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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1923)
Basket Ball Season Ends in Omaha This Week When Nebraska Plays Creighton fVentral Meets Lincoln High in Two Games South, Tech., Creighton Prep. ( and Benson Close Sea sons This Week. The word “finis" will be written across the 1923 basket ball schedules of Omaha teams this week. Seven cage contests are on tap for local quintets lwfore next week rolls around, and when these half dozen floor battles have been fought, the curtain will be rung down on one of the most successful of all basket ball seasons in Omaha. Following this week, the annual Nebraska state high school tourna ment starts at Lincoln. But as far as basket ball goes in Omaha, local followers of the great indoor sport will see the end of the present season next Saturday night. Of the six games scheduled for Omaha this week, the feature contest and tho one cage fans have been 1 harping about for some time, will- be dayed Saturday night at Creighton ynmasium between the University of ebraska and Creighton university. When the Htiskers and Blue start ‘\'ir game it will mean the resump of athletic relations between the y^ffre universities. • The largest crowd that has ever shoved itself into the Blue and White gymnasium will be on hand for this big game, judging from the interest this contest has created. Tickets for the game go on sale at it) o’clock this morning at Beaton’s .drug store. Fifteenth and Farnam f .-treets, and at tfie Creighton gym * nasium office. In order to-protect the public, the athletic director of Creigh ton has announced that only five tickets will be sold to each purchaser and only three to each Creighton stu dent. This has been done, according to Pireftor Schabinger. so that no ticket scalpers will get their initts on \ blocks of pasteboards. Creighton, because of its season rec ord, will go into the game with the Huekers tho favorite. Nebraska hasn’t shown anything in the Missouri valley race. Coach Schabinger and his Blue and 1 White hoopsters will return from | Milwaukee this morning, where they lost a pair of games to Marquette. Creighton played without the services of Captain Jimmy Lovely. This star Blue forward has been kept out of the lineup for the last three weeks so that he might be in good condition for the game with Nebraska. The chances of Lovely playing against the Busk ers look good. The remainder of the Creighton , team. Trautman. Haley. Mahoney, 1 Speieher, Paynter and I.ane. are in good condition and will be used against the Cornhuskers. Among the high schools of Omaha, ^^i'jtral has the hardest contests. The ^KV''Idc, fresh from a vic tory over its 1 V d rival. Tech, will resume practice j ■ today for games with Lincoln at Lin f • oln Tuesday and with Lincoln at Creighton ‘'gym” Friday evening. Creighton High goes to Fremont Tuesday. Tho game was first sched uled for Fremont tonight, but has been postponed until tomorrow. Mouth High Journeys lo (•'10111001 Friday. Saturday the South High Packers meet Lincoln on tit- latter's court. Benson and Tech close tHeir season at the "V” Saturday night. Willie Ritola , Breaks Record New York.Feb. 25.—Willie Ritola, I'lniiish-Amerlra clnb long-distance War. established a new world's -tH-ord of 15 minute*. I 1-5 seconds for tho 5.0t)0 meters indoor run at the Brooklyn evening high school games Saturday. The old mark of 13:05 1-3 was held by George Bonagh. Iowa State Wrestlers Beat Minnesota Team Iowa City, la . Feb. 23.—Iowa State college defeated the University of • Minnesota in a western wrestling as sociation dual match Saturday by the score of .11 to 0. pushers Hold 6 to 4 Lead for First 10 Minutes of Contest Usher, Diminutive Nebraska Forward, Star—Tigers Rally in Second Period and Take Lead—Close Guarding. OLUMBUS, Mo., Feb. 2o.— (Special Tele gram.)—Nebraska university went down to 1 defeat to Missouri Saturday in a fast game of basket ball, 39 to 23. The first 10 minutes of play were hard-fought. The Tigers were forced at one time to take time | out with the Huskcrs holding a 6 to 4 lead. With play resumed, the Bengals began to find the basket and. although they missed many easy shots, managed to snatch a 17 to 9 lead at half time. * The Huskcrs wdre not to !>«' denied, however, and ai * Hi opening of tho h»*ond period run tlicit up to : ifi, while the Tigers wers lieffig held scoreless,. After a rest, the Missouri I machine began to function and secured a safe lead. With the game on lee. i Coach Bond pent his second string to relieve every man except Bunker. The classy work of Usher, dirninoi tivo Husker forward, was a feature of the game, Rlddlesbarger was goo) on the defense and broke up many Missouri marches. Warren out Jump ed Bunker consistently. Wheat of the Tigers was high point man of the game with eight field goals. Captain "Cun" Browning played a brilliant floor game, but could not locate the basket. Bunker and Hayes played a me lineup: MINMHKI (Mi. p. r.r. f.| Urnsnin(r, f. . .... a W1‘— 1. ... .. » wstfr, f I a | IBM nr r, t . . I O n Ifunlirr, n . I a a Kan rot, k . *» a a IIsm-h. u . 2 a | Viinitf, ir . I a a K- . o a a Totals . 10 I ft NfcllK.tMKA <SI). it. r.r. r I ulirr, f t ft a 14**lrr, f . I a I KIciimt. 1 I a a llollnml. f a a a \\ arr«-ii, r t a a R|<l<ilr*l»tirjcrr, k . '! a I Hn»nt, k a a a Tipton, g . ..... a a a Totals « ft 2 Jtefrrre; K. t. ttulglry, Ml. Mnrj* I Husker Tracksters Who May Go To California for Meet #4x4Jl, ~7ec£ ///£>* Jimmy Murphy Wins Auto Race Los Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 25.—Jimmy Murphy, last year's champion auto mobile racer, won the first event of this season's competition, a 250-mile affair on the Los Angeles speedway today In two hours, nine minutes, forty-three and three-fifths seconds. Benny Hill was second, Ralph De Palma third. Kddio Hearn© fourth. Frank Elliott fifth. Tommy Milton sixth, Dario Resta seventh. Art Klein eighth, W. D. Morton ninth and Jerry Wonderlich tenth, Murphy's average speed, 115 8 mile« an hour, set a new track record, the old mark being 114 6 miles an hour, set by himself here last December. It was said to be a world's record. Tho fastest time record in the race was that for the twentieth lap, which Murphy led. In this he averaged 116.5 miles an hour. Murphy won over Hill by about on© car length. Ilill also breaking the old track record for average speed. Omaha S|)orts Defeat Americans Two games wore played Sunday at Miller park in the Omaha district soc cer league. Thu Omaha Sports de bated the All-American* In the fea ture game by the score of 3 to 2. The first half was *corcless. with neither team holding an advantage. The sec Qnd half, however, wa* full of thrills, with both teams playing good soccer. The Sports collected three goals dur ing this time, and the Alt Americans two. The goals wore made by John ston, B. Henderson and Powell for the Sports, and A. Henderson and Baxter for the All-Americans. A team composed of player* from the Townsends, Sports and All Amer ican! won a preliminary game from a team made up of the Guarantees and Ceehte players by the score of 2 to J. Vrban, who plays with the Cecilies, made both the winners’ goals, while Baxter of the All Americans booted the losers' lone goal. Amateur Ball Players to Tryout With Beatrice Four amateur hall players. Art Klauschle of the Naples bank, pitcher; H. V. Gammers, Creighton; It. B. Williams, Onawa (la.) htirler. and Bill Peck, former Nebraska Storage Battery team, have signed contracts to try out with the Beatrice team of ' the Nebraska State league. HLRK are tliree letter men and two newcomers of the Nebras ka track squad. Dave Noble of Omaha, flashy halfback on the football team and no less flashy on ' the cinders, is still stepping the dashes. Keith IJoyd, who became known throughout the state while still a student at Beatrice high school, is also a dash man who shows all kinds of promise. He won tiie 50-yard event at the K. C. A. C. indoor meet last week at Kansas City with Noble crossing a split see ond later. Maurice Gardner Is a miler of ability. He was a member of the cross-country team last fall. Ted Smith continues to step the 440 in old-time form. Lewis Trexler looks like a comer in this event and also the 880. He stepped the quarter in 55 flat the oilier evening in an inter fralemity meet. Coffroth $30,000 Handicap Next Big Event for Western Turf The next big event of the western ’ turf is little more than a month off, being scheduled for March 25, fit the Tiajuana (Mexico) race track. This big event is the Coffrotli handi cap, valued at $30,000. Reports from Tiajuana inform us that tn the neighborhood of a score of horses will go to the post on that gala occasion. So large a field Is anticipated that the TiajUHna Jackey club manage ment proposes to build a chute at the head of the stretch to facilitate the start, Scanning down through the list of possibilities, it is found that two and perhaps three, starters from the stable of Com. J. K. L. Rns.s will prob ably go into action. Rebuke, at thin writing, appears a certainty. Fey lance has also displayed such < lass that it Is believed he -will lie found performing, while the fast mare, Muf tikins, has been saved especially with the idea, of sending her out for t lie big purse. Trainer McDaniel Is also very strong for the 4 year-old Span ish Matze and has cone along easy with htm, trusting that he Will help Rebuke when tho proper lime arrives. The Meadowbrook stock farm will doubtless send both Prince Tii Tii and Bon Homme, their late acquisitions. These horses are now in training and will shortly make their Tijuana de hut. Bon Homme is rated os one of the top handicap horses in training, while Prince Tii Tii has been viewed by experts as a colt of great possi bilities. Knighthood and Fairway loom up ns the Boat wick entri-s, and should S-pot Cash train well he. too. may be rent postward with them. Johnny Crane will doubtless have a representative In the race In Krcwer and possibly Super Cargo. Krewer In the past has gone on, and this win ter has staged a "come back" which definitely puts him in the running. Blliv Neesr-Ihaus, the Omaha turf man. lias Instructed Trainer Bussey to have Adonis on edge for the Cof froth, and the latter has been eased up accordingly for a few weeks lest he stale off before the bi(j race. Oilman has traveled the route with success and seems to size up as a Coffroth contender, while Georgle, the Baker star, is destined to carry a lot of backing w lien he goes into the struggle. John Paul Jones, the Maryland route-goer, and Carabosse. the Canadian mare, are two others whose eyes are glued on the rich pu rae. Then there is the Bronx stable en try of Eo I-'rank and Bunnyland. sure starters, liar ring accident: Mclarhrlno, the apple of Lonnie Tryon's eye, and in all likelihood Main, from the seme stable: Planet, the Shafer and Con way Trick, and Irwin's T»n Buttons. Clarence Buxton, who wen the first Coffroth handicap with Sasln, and had another tucked away only to have War Mask go wrong in training, has i hopes Sundial II. may show sufficient; class in the near future to warrant ' training for the classic. There may be others, too, but prun ing down the above list seems out of the question at the present time. Art Nehf Sisns i ^ Giant Contract Marlin, Tex.. Feb. I*.—Art Nehf. Do Guxe southpaw of tho Giants, and George Waiberg, Swedish southpaw recruit. Joined “C'niiy " Dolan's Giant squad hero today. Nehf said he has signed his contract but would tell the world ho was not satisfied with it. Young 'Waiberg came from Beattie, taking more than four days for the trip. Tho case of Jesso Barnes was set tied today so Hughey Jennings dln't have to throw him out of the Giants' hotel. Jess agreed to terms for the coming season. Chicago White Sox Purchase Pitcher New Ilaven. Conn.. Feb. —Frank Woodward, star pitcher of the New Haven Eastern league team for tho past two seasons,1 was today sold to (he Chicago Americans, according to announcement made tonight by Presi dent George Weiss of the local club. The purchase price wns not stated. This Is Woodward's third trial in tho majors. Ulrich to Referee Wells-Schoell Go When Frankla SchoeH. Buffalo, and "Billy" Well*. England, crawl through th» ropes at the Auditorium Friday night, Mnroh is. to do battle In a 10-round bout, "f'urley" Ulrich, popular rofcree, will be the third man In the ring. t The announcement that Ulrich would handle the Pout* for the Non pareil club show was made yesterday Py the local boxing commissioner. According to lternle Boyle, match maker for the club, the *rml w indup and preliminary bout* have not Peon signed. ~~~ Increase Purses for Grand Circuit Racse Kalamazoo. Mich.. Feb. 26.—Total ! value of the early cloning* events for 1 he grand circuit meeting here July 16 to 20. hns hern Increased from <17. 000 to $28,000. included the Kalamazoo Kxchang* club purse, for merly th« paper mills purse for 2;0$ trotter* which ha* been Incrcftaed from $5,000 to JlO.ooo. thus putting the i la*sie. back to prewar value. Th* event* cloifi March 1.1. TODAY'S ENTRIES NKW OHI.KAN*. lira* $700; claiming, #-;p*r-ol»ia thma an<l on* inif furlong, .Mm Mandu lSo Rnnmn .11? .Mldn'ht KollI *.117 al'at. > llo«« .117 A. J Bull.110 Mold Mark . .. . lio J-a Ming ti©T#...10i lloinar . io* a l ea Adrln ... lol Nattia May ms a< *<itda .1?4 Ronnie J»' k ...10# A i*o eligible; Bea*l*» Hop* ,...108 Ink .181 Aunt Jan* .HR Domination ... 110 Haoond Mac*—$708, claiming, 4-rrar« olda aiid up, flva and on*' half furlong* Kira t'rackar ...118 aduvNnr .Iili Zona (I'Armw 11:« aUoldm Klo»* .11# in. of rtmin.lU Munnn ill aMauvournaen .198 altaliahla .18., »,i*rlova . 104 Simplicity 101 aRbto .18# aW'laHi> #H Al*u eligible Camouflage HR Ogarita .lot .loaaph 14raat...l1l nSpug* ...no DfJhl Maid .. .107 A**utn* 113 Third Kara- $788; claiming; 3->farrSd* on*mlla and 78 yaida. Ai Httbler .11* aftlandtred •...>11# Rupaa .. ...... 199 «Poor Nport ...to* inn Ifour** .1°9 Yorl#k lrt4 j n Nu) aka ...»..104 Madiant . . |t»» ■ Huddugt# M».t «;i.i » da loo 1 i-'^lyn Hatryar .lot aMiutna B .103 Alan •tlglbl*; Royal «Town ..101 Irish I’at . 10? K ninura . . .104 KouiU* flaco |1,wOW. Kvgngalin# handi cap 1 year nlda and up; flv# and on#, half furlonga Translate ....109 Hitt* Noa# ....*.19] Wolf#*# Try ...111 Elmar K .114 Vaddla and Boots My Kavarls ...199 . 107 llariaruda .104 Ft ft h Harr flow; clain ng l-vaar-oldo and up: on* and on# #l*t#enfh mil#" aTom M Taggart 111 T»nv IU*u . . Ill a l not# Valo , ..lio l>«>uglitiut 11 •» aTan Non .no Th® Peruvian I0« Masada ....... 107 «S< our gamati |9# K'vrbold .... .101 VIv Koala !»S With Kn< a -f70t{ elftiming, 4 ♦•nr-nlda and up one and on# sixteenth mil** * *ur Bin t»da y III sHsilo Pardiier 110 May Hodlna . 109 * Ballot i'«r . 1 it7 m KIrk f,«*vltigfun » 07 li*>p«>a(«r 107 navnnifa .. . . H»T Wall# . tor* 47utup 105 alo.lv. 10ft nondollar ..... 104 Crawford May Manage Tires Frank Crawford, flret-itring pitcher for the Nebraska Tire and Jtubber company ama teur baseball t«-am last year, is j slated to become [ manager for the Tires this com , lng season. Last year Crawford hurled the Tires to 12 of their 15 victories and will continue to chuck the ball this coming sea son. He is a vet eran amateur player, having played for sev eral years on am •eur teams in F rank ) ran ford. Paul and Minnesota before coming to Omaha. Crawford has his eye peeled on sev eral good looking amateur players in omalia who would be valuable addi tions to the Nebraska Tire club of 1923. Lincoln High 1 rims Fremont Lincoln. Feb. 23.—(Special Tele pram.)—Lincoln high school had little trouble winning over Fremont atur day, 32 to 18. Coach Dow's quin tet got away to a four-point lead, but tha "'Links" swung Into action, over came this advantage and held the scoring odila throughout the remain der of tho game. The summary: LINCOLN t»< It r.T. Ft.. Pis Corrirk, f. s a 0 3 n Hewn (Cf, f. « S l 13 Hakpr, r. ! A © 4 Old*, g. . . . © « I 7 M«-|nt>r*, i. . .. 4 » © 0 r«r*tmll. f. . . . * © I 0 Mill*, f « « © © Miller. *. » © l 0 < urttn. z- © © © • Isewi*. z • . © © • • ToUf* 1* 7 0 T! KKT.MONT < 17). m. r.T. n%. i*t*. mnkl<»m*n, f. 7 b © 0 Kian*. f © © 7 • I hurnlrn. c.-.7 © I 0 FUJJuff. g. .I © I 7 « ottrrll. g.© «» 7 © ftW. 1.© « I © fcindler. f , . • © « © T»Uia 0 4 7 17 Free dim** nii*«ed: HinklMnnn. 4; llrti* n. 5; Old*. 7. Hrferee : f arnitn, >thr*»k*. Forty-five Counties Subscribe for Stadium IJnrnln, Feb. J5.—Forty-five N> hrwhi rountlea have pledged 100 per rent for I he stadium fund. Three of lhe-*r, Antelope, Nance and Furnas, were added In January Ten others. Frontier, turning, knov, Sarpy, Nemaha, t'herry. liulfalo, Jefferson, Fillmore and Hook, added amount* varying from a few dollar* lo over half a thou sand. In January d;l,l<»d *»fl was added to the total of pledge* hy alumni. This makes the amount reported in the slate on February I, 5I8..V19 Id, wlilrli Is w IIliin d.7 per rent of the <|iiota of J5|,!VI. Fmiiiirr rouiily Jumped from I Ith In second place when its ebalmtan sent in pledges 1 amounting to 5400. Stapleton coon ty holds first plaee for the highest |H<rrentagr of pledgee. ( nlumliHi, II , 1 rt» in.—JnU Nar of IK# Illlnnij A ('t holdrr of m»nv * «rld’a l»-a'k rr <r*l fhn*i*tl poor f- rm Ratur* at th* «>hlo Htat* Invitation indoor r**lnv i nf*r*n< * t<**lt;g (It* mil* Hit-yard handtrap t« RuwpoH fayn*. Ohio Rtaia. Hava fItn* nm 4 *6 1 • b Reddy Offers Jess $10,000 In Box Miske St. |>nul. Minn, Fob. 15_Jack Reddy, Inral He lit promoter ■nil nmnueor of Hilly Minke, St. Full Ill'll* * Welch!, lion nflered tIO.IMMI tu Ji".« Willjnil If lie n||| tun MM*e In u four-round exhibition here next Friday nlehl, it XIan an iiiiinii rri tnda.x. tVlllard now In M’liexluled to meet llarry Drake In nii exhibition Friday nlehl. 8 ATTH PAY. MUaoori. 88: Nebraska, 28. Wlsromin, 2«; Purdue. 18. Oklahoma. 38; Lrlnncll. 35, Chicago, 24; Illinot*, 20. Weat Point, 87; Annapolla, 29 North Platte, 82; Lexington. 2. Lincoln. 32; Kermont, 16. Ogallala, 24; Venango. 12. Tech. 14; Ha«ting», 13. Central, 84; Houth, 10. Omaha Dogs Win at Colorado Show Denver, Colo., Feb. 2«. — (Special Telegram.)—pmaha-owned dogs won the lion's share of prizes In the an nual show of the Colorado Kennel club which came to a close Saturday. Pappio Twenty-Pay, Pappio Queen's Way and Pappio Jill, three Airedale pups owned by Dr. J. J. Warta of Omaha, were the features of the an- ; nual show. These fine looking pup pies more than made a hit with the crowd, to say nothing of the judges. j Pappio Twenty-Pay won the puppy dog, Tirst novice dog and first limit dog events, while Pappio Queen’s Way won the novice event for bitches and placed second in the class for puppy bitches. Pappio Jill made a clean sweep of the events for American bred, first limit and first winner bitches. Tam O'Shanter. owned by James Allen of the Dakoma club, Omaha, won the event for Scottish terriers. The Allen dog won the events for American bred, open, winners and special for best Scottish terriet s Morrie Schlaifer to Fight Karr Morrie Schlajfer has been rematched with Johnny Karr at Davenport. The fight will take place March 9. The Omaha welter was scheduled to fight Karr last Friday night, but injured his hand in training last Monday and had to call off the bout. The injury, however, proved to be no more than a sprain and ftehlalfer's physician said the wounded member would be O. K. in another week. Schlaifer has proposed to Karr that the fight be on a winner take-all basis in the event there is a knockout. As yet the Cleveland scrapper has not accepted Im/^ortant Boxing Bouts This Jf eek i Prh, 20—Hugh Walker again*! Harry Foley. 10 round*. In Hot Spring*. Frh’ 2a—Jor Ijneta again »t Pete If uric. Harrinburf. f rh 2a -Jim k Malone again*t Johnny fclrsrh. 10 round*, in Lari Chicago. Frh 20—Lddle Andmon again*! Sammy Mandril, 10 round*, in Kaat ( hi< ago Frb 20—Kid William* against Terry Mr|| ugh, 15 round*. In Buffalo. f rh 20—f rankry Fleming again*! Jay Lanahan. 12 round*. In Sew York. frb tO— Pef»T>*r Martin agaln»t Jack Haa*ner. It round*. In >ew York. f rh. tO—Young >Tt**immon* again*! Ad Stone, 0 round*, in Philadrlphia. Frh. 2<k— h*i* **hadr again*! Young ( Ilmny, lj round*, in New Orlnan*. Frh. 20—Johnny Dundee again*! Tommj Noble. 15 round* In Nrw York. Frh. fO—fiver Hammer agaln*t Nd Bar barian. in round*. In Detroit. Frh. 27—Bud Taylor again*! Johnnn shrppartl 10 round*, iu Indlanapoli* March —Jrff Smith again*! f.niilr f.ng l»erg. 10 round*, in M Paul. March Johnny Sheppard agaln*t Tom my l-ee. |2 round*. In Bo*ton. MOrrii *,-Angle Katnrr again*! Jack Dr It round*, in Nrw York. Two Creighton Basketeers Wn Places on All-Star Teams Picked From Conference Squads Although the Big Nine*' conference basket ball neaann is not yet com pleted. the end t*» near enough to war rant the lection of all-conference FIRST TEAM. Uiflj. Creighton Forward Knox. |>n Motor* Forward Mttrkman. North Dakota Forward MuHoiim. freighter) - Center IVm. North Dakota Aggie* i.uaiM Htmmai. I»r® Motor* t«uard SECOND TEAM. (• Roger*. Wornlng»id* Torn nrU <*ne«if|eld. V p. Aggie* lon»«t»l Troutman, I relghten . Forward ftoftdleker. North l>ako|a tenter *»p»|rh»r, t reIgh*on <»uard Bartlett. M«»rning*t<J* tiuard Honor R<ilI— Forward» : Ttrojte. North Dakota: Ft an*. Dr* Motne*i i « aJrrii. Nehraaka AAealexan; Carry. * south Dakota State; (toff, South Dakota. (enter*: V Rod. De* Molne* Ihunr, South Dakota Slate; B nogera. Mortilng»ldr j Huthurt. Ne braska We* ley an (inardii: Jnha*oa, South Dakota; Schulte. South Dakota state Cof fee, south Dakota State; Majer, North Dakota; Knapp. I>e* Moln* - teams. Only a few aeattered games remain to be played by North Central circuit members. Selection of the players honored was made upon personal inspection of the , men In action and by suggestions j from the various roaches The two i teams chosen nre considered about equal; which would win in case tiny, were matched In an actual gome is problematical. five of the eight (cams In the con ference are represented on the si! Her teams Creighton and l»ea Moines tied for honors with two players awarded to each sehool. Each of the North r>akota mrmbers was awarded a place Because of abundance of good forwards In the conference three were seleoied for each team. Knox of Oca Moines, and lovely of Creighton were the outstanding for wards Although not as good a has- | With the KNIGHTS | f—r' of the ^GLOVES V»w dork, t eh. •;>. H-.h, h tinea., Iluffalo lightweight. t,*lor added > ftnan rlal victory to the rlhg vrrdlrt he we* • worded recently over Cholley While at 1'hlcoio at Madlaon hi; lie re Harden lit* j J«-r*an, the letter * manager mailed h in I a eharlc for !:,»«•. the forlolt rlatiord hy hanaaa when hie rlvala railed 1.' ounce* ov*r th* limit of 1SI poundi 4 het shooter. Burkman of the FUcker tail tribe, wm* the other position. Mahouev, the Ciogchton scoring so was considered without a peer In the , pivot berth. A combination of won derful foul sh<>oting, flashy off- nsive t lay and close guarding placed Flem of the North Dakota Aggies at a guard position with Hansman of Dew Moines at the opposite berth. Greqt Size and Weight Handicap to Ring Fighters—Willard’s One By FRANK G. MENKE. Great size and great weight is merely a ring handicap —not the tremendous asset which is commonly supposed. Any man who notches beyond six feet and one inch in height and who bulks over 200 or 205 pounds at the most, is up against it at the outset of his career. And it is certain that sooner or later he will suffer terrific beatings. For the huge man has a body that is an almost unmiss able target; his great weight makes him slow and awkward. And, worse than that, he must hit downward when fighting smaller men. It is impossible to get real force into downward drives, Whereas^ in the lifting wallop which the little man throws at the lig fellow, It is simple for him to get the whole weight of his body back of it. Jess Willard, Carl Morris, Ed Dunkhursi. Herman Plaa<ke—those are some of the wimples of the big men of the prize ring And not one of them escaped a terrific beating, or a lot of boatings, at one time or another dur ing their careers. Damon Runyon writes that "Babe” Ruth spent a "dizzy day" training at Hot Springs. This, when the big boy was supposed to be on the water wagon, Judging from what appeared in the various newspapers throughout I lie west, "Kid” Schlaifer got more publicity when he was forced to i all off Iris bout with Johnny Karr than he receives when he fights. Joe Boley, Baltimore shortstop, has his hands insifred for 100.000 berries. No wonder. He mines coal with them during the winter. fiermany, barred from the Davis cup matches, probably will have difficulty In finding time to worry about it. Eastern sport scribe writes that ' Firpo trained on board steamer." What Is probably meant is that Fir po trained on steamer board. The famous runner. Joie Ray. re rently said tliat every runner should practice boxing. Nome of the con tests staged at the Auditorium ee»m to indicate that boxers also favor combining the sport*. A return bout between Rocky Kansas and Charlie White would be worth seeing now that Kansas has claimed White's 12.500 foi<-.t be cause the latter was 12 ounces over weight. Prmcton Athlete Sets New Shot Record New York. Feb. 25.—Ralph fi. Mills. Princeton, tonight broke the world's record for the indoor shot put at the annual track and Held meet of the New York Athletic club, throwing the ball IS feef. 9 inches. The former record was made by Pat McDonald of Olympic fame at 17 feet, 6 1.2 inches. in* Hilliard Title Paris. Feb 2." —M. Derhier won the French 11.2 balk line professional hi! hard championship, taking four out f live mat lies of r.og points each. The highest run was 213 and his aver age. 25 13. The contest carried with it a prize of 10 000 francs Dunkhorst weighed something like I.1D0 pounds. Ho was tossed into the same ring with Bob Fitzsimmons and the freckled warrior looked like a dwarf. But Bob, after forcing Dunk horst to run himself out of breath, whirled suddenly, drove his fist about eight inches deep into the stomach of the "Human Freight Car"—ar ' the fight was over. Kid McCoy nearly annihilated Plaacke, although McCoy yielded t< Plaacke nearly a foot In heiglit and close to 112 pounds in bulk. The diminutive Jim Flynn, wh 'cemed only half the size of Cari Morris, gave Morris the most torrif beating airy fighter ever endured b a New York prize ring. Morris couldn't reach Flynn with his down ward punches. But all the whil Flynn was lifting his punches ami smashing the f»ce of Morris into the goriest pulp conceivable. Then th're was the Dempsey WH lard affair in Toledo. Deihpeey sim ply ducked under Willard's long, huge arms, drove a right hander to Willard's heart and then began to swing punches upward to Willard's face and jaw. In three rounds of hurricane fighting. Dempsey trans formed the king of his division Into the most pitiful ex-champion that ever was mauled out of a ring. Ail of these incidents merely prove that great bulk and great size. jr Stead of being something vita! in fa vor of a fighter, is just exactly the eppos -e. For it always has happened that when a good man around six fee in height and weighing between and 205 pounds, has taken on one of the giants of the prize ring, the bn. man has come out of it beaten and haltered and humiliated beyond moi ure. Montreal. <|oebee. Feb. *5 —The Mf*n tr a; Ski c'ab - *rr‘»d off first »r1 y*< * I I*cm in the Canadian amateur ski char porshjp? Saturday with lfc«* Revelstokf representative third. In a special Jump after the t on. Ralph Mensen. Montreal. • •tabltah^r* <X of II# f*-#‘. '.tin previous best ©f is#. *t. Peter^bwr*. Feb. f5.—-Urfte Clarke ef tfprln*field Mas* . southern re*»u* champion, defeated jimnir K^aro of t'b r»«c. nation*l r «#i* '•himpio! , in th« viat' ^-Underfill! diamond medal ci*ci*!«: which closed h*re M. leui* Mo.. Feh. £,V~-IHfnAi« aaifer ■ily defeated Washington university ’o a daa! jv.tcm as meet here. »4 to 1'. Kwi«a* City. Mo.. Feb. ?$.—4 •news* MuehiUach late today sifeed a contract for the ronatru uoa of a new bail park t«r th* Kar.taa City American aaso ia- :t baseball club, vf which he \% the owner The contract apec-ft#* an expenditure of I3H.H0 and completion of tlie project sn •.‘me for playin* Ja y 1 of this year. Chie**o. Feb ?.V —<-tw»nre Calia, claim ant of the Italian heavyweljrht *:«'iin: hatnpion*h p was "a* pended for three month* bj the city athletic commission for fa lure to meet Dick Da% isrcurt h're last Tuesday.* Oalta claimed he had h»*n in j^ed. but doctor* who examined ha *a.d they found nothin* wren*. "Kill" Fox 111. ' Bill" Fox. better known to Omaha amateur hall fans as just plain "Fat is dangerously, ill n.th pneumonia at the St. Joseph hospital. H;s physician has a‘Krd that frier !,« remain from teeing h.m until hi* con Jiison improves F. x is a vet .-ran amateur umpite The Magic Touch! 4sk for Jke Omaha jBeeTPadXZ department * King Midas had the power to change every* hing he touched into pure gold. The people of his day greatly admired his powers. * Now everybody in Omaha can change anything of the sort that'* no longer needed into pure cash * They all have the “mag:e touch” these days! 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