"Wills Beats Mallory: Seven Times Champion, for U. S. Womens Tennis Title, Omaha Amateur Situation to Be Ironed Out Under Direction of President Scott California Girl Loses but Three Games in Match National Doubles Title Is Won by British Women, Miss Kitty MrKane anti Mrs. Covell. — . .x. ..... Forest Hills. N. Y.. Aug. 18.—The long reign of Mr*. Molla BJnrstedt Mallory as queen of American tennis^ broken but once in the past eight years, came to a dramatic close to day when Miss Helen Wills, 17-year old wonder girl from the Pacific coast, crushed the seven-time title holder In straight sets, 6-2, 6 1, in the final match or the tournament at the West Side Tennis club. Mrs. Mallory fought gallantly in defeat, calling on all her power and strategy to check her youthful rival, but except for a few minutes of the first set, the mastery of Miss Wills was complete. Meeting the cham pion at her own game, a back court duel, the Berkeley (Cal.) school girl rose to the greatest heights of her meteoric career to maneuver and smash her way to victory with a spec tacular, irresistible attack. Critics who saw her flashing triumph doubted whether any woman player in the world—even the present acknowledged queen Suzanne Lenglen of France—could have stopped tho i oast prodigy as she played today. It took Miss Wills Just 33 minutes to crown with success her second at tempt to gain the championship and at the close of the match she was acclaimed by a gallery of more than ■1.000 spectators, the largest in the history of women's title tournaments that occupied the big concrete stadium. Americans I»se In Doubles. Title honors In the national doubles championship went overseas for the first time in American woman's an nals wlien the British pair. Miss Kathleen MeKane and Mrs. Nancy Coveil, vanquished Miss Eleanor tioss of New York and Mrs. Hazel 1 latchkiss Wlghtman of Boston In a three-set Juggle, 3 6, 6 2, 6-1. Beaten In the first set by the superior strategy of their rival*, the English women swept the American pair off their feet with a brilliantly sustained attack in the last two sets. The losers tired under the swift pace and were comparatively easy victims in the deciding set. Miss Wills, in dethroning Mrs Mal lory, administered the first setback the Noi’se woman ever fcas Bus ed in the final round of the title quest and the second defeat the latter has suffered in nine years of tournament history in this country. Back in 1913, Mrs. Mallory, then Miss Bjur stedt. was off form through illness, and fell before Miss Marion Zinder stein of Wilmington. Del., .now Mrs. John B. Jessup, in an early round. Mrs. Wightman was the eventual win ner of the tournament, the only one since 1915 until this season in which the Norse woman has failed to emerge victorious. Defeat Was a Decisive One. It was one of the most decisive de feats, too, that Mrs. Mallory has re ceived in her long and brilliant ca reer. Last year, in the final round of the world's championship at Wim bledon. Mile. Lenglen overwhelmed rlie American, 6-2, 6-0, but the vic tory of Miss Wills today, while she allowed her rival one more game than did the French woman, was pone the less crushing in Its finality. The decisiveness of the triumph by the coast girl, who had never been able to more than extend Mrs Mal lory came as a distinct surprise to critics, even those who held out the highest hopes for Miss Wills as a re „lt of her sensational march to vic tory through the international field that started tournament play last Monday There was no question that she had reached the topmost heights of her game all week, hut few expected Mrs Mallory, who also had been showing ‘ her best formi to be swept aside so easily But where she had seemed nervous, uncertain in opposing tho veteran tltleh^lder, previously. Miss Wills today was the picture of conft ilence Except for a few moments of inaccuracy at the start, she played with superb skill and cool general shin. Outplayed Mrs. Mallory. It was this resourcefulness, this Im perturbability under the hottest of the champion's fire, coupled with the all-around perfection of her stroking, that cast the verdict In Miss Wills' favor. One of the hardest hitting players the game has ever known, Miss Wills matched drive for drive, putting. If anything, more “pace Into her shots than Mrs. Mallory could ' muster, while time after time she whipped across placement strokes that the champion could barely get her racquet on. Mrs. Mallory fought her hardest, bringing off many remarkable returns and prolonging many brilliant rallies from the baseline, but inevitably she. was forced to the defensive, giving Miss Wills a chance for a smashing cross-court act or being forced Into errors by the sheer power of her young rival's strokes. Mrs. Mallory made her first ap pearance In American tournament Play In 1915, coming to this country fi-om Christiana, Norway. Her first victory W'as in the national Indoor championship, which she followed . with a series of triumphs unprece ,| nied In women' court animls. She the turf court tournament of mi.Vafid 1916 and then, with the om ul championship abandonment be iiisp of the war, won a patriotic oilman ent In 1917. She repeated In mix and after her set hack In 1919 resumed a swav unbroken for three more years. She has tiled, unsuccess fully for the past three years to lift tl,« world's title at Wimbledon, her nearest approach coming,In 19J w hen she fell before Mile. Lenglen. Here Are Seven Good Reasons V/hy Wichita Is Leading Western League w yovhk \\ g HTCHER, \ r^tfsurc fa U PlTCHeR^jjj I v\ W/e* AW BASS [I Ill 'XJaimrJu v 1) uerr tteu o ^ Dempsey to Box 10 Rounds Every Day in Training for Firpo Bout; Begins Work at Saratoga Today White Sulphur Springs Hotel, Sara toga Lake, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, will begin a steady training grind here tomorrow In preparation for his clash with Luis Angel Firpo of the Ar gentine, in New York, September 14. No fewer than ID rounds of boxing are on Dempsey’s daily program, w-hile each morning a period will be devoted to road work. The last of his eight sparring partners Is ex pected here otmorrow. In expectation of large crowds of admirers at the Dempsey camp to morrow, eight state troopers have been assigned to handle traffic on the road leading here from Saratoga, supplementing two who have been on duty since the champion's arrival. Tex Rickard, promoter, who rs staging the Dempsey-F'irpo fight, was a visitor at Saratoga otday, but did not come to the Dempsey camp here. Dempsey and his manager. Jack Kearns, motored to Snratoga this afternoon for a conference with Rickard. With two exhibition boxing bouts for charity scheduled tonight, Demp sey spent no time in the ring today. Early in the evening he left for Schnectady, accompanied by Floyd Johnson, Iowa heavyweight contend er, and other sport notables, where he took part in a four-round contest for a church lyceum. Afterward in Saratoga he stepped into the ring for another four-round exhibition against Charles Schwartz, society boxing fan. Bowlers Plan for a Big Pin Season Local bowlers are making early plans for one of the finest pin tum bling seasons in Omaha. Last night the Booster league met at the Omaha alleys and drew up a schedule for 10 teams while this afternoon the Ladies' Metropolitan loop meets to elect officers and the Gate City divis ion holds sway at 10:30 o'clock this morning. During the coming week three more groups will lay plans for the coming Indoor months. The Farnam alleys open early In September while the Omaha pin set ters have been busy In match work for several days. The Farnam leagues will group In pairs this winter and play two divisions each night with 10 teams to each league. The Amer ican Express league will play four rounds of match competition instead of the usual three starting In the next few weeks on the Farnam waxed boards. The following teams will compose the Booster league: Navigator Cigars, Union Outfitting, Harney Auto Re pairs, Pantorium. Independents, Swifts, Stlpletox, Cooper Specials and Omar Flours. Braves Lose Protest on Dodger Victory New York, Aug. 18.—The Boston National league club's protest of Brooklyn’s victory In the second game of a double-header at Brooklyn July 4 was denied today by John A. Heyd ler, president of the league, in a de cision involving a new version of the question—when Is a ball over the fence? The protest by Boston hinged upon a home run allowed Fournier, Dodger first baseman, in the sixth inning. Fournier’s drive, by a strange freak, struck a flag attached to a staff on top of the right field wall, became fastened in Its folds for a moment and then dropped back into the playing field The ball was returned to the Infield and Fournier held to second base, but Umpire Hart ruled the hit a home run. Boston claimed that the flag was part of the playing field and that the hit. therefore, did not go out of the park, but President Heydlor, citing several precedents, decided that the flag was an obstruction beyond the limits of the playing field, thereby sustaining the ruling of the arbiter Armstrong Wins Northwest day Court Tennis Title St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18.—Joe Arm strong, 8t. Paul, won the northwest cm clay court tennis singles cham pionship hero today by defeating John McGee, St. Taul, 6-1, 6-4. 6 4. Miss Marguerite Davis, Sf. Paul, raptured the women's singles title by heating Mrs. Ethel Bose, Minneapolis, 60, 6 2. Williams Hits 22 I’laylng at the top of Ids game, Wright mnde the first nine holes In 33, two under par, and was at no time endangered. Kv erett Beaver of Bos Angeles pre viously had eliminated Jack Neville, stale amateur dhwnplon Mathewson Plays Don Elliott for State Net Title Final Match This Week—Al bert Finkel of Omaha V. ins State Junior Title by Defeating Deising. Ry Jl'DI) CROCKER. Lincoln. Aug. 18. — The Ne braska state tennis title remains to be settled between C. M. Mathewson of Walthill and Don Elliott of Lin coin. The final match will be played some time during the coming week, being postponed on account of the rain Thursday which caused the net play to be delayed. Mathewson won his way to the final bracket Saturday afternoon when he defeated Clyde Seymore of University Place in four sets, 6-0, 6-4. 4 6, 7-5. Elliott defeated Ced Potter, 6 3. 5-7, 6-2. 6 4. Mathewson has held the Cornhusker title twice, his last victory being In the 1916 meet at superior, while Elliott Is a former Lincoln city title holder and University of Nebraska champ two years ago. A1 Finkel won the state Junior honors by winning from Gordon Diesing in straight sets, 61. 6-3. 6-2. The two Omaha youths paired to gether won the youngsters doubles title from North and Elliott of Lin coln In straight time. The. doubles championship w-ill be decided Monday afternoon. The two undefeated teams are both of the capital city. Elliott and Russell meet McBride end Htanton. The fomer won from Stocking and Potter yester day, 3-6, 6 4. 7 5, 6 3 while the latter defeated Proud and Emmet, the last outstate team to fall, after a long match, 6-3, 6 4, 4-6, 12 19. CHAMPION SHIV SINGLES. nnl*. Mathew aon boat Svymoui', 6-0. 6 -4. 4 6. Elliott boat potter, 6-3. 6-7. 6 2, 6-4. CHAMPIONSHIP jMdhi.ES. vinl- Final a. Elliott *nd Hu s. ii i,i at Stocking and Potter. 3-6. 6-4. 7-6. 6-3 M< Bride and Stanton beat Proud and Emmett. «-3. 6-4. 4-6. 12-10. Firemen Still After Cope. Omaha firemen are still looking for | the police baseball team to accept their challenge for the city uervic® championship, according to Manager Casey of the fire laddies. School Girl Wins U. S. Tennis Championship MU* Helen Will*. Floyd Johnson Gets “Blues” and Tiny Herman Loses a Chance on Semi-Windup to Dempsey-Firpo BY FRED 8. Hl'NTER. A great sadness has crept into the usually Jovial solil of "Tiny" Jim Herman. The reason? Floyd John son. "Tiny" Jim thought he was to be allowed the delightful privilege of ex changing pokes in the nose with Johnson. And his happiness knew no bounds. But alas, it appears that It is not to be. At least, Tor the time being. For Johnson, It seems, cherishes no great desire to venture Into the same 24 foot ring with the Omaha heavy weight Here's the how of It: Shortly after Tex Rickard com pleted arrangements to send Luts Firpo. the angel from the pampas, against Jack Dempsey on September 14 in New York, the big promoter began to scan the lists of logical can didates for the semi-windup. A Likely I/Miking Match. Rls eye fell upon Floyd Johnson. Then upon Jim Herman. What could be better than a set-to between these pachyderms of the ring? Nothing at r^ll, Tex reasoned. So he instructed his matchmakers to see what Could be done about tt. "Tiny" Jim and his manager. Jack Lewis, heard the Joyous tidings and became Intensely gleeful. Visions of great wealth flashed before them. They pictured in thetr own minds the acclaim of a huge audience In ecstacies over the spectacle of "Tiny" .tim standing over the prostrate form of Floyd Johnson. And they dreamed new dreams, dreams of Herman re spending to the plaudits of a multitude cheering this latest challenger of Jack Dempsey while Lewis, the man ---- ager, In a busy box office counted endless bundles of greenbacks. Because Herman and Lewis confi dently believe Floyd Johnson is made to order for Herman, that after 8, 10 or 12 rounds of scuffling Herman would wallop Floyd Into dreamland And wouldn't a knockout victory over Johnson put Herman right in line for a match with Dempsey and great riches? Verily. But in their joy Herman and Lewis overlooked one important element. They forgot about Johnson. Wants a Cut at Gate. And now comes the word from New York that Johnson Is not consumed by the same aching yearning to meet Herman. Johnson does not de cline to battle "Tiny.” Not at all. But his financial demands give some Indication of the respect he holds for Herman's left hook. To meet Herman. Johnson wants a percentage of the gate. There the matter rests. Rickard is of no mind to give Johnson a per centage. Dempsey and Firpo get such large percentages It would be folly for him to pay out another chunk of the receipts for Johnson. It would remove his chance to make a sizeable profit for himself. And Rickard is not promoting fights for his health. Johnson demands a percentage to fight Herman. Rickard says he can't afford to pay it. Which puts Herman up a tree. And the visions of great affluence are fading rapidly. "Tiny” Jim's cup of bitterness Is filled to overflowing and his gr.ef is groat. No fight, no fame, no fun. no dough, just gloom. It's a tough life. Papyrus’ Owner Says He JT ill Accept Offer to Race Rest American 3-Y ear-Old II? I'nlvrmai Kervtc*. Tendon, Aug. 18.—Bon Irish. York shire tenant farmer, owner of Papy rus, winner of the derby, today con firmed the report that August Bel mont, owner of Tracery, the sire of Papyrus, had offer* to match the host American 3 year-old against Papyrus for a purse of $125,000. Belmont, he said, proposes that the winner will take $100,000 of the stake and the loser $25,000. Irish added that an agreement has not yet been signed, but if the race takes place it will be about the middle of October at Belmont park. New York. Jumbo Stiebm Is Victim of Cancer of Stomach II, I nKm,l Serrlre. Bloomington, Iml., Aug. IS.—Rat tling with the odds against him, Conch E. O. (Jumbo) StlPhni. for sU years Indiana university athletic di rector and head football conch, suc cumbed today to cancer of the stom ach. Upon Ills last visit to a hos pital In Rochester, Minn.. In Juno, Stiehm was told that he had only a few weeks to live, and upon his re turn here he began preparations for ! death. Th« body will lie In state here nil ■ day tomorrow and will be shipped to (lie home at Johnson Creek, Wls, tomorrow night. Previous to coming here, Stiehm was coach nt the University of Ne braska. where Ills football teams won the Missouri Valley conference championship five successive sea sons. Came to Nohraaka In 1911. I.lnenhi. Aug. IS. — K. O. (Jumbo) Stlehni. whn died this morning at Bloomington. Ind . was dlreo lor of athletics and head coach of football nnd basket 1mll at the In \eislty of Nebraska during tho years 101 1 1 ?»1 r. and during that time No Itniska won five successive Missouri valley football championships and three basket ball championships, no cording to records at the university here. I'nder Stlehm’s guidance hnsket hall rose from an almost abandoned sport to one of the leading games at Nebraska. WITS** MISSES m run eurwiOE®— HER MOINES. ah n ii Ti».mi>n.no ro. \ r.. Borman. 3b A 1 14090*3* Mrljirry. lb 30 I 1 001500 Murphy. .Ill 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 lloran. rf 4 0 1 1 o 0 0 l 0 0 Cnrrhlrn. If 4 0 2 * 0 0 0 3 0 0 Klugituin, 2b 4 0 I 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 llulHcling, c40 0 00000-1 Nelsun. I. 4 0 **000**0 yl.nrh, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 (Koenig 1 0 II o n o J) JJ JI J> Total* 3.A * 0 10 1 » II* * • * III FKAI-OKR. Al! It H.Tll.sH.SB.BB.I’O.A.E. Kerr, .a *00 II 0 0 2 3 3 0 Itanna III. ef 3 0 0 II I 0 0 II O O Manu.h. 2h 4 1 * * 0 0 0 1 3 0 O'Connor, rf 4 2 :4 o 0 0 0 0 o IVIIck, ilb 3 0 2 * 0 0 0 1 1 O Konetehf, II. 4 0 II 0 • 0 0 13 1 0 IVetial. If 3 10 II 0 I 10 0 0 Male c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 lei p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Boehler. p I J> J> J> J J J| J J| Total. til 3 H It 1 • • 21 1» 0 !le^"Mohiea nn,B** ! ooo OOO 020-2 Be. Motor. |01 100 24b-* Buff*i«« 5]! S‘;=J Summary — Homo run.: Borman. Murphy. O'Cannnr T«a ba-c hit.: bliiinian, " ,,,(. I.. hall: IBmglln*. bit by pitch ed hall: Hale, 2. WUens. Ibnbfr play: Murphy B. KlngmaO. Man. anil hlfa: Off l ee 2 and II In 2 2-3 Inning.; off Boehler n ami o In I 1-3 Inning. ; off I > neh, 3 and H In H Inning.. B inning pitcher I l ee 1 aw ing nlleheer. I.ynrh. SlrurU out: By l.n.V 4; hv lee. A; by Boehler. .. Itaw on hall.! Off l ynch. 3; off Tee I . off I,lull 0 left on ha.I’.: Or. Maine., a, Omaha. 1 1 mplre: Shanahan and Mc llnnalil Time 1:30. National 220-Yard Swimming Record Lowercdnt DcKalli. Ill PeKalb. Ill . Aug. IS.—One nntlonnl swimming record woo hroken ami filiother established in a meet liere today at the opening of a how mu tili’iiwil swimming pool. Robert Skelton of tbe Illinois Ath let In elub. rhlcago. min '220 yards In 3 08 3. three and two fifths seconds faster than the previous national rec Old for Ibis dislnni'i . which lie set Bugene Bolden, from the name dub. swam two miles in 50:20.3, tbe flirt lime this event has been held under Official a usplces. Talierski, Former BiUaril (.liatup, to Stage (.oinebaek Nrw York. Au«. IS - Frank Tabor *kl, who rot trod four rear* "K" «» umWmtotl |HH’kPt blllhutl chatnplnn of tho worhi. will R com obit ok thin your. Ho will roontor compel tlon In tho Interstate Pocket Hilllnul longuo ns n representative of hoirnlt. Sixteen ethos in tho eaat ami mid* rtlewost will hnv* entries In tho I longu#. St. Louis Amateur Team Invited to Play Omaha Champs Here, Sept. 15-16 St. Louis has been Invited to send Its amateur champion to Omaha to play the local C lass A virtnr on Sept. 15 and tfi. The following Sunday the Omaha Glass A and B champions will go to the Missouri metropolis for the annual intercity games. The Omaha champion squad is likely to he the winner of the Murphy-Woodmen of the World tilt at Fontenell park today. Buffaloes Hit at Right Tinifc and Win, 5 to 2 Omaha Vi ins Ihree Straight From Des Moines—O'Con nor, Gorman and Murphy Get Homers. By RALPH WAGNER. Those Omaha Buffaloes made It three straight over Lee Keiser's Den Moines Boosters yesterday when they copped the third contest of the five game series by the score of 5 to 2. 0'&nr»r M nl / ■ A couple tnou sand or so spec tators were on hand to see the Buffaloes do their stuff against t h ,e Boosters and were well paid for their after noon at the park. Both teams played good ball. Snap py fielding, hurling duels and home runs were sandwiched in the one hour and fifty min ute9 of the national pastime. Harry Lee. who has been stamped the "are” of the Omaha pitching staff along with Byron Speece, and Adrian Lynch, the elongated Booster, got tangled up in a pitchers' duel that went a little over seven innings. In the eighth the Boosters poked two balls over the fence for home runs and hit two more into the territory inside the fence. This attack on the part of the Iowans broke up a hurl ers' battle and resulted in Lee being sent to the showers, P. V. Q. Holds Boosters Scoreless. Harry held the Boosters scoreless and to four singles and one double until the eighth when he sort of lost hts stuff on the ball. Gorman was the first visitor to face Lee Sn this inning and he slammed the ball over the right field fence. In the previous innings Harry had whiffed Gorman twice. MeLarry grounded out. and. then was knocked a home run by ol' Buzz Murphy. Horan and Corriden singled and Kingman forced the lat ter at second. After that play Konet chy jerked Lee and put George Boeh ler on the mound. The score was 4 to 2 in favor of Omaha when all of this happened, and as Des Moines didn't score any more runs, Harry gets credit for the victory which rightful ly belongs to him. We have seen Harry pitch all of his games on the home lot and we have yet to see him go through a game without ex periencing one bad inning. How ever, he always manages to pull through these bad Innings in good shape, and we opine that yesterday's game would have been no exception. As for Adrian Lynch, the Des Moines hurler, he pitched Just af good a game as the next one Satur day. He allowed the herd eight hits, one of them being a home run by O'Connor and another a double by Wilcox. The Buffaloes clouted the ball at the opportune times and there by hangs the tale of victory for Oma ha. O'Connor Scores First. Lynch let the Buffaloes down w-ith only one scant single until the fourth when O'Connor singled to center. Wilcox's double, his fifth hit of the series, scored O’Connor from first with the first run of the afternoon. All this occurred after two outs and Konotchy made it three by being called out on the third strike. In the next inning the Buffaloes got two more ruins, but errors figured in these tallies. Wetzel started things when he reached first on Gorman s error. Hale got hit by a pitched ball and Catcher Hungltng then made* a wild throw to first which allowed Wetzel to reach third anil Hale to Journey down to second. Lee's timely bingle to right field, a dandy hit. scored Wetzel and put Hale on third. With two men on and no outs, Kerr got overanxious to connest with the ball and struck out. Joe ltonowitz sent a high fly out to Joe Horan and Hale scored what proved to le the winning run. Mnnush lined bps down the third base line and the play at the plate eaught Lee for the third out. Dick O'Connor's home run over the right field fence in the sixth Inning registered Omaha's fourth run. and three straight .singles and Gorman's error enabled the Buffaloes to score their fifth run in the eighth. A double header is seheduled for this afternoon, the first game start ing at 2 o'clock. W ililrrnesg Is \X inner of Travers Stake at Saratoga Saratoga Springs, N. V. Aug. IS — Wilderness, ridden hy Jockey Mar lnelli. won the Hi.500 Traters stake, 11 mile and a quarter for 3 year-olds, at Saratoga track this afternoon. Flagstaff was second amt Kialto was third. Time 3:04. Knglish Air Perliy Winner Knters International Hares St ]jOiil*. Aug IS 1 1 Carter, Inner of the recent British Mir der hy. h«M entered the international air races to be held here October IS. it %vj»m announced tonight. Him entry make* fi\e foreign nation* already represented, the other* being France, ltali, Mexico and Canada. Board Meets This Week to Act Upon Metro Situation American League to Ask for Class A Hating and to Bar All Semi-Pros From Clubs. By CARROLL R. MILLEN. HE amateur base ball situation in Omaha is in for a thorough investiga tion when the board of directors meet at a call of President A1 Scott this week, probably Wednesday night The situation in Omaha needs iron ing out which easily » can be done be | cause the few are I trying to force their R wishes over the ’ heads of the maor it v. Definite deci sion* must be handed down at the meeting If the sport on the Omaha s,anmade it so suc cessful in the past. Among the various measures which President Scott and his board of di rectors must settle are the following Why was Pitcher Jinttny Moore of (he Woodmen of the World team whitewashed by a 3 to 2 vote of the eligibility committee of the board after he admitted playing out of town baseball in opposition to a rule which prohibits this? Why w as Pitcher Leo Krupski of the same team treated with the same consideration when it was proved he played out of town? It tlie Metropolitan league stUi insists on gaining its profes«icmll status ran it remain a member of the Municipal Amateur association and rerehe the same benefits whirl) are due to players of amateur stand ing alone? Who Is the individual, or Individ uals, trying to make the association a political issue rather than one of a pure amateur sporting character? Why is the board retaining so many directors who never attend a meeting to settle disputes which roine before it for the good of the association and amateur baseball in Omaha? There is no danger of the assocla tion going on the rocks. It is toi well-meaning a body for that and th' business men who have supported teams under its Jurisdiction and ths hundreds of players who have playeo under its standards are satisfied 17,5? » it can function for the good of the sport in Omaha. The rigid enforce ment of the constitution and by laws of the organization will stop all arguments among the teams and play ers at the present time. Too Many Directors. The size of the present board of di rectors is a considerable handicap. Each meeting of the board draws no mere than a sufficient number to con stitute a quorum. The majority of the board may be great boosters for the amateur sport but when it comes to the discharge of their duties they rank with proverbial "dead timber." There has been some secret agita tion against the present heads of the organization and seme rumors of changes in the organization which if followed out will make it a purely pc litical organization A change would bs fatal because the association has prospered and grown under the pres ent management which serves with out compensation and for a love cf the sport alor.e. It is the advent of professional tendencies which is the big agitation now. The Metropolitan league, led by only a few- men who started the trouble, is trying to force views upon the board which the board turned down at a recent meeting. At a meeting of the league last week a unanimous vote was taken to try to bring the issue up again and urge the board to adopt a measure into the constitution that players in that or ganisation be allowed to play out of_ tow n hall during the week. Tt i^Jss*^ a handful cf professionals who seek amateur protection when they are not entitled to it. The American Class B league is making a strong stand behind ama teur policies in Omaha. At the next meeting of the board it will make ap plication to be rated as Class A dur ing the next season. In addition. It will request that the league be rated as purely amateur and no semi pro players be allowed the teams, as i« the present condition in the Metro politan league. The American league played ball ef a better class than B rating last year. The players in the league, for the most part, have been together In that circuit for several years and are now entitled to a better ranking which may be given them at the meeting. Helen Wills to Become a Freshman at California I Forest Hills. Aug. 1$—Despite her dignified position as woman’s ten « ch.impoln of the United States. Ms-s Helen Wills will return to California some time next week, to be readv when the fall terms opens at the Uni versity of California, where she w.t enter the freshman class. She w l specialise In art and languages. She will 1m* IS on October $. a few months older than was M o Sutton, now M Thomas C. ltundy. when she won the same title almost a score of years ago. W. California Pro May F'tablith New Worlds Coif Record Butte Mont . Aug. IS -Joe Nou . professional of the Berkeley (Cal 1 Country club, playing In tha open golf championship at the State tour nament here today equated the course record of 69 Novak's record thus far !n this event is TJ. 69. 66, and tf he makes s 69 in tomorrow s final round that, it is believed here, will be a worlds rec ord.