Lynch to A r r i v e on Wednesday for Go With McArthur < hainpion to Stage Ilis Final Workoulb Here-—-Sioux City Bantam Training Hard for Coming Bout. Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion of the world, will arrive in Omaha Wednesday. Lynch fights Friday night at the Omaha Auditorium in a 3 0-round decision bout wtth Earl Mc Arthur, the hard-socklng Sioux City bantam. Lynch wired yesterday for gymnas ium facilities so that he could have a couple of workout here and taper off his training for his clash with Mc Arthur. The champion will be accom panied to Omaha by his manager, Ed die Mead. Earl McArthur is training at high speed In Sioux City, but probably will inme down to Omaha with his man ager, Sam Slotsky, to wind up his training. Irwin Blge. the grocery clerk light weight. has been offered a fight with Ace Hudkins, the sensational Lincoln lad. ae one of the preliminaries to the Lynch-McArthur go. but Blge it is said, fears he would not be able to get Into condition for so tough a foe as Hudkins. None of the preliminaries have been definitely decided upon but promoters of the show announce that all to gether four bouts will be staged with ■30 or 32 rounds of boxing. Charles Franke, manager of the Au ditorium, said yesterday that the ad vance sale Indicates the largest house of the year. With Omaha and Sioux City fight fans both clamoring for i he choice seats the ringside sections are fast being sold. Says'bugs* aot*i America is still supreme in all out door sports from baseball to picnics. Ws’re going into the Olympic scramble next summer over In Eu rope, and we'll win so many medals 1 hat General Pershing will get jealous. Mike Donaldson claims to have won more medals than Gulden's Mustard. Mike waa in the archery contest* over there In 1918, and still refuses to hang up his little bow and arrow. We ran beat those Imported ath letes riding, walking or skidding. We can spot 'em a milestone in every 1,760 yards and still win breath ing through our noses. Joe Moore and a mob of Ice skaters are going over there now to scamper on the frozen puddles. Joe and his cold-footed boy friends have cleaned up everything on lakee, ponds and rivers. That aint anything. If the ocean would only get frozen over we would show Europe, some real skating. John Downey has a racing oyster he wants to enter In the Olympics. John trained him in Bayalds and claims he can beat the suddenest fish that ever swam. If you got any mechanical toys for Xmas, enter them In the 1921 Olym pics. This is going to be the final test between liome-taxes and foreign ath letee. Row boats, walking dolls, centi pedes, hosses, gnats, athletes. Zep pelins and frankfurters will all com pete. There has always been much rivalry between America and Europe. But this time we will catch up to them In everything but borrowing money. Number of Teams to Bowl in Tourney The Nourse Oils, Murphy-Dld-Its, Taxton Billiards, Omaha Towels. Western Vnton, Ak-Sar Ben, Sanford I 'afes, Knights of Columbus and Far i am alley teams plan to enter the annual Trlstate bowling tournament which will he held In Sioux City, January SI. Fussell Released by Cubs. Freddie Fussell, former Omaha Western leaguer, hut late of the Chi cago Nationals, has been released by i he Cub* to the Wichita Falls club ■ if the Texas league. The Turf 1 i Saturday’s Results. .IKFFKKNON PAItK. FIrat race: fl furlong*: Idle Thought*. 96 (Lang).... 12-1 B-l 5-2 f.uar*. 107 (Parke) . ..even 1-2 Aladdin, 10 7 (.Vferglcr) . Time 1:13 4-5 Knot Graaa. Payman, Fleeting. Harry 13.. Modesty. Kaffirs al*o r«i ri. Hacond race: 6 furlong*: • 'altgula. 113 (Parke) .....4-5 1-3 1-6 Fehrah, ,93 (Fang) . • 2-1 4-5 Tableau D'Onneur, 110 ( Farley >. ... 5-3 Time 1:14 15. Dr Glenn. John Q. Kelly, Olenco'hoko, Watch (.'harm, Whale bone niao ran Third rare- 6'£ fuilonga: ^ • 104 (Martin) .8-1 4-5 1-3 ‘arlton. 104 (Parke).2-5 1-0 Kleut. Farwell. 112 (Wallace).3 1 Tune 1 0s 1-5. Move On seth. Bench vfan»ueer. Future. Herbertua. Bernice Child* also ran. Fourih race: Mile: xBeet Pal. 113* (Pevle) .6 5 1 8 nut Ml,lt*tone. 103 (Field*) .even 2 0 11*atura %rvic«. I no- ' (Unusual tiolf Interviews) LEO D1EGEL TELLS - A Back-Spin That Put Me Out of a Tournament My Oddest Play in 1923 The Most Pleasing Play I Ever Made _I The ordinary golfer is apt to imagine that the professional reaches a degree of expertness that renders him immune from "bad holes.” This is not so. There are times when we all go to pieces. One day we may be great: at another time we are—as the slang expression is—not so good. In 1922 I set a, course record or 66 in the practice rounds at Skokie. A few months later, at Ashville, N. C., I required 10 strokes -to play a single hole—a 135 yard one, at that'. At that rate I would have needed 180 strokes for 18 holes. Of course, I didn't do as badly at that. Nevertheless, this one mis played hole, which I have since call ed my "Perfect Ten,” put me entlrely out of the running In a tournament which was much worth wdnning. Strangely enough, this nightmare followed a tee shot which was, so far as distance and direction were con cerned, as satisfying as one would want. The Incidents that led up to and at tended the play were amusing. The day before, watching Clarence Hack ney, the Atlantic City expert, playing the hole— which was the second—1 kidded him unmercifully because he ran up five strokes. "Tou'd better he careful," he re torted, "or you’ll take double that number tomorrow.” When I reached the second tee. the next day. I had completely forgotten Clarence’s warning and had no pre monition of disaster. There was a heavy wind blowing directly toward the tee, but I was not worried by that. As I said before, my tee shot was perfect— so far a» distance and di rection were concerned. I had made only one mistake. I had put too much backsptn on the ball. Dropping within easy putting dis tance of the hole, it hopped back ward, rolled off the sloping green and landed In a drain hole It lay in an almost unhlttable position. It took me seven strokes to get back on the green and two putts to hole out. Maybe Haekney didn't give me the laugh! The worst of It was that I learned next day I could have removed my hall from the drain hole without pen alty. My Oddest Play In 1923. In a previous installment of this series. Bohhv Jones described an un usual play he made at Hoylako In England. He tanked a billiard shot against a stone wall and placed his ball nicely on the green after lie had gotten htmself Into seemingly impos sjhle difficulties by hooking to within a foot of the wall, with a road and a sand trap Intervening, between his lie and the hole he was so anxious to reach. The most unusual play I had last summer called for a billiard shot. Curiously enough. It popped up In a matrh with Bobby Jones. It was in a practice round at Inwood, Just he for Bobby won the 1923 open title. On the number 7 hole, distance 22.7 yards, with out-of bounds to the light and left of the green, demanding an accurate tee shot to get a par three. I hooked my first against a tree at the left. There was absolutely no way to hit the tall In the direction of the hole except by playing it off the tree. I turned my bark squarely on the pin, made a successful billiard, dropped the ball on the green and sank a four-yard putt for par. The billiard stroke la one that every player is likely to need, sooner or biter. When It confronts you, take your time and study nut the angle tile tall must take most carefully. A tree Is apt to be more difficult to play than a wall. Most trees have rough surfaces. Moreover, they are rounded, not level. This complicates matters. The Most I'leasing I'lny I Kver Made. I consider the best play I ever mad" was one which on a bled me to tie Abe Mitchell, the great Britisher, for tlie southern open title, in the fall of 1922. Coming up for th* 1*ih and last hole at the Bello Meade Country club, which measures 45ft yards from tee to cup, wit hpar at five. It was neces sary for mo to make a birdie four to equal Mitchell's score. My drive was a good one, but my second shot was bad. When we located the ball, It was on the top of a bunker, 5ft yards from the hole. That surely was a critical mosuent. A perfect approach would avert de feat and give me a. chance for a play off. I I should b« lucky enough to sink my ball, victory would be mine. Naturally. 1 didn't expect the lat ter. But I used all the golf I knew in attaining the former. I chose my mashie-niblick and executed a low baekspin. The hall stopped 1ft Inches from the pin for the easiest kind of a putt. * We played Sfi additional holes and were still tied. By agreement we ran off three more. Mltchel! won. How ever. the cotnmlttPo refusd Its sanc tion to a result arrivcxl at in this manner. That mashie-nlblick didn't win me a championship, but It saved me from defeat In one of the greatest comp" tltlons ever held in the south. Coming as it did »t the very close of the 73 holes of play, in a really dramatic moment, and squaring me with one of the greatest golfers in the world, it pleased me more than any other shot I ever made. {Copyright. ISIS) BelieVte H, Or Not THE end of the duck season finds Edwin Dygert and Ken Phillips of Isaac Walton fame In a frame of mind far from peaceful. This also applies to Ed Calahan. Ed Calahan and a friend were In a blind on the Platte river while Dygert and Phil lips occupied a blind tip river. Came four ducks by the upper blind. Cal ahan and his pal started to call. The birds circled. A flock of six Joined them. Then a hunch of 15. Then a flock of Hbout I.'iO drakes anting straight nut of the sky and Joined them. Ilehlnd them came a larger flock and behind them another, (lose to 1,3(10 Mal lards were swinging and milling nround the blind, (ireat groups of them landed among the decoys. Drake* hissed and liens called. Calahan and his pal dug lltctnselirs closer t<> the ground and kept on calling. For more than half a mile ducks stretched out over the river, while the leaders crashed Inin the water near the decoys. Not a shot was fired Suddenly the hunters rose. Whlsh! Mallards climbed In nil direction*. "I was afraid you'd start shooting,” said Ed to his pal. ‘‘I was afraid you would.” said his friend. Ed Dygert and Phillips haven't re covered yet. They go duck hunting, they «ay, to get a few ducks, not a memory of a bunch decoying—hut at that they admit It waa a wonderful sight. The Catholic Sokol basket hall team won from tbo Cechle team last night by the score of 37 to 23. The Sokol Cubs defeated the Shamrocks IS to 13. Boxer Offers to Fight for Nothing Carl Augustine, Kayoed by Battling Monroe, Willing to Fight Without Pay. What’s this’' A box fighter actual ly offers to fight for nothing. Carl Augustine of Kt. Paul Is this strange creature. Carl, however, is not actuated entirely by eleemosy nary purposes. Omaha fight fang remember that Augustin© went down In the first round of the genii final event of the last fight program held at the Omaha Auditorium principal!'/ because Bat tling Monroe, his opponent, got tn the first blow. Augustine's downfall was a big sur. prise not only to himself but to lo cal followers of the knuckle-whirling sport. Now Carl seeks retribution. He declares Monroe’s one round vic tory over him was the sheerest ac cident and that, ordinarily Monroe would he duck soup for him. Hearing that Monroe had been hooked to appear on the card which will tie staged at the Omaha Audi torium next Friday night, Augustine yesterday Wired matchmakers for the Theodore Roosevelt post of the American Legion, which is staging the show, that he would so much like to fight Monroe again that he would come to Omaha at his own expense and fight without a nickel s compen sation He says ths revenge he would have on Monroe would he worth It. Augustine’s offer has not been ac cepted as yet. Promoters of the show haven’t made up their mind yet as to an opponent for Monroe, who will fight In the semifinals to the Joe Lynch-Lari McArthur bout. Eastern Tennis Players Win Junior Titles New York. liec. 30.—The little town of Wuhan, Mass., provided the winners of two championships, and Fast Orange, N. J., the winner of one. In the national lnooor Junior and hoys’ tennis tournament which ended yesterday on the courts of the Seventh regiment armory. Malcolm T, Hill of Loomis school anil If. R. Johnson of Newton, Mass., high school were tbo two Wabatt youths who gained titles, and Km neth Appel wag the Fast Orange (N. J.) representative to win. McCormick Given High Net Ranking Ties Moines, la., Dec. 3©.—F. R Mc Cormick of Sioux City Is given first place In 1923 official rankings of Iowa tennis players mad© public last night by the Iowa State Tennis association. Clayton Paige. Fort Dodge, state singles champion for the last two years is placed second. Paul Bennett of Bayard and Ted Swenson of Cedar Rapids stand first in the men's doubles rankings and Miss Laura Frye of Cedar Rapids Is first In the women’s singles rankings. Paul Join** to WrMtlf Kklund Hounton. Tpx . Doc. 29 — Jultus Sigrl, local promoter, announced to night that lie had matched Paul .tones. Nebraska wrestler and local favorite, with Clarence Kklund, Wy j omlng, claimant of theworMTs light I heavyweight title, for a bout. In Hour ton on January 8. Jones experts to weigh 1 SR pounds and Kklund ITT*. Lincoln’s Chances of Re-Entering V Western Circuit Appear Brighter Lincoln. Pec. 30 Pane hall men of Lincoln said yesterday they believed Lincoln's chances for re-entry to the Western league have been enhanced nr a result of the visit of L**c Keyset of the Pes Moines club nnd his con ferences last night and today with representatives of commercial bodies of the city. Mr. Keyser. before leaving for home today, said lie did not car* to dis guise the fact that it would bs an undertnklng for Lincoln to awing tic frnnrhin* to thla city. I»ut h« paid, lie wn* encouraged at the propped It wan Hie logical town, lie *ald. ill which to locate a teft in, and In' !«• Iloved four other cliih owner* In the Circuit felt a* he did II<' *UK».oHted the name of an American iihuoidation player, whom he behaved would make a good nmnagi r. The full committee of the league will com* tine at an early day, he prcdlcld. Navy Grid Team Arrives for Game With Washington Huskies to Outweigh Uncle Sam's Crew’ 10 Pounds to Man—Lucky Break ^ ill Decide Game. Pasadena. Cal., Dec. 30 — Thirty five stalwart sons of Uncle Sam's fightin* flotilla alighted from a lim ited train here this afternoon and gave three rousing cheers for Cali fornia, for Washington, for Pasa dena, for anything, everything and for nothing. They are the representatives of the Annapolis Naval academy, come west to uphold the football honor of that section east of the Rockies in the ninth annual east-west game under the auspices of the Tournament of Roses Association of Pasadena. Head Coach Bob Folwell, two of his assistants and the navy mascot, a very belligerent-looking animal boasting a pronounced odor and a ferocious bleat, completed the party. All stood patiently while a flock of insistent cameramen put them through the usual ordeals. Then they gave out the usual "glad to be there and hope you’ll like us" chatter and ducked to their hotel, the Hunting ton, I-ater they sneaked out for a little signal drill. Men Full of Zip. The trip took none of the zip out of the squad. Two stopovers, one at Chicago and the other at Grand can yon, enabled the men to keep their land legs while en route. The “damned climate" won't have a chance to weaken the midshipmen, so that alibi is out. Tomorrow a light workout Is on the cards and that will be all until they take the field at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon under scenes which should leave no doubt but that Navy over whelmlngly is a favorite—with the public of Ix>s Angeles, and particu larly with the 7.500 sailors of the Pacific fleet who will be on hand with a 2'iO-piece hand, a big rooting section and their own mascot to cheer their buddies from over the hill east to vic tory. Navy Outweighed. Navy will he outweighed about ]0 pounds to the man. Whether Navy can offset this advantage with fleer open field running and a bewildering assortment of passes remains to be seen. Tlagshaw's Huskies are due here tomorrow morning. Hike Navy they will take a light workout on the Rr.se Bowl turf and rest until game tlnm They come imbued with a world of confidence In their ability to turn back Navy defeted. The think well of themselves and liRve a right to. Their only setback was at the h3nds of the Golden Bears and tlipy lost this game a to 0 but. were fighting ail the way and once or twice threatened to score. Their most impressive perfor mance was their defeat of University of Southern California by the lop sided score of 22 to 0. Tesreau rates a powerful, plunging chati on the type of John Thomas of Chicago, or Heston of other days. Wilson is their most dangerous hack and rated their la-st man, and will he the out standing man in Washington's attack. Wilson runs In the open field with a baffling nicety. He sidesteps, changes pace, dodges tacklers and has speed. His one flaw, ohsei-vers report, is a weakness on defense. Ziel is kicker par excellence an.I always dangerous when iodide 4.") yards. He scored three field goals against University of Southern Cali fornia. which accounted for nine of their jaylnts. Hut on offense, aside from this he is an in and-outer. It is doped out to he a game that a lucky break will decide. \ fumble, a bad kick, a blocked punt—any of those breaks may settle the question. Ur, again, Washington may got tile jump on Navy and smother tho in vaders. Tli« Rose Bowl capacity of 53,500 will be taxed to Its Utmost. The offi clals picked aro Karnell as referee llollenbark ns head linesman: Crowell as umpire, and Bartlett ns field Judge Stecher to Appear in Chicago This Week .For Strchcr, funner world heavy weight champion wrestler, will leiive Dodge. Neb., his home, early this week for Chicago, where he expert* to get Into action on the mat the latter part of this week. Following III* engagement In Chi cago, Steelier will gn to New York city where he way* Tex Rickard plans to stage a series of elimination wres tltng hoot*, the object being to get Champion Strangler I.ewl* and a worthy challenger In the ring toprth or. Cage Schedule Arranged. 1'lattamouth. Neb., I >ec. 30.—-Thr I'Intturnonth Ilitfli iichool banket ball j team has nr ranged it h ached ule foi the non, as follow**; Jan. 11. Aahland, here. Jan. 1 Nebraska School for the I ’< if. ni Omaha. ! dun. II Ashland, .Inn. IT. Nt lnm.hu School for th* 1»*af [mi t Hiih hn. tj,n. I*. N«*n**ka City, nor* , .Ian. '.’A. CroiKhlnn Pr*p, at Omaha F*b. 1 I’t-il Mali, her* Foil f.. Auburn nliih, hoi* F*b * Aahland blab. nt Ashland F<»b III. 1‘rolgMnti pr*p, her*1 Fob :*, Naltraaka Pity, i»t Ni*bra*ka City. Hatlling Siki Harred in Michigan Roped Arena Dartoit. Do. 80 Rattling Sik, cannot fight in Michigan. IjOUIr Piles, si Mir buxlnk' commissioner todnv «n noIIneed that he had ordered tlrnnd Kaplda promoter* to c-mn**«1 the whnl tiled 10-round bout between Slkl and Joe fjohmnn, Toledo heavyweight, which mr* to have been held New Year’ll day. Minnesota, 53; tirlnnell. 10 Plllsbiircli. 35; Amherwt, 51. < oliinibia, 53; Colgate, IH. 107 Men File Applications for Jobs as Umpires in Pacific Coast league By DAMON KIN YON. New Y'ork, Det. 30.—The Pacific coast uses eight umpires during the baseball season. There are now on file with Harry Williams, president of the league. 407 applications for umpirical jobs. Umpiring is a most difficult task. There are not 407 men In the United States competent to qualify as um pires. that is. competent up to the standard established by such umpires as Bill Klein, Billy Evans, Hank O'Day, Brick Owens and Bob Em slie. Obviously there are 407 men. per haps 407,000 men who think they are competent umpires. In a close game at the Polo grounds or in the Yankee stadium any hot afternoon you will find thousands of men sitting in the grandstand disputing decisions made by the umpires on the field. These thousands think they could have given better decisions. Of course they couldn't. An umpire attains real competency only after years of experience, of ap plication, of study. It is one branch of sport that must be followed as a real life business if a man hopes to attain success. From year to year there are few changes In the umpirical staffs of the big leagues. That is not because the umpires are favorites or have a "pull" with the league officials. It is be cause they are competent. They make mistakes to be sure. Even a veteran umpire may have an "off day" when he feels ill. when his nerves are jangled, and he seems un able to see any play correctly. But year In and year out the old umpires are amazingly accurate. The day of "kill the umpire” has practically disappeared from the big leagues. The big league funs have been edu cated by long acquaintance with the umpires that the umpire is doing his best, that he means to he fair. The fans have confidence in the old tim ers, In Evans. Klein, O'Day and the rest. Some umpires the fans like better than other*. Some fans believe them more competent than others. But the popeyed fanatic who was firmly con vinced that the umpire was deliber ately favoring the opposing team for reasons of personal spite or malice, who firmly believed that boiling in oil was none too good for the umpire, has vanished from the grandstand and the bleachers. Umpiring must seem an easy task, judging from the number of men willing to try" it. Failure In that job means failure peculiarly ignominous. humiliating. Apparently the man seeking such a job does not contemplate the poesi billty of failure. Yet President Harry Williams will be quite fortunate If out of the list of 407 applicants he obtains four really competent umpires. If he gets eight he is doubly fortunate. He Is the favored of Providence. But there have not been 407 com petent umpires horn in the last 40 years, as any player will tell you. Plan Football Games at Night in Professional League in 1924 Football games at night will be in troduced to followers of the profes sional sport next season if plans now in the making materialize. These contests will be played in the middle <*f the week and will provide two games weekly, instead of only on Sunday. Its hackers believe the plan will be successful. Night games have been tried by several colleges and found to be as attractive as the daylight contests. Huge searchlights mounted on differ cnt sides of the field light up the grid iron so that there is no difficulty rx perienced by the players in following i the game «»r to watch the game. Schedules already made up by sev eral colleges can for night contests instead of day game* and the idea - expected to grow. Playing the game at night is a distinct advantage to the profession 1 nls. The cost of maintaining a pro team i« a heavy onr. with proceed* coming in only one day of the week, except when a. holiday happens to fall in the middle of the week. Part of this c*»st. in some cities, has been met by offering the players other employment, which supplements the salary they receive from football. This can be continued under the plan if the circuits are made more com part and much traveling avoided. Week-day games during the day light have proven impracticable be cause of the inability to get the crowds. This handicap would be re moved by playing in the evening after dinnpr. It is argued an extra game a week would work no hardship on the players as all the teams now carry a sufficient number of substi tutes to replace men whose physical condition did not warrant two con tests a week. This would seldom hap pen, however, it is pointed ou't, as even college players indulge in sev eral scrimmages a week, in addition to the regular game, which sra fully as strenuous as the Saturday con tests. Whether these night games will become a regular thing depend# upon the support given them by the public. If the fans show by their attendance that they like them they are expected to be generally adopted by the profes Athletic* Director Declares Hisli r Salary for Grid Coaches Is Myth Atl.in •. f]i I »*. 29. Approx mutely 200 football coaches from all sections of the country sssfinblol around a banquet table in a hotel here tonight, ending the annual con vention of the American Football Coache* association. Complete harmony prevailed. The most lively discussion was prsrlpitat ed by H. S. Hathaway, director of athletics in New York university, on salaries of coaches. Hathaway re viewed the apparently widespread alarm in National Collegiate Athletic association circles, as well a* among other athletic associations, over the present high salaries paid coaches. He ridiculed this apparent alarm and declared that high salary for coaches is practically a myth.” Salaries for coaches are fixed by the law of supply and demand, he said. An open discussion followed. Men tors Joining in the discussion includ ed: A. A. StagK. Chicago, and John W. Ileisman. Washington and Jeff. f. son college. “The big idea of a football coach | is ••rvioo—moulding the life and con duct of boy* Foot&bll coaches do more in this respect than any mem her of the faculty." declared Stagg. It was pointed out that a coach should be paid a sufficient salary to enable him to lay up a pension for old age. In a heated address. Field.ng H. Yost of the University of Michigan condemned the use of telephones at football games to flash errors com mitted hv the opposition to the bench < f the home club. Knute Rockne. nf Notre 1 >;ime. spoke briefly on "the use of the forward pass.” In his annual message to the a* Soria lion today. John W. Heisman. j president of the organisation, deliver ed a tirade against professional foot ball. He urged the coaches to do all in their power to discourage their athletes from partioiputing in such contests after graduation. President Heisman also suggested the creation of a second vice president to handle meetings of a Pacific coast branch of the coaches' association The crea tion of this office was Immediately missed upon j Football Proves Popular (fame in Nebraska in 192.5 The ll*.'d fiKiiltHll sea sow In Ne braska has been scribbled on the records ns the greatest season In the history of the sport in this state. Nearly every pity, village and hamlet In the state was represented by a football team. Fifteen more high school teams took the field Inst season than in 1922, while the Ne braska State Intercollegiate confer ence never experienced such a sue eessful season as in 1923. The Uni versity of Nebraska team nt Lincoln and Creighton university of Omaha j met w ith great success. The University of Nebraska, mein her of tl*e Missouri Valiev conference, won three and tied two conference Kamfs, ending the season in a tie with the University of Kansas. The Corn buskers lost the first game of their schedule to the University of Illinois, hut from then on didn't lose a game until they bucked up against the strong Syracuse eleven In the new Memorial stadium at Lincoln the Saturday before Thanksgiving day. The biggest victory Nebraska gained during the season came when the lluskeis defeated Coach Knute Kockfie’a famous Notre Paine team 14 to 7, before the largest crowd that ever *aW a football game in Ne braska. Pave Noble, the Pcwitz brothers. Hutchison, Lewollen, Hat (man and Rhodes more than made a name for themselves the last season ,»s foot ball players in Nebraska. | Creighton tiniversitx of Omaha. I couched by Chet Wynne. former j Notre Paine player and "Mac" Raid rige. formerly of \ale, aftei getting off to a bad start, finished the sen son by losing five and winning the same number of contests Creighton lost to both the Kansas teams and the strong Haskell Indians, tut finally hit its stride at East Ijtns tng. Micli., where the Blue and White decisively defealfd the Michigan Ag gies in a homecoming game, Creigh Ion also beat the Oklahoma Aggies as well as the I'niversity of South Ikikota. The Nebraska Intercollegiate con ferenre. composed of Hastings, N. braska Wesleyan, Peru, l’oanc. Grand Island. Midland. Nebraska Central, Wayne. Chadron and Cottier experi enced a great season. At a meeting of the conference ath letic board the 1913 football chain pionshlp was awarded to Hastings college Hastings won seven games and lost none, chadron Normal, with a record of four wins and a tte score, wan given honorable mention by the conference officials Omaha university wss admitted to membership In the Nebraska confer t-noe. The conference race was close from the start. With only two weeks of Hie season left four colli ge teams were still in the race for the cham pionship. it i i. - i hadron Nut ml N braska Wesleyan, Midland and Peru Normal were th< live strong teams in the conference the last season. The Nebraska conference produced several football players of more than great ability tn 1913. They weie placed on the first all conference team. John McCarty Will Succeed Koney at First * First Step on Part of Buffalo Owner to Stregnthen Infield of 1924 Club. i:\l.mi WAGNEK. XB of the first step on the part of Ba’ ney Burch, owner and manager of the Omaha Western league club to strengthen the In field of the Buffa loes for the coni ing season was made Sal u r d a y when he announc ed the purchase of First B a s e m a n i John A. McCarty, from Syracuse I; ternational league club. The purchase [price was in the neighborhood of $>,000. The de;jl v/hereby McCarty |come* to the Buffaloes ha* i^en brew ing for some t.me. At the recent baseball meeting* in Chicago. Burcb and the owner of the Syracuse club got their heads together. The ovr lop will probably be used in the ou< field, as he i« a good hatter, being * tetter hitter while playing the outtiel than he is when taking his turn os the hurler s mouni. Burch Is dickering for a pltchc from a big league club. Just who th> chucker is we are not at liberty to say, hut if Barney lands his man he will be. a mighty valuable addition U> the hurling corps. Already Burch h e Byron Speeoe, Harry Lee and Bi^d 1 Valley as the nucleus around whir' to build his pitching department. A small army of recruit hurlers will re port to Burch at the Shreveport fl.» 1 spring training camp. Bucliolz ^ in« Crib Tournct. Bloomfield, Neb.. Dec. HO.—Thirt; *ix cribbaee player* took part in to* He crib tourney held at Ihe city ha1; Friday njpht. Otto Euohol* carri* 1 off th* hon^r*. winnimr Its gnm*s o\i: of 2® played. E. E. Bruner and l#*<> MrCourt tied f^r second honor* wiv 13 gam** each. John R*if*nra!h. Jo* Ku*hn. Matt I.iewer, and Father Boe heck, nil of Frofton, participated in the tourney. K\OTT> PROBLEMS OF BASKET HALL Q Juat *s a player i* throwing for goal from tb»* field an opponent comm - a perioral fou! l»oea the fit’d goa! eown* if made, and are the f*-ee throw, c' throw*, allowed to addition* A. If the baR ha* lef the ntayer * huadr when the official'* whittle blow* to signal th* foul the **>*1 count*, tf tl • ball h.x ■ not |f ft hi* hand*, the goa! does : The t*?3-:4 rule* state that **Th* R«*ke'a shall *>e nets of white cord Why e. * tl * rule changed* What if a team ■« ea\e* ih» free-throw«- * hands i Rule 7. ^ 7 d » VJ M»v a piaxer hand the ball to a teammate? * I ?», th * * . on-;..|cred a lew^l "p«w ‘ Ran arx change* been made n •b rti •» b> the Iri tit ri'iii!- • 1tec ? S * the tai*-34 guide was pub.-.shed * A The ’ales are to be played ess • ' as puhi.shed ascent that ore slight add f on ha* be n made ta the fir»t sen ; cncc of the p «-.a!’> f>*r persona! foal*, follow « Rule I * b- * The penalty read* "T««* fie- throws for goal if offence is c milted on a player who ■* in h * a ok i tone and who has poseeas-rn of t e » sli. that i* when h» ha* control of he 1 all through ^ holding *t or drdr * if. The committee ha* ruled the *■ * player Is fouled after the hail has eft his hand* on a throw for goal but be for* he re. oxer* ht* balance, the penalty shall b- two fre# throw* The same rn’tng *P pile* to a rlsxee outside h*a own g'•! *