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% H=H ■ The Omaha Sunday Bee l i - — -— ■ * VOL. 52—NO. 42. P X R T T W O OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. ~ 1923. 1—B FIVE CENTS -- - - • --------- - ■ - - .. -... -■ - ■ - ■ ■ ■■■.- - Schedule of Western League Calls for New Arrangement of Playing Games - ,» ---— ———— ► Circuit Moguls Decide That Inter-Series Clashes Must Be Four Contests This Season Playing Chart Calls for Opening and Closing Games to Be Held in South, Which Should Benefit Southern Clubs —Create New Office in League—Burch Expected Home Soon. By RALPH WAGNER. 1TH the opening of the Western league sea son less thjpi three weeks off, club owners afld managers are doing double time trying to get their teams whipped into condition for the initial contests. The Western league teams will play a 168-game schedule again this season, open ing the season in the southern section of the circuit on Thursday, April 12. The Omaha Buffaloes open at Tulsa. Each club In the circuit got off to a late start in ^ "bring training. This was due to the reputed delays Y in drawing up the 11)23 schedule. When the moguls finally got together at Oklahoma City last Sunday they decided on a l(i8-gamo playing chart. The decision on the part of the league members to play a long schedule opens the season ope week earlier than had been exported. The teams open and close In the South, which is more of,a benefit to the southern circuit teams than the northern clubs. Helps Southern flubs. To start the season with Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Wichita and St. Joseph play at their respective lots during the first two weeks of tho schedule. Y This means a whole lot to these clubs. It will enable them to hold practice workouts in the morning before games nnd in this way catch jjp. to'a cer tain extent, in their training. On the other hand, the visiting clubs must wnit until the afternoon game before getting into action. This all counts up during the start of the season. Tho schedule closes In tho smith nnd again favors the southern clubs, should one of these teams be in the running against a northern club dur ng tho last two weeks of tho loague race. A club manager always figures « an winning more games at home than . on foreign ground, and the Western > no execution. The Western opened and closed In the south last year and it looks like It will continue to open and end in the south ns long as certain parties hold the upper hand. We mean Jack Holland of Oklahoma City, Frank Isbell of Wichita nnd the owners of the Tulsa elub, together with tho Min neapolls club owners, who also own the ftt. Joseph franchise. Burch Satisfied. According to a letter received from Barney Burch, owner of the Omaha Buffaloes, the J923 schedule satis fies him. so we guess there's no kick coming from tills end. Barney states that the playing chart calla for a new arrangement of playing games. Elimination of a lot of double headers by stretching out the season Is one of the big features. Tn 1922 three northern trips of four games at each town were scheduled. The moguls at their recent meeting registered plenty kicks against the four-gafcie trips. Teams w ere away from home too long and the fans grew tired of seeing the same club in ac tion for four straight contests. The three game scries and four trips con sumed too much railroad fares and the moguls kicked against this, so they finally compromised. The northern trips, that Is, when southern clubs come north, will be three-game series affairs in each town with four trips around the northern loon of the league during the season. This will allow the clubs to take W shorter trips and ho at the home park oftener and not so long on the road. Interseries Games. Then tHere's the Interseries games. Py this we mean series between north *rn chili and northern club, and south ern club and southern club. These Interseries games will be four contests as last year. By this arrangement the league ex e pects to save money In railroad fares, slso remedy the situation of long home days. Another Important feature of the Western league meeting last Sunday was the recommendation on the part sf the club owners that a new office be created. That office Is sort of n combined probate secretary, assistant president, statistician and general league publicity man. A' cordlhg to Barney Burch's letter, lie league made no kick at Triidn Notre Dame to Represent Irish Dm Moines, la., March 31.—Spurred on by the fine showing made last rear, Coach Knute Rocjcne. of Notre Dame, will bring another strong ag gregation of track and field athletes o the Hth annual Drake university relay meet, April 27 23, according to present Indications. For tbs dashes, Rockne has Harr, Desch and L. Walsh, all star step, pers, who, when they are going right, are mighty hard to beat. In the middle distance events, Ken nedy and Cog are the Notre Dame malstays, with Connell on deck f"f the distance events. Tom Dieb, of football fame, anil Flynn will lie strong contenders in the shot put as they have excelled tr# 43-foot mark several times In re cent Indoor competition. A. Walsh, In the hurdles, and D. I Walsh, In the quarter-mile, have lern the clas# of the Notre Dame squad to date. In Hogan. Coach Ruokne has a splendid pcle vaulter, who tops the bar consistently st better than 12 feet. He has never really been pushed in Indoor • trierts. and hr 'hnuld la* able to clear close to 13 feet under outdoor conditions. Klecteil Mat Captain. Cambridge. Maas., March 31 —l-M "ard H. Hates of f’nrplnterla. Cnh. was elected captain of the Harvard wrestling team for the m3 24 season last night. Howe's work, but felt that a man closer In touch with the league's affairs would do much better than Mr. Howe. The latter has acted as Western league statistician for several years. Burd! to Arrive Home Soon. Hr an k McMullen, former secretary of the Wichita hall club, has been named as the logical man for this position. McMullen is an insurance man in Wichita. Barney Burch will return to Omaha some time this week to make plans for the opening day In Omaha. “They Newer €®me Badk5S - - = By Ed Hughes Father Time to Jess: “I<et’s talk of grave*, or worms, or epitaphs.’’ •Jess (to himself): “One bout in four years before meeting Jaek Dempsey. No ring action In three and a half years since.” Jess Willard still drives a ponder ous carcass through* his dally calis thenics. Jess will meet young Floyd Johnson in the spring In New York. Eventually he hopes to prove to a skeptical world that they do "come bark.” Jess has ever been an ohsti nate fellow with heaps of self as surance. It was just this selfassur ance, by the way, which aided and abetted his gory downfall at Toledo against Dempsey. He underrated Dempsey and overrated himself. With but on" real bout In seven and a half years under his belt, Mr. Wil lard stilt believes, at about 42 we should say. that he can step out against the diligent youth of the land a '» w them up. Willard has shaped up well enough In his gym workouts. Jiut what does that mean? Has the gym ever given a true line on any mm's fighting form” Itarely to my knowledge. They nil look good Jn the gym. There may t>c enough remnants of Jess' ancient ,*ower to subdue the smaller and com paratively Inexperienced Floyd John n. Hut as for a complete "come back," say against a Dempsey or a Dills, well it isn't In the books,®5n my opinion. No fighter can Indulge in long pe Hods of Idleness and not have Ids 1 ruin.i and general ring usefulness In.h'ilre'i. Jim Jeffries. Bob Fitzsim rr1 ns, Jack Johnson. John I.. Sulli van. Jim Corbett all tried the long lay-off and the Ireland ‘•come-back." They all failed. What !" there so ex traordinary about Willard that he i stn ri-d where these great ones fizzled? Particularly as he has l>een "out" much longer than any of them. oil, in m: She was Monde and she was classy, And she wunk a flirty glim. And her talk was pert and sassy; Full of pep and jai.z and vim. She was supple, soft and sliminy And she shook a wicked shimmy And when she would murmur /‘Gimme" She could hate the world from him. Finis. 0 9 0 I.OOK OUT, Rl'TH. Won't be long before 'Habe" Ilutli will be able tp qualify for a mem bership in Hollywood's select circle. A little more girl and assault no toriety and Ruth will be eligible. • • • 01' King Tut has got more pub licity within the last two months or so than .lack Dempsey and Car jientier got when they were training for their "flattie for Gold." • m 0 Speak in’ of King Tut. we lead where the old boy once had :i temp erature of 107. Must of happened when the aee wasn't out and the king was high. • • • FALSE ALARMS. "Cyclone'’ Velsky. (arpentier. “Battling" Slki. s4me of the race horses we bet on. • « • Ves. Hiram, there are bloc^ in congress. Not oil the blocks are on the shoulders of boxers. • • • Mike McTigue wants to meet Joe Beckett for the English heavy weight championship. Mike's the only fighter who hasn’t knocked out Beckett. • • • "Clink ’ Claire.' owner of the : Sportsman, sez: Lives of babies and automobiles ; depend upon the rare given tiera when they're new "Clink s'' got both. • • • Thirty. Four Former National Indoor Tennis Champions Competing in N. Y. Singles Championship By VINCENT RICHARDS. Nutimuil Tpnnls IKiuhlrs Champion. Vniverttal Service staff I nrrpapwpiirnf. Four former national indoor singles champions are competing In the In door singles championship which started yesterday at the Seventh Regi ment armory. Francis T. Hunter. Frank and Fred Anderson, S. H. Vo shell and myself will strive for the title now- held by Hunter. With Hunter In the defending role and several of the other high ranking Players in excellent form, we are sure to see some real action before the last match is played. 8. H. Voshell is the only player in the country today who holds two legs on the handsome Seventh Regi ment bowl. Were Voshell to win the event this year it would mean that this prized trophy would become his permanent property. Voshell Believed Tlirough. I'nfortunately for tho Brooklyn southpaw, h« is not in what might he called his best form. He was re cently defeated rather easily In the Palm Beach tournament by a player that ho ordinarily should -defeat. Many of the tennis critics are Wont to believe that the former national indoor singles ohamploa is almost through. At any rate, there is no denying the fact that Voshell is miitjh too slow at the present time to com pete with such players ns the Ander son boys and the champion. Frank Hunter. His service no longer has the old sting»in It and he does not come up to tiie net position In the same fashion as he did in the days when ho was winning national cham pionships. Therefore. It seems hardly likely that Voshell Will ever gain his last leg on the magnificent cup. Finalists Problematical. Both Frank lyid Fred Anderson have been practicing bn the hoard courts of the Seventh regiment all winter. They have learned the secret of the peculiar bounce that the sur face of the courts offer at this drill shed and to my way of thinking they will tie a pretty hard combination to defeat. Hunter has had one of his best in door seasons this winter. He lias gone the entire indoor play with only one tournament defeat chalked against him. This he suffered at the hands of thu. writer in the Buffalo championship last February. He took the measure of T>ean Mathey right after iho latter won his startling vic tory over "Big Bill" Tllden nt the Heights t’aslno. The old proverbial "upset" may oc cur at any time when one Is dealing with Indoor matches but it is almost a sure bet that Hunter will again tie n finalist In this year's national in door championship. 'Vf'hn will come through the other half of the draw Is at the present time problematical. It may lie one of the Anderson boy* or it may be either Voshell or myself. At any rnle only the unforeseen fu ture ruin lell us this. Rickard Plans to Match McTigue With Either Tunney or Greb X(\v York, March 31.—Tex Itickard ha* made plans for staging a world'* light heavyweight championship match, In addition to three others lie has In mind, to be held either at the Vankre ball park or In his JerBoy City arena during the coming sum mer. The promoter lablfd Mike McTIgue In Ireland' several days ago. asking hijn who ho wants to box, how soon he Is coming hack nnd when lie will be ready to defend hla laurels. "I hud an appointment with Mo Tlgue’s manager, floe Jacobs, to talk over terms,” sntif Hlcknrd, "but In the meanwhile I sent my congratula ; lions to the new ehaipp nnd Inquired i how soon he will be ready to box the [most worthy contender. "I was tickled to learn of Mikes victory over life Senegalese," con | tinned Tex. “for It mean* renewed j interest in a diversion which threat ened to go Into the discard after | Mikl trounced Carpentler. I know ! thnt a. bout between McTIgue and Tunney, or between McTIgue ami | Oreb, will draw a capacity crowd 1 either In the ball lot or the big bowl ! in Jersey flty. < “My offer will be transmitted by Jacob* to McTIgue. 1 haven't any Idea what my offer will be. I will Jock Malone Matched to Meet Billy Wells 4 liicago, Man 11 31.—Jink Malone, Sf. I’atil scrapper, today was inateli rd to litre! Ililly Well* of I'higlntul, In • lOriiuiiil liallle at Nt. I’aul, \prll 13. It will he Malone’s first light sine* lie liofented Mike | Il'Uoud, give hltn so much percentage, a* It la against the rules of the New Vork state boxing commission to offer guarantees. McTigue may not he willing to come over for some little time. He Is on a still hunt for an other title, lie Intends to match him self with Joe rteckett for the Kngllsh heavyweight championship, the same ns he did with Hlkl. Mike Isn't In any hurry to return to America, for lie can pick up a tidy fortune on the other side. Team of American Golfers Announced New York, March 31.-— Now Hurt Robert A. Gardiner, the captain, bus officially announced the personnel of thi! American golf team which will go to Great llrltaln to compete fur I I he Walker cup. speculation will lie i In order as to the probable outcome. The visiting team will not be a won ! der. but It appears tij be the best that could lie secured. I’rovldcd they can approach their true form, that quartet of former nn [ Honul champions heading the list Roliert Gardiner, limrles Kvutis, jr., H. Davison llerron and Francis Out met — will take a lot of beating. There are those who say that Kvana, Onl ine) uud Gardiner, are slipping nnJ that llerron Ims never born able to duplicate the pace which carried him successfully ihrougll the ihikmont field u few years ago. Ho far us the hist named Is concerned, such mny be the case, but as for the oilier three, they atlll look equal to tackling si i moat anything that conisa along V Sejt&ty/fa/ spoilt what no: IS Johnny Kilhane nearing the end of tho rope as champion of the featherweight division? This Is the question ring fans are ashing. True it is that "Daddy" Ktlbane has cleaned up on nil the feather weight- ctialleng •is cm this Bide of the pond, but what about this Eugene C r 1 q u I person from 1'rance? The feather weight division is getting pretty bad over here when t>r'>nintf rs hate to JOHNNY KILBANB iahle over 'o Europe for feather battler*. And that's Ju*t what they hud done. But to get back to Kilbooe. Patrick has l>een the l>o«* tf the featherweight division for 10 y< ■ * lies an Intelligent person and a *tep or two above the usual pugilistic grade. Just to illustrate how smart this champ is, what did he do the other day but come nut and say he'd defend his crown against nny chal longer any promoter scared up. Now, Kilbane reallres that his day has flickered out. There are s few battles left In his aged carcass, and be expects to capitalize those figh's for all that traffic will bear. He's ready to conie out of his shell an 1 fight. Ills next opponent. In sll probability, will be tbs European feather ohainp. Crlqui. The Frenchman was injured during one of the Battles of the war. A bullet tore a way part of his Jaw. but this dtdn t end CTIqUl’s ring career He's still fighting • • • IV ItESTI.KHS III SV THE wrestler* nre being kept pret ty busy down in Kansas City these days. ii mm.i ini; tlie grapplers have (picked on the great Jay hawker state and have been mak ing quite a suc cess doA-n there. Mure power to 'em: Wrestling, when conducted as tt should be, 19 h li Interesting sport to »mrn. Straiyder'i«w*c Omaha would we I " come i (rood mat content. Tho John Pcsek Stanislaus '/.\hs*ki, match which will he held In Kansas City April 12. will he the real test of W in Bridge I’riic. Toronto, Mat. h '31- The U.un <f ft. ft I,onz of the Knickerbocker chib. New York and II. K. Uhl well of Hart ford, C'ontT., won first prtre In tho Annual duplicate auction bridge com petition of the t'anndlan Whist league congress at Its second aeBslon venter day. The contest was played under the Mitchell system. Charlie Hollorlicr fll Si. I amis, March 31. — Charlie HoUoeher, shortstop ami inplain of the Chicago Nationals, was i on third In bed at Ills home here lod.i> aufTcrlm: from after effects of nil altar It of Infliionra last l etirnno . 1C.II,. hrr returned lioiiie last night .from the (Tills training <amp *1 Nanis Catalina Island, Cal, tlio season for Pesck, the Nebraskan Pcsok has been offered a match with Champ Iacwls in Wichita if h* suc ceeds in flopping the,eider Zbyszko. all of whlph is a hard trick to turn. • • • » I KK >1 (JETS JOB. ' EHUSY'* Ulrich. Rt. Paul referee, who worked the semi windup and final fights over at the City auditorium last Friday night, in il probability, will te> <u,e of the f.rst ref- roc* appointed by the new boxing commission in South ?>a kota. , It wouldn't be a had thing f>r the Nebraska state boxing commission to make "Curley" tie • ff.e.al ref, i«»-f, r this stale. He lias refereed a lot of fights in Omaha and his work has been satisfactory in every respect. « • • MIsKK SOLVES PROBLEM NjW enmeth "Billy" Miske fort?) with the statement that if .Mike < i Dowd had hit himself on the Jew in hi* dress ing room before he entered'! the ring to fight Jock Malone he would not have been knocked out. Misko says lie always lilts hini ■•'if on the jaw before lie enters the ring to <lo lat tie. Ho does It. he says, to pre pare his mind atnl body to ac |_,g - ■ erpt no rime Mlske. shock of a thump while within the hempen strand. Mlske doesn’t give himself a gentle love tap, in (net, he] has been known to hit himself on the Jaw so hard that he almost j knoeke.i out himself. There may be something In what Mlske says and then again It may be the plain “bunk ” • • • (»lth \ I ''I. ASON FOK IttH\ I .hits OMAHA’S bowllpg season Is fast drawing to a elaae. It has been the greatest year In the history of (he great winter indoor game and theVllmax will come with the Knights of Columbus tournament. The In | cieased popularity of the spout among women has N on th" outstanding fea ture of the year anil we predict that next season will* see many more tennis and leagues and perhaps more bowling alleys Omaha sure needs - more Imwling alleys, • * * 1*1 IU .lt HA MAlihS I It.III I It Publicity makes or breaks a flakier I or anyone ■ i*« for that matter. Tnkt* for ImUnet tlnorgtn t'arpen too. Handannio Uenigea, if 3011 pit-***. | on# of the ' grrntret triumph* of the pro** agent fame when Tex lllrkard ringed I hr tnrpentlrr .lark 1 iwnpHP» ’ man*.tore at Hoyle*’ Thirty * A ore* i n i* p e n t I e f never am a great otcoguic* rtngtnan. Mia * VKi'KNTit k ret-ord la riclilv at lidded with defeat*, hut he tame t < the United State*, trained In private, wrote on |»"W hr trained ami drew one ef the rlchtat girlie* tn ring hie tory all htraute he got tha publicity North Dakota to Send Strong, But Unbalanced, Team to North Central Conference Track Meet Grand Forks. N. > . March 31.— Th* Fniversity of North Dakota will a represented by a fairly strong, though unbalanced track team this season, according to present pros pects. Nine letter men from last •*ar and one frr>m 1920, who has re turned to school, together with three of f--ur f ».r proape* ts. The FlirkertaU squad is booked for three meets thin year. MacaJester college of St. Paul, will open the sea son here May 1?, while the second dual meet is scheduled with St. OSaf college at Grand Forks for May 26. On June 3. O-aph Palm will take his squad to Sioux City, la., for the North Central conference tournament. The FlickertaiU will be Strong in tho middle distances and jumps. Hen ry Nelson, holder of the state inter • 1. >!astic and university records for the half mile, will l>e a sure point winner in all tho meets. He will get his record down Vk.se to two minutes this year, having won all h s races with ease last year. His l*rcther, Arthur Hanson, a fV« shinan this year, Home Course Relay for Highs to Start Soon § IINCOl.N. NEB., March 51 —The V.'21 Nebraska Inch school track program will ho formally opened April 14 when the Intorscholaftle traakster* compete In the first annual Nebraska home course relay rham plonahtpa. * The relay ehampiciitdiipa over the home couree* i* :i now wrinkle for Nebraska high athlete*. The plan l* patterned after tho high school pen Uthalon, the final result* being tele graphed'to I'oaWi Henry C. Schulte of the L'nivaraity of Nebraska et the dose of the competition. High school sprinters will compete In three relay events. In the SSO yard relay, four men will each run 220 yard*; In the mile relay, four runners Will travel 44'1 yard* each; In the med ley relay on. man will run 440 yard*, two will run 220 yard* each and the lust man will run 880 yard*. In Ills instructions to high school (coach**, llcnrv K. Schulte, hend truck met.tor at Nebraska university, calls ;attention to the need for accuracy In '.ill measurements and timing. Thru watches must l«* u..l to dock fhs i aces The men must cut t y a baton.! l It should be made of a pieco of cane | IkjIc, 12 Inch** long amt an inch in I | diameter. The baton must he succcsa ] fully passed in n 20-yard sine. 10 yards on each side of the start. Trophy (winners will tie awarded! the winning team* In each event. The"^ three winners will he entered In the Kansas university relays at Ijiw fence, April 27 IS Slur Shortstop ( apitiilup'*. i Thloago, March 31 — Urnl* John- * son star shortstop of the Chicago i White Soy, today signed hia contract and will ii'port to Manager lilesson at 1 •nltns. Ten . Sunday. Johnson. < who was a "holdout," ram* to an agreement will President Comltkei and w.ll leave tomorrow morning to ".n his teammates Johnson Is In good condition having been In train Ing hers at a local I'mnnslum Is one of the bright prospects for the mile. He cafrtured that event in the interscholaetic meet last year In | 4:40 4 5. Both beys are from Esmond. S. U. _ Khelver, star of the team last year, is expected to be one ef the main point winners of the North Pakota out fit this spring Shelter leaps the bar at six fe»t in the high jump and took first at the conference m«et last year. He Is expected to boost his record some thla year if forced. He is also sure to score In the broad jump, hav ing captured aecohd place at Sioux Kails last year. He was the only man sent to the conference meet last year for the reason that the Kbckertails had a dual meet scheduled for the «ra» date, haeir.g made up their tra. k s hedule before a conference meet was decided on. Shelver also runs the hurdles. Yankees Won’t Have Walkawav in By DAVIS 4. WAI.SII. By International Sfrihf, New York. March 31—For ths first time in many, long diaintercst irig years, the American league race in 192J promises to be something more than a two-team go-as-you please. Tito Yank*, champions for two years, off season improvement in tlje Tigers. White Sox and Athletics should make tlie affair an open one from the outset. As far as actual insults , i ti e t: inn ing catnp are concerned tlie Yanks are probably the worst looking bail dub in the American league at the moment. However, the season runs through 134 games and the pitehing of Hoyt, Hush. Shaw he , Mays, Jones and Pennock is certain to carry the club at a point near the top. Hank mi Mays. The Yankees figure to get even bet ter pitching than they did lost year because Mays and Hoyt ate due for a comeback. Both are comparatively young, and Mays, who cannot show at his best until his fingers brush the , grass in delivering his underhand hall, has reduced his generous waist line to reasonable proportions. Bush is not due to repeat the amazing re suits he obtained in 1922. He pitched somewhat above the well and wide! known head on that occasion but Pennock will more than balance the difference if Huggins picks the spo's for his left handed ways. Ruth, now an earnest, somber lndi vidual, probably never will attain the heights that were once his, but h< will be In there playing baseball. Otherwise, the Yanks are much the same ball club, cx ept that Bob Meu sel seems to have realized that busi ness is business. Browns Not in Running. The Tiger* will muster a team bat _ ting well above .225-1 and with im proved pitching are believed to be the logical contender. Give Cobb the working margin of a couple of con sistent pitchers and it Is more than likely that he would rush through the rest of the field like a prairie storm. He has everything else. yto have the While Sox, thanks to the addition of Willie Kaimn. The Sox have nothing of a weak ness outside of the box and are faster, brainier and more versatile outfit than the T.gcrs. It would not surprise the writer if the White Sox ran one two. All Gleason needs is another winning pitcher to string along with Faber. Reverate and Blankenship. And what of the Browns who fin irhed a scant game outside the pen nant last year? On paper they base not improved in any way. In fact they have retrograded. It is general !v understood now- that Sisier is hon de hospital for the first month ol the season. The Browns without S;« ler are like l>r Munyon without tk« index finger. In addition, they have very careworn pitching unless !-e« Kohl has developed a couple of piaus ihie youngsters. Nebraska City in Meet. Nebraska City. Mar h SI.—The Ne hraska City High school track team 1.4,* begun practice and Coach 1 stoi expects to have a man in e\ery event at the state meet In Lincolr In May. I6™£ Farnanv «5ecuiiief Jtfuildmg MO^E OF THE TWO PANT SUIT This “Knapp-Felt” is a real value knock-out “Go Getter” with the fellow who wants to appear at his best. Crowded w i t h real style, and it costs but Here in all popular colors. Stop in for a try-on Monday. SteUon Hats $7.00 to $10 Barker Specials $2.50 to 3.50 btep in and sav ’ HATS! w ftork*rs Fur tusking Goods Shop Ground floor CntiMisce