250 Basket Ball Teams on Edge for State High Tournament Opening Tomorrow - Q Omaha Quintets Bid Fair to Win Coveted Title Norfolk Five, Winners of the Northwest Nebraska Cham pionship, Are Expected to Worry Other Teams. INCOLN, March t. —K:t> mood's en try late Tuesday brought (lie total itmnher of teams which «ill com |»ete in the stale basket ball tour ney opening; here Thursday to ISO. II ay m on d has been placed in class O and plays Whitman in the (lest, round. Whit man drew a bye in . the original pairings. fewer protests ever pairing and rlaasifleatlons have appeared this year than last, II. I> Gish, uufnnger of the state meet stated. Omaha Tech, 1923 state chain pious, will .open the class A group ' with Grand Island High. The Drum inouders have not made an impressive showing this year, hot are favored to '"win over the Islanders because of their tournament strength. The Springer aggregation won the rentral Nebraska meet two weeks ago by de feating Central City, 18 to 10. Ernie Hubka’s York tosaers will have a battle on .their bands if the Geneva crew displays the stuff it did " against Uncoin High last month. ■ York looks the best on paper, but no body has yet picked ft winner by comparative scores. Plattsmouth, a class B team in the 4023 fete, was advanced to the more select group this season and will tackle ‘‘Dick’’ Newman's Hastings quint in the first, round. Tf Krecjl, star Plattsmouth center, is in suit, Coach Rothart's pupils should have, the best of the argument. Creighton Prep, picked by the dope stera as favorites to cop this year's meet, are slated to exchange greetings with Valentine High, northwest cham pions and winners of the class C di vision in 1923. The young Bluejays have an Im pressive record, having defeated T.in coln, riattsmouth, Omaha Central. Tech and South. The Drennan five holds the Omaha city championship and, with Coffey and Moylan running through true to form, should make the westerners step to win. Norfolk should put Coach Hare's University Place tessera out in the opening round, but what a team should do has no effect on the score sheet. The Norfolk cagers trounced the suburbanites, 13 to 7, early in February and also hava wins over Fremont, Columbus and Albion. The Madison county lade trimmed Scrib ner, 30 to 18, for the championship of northeast Nebraska at Wayne two weeks ago. Chappell, Chadron tourney winners, and Coach Hill's Omaha Central five should provide plenty of entertainment for high school cage fans. Central has had a fair season, defeating Lin coln, Fnemont and Nebraska City, hut will run into a husky bunch In the tourney opener. Fremont, with wins over Creighton Prep and Central, looks good to win over South Omaha. The Packer team was wrecked after the first school se mester, but recovered and gave Tech the Short end of the count last week. Coach Browne’s Lincoln High toss ers were an early season sensation until they hit the trail to the me tropolis, when both Tech and Central walked off the Tech gym wit*h wins Sidney lost to Chappell. 8 to 7, for the Chadron championship last month. Lincoln should win. All the class A quints are in tiptop shape for the meet, according to reports coming from out In the state. Most of the schools rounded out their schedules last week and are rarln' to go. Bloomfield High School Prepares for Track Bloomfield. Neb., March 4.—The basket ball game between the Bloom field and Crofton high school teams to have been played on the local floor last evening was canceled owing to Impassable roads. It was the last scheduled game and Coach Hornby will now devote his time to getting the track team in shape. The team lost some of its big point winners through graduation hut. at that the outlook for a good team is Very bright, both in track and field pvents, some promising new material having come out for work. Women Tie for Honors in Florida Golf Tournament Bellatre Heights. Fla.. March 4.-. Mtsa Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Mer lon Cricket and Miss Glcnna Collette of Rhode Island Country club tied for honora with a score of 80 in the qual . ifylng round of the Women's Bellalre championship yesterday. Mrs. Caleb Fox, president of the Woman's Senior Golf association, qualified with a 95. Sunday Shoots Forbidden. Lincoln. March 4.—The state lej&l department has advised President If. A. Oldl>erg of the Papllllon Gun club, recently organized, that holding of Sunday trap ahoota is forbidden by law. Their sport had been stopped on complaint of citizens, although the shoots were held Just outside the municipal limits. Basket Ball Results. Wisconsin, 30; Ohio State, 20. Tows, 40; Purdue, 31. Columbia college, la., 9; St. Thomas, *0. Baylor. 26; Southern Methodist university, 20, Texas Aggies, 2; T. C. IT., IS Indiana, 31; Michigan, 20. Duncan Quintet Wins. Duncan, Neb., March 4.— Duncan high stlionl basketeera defeated thy Rotary quintet 10 to S on the Colum bus floor Monday ^JghL Western Camps Reporting Dates Oklahoma City— Weatherford, Tex.. Marrli 10._ Tulsa—Marlin Springs, Tex., Marrli 10. Omaha—Shreveport, La., March 8. St. Joseph—Port Arthur, Tex., March 8. ties Moines—I-ampassas, Tex., March 12. Denver—Cleburne, Tex., March 10 Wichita—Wichita, Kan., March 10. Lincoln — Bartlesville, O k 1., March 13. ___' Chicago Regains Lead in Big Ten Basket Ball Race Purdue Drops to Third Place —Meets Conference Lead ers Thursday—Badgers Have Chance to Cop. Chicago. March 4.—Defeat of two of tho leaders in the western confer ence basket ball race last night, Pur due by Iowa State and Ohio Stale by Wisconsin, put Chicago once more into first place, elevated Wisconsin to second and dropped Purdue to third. Ohio Stale and Indiana now are tied for fourth. Purdue, which was tied with Chi cago for first place before tonight's defeat, has one more game, being scheduled to meet Chicago Thursday jiight. Chicago has two more con tests scheduled. Purdue and Wiscon sin, while Wisconsin has three more games to play, two games with Iowa in addition to the Chicago contest. Indiana and Ohio State both finished their seasons tonight. Should Chicago win both its remain ing games it is assured of first place, but should it lose both games, Wis consin could win the championship by taking both of its games with Iowa. Michigan's defeat tonight by Indi ana dropped that school to seventh place, leaving Illinois In sixth. Minnesota is in eighth, Iowa, In ninth and Northwestern in 10th place. The standings, Including tonight’s games, follow: W. Is. “CT. Chicago . I ’ I?!! Wisconsin . J 2 •**' purdu* .i ♦ Ohio Stato .£ f •*** Indiana . £ 2 •*?? Illinois . J J •*5» Michigan . *. 2 -Sin i 5 :5SS Northwestern .. » » Leaders Change in A. B. C. Tournament Chicago, March 4 —Two change* in the competition were registered in the play of the American Bowling congress here last night. In the last shift of the doubles, the Egan-Van Overan pair of Saginaw, Mich., shot games of 409, 377, 414, for a total of 1,210 and fifth place In the doubles. In the five-man event the Garfield P. Li. Withe quintet of Chicago went Into aecond place by shooting a total of 2,853. The star of the new second placers was Anderson who shot games of 221, 199 and 226. Valparaiso Girls Win. Valparaiso, Neb., March 4.—Valpa raiso high school girls won the Saun ders county championship, defeating the Wahoo five 18 to 6 here Monday night. Valparaiso lost but one game this season and that to Schuyler. Borotra Wins French Net Title Bjr Amort a ted Prem. Paris. March 4.—Jean Borotra won the covered courts tennis champion ship of France today, defeating Henri Cochet, 6 2, 9 7, E-7, 6-4. f-—-- — Winners of York College Cage Tourney ; _/ - .2 1 •vail Crest wood Boy Tint*: 1.11 1-1. Caution* Stacy, Adame. Allaitt Vernor, Glenn and Tomahoi also ran 1 j ) Hampton High basketeer* carried* off the honors in the cage tourney staged at York college last week. The Hampton crew defeated Waco 28 to 18 in the finals. “Big” Munn Wins Mat Contest From Paulsen Kansas City. March 5. — Wayne “Big” Munn won from Jack Paulsen in straight falls in preliminaries to the Taro Mayake-Lewis match here last ijlght. Both falls were effected w'tth a headloek, the first In five minutes and 10 seconds and ths sec ond In four minutes and 10 seconds. Toot* Mondt and Pat McGill wrestled one hour to a draw. fiSaysdugr Dctot^i SARASOTA. Fla., March 4—The Giant tourlata spiked another step toward the pennant when Jennings allowed the boys to break into batting practice. The pitchers eagerly grabbed the chance dt taking their dally dozen swings before the regular hatters arrived. If you ran Imagine a baseball camp composed of nothing hut pitchers and catchers you can also picture an army composed of sec ond lieutenants. There are 18 young pitchers here and three husky catchers. Arthur Nehf Is the lsteat package of speed and control to land here. He Indulged lr» hatting practice duly and Improved hla southern batting aver age with one pop fly out of 1* swings. Shipping so nudty pitchers down to Florida has had considerable ef fect on habits and customs. The farmers are thinking of saving freightage by hiring Rosy Ryan and Barnes to toss their oranges to northern markets. Waiters now serve grapefruit on the fly and chefs are shooting In fast eggs and putting Inshoota on the potatoes. IJndstrom, Aurtsey end Wsfers are the only fielder* In camp. Wafers la the only outfielder. Only T.lndstrom is under contract. Ths climate Is still simmering along gently, and Jennings has hard work preventing the young pitchers from throwing their arms Into the gulf. It I* August down here In every ! place except the calendar. Only the fart that the Inrome tax la due In March compel* you to realise that it la still February. When Saturday and the regular* get here, then the work* will hurst out In full bloom. There will he plenty of excitement to write shout and It seems a shame that Casey Stengel will not be here to wave Ills college neckties In the gulf hreeies. The tlnpan alley boy* who have l>een singing shout mammy and Dixie are very correct. We’ve seen ten mil lion graffefruit roosting In one or chard and never had tof tip a waiter. The mockingbird* ar* ainglng In the wlldwood and everything la so harmo nious that, the crocodiles are organ ising quartets In the Kvergladea and using a walrug for a tenor. Wymor« Trapshootcrs Win. Wymore, Neb., March 4.—The Wy morn (-: Sieger to Fight Johnny Dundee Sammy Sieger, New York Junior lightweight fighter, who haa been matched to meet Sammy Mandell, the Rockford, 111., flash, at the Audito rium In a 10-round bout St. Patrick's day, will fight Johnny Dundee, cham pion, at Rochester, N. Y., March 27. Sieger and Mandell will arrive In Omaha a week before the Elks’ fight show. They will work out at the Busi ness Men's gymnasium. Paul Berlenbach Kayoes Jimmy Darcy New York, March 4.—Paul Berlen bach, knockout king, dropped Jimmy Darcy of Portland, Ore., in the third round of a 12 round l>att!e last night and ran hla string of knockouts to 23. It had been erroneously reported that he had 25 to his credit. After Darcy had been floored three time in the third round the referee stopped the bout. The men are niiddleweights. Darcy was no match for the power ful hitting knockout sensation. Darcy was down for a count of three in the first round, and bled freely from lefts to the mouth. In the second round, Darcy took a fear ful smashing, and went down for a count of six. It was only a ques of how long he could last. After one minute and 16 seconds of one-sided fighting In the third round, daring-which Darcy was fiored three times, the referee Intervened, stop ping the bout as Darcy went flat from a powerful left, flush on the Jaw. Throughout, Darcy fought gamely, and tried to slug with Berlenbach, but he was a mark for the latter's fists. Geneva High School Cagers Defeat Clay Center Five Geneva, Neb.. March 4. —Geneva walloped Clay Center 9 to 2 In a game played hqre Saturday night. Limback was high point man for Geneva, scor ing five points. Geneva is entered in class A in the state tourney at Lincoln. The 1913 championship was won by Geneva. r -- \ No Indian Holdouts Cleveland, O.. Marrh 4.—Every member of the Cleveland base ball club ha* sinned hia 1924 con tract, E. 8. Barnard, president of the Indians, said today. No trou ble was eaperienced in comlnc to terms with any player, Mr. Barn ard added, Cleveland heine about the only dub In the major leanues which has not been troubled with holdouts. v__' Nebraska Five Trims Cyclones w n IMOI.N, March 4.—Coach Kline’s lfusker basket toasers dribbled and passed t li r o u g h the Ames defense for a 27 to 14 vic tory over the Iowa crew in a battle waged on the coliseum c o u r t, Monday night. The game was rough in spots, but the Nebraska goal sharks led all the way, holding a 14 to 9 ad vantage at half way time. Captain Lslier put bis mates in the lead with two free tosses shortly after the battle got under way. Jacobsen, lanky Ames center, scored first for the Iowa State quartet with a free throw. Three goals by Cozier gave the Huskers a comfortable lead, but long baskets by Roberts and Kisher cut down the Nebraska advantage as the first stanza closed. Nebraska took the offensive again in the secind period and goals by Goodson and Usher put the Huskers ahead, 21-11, The entire second team was sent in at the close of both the first and second halves. Cozier was the high point man for the winners, with four field counters. The star Husker forward was shoot ing them in from all angles. One of his shots was a neat one handed toss from the side lines. Captain Usher followed with a pair of goals and three free throws for seven tallies. J. Behm and Jacobsen divided the scoring for the Iowa Staters, with four points each. Kisher starred on the defensive for the losers while Tipton and Volz, Husker guards, kept the Ames forwards from running wild. Nebraska wiil play Drake at the coliseum Friday night. All visiting high school teams have been invited to w-itness the fray. Monday night's •core; I nirer*tt.r of Nebraska. , R FT. PF Pta. < ozitr, t .. 4 a o > t aher (O f. 2 3 1 7 Beerkle. f . a i n ] Black, f . . a 0 a a flood aon, c . 1 2 3 4 Kkatrom. c . a a a A Volz, a . o A 4 A Tipton. K . 1 3 A 4 Wyant. a . . «• ft ft a R. Dewltz. a . 1 1 ‘1 3 Totalz. 3 9 9 27 Iowa Mate t idlcae. R FT. PK. Pta. \ until, f i i g i Roberta. ft’) f . 1 « 3 2 Fannenia. C . 0 o o ft •T. Behni, f . 1 2 J 4 Jarobaon. c . 1 2 1 4 Young, a . o 1 2 1 Arnold, a*...,. o a o ft M of* r. a . 0 a a ft Ftabar. a . 1 o 2 2 Tolala . 4 t H II Ref#r*e: William*. Mieeotirl. MifSed frea throw a: Cozier. 1. Faher, 1; tiood »on, 1; Tipton, I; R. Bewltz, 1, Pieher. 1, J. Behtn, 2. Anderaon 2. Bluejays Will Not Enter Meet Creighton uinverslty's crack basket ball team, for tha second consecutive year champions of the North Central conference, will not enter the National A. A. V. basket ball tournament at Kansas City March 10 to IS, as an nounced yesterday In another Omaha newspaper, according to an announce ment made this morning by Athletic Director Schabinger. Nolan Defeats Showers. Kort Madison, la., March 4—Bob by Nolan, claimant of the welter weight boxing championship of Illi nois, knocked out Johnny (Showers, claimant of the Iowa welterweight championship In the second round of a scheduled eight round fight here to last night. / oday s Entries. m;w okijsanr Flr»t race, $700, 2 year-olds and up. * furlong*: # xCalmtta .115 Jim Kinney -.106 x Mulct bar .U& Move on Seth 1 •»S Moonm kr r ....115 Lieut Farrell 104 Newport .II o Hour. .100 Tuscola .115 v A lien entry. Second race. $700, claiming I-year •