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VOL. 52—NO. 34. PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4. 192.1. 1—B FIVE CENTS
' ‘Pop’ Geers, 72,
Plans Another
Year in Sulky
Ikiward Franklin Geers, better
known ns the grand old man ot the
trotting world, is 72 years of age.
The coming sea
son will be his tor
i' sixth with a sta
ble of trtJHcrs and
pacers on the nice
track. In his long
career he has ap
peared in races
before more peoplq
than any other man
who ever sat in a
sulky and has also
won more races
than any other that
ever followed the
proression, in wmcn
' pop ' omens. Pig name will al
ways Ik :i lender.
There has never been a man con
^i^^iec-teil with the turf who held the in
A& torest and kindest thoughts of all
people with whom he has been asso
ciated as Pop lias. ,
Born in Tennessee.
Pop Geers was born near Lebanon.
Tenn., Jan. IS51, and began to love
speedy horses while a mere school
. boy. At the age of 20 lie was a train
r er and won his first race at Lebanon
in 1871 with a Morgan stallion, Little
Dave, who stepped in 3:05 hitched to
a skeleton wagon.
In 1S75 he commenced as a public
Irainer In Nashville, anti raced sev
eral Srotters and pacers that fall, in
fairs- hi his home state, with the fast
Alice West. She had a record of 2:33.
In 1876 he located at Columbia,
> Tenn-. and remained there until 1889.
His first champion was Mattie Hunt!
er, 2:12 3-4, that re raced in 1878 and'
made a pacing queen in 1879. His
first champion trotter was Annie IV.,
2:20, whom lie paraded In 1880 and
won his first race on the Grand cir
cuit with her in 1881. In 1888 he
raced Hal Pointer. 2:041-2, also
Brown Hal, 2:12 1-2, in 1889. both of
which ne made world's champions
within the next two years.
Locates in Memphis.
In 1S91 he started training and driv
ing for the Village Farm and contin
ued in this position for 10 years, until
the farm's dissolution. In 1902 ho
located In Memphis where he has
made his headquarters yearly since.
Hla chief patron since 1904 has been
Frank G. Jones, one of the trotting
turf’s wealthiest lovers of the sport.
..JTilden Predicts
Great Year for Tennis
New York, Feb, 3.—(Special.)—
"This will bo one of the greatest years
(n mv tennis history,” salil William T.
Tilden the other day. "You see," said
Tilden. puffug nervously at a cigaret,
"1 have only bad the bandages off
my finger the last two days. The fin
ger is rather stiff, hut will respond
later and will he of great use to me
in holding my racquet.
"Xhe past. I want forget it. We
don't live in the past, especially in
my game. It is the future I must
prepare to meet. That I can say I
am most optimistic of.
\ "I have beaten other players," eon
* tlnued Tilden. "Why should I not be
defeated by other men? That is the
way of amateur sports. I arn prepared
to be defeated."
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Bird’s-Eye View of Proposed New Happy Hollow Grounds
LANGFORD V MOREAU
LANDSCAPE. A AC Ml TIC T $
HAPPY HOLLOW CLUB
MARRY LAWFUL A.I.A.
• A RtMITRCT
The above drawing shows the way the new Happy Jfollow grounds will look when completed 4n 192a. TI10 course will be -1 holes and will boast a
1 $100,000 (lu house. ^Tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool and practice g reens also will be constructed.
East Still Wants
to See Paddock
‘New York, Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Her
i lici t lteeii, a recognized sporting au
thority, Bays that sooner or later
Charley Paddock will have to come
, east and prove himself ngainst the
sprinters now hitting up the pace in
this section. It would he n shame not
to have the man whom many consid
er the faster runner In the amateur
ranks the world ha- ever seen, show
those who doubt his al ability. Noth
ing will change the opinion of those
who snw him in m ion at Antwerp
that he is one of 1 he greatest run
ners of the world today. The extrava
gant claims made for him on the Pa
cific <joast, the obvious impossibil
ity of sniii^ «.>f bis records and cer
tainly nttk *>r»v complaint made about
his treatment In the east will really
affect the question.
Golf Championship at
Sleepy Hollow in May
The amateur golf championship of
the Westchester County Golf'associa
tion will be played on May 31, June
t and 2, at Sleepy I-Tollow, in prefer
ence to Quaker Ridge.
The *!unior event will he played
some time In June at a time which
will not conflict with regents' examina
tions. Scardale and Mt. lvisco have
offered their ccurses for the open
event, which wilt ho held in Sep
tember.
Indoor Golf in East,
New York, Fob. 3.—Open cham
pionship golf indoors which has
never been taken sqriously in the
east, is going to be given a trial.
Though talked about here in New
York for years, in the end it has re
mained for Chicago promoters to
take the plunge, the plan being to
bold tlie tournament during the ear
ly part of April In the First Regiment !
armory.
Hy FRANK ti. MENKE.
A lot of guys have walked right in.
turned around, and strutted right out
again. But it has remained for Til
Huston of New York, to reverse the.
process.
Til sold his half interest in tht
i^cinkees, walked right out of base
ball. took a few sniffs of unbasebnl
lie ozone, and even while additional
obituary notices were being written
about him, he walked right back
again, Iron hat and all.
"I changed my mind,” grinned
baseball's '‘Patti.” And darned If
he didn’t.
Just what effect the return of Hus
ton will have upo^i the Yanks in
particular and baseball in general is
something of a problem. But that
it'll have some visible, even pyrotech
nic&l. effect—that's* a certainty. For
Til, the grand old warhorse, is just
like that. Loves action, more ac
tion—>ow, wow—let 'er go. Gallagher.
Til Return.
About two minutes after Til walked
right in again all unannounced and
while the “wake” was still at its
fW-tre he'ght. he uttered an utter
ance or two, in which was included:
"Here's little me. boys and girls—
r ight back ateha. And say—I wasn't
gone long, was I? But I was gone
long enough to read some nice notices
that were written about me—and
some that weren't so nice.”
Which is true.
Huston "retired In December amid a
salvo of typewritten cheers, issued
by the band of New Tork newspaper
men /Who were with him "to the
death” In the ill-fated New York-Chi
cago-Boston fight to oust Ban John
son from American league power.
Huston sniffed happily of those per
fumed words—and seemed content.
Uut one day there was wafted from
^ii) west a story about Til. which at
tempted to bounce the halo right off
his dome.
And then—well. Til cams back.
Idea of Crowning IMffem.
It happens thRt beyond New York
•am* *iltsrs aren't in complete sc
cord with the Gothamites’ view of
Huston. They concede that Til should
1>e crowned—but their idea of crown- ;
ing differs radically from the New ]
York one. They fa re welled him—but
not with tears flooding the vocal I
apparatus. I
One architect of news items inject- ,
ed vitriol Into his typewriter. He ;
punched the machine with vim and
gusto and then he sprayed the well- j
soaked words in the general direc
tion of Huston. My, my, how cruel
he was! And he was cruel without
Intent to be kind.
That particular paaagrapher re
marked that the passing of Huston j
wasn't such a tough blow to baseball
He hinted that maybe it wasn't a
blow at all. He pointed out that the I
civil war within the American league,
which cost such heavy financial
losses, as well as internal bitterness,
was due largely to Huston's violation
of the baseball in the Mays case.
And he concluded with a sentence, ,
which, in substance, was "here's your '
iron hat. Huston—and goodbye."
Thereupon Huston eame back.
In Action Quick.
He wasn't back for five minutes—
in fact, he wasn't back officially at all
—before lie knocked the Sunday game
chip off tlie Gianty' shoulders. He
dropped into the Yankee offices one
afternoon and before anybody knew
what he was doing, he uncoiled a long
telegram from his system. He sent it
to Ban Johnson. It breathed defiance
of the Giants and pleaded with John
son, as the American league chieftain,
to go right-out and bust the Giants
upon the coco for him if the Giants
wouldn't play nice and gentle like on
the Sunday schedule thing.
Someone asked why he was taking
such an interest In the Yanks when ,
he was out of ownership. And then j
cams the bombshell.
"I'm not out. The sale doesn't go.
Tin still pai t o*wner and I'm going out i
after those Giants for trying to die- :
late the Sunday schedule that's to
prevail in New York in 1923.”
! And so he's In again
I (Copyright, mi)
Shortage of Maple Trees Causes
Fflanufacturers of Bowling Pins
to Wonder What Will Happen
The real bowling pin these days is made of manic.
In recent years so many trees have been out'down and turned into
bowling pins that there has come a shortage in that sort of timber and the
bowlers and the manufacturers of bowling pins are wondering what is going
to happen when the maple trees give out.
Maple seems to be the only thing that will do for pins.
Other woods split, they nrc too heavy or too liglu tine inspired Inventor
made pins like butcher's blocks—strips of wood glued together—but the
weather affected them and they failed, although it is. admitted they could
be used In dire emergency.
Rubber pins or pins with centers of
wood, rubber covered, have been tried,
but they chip off or get dents
knocked in them. They can't stnnd
the terrific impact of the 16-pound
haymaker that “speed” bowlers shoot
at them.
It all comes back-to maple, firm,
ofose grained and reliable.
For league bowling maple pins last
only about two weeks.
Then they are relegated to the open
alleys where they stay until they can’t
stand oh their own legs any more;
perhaps their bottoms are trimmed off
once or" twice, then It's the swan
song; ignominous retreat out the hack
door, and somebody's furnace.
It takes less than a month for 4
set of fine maple pins to go through
an alley, or rather for nn alley to go
through a sot of fine maple pins.
It's easy ‘o see, that the bowling
game uses up n lot of maple every
year, and that, with every particular
housewife demanding shiny maple1
floors the. maple trees can't grow as
fast ns they are cut down.
No wonder tne farseeing managers
are anxious. One of them Is saving
every one of his old pins. He foresees
the time when the sine will have to
fee cut down and then he'll be all set.
Kiviat Huns Good Trial
Half Milo in Comeback
Abel Kiviat, the Wilco A. A. speed
king, ran a fine half mile trial in a
Brooklyn armory. The Wilco alhlete
is making fine progress in his at
tempt to round into shape after a
record layoff. Under a watch held
fcy a friend the former 1.000 yard
and mile champion and the present
holder of the world's record for 1,500
meters went along without great ef
fort in 2:02 t-5.
Tribe to New Orleans.
Cleveland baseball nquad will lmve
spring1 practice at New Orleans next
spring, it being the 15th time the ex- ,
champion have prepared there.
The 102nd regiment of Engineers arm
ory. New York city, will ho the seen©
°f the nnnunl In# eroollegia te indoor track
.and field meet March 3, 1923.
Bowling Scores
ARMOUR OVAL LEAGUE.
Team Standing*.
W. Ij. Pet. 1
Simon Pure . ..26 1 :t .667 '
Cloverbloom .23 16 .597
Verlbesf .21 16 .541
Devonshire .17 22 .436
White Flyer . 1 5 2 4 ..’.85
Luxor . ..15 24 . 3*5 1
Strom .173ITcn*man .162
Waack .169!Dros*.161
IV\< HERS I.EAGI E.
Teen* Standing*.
W. L. i »* t.
Swift* Premium .39 1 5 .722
Dolds 60-50 .38 16 .704
Cudahy* Puritan ........1 « >.4*
Armour* Star .» 64*
Armour* Oval .*....23 :: I .426
Cudahy* Ilex 22 .407
Swifts Brookfield ..2" 2.1 170
Dolds Niagara.9 4. .166
Individual Average*.
Haiti ■ ... .1*4 r* i rson ...172
Clark .178{Cha*e .. .169
GREATER OMAHA LEAGUE.
Tciim Standing*.
W Ij. Pet
Nourae Oil Co .4.’ 18 700
Cady Lumbfcr Co.37 2 3 .617
Omaha Alleyn ..33 27 ..50
Foater-Barker .32 2 4 .533
Sanford Cafe .3 1 -29 .517
Gordon Chocolates . 29 3 1 / .483
Omaha Towel Supply ....28 32 .467
C. Sr C. Garage .. .27 33 .4 50
Bushman Storage .21 39 .350
Blue Taxi Co.20 40 .333
Individual Average*.
Kennedy ...196 Learn .193
Wart chow ..196; Wesley .193
HOLD fWt-50 LEAGUE.
Team Standing*.
W. I*. Pet.
Buffaloes ... 9 3 7 50
Sterling ...... .. 8 • *4 666
Dold Quality . t. *. .500
White Ruse . 6 ». 500
Berkshire .o 417
Sunflower .7 167
Otrl Teajn No. 1 .10 2 .8 33
Girl Team No. 2 . 3 10 167
Individual Average*
Ham.1*7 Dold 17*
Dyck .UlCoa .,.175 i
9j .. ' ■ ... . ■ ' ——-.
Referee Duffy
Named by State
—
George 1 niffv, who refereed the
Schlaifer IVi lls and Garda- Kilo bouts
I at the Auditorium last night, received
$173 and ids expenses for his services,
i Ho is one of (ho highest-priced off!
I dais brought to Omaha since the In
auguration of the slate boxing law.
| Duffy was selected for last night's
i contests by the pmalia boxing ln
. specter. The Spanish-Amerlcan War
I Veterans, who staged tlie show, had
no voice in the matter.
Dnffy comes from Milwaukee. He Is
a licensed referee of llie Wisconsin
state boxing commission and officiates
frequently in that state where 10
round, no-decision contests are permit
ted.
Hefore becoming a referee, Duffy
was a boxer, lie has been connected
with the boxing game for 20 years. j
Vnitert States Golf association will meet
In Pittsburgh January 13, next. Tourney ;
dates and other matters of Importance will ,
bo acted upon at the session.
Dempsey Isn’t After
Much Money for Bout
New York, Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Ac
cording to Jack Dempsey's friends his
manager, Kearns, tfill demand $500,
000 for hjs services In the ring. If
Dempsey meets Harry Wills here he
is likely to get almost that sum. But
bouts with any of the other men
mentioned as candidates for a Demp
sey walloping would not lie enough of
an attraction to gain Dempsey that
tremendous amount of money at this
time.
In another year Floyd Johnson or
Flrpo, perhaps, might he built up into
enough of an attraction to bring in
a gate with Dempsey equal to that,
which a Dempsey-Wills match now
would draw. But just at this time a
Dempsey-Wills match is the only one
sufficient to attract a gate large
enough to assure Dempsey getting
a cool half million dollars.
Madera Rejoins
Nittany Boxers
After an absence from college for
more than a year, due to n broken
leg received in ttie memorable foot
ball game with Harvard back in 1021,
Hags Madera, Pittsburgh boy, has re
turned to Penn Stale for the second
semester. What is better still,/Hags
is out in boxing togs and gladdened
the heart of Coach Leo Houck by an
nouncing that he would take his old
berth in the heavyweight class.
Hogs boxed as a heavyweight two
years ago, and was regarded as one
of tlie greatest heavies In eoilege cir
cles. He sparred several rounds with
Coach Houck tonight, and his font
work seemed to be unimpaired despite
the long si^go In the hospital as a
result of his broken leg.
Majors to Stop
Minors Buying
and Selling Back
“Nobody asked you, sir, she said.”
would be a logical as well as per
fectly natural reply for the major j
leagues to make to those minor league
promoters who have become so bet up
over the alleged attempt of the ma
jors to force them to tak> players sub
ject ^to the draft, against which some
of them have signed the pledge
The National and American league
Magnates simply agreed to stop being
suckers to the extent of disposing of
their surplus players at bargain prices
in the spring time and being forced
to pay blue sky prices to recover any
of that surplus in the fall if it is
needed for the future strengthening
of their own teams. They decline to
let the minor league follows get theirs
both ways, going and coming.
Five leagues Against System.
N'ow there are onlive leagues
which adopted the Volstead act
pgninst the draft system, and there
are more than 30 minor leagues in
the country. Only John H. Farrell
knows exactly how many minors there
are at a given moment because they
vary so constantly. Anyhow, there
are at lea“t a dozen or 15 of them
who are perfectly willing their players
shall he drafted if the big leagues
want them. Consequently there Is no
attempt to force any manager, mag
nate or league to take players subject
to the draft. If the five circuits In
which the draft is prohibited don't
want t<i admit athletes tained with
even one-half of 1 per cent draft they
don’t have to. •
Naturally the five draft-proof minor
leagues don't stop to think of that.
They are the three Class AA and two
strong Class A circuits which have
[bossed everything in the bush league
world so long that they have forgot
ten they are not the whole works.
From the day of their birth these
circuits have depended on the major
leagues for players with which to fill
out their teams. For the last eouple
of years they have been allowed to
obtain promising young plajk>rs, not
quite ripe for the big time, at very
low* prices, then demand Jheir own
figures for the release of any young
ster who might develop real ability.
According to press agent figures the
Pacific Coast league last year held
up one major league club for $75,OliO,
and another club for $100,000—not for
a franchise and ball park, but for
one single player.
Mast Get Out and Pig I p Recruits.
Consequently tho btislj magnates
see In the latest move b" the majors
an attempt to compel them to abro
gate their principles and submit to
the draft, whereas it is only a move
to compel the anti-draft adherents to
go out and dig up their own recruits
Instead of panhandling them off their
friends, as heretofore.
Need New Leader.
New York, Feb. 3.—Now that \V.
C. Fownes of Pittsburgh, captain of
tho American team which defeated
the Fritons as Southampton last year
has definitely announced that he
will bo unable to go to England this
season, tho executive committa of
tho United States Golf association
will have to appoint a new lender.
Frank Leroy Chance’s Major League Batting Record
By FltKDKKlt'K <i. MEB.
warrior of another
decade is /about
to take another
fling at big
league baseball.
The lure of the
diamond again
has taken hold
of "It u s k”
< banco, tbo for
mer p o e r I e s b
leader and once
fiery first base
man of tho Cubs.
Failure to do
anything with a
tail end American
league club in
New York 10 years ago lias not dis
couraged Chance. He still hanks
heavily on his former managerial
ability, and Is about to embark on
the precarious Job of leading 'back
the Boston Bed Sox to their former
position at the top of the baseball
roost.
But in this series of sketches, we
are interested more in Frank Chance,
the baseball star, rather than In
"Husk," the manager. Chance’s
record is not as imposing as some of
the then we have commented on.
Wagner, I.ajoie, Huffy, et a). Husk
hit over .30 only five times, scored
over 10U runs only once, and the most
hits he cracked out in one season was
.151. However, with it all, Chance
was one of the star first basemen
of his team, or akiy other time, a
dashing aggressive player and a na
tural lender.
Frank LeRoy played his >first big
league game in Chicago on April 2!*,
1S98, the Cubs playing Louisville.
Chance caught Clark Griffith that
day, and the Cubs were in a liitful
mood. They lashed Chiu* Frazer, the
Louisville hurler, all over the west
side and won by 16 to 2. Jlans Wag
ner played In that game at first base
for the Colonels.
Chance caught for Chicago five
years, without even attt feting any
great attention. B was when he was
shifted to first base in 1003. that bis
famous career as a player really
started. His speed, which was never
properly utilized when lie worked be
hind tlie. Hat. quickly manifested It
self, for in his first year as a first
baseman Flank stole 67 bases. lie
remained a dangerous husi runner
until ids legs started to go hack on
him in 1910 «
Fifteen yeuia inter Chance left
Chicago, where he hryl won his grpat
glory, and tried to put the New York
Yankees in the spotlight. Idke Anson,
he took over a tail-end team, and after
two years, during which he encoun
tered much interference and suffered
many disappointments, he threw up
the job in disgust. Now, r'Rht- years
Inter, he intends to tinker with an
other tail-ender.
Year Club Ijcague. CJ. AB. R. If. TB. SB. Pet.
1898 Chicago National . 42 140 32 42 55 5 .288
1899 i him go National . 37 190 30 55 08 11 .280
1900 Chicago National . 48 151 26 46 82 9 .804
1901 (.'hlcago National . 63 228 37 66 83 30 .289
1902 Chicago National . 67 230 40 67 86 28 .284
1903 Chicago National . 123 III 83 141 194 67 .327
1964 Chicago National .. 124 431 89 Ito 194 42 .310
1905 Chicago National . 115 392 92 124 170 38 .316
19(01 Chicago National . 136 17 4 103 151 204 57 .319
1907 t hlcago National . 109 382 58 112 138 35 .293
19(91 < hlcago National . 126 452 63 123 164 27 .272
1909 Chicago National . 92 321 53 88 112 29 .271 ;
1910 f hlcago National . 87 295 54 88 116 16 .298
1011 Chico go National . 29 88 23 21 36 9 .239
1912 Chicago National . 2 5 2 1 I I .2**0
1913 New York American . 12 24 3 5 5 0 .208 ,
Total 16 years . 1232 4207 706 1273 1690 404 .297
_Dogs With Pedigrees
ls-fl ti» Ki(ht—Wuldj Thor. Pa* drr
Uui*iuiifiiitrr unit Saruli You Hcinerk.
J. G. Murphy, 601 Harrison street.
Council Bluffs, is the proud owner of
a most unusual breed of dog. Not
only are his animals unusual In ap
pearance, but most of them have a
life history of note.
Baddy Thor, less than 1" months
old, is the prize animal in the Mur
phy 'kennel. His sire is King Thor.
King Thor served during the world
war In the German army. Sarah von
Heineck also has parents which came
from Germany. I ler sire also served
in the German army during the war
in much tlie same capacity as the
French police dog.
Pax der Burgomeister, in the uyiper
t 'ghthand corner of Hie layout, la the
lau-at addition to the Murphy keunel,
Pax came from Germany a short
time ago and has a pedigree as long
as the Rhine river.
In Germany this breed of dog is
known as the German shepherd dog
until trained. The German shepherd
dog is the same as the German police
dog, tile difference being that the po
lice dog is especially trained.
The dogs In the Murphy kennel are
trained to be good watchdogs and
especially go**! dogs to have nround
where there are children. ,
HOT STOVE
LEAGUE
hj(i)at>
Dam; bankortii, st. i,ouis
brown hurler, who was bus
pended from the big show last
season for- doctoring the 1ml! and
who later assisted in hurling Tulsa
to a western league pennant, may
Isoe duty with Atlanta in the South
ern association.
Atlanta Is dickering with the
Browns and it is believed that the
southern club has a good chance to
get Danforth.
Inability to compete in bidding with
a «iub in the league where there is
no salary limit, lias cost the Tulsa
(tilers the pitching services of the
big hurler. Banforth's contract with
the Browns cnlls for rt major league
salary and the Vlub that gets him
must pay it, say, the Brown offi
cials.
TAKi; a dive into the American
league pitching records and
you'll discover that since 1900,
the year of circuit's birth, there Were
many high-class lefthanded hurlers. In
six out of the 23 seasons of its ex
: istonre southpaw hurlers have led In
games won for a season.
“Rube" Waddell with Connie Mack
in 1002 and 1905, led all hurlers in
games won, while lCd Plank, also
in the services of Philadelphia ath
letics, with » percentage in games
won of .760, was the leader in 1906.
“Hub" I,pnnard with the Red Sox
beaded the list in 1914 with the
record of .792 in games won.
The big noise in 1015 was "Babe"
i Ruth of the Red Sox. “Babe" had a
! percentage of .750 in victories. Tn
' 1 ;>JS. F. N. Cuumbe of the Cleveland
: Indians, led the hurlers in victories
with a mark of .650, which, by the
was. is the lowest percentage ever
registered by a leader since the. birth
1 of the American league in 1900.
BASEBAI.I. players have names
for everything. And ball players
have pet names for umpires and
hall bats.
In the Western league nearly every
player has a ball but that, lie rails by
a pet nhme. Some time this hat, pet
name and all,, are hurled at the
“unrp."
I Harney Burch, owner of the Omaha
Buffaloes, had a favorite hat last
season that he called "I.ulu." "Babe”
Herman railed his hat a ‘‘stick."
When Frank Isbell, owner of tho
Wichita club, played with the
Witches, ho hail a bat be called ‘‘Bet
sy," Isbell never put his favorite
bat with the other bludgeons, but al
ways carried "Betsy" in a special bag.
Ami so it goes. The old stick, money
; getter, etc., are other names applied
j to the hat.
George Fisher who played with St.
, Joseph last year, frequently referred
to his hat as ‘‘musket,”
JIMMY IIAM1I.TON, former mana
ger of the Joplin Miners when
they were members of the West
, rrn league, will pilot the Nashville
club of tho Southern association this
season. Hamilton tfnn the pennant
with Charleston in the South Atlan
tic loop last season.
During the off season Hamilton la
bors in a sporting goods house.
JACK COFFEY, former manager of
Denver mid Des Moines of this
league, -will manage Hartford in
the Eastern league again this com
ing season.
Coffee was one of the host pilots
Denver had. From ibe Colorado city
Jack went to Des Moines. %
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Bryan Downey will get busy week after
next. The Columbus middleweight ha*
been booked to battle Tommy Hobson in
a 10-roun-ler at Detroit on February Hi
lt ought to be a good fight. Downny Isn’t
so formidable that ho can afford to hold.
Robson t'*o cheaply.
The date for the i'loyd .loll n*on-Bob
Roper thing v hicli is to staged at Bos
ton haa finally b* rn nettled on, and the
men will <otm> together in a decision en
gagement on February 9.
Benny Leonard, world’s lightweight fist
flinging champion, is at present moving
in quite another orbit of the artistic
empyrean. For Hen Is Just row doing hie
level host to uplift the well-known drama.
He made his debut ns an actor the other
night and, contrary to expectations, proved
to be a good one.
V^Hinnrd Is one of the headliners In the
Shubert revue, "The Dancing Girl." Quite
a part has been written for him and he
goes through it In great style. Hen does
some talking, dances a bit, struts his
training stuff, participates in the Inevita
ble comedy boxing net and in the finale
joins the ensemble and makes a sturdy ef
fort to sing.
Leonard's sterling performance sur
passed the fondest hopes of his admirers.
As one critic said: "His ring handiness
only wins by a nose over his savoir fafre
on the stage."
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George Chaney, popular southpaw light -
weight, is probably the greatest knocker
ouf of nil tine Chaney already has sev
enty-* ight knockouts to his credit end is
starting a new campaign with Hn bleu to
Increasing the totnl t. an even hundred.!
His manager, Sammy Harris, says he 1
would like to hear from Charles O'Connell,
among others.
The great battle between Joe Iturman
of Chicago and Patsy Flannigan uf St I
Louis, staged Monday night, wa* the talk .
of the pugilistic rlalto today F’annlgan ,
was lauded for his gameness and his,
ability to coma back after being knocked
down.
Burman's fight, however, brought fonh '
more praise than any local fighter has
received in jenrs.
Some of them can't quit. Kid Williams.
former bantamweight champion, was glad 1
to get in on the semi-windup bout with ■
youngster In a show in New York the
other night. Williams won the bantam ti
tle eight years ago and lost it In 1917 to
Pete Herman. Williams tried repeatedly
to corn* hack and couldn't. The public
knows he Is done, but Kid knows that he
can still make a living as an ex-champ.
leach Cross, who beside* being h prac
ticing dentist, has mud** quits a reputa-;
tlon in the rin.r as n lightweight boxer. J
t»ow Is acquiring new laurels out w. -t as j
an after-dinner speaker At h banquet in
Hollywood recently at which William Jen
nings Bryan was the honorary speaker,
Leach was called upon f<*r a three-minute
address nnd shored the honors of the v
caslon with the silver-tongued exponent of
grape juice.
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Harry Galfund and Johan j Billot* will.
meet In the main bout at the Broad* a? '
BahlbUiou club Thursday night.
Luis Firpo to
Meet Veteran
in Bill Brennan
New Ynrk, Feb. .T (Spenal V The
management of Madifcon Square Har
den announces that Ians Firpo, the
Argentine heavyweight, has been
matched to box 15 rounds with Bill
Brennan on March 12, one week be
fore the Floyd Johnson-Tom (Iibbons
-•rap. It is Kn Kml’s plan 1<» bring
th»‘ winners t»f tlmse glove fights to
gether in the Harden sonio time In
April to produce an opponent for
Dempsey next fall.
Firpo will be subjected to a genu
ine Most. Brennan, a battle scarred
veto run, is a fairly good boxer, pos*
sensing much experience. Ho is an
ordinary hitter, as his recent losing
• out with Fl"\'d Johnson proved, but
ho can assimilate punishment. In
Brennan, the South American will not
♦ ncQiint'T a soft mark liko Mct’ann,
Herman or Tracy, whom ho knocked
senseless last year. Brennan knows
how to defend himself and is game,
though flow'.
Firpo lacks science and has much
to learn at defending himself. But
ho is a terrific puncher, particularly
with his right hand. Interest in the
coming battle will be centered in Fir
po's ability to land one of his tre
mendously powerful blows and how
he will conduct himself when Bren
!uhi reaches a vital spot. Firpo will
have an advantage of at least 2T»
pounds.
Yanks Finally
Land Lefthander •
Xrw Ycrk. Feb. 3—(Special.)—The
Yanks finally have landed a left
: hander. Failing In their efforts to
j got Dickie Kerr or Jakey May and
discouraged in their attempt to bring
| back Kiltie Kenton, the Yanks have
retched down into the Southern As
jBW'iation and plucked Johnny Suggs
of the Atlanta club.
So f.ir Suggs' baseball career
reads like a baseball romance, lie Is
a Dixie collegian and stood all oppos
ing lintsmen on their heads.
East season Suggs married the
daughter of the former owner of the
Atlantic club, and now Joe Corbett,
the new owner, sells Johnny to the
Yankees. All that Johnny now needs
to do Js to All the Yankees' greatest
want, a. left handed pitcher, rescue
Miller Huggins from another defeat
by tlioso blood-thirsty (Hants in a
world's series and then live happily
with hiS baseball bride forever after
ward.
Center Field
Awes Bambino
One look at the new stadium of
the New York Yankees in the Bronx
land IJaba Kutli remarked: ''Say. here's
lone baby who is mighty glad that he's
I not ft center fielder. "W hoever patrols
that beat In center is not going to
i bo crowded. He's going to get leg
weary many an afternoon and finish
. puite a few battles fit for the rest
: cure.”
The babe's outburst was prompted
i when measurement disclosed the fact
that due center at the Yankee field is
| Gj feet deeper than that at the Polo
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Old N. Y. League
Is Reorganized
With franchises awarded to five cit
ies, the old New York State league
was reorganized at a meeting held
in Elmira. Wilkesbarre, Scranton,
Binghamton, Elmira and Schenectady
received franchises. The sixth fran
chise will most likely lie awarded to
I'tiea. There is a dispute on in this
city over the local baseball 'tights,
l ilt Acting President Farrell lias de
cided the ohV rights do not prevail,
und the award of the franchise to
Walter llapgood of Rochester, N. Y,
has been approved.
May Add More Events to
Championship Track Card
New York. Feb. 3.—(Special.)—Sev
eral running events may be added
to the program of the Intercollegiate
championship track meet next May,
if delegates to the annual I. C. A. A.
A. A., conference in this city on
March 3 approve such a proposition.
At the meeting of the executive an.I
advisory committees of the Intercol
legiate Association of Amateur Ath
letics of America, it was the general
opinion that such additions were re
quired to lialance the program, which
at present consist of seven field
events and eight running races.
• Enters Dog Derby.
Quebec, Feb. 3.—Another entry has
been received for the big Dog Derby,
which will be held here on February
22, 23 and 24, bringing the total
number of teams scheduled to start
in the 150 mile race to nine. It is
from C. E. I-atourcaft and Napoleon
Belanger, former prospectors, with
long experience with dog teams in the
Klondike and other northern regions.
They will start a crack teem of
huskies.
Controls 147 Tracks.
The ITnion Trotting association con
trols 145 light harness racing tracks.
The fr© surface of Now York’s now
i< ** pnlac* lofHtmi ©t .' 2nd *troot, between
liroadwMy and ICightli avenue. la JOO by >«<•
foot «*verl'»oklni? th** skating spsoosro
(taDnrlec* running entirely around* the u
torlnr dlvidod into :‘4 s»*. tJonr Tine.
rlutw and probably rolloKUie -am.*
will use tlu building for pbiv
•lurk Dillon, “limit killer.** uni* »«vo*
nterd light - heavy weight champion
lli© other wight at Hlrknell Ind that }
4 an tak • * are of himself in tl) i y
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