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Dempsey Says
Firpo Is Hard
Fast Puncher
Peculiar Right Swing of Wild'
Bull Is Hard to
Figure and
Dodge.
By DAVIS J. WALSII.
New York. Oct. 27.—In view of the
fact that a roundelay of comment,
mostly adverse, follower’ the note
worthy failure of Jack Dempsey to
sidestep, slip and otherwise eschew all
unpleasant acquaintance with Luis
Flrpo’s right hnnd, it may be of mo
ment to hear what the champion him
self has to say on the subject in a
semi-private conversation with friends
after the fight Dempsey is said to
have admitted that he didn't avoid
Firpo’s right because he couldn't.
That explanation, is, of course,
logic itself. Yet it is a surprising one
in view of the Latin’s almost loutisli
awkwardness and the fact that Bill
Brennan and others did not experi
ence the same difficulty.
According to Dempsey, the human
bearskin shoots his right so peculiar
ly that he, Dempsey, found himself
without defense against it: Willard Is
alleged to have expressed similar
views. Firpo, therefore, must have
something besides a chestful of hair
and a mean disposition.
"Firpo feints with the right and
then shoots it in in such a peculiar
manner that I couldn't keep away
from the punch,” Dempsey is alleged
to have declared. "I had some idea
of boxing him for five or six rounds,
but when he hit me twice with the
right in the first 10 seconds of the
tight I realized that I would have to
get him quick 05 he might get me.
“I felt that I could take it better
than he could early in the fight. But
if it went beyond five or six rounds
I might not have been able to come
hack so readily from one of those
right-handers. Firpo is the heaviest
puncher I ever faced. It would have
been bad business to waste time with
him.”
It is of interest to note that Demp
sey faced two men of diametrically op
posed types In his last two starts—
namely, Firpo and Tom Gibbons. The
latter is a boxer and headslipper, with
a sharp, rather than a heavy punch.
"Gibbons’ punch has an odd effect,”
Dempsey told the writer, ae we rode
together from Shelby to Salt Lake
City, after the fight. "It burns as
though he had a hot Iron in his
glove.”
"Could he hive knocked you out
with It?” wo hnvjlred.
"You bet your life!” was the instant
reply. “Gibbons’ punch on or near
the button might goal any man."
That is a great thing about Demp
sey. He never underrates an oppo
nent n5r overrates himself. Webster'*
definition of success could not be ex
pressed with greater clarity or apt!
tude.
Tournament On.
The Professional Men’s Singles Vol
ley Ball championship play opened
yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. The
opening play was fast. Ten men
were out for the games. The results
were:
Thalos defeated L. Palmer, 15-11 and
15-1.
Neal defeated Fmola, 15-10 and 15-4.
Bntie defeated Kahn, 15-0 anil 15jA>.
Hohari defeated Janata, 15-5 and' 15-2.
Wisconsin Runners W in.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 27.—The Uni
verslty of Wisconsin won the annual
crosscountry du-1 track meet from
Minnesota university, 33 to 23. Brown
♦ >f Minnesota finished first in the
five-mile run. The time was 26:16:3.
Khonandoah, la Oct. 26.—By scoring
touchdowns on iSralght football In the
third and fourth quarters, Centerville to
day defeated Shenandoah by a score of
13 to 0. The Davis brothers were the
stars of the game. _
Old School of Golfers Goes
and New School Takes Its Place
British Critic Deplores Change Which He Declares Has Been
Coming for Several Years.
London, Oct. 27.—The golfing ex
pert of the Observer says that 1923
will go down in golf history ns the
period that marked the definite
eclipse of the old brigade and the
rise of a new generation of golfers.
For four years there have been dis
tinct signs that the change was tak
ing place, but it was left to the
present season to bring about the
complete revolution. Much as we
admired the wonderful prowess of the
famous trio, Braid, Vardon and
Tayloifc with Herd as a sort of
whipper-in, and much as we regret
the gradual breakup of that phe
nomenal combination, so far ns its
effectiveness is concerned, it is im
possible not to recognize that no set
of men in any phase of popular sport
has ever had such a prolonged and
uninterrupted run for their money.
For nearly 29 years they have been
supreme. It wras at Sandwich In
1S94, that J. H. Taylor commenced
the series of brilliant achievements
which earhed for them the title of
‘The Invincible Three." A better
pseudonym would have been “The
Three Musketeers."
They are no longer invincible, as
has been demonstrated beyond ques
tion this year, and never more so
than at Woodcote Park the other
day, when two of them even failed to
qualify for the match-play stages of
the professional championship at
Walton Heath. Vardon was the first
to go down in the maelstrom. For
years his putting has been so notori
ously bad, at t itles almost farcical,
that, we naturally attribute failure to
ids mysterious weakness in this par
ticular department of the game. On
this occasion it was something totally
different. His- putting was not such
as to transport one into esetasios of
delight, nor, on the other hand, wras
it frantically immoral; it was just
ordinary. Vardon is very much like
the everyday golfer who shrugs his
shoulders and says, with a touch of
bitterness, “Well, if it isn't one
darned thing, it is another.'*
\ union a Good Judge.
During the many years I have
seen Vardon play, in all conditions
and in all circumstances, he has al
ways struck me as the one golfer
who never failed to judge instantly
the distance from any given spot
to the pin, and to gouge accurately
the kind of shot required to cover
the Intervening space. It comes In
stinctively, like that of the expert
marksman, who can tell at a glance
the range and the elevation of any
shot. But. mysterious to relate, Var
don failed conspicuously at Woodcoto
because over and over again he was
utterly wrong In his conception of
the approach Shots, whether long or
short. He -was only able to account
ftir It by the fact that he was aiming
at large open greens, where all the
obstacles were on the Hanks, and,
consequently, there was nothing defi
nite in between to give him the clue
to the distance to be negotiated. Var
don has a predilection to the old Cross
hazard, which certainly simplifies
the shot up to the green, but It sure
ly cannot be pretended for a singlo
moment that he was wholly deceived
by the conditions at Woodcote. Var
don has played on too many courses
where the cross hazard has vanished
to make his explanation of failure
ring true. The reason must be sought
elsewhere, and It is to be found, I
think, in the fact that in his hands
each club has become less powerful,
and that unwittingly he deceives him
self when within striking distance of
the objective.
Of course, when a man misses six
inch nnd elghleen-lnch putts as Braid
did there can be no hope for him; he
Is beyond all human aid. It seems a
thousand pities that a golfer, who Is
still able to hit the ball vast d.stances
T -— ■ - - * — ~ --- —. . • - - —
THE BEACH COMBER.
Here on the beach, to know
Only the dead sours dream;
One with the ebb and flow
Over a soundless stream;
Lost to the life beyond.
One with the wreck and spar.
Alient and vagabond
Under an silent star.
Under an alien star,
Yet never thought of home;
Over the ways afar.
Out through the white-reefed foam;
Here where the Night of Tears
Crowns not a silent sea;
Dear are the yesteryears.
Dead are the years to be.
Hope end the grip of faith.
Fame and the nrlde of clan.
Each but a vanished wraith
Under the dead soul’s ban;
jort of the days that were.
Hell with its wrath of red.
Love that so worshiped Her,
Dead as the soul is dead.
Dead—yet a dream that creeps
Through the last nights that bar.
Where the last dreamer sleeps
On by the final scar;
Deeper thsn hell In deep.
Higher than heaven’s high.
Daring In one mad sweep
Doth through eternity.
Football schedules are moving Into
higher ground. November mean* the
first turn of the stretch, for thl* 1*
the month wherein the main lead
ing Issues are settled and final de
ductions are drawn. Four -of the
best elevens In the east meet when
Yale faces the Army nhd Syracuse
tackles Penn State. Harvard and
Princeton should not he so hard
pressed, with their own meeting only
the week beyond.
Injuries and Training Care.
Down at Centre college Charley
Moran Is trainer as well as coach.
And Moran, with hard schedules and
no great flock of substitutes, has
known less Injuries In the last three
years than any other football trainer
In the land.
Moran hns worked for year* over
ankle nnd knee nnd shoulder protec
tion and the result has been that ho
has had hardly an ankle, knee or
shoulder Injury since Centre bound
ed Into the spotlight four years ago.
Many of these Injuries can he pro
vented with proper taping nnd band
aging, although there are many ath
letes cursed with a weak ankle or
Wneo that raises the dickens.
The Most Brittle.
Probably the most brittle of all our
athletic entries Is the boxer or the
fighter.
Hero Is the last word In human
fragility. If one Is to Judge the mini
her of f'ghfs postponed for one all
went or another.
Even In the championship list
Walker, McTigue Tunnt-y and Lynch
have cither drawn brittle hands or
bad shoulders or something else In
tho way of physical upsets, due to
Injuries.
The boxer seems to bo quite brittle.
In this respect Jack Dempsey la an
outstanding exception. The heavy
weight champion has a great pair
of hands and Is always In top condi
tion for each contest.
Leonard has drawn some trouble
In this respect, but not a great deal.
Offside Plays.
The tough break is that one fum
ble can more than offset nix fine
plays.
Without speed at the start there
may be no chance for swiftness lifter
cn. Paddock can break no records
after he has been thrown.
Many an unknown forward has
made a halfback's fame.
Football Fame.
There Is one advantage to football
fame. It Is often quickly made, some
times In a game or two, and generally
long remembered.
Even brilliant later-day stars have
had a hard time dlspl icing the mem
ory of Heffelfinger, t'oy, Thorpe, Hes
ton, Eckersall, Hardwick, Brlckley,
Mahan, Poe, Sam White, Wharton,
Woodruff, Hare and others whose
names ride on down tho ages.
Tho one flnw Is tlmt a costly mis
take ran also be remembered longer
than It should. The wonder Is that
costly mistakes are so few.
Tho spotlight thrown upon the big
games Is terrific In Its Intensity and
tho period of preparation Is usually
brief, with only an hour a day for
practice over a few weeks.
The football player has no such
training time In which to bo fixed
and ready as the ballplayer, golfer
or tennis player. And the strain
upon him Is usually greater, since
few have the experience of more than
15 or 20 games In their entire careers.
Tho average spectator might fig
ure that out when he Is rendering
his Judgment nml awarding tho
crown >of thorns to some youngster
around 19 or 20 in the act of losing
a game. After all, It Is only a game
And some one has to help win It and
help lose It.
] with both wood nnd Iron should bow
I the knee when it comes to a tiny
1 putt. John Low laid it down recently
that the Americans excel because
"on the putting green they do not
have the strange diversities of opin
ion which seem to take possession of
many of our players whenever they
near the hole. They (the Americans)
stand up nnd hit the ball in a nat
ural manner, instead of assuming
curious postures which seem ^to indi
cate that the hitting of a ball in a
straight line becomes much more dif
ficult when it has only to be hit a
few feet instead of 200 yards. We
are brave at the hitting of a long,
free shot; w’hy should we bend the
knee and grovel before a wretched
little stroke which is played from the
teeing ground?"
How very true of the vast major
ity of British professionals. The
weird attitudes they strike and the
cowardice displayed in hitting the bail
when near the hole are sufficient to
make one go hot from very shame.
Mitchell is another who, when he has
the putter in his hand, makes your
heart leap into your mouth from
downright fright. And I verily be
lievc that he is as mortally afraid
of his putter as the man who handles
a live bomb for the first time. Who
ever saw Hagen, or, for that matter,
any first class American professional,
exhibit signs of nervousness when
the holing out comes to be done? The
putts may not go in, but Hagen, in
stead of becoming pusillanimous,
grows more courageous. It is the
right mental attitude.
Mitchell has been suffering so long
from a species of putting introspec
tion that one has almost begun to
despair of his ever regaining that ex
quisite touch and that buoyant con
fidence which, three years ago, were
his to a very marked degree. What
is the earthly use of crashing the
ball 300 yards sflown the course if you
take four more shots from SO yaWs?
This is Mitchell. It is very signifi
cant that with the jiassing of the old
brigade, Duncan and Mitchell should
not have been able to make more of
their opportunities. They seem un
able to grasp the crown that others
have reluctantly shed. Neither has
accomplished a single thing of note
this year, and at Woodcote both had
the narrowi st shaves of their lives;
they each qualified with Just one
shot to spare. It was a desperate
business.
All the honors have again gone to
the younger school of golfers, who
since Havers gave them one at Troon
in June, have received fresh inspira
tion and encouragement. A. F. Ball
of Langley park. Beckenham, the
new Kent champion, has followed up
his recent triumphs by sweeping the
board at Woodcote. Ball, like his
brother, the late Tom Ball, is a beau
tiful putter, who stands up to the
tell and hits it In a perfectly natural
way. There is no grovelling on the
ground to inspect the line; no pick
ing up of imaginary obstacles; no
walking to and fro to observe things
that are not there. B^ll Just hits the
ball Ins the simplest possible manner,
and this is the keynote to all suc
cessful putting.
Although the regret will he uni
versa 1 that Braid will not be seen on
hi»/ own course, the forthcoming
championship, with Taylor, Herd,
Kay, Duncan, Mitchell, Havers, Hob
son as some of the survivors, will be
intensely interesting.
HOCKEY OFFICIALS TO MEET
Cleveland, O.. Oct. 27.—Cleveland
will be the center of the continent's
skating interest today and Sun
day with the United States Hockey
association and the International
Skating union holding meetings here.
The Hockey association meeting will
be held under the chairmanship of
President William S. Haddock of
Pittsburgh, and the skating union
meeting will be presided over b/'
President Julian T. Fitzgerald of Chi
cago. f
Eleven district associations in the
United States and Canada will send
delegates to the siJhtlng union's an
nual meeting to elect officers and se
lect the team that will renrrsent the
United States in skating at the next
Olympic games.
-
Jolimiy Armstrong, quarlerbarlt on
the Koclt Island Indi-pendents tool
ball Irani, which plays tlio Oiualin
Olympics at IcNgUfi |iHrk neat Hun
ilay, was named nll lowa university
quarterback over the great Aubrey
llevine of Iowa three years ago.
Armstrong was then quarter at Du
hiique. latter he slnrrevj at flec.rge
town. lie Is I ho Intli«|> endents’
hroken Held “aeg ’’
Mike Wilson
S. M. (Mike) Wilson, star end at
lathigli university six yearn ngo, in
to play end Sunday for the Hock
Island Independents against the
Omaha Olympics at league park.
Wilson is 25 years old, in 5 feet 10
inches high and weighs 165 pounds
He learned to play football at North
west High, rhikttlelphia, and later
with Kddie Mahan's Marines, later
with the French army Slam team.
Horseshoe Pitchers
Want to Take on All
Comers—Are Champs
Get out the old horse-shoes, boys!
Harry R. Watson and Reg Merville
are in Omaha. For those who are
not followers of the ancient pastime
of bernyard golf, tills pair, who are
appearing at the Orpheum this week
in their famous rube comedy pro
duction, "60 Miles From Broadway,”
are the champion horse-shoe pitching
team of New England. Not satisfied
with this, however, they have aspir
ations toward a national title, and
challenge a team of experts In Oma
ha to meet them during the week of
their engagement here in a "do or
die" match.
Harry Watson plays the game
with all the gusto of a past m ister, i
while his partner, Reg Merville is an
expt rt on "ringers." Already they
have met teams in various cities in
the west and south.
Their remarkable ability to heavo
ringers won them a place on the Or
pheum circuit, and as both proved
natural actors, they have developed
their minor skit Into what Is now the
famous rube comedy production. In
their act at the Orpheum they will
demonstrate they cast the 'durndest'
mule-shoe known to the inner circles
of this popular sport.
These barn-yard golfers let It be
known on their arrival iu Omaha
yesterday that they will accept any
challenges hurled their way and
won't ho opposed to putting down a
"wee hit" of change on the side.
Matches may be arranged by catl
ing the Orpheum business office.
Stanton, Net)., (let 2ti.—Stanton high
school defeated the faat Madison machine
here today. 65 to o
Broken Bow, Oct. 26 —Broken Bow
high school todav triumphed over the
I.exlngton high school In a Kama played
here. The score was 37 to o. Broken
Bow has not been acored on thla year.
!A New Boxer Here
From England
Now comes new excuse for the
migration of English pugilists to tho
United States. The well known at
traction of large purses is not men
tioned in this, Just devotion to the
search for glory, the reason that
every box fighter puts forward as an
excuse for his endeavors.
Ted Moore, middleweight contender,
has departed from his native shores
and is now wandering about the
t'niled States, ostensibly in search of
a bout with Sikl, the battling Sene
galese.
At that Moore is not so bad, he will
fight and can fight. His most severe
critics In England confess that he has
never refused to meet any man who
would offer himself.
In regard to the opinion of English
critics, “Boxing," a Eondon publica
tion, says:
“The season proper may now be
said to be In full swing at the Nation
al Sporting club. It opened well, too,
with tho best of promise for the
future. So far the fights have been
almost sensational and there are dis
tinct Indications that our national
form is on the up-grade.
We have to regret, more or less,
that Ted Moore hag been compelled
to leave for America owing to the
general disinclination of middle and
cruiser weights to meet him. Moore
had challenges out to all of these,
went on tour of the continent, got
contracted to meet Biki, only to see
the match fall through and the Sen
egalese depaft for America—where
Ted has followed him.
"Moore ought to make good In the
States. He Is game, tough, willing,
ambitious. He il perhaps a trifle
shorter of experience than he ought
to hnve been but that misfortune
should be speedily remedied in the
States. He has long wanted the Brit
ish middleweight title and repeatedly
challenged both Ted Lewis and Roland
Todd to a match without success. So
as a bold and certain palicy he has
gone in pursuit of the highest honor
at his weight. Ted of course wants
Harry Greb. If he can but manage
to return home with tills he will find
himself the pursued instead of the
pursuer. He will also, we are satis
fied. set an example for all champions
to follow.
"Moore has never refused to fight
anybody yet, and has never been able
to understand why some people should
go to so much trouble in order to find
or make excuses.”
This may be true and the Senegal
ese "wild man" may not want to meet
the Britisher. Sikl is scheduled to
fight an exhibition match in Iowa on
November 11. After that he may give
Moore a chance at him. That remains
to be seen.
PAPERS SPEAK OF SUNDAY GAME
Rock Island (III.) newspapers in
Friday's Issues announced that the
game between the Omaha Olympics
and the Rock Island Independents
next Sunday at League park should
settle the gridiron championship of
the midwest, inasmuch as the Inde
pendents, as leaders of the National
Football league, represent the cham
pionship of the east and central east.
The Olympics, as yet undefeated,
are, - according to the Rock Island
papers the most formidable team
Rock Island lias met this year.
Bitter Soccer Fight.
Annapolis, Md„ Oct. 2i.—Lehigh
and the Annapolis midshipmen put
up a bitter fight at soccer here today
the game ending In a tie at 4 all
after 90 minutes of play. I,ehlgh
declined to play an extra period to
decide the Issue.
ALL OUTDOORS
Hunting as a Sport
•'THE SHOTGUN."
There’s a simple answer to the
question eternal. "What Is ths best
all round shotgun?" It doesn't exist.
Sportsmen are a clan of Individuals.
What suits one would never quite
suit another and for precisely the
same reason.
This much Is certain. Any good
grade of standard American make
will fulfill the fondest wishes of the
most meticulous hunter. If he selects
the gun for a major purpose of use
and has It fit him properly.
Many believe that the 20 gauge Is
better than the 12 gauge. There are
as many who believe infallibly In the
12. The writer has several of both.
The 20 Is the sportier arm for up
land work and requires better hold
ing. Tho 12 for ducks Is standard
and more satisfactory. Wh$ro the
owner Is limited to one gull,? th* 13
should he the choice. Ther# Is no
economy In a cheap gun, It will shoot
loose, the triggers crawl and the
locks stick. The better grade aside
from gij»ulne long lived service gives
the owner that Intangible sense of
pride In possession something worth
while. Standard grades today sell for
about $50.
Select a gun weighing about seven
and ono quarter pounds, nnd let this
he a 12 gauge. Tho 20 Is not a gen
eral purpose gun. A 20 should weigh
five ami three-quarters to six pounds
A 10 should weigh six to six ami one
quarter pounds. Tho popularity of
tho Hi seems to l>e on tho wane.
Length of barrels, 20 lo 28 inches.
The Fit of Gun.
Tho fit of tho gun Is important.
Tho correct drop In the stock will
determine the shooting satisfaction
of the nrm. "Drop" menu* the dis
tance from tho line of the top of the
barrel to certain points on top of
tho stork, .tho Taml" Is the rounded
part of tho stock Just hack of the
right hand and th« "heel" is the up
per part f/ tho butt plate. A drop
of two and one half to two and thrri
qunrter Inches at. the heel is uhout
right for ths average person.
For the benefit of those who care
to ho more exact In securing a gun
that has n perfect tit. tho following
Is appended: Make a copy of It, send
to your sporting goods denier or any
shooting expert nnd ho will gladly
give you exact dimensions. Height,
weight, neck measurement, width of
shoulders, arms hanging, build wheth
er heavy, medium or slander; face and
chest; full, medium, thin or flat,
chock bone or prominent or ordin
ary; width between center of pupils
of eyes looking straight ahead to
hollow of shoulder when arm Is held
nt right angle position distance from
first joint of trigger finger to Inside
elbow joint when forearm Is held to
form a right angle with upper arm
and trigger finger extended.
Wing shoot ng Is a science that Is
mastered only through practice and
plenty of It. A cardinal point to re
member Is to draw your aim well
ahead of the bird, keep the gun Mov
ing until tho trigger is pulled.
While rabbit shooting is classed as
an upland pastime, the better brand
of sportsmanship does not use a shot
gun, try a .23 caliber rifle snd then
a revolver. Anyway, this la a game
that will loosen up some squeaky
vocabulary.
Tho partridge or grouse offers a
sportin' choice and the best way
to get these masters of elusivenegs is
to shoot and keep shooting. (Take
along plenty of sheiks.) Nw.ng along
the line of flight (If you can) and let
go! Maybe you got him and maybe
—. Nnnp shooting on grouse Is not
only permissible but highly advisable
If you can do It.
llotv and When to Shoot.
n<)h White, lti the open field will
sail away on nn even keel. Aim high
and before you let go, aim a little
higher. Swing the gun with ease and
certainty. Most of tho misses arc
duo to low shooting and jumpy
nerves.
Snipe shooting on warm sunny
days offers splendid sport. Do not
follow their movements by the line of
atm. Point under and snap abend.
Duck shooting gives ope full play
for his entire repertoire of shots.
Plenty of shells and plenty of birds
on which to exeroLse them will prove
to be the best teacher.
To bo a good wing shot, you must
be n good Judge of distance. The
modern school urge binocular shoot
ing: that Is with both eyes open. If
you are an old-time shot and use only
one optic, do not change. It will be
no easy task. If change you must,
do It In this way. Close your left
eye, line up your sights, then open
the eye until you break yourself of
hunting for the proper eight.
Take your time in shooting. I.ct
the bird get In steady flight and then
pull the trigger. To repeat, pull tho
trigger, don't jerk it.
| Billiards to Have Best Season
of Years in Opinion of Ai Spink
Many Matches Are Planned for' Winter Months—Foreign
Champs Are Attracted to 7his Country—JSew Stars
May Appear During Tournaments.
Ity Al, SPINK.
With the outdoor games out of the
way, billiards promises to enjoy a
boom this year never enjoyed before.
Now for the first time In the his
tory of the gentleman's game there
are regular contests on foot, the balk
liners, the three-cuqjiion and pocket
billiard players having their hands
full with their matches and their
regular schedule games.
Early in October Champion Willie
Hoppe began his real training for
the world's tournament. He started
his training with Francis Appleby,
the crack amateur, as his playing
partner.
Tadeo Suganuma, the Japanese
star. Is now Champion Willie Hoppe's
opponent In the practice games the
champion has started in New York
in iireparatlon for the defense of his
world's 18-2 balkline title. The Inter
national championship will be held
October 29 to November 5 at Hotel
Pennsylvania in New York.
■ Hoppe, Conti, Hageplacher and
Horemans, four of the starters . in
the coming world tournament, are
now in practice in New York.
Schaefer and Cochran, the two
other prospective starters, are prac
ticing at Los Angeles.
When he left America early In the
summer, Roger Conti, the French
expert at- 18 2 balkline billiards, who
finished third in the last International
tournament, was so discouraged with
his playing following the tournament
that he declared he was going home
with the intention of retiring from
the game for good and all.
Conti, however, must have changed
his mind recently, for now he is bark
In New York, entered in the world
tournament and as enthusiastic as
ever as to his ability to give a good
account of himself. Besides that he
Is looking well and expressed himself
as ready for the tournament, which
wlil b< gin October 29 in New York.
Referring to his practice abroad, he
said: "I played one month In an
academy in Paris. The academies are
open, but there is no betting on the
games played in them.
"I had a match with Mile. Schrler
"f Holland- In a game of 4 990 points,
played in 10 sessions I gave her 3.009,
ran 349 and made a grand average of
44.44. title made 878 points and a
grand average of 8.75, had a high run
of 56 and a high single average of
IS.74. She played poorly in three ses
sions, in which she averaged only
3.92, 3.57 and 2. Yet she came close
to a grand average of 10. Generally
she will average 10 or better. Un
doubtedly the best billiard player of
her sex 1 n Europe, her open table and
masse work Is fine, admirable, but
Fhe does not apply her skill to close
play. She Intends to come to New
Y'ork.
• - - •
"In an IS 2 exhibition at l'Acadomie
du Billiard Palace, with Ranson, 1
made a run of 611, the highest ever
made in France at balkline. Previous
ly in academy games, Hoppe had made
1 i2 and Sa-MgTU'l 59S. Playing against
Fouquct, five s> ances of 400 points
l beat him 2.000 to 1.023. My best
run was 256; my grand average 38.46.
He ran 115 and made a grand average
of 19.6”,
"The professionals in Paris are the
same as fyr five years. There has
been no development of young pro
fessionals of strength.
"Among the amateurs there are
somo good young players. Theo
Moons of Belgium is now the ama
teur champion of Europe. He won
the last tournament. I think Faroux
is a stronger player."
The big event in Chicago billiard
circles this week was the arrival of
Young Jake Schaefer from Eos An
geles.
Jake went from California nearly a
year ago to California. He was a
sick man then. He returns looking
bigger and stronger than ever before
in his life
On arrival here Jake signed up for
the New York world championship
18-2 balkline billiard tournament
which opens In the Hotel Pennsyl
vania, New York, on October 29.
Hoppe. Horemans. Hagenlacher and
Conti of the big six who will take
part In the big tournament are now
In New York. Schaefer will leave Chi
cago for the east In about 10 days.
Then Welker Cochran will be the only
man missing. He Is at Hollywood.
Cal., but w-ill be here in a day or
two.
Preparatory to the big 18-2 balkline
billiard tournament Erich Hagen
lacher, Germany's representative in
that event, has gone in for extensive
practice by taking on Jean Bruno in
a game of 2,500 points 18-2 balkline,
in sessions of 500 points, at the Four
teenth Street academy. The cornpe
tition will be an exhibition of styles
of play that are radically different.
Bruno does not affect any system.
His game is essentially execution.
Hagenlacher is an exponent of mathe
matical precision, who strives to as
semble and control the spheres.
In a recent 400-point game In New
York, at 18-2 balkline billiards
against Edgar T. Appleby, interna
tional amateur champion, William F.
Hoppe, professional champion of the
world, scored an average of 200. His
nine were 20 and 3s0, the latter un
fin.shed. That performance Indi
cates that he is in top form, certainly
litady for the world's tournament to
lie held at the Hotel Pennsylvania
October 29 to November 6. In addi
tion to competing in that event he is
likely to figure in matches at 18-1. He
is quoted as saying that he will accept
Horeman s stock challenge to play
any competitor at 1S-1 which will be
of general benefit to billiards.
It isvnot often that father and son
become champions in any brand* of
sj^>rt. The most notable instance of
this sort, of course, was that of
Young Jake {Schaefer, who was the
world's 18-2 balkline billiard champion
until defeated by Hoppe a year ago.
Youi\g Jake's father was champion
of the world for years, and those who
have known both father and son not
long ago claimed the son was even
a greater player than his father.
This is the only instance that can
be called to mind of a father ar.J
son both becoming champions and
the son excelling the father. . There
have often and often, however, been
times where the son has tried to be
come as great a chanrpion as his
father if not a better.
_
The Turf
Friday's Results.
I, ATOM A
First race: Mile:
5*un .*4pot, lot (Connelly) . . 24 70 * 10 *30
Devil Girl. 10* (Tool).4 00 3 70
PhyllRi Louies, lot (Wallace).1« 60
Tima 1:44 8-5. Rady Ixmgndge.
Oraeme, An* • str* -?*. LybUn Queen, PeDo.
e, Twinkle Belie, Fsretoma, Baivllne
:' ■ r n
Second race: 1 1-1* miles:
Stump, jr , 110 iPevic). . . IS 00 7.If 2 40
lUdwomf, 10.* (Harvey).7.SO 2 *0
wrangler, 105 'Hustings).. 3 4(i
Time 1 5l 2-5 Sunburst 11. My Valet.
Nnyaka, Cash. Sea Wrack also ran.
Third rare: S furlongs.
Marsdale, 111 • Mooney) .2130 11 10 4 30
Untried. 104 (Bastings).1* 00 10 30
Glyn. 105 (llarvay)..»..**0
Time 1:15 3-5. Moon Radv. Deluxe.
Tempting. Ruby, Rustem. Harry B.,
Anonymous. Old Top, Lug* alao ran.
Fourth race 1 1-14 miles*
Rtim'f Mary. 107 (Wallace) 11.70 M0 3 10
Mis* Matte. 107 (Pevle).MO * Jt
Ertanger. 113 (Burke).*- Tt
Time 1:51 1-5. Taylor Hay, Goodnight,
Vanishing Boy also ran.
Fifth .*•<*» Mix furlongs:
Ind-n Trail, 107 (Pool)... RIOS.40 2 *0
Uindar P.ei, 105 (McDermott).. 4 40 4 *0
Beat Paul. 105 (Pavie) ..6*0
Time: 1:1.14-5
pegssua, Uertuin also ran.
sixth race Six furlongs:
(Vlrrena. in* (Martin).. *30 8 60 4 30
x Damn, 115 (Smith) .8.10 4 30
Wtlreer the Wizard. 103 (Jones)... .7.29
Time: 1*15 3-5. Xanthos, Busineaalike.
Slicker, Hock work, xJohn Hager. Blu#
Bonnet, liourbon Boy. l.iefe, Nsxle also
ran.
xField
Seventh race: One and three-sixteenth
Julies:
TCimpalong 103 (McCoy) 64 30 25^0 11 60
Lord Wrack, 108 (Pavla) .*10 M'O
Uo I.ala. l'U 'Haney) ...4 10
Time: 2.03. Tan son. Handel, Cap Hock,
Willow Tree IV t* Foy, Zack Terrill,
Tony Beau also ran
I.A1 THRU
First race: R furlongs:
Bed lteio\«*d. 115 (Walls) . . 4 20 2 40 I 10
Memento, 115 iMcAtce).2 60 ? 30
Hag*. UR (l-ang).2 SO
Time. 1 011-5. Just Me Rlsbeth Cling
Ing Vine, Honey Gal, Mensla and Warning
also ran.
Second race: Mile:
Inflate. 112 (T.ang > .1* 80 7 99 3 30
May Buddy, 103 (Chalmers)...84.20 13 40
Simoon. 115 (Callahan ► . . ....15°
Time; l 412-5 West Plttston, Oo’d
Mount, Evelyn Sawyer. Vanderburg, Hum
boldt, Ilaldee. Foxtail. Ducks and Drake*
and liny 1#.. also ran
Third ra.*. . < furlongs
Idle Thought*. 107 (Roach) „
. 10 30 11 09 7 10
Roman Girl. I0u (ltd**)....5 70 show
NVtdune 107 (Wi»u«m»).. .5.i0 show
Time: 1:15 2-5 Idle Thoughts. Roman
(lit I Neptune coupled as NR J. Held A J.
S. Coaden entry.
Fehrah No Rady. Byron. Norman*.
Spear Shot. Play On amt Chief Arch**
also ran.
Fourth race* Mile and 70 yard*:
Col Whalen x 01 <l*e) . R.t0 4 ?0 J
Rouen 103 (Chalmers) .,,50«r£
North Wales. 10" (Howard) . . * * 0
Tlnie* 1*48 l-> Staunch Snugs Ser
bia?.. Miracle Man. Bowsprit, Bogart. Jo
i' ■ run. . .AA
Fifth ti'-. laurel special; nurse. *1 .00
add-d Hid (date allied at $jU0; I >#ar
olds special weights
s it • in. M3 (Sandr).,.761 won
lRntp> Thought.-. 115 (S» huttlnger) second
Time* 1 14.
Sixth to 1 fi furlongs:
Hi.R1.-n .1 owe l, DM .Finn) 17 10 7 30 5 40
Frederick town. 9- (Thorndvke). . 4 30 f- .«
U.dnmlo. llo (Rang) ^ *9
Tim 114: Couple 1-rede tic trf <>wn
and C. tpndo as Oreentteo stable and C.
Phillips entry __ _ . ...
1.. t ime Poe Dr Charles Mens Apex
R.d\ ll. Raffles. Excuse Me. Wraith
also ran
Severn it ra * 1 H miles: A
it01. e Ho.tia, 112 tcallahan) 3 90 8 0* ? . 0
Warm v Htftn**, 114 (Marlnelll) 3 20 j j®
O'd Welbourm*. 100 (Hnienlng) 5*0
Tlm« " S6 couple Htarnev Stone and
Belle Amie as F Wtelsnd entry
Irish Pst, Old Faithful Bell* Amle
Hmariv also ra*
CASUALTY LIST TELLS ON TEAMS
IJjr A«Mri*tf(l I’rr*#.
New York, Oct. 17.—With practice
ally all the major elevens unable to
muster their full first string strength,
chiefly' because of an unusually heavy
casualty list, eastern college footlcul
faces today It a mid-season tests.
Including several of the keynote en
gagements of the fall.
Prominent among games holding
the center of the eastern gridiron
stage -re those between Penn State
and West Virginia, in the Yankee
stadium; Harvard and Dartmouth, at
Cambridge; Princeton and the Naval
academy at Baltimore; Pennsylvania
and Centre at Philadelphia; Yale and
Brown at New Haven, and Colum
bia and Williams at New York.
Five important contests of-inter
secticnal character also illuminate the
program. Besides the clash between
Penn and Centre's "Praying Colonels"
they Include the contests between
Oberlin and Amherst, at Amherst,
Mass.; Marquette of Milwaukee and
Boston college, at Bostop; Washing
ton and Jeerson and Detroit univer
sity at Detroit, and Colgate and Ohio
Wesleyan at Hamilton. N. Y.
Seldom have the elevens as a whole
entered upon such important battles
under the handicaps they will face
today, according to reports from
camps which Indicate a long array
of injuries and other mishaps.
Notre Dame to
Celebrate Nov.^T
— i
Vat-t Throng to See Purdue
Battle With Notre Dame on
Homecoming Day.
South Bend, Ind., Oct. 28.—Thou
sands of Notre Dame alumni, to
gether with their friends, will gather
In this city November 3 to pay trfl»
ute to Knute Itockne’s powerful
Fighting Irish eleven of 1923, when
the university will celebrate Its
fourth annual homecoming.
The feature of the event will be
the clash between Purdue univer
sity and Notre Dame on Cartier field
Saturday afternoon in a game which
will probably decide the Indiana state
grid championship for the year. Ac
commodations have been made for
20,000 people to witness this contest.
More than half of these seats already
have been sold.
The program will open Friday
evening and end with the big home
coming dance on Saturday night. A
snake dance in South Bend streets,
a re option to the Purdue team,
student vaudeville on the campus and
the university boxing championship
bouts will occupy the visitors’ time
Friday.
An oM fashioned barbecue Satur
day morning at which a ton of meat
will be consumed, and the annual
Monogram club banquet Saturday
evening, at which letter men from
every section of the country will be
present, are other features.
Already every hotel reservation has
been made and accommodations are
available only In private homes of
the city. There arc, however, a large
number of these rooms which can be
reserved by addressing Owen Des
mond, forty Hsll, Notre Dame, Ind.
Says “dugsm*++
aer*:
ROCKNE LACKS
SUBSTITUTES
VII Notre Dame Football Coach Has
Is 30 All American Star* on His
Feeble Squad.
Although football season is too
young to pick our All-Ambulance
eleven, there Is no doubt that Notre
Dame will win plenty of battle cita
tions this winter.
They took West P .ir.t like Grant
took Richmond, except that It only
required 60 minutes instead of four
years Grant always did get too mucn
publicity for that slow Job.
Then Notre Dame wheeled into
Princton and bounced that team for
three large loops.
Notre Dame has a back field that
could pick up an elephant and rush
him backward through a Jungle.
Their line could butt gateways
the great wall of China. Their ?* .s
could pick splinters out of a wreck
without touching wood.
But their big business is forward
passes. They have a pitcher in their
baekfield who wings the football for
50 yard*.
That means he could throw TyCobb
out while Ty was trying to grab sec
ond base.
A catcher doesn't have to throw
50 yards to any base on the season
schedule.
Third and first bases are only 30
yards. Second base is about 40 rea
sonable yards.
Figure In that a football was made
for fumbling and not for throwing.
Then you have the nucleus of a fine
piece of elbow gymnastic*.
We forgot this bird's name, but
we saw him throw a strike the length
of the Princeton field.
Notre Dame has three f rward pass
ers. They warm up like a battery
before the game. Knute Rockne looks
them 6ver to s-e which on# has the
best inshoot on his forward pass.
They don t play football. They pitch
four quarters.
They throw drops, curves and cut
shoots.
Two Windups. .
Davenport, la., Oct. —In a dou
lie 10-round windup of an American
Regii n taxing show tonight Jack
McDonald oif Chicago defeated Ralph
Alexander of Waterloo. Ia„ and
Sailor I.iraon of Moline. 111., beat
young Fraxier of South Chicago.
l.owir, C*nt#rfii!« h*!f. vm Injured
rarlv tn th* *r**n«' QUnu«w, ShtfDan
tloufft half, v! ^ f r-M
an-1 M Koe, at latk!*, *»» pttr of lb*
IlnuutnuA.
High School Tank Stars to Shine
in Fourth Annual 0. A. C. Meet
Many Events Planned for Time When Youthful Champs
Compete for Highest State Swimming Honors—Old
Champions May Lose Crowns and New Ones Arise.
The Mr opening salvo of the 19-3
1924 swimming season will l<e fired
Friday evening. November 9. when
the fourth annual Nebraska high
school swimming championships are
held In the Omaha Athletic club nata
torlum. Coach Pole Wendell prom
ises the meet wall be the moat pie
tentloua Intcrseholnstle water classic
ever promoted under the auspices of
the Omaha Athletic club
High school event* Include SO yards.
100 yards. 220 yards, free style races,
100 yards, breast stroke, 100 varxls,
backstroke, plunge, fancy diving and
200 yards relay. Hudder, of Tech,
looks most promising in the aprlnt
•venta Hill Thomas, captain of Con
tral, and licit Harvey, of Tech, will
lutve a hard batt 1* in the breast
stroke event,
George Phillips of l.incoln High
school, last year's champion, will
have to do same exceptional fancy
diving to ret-, n hi* diving champion
ships as lrv;n Nil- n. Jack Foster of
Tech and l'almer Gallup of Central,
are all In tip-top form.
The relay race will he well worth
watching as all teams are a Knit even
ly matched with a toss up between
Central. Tech and Lincoln,
Diminutive Joe Girthoffcr, 15, star
distance swimmer of South High,
should find no trouble winning the
SIO y.» ,is. f sl'lc event and w
without a doubt lower the presen
high school record.
Several club events are on the pr
gram Including a special 50-yard ra
lor married ladies Mr*. \V. T Smit,. *
Mrs J J. Irfiughiln, Mr*. James v*
' Draksford, Mrs \\ fl Gregory, Mrs,
P. A Marsh and Miss llecn McCaf*
frev will make (hts a fesilur* event.
Several sprint* rsees are on th* pc*
gram for boya.
