Nebraska Newspapers

    W estem Circuit in Two S uccessive Y ears Breaks World s Record for Club Batting
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League, as Whole,
Slugs Its Way
Into .300 Column
Tearney Loop Has Set Pace
Last Decade for Heavy Hit
ting—Tulsa Establishes
Mark in 1922.
OME WAT or oth
er. folks seem to
have overlooked
the fact that the
Western league
has established a
world's record In
batting for the
last two seasons.
Slugging al
ways has been
the forte of the
Western. Seldom
has there been a
year in the last
decade that it
has not set the
pace for heavy
hitting; but everyone seems to have
■ iverlooked the fact that in 1922 It was
i he first league to produce a .300 bat
ling record as a whole; and last sea
son it boosted its own world's record.
In 1922 the eight clubs went to bat
47,001 times and produced 14,172 hits.
This was a percentage of .301. Dur
ing 1923 the Western leaguers were
more prone to wait out the pitchers
and with several games prevented be
cause of rain, their aggregate figures
were not so large, but their aggregate
percentage was even greater.
In 46,088 trips to the plate without
passes, Western league swatters
pounded out 13,948 safeties, a league
percentage of .303.
Baseball records fall to show any
other league ever reaching the .300
mark.
By rolling up a record of .323 In
1922, the Tulsa club established a
world’s record for a season's stick
work and then last summer it shat
tered its own record by adding four
more points and making the high
mark .327.
It Is interesting to note the graa
ual advancement of batting in this
circuit. Away back In 1903, the first
year club batting records of the West
ern were compiled, Colorado Springs
set the pace with .281. The tnllend
ers of the Western this year batted
.283.
The lowest figure that ever got
over in front was .257 in 1907 when
Denver set the pace. The entire fl^ld
was so closely bunched that year that
the lowest of the six clubs then In
the league, was only eight points
ltack of the leaders with .249.
It was not until 191« that any club
went over the .300 mark. Denver,
which had been gradually improv
ing In Its slugging after taking the
lead In 1912. finally pushed up to .304
in 1916. That fall this club was
wrecked and It was not until 1921
ind the lively ball that any club went
iver again. Then Wichita scored .319.
That year also was the first time
more than a single club passed .300,
Omaha pushing Wichita hard for the
top with .314. Joplin tried hard to
make the boat, too, but lacked one
point, its final percentage being
.299.
This seemed to stimulate the whole
league to slaughter the next year, for
in 1922 every one of the first division
clubs went over .300. Tulsa set the
pace with .323, Wichita came next
with .316, Bloux City produced .307
and Omaha .305.
Nor was this the end. During the
-mason Just closed, five hit the bulls
pye and the sixth, Oklahoma City,
was Just under with .299.
Incidentally, only five times has
the club which led in batting been
ihe pennant winner. Oklahoma City
led the league In batting In 1918, yet
finished sixth In league standing.
This year it was sixth in battling, yet
won the pennant.
Mile-High Eleven
Wins From St. James
Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 15.—
Western superiority In Interscholas
tio football was Indicated here today
vi hen the Colorado Springs high
school tied for the Colorado cham
pionship, turned back the Invaders
from St. James high school, Haver
hill, Mass., champions of Greater
Boston and the New Kngland states,
,»y a score of 35 to 0 In an east-west
game. In no department of the
game did the visitors show anywhere
pear the form displayed by the loads,
making only two first downs In the
• ontest.
Twelve minute periods were play
ed. The easterners were handicap
ped by the change In altitude of more
ihan a mile, and by the fatigue of a
2,200 mllps Journey. Broderick, stel
lar backfleld man, failed to gain
ground against the Terrors.
Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 14.—Lyle
Muni), right guard on the Kansas
Aggie football team, tonight was
chosen captain of next year's eleven.
He Is a Junior.
MONDAY
Is Fight Night
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Joe Gans
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Morrie
Schlaifer
I AUDITORIUM
8:30 P. M.
GOOD PRELIMINARIES
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□Y COBB, the greatest baseball
player the diamond ever knew,
occupied a ringside Beat at a
fight one night. At the conclusion of
an afternoon's game with the Yan
kees the mighty Ty reflected that
his playing soul needed a thrill, some
spicy relaxation. He decided to at
tend the fight.
. Ty, like most of the 23,000 gath
ered at the ringside, witnessed the
slaughter with a heart that sobbed
sympathy for poor little Wilde.
Youth and a merciless determination
to win ham stringing the heroism of
Ypres and the Somme preyed upon
by Impotent muscles held Cobb as
one transfixed. Ty was one of those
who saw the heartrending drama to
the last curtain fAll. He visited the
battered, bleeding, blinded ghost of
the once invincible Wilde In his
dressing room.
He stayed but a moment. When
the fresh night air had somewhat
ventilated his brain of the fumes of
aromatic spirits. Iodine and tragedy,
philosophy entered. And It spoke up
A boy in short trousers, evidently
one of "the fancy” even at his ten
der age, scampered by. Cobb saw
him, and seeing, published his phi
losophy.
■‘Voung America, stick to the dia
mond!" admonished Ty to the figure
of the boy as it fled into the night.
"Right," chorused the two com
panions of the diamond celebrity.
As I watched the form of the
youngster blond Its youthful Inno
cence with the case-hardened legions
of grim King Fist I wondered what
Ideal gripped his Imagination. Was
it the savage, vicious little F.llpino.
Villa, relentlessly pounding the muti
lated, helpless shell of little Wilde to
the resin carpeted canvas? Was It
the "Bone-Crusher"—scowling, Iron
Dempsey unleashing his murderous
leathern thunderbolts? Was it the
siren strains of ring renown pitched
to the fascinating key of golden
windfalls? The rise to quick riches,
rapturous with newspaper photo
graphs, the encomiums of the
sport writers and all that? You
couldn't doubt It.
Fighting, because of the amazing
fortunes earned In a few minutes by
(^tampions, has caught the eye of
the kids. Like women, they are
more and* more in evidence at every
bout. It is a disquieting note. Law
makers who have the best interests
of the nation at heart should take a
hand In the matter. As Ty Cobb put
It: Young America should be made
to stick to the diamond.
The average fighting man often
never gets higher than the chopping
block stage. He receives hard beat
ings, loathsome cauliflower ears and
other unfailing imprints of the ring.
Frequently the cleverest fighters ere
badly marked up. It Is a hard ex
lstence. Much punching about the
head not Infrequently produces brain
disorders and often blindness. Pete
Herman, once a great little cham
pion. lost his eyesight for a whole
year. His recovery was considered
almost a miracle.
The average fighter, too. wind up
without a cent, something of a hu
man derelict. Do you remember the
original Pal Moore? He flourished
quite a number of years ago. Moore
was noted for his surpassing skill.
Today he is old. down and out, and
with little of this world s good*. One
does not have to be even a near
champion to earn good money in the
ring.__
Ty Cobb was right when he
philosophized: “Young America, stick
to the diamond." And Ty himself
ought to be—and is for that matter
—one of the powerful agencies which
appeal to the healthy American boy's
imagination. Ty Is 100 per cent
American, a gentleman off the field
and on It—an embodiment of all that
100 per cent American Ideals stand
for.
In sheer brilliancy his athletic suc
cesses have never been equaled—12
times he has led American league
batsmen, nine of these years being In
succession. Seventeen of his 18 years
on the diamond he has hit .300 or
better. This doesn't begin to recite
his towering diamond deeds either.
Ty Cobb Is some 37 years old, but
today be Is about as sprightly as
ever, despite the fact he la on his
19th diamond campaign. He is still
the nation's baseball Idol. His name
in fact will live as long as baselsdl
Itself. I think every American kid
should be made to hang Ty Cobb's
picture and record In his room. It
would be as tonic to his moral spirit
is fresh air through the open win
dow Is to youthful lungs.
Peru Cagers Plan
for Busy Season
in Basket Ball
Team Is Comprise dof Eight
Veterans—Quintet Un
beaten for Two
Years.
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Peru. Neb., Dec. 15.—The Bob
cats. of the State Teachers’ college
here, undefeated on the basketball
floors of the Nebraska Conference
for two years, have rather bright
prospects for the 1924 season, E. C.
Berk, athletic director at the school,
declared today.
With eight aid men back on the
floor this season and fifteen recruits
to give the first group stiff practice,
the Bobcats are ready to meet the
teams on their schedule.
The Bobcats won the 1922 state
basketball championship and tied with
Nebraska Wesleyan for the title last
year.
The quintet Is headed this season
by Ted Weimer, Hardy, Neb., who
will play his third year In the 1924
games, Walter Beuttxenbach, Peru,
3-year-man; Glover Milan, Auburn,
two years; Glen Krory, Auburn, three
years; Glen Gllkenson, C'lny Center,
two -years; Mark Delzell, Peru, two
years; George WIHy, Hebron, four
years, and Hohert Safidherg, Crete,
three years, constitute the experi
enced tossers who are on the teach
era’ college list.
Weimer Is a center, Sandberg.
Krary and Gllkeson are forwards and
15 tzle Milam and Delzell are guards.
New recruits for forward positions
are Conkle and Cowell of Peru; Pugh
and Thorpe of Wahoo, and Alfs of
Shickley. New guard prospects are
Taylor of Peru; Higgins ami Htella of
Waco; Thompson of Kills; Kdle of
Pawnee City and Mathews of Kalis
City. Parrlott, of this city, Is the
only center In tho training group.
Lon It. Graf, a former Nebraska
university freshman rage man and
member of the Westminster college
quintet, Is coaching the Bobcat flee
tills season.
The team prides Itself In having,
what It claims one of the best basket
ball floors In Nebraska.
’’The Bobcats are ready to spring
at the sound of the first whistle,"
Coach Graf said,today, "and we hope
to do ns well this year as yut team
did last year, If not as well as in
1922.”
Allan™ High Griddm
Awarded 1923 Letters
Adams, Neb., Dec. IB.—Adams High
school honored the football team
In at night with the annual football
banquet. Ittnlng the evening the
1924 captain was elected. The honor
went to John Klnkner, star bnckfleld
man during th« last three years.
Hiqierlnteniient AV. B. tlager present
ed letters to 19 men. three of whom
are lost by graduation.
The letter men are t'nptnln Zuver,
f’nptuln elect Klnkner, t’erry, I .arson,
D. Varner, .1. Varner. Handers, A. Van
Uronlngen, Krueger. McOoun. <• Km
ver, Thomas, Young, taper, Why
man, Hmlerwood. (V Pittman. K PHt
man, I' VunOronltigcn. M iSuver,
Perry, and JUttson giaduate this year.
GUE
_ NOTES
ONE of tlie surprise* of the re
cent Western league meeting
and. In fact, the minor leagues'
meeting, from an Omaha angle, was
that Barney Burch didn't sell or trade
Byron Speece, Buffalo hurler.
If Burch sold or traded Speece,
nothing was said about the deal,
lutst summer several big league
scouts gave Speece tile once- over
and indicated to Burch that they
would like to see the big fellow in
a major league uniform. Barney j
went to Chicago with the idea In
Ills noodle to sell Speece, or get
tlie best of a trade, hut to date we
have heard nothing concerning Mr.
Speece'a departure from our fair
city.
BALDY ISBELL, owner of the
Wichita Western league club,
has sold McDowell, first base
man; Griffin, second base; Blakesley.
left fielder; Sellers and Mnun, pitch
fcrs, and Cotilan, outfielder.
It is very apparent from the above
that Isbell has once again weeded
his club, the one which held the
league lead until Its hurling staff
cracked, which came late in the sea
son.
Now Manager Howard Gregory
must rebuild from the ground up,
having lost practically nn entire
infield and an outfield and two of
tile four winning pitchers on the
1923 Hub.
To date. Isbell has purchased or
received in trades, Jolly, pitcher;
O'Brien, outfielder; Dunning, out
fielder; Payne, outfielder; Sawyer,
In fielder, and two youngsters, Bntl
and Fenton.
The sales and trades IsMI made
have probably netted the wise ol’
Western league Huh owner a nice
siun, as all of the players coming
to Wichita hall from smaller
leagues.
IjisI year about this lime Isbell
surprised the league by sell.ng Berg
cr. Ilnley, Washburn and East. He
sold Berk of'his 1921 championship
club early In the fall of thnt ymr.
When I shell sold the stars of hl»
1921 Huh. all fandom remarked that !
the witches of 1923 would he easy
ment for the other seven Hub* Were
they? Wo should say not. Baldy g"t
together a Hub that held tha league
lead for a great part of the season.
Now lsts*lt has wrecked his Hub
again.
Y«*». Wwif#rn if/imio run* wonot**
If the ' IhiId Kiwi*" will duplicate Id*
font nf lent season and put n strong
team In the league. I shell la a shrewd
hnaehnll man. Very shrewd. Mo know*
si hnaehnll player when he roes one.
IIKItK Isn’t a bust I mil fan In the
U Western league who tins seen
Dudley lute, crock Tulsa abort
stii|s play, who docsn I wish Idm llie
1 test of lock this coming season In
Ills second major league debut, this
lime with Hie Host on Amerlcnns
I,cc was one of those up and Inis
dime shortstops who multi enter III*
position like a regular major leaguer
of seasons’ experience, lie lilt well,
in fuel. I.er lilt .3.10 last year, which
is i« illicitly good rtVi*rnu»'.
In ciiiuiiiku lor Let*, J*»«U
Hub gets Johnny Mitchell. Johnny
was purchased by the |{ed Sox from
the I’aeifir Coast league last season
at a fancy price.
IiC« formerly played with (lie Sf.
Ixmls Americana, but was fouad
wanting bo was released to Columbus
of the American association. The
Mudhena later transferred him to
Tul.sa.
The Dea Moines Booster* have pur
chased Shortstop Chavez of the Oak
land club of the Pacific Coast league
Chavez will replaco Holding Neleon.
limner Bird, who had an up and
down career with the SI. Joseph
Saint* last season and wlio par
ticipated In the baseball tourney
last summer In Council Bluffs,
lias been traded to Bloomington
in the Three Kye league.
Pilcher Schuman, southpaw hurl
or, last year with the Sioux City
Hub, has been bought by the Dallas
club of the Texas league.
Barney Cleveland, former man
ager of the Tulsa Huh, and for
two seasons manager of the Sap
itlpa Hub in the Southwestern
league, will manage the Topeka
team In the Western association
next season. Itarney I* a third
baseman.
Omaha Western league fan* are
not exactly entlsfled with the lineup
Harney Burch hne gotten together
for the 1924 aeaaon.
Frank Isbell, owner of the Wichita
Hub. was unable to push Oul fielder
Johnny Conlan Into a major league
pew. However, Johnny did land In
I h« International league and will
wear the uniform 'jf a Rochester
player next season. He was traded
for two players.
The president of the Western ns
soelsllon has officially announced the
sale of Stormy llaxls outfielder, Inst
year with the Okmulgee club, lo the
Tulsa fillers.
Cotton Tierney, onee a Tulsa Oiler.
Inlee a Plrnta and more recently a
t'hllly, goes to the Boston Braves.
piddle Palmer, wli<» last araaon
pin)i'il aecond baa® for ill® Siou\
< jty Parker*, go®* to III® New llr
I.-hiim dub of th® southern itv."ela
tion Hilt spring.
.liyk Hoeeberry, an outfielder, baa
been secured by Ibe la** Molne* U-iU
dii), from Brooklyn In th® <l®nl con
summated Ian foil th.it *®nl He.-ond
MnHoman Jo® Klugmin *o Ibe Ih..!k
■ id Itiwrlicrry played In lb® New
York l’®nnaylvanla kagn* loot auni
mrr and hatted .372. II® lilt" left
luuided, but throw* light handed.
Itloiiinfii'l'l l lagers Are
IIpAiIv fur Hig Season
Bloomfield, Neh . I am 14 The to wn
I ,,1*11 pi hall ten in I* lining Up In
good shape Many player* me out
and Imllontion* ai® that a good team
Will lie In evtdeime. They hi® now
ready to adirdule guinea with team*
from othe*r town* Harold Johngon
I* manager and Myrl Mlaek""-—
aeoiet® —
Chadron Normal
Grid Season Was
Large Success
Attendance Increased 50 Per
Cent Over Previous Year
—Building of Stadium
Proposed.
Chadron. Neb., Pec. 15 — Finan
cially, the recently concluded foot
ball sen »on was a marked success
for the ('hadron State Normal school.
Attendance at football game* held,
In ('hadron during the last year ha*
shown an approximate lncrea*e of 50
per cent over football games of 1922,
according to athletic authorities at
the Normal. Total receipts for the
football season, including student
ticket*, were $3,102.70.
November 17, homecoming day In
Chadron, saw the record breaking
crowd for the season and all previ
ous seasons at Chadron Normal. An
estimated crowd of 2.000 spectators
celebrated homecoming day by watch
ing Chadron down Kearney Normal.
The special game scheduled with
I ecu Normal on November 27, in
order to make Chadron eligible for
the Nebraska Intercollegiate chain
plonshlp by playing five conference
names, drew the second largest crowd
nf the season—more than 1*00.
Facilities at Chadron for handling
crowds at Indoor athletic contests
are excellent, as It Is wild It lias one
of the most spacious modern Inter
collegiate gymnasiums In the state.
For outdoor event*, however, facili
ties for taking care of the large
crowds, coaches aald. are Inadequate.
A stadium with a minimum seating
capacity of 2.000 spectator* and with
a maximum capacity of considerably
more has been proposed for Chadron
nd will soon be a reality, according
to Information received from a reli
able source. The proposed stadium
may lie erected before the opening
of the 1*24 footboll season If plana
row existing materialise.
The contingent system, used In
many educational Institutions over
the stnte, was adopted at the Chad
ion .Normal two years ago. and has
met with outstanding success. lty
this method all student* In the Instl
Dillon* receive a ticket admitting
Ijjem to all athletlo contest*' and
other student activities for the seme
-.ter at a small expense Purchase of
the contlng.nt tickets la compulsory,
lining required of each student at
i eglstration.
W ill Or^ainix Tri*UI» Loop.
Haselinll men of Iowa, Nebraska
and the Dakotas will meet In Omsha
next month to organts* a Trlstate
| league
ll la Hie plan of men behind the
movement to form an eight club
league from the following cities,
Sioux City Council Hluffa. Sioux
fall*, Mitchell, Orsnd Island. Hast
Inga. Ileatrtce. I.lncoln, Norfolk and
fort Dodge. The league will be class
II nr C.
Hcorge Segrlst, owner of the Fair
bury club of Hie Nebraska Stale
longue la playing a prominent port
in organising the league.
Lincoln Battler
Given Decision
Over Young Bige
Referee’s Award Fails to Meet
With Approval of Major
ity of Fans—Hudkins
Defeats Harris.
FIGHT RRSn.TS
aloe Boumann won four-round decision
ovi-r Volin* Klberta. ... .
Kit! Worley won deelalon o»er Rutty
Evnna nt end of 10 round-.
Are Hudkina knocked out Johnny Har
rta In eighth round of 10-round bout.
Battling Strnyrr won 10-ruund deelalon
over Erwin Bige.
By RALPH WAGNER.
— XOHT1NG before
one of the largest
crowd* that has
ever watched an
athletic' program
in Cudahy Pack
j , ing plant. club
room* in South
Omaha, Battling
Strayer, hailed aa
the lightweight fis
tic champ of Ne
braska, won a 10
round decision over
Erwin Bige, the
Dundee grocery
boy, in the main event Friday night.
The decision, the verdict of Paul
Leldy, failed to meet with the ap
proval of the majority of fans. Bige,
making his first fight within a year,
gave the Lincoln lightweight a box
Ing lesson that will long live In the
memory of those who saw the bout.
In Justice to Btrayer, however, we
will make mention of the fact that
he was the aggressor throughout the
mill, pushing the go tc the grocery
peddler.
Bige was rather Inclined to "tin can
it,” as they say In fight circles, dur
ing the early stages of the bout.
He was warned by the referee about
the middle of the fight and from then
on set to work and handed out to Mr.
Strayer a neat little trimming, work
ing his left to Strayer's Jaw time
and again for points. His footwork
was good, considering the fact that he
has been out of active ring work for
so long a time. He made his oppo
nent miss many times.
Strayer Trie* Hard.
The Lincoln scrapper tried hard to
salt Bige away. He was on Blge's
trail from start to finish and took
many a Jolt on the chin and In the
stomach In order to land.
Kight smack out of the box Bige
let go his left and It found a landing
place on Strayer's Jaw This happened
In the very first of the Initial round.
The blow sent Strayer against the
ropes, but he cam# back and weath
ered the storm; shock off a couple
more and continued chasing Bige
around the ring.
In the ninth stanza. Strayer started
to worry Bige. He might have wor
ried Bige earliar in the fight, but If
he did. the Dundee lad did not show
It. Both mixed freely In this round,
much to the pleasure of the crowd.
In the 10th and final session, Strayer
appeared at his best. He rushed Bige
against the ropes on the south side
of the ring and with a right to the
Jaw and a left to the same spot had
Erwin sort of funny looking. The
grocery boy shook off the blows with j
a couple twist* of his head, but he
still feit the effect* of the wallops
Bige landed the cleaner blow* and
hi* punches seemed to carry more
steam. Had he fought In the early
rounds like he did In the last four or
five, tha result might have been
different, but at that, earned a draw,
in our humble opinion.
Seml\Vlndup I* Corker.
The semlwindup sal a corker. It
brought together a chap by the name
of Johnny Harris from Des llolnes
and Are Hudkins. Harry Heed's hull- j
dog fighter from IJncoln. Hudkins
tacked the ol' kayoe plaster on John
ny's chin with a right cross In the
eighth round of their 10-chnpter en
counter.
In the first two rounds Hudkins
kept on top of Harris In true wrestler
fashion. After the second he was
warned by the referee and In the
third, fourth and fifth the cash cus
tomers were treated tq a rare bit of
fisticuffs.
Hallylng in the fourth, Harris came
out of his shell and hamlet) the wild
Hudkins a heating In the fourth and
fifth stanzas. In the sixth the tide
turned in favor of the I.inooln boy,
who started nocking the r>es Moines
battler with rights and lefts to the
Jaw and stomach. He hit Harris with
everything but the ring posts and
the water bucket. Johnny '‘carried''
the punches a second anti then tried
to land, but he w^s weak. In the
seventh. Hudkins chased Harris
around the ring, landing first with
ons mitt and then with the other.
The eighth and final round was when
lludklns got his foe against the ropes
on the west side of the ring. He
crossed his right snd down went Bill
Ball's fighter. He fell flat on his
back, and It is an old saying of the
ring that when they tumble on their
hack they aeldom arise. As Harris
lav across the ropes the referee tolled
off the fatal 10 seconds. which
brought finis to one of the best f ghts
on the program. Harris was game—
game to the core— while Hudkins was
Just fighting In his natural form,
which was plenty good enough for
him to win with.
XX orley Awarded Itrrleinn.
Kid Worley of Shelton, Neb. was
awarded, the deolalon over ltuaty
l?\nns of York, Neb . In a 10 round
tout, the eeoond mil! on the rard.
A draw \erdlot would have been re
ceived well hy the fana.
Worley, a grandaland fighter, waa
made to mlaa many tlmea, while hla
wild awlnglng failed to do much
damage to Kvana, who hae one of the
beat guards for a fighter of hla
weight ever Bern ground three paita
The X'ork lad ahed what few blows
Worley landed like a duck aheda the
well known water
Kvana poked XVorley'a rhln and
right eve with many atlff lefta and
In the third round had live purple
trickling down the Shelton boy'a map
Joe Iloumann of Connell itluffa. but
late of the navy, won the four round
deolalon over Young Klherta of Omtt
ha In the opener, llouioan Knocked
l.lbvuta down twice in the fit at round
Fairmont Victor in
County Cage Meet
Geneva, Neb., Dec. 15—Fairmont
won the county high school basket
ball tournament which closed here
Friday night, ar.d was presented with
a silver loving cup by the Geneva
Community club. The score stood:
Geneva 7, Fairmont 11.
Ohlowa won the consolation prise,'
a basket ball, by defeating Shlckley,
21 to 7.
Other games of the two-day tourna
ment resulted as follows:
Geneva won from Ohlowa, 12 to 6.
Exeter won from Milligan, 17 to 3.
Geneva won from Exeter, 9 to 4.
Fairmont won from Shlokley, 9
to 5.
Fairmont won from Grafton, *1
to 7.
Ohlowa won from Milligan, 14 to 8.
Outstanding players of the contests
were: Frlcke (Fairmont), Marlng (Gen
eva). Delaney (ExeterX and Hum
phrey (Ohlowa). Hill of Exeter and
Delaney of Geneva also put up a
good game. The closest and most ex
citing game of the opening series
was played by Fairmont and Shlck
ley. Geneva and Exeter also played
well. John Lawler of Lincoln ref
ereed the games.
- • tB
Army Loses FirBt Cage
Game in Two Seasons
West Point, N. Y., Dec. 15 —Colum
bia university's basket ball five de
feated the Army today, 87 to 20, and
broke the Cadets’ winning streak
after It had reached 32 consecutive
victories. It waa the .first defeat
West Point has mistalnced since De
cember 17, 1921, when Pennsylvania
conquered the soldiers.
Army was handicapped today by
the absence from Its lineup of Wood
and Forbes, guards, and Roosma,
star forward.
Valpariso Teams Win.
Valparaiso, Neb., Dec. 15.—Valpa
raiso High school boys’ team won
from the Mead team by a score of
17 to 15. The Valparaiso girls' team
defeated the Mead girls’ team, 30
to 10.
Tijudnal
Results.
Yesterday’s Result!
Firat raca. i 4 furlong*:
Niagara. 109 (Connolly) 10.20 4.49 4 20
Hi Trump 109 Scheffel) .« 10 4 *0
Mizanna, 107 (Carter) ..7 20
Tim#; 1:07 1-5. Boomerang. Bam
Dollar. Serena, Curry Deaha. Free Gift,
also ran
Second race 5 furlong*
Lady Tiptoe. 1*9 (Wllaoft) 19 00 9 40 4 90
R**«a Atkin. 114 (Sharpe) .4 €0 4 20
Lobelia. 114 (Barnet) . 4*0
Time: 1 01 4-5. Plutret, Ike Mills,
Blanche Meyer*. B*** L. Byrne. Laet
Girl. Santhla C.. Jolly Sailor, Roscoe
Go**#, also ran.
Third race, 5 4 furlong* :
Frank H. If 4 (Wails) ..19 90 4 49 4 9*
Faber 109 (Jor.ee* .11 20 7.2®
Ginger. 107 (Connelly) ..4 90
Time: 1:04 4-5 Barrigar.'s Heir. Mia#
Fmma G., Dexterous, Phillip pe Lugo.
Jean Corey, Vibrate, May Bruec, Count
Bona, also raa.
Fourth race, 5H furlong* •
Deep Tho’irht. 1*1 (Walla 2 90 2 «* 2 ««
Keegan. 105 (Weinert) .4.09 4.00
Program, 111 (Connolly) .4 00
Time: 1:44 1-5. Cre***ent. Jim»on.
Rrandela. Littie Catr. Humorette aJao
ran.
Fifth race Mile:
Billy Star, 104 (Boganowekt)
. 55 2® 11.99 7 14
Ail O'er. 114 (Martinet-. 2 €4 2 20
Wild Heather. 101 (Horn) .14.14
Time: 1:44. Adonis. The Almoner,
Treasurer, War Zone and Mlaa Fox II
also ran.
S.xth race: Mile and 70 yards
Poacher. 104 (Erickson) . .24 14 11.99 7.9*
Roisterer, 1*9 (Wood).4 SO 2 4®
Co! Lit. 104 (Walla).2.24
Time: 1:44 1-5 Encrinlte, White Boot*.
Runnyol. FI re worth. The Desert. Prairie
and Madrono also ran.
Seventh race 1 1-14 mile*;
Coffieid. 1*2 (Erickson) .1®I0 4 4® 9 4®
Coeur D*L:oi^ lul (La vine). .. . S 10 2.4®
L Effare, 111 (Martlnex).4 *0
Time 1 45 4-5 So It Goes Cniaem.
Wvnneerood. Jim Dalay. Blarnev Stone, j
Poriua. £unny Land. Cfciv* and Elias O., I
alto ran.
Major and Minor
Leagues Ready to
Engineer Deals
Any Number of Trades and
Sales Expected to Follow
Restoration of Draft—
.Yanks Want Players.
EW York, Dee. 1S
—Deals by th4
dozen, lonp held
In abeyance are
expected to foil
low the restora
tion of the draft
In modified form,
between the ma
Jor leagues end
two of the three
class AA minors,
namely the Pacif
ic Coast league
and the Ameri
can association.
Some tra de»,
abandoned a year
ago when the minors declined to be
a party to the draft, will be resur
rected. Others, discussed Informally
at Chicago meetings, are to be brought
to a boll—Just add hot water and
serve; six plates, 10 cents.
Such, at any rate. Is the composite
opinion of major and minor leaguers,
both of whom are anxious to do
business immediately or even earlier.
The two New York clubs, which
are pleased to claim that a boycott
has been placed upon them In A^^^
major leagues, are expected to plunge^^
Into an orgy of bidding for class AA
players. The Yankees already are
angling for Outfielder Combs and
Pitcher Dean of the Louisville club,
and look for early developments. The
Giants are on the trail of a live in
fielder and several pitchers, but are
naming no names.
In any case, they claim, no flea.
Inga will be had with the Internation
al league, the remaining clasa AA
member, which haa achieved a feel
lng of independence, and will not play
along with the rest of the boys. The
International apparently believes that
it Is self-sufficient, but time alone
will tell. It seems to be the common
impression that the organization will
climb aboard the band wagon before
the end of the off season.
*'I believe that the International
league haa been playing poker,” Col
onel Jacob Ruppert, the Yankee own
er, is quoted as saying. "I look for
It to Join the other two Class AA
leagues In accepting the draft in
modified form.”
It Is the writer's idea that, self
sufficient or otherwise, the Interna
tional league will have it* hand forc
ed by the fact that Its two great
rivals will be "privileged'' in the mat
ter of receiving promising vt-ung
players from the majors for sett i,
lng. This is a great boon in pre
serving the speed and general clar?
of a league. On the financial s !
there is the argument that the sale
of minor league st rs will be carried
on largely with Uie coast league an
the American association, at leas:
whenever practicable.
Of necessity, the majors will
decline to buy a real star from the
International league, but it is cer
tain that the other pair win be give,
the preference to eay nothing of th<
money. And money is the grease t’
lets the wheels turn.
Scotia Cagere in,
Scotia, Neb., Dec. 15.—The Scotia
Imperial basket bell team defeated
the Farwdl town teem, J7 to *0. in
v game played here Thursday night.
Hie Imperial# have not lost a game
this season.
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