■4~ =, 1 The Omaha Sunday Bee i- 4
VOL. 68—NO. 86. PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1024. 1—B FIVE CENTS
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Major Ball Teams Prove Attractive to Many Former Sandlotters
Recruits Are Flocking to Big
Leagues for Coming Season
•Jure Ilian 100 New Names
Have Been Added Now
and Others ^ ill Come.
By Associated Fres*.
•New York. Feb. 9.—National
league clubs will take south an un
usually promising array of new tal
ent this year for the spring training
and testing program, according to
an official list made public today at
league headquarters.
Mor# than 100 additions have been
made to the rosters of the eight clubs
m the senior circuit. Of these about
^0 will strive for the first time to
land major league berths. The re
mainder were recalled for further
i rial or obtained in major feague
oeals.
i ’hristy Mathewson s Boston Braves
^pa^^ad the list with 110 additions to
the squad. Pittsburgh and Brook
l'n are next with 17 and 1(1. respec
i veiy. while Cincinnati, standing pat
i’ll its lineup outside the box, ha?
i lie smallest number of newcomers,
I ve. *
Recruits, of whom high hopes arty
entered, include Pitcher Kremcr, olv
I tilled fry the Pirates from the Pa
fic coast: Lucas, hurler, obtained
by the Braves from San Antonio;
I ••teller Yarrison and Shortstop Jones,
Brooklyn rookies from the Pacific
cast, ^and Jakie Mays, expensive
southpaw bought by Cincinnati from
Vernon, Cal.
The complete list follows:
Boston.
Pitchers—Batchelder and Kemp,
left handers; former with Worcester
■nd latter semi-pro of P.oxbury,
•Mass., last year. Graham, six-foot
Alabaman, who pitched for Little
Rock last year. Lansing, secured
from Macon, Ga. Fred Lucas from.
•S.in Antonio. Stryker from Worces
ter. Yeargin from Greenville, S. C.
Catchers—Cousineau and Phillips:
iornier from Albany and the latter
Jrom a semi-pro of Worcester.
Jflnllelders—Lane and Lefler from
Knoxville. Tenn. Padgett from Mem
phis. (Bancroft, Tierney and Kelle
ber, added infield strength, are big
1 >aguers secured by trade or pur
chase.)
i lutfielders—Bagwell from Worces
• r. Hperber. a leteran minor leaguer
■T '.’7. front Houston. Emmerich, also
i, from Worcester. (Stengel and
< unninghain. National leaguers se
• nod by trade).
Brooklyn.
Pitchers- Green, left hander, three
>'.<rs in Virginia league. Long, six
rs in American association and
Sui thorn league, secured from Mo
ii i’c. MePhee, semi-pro, St. Thomas,
c lllnger. St. Petersburg. Fla. league.
V-’.n rison from Portland. IShrlver,
.iecalted from Alban;.)
Catcher—Simpson, one year with
•Npringtleld in Class B.
Tnflelders—Johnston, St. Peters
• urg, Fla. Slate. Johnny Jones, Port
iiind. Khigman. Dos Moines. Sil
verman. semi-pro, Zanesville, O.,
strongly recommended by Fournier.
iMcCarron, Mullen and Schmandt re
called.) l.oftus from Bridgeport.
(Barber recalled.)
Chicago,
Pitchers—-Wheeler nml Osborn, pui
i based from Wichita Falls, T* \.
Pierce from Topeka, Kan. Collins
fiom Rockford, til. Hush from
Greenville, Miss. Jacobs and Blake
from Seattle. (Stauffer recalled from
1 lartford.)
Uatcher — Churry, drafted from
London. Ont.
Infleklers — Turgeon, purchased
from Beaumont. (Cotter and Bsrrctl
ircalled from Wichita Falls.)
Outfielders—Murray, semi-pro. Chi
• iico. (Gristly recalled from Wichita
I'alft.)
( im imiati. t
Garry llerrnmnn stood pal on his
a-t year's second place team except
n the pitcher's box. He purchase)
'akie May. the Vernon lefthander,
and Tom Sheehan from St. Paul, and
Joe Prlesmuth. a lefthander from
V^Muskogee, Okla. He signed Pedro
'ibut, a Cuban free agent. (Carl
Maya was purchased from the New
York American League club.)
Philadelphia.
Pitchers—Brown. Bishop. Manning,
recalled from Williamsport, Pa. l’ln
to, recalled from Nashville. Winters
lecalled from Hartford.
Catchers—Luebbe, purchased from
Grand Island. Parker, recalled from
HairtfoiTJ.
I n fielders—Woehrs. Williamsport.
Lord from Rockford. Metz from
Grand Island. Rapp recalled from
Fort Worth, and Ford aecured In
trade with Boston.
Outfielders—Ray rowel) secured in
rads with Boston.
Pittsburgh.
Pitchers—Burns, semi-pro. Shelby,
X. c. Deraarest, from Beatrice, Ns
-casks Stata League. Kremer, Oak
land. LeweTen, University of Ne
braska. Lurtdgren. Flint, Mich. Mat
thews. Kentucky Blue Grass league.
Herbert May. Omaha, Western
league. Emil Yde, Oklahoma City.
Foulk, recalled from Williamsport.
I a., and John Wright from Peoria.
111.’
Catcher—Knox. ties Moines Unl
t erslty.
Inflelder* — Barnes from Peoria,
Three Eye league. Moore, Atlanta.
Glenn Wright. Kansas City.
Outfielders — Frank Luce. Flint,
Mich. Cuyler, recalled from Nash
villa. Haas and Leavitt, recalled
Horn Williamsport.
New York.
Pitchers—I.eete from Amherst Col
lege. Bradshaw from Toledo. Em
i st Maun from Wichita, Western
league. Walter Rosner, semt-pro,
,,FXeW York. Stoner from Knoxville
Webb, recalled from Pittsfield. Dean
from I/OUlsvtlle. Baldwin. Newark.
Catchers — Florence from George
town. Ainsworth, free agent.
Infielder—Fred Llndstrom, Toledo.
Outfielders—Lewis Wilson, fronr
Portsmouth, Virginia State league.
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Breaks Record
Miss Sybil Hauer who, on the
third day of the aquatic carnival
at Miami, Fla., lowered the record
time (or the 30-yard hack stroke.
The former record was held liy
Miss Hauer and was 34 2-3 seconds, i
IThe record now is 33 3-5 seconds.
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Huge Arena for
Firpo-Wills Bout
New York, Feb, 8.—The syndicate
of business men which apparently has
landed the match between Lula Angel
Firpo and Harry Wills intends to
erect a brand new arena for this
match, but the cite of the structure
still remains a dark mystery. Ac
cording to Ihe beat information air
arena will Ik* erected which will have
a eiatlng capacity of 12.000 persons.
1 .ike the famous fight stadium at
Michigan City the proposed structure
r ill be sunk into the ground and will
he composed almost entirely of con
crete. The ground "ill be scooped
cut, de^p at the middle and then
slope gradually up to the outer edge,
a thin layer of concrete will be
poured over the surface of the ex
cavatton and the seals will lie placed
upon this solid foundation. A few
rows of seats will be raised above the
ground level, but it is expected that
r.t least 100.000 seats will l.e^iltuated
In the bowl Itself.
An arena ouch as this would lie
perfectly safe* as far ns tipping over
or collapsing Is concerned and at the
same time be practically fireproof.
The cost attached to constructing a
bowl sunk Into the ground In much
smaller than erecting stands above
the surface and at the same time pro
vides the safest structure for housing
nn enormous crowd of people that
possibly could be put together. The
site of this structure lias not been
decided upon, according to reliable in
formal Ion, but several plots of ground
in and alKUJt New York are under
consideration and it '* expected that
the final choice will l,e made vety
shortly.
Tourists Play Lacrosse.
Los Angeles, Feb. 9.— Thr$e games
of Lacroese in which all of the par
ticlpants are W'omen were on the
sport program for the Canidlan tour
ists tenth annual reunion today at
exposition park.
The first battle was for the ladles'
Lacrosse chamiponsblp of America;
with the Canadian national railway's
silver trophy aP stake. The' second
game provided competition between
lady amateurs from eastern and west
ern Canada and the third was an ex
hibltion game.
Double Header Played.
Shenandoah, Feb. 9.—Shenandoah
High split even In a basket ball
double-hsadet, the girls w inning, 28
to 18 from Nebraska City and the
hoys losing a hard-fought game to
Greenfield. 21 to 14.
New Infielders to Play in Major Leagues for First Time
Seven Shortstops
to F) av Regularly
in Majors in 1924
IVckinpaiigli ami Scott \rc
bearing End in Big Time
Show—Lee Willi
1 Bed Sox.
. New York, Feb. 9.—Seven sliort
stops will begin to play regularly on
major league ball teams when the
championship pennant raves open
V»ril 15. Another is about to start
urw second season in fast company,
ui!e two veterans in that important
m tion probably will he replaced in
19”*). The new regulars at short
field are Travis Jackson of the
Giants. Jimmy Jones of the Brook
iyn, A tie ms of the Cubs. Wright of
the Pirates. B n of the Cardinals,
Lee of the Red Sox and Barrett of tre
Whit* Sox. Sand of the Phillies
“Broke in" last spring, and. though
somewhat erartic in fielding, he Im
proved with experience until Man
ager Fletcher now believes he will
he a fixture. Roger Peckinpaugh of
the Washingtons and Kvorett Scott
of the Yankees are nearing the end
in the big circuits.
McGraw always has Been well forti
fied at shortstop. Bill Dahlen was
among the Giant's stars when they
won their first pennant under the
little Napoleon in 1904. After the
.retirement of Dahlen. Met;raw de
veloped* A1 liridwell Jnto a w inner and
then uncovered Fleteh* a great
player, who was surseed d by Dave
B i tin oft three' years ago.
Robinson Imps Twenty.
Manager Robinson «»f the Brooklyn*
has had ex peri ante with 20 or more
shortstops in the last 10 years. Al
though he tried French, Berg and
others last year he readily approved
the purchase of Jones from the Feat
tie club. Jones and a pitcher named
Yarrison were purchased By Colonel
Ebbets and the McKeevers for $50,000
last fall and from all accounts Jones,
af TFist. will fill the bill.
Dudley Leo. new shortstop of the
Red sox, cost $50,000. Me was a
sensation in Tulsa of the Western
league lapt sfason and the price of
hi* release was considered cheap.
Barrett, who will start at short field
for the White Sox, is an outfielder,
but Frank Chance wants to use him
regularly because of his heavy hat
ting. also for the reason that two
years ago he was a pretty clever
infielder.
Adams, a midget, i* slated t«> play
short for the Cubs in the expected
absence of Charley llollocher. ‘who
still refuses to return to baseball.
Adams Jumped into Ilollocher's shoes
last Septeinlier and received much
praise In < Idea go.
Wright With Pirates.
Wright, bought from Kansas City
for $40,000 by the Pirates, will sup
plant “Rabbit” Maranville at the out
set and if he comes up to expecta
tions the latter will be traded.
Bell of the Cardinals is Branch
Rh key's choice to cover the position
insfeid of Doc Bavnn. But “Specs”
Toporcor may crowd the youngster to
the wall later In the approaching
campaign.
Jimmy O'Connell, whoso signed con
tract for the coming season ban been
received at the offices of the Giant*,
v»»nn Is to Becin Ids second attempt
to make good in fast company, his
first, which was carried on through
ia*t season to warrant his retention
«''Connell. <>f c ourse, showed enough
last season to warrant his rltentlon
by the ('Rants, but he was a disap
pointment to every one, including
nnnself Ill-health, nostalgia find the
lingering effects of n poor start as
a big leaguer combined to k«#p him
from performing at his best, but the
youngster has put the dark days of
192*1 behind him.
"This year." he wrote to John Mr
Oraw, “I am confident I will make
good for you. 1 want to thank you
for the way In which you treated me
last year and I hope you will he re
warded for your patience by seeing
me come through as a useful mem
ber of the team this year."
McAdam Under Harvey.
Charley Harvey, manager of Billy
Wells, has added a newcomer to his
string of fighters. Mick McAdams,
featherweight champion of Scotland,
ia the mail and Charley declares that
he Is good.
McAdams has Been hailed as a sec
ond Jem Driscoll and n "sure chnm
pion” bv none other than the groat
Jem himself, according to Marvev.
Babe Ruth Intends to Break llis
Record of r>9 Home Runs This Season
New York, Keb. 8 - Babe Hutli was
In town the other day und tvas the
picture of health, 'fhe Balm Is a
little rotund, perhaps, but then Jtuth
never would make any money posing
aa ft living skeleton, lie'll probably
have to shed off some pounds at
Hot Springs, hut then that is all 11 1m
own buslnoss.
Ruth says lie lias put in a pleas
ant winter at the Sudbury (arm,
hut he is anxious to get off to Hot
Springs. "It will feel good again
to wrap my hands arouiuh a bat,”
said Ills Italie.
Ruth says he will be Hit next
mentli, and figures If he does not
break Ills home run record of .111
next season it pnihahly will stand.
Anyway, he intends to take anoUier
• rrark at it, and expressed the hope
that the pitrliers next season will
not be so liberal with tlielr bases
oil balls. ||e iloe** not rare a hang
about setting a new base on balls
record last season.
While the Ha bo likes the new pas
ture of the Yanks, lie thinks his
chance of hanging up a now borne
run record would ho better if the
Yanks still were tenants at the Polo
grounds. lie thinks the right field
bleachers at the stadium are much
more difficult for home run purposes
than the light field zone at the Polo
grounds
I sure could pump a lot of b»l!v
into that Giant stand opined the
Ha he.
Needles* to say, the Harnhlno Is
rather certain that the Yanks will
upset all precedent and win a fourth
straight pennant.
"Who In there to stop us?** asked
the Babe.
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Pa and Ma Coffman Helping Train Their Son Royal for Olympic Tryouts \
By RALPH WAGNER
Till! fitribllngs of Atlanta, Ga.,
haven't anything on the <*«ff
mans of Council Bluffs.
No siioe!
Coffman attends ttip fight, but she
says her |#o'P is at home where she
sees to it that Royal gets the right
Ryan, instructor in boxing at the
O. A. gi\es Royal advanced in
struction in fisticuffs. ,
I4ke> "Pa” and "Ma” Strlbling of
Hip fistic game, "Pa” and 'Ma” Ooff
*~Q%£ Ca&wn %ai
^urMjfoihAsaJiisSurMif test
(nan are helping, hoisting and work
ing for their son. Royal, to become
a greater, better and more experi
enced lightweight fighter.
Royal is a lightweight of consid
erable promise. Me Is only 17 years
old and has everything In his favor.
Me ia a rlever Isjxer and can punch
with either mitt. Royal also has
<how n an extra amount of ability
to take ’em aflrt come out smiling.
I,ike Htrlbllng, Royal Coffman is
bring t.ikrn care of by liin pa and
in i l.ioli time Royal fights, pa Is
i hi.- -on’s corner. Sometimes Mrs.
kind of food and the proper arnom
of sleep, all of which rocs a long
way to make a Vetter f'eht»r nut of
a promising youngster auch as hei
son.
"Pa” Coffman Is a , "railroader,"
to use the parlance of the ralhoad,
and works at night. However, he
gets off work when his son fight*.
During the daytime ihe elder Coff
man takes Royal in tow and the Hi"
go on the road together and workout
in the gymnasium. Thrre times a
week the two tourney over to the
Omaha Athletic dull where fienn1
Young t'offman staged Ills ama
teur fistic career two jcar* ago and
still belong* to the amateur class’. He
baa won the Mid-western A. A U
championship In the lightweight class
an l ha* collected enough medals |*>
cause of hi* ability to push tht’lea
tl,er 10 make < tenoral Pershing sort
of nervous.
At the present. Coffman is trmn
inc for the Olympic tryouts which
will Is* held at Kansas City. March
IT. At the la«t Kansas City meet he
won over the champ of that section
of the country, so doesn't expect to
l.a\e much ‘ pubis next time, al
though I’a Coffman says he isn't tak
ing any • hances.
Denny Ryan can't anything
but Coffman .11 the ulympi : games
in Paris This, however, all depends
mi whether Hoys! wins at Kansas
City and then in Boston where the
final tryouts will l-e held.
A' nrding to Pa Coffman. Royal al
ways liked to push the leather gaunt
bt». Even when Royal and his
hrotiier were "kr.ee high to a grass
hopper" they weir boxing at public
gatherings, such as fairs and the like.
DU\\ N af St. Petersburg. Fla.,
"Pop" Warner is taking on a
healthy tan to start hia 30th
j year of football coaching. Hate In
March the Instructor who made great
lecnnis with Cornell, Carlisle and
Pittsburgh starts for Iceland Stanford
to open up the spring school of foot
ball tactics, where next fall he will
bo thrown into a deadly grapple with
Andy Smith's great California team,
unbeaten for four years. "Pop"
knows the Job be faces and the great
strength of Andy Smith's organize
Unn, but within a year or two ho
hope s tu put Stanford In the running
for at least an even brenk with the
unbeatable Hems of the IJnldon state.
Our first recollection of "Pop"
Warner as a coach was around 1H95,
when lie handled Georgia university
and turned oat a star team. Since
that date lie has carried through an
an owing record of brilliant teams. He
was usually handicapped at Pitts
burgh by a schedule that few teams
in the country could have carried.
Few of the best would be willing
to open a campaign with West \fr
ginia and Ijifayette, and then raoxe
along without any resting places by
tlie autumn road side. But by late
November "Pop" usually had Pitts
burgh up with the strongest teams be
tween file two oceans.
Warner knows football and Warner
knows men. He Is a brilliant tnstruc
stor and n flne#leadcr. a first-class do
voloper of morale. "I hope to have
good material." he a.iid recently, "hut
it always takes time to get any ay*
fem started at a new place. 1 have
had one of my aids on the job, and
this will help, but ft may be another
\ ear before we can hope to meet l ull
forniu on even terms with an even
• ■linnes to win. They play fine foot
ball along the P.ielfic coaM, where
the material Is usually big and rugged
and lu love with tin* game. California
lias had to play great fi*ntbnll to go
four years vinlieateii. but J-bnith is •
star comii and bis material ban been
of the best."
Down a( Clearwater, Ida., where
llrnnkl>n trains, the fan population I*
looking for great deeds from "Daily"
Vaiue this year. "There is the boy,"
remarked one of the oldtiiue camp
followers of the game, "win* Inis the
stuff and the disposition. He had a
great >rnr last season, hut be will hr
tile best pitcher in either league h>
next October. \ ant e made a big hi!
tliroiigli this seetiou last spring and
the west coast is pulling lor him to
stand on top of the pitching list h>
the siiinmer'iH end "
The west const Is al o looking fur
Clcnnn Collett to have the great cm
golf season litis vear who has yet
known. Her game was never quite
•«s good this early In the aeason, end
If whs clutmu t got overgolfed through
too many tournaments she will ye
turning in fcores equal to the male
cavalcade. No one ha# come upon a
filler exhibition of nerve than she
hhowH agoinet Me*. Hurd In a recent
tournament match. The two were
ail square coming to the final green.
Miss Colicu's t<e shot had been hook
cd to within a foot or fo of the rail
road track. Before she could get to
her hall the train came in and
stopped, forcing her to play a hard
pitch almost up against one of the
cars, with interested tourist* peering
out of the train windows Just hIkjvo
her head. She was forced to take a
shortened swing on account of the
Pullman, yet got the hall to within
1.’ feet of the cup, and then holed her
putt for a three, with Mr*. Hurd only
four feet away. It wai a spectacular
effort, calling for both skill and nerve.
Iti her first tournament MUf I ollett
had two rounds of 75. This is fust
marching for any company. It is
three or four strokes better than she
was pla.ving at the same date a year
ago. Her game seems In have stead
ied down nil along the line, with the
fine power she puts into a punch
under better control.
"I'll tell you one reason why Harry
Wills is the only heavyweight who
hits a chance against Dempsey/9
wrjtcs D. H. W ills l* the only big
heavyweight who know* anything of
in fighting. Gibbons does, but Gib
bon* isn't strong enough or big
enough. Flrpo Is big enough, but he
doesn’t know tin* first principle of in
fighting. of getting in close and Jab
bing away effectively. lie Is only
dangerous with room enough to swing
that hammering light 11st. Hills is
i good mail at close range, where he
does his Im'hi work, and Dempsey has
u habit of crowding in clootdy as soon
as he can get there, lie Is a great
man to ru- h in and start his slan t j
Jalje working, ami this suits Wills'
exactly. I don’t say that Wills could
heat Detnimey, but he would be the
nn xt dangerous opponent of the let
l For unless Flrpo has learned n lot.
he will !w' lucky to last out the first
round, if they meet again.
I
The best way mil of (Ids argument
is to see liovv Wills and Flrpo fare.
This is the kittle Unit should precede
anv Dempsey engagements I ir|*i
needs al least one tough opponent
I.eTore lie has another crack at I letup
m\v. atnl Wills will be tough enough
to suit. I letups* .v will lumllv meet
both, ami so In* mlclit just as well
meet the w iinu i.
!• ijilil I an I)ro|ix I )oa«l.
Sioux lily, la . Kcl». William
Ft gei.ild dropped dead of apoplevv
while watching a boxing exhibition
at the nudltorium last night. The
<b ad man w*»* an employe of n Hv«
stock commission company here
El» UYliKItT of hunting fame
likes to have a tremendous
sized stool of deco)s out around
the tdlnd when )-• hunting. Mr
therefore carries about vn profile de
coys in a pack or. bin back and then
proceed* to allng a sa k over his
shoulder containing a dozen Iwlsam
wood dr oy*. n half dozen cedar woodl
and a dozen Illinois river decoys.
Thace. when set out. tnake quite a
showing.
I d however, is far from imitent
with alt Ibis, lie always ruts a
lot of lit He willow wands ami
slicks them in the sand, fit tine the
hills of his kill to them ami letting
them float at anchor in this way.
These dead lords make splendid Ho
rny* and are very life like. Inri
dentally. I hey make a heller show
ing than do blocks nr prnfil* and
only have to be carried one way,
thus lightening the load.
KViends left Kd In til# Wind one
d«y la*t fall and went out after
rabbits. Hd proceeded to knork the
spots out of about CO MaJIards
while they were away. These he
placed on the willow wand* as usual.
Came a lull and Kd dozed a little, tie
woke to hear a clamor and a splash
ing amid the water and loe about the
decoys. Me looked up and then started
a bombardment
Practically every one of the Msl
lards had just hern i rippled and
stunned by their fall. When placed
on the vvanils their hills froze In
them and on mining alive they
found they couldn't get away, \hnul
eight managed to get loose anil
started floating down stream, lie
had to Minot litem all over again.
The joke of it is.that Ed is a craek
shot and very rarely makes a cripple.
This time he made -0 and the reason
was discovered when he lookoj at his
shells Someone had loaded his shell,
test with No. !> shot, and it stunned,
rather than killed, the northern
ducks.
Bin Munn Mav
r
Meet Ed Lewis
N< m York !'•;> # - Out of t!t«.
west wul ii'iiie ".St rangier Lewis'
opponent in the wrestling show to l<*
staged I'V the newly formed Mayfldw
er Athletic corporation <t th
Seventy first regiment armory on
February 1'.’
Matchmaker t'urby Is making
every effort to Induce Billy Samlow,
manager of Lewis, to pit the chain
plon against on* of the n>ntender*
who has heretofore been avoided by
Lewis.
Another nty sterious new comer from
the west, a former college athlete
with a foothall, hoitng and w restllng
reputation, will be Introduced at tbe
first show. He Is known as Big It*.
Munn of the Fnlversit' of Nebraska.
He weighs pounds, and Is six
feet four inches In height
\ algor Moots Dofoe.
New- York. Feb 9.- Benny Yalgcr.
130 pound title aspirant, and Billy lie
foe. of St Paul, met tonight In a ten
round match for the third time in a
year Neither Itoxrr displayed a
marked superiority of skill in their
other engagements Valger, lc» own
manager for a year, has placed hint
seif under the direction of Poddy Mul
lins manager of Harry M ills
Little Chief Is Favored In Race
Followers for Honors in Handicap
Little Chief, pride of the Colorado
stable and a former member of the
lUfli oi Hs at ring, has been elected as
"best hei" in tlm coming Croffoth
handicap at Tiajnana ns n real lit rf
his an per h w nl In the Owners' hand!
cap the other day. The splendid run
net* not only look the wire but he
also lowered the truck retard h\
MCCOIld
Little chief has always been a
horse to shoulder his wax along over
a route. |l»' likes » distance and can
pack along almost ahv given weight
to g!or>.
Formerly Little Chief ran with the
• olOts of the Kain uFis stable \t
tlmt time he had such stable mate*
as Z*-\ . Whether that assot iation
caused him tf> round into Ins present
form, or whether it was the excellent
training he received under the expert
hands of Sam Hildreth, oi whether
1t was just inherent . . .m no?
he said but the f.n t remains. Little
£hicf is * race horse
1 V. Humphries, ovur: of the Col
oratlo *Uble*. has declared that Little
i'hief will not he held from the
track pending the running of the hlj;
handlrap.
“Little i hlef * a race horse and
1 »m proud of him.” Humphries
said ' The fans hke hint and a a
long aa he ran run. he i* in a wa\
puldle property, l have m* Intention
of stabling him and will enter him tn
< \er\ r»o*» that wan ants hi* per
for mame
I am hu \ » ! . v»'d u\ ts it result
of this statement ami an* following
I.ittle filter* activities with deepest
Interest, livery time the sleek hang
tail goo* to the post hi* admirer* are
r*ad> to show their Appreciation of
hi* past form
Pat McGill to
Appear in Mat
Show in N. V.
U isner Latl to Meet Champion
Lewis in Cotham Ring on
Tuesday—INcl»ra*kan Fs
Choice of Curley.
I\i» McGill of- Winner, Neb., who
has been making a name for himself
in wrestling contests throughout the
west, will make his ihst appearance
in New York when he meets the
champion, .Strangler Lewis, at the
opening show of the Mayflower Ath
letic club at the Seventy-first Regi
ment armory on the evening of F'eV
ruaty 1J. As soon ar this new club
received its license from the State
Athletic commission. Jack Curley,
who is acting as matchmaker of the
organization. got in touch with
Lewis, and the champion agreed to /
meet any opponent the promoter
might select for the opening card
Curk;y went over the list of possi
bilities to meet Lewi* and finally par
owed hie tlrtdce down to McGill. A
wire was *ent west offering him »
match w-ith the champion. Curley did
not have to wait long for a reply,
for the next clay a message arrived
from McGill saying he was randy to
meet any ore. and the match with
Lewis would prove attractive to him.
In McGill, f’urle.v believes he hsa
a new face’which will become as pop
uiru with the fans of Gotham as It
is out west at the present time. Mc
Gill has been on the traJls of the
Zbyszkos. Caddock. Stecher and
Lewis, but up to the present time
Lewis Is the only one who ha* con
sented to face this heavy son of Ire
land. Curley will not prophesy that
McGill will cb foat I/»wls. for the pres
ent champion ha* been invincible
s nee be won hts title three year*
ago but the promoter does h-"liev»
that tice Irishman 1* the toughest of
the rev-, imere In the w restling pa«
time ant should furnish Lew is w.th
plent, of opposition.
Golf Tourney
Dates Conflict
: • _„
New Yo:k. Feh. ?.—Although, hut
few golf tournament dates for 1?‘. t
I have been listed thus far. already fotn
j "f the champion events for whim
j -petes have lieen chosen "overlap.'*
The national open championship !«
hsted for tl>e Oakland Hill* Country
! i tub at Detroit June o and 6. with the
'rust against west team match the daw
i i re.-edlng it. June 4. The AY omen »
I La.st»rn Golf association champion
i-hip and the tricity matches for tb«
(Irtacofii cup are scheduled for the
1 week loginning June I and endir,:
i June 7. The latter events this year
| are to i*e held at the F-die Burn club,
I near Boston.
The Women’s Metropolitan Golf a»
• w-mlion in selecting the Cherry Yab
jl-v links as the scene of its 1474 chan-,
j pionship. took into consideration the
jdate« chosen for tlve eastern and inter
| city gralchr-s, and picked tlie week
j Is ginning May 1? for their event, iu
! order to give the contestants time to
I nr-.cctiev for the Boston tournament.
! but the ftitersoholastio Golf associa
then championship is scheduled for
'tlie Green* toh Country club. May I?,
j'.'i and ;i.
When the women gait er at Chen
tHe" will find « ewirsf c<»nsM
|* ,;»i»iy hi.funM aim! Th«*
< h« • I? new holf** in comnn^wn •
ctu«l all th€ ffreens hn\e be*n net*J
bunkered.
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of Basket Ball
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