oEteu i The Omaha Sunday Bee- i eys VOL. 53—NO. 33. PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1924. 1—B _ FIVE CENTS A DELICIOUS DISH OF BASKET BALL FOOD WILL BE SERVED COURT FANS FRIDAY mHTWHENNEBRASKA PLAYS CREIGHTON ~ !>---^ /ah: some A NICE COR.N ) V feds / \ • I ‘ ~ TIPTON COZIER | ^ 1 CAPTAIN USHE VOL Z | WVANT / v MAHONEY TRAUTMAN CAPTAIN LOVELY SPEICHER. s~ I HALEY ( /l ALWAYS DID LIKE ( A HOME COOKED K__DISH^BESr c^ighton Western League Celebrates Twenty-Fifth Birthday This Season—Weathers Many Storms Jack Holland, Now Owner of Oklahoma City Indians, League Champions, Started With Denver as Player—Only One Still in Circuit Who Started ^ ith League. By CHARLES J. BRILL. MEN havo come and gone; fans have been frenzied and si lenced; stars have risen, sky rocketed on into the zenith of major baguedom. faded and 3isapi>eaj-ed; fortunes have been made and lost; cities have come In and gone out— but the Western league has gone on and on since it was launched 25 years This year marks the quarto-cen tennial of the W'estern league of pro fessional basball clubs. As one pauses on its birthday to look back over its first quarter of a century, c is struck by the realization that had forgotten most of wliat he had ^llawn of its interesting career. Name Rich in Heritage. "Western league” is a name rich in heritage. It even antedates the present organization. The American league was (lie Western league until tlic- late ’ttb's. Ran Johnson, auto cratic lie,id of the American league today, once was its president. The American association also is an off spring of the Western league. Thomas .1. llickey, now lender of that near major. was the founder and the pres ident of the Western league of today. Coining into being during the strife between the National league and the outlaw American association in 1!100, its first quarter of a century has been a tempestuous one; Refusing overtures of the Ameri can association to desert organized baseball for a renegade ‘ career, the Western leufcue, jn its Infancy, was forced to tight these outlaws for its lory existence. Suffers by Federal Raids. Emerging front this struggle, badly mangled, but still full of tight, It went on its way serenely until, while an innocent bystander, it suffered raids from the last basball pirate, the l ed eral league, a decade ago. It was Just beginning to function normally again when the world war broke out. After struggling bravely • gainst the inevitable, it finally was forced, along with moat of the other minors, to suspend in mldseason of 1918. With peace tame its reconstrui - Sion; and though its bulders were ^sed to stil t from wrecked founda tions, they stuck courageously to the task, and today—at 23 years of age, it once more is a virile, vital factor ,n the baseball world. Holland Sole Survivor. Of those who were part of the league at its birth, only one still remains Identlfed with the organiza tion. Of the six cities which com prised the league in 1900 only four si 111 hold membership, and of these four only two have maintained con tinuous relationship. Jack Holland, then a player in the ranks of the Denver club, )s the sole Mirvtvor of the Western leaguers of :r00. Since then he has fought his way up the ladder from private to captain, from captain to manager, and from manager to dub owner. By a coincidence lie helped Denver win the first Western league pennant Oklahoma City Indians won the last one. Denver. Des Moines, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Joseph and l’ueblo made up tiie infant Western league of 1900 finishing in the order named. Of these, only Omaha and Des Moines have carried through without falter ing. Pueblo soon after the start was forced to give up Its franchise. It tried again later, but again it failed. Denver was forced out during the world war. St. Joseph had its vacant years. Sioux City lias just blown for the third time. Of those who sat around the coun cil table and launched the Western league 21 years ago. William A. "Pa” Flottrke was the last to pass out. lie sold his (jnvihn franchise immediately after jhe war. Now tie wants lack in. Nineteen Ilaxe Keen Members. In addition to those cities which made up the original Wi stern and tiio.se which now' comprise its mem brrshtp, Kansas city, Milwaukee, Sioux City, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Colorado Springs, Peoria. Topeka, Joplin and Hutchinson have held franchises in the organization—a total of 19 cities, ranging in popula tion from I'-ss than 20.000 to nearly a quarter of a million. Though its population most of the time has Iwen less than the mini mum established by the national a^ socintion for a class A league, the Western never has hem rated undo th t < 1 o^iflentiou. That it always should have a classification was one of flic compromises in the peace terms, whereby the league surrend eird some of Its largest cities to the American association 20 years ago. More than once it has had to fight for this honor, mainly through the Jealousy of the Texas league, but the national association always has stuck to its promise—though It merely was a verbal agreement. .Next Sunday: " Wrecked by th* I land That lluilt It." R;iiiii<: Resumed al Culver. l,o* Angulos, .1.111, 36. - listless linrso raring was to lie resumed to day at tho Culver city track with a card of six races. Five of the races wore to carry a purse of $300 and the feature rare a purse of $400. Tho Santa Monica handicap was announced as today’s feature. Carlos Enrique, Camouflage 11, Tlorlnga, Korbly, Mouzle and Zenler were en tered. Arthur IMilfey, ex-amateur sprint champion, remarks, "I,o, the poor amateur; pretty soon he will be bur denod with so many irksome rulings that he will not know whether he Is fish, fowl or good red herring. Vet the question still remains, 'What Is an ,amateur?' ” Tilue Spring* Winn Ten. B i* Springs. N' li . .I.m 25.—The Mine Springs hoys’ and girls' basl.at hall Innme son .l donid* hegdi-r hern from Ihn i’l i' k - rlnrcd ready for a hospital. He was said to hate lung trouble anil a lot of other thing*. The Knglish man «|uit the ring for a time and went lo Freddie Welsh's health farm. A short time ago he returned to the boxing game and through his manager, rharlle Harvey, shrewd lit tle pilot of fistic battlers, started on the road to a mnteh with Champion Walker. His victory over Jones, e n sidererl one of the lending wdtei 'weights iii the country. Is further proof that lie Is going to make a hard stall at landing a match with Walker by fighting all I hose who stand In Id.-, winy. The fight in St. I'attl was a re turn affair. Wells and Jones ha I tied ill jtlie Twill ( ities sometime ago, the bout being stopped ill the sixth round by tlio referee when both hovel's fell out nf the ring and yyere injured so badly they could not refitrn. I p to the time tliev fell out of Hie ling, Wells hail the best of the going. It was erroneously reported In The Morning Omaha Ike that Jones hid scored a knockout over Wells. The Kngllshman has not lieen knocked out since coming to tills country Goodman and Sanger Heady. Milwaukee, ,|.in. 2f». Krnle Onum* man, T'nrifh* rnn*d fr.athem right, and Joey Sanger, lo* «1 |n»v r, derlnre Ihemaelvoa In Hhape f«u* their 10 round no decision motoh lo re .Mon day night and have di*eonUnnet! ; heavy training. I tot H men went through t h«i r purr* yesterday afternoon and follow* »* of both are autlftfird that tin* boxer* ere In top form. Tbo mndlth n of Snmrr bat caused nor no ponrern t «* I.Ih bark era, a* he I* returning to t In* rim: filler a long lay off duo to an Injury to hie right hand. i"" Says"Bugs'1 SCRAPPING THE dQT" S NAVY’S SCRAPS Denby Hangs Out an Order Substituting Boxing for Prize Fighting. SECRETARY OE NAVY DEN BY has come out flatkecled against prize fighting. The old boy doesn't want any slugging in his hare of the government budget. If yon rail a black eye a prize, then lhere is prize fighting in the Navy. If you label a split lip a trophy, lion the sailors hare their souvenir r. ins stuffed with expensive acci dents. The 1. S. has always boasted of its lighting navy, and the world has always given it plenty of elbow room either at sea or in the sub w ay. li. nb l iras the boys can box. But no righting. These signal flags mean l bat tl,o sailors w ill step Into the ling and throw a vice-president's sa lute at each other. Twenty-one blanks. The ail of selfish-defense is too lough lor the defenders of a nation. They're supposed to protect us. But not themselves. The ' r- the navy acted at Santia go and Manila always made us bus New Golf Rule Takes Effect N'uv York. Jan. 26.—There seems to h e he* 11 an impression In certain . Vanderpool, the Cnited Ktat'.i Uolf association presl dent, stat'd recently that the rule di i ft< «1 last summer became et fei live on January 1 of this year, and it was so stat'd at the time the notice was vent out. The rule reads: "Club faces shall not liear any lines, dels or other markings made for the obvious purpose of putting a i ut. on the pall, nor shall they be 'lamped or cut with lines exceeding •a ixt• nth of an Inch in width, nor U - < th in three thirty -seconds of nn inch apart, measured on their out side edges. Both line and dot mark ii rn . v lie used either alone or in i onildiia I ion within the sbove limits lions, provided all rough or raised edges are removed." IIddilmk Elected Ire Official. Chamonix, Kranre, Jan. 26.—Wil liam K. Haddock of Pittsburgh, man ager of tbo American Olympic hockey team, was cb'ctrd second vice presi dent of the Internationa] Ice Hockey league at a general meeting held to day. Mr. Haddock did not receive n single vote. As the rules provide Hint one of (he vice presidents must I- rliosi n from western hemisphere luemhci . Haddock mild to William Hewitt of Toronto: "I II loss you for it." Tliev spun a coin and Haddock won. Tile Oii'Eon Slate High School Athletic association has prohibited tut ii re* posl season football gomes. poet that our sailors were getting too manly. Well, tills order will save the : girls the trouble of knitting sox for the boys. The guy who ran't fight should knit his own sox. O OIVK the name of this hunter would spoil his pleasure in n mountod rabbit he has on ex hibition at his home. It is a rabbit which has the hind quarters of a Molly Cotton Tail and tho forequart ers of a siiowshoo or albino rabbit. The animal was one which he shot a short time ago below Bellevue. "It shows,” lie states, “that the rahbits are being hunted so much in this territory that they are tak ing on the protective coloring of the jack rabbits, that is. brown in summer and white in winter. This rabbit that I have apparently hadn't completed llie change. It isn't a freak, it's n natural outcome of present day adaptability to con ditions. However, here's the truth of tt The farmer who owns the land on which the rabbit wns killed has a son. This small atm was presented last oaster w Ith a few white, domestic rahbits. In the spring months they burrowed out of their pen and ram bled til the fields. Hetlce the mixture of roM en tail and white bunny. CROW'9 have a lot of sense. Hunters will tell you that when they are unarmed, crows will come close to them, when armed they fly high and wide, just out of range, l’latte and Missouri river hunters will tell you that crows in variably fly wide of their blinds even though din ks will decoy directly In front of them. It's hard to get the best of a crow. One of the wisest erows met death the other day because lie was tini darn wise.. Some limiters out on a crow limit, built themselves a blind, tint n|> a stuffed owl and startl'd in to bill crows. They Killed about 50. One was slightly crippled so they staked him out In the snow. He sat there apparently perfectly contented. Along came a flock ef crows. Tlie hunters railed them. They swung over and Mr. Cripple crew started to raw. “Good decoy.’* quoth the hunters, crouching lower In the blind. But not so good, for the erows flew away. Tills happened right along for an hour. The hunters would raw In a flock and Mr. (’ripple would caw (hem a warning. Then he would squat lii the snow and rhuckle tn himself lie chuckled once (oo often for a clinige of sixes knocked him loose from his ectoplasm and from jthen on crows decoyed without re jrelvlng .1 warning caw from below. Boston Braves Fndeavor loCel * Babbit Maranville From Pirates New York, Jan. 26.—The Boston Braves nr© trying to get Knhhit Mar anvllle, ttie scrappy little shortstop, l ack to the Huh. At least, the Boston Hub made Barney Dreyfus*, president <»f the Unite*, an offer for the Rab bit, while Barney was hero putting the final details on the 1921 Mg league schedule* In company with John Deydler 'hnd Ban Johnson. While Barney came oast to help clone up tin* schedule, hr also ''as In a receptive mind to receive any of fer* for Rabbit Mm anvillo St me time aro Harney was rather distressed that other chili* thought so little of the | Rabbit when he put him up for frndo. Ifowever, Boston came along with .1 proposition for a player swap for M n *n vllle. Now Dreyfusa has de cided that Boston I* the last club In t fir Jimimio which has any no d of Rah Mt Muiutnille and thtrelUm tie re gal'd* the Boston bid with consider aide suspicion. lie suspect* that If he traded Marnnville hack to Boston that the IPthint'* ultimate destination would t'O the I ’oh) (Hound* and not Back Bay. In other word*. Prey fuss can’t wee what Bouton want* with Maranvtll#. Tim Bravi** have Bancroft for short stop and Tierney for second base, the only hiy lrairu# position* that Marnn ville ever has played. Therefore, what Induced Boston t«» make a proposi tion fur him * The answer, Mr, 1 hoy fuss ltolie\cs. In to acquire Maranvllle to frndi him to .lohn .1. MeOravv. Now Barney lias no deshe to see the (H int . tin ther streniithened Th# (Hants have won three straight xe.trs. twice alter the I’lttshuruh club blew up. and they will be a prett> haul cnmldn.itlon to stop this > ear with their present lineup. Therefore l>rev» fuss I* not Inclined to let Mamin III# com# to ilk# Uatnts<* MM \ I I r**itcM« i» muv. i*n «. North Dakota oiii\cr*it> . In. *«nith ll.gli Hi; ( ftttrul High. 13. tfcnrVH. Trrh. X. M ati;. h«»i*rl.V. 30; l,aiclr. IT. IlHvrliH k. IT: I ni\er*it\ IMarr. 16. Milford. IT; II, M ill. 14. '•r«»tt* bluff. IX ; Torri ngton, It. button. lb; \*h|and, |i< uii C'itv. 10; Oxford. 'J < h:«lrota. 14; Mn*wi»rtli. V. W itch#-ll. !»; Sidney. T. I iik-oIii. »«: York. it. Sioux < it>. 20: Ahrahum Umoln. 13. OT1II Its. ( oloraafo college, „l; Denver univrr-.i ty. (•dorado Aggie*. 22; I nhertdty of j Colorado. 14. Imlianu. .51; Ohio. ?9 Ua»*uehua*rttw Aggie*. '.’6 Hitranrd, 22. 1 *. *. Mo »»e* onivtr»it> . IW. North I>a kota Aggie*. IT. >ii**our'. 3!; Drinnell. 19. N of re I rain.. 35; Mulligan Aggie*. 18 I a» wren re rollrge. 3 I; ( arroll college. |8. IWIrnt « c II* ge. .<1 fltrti'iqiie III. British Polo Dales \rnuvrnl Tendon, Jan. 2«i.—The Ranctagh pnln manager* have arranged the fol lowing provisional dates for next sea son’s tournaments. The first for de « i«4j«.r; will ’»e the Ranclagh hamli'i|» tournament, fixed f* r the week of May 2G-31. A start will be made on Whit Mon Jay. June with tie tour nament for the nanelagh open* ha 1 lenge cup, of which the present hold ers are the Free I root era,-n train i't»Vn prislng the dukjg of Penarundn Sir Charles I.owth r »and Captain It. It. Smart.) W. S. Buckmaster and Lord i hdlnio! !• ley. It % »s In ti e fin J of this tournament last year that Sir Charles Lowther had a had fall, which put an end to his season's polo. Mr. Buckmaster. owing to this, was un ab’e ti» of i.i'ieje f«*r the coronation cup. whit'll was won by the Indian Tiger*, who had been specially invited t«» play. The coronation cup this year will be contested between July 7 and 12, which is also County Polo week at R&nelagh. . in which the prime of Wales has • Icommons, will take place on Satur day, July IJh Other lianelagh tourn i menl dab * are, the Invitation cup, t»» he played during \*<*ot week, Jun»* lit 21: the novice*’ cup June 23 1!$, 'and the -a ha Herns’ cup. July 11 P>. Bi 2 Tliree Eln ens v to Take l p Boxing New York. Jan. I#.—Harry Cross, a sporting authority, says that no sooner did Captain Clrecnough of the Harvard football eleven announce that he wot going to lake up boxing to keep himself In shape for next year's gridiron season. than the whole Princeton squad was ordered to report to the gym and put on box Ing gloves. The lino of thought Is sound, for If tsxxing Is going to help Harvard football, it will al«o help Princeton football. Yale la still to be heard front. From till- move at Harvard and Prlncaton, It Is not to he assumed that football and boxing have any thing in common Nor "III the play ers lie permitted to bring tho gloves to the gridiron next fall Njilion.il l.raptit* to Hold N1 Now York. 2<». — President John V. 1 frvdlcr has i sued a mil for the National league ml 1 winter meeting heir on February 12. Ratification of the 1924 schedule, detail* of which already have been worked out In Joint conference with the American league, and n report on plans for the National league's f>Oth anniversary Jubilee In 1925 are among matter* to come before flic magnates. I ntiiki.* Iturrin Urals Uornum Im* Angeles. Jan. 26.- Frankie Marcia local featherweight, last night won the decision over .hie Monuan of Portland in the main event of a boxing show aY the Holly wood Anieri can region stadium. \nd> ICnbc) Foster, famous colored plt« her. i • \ a wing the Negro National Has. ball league season, says the or* iranl/.ation paid out to players $129. | ooo, Miid for the u**o of parks 116 ..000. For i alii on.1 fares, sleeping car faces | rciui board, $13t».000. Creighton Bluejavs Face Two Hardest Games of Schedule % in Dakota \*™ies—Nebraska k k. Loach Schabinger and PIa\ci> Will Vttend Nebraska-Kansas Game a> Lue»t- of Hu-ker- at Lincoln Tonight—Bluejavs Defeat North Dakota l uivor-ity Flickerlails Friday Night by the Score of 33 to 10. By "WAG.” - - * —— i T 11 ■= *> v e n sttaiirht victories '•• its credit, ttc _ Creighton uttiver z^S|L s j f y Basket ball ^—\ jteam w;il rest tr> t inlay, nut Mon lav will resume •tract i< e for the Tames with the North I»a kotf» State college and the 1‘niversity of Nf hra*ka teams which i n v a d e Omaha lTuesdaf and Friday nights of the coming week. The North lMfc'-ta Aggies are ex l*ected to give Creighton a harder hit tie than any team the HItiejays have come in contact with this srj son. List tiiclit l>es Moines UlliVersil\ • I. tested tlie \ggic'. l!l to IT. in wlnt press ilispati lies say was one of I lie hardest fought court battle' ever singed in lies Moines. The Tigers ■ a*1 previously non over the Ne braska W esley alls by the score of I to I5. Coach Kline and Captain Hilly I slier of the Nebraska quintet were nests of t reightnn university of the Blueiay-KIh ’ ertail contest l ist ni-lit. t oaeli Kline and "Cap" l slier h.-.d nothing but praise for the Blue jays. Tonight ilie Creighton team, aeeom ; panic 1 by Couth Scholungcr, will at ! tend the Nebraska-Kansas came as guests of the University of Nebraska. The game will he played at the state armory* In Lincoln. The North Dakota Aggie and the Nebraska games next week mean that i 'reighlon has a hard week aload. Itoth the Ai-ga-s and the Musk* * i* | expected to give the Hlooj'vs the hardest games of their schedule I •re.ghtou s 11 to I" victory ov. r IN rth Dakota iinii * r“iiy Ki lay was the seyenth consecutive victory f-T the Rluejiiys and the third N.alh Itnei collegiate ronferene-e win. A largo nowd attended the game and was treated to streak* of good basket I ball on the part of both teams. During the first half the Kllrker tails made the going sort of rough for the Dine jays. Creighton pried the lid off the scoring box soon after the game started, when Johnny Troutman scored three field goals with three shots. It was a hit of good work on Tmutman's part and put the Itluejays in thr lead for the remainder of the con test I The aenre at the end of the-first half was II to S. In the final period Naively started the scoring with a field goal and Harris of the ftsilors followed. The score was 15 to ' when the Rlusj.iv - went on their usu.it I scoring spine When this w.i* finished 'he count read SI to * and the second s'lingers were In tho lineup. T im:;. again copped the high “ i.ng holers with five field goals ml a free throw. Captain Lovely w s «<■ nd with five field baskets. For the Fiickertails, Harris and But .-.matt played a good game. \[MetieClub Tank Teani Vi ins "h i,! Athletic club tanker*, last -ht defeated the University of Ne rush i I'j'iutic stars, 47 to 21, in ti e second annual dual swimming me' • held in the athletic ciub pool. The llusker outfit won but on® ■" rst p! -o nd that In the 160-yard -• -1: Norman Plato car • the ■ cut In 1 minute and 15 t Nels Swerro of tho O. A i v. -i.« -e. nd .nd Bill Thomas also :i r.'hlpt club entrant was third !.• lb y Lucas won the plunging f| distance contest with a mark of 7 1 7 feet to his credit. John Camjv boll of Nebraska was second and Norman Plate was third. The l» • i rrd free style event was iidured by John Robertson. ll.s i e w * 1:03 l 2. Jack Hunton *. ? 1 nd and Norman Hedder oapt iiid third place. A to w dull record was established pi • ,V>;ard relay event. A team i composed of Vernon lludder. Dick Hayden. .1 ■ Girtboffer. and John Rolyrst'oi con)pleted the event in ] The former • time was 1:53. made in 11*21 -1 jnk Mo*-kler, 14. won the 150 vard 1 ■ k stroke also breaking a lab !■ ' lie swam the distance n ;:•■*> The former record sms .■11 ! R*-gii Id Ramsey of the lit A t" W:>« second. .! k K "' r won the fancy diving j. \.-M H R. t o nerd of Nebraska was *■•••>. * mil Rainier Gallup of the O. A finished third. John R' I-erisen won the 50-yard free style event in :2R 3-5. The 220 raid free style was won by Joe Girtboffer in 2:44 3 5. Stanford KrfuseR Invitation. Stanford t'niveralty. Cal.. Jan. JR.— Stanford mi: vers tty has turned down an Invitation to participate in the Vnlversity o? rennsylvania relay car no a| rext -pring on the ground that i" would Interfere with the annual Stanford California track meet on April 2R. i Minnesota l ank Tram \\ in«. Minneapolis ,ian 2R The well ha; a- t Ri -!ly . f Mmnesola swim* mine team won Its fii-st Pig Ten vie f t'o, ison last night by de feating tlie Chicago university tank men in a dust swimming meet a". :**i\. pool. J* to 30. Sarazen and Havers Resume (iolf Battle at l.os \n«reles Tomorrow Sun Kvihu im O. Jan i - The Inter national Golf match between Arthur Havers. British open dum p, n and Gene Saraztn, youthful \mertcan professional title holder has hern transferred to Los Angles where to morrow the two will cross clubs in the final 36 holes of the 72 hole con test on the links of the HtUrreM v ountry club Snrn*cn b> virtue of the three heir lead which he cM a Wished ever h’s British rival on the trick' Hap and I linker infest oil course of the l*ak* Merced Golf and tVun'iv clue »cinsr here yestenlav in the ftr*t 3»* heirs of the mat* h, mb's a slight f ivcn r \ driv ing i atm-; <»im *im u ■ * ef the contest threw both pla>o:s off i | " pin yeti consistently hi;Ullfiiit Sarasen's game prevail Mendict limn that of Havers, particularly t the green, although to* l.iUer outdivvi . >m illy during the after noon round, encountering difficulty - his ip;-e i he* and tn hi* putts Sararen's card for the J* hole# was 1M and Haver's ISi. !!trr\ Ponovau I nrun "Pro.'* Hu v Donovan. Omaha golfer, ha* tint •! t>i t-ssiinnl. Young Donovan who dlst'oguished himself aa a golfer tn ilie hist two state golf tourna ments has U mi appointed golf pro at the hiinev Golf and Country chit Koarrev Net * — Ittraks Hijilt Jump Hot'onl. ('hkdiji', a*an *l.irv'IJ i**horr,* tho wt'rUI * iaaa'iaI In hi*h jumT lh»' llPi.i MMi'ta' tiub trmcV • •' ! )** < i ’ \ ;hl He d«,irtd f ' . ' ’ • w*»r\1 9 i«voiU l*»v pih> half inch. ,