted
up Gates.
“Lotus is in racing condition right
now,” he informed Gates. “I've got
Lotus entered today—and Lotus will
win. I'm telling you this so you can
get a bet down for yourself."
But GateR couldn't “see’ Lotus. He
figured that a horse named Wes was
a certainty. He said so to DuBois.
“Well, I don't think so,” answered
DuBois. "I'm going to bet $15,000 on
Lotus.”
“What are the odds?” asked Gates.
“Eight to 5 against Lotus,” an
swered DuBois.
"Well, I’ll book that bet for you,”
answered Gates. He did. Lotus won
by four or five lengths, and the next
day Gates paid $24,000 to DuBois for
betting against a horse which once
had been his own.
(Copyright, 1922.)
Chicagoans Win
From Wops, 31-29
A spurt of basket shooting in the
closing seconds of the game gave the '
Association college quintet of Chicago j
a 31 to 29 victory over the M. F. j
Wops, lenders in the Church Icaguo, j
ut the *‘Y" last night.
The game, a see sawed affair, was J
replete with action and spectacular j
plays.
The first half ended 10 to 13, in
favor of Association.
Tho Wops cnme back in the second
period and tied the score on goals by
Raber and Saunders and a free throw
by Peabody. From then on tire Wops
held the lead until iri the last minute
of play, when the score stood 29 to 29
With hut 15 seconds to play, Munraa
shot a long one, which won the game
for his mates.
The First M. K. Baracas lost to the
Beddeos in a preliminary game, 20 ‘o
]2. The Paynter brothers, Art and
Floyd, starred for tho .oners. Slane
and Camero, former Omaha Commer
clal High school stars, showed some
of their oldtime speed at guard for \
the Beddeos.
The lineups:
Association College (SI.)
K. G. FT. rt*
Pogue, r. f. 1 0 0 0
Munma (c) 1. f. ........ 1 6 7 17
Dunham, c.2 0 4
Manning r. g.....0 0 n 0
Kdgren. r. .. 4 1 0 2
Sim ester . 0 :t 0 6
Hauser .2 0 0 0
Scott ..0 o 0 0
Neun ...0 10 2
Total* .7 12 7 31
Wop* (29. >
K. O. FT. Pts
Kl^pser, r. f......1 1 *>
Haber. 1. f.,...2 4 0 h
Peabody, c. 1 0 7 7
Sedlne, r. g. .....4 o 0 0
Grove*. 1. g. . ..........2 o 0
Saunders . . ..3 2 0 4
Usher .o l u 2 j
Totals 13 11 7 29
Official- Verne Moore, referee. Kr
nie Adame, umpire; Savage, timer Cof
fey. scorer.
Tim* of halves: 20 nunules.
Angler Catches
Bass; Retrieves
6Rod
YRACUSE. N. Y., Jan. 1.
—Try lliis one on the
next meeting of the An
glers’ club:
Dr. Floyd S. Hoyt of Cen
tral Square, near here, has re
covered from Oneida Lake a
fishing rod whic hhc lost Inst
August.
Fishing through the lee he
hooked a large bass, and whpn
the bass had been landed he
found that it had another hook
in its mouth. Pulling in the
line of the second hook he
finally drew from the water
the lost rod- It was at a spot
five miles from where he
• lost it.
Midwestern Ass n
Meet at Iowa 4*l!”
Iowa City, Ia„ Dec. 31.—(Special.)
—The championship swimming meet
of the Midwestern Association of the
A. A. U. will be held with the Uni
versity of Iowa February 1. Four
events are scheduled: Senior 220-yard
free style for men. Junior 100-yard free
style for men, junior plunge for dis
tance for men, senior 100-yard free
style for women. The meet is open
to all who reside in the midwestern
association, which Includes the states
of Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and
South Dakota.
Entry blanks will be mailed to all
universities, athletic clubs, to many
high schools and to individuals known
to be interested. Contestants will be
allowed to compete under the names
of their university or college, as mem
bers of an athletic club or as unat
tached. All high school athletes will
enter as unattached. It will be neces
sary for all contestants to bo regis
tered in the association. They may
register with G. I1. Wendell of the
Omaha Athletic club. In addition to
the registration fee of 25 cents, an I
extra charge of 50 cents must be sent I
with the entry blank. Special A. |
A. U. m'-dals, gold, silver and bronze,
will be awarded to the first three who
place in each event. Entries for the
meet close January 25.
Tilden Hopes to Defend
Cup Despite Loss of Finger
New York. Dec. 30.—"I shall make
the Davis cup my goal in 1333,” Wil
liam T. Tilden, tennis champion of the
world, was quoted ns saying a few
days ago. "If I find that I am good
enough to make tho team, I shall ask
the Davis cup committee to take my
word for it. If I am not, I shall
frankly say so. The defense of the
cup is the thing uppermost in my
mind.”
It may he that Tilden will play as
well as ever with his crippled hand.
It is to ho hoped that he will but cool
reasoning makes this appear something
cf an impossibility. There is small
doubt that his game will be affected,
and sorely affected, by the loss of his
middle finger.
Neville Leads Field of 75
in California Tourney
Del Monte. Cal., Dec, 31.—J. F.
Neville. California amateur champion,
led a field of 75 golf players in the
qualifying round of the Del Monte
New Year tournament here yesterday,
with a card of 79.
It. W. Salisbury, Salt Lake, and
Francis L’pton, jr. Kan Francisco
were tied for second place with a card
of 80 each.
Many Evils in College Athletics
Traceable to Activities of Grads
By HIGH FL'LLEKTON.
Chicago, Dec. 31. — Praotically
every evil charged against college
athletics may be traced to alumni in
terest in athletics, especially football
Whether it be excess ju sport, ex
cesses in gambling, proselyting play
ing, securing undesirable characters
as coaches, ticket scalping, interfer
ence with athletic management, at
tacks on coaches, when we get to the
bottom of the case we find the over
zealous "old grad.” It Is the "old
grad" who refuses to realize that he
has had his day and that the present,
both in sport and in college belongs
to the undergraduate, who has
brought football into partial disre
pute.
The problems of restraining the
“old grad" from "helping” his old
school and his team is a complicated
one for the reason that usually the
school needs his influence and needs
his money. Worse than that, he
sees the matter in an entirely dif
ferent light from that of the ad
vanced thinkers, and cannot realize
that changes have come into college
life and into athletics since his day.
He is insulted at the idea that his
acts reflect upon the honor of his col
lege and have a debasing and disor
ganizing effect upon the players, and
constitute a menace to the morals of
the undergraduate body.
Precautions Taken.
An examination of tho evidence
gathered from every faction, faculty,
athletic directors, coaches, under
graduates and the better posted of
the alumni show that practically all
the evils charged against football in
Yale, Harvard and Princeton origi
nated in alumni interest in athletics
Coaches, athletic directors and
others admit these facts and say in
despair, "What are we going to do
about it?”
That the majority of universities
and colleges have tried to prevent the
proselyting, the “aiding" of students
and the loaning of money to athletes
and have partially balked the moves
to make entrance to college easy for
athletes and to extend special favors
to them is certain. Rut not one that
I have found has been able to prevent
it. Harvard ; nd Yale grads have
been checked laigely—and have re
sented it, which is natural since they
think they arc doing something big
for their school.
Expelled Athletes.
Princeton rebelled openly against
this Interference with university ac
tivities by the old grads. Tho action
of stars who had borrowed money
of starts who had borrowed money
from the students help fund, was one
of the big moves of the year:' rather
hard on the victims, who had done
no real wrong, but were victims of
circu mstanees.
I’rineeton has a fund to help needy
students through college; a well-meant
fund until it was mlssused. The major
ity of students, both athletic and oth
erwise. who borrowed from that fund,
were honest and the great majority
repaid the loans. But when contribu
tions to that fund poured In with a
condition attached that the money be
used for football men only, the uni
versity put down Us foot. Of ail who
borrowed from tho fund. I do not think
six intentionally abused it, although
I find that some who wanted to bor
row to meet emergencies were urged
by old grads to take the money and
regard it aa a gift.
Tho cause of the trouble is easy
to find, but the cure Is hard. There
are so many instances of "help" ex
tended to football players that aro
legitimate that it is like deciding be
tween graft and "emoluments.” but
the effect is the same. It is setting
up a favored class in instutions sup
posedly purely democratic, and is
therefore wrong.
The last element in the football I
situation is the undergrad. The facul
ties, the athletic board, most of the
coaches, and the best element in the
| alumni .are considering him.
The general attitude is that foot
| hall and other athletics are under
graduate activities, that the game be
longs to the undergrads; that the play
ers must be bnrmflde undergrads, that
football is a game, for, by and of
the undergraduates, which is sound.
After studying the eastern situa
tion and mingling with the under
grads before, during and after “Mg"
j games. I find the udergrad on the
I average Is a “square shooter,” that
lie is much less hysterical and inclined
to excesses than the “old grad,” who
comes back to celebrate, that as a
rule the requirements of his course
keep him pretty busy up to an hour
or so before the game, and that he
settles bark into the routine much
quicker than would be supposed.
A week after the Yale-Princeton
game this fall there was scarcely a
mention of football among the under
grads, while the alumni and “sports”
still were discussing every phase.
High School Gritl Teams
on Edge for Battle Today
Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 31.—Scott High
school football team of Toledo, O.,
lestcd from Its training labors and
all members were pronounced fit for 1
Monday’s contest with Corvallis High
school, to be played here. The visit
ing team arrived tonight from Port
land in a special car and was given
a noisy welcome. The Corvallis men
had a final workout today in a sea
of mud. Prospects were for a wet
field and rain Monday.
Portis Wins
Portis, Kan., Dec. 81.—(Special.)—
The Portis Dynamos defeated the
Franklin (Neb.) Bushwhackers at
XCranklin last night, 45 to 31, in one
of the best games of the season. It
was the fifth successive time the Por 1
tis team defeated Franklin.
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Bee Want Ads Bring Results.
Apprentice Jocks
in Bi* Demand
Huuna. Cuba. Dec. 31.—The anv
iety of owners and trainer* to make
jockeys out of impossible umber lias
been very apparent at the meeting
of ttm Cuba-American Jot key Club
this winter.
Horses that would certainly bate
won with competent pilots m. the sad
rile have fallen down sadly. This
can all lie accounted for hy the fact
that trainers as a rills seem to think
that the five pound apprentice allow
mice which they claim hy putting up
apprentice jockeys is a lienejU to
thT'tn, while as a rnatlw of fact it is
a distinct drawback to the chances of
winning a race.
There are few, if any. competent
apprentices n"\v riding at this popu
lar course. The most promising at
this time is Jockey 1‘ Hr os*, a
diminutive lad who has shown excel
lent ability m pigskin.
When such good riders as Ambrose
Primrose, Callahan and a score of
others are going about kilo, it shows
conclusively that the trainers think
that It is a pull in weights. and
that their horses ran win with it.
Take Jockeys like Ambrose, Print
rose, McDermott and a few others
who arc at the track daily and are
ready to accept mounts when offered
the five pounds means at least 50
pounds in riding ability. Ambrose,
one of the best riders this or any
other country has ever produced, can
give these apprentices n handicap of
50 pounds nnd still bent them.
Moran Fails to
Lane! ‘'Marv Ann"
v
Paris, Pec. 31.—Marcel Nilles. Ilia
French pugilist, defeated Fiank Mo
ran of Pittsburgh last night on point-1
for the heavyweight championship of
France.
Nilles won after 15 hard rounds, iu
which youth and cleverness had the
better of experience and gnmeness
Nilles outpointed Moran with short
left jabs, while the Pittsburgher was
sparring for an opening to land his
famous "Mary Ann" of which the
Frenchman was wary, fighting under
orders to keep away, and never tmx
ing. being satisfied to win on points.
A cut over the right eye, which had
been opened during his training bled
copiously in tho early rounds and
gave Moran considerable trouble.
Nilles had all the better of the early
stages, hut to the surprise of every
one, Moran came back strong in the
latter part of the bout, showing de
cisively to advantage in the 13th, 14th
and lath.
Although the victor, it" is not
thought that Nilles would stand much
chance with any one of the half
dozen American heavyweights or two
or three of the light-heavyweights.
Mixed Bout Is News
to Jack Dempsey
Los Angeles, Dec. 31.—Jack Demp
sey, heavyweight champion pugilist,
said today he had not been informed
that articles had been signed for a
mixed bout between Ed (Strangler)
Lewis, champion wrestler, and him
self, as announced in San Francisco,
but declared he was ready for the
matcfy.
Negotiations for the bout, Dertipsey
said, were In the hands of his man
ager, Jack Kearns.
Wichita, Kan., Dec, 31.—Tom Law,
wrestling promoter of Wichita, over
whoso signature a 1300.000 offer for
a mixed bout to he held in Wichita
between Ed (Strangler) Lewis, worlds
heavyweight wrestling champion, and
Jack l'empsey, champion heavyweight
boxer of the world, was made to Jack
Kearns, Dempsey’ manager, on De
cember 17, knows nothing of signal
articles drawn at Wichita for the
bout, lie said today.
Maurice Taylor Heads
Shoots Fish With Bow
and Arrow; Arrested
Perryville, Mo,, Dec. 31.—Tradi
tlomd Indian methods of hunting and
fishing are being employed here, nr
cording to Deputy Gome Warden
Base, who arrested an old-time hunter
and trapper hero for shooting fish
with a bow and arrow.
Ligo Freeman, the trapper, lives
on a creek north of here, where, ac
cording to the warden, he was reap
ing a real harvest. Hunters say an
arrow discharged from a strong bow
pierces the water better than a bullet
from a gun.
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