a INDIANS HAVE COMPLETE LINE
OEM HITTERS-SAYS BURNS
GOOD FIRST BASEMAN AND HITTER
Stanley Coveleskie, Spitball
Star, ^ill Lead Pitching
Brigade—George Uhl Will
Be Big Help.
By NICK IT.ATI.KY.
AKKLANIJ, FLA.,
March 24. — The
punch, plus im
proved pitching is
. going to carry the
Cleveland Indians
right up to the
roof if not actual
ly on the pinnacle
in the opinion of
Manager Speaker.
Hpoke does not
say as much in so
many words, but
it is easy to see
uliu uiiima
that way. His club was a good cam
paigner in 1923 and he has a better
machine for the coming parade.
Speaker lias a complete line-up of
.300 hitters lie ran throw into the
fray. All the combination needs is
fairly good chucking.
The winter trade with the Red
Sox, which many an expert still
considers a Cleveland hone. Is sat
isfactory to Manager Tris.
"I wanted a first baseman," he
said, "and I have one now, a good
one. Burns, in addition, Is one of the
best hitters in the game. I have a
great utility infielder in Chick Few
ster.”
The Indians gave sway a very
good second baseman in Wamsb
ganss, hut he was let out because
young Riggs Stephenson was suffi
ciently schooled to take a regular
Job. Stevie has hit an average of
.322 in his four years in the big
show.
With Burns on first and Sewell
at short the club has two chronic
sluggers. The only weak sister is
I.utzke, at third. He is a brilliant
fielder, which makes up for his bat
ting sins. Jamieson, Speaker and
Summs. the regular fly rhasers,
are real sluggers, the first two be
ing right on the edge of the .400
class.
The team has s new near regular
gardener in Clark, from Birming
ham of the Southern league. He
will serve turns with Summa in
rightfield.
Back of the hat the Indians will
depend mostly on their two young !
sters, Glenn Myatt and I.uke Sewell
brother of Joe. This pair will be help
ed along by A1 Walters, who came
from Boston.
The pitching brigade will be led by
Stanley Coveleskie, spitball star, lie
’ looks just as good this spring as lie
ever did. George Uhl should have a
large year. He has .the staff and
knows how now. Sherrod Smith, for
Pier Brooklyn Dodger, is hack in real
form and will win a lot of games.
Speaker will get a lot of help, too.
in the portside end of things from
Shsitte and Kdivards, two young
sters. The latter two, with George
Metivler, formerly of the Browns,
are the reasons for the Speaker con
fidence. Metivler was a college won
tier, and has done some good pitch
ing for Cleveland in the past two
.tears. This spring he is getting
more stuff on the ball than ever.
The Indians look like a good bail
club and have a very fine spirit.
They look all ready to be pretty
well up there from the barrier.
Minor Changes
in A. B. C. Scores
Chicago. March 24,—Seventh place
in the doubles event of the Ameri
can Bowling Congress changed
ownership Monday when Rastnusxen
and Hueslin of Indianapolis counted
1,286. Their games were 451,409 and
426.
No ehange* were made In the
singles standings. I,orenl of Du
buque got 674 and highest count with
games of 202, 215 and 257.
Foliowln are the day's high scores:
Double*.
P.iimniMn—Hueslin, Indianapolis. 1.288.
Johnson—Fyhrls, Ht. Paul. 1.276.
Metsner—Clements. Detroit. 1.232.
I .eskle—Htaanley, 8t. Paul, 1.229
Smith—Glubke, Indianapolis, 1,210.
Ringlet.
T.orana, Dubuque. 674.
Wheeler, Jndlannpolls, 672.
Kemp, Duluth, (fig.
Ferrlnf, Dyersvllle, Iowa. 674.
I.tonard, St. Paul. 638.
Factor Ruso Wins Big Derby
in Climax of Canal Season
Balboa. Canal Zone. March 24.—
Factor Ruso won the Presidential
derby Sunday, making the mile and
2:89. The wdnner took a 64,000 prize.
This event was the climax of Pana
ma s racing Reason.
Chicago.— Charles A. Omilshey,
owner of the Chicago Americans, was
reported out of danger after an op
eratlon for gall stones.
Havana.—The winter racing sca*m ,
at Oriental park ended with Dorothj •
Buckner winning the Adlos handicap j
Baseball Dope
« hlcago, M»rcli 24.—A number of
promising youngsters, who a. few weeks
were heralded as m "second Ty
robb." "another Tris Hpeakef or s
rival to the great Pftbe". will be on
their wav back to some minor league
before many days, Jt bacama known to
day.
Although on unusually large number
of rookies reported at th* venous train
ing camps, developments In the last few
days Indicate that only * Dm* tt}m
youngsters are ready for the major
league*. Home are only a step shy. »nd
another season with some good minor
league will about round them out.
The Chicago Nationals aspect to play
today against Portland at .Stockton, * al
'I he law against Pundny baseball kept
most Of the Club* In Florida Idle yesfer
«! i v. Although the Cincinnati Nationals
»*nf through a brief practice session.
(oriole Mack’s Vl.il».7lelphi«a Americane
put on a game agalnat the I4altln»«ra
Interna Ilona Is and met their flrat defeat
of tha training season.
Am PhlUdcInhii* •»«***•
nlui* iRoni rive of lh.|f
will «n«i*i fhi Hi Ixittii f irdlnili Hi
i.mburg tod!}, whllo tin Holton Br»voi
will lonrniy to Wlntirhivm for • riturn
gams alib yw* Chicago Whits »«*•
/
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Says 'bugs'
aen
ONB sport that doesn't croak
with the summertime is fish
ing.
The July quoit king picks up his
pinochle deck in November, the
ball player starts selling insurance,
and the tennis champ goes hack to
the teller’s window.
Hut the fishing hug never lays
down his tackle. If you spare the
rod you spoil both the hoy and the
fisherman.
A Catalina Island angler pulled
In a. 600-pound tarpon last week.
That Is what he claims. The fish
maintained a hooked silence.
But you must understand that
fish weights and measures are dif
ferent from the grocery scale. A
pound of fish would only be an ounce
of veal chops. But anything that
looks Itde a 600 pound tarpon must
lie a big fish, if it only looks that big
to its mother.
A Bermuda halt purchaser got an
80-pouml sailfish. lie used a 10
pound apple worm for a decoy. The
fisli put up such a long struggle
that he only weighed six pounds
when he was finally jerked in.
It is nothing usual to hook a 20
foot shark in the gulf stream. You
go swimming and use your big toe
for bait.
That's easy fishing compared with
the boys who fish through the ice.
Cozey Dolan lives up in Oshkosh.
Mich. Oshkosh was named after Big
! Chief Oshkosh who wore a plug hat
to bed. The zero gets 60 below up
there in w inter and the Ice freezes
10 feet thick. The natives dig s hole
in the ice and drop a piece of coal
in the lake.
When a cold fish sees a piece of
coal he wonders where tile stove Is.
That brings him to the surface,
where Cozey has a kitchen stove
all blazing hot. The fish figures I
that if he has to die he might as j
well pass out warm andf com
fortable. So he does a double front
flip into the pan.
Cozey states that he caught all the
fish he could eat this winter. But
they don't figure that is very good
sport up there. A good catch is one
where you get more fish than you
can talk about.
The population of Oshkosh Is
16,000. Cozey is going to Florida
this week with the Giants, lie ex
pects to have a good time If he can
find a store where they rent bicy
cles by the hour.
Valiev Coaches
Select Teams
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Kansas City, March 23—The Uni
versity of Kansas basket ball team,
Missouri valley champions. Is award
ed three positions, on the all-valley
team selected by coaches for the
Kansas City Star. The University of
Oklahoma, second In the vdlley race,
Is allotted two places.
The first team comprises McBride
and AVallace. Oklahoma, forwards;
Ackerman, Kansas, renter; Black
(captain) and Mosby, Kansas, guards.
The second team Includes Betiz,
Grinnell. and Minner, AA'ashington,
forwards: fieaeo, AA'ashington, center;
Tipton, Nebraska and Hays, Missouri,
guards.
The third team: Boelter, Brake and
Goodson, Nebraska. forwards;
Wheeler. Oklahoma, center; AA'ell.
Washington, and AA'eber, Kansas Ag
gies, guards.
Honorable mention Is accorded Ttup
pert, Oklahoma; Usher and Cozier
Nebraska; Kaurot, Missouri, and Te
bow and Bunker, Kansas Aggies, for
wards; AVheat, Missouri, renter; Bel
gard, Kansas, and Cox, AVashlngt >n
guards.
EDDIE LAWLER
STILL IN GAME
*
How old is Eddie I.nwlrr, who used
to play semi-pro ball with the Stnrz
Triumphs, Brandpis, U. (1. A. Orig
inals and the Murphy-Did Its? Yes
terday a contract was turned In for
one Eddie Ijiwler to play with the
Carter I.ake club of the Metro league
nnd his age was given as 30, The
Lawler who used to play with the old
Storz team was a good all around
player hut we know that he Is more
than 30 years old for Bud Lawler, his
son, who Is an amateur player, is
about 28.
On the other hand, perhaps we read
the first figure of the ace on the con
tract wrong. Perhaps it was a five
Instead of a three. Kindlv enlighten
us. Manager Koran, ns to the Lawler
who signed .the lakeside eontrnet. We
would like to have his right age.
Paris.—Karl AVittig. first German
bicycle racer lo appear at the Parts
A'eledrome since the world war, was
received cordially.
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Important Boxing
Bouts This Week
Mart li 25—Hah* Herman Hicalii*! Hill
Terri*. 12 round* in New fork.
Man li 25—l,rw Tendler «ffaln»l i
Sailor Frledmun. 12 round* In Bouton
March 25—-Frankie AnIi mpilii*! \\ II
Up Wood*. 10 round* In Toronto.
MhipIi 20—Johnny Mil ov hkhIo*i h
“Bid" Buck. HI round* In Battle ( reek
Mh'li.
.March 2#—Jimmy June* ntaln»t
Morri* HrhlaJfer. 10 round* In Youiik*
tow o.
March .'fl—llllly Berne niraiii*t Few
ralu«o. 12 round* In Marie*llle, li. I.
March 27—Floyd Johnnon uKalnal
Frank Fi rmer. HI round* in Tacoma
March 2H—Mickey Walker nanlnel
Holland Todd. It round* In llo«ton.
March 25—Mike Burke uitaln*t Ba*
Newman. It round* In New York.
March 20—.lack Hrrn*leln avalit*!
Johnny KeUIrr. It round* In New York.
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^ 1 PUOME
— ^ mer
Art Griggs’ Failure to Cover First
Beats Buffaloes Out of 7 to 6 Game
IIREVEPORT, I*.
March 33.—Har
ry I,ee, Omaha’s
left-hand liurler,
pitrhed Ira
Thomas' Grass
ers to a 7 to H
victory lien* Sun
day afternoon.
I. re's pitching
in favor of
Thomas' crew
was not over the
Imme plate hut
to first base. In
tile sixth inning
with his team en
joying a 6 to 3
lead I.ee fielded a limit off the bat
of Wally Dasliirl and not waiting to
see whether anyone was covering
first base, he heaved to tile initial
sack.
First Baseman Griggs was stand
ing just back of Lee when he made
the pitch while Second Baseman
Thompson was covering the Key
stone bag. The bail thrown by Lee
rolled to the right field bleachers and
two runners scored and Dashlel went
to third base. He scored on a. sacri
fice fly and Joe Sargent doubled af
ter French had reached first baso
when Jimmy O'Neill dropped a fly.
It looked like a certain victory for
Omaha up until the time I.ee made
his wild pitch.
Nick Cullop was the first Omaha
hurler to work, lie was touched for
three runs In the opening stanza but
settled down after that session. He
was relieved in the third. Sherman
sky pitched the last two innings and
held Shreveport runiess.
Art Griggs, manager of the Buffa
loes. again played the leading role
for his club. He drove in three runs
and scored one. To start the third
inning Cullop singled to right and
then Thompson walked. Brown filed
[to center field. Wilcox nnd Robin
son walked filling the bases. Griggs
[singled and two runs scored. Perder
son stopped at third and Grigga stole
second. O’Neill lifted a fly to left
nnd Perderson scored. In the fifth
Wilcox doubled and went to third on
an infield out. Griggs singled, scor
ing Wilcox. Griggji stole second and
scored on O’Neills single. The two
teams meet in a charity game Mon
day.
Omaha.
AB It H PO A. F
Thompion. 2b. 3 1 0 3 3 ©
Brown, rf. 4 0 0 2 0 0
Wilcox. 3b. 2 2 1 © 0 0
Phalpa. 3b. 2 © 1 o 1 0
ItnbinBon. rf. 2 1 © © © 0
Peterson. rf. 2 « 1 « © 0
Grigga. lb. . 3 l 2 6 1 0
l.enahan, lb. 1 0 0 4 ©©
O'Neill, ■■. 4 © 1 1 4 2
iThornten. If. 2 © 1 3 © ©
Wilder, c. 2 0 © 1 0 0
Elmers, c. ] 0 0 2 2 ©
Cullop, P. 2 l 1 o 2 0
Lee. p. i o o i o i
Skermanski, p. 1 0 0 0 © ©
Total© .32 ft I 24 IS I
Shreveport.
AB. R. If PO. A. T
French. If1 1 0 3 0 0
Sargent. 1 I 3 JO
Riley, lb. 118 1©
Jolley, if 1110©
xDonaidaon. o © © 0 ©
/.elder. 3b. 1 1 © 0 ©
Klchrodt, cf 113©©
DashM, a©. 1 0 3 3 0
Howland, c.. 1 0 © 2 0 •
Graham, c. « © « 5 1 ©
Mark p. 1 © © © © ©
Schilling, p. 2 © © © 4 1
Total© .2© 7 8 27 11 1
xBattrd for Jolly in fifth.
Score by inning*:
Omaha . ft © 4 0 2 ft o a 8—8
Shreveport .300040 o© x— 1
Summary—Two-baa# hit*: Riley. Jolly,
Wilcox. Sargent. Sacrifice hlta: Sargent,
Flchrodt. iJMfhitl, Graham. Double play*:
O'Neill to Thompson to Grigga <2), schill
ing 1o Riley to Graham Stolen bases
Grigga (2). Zleder. Peterson. Jilt by
Pitched ball: By Cullop. Sargent; by
Schilling, Thornton. B»"e» on halls Off
Mark, h; off Lee. 2; off Cullop, 1; off
^chilling. 2; off SkermanBkl, 1. Struck
nut: By Cullop. 1; by Lee. 2: by Bchill
l lritr. ft Pitching record Off Mack 2
h; *. 4 runs, in 2 1-3 Innings; off Cullop.
3 hits 3 rum. in 3 Inning©; off Lee. 4
hits. 2 runs in 8 Innings Left on bates
i imihx. *. Shreveport, ft Time of gam*
Two hours and 12 minutes I'mpire. Fan
mng. _
AMATEUR PILOTS
SIGNING TALENT
Amateur managers are busy lining
lip players for their teams those days
and aerorcllng to many of the mags,
the reason they haven’t signed more
players Is that they don't like to pay
the filing fee of 51) cents for epch
contract until they find out the man
who has signed is of caliber good
enough for their league.
Manager I'm 11 Schneider of the
Schneider Klectrlc Works turned in
seven more contract* bringing tils
total of player* signed to 10. Con
tracts for John Baker, Harold Chris
tiansen, C. J,. PostlowaltT Walter
Homey, Karl Newcomer, T. Mler and
Tony Henanlto were turned by
Schneider yesterday morning ami
Kibbler, Taylor and Capper were
signed up last week.
Manager Bob Koian of tlie Carter
I-ake club turned In eight signed eon
tract* Monday. The player* signed
by Koran are Russell Pierce, Jtny O.
Maxwell, Johnny Masters, Rob Koran,
Kddie Dygert, Frank Smith, Lisle
Barton and Kddie Lawler.
ROCKNE TO STAY
AT NOTRE DAME
Jacksonville, Fla., March 24.—Tn an
Interview here Sunday. < oach Knute
Rochne of Notre Drone university,
branded as untrue the report that in
a conference at Notre Dame. Friday
with representatives of t lie Univer
sity of Iowa, It was derided that he
would succeed Coach Jones, as foot*
Imll mentor at the Iowa school.
Rochne added that he would he l>a»’k
at Notre Dame next fall.
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| Exhibition Games
V- )
Oakland. r*l., March 24 R Ff K
PliialMirffh i.Nt 4 in n
< >it . I i lid < F\ t V ) A * 1
Matter If**. kramii, Lundgran StHn
ctl»*r. Stone and Hooch, Korin-. Hoshlar
and M.ed. I4nk<*i
I >’••diurjf. Kl • . March 4 R IT F
rtlllHiletptliM INI .... . I" 14 3
Ml I,on I* (N) IA '.’I 4
HaM»»rIp* Hlnancr, Ring. « "u< h. Mrtta,
1’inio and Ffanlln**. Wilson Klnahatl. Of
la nay, I'rmk, Hhardf II ami Holm, Vick.
Nk tier gall.
Plant 4Mly. Fla , March ?4-- R If K
New York (N) . 1 9 I
ImUanapnlla (A A I 7 11?
lintterlr* Nahf. f t \ w n arid .MniW'illi
Nti'dai, Fllsalniinona, lint well and kiuv
!«.-» *
Munroe to Meet
Carl Augustine
"BnltUng” Munroe, Omaha's col
ored light heavyweight, snd Carl Aug
uatine of »t. Paul, have been matched
for Minneapolis and will mark the
third meeting between these two bat
tlers, Munroe won the first meeting
via kayos and Augustine the second
via same method.
Jaik Lewis, manager of Munroe,
says the fight will not go 10 rounds (
Jark says Munroe will put Augus
tinea lights out enrly In the fight.
From Minneapolis, Lewis will Jour
ney to Louisville, Ky„ where another
member of his stable. Tiny Herman,
heavyweight, will fight "Wild Bill"
Kenney In a 1(1 round' bout April 1.
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Creighton Preps
to Play St. Cvril
Creighton High school athletic of
filial* Monday received word from
Chicago that the Prepsters drew St.
Cyril high. Chicago, as their oppon
ent in the opening games of the first
annual national Catholic high school
basket ball tournament, which starts
Thursday at Loyola university, Chi
cago.
Creighton leaves for Chicago Tues
day at 6 p. m.
Mayor William B. Dever of Chi
cago had the honor of drawing the
first round games Sunday night.
Games scheduled for Thursday,
opening day, are:
Sr. Patrick high. Pueblo. Colo, .gainer
Routt high. Jar keon.-tile. III.; Cathrdral
Latin. Cleveland, agalnet St. Frantic. S
D.; St. Cvril hlah. Chicago. agatnat
Creighton Cnivereity high. Omaha: Ca
thedral high. Lin, oln. Neb., .gainer St
Mary high, clarkeburg. Mlea. : St. Mary.
Elkton. S, D . agalnet St. Louie Unl
ve retry high. Sr. Lout*.
Frida> — Aqulnaa tnelltuta. Rocheater. V
T. egainat Cathedral b gh. Sloua Falla.
S. I>.
Havana Horses
Here This Week
Ak Sar-Ren field and track la rap
idly taking on the appearance of a
busy place.
Monday morning John Walker, Jowa
horseman, arrived at the field with
Pine Crest, Alice Byers and Tom Kill
son, a trio of runners well known to
Omaha followers of the turf.
Two carloads of "geegaws'' will ar
rive at Ak-Sar-Ben barns Thursday
from Havana, Cuba.
Charlie Trlmhle, secretary of the
Ak-Sar-Ben race meeting. Is in Tia
juana, Mexico, arranging with horse
men there to ship to the Omaha spring
meeting. May 31 to June 19, inclusive
SOUTHERN LOOP
TO HOLD MEETING
_
President William Ammons of the
Southern league has railed a meeting
of his league for Wednesday evening
in room 3u6 of the city hall at 8. Am
mons, who haa been out of the city
on business for about three weeks,
has promised to be on hand and see
that the league la organized.
At the present writing hut three
teams are In the league with the ap
plication of n fourth In the hands of
Secretary Ilennlson of the Mupy asso
ciation. The three teams that own
franchises in the Southern league are
the J.inihi Funeral Home, Diet* club,
and the West I, Improvement team.
World Herald Is the nine that lias
applied for the fourth franchise but
to date have not paid Its franchise
fee. Unless two more teams ohtaln
franchises be fort Wednesday nieht
the Southern will be organized as a
four team league.
--
Will Giants Repeat With This Outfit?
PITCTIKIW. flat*. Throw* Played With In lft’1 <• W K IV t
Baldwin. Howard P:. It H Newark Infernattonal 44 71 15 55.*
Harne*. \ irarll *1.H It Dlanl** * * 7 ;l loft
Itnitley, John 51 . I. I. Diant* .11 It 5 rtlft
ItmiMiaw .lame* . H It Toledo. Imninni \««n 15 * 7 417
llenn, Wayland . K It lamltrllle. Aroer A«*n 84 71 5 774
(•earm, Hennla J. .. I. I. Dtanta atnl 0 I 1 500
Milwaukee, \nier. \**n 7« 17 1 700
(•reenfield, Kent . I* H I'ortinioulh. \ irsinia .It 0 17 470
llimtringrr Waller H . It It Diant* * 0 I <h»o
•lonnard. Maude It li (.ianf* 45 4 .1 571
I eefe. .Inel I. . I. I- Smllrr*! Iiillege No Keeord
Mrtjtiillan IIiikH A . K It Diant* 14 15 II 517
Malone, IVrre . I< N Toledo. \mrricMn tun (? ft 71 800
'limn, ICrtnwt 44.. . I. It Wiehlta, W>*frm t.t "a II 701
Nrhf, Arthur >. I. I. t.lanta <| l.l Irt 505
de*rh*er. Jo*eph . It It llinte It 5 15 75(1
limner, Walter . It It Free Xyrnl No Keeord
It) an. Wilfred D . I It (iiunl* 45 14 5 747
Stoner, A. 4'. "Red**. It It Knoyillle. XmiiUehlai* 78 17 H 781*
WaUon. John K . K It Mant* mid IIihu* *4 0 7 548
Webb. Karl J ......... !• It Pitt*field. I'nalern 85 4 14 804
tATIHPJUI. 44. It( k . Ida
Xlmunlth, Falward . K It I urdlnnl* ami Pndcer* Ml 717 1140
i P'lnrrnre, Paul It .. Both It (•« ora id on n I niirr*ll> No Keeord.
Dowdy, llarri 51 It It Diant* auil Bran* 74 770 045
Sn>der prank . K It Dla'.it* I .*0 754 000
1NFIKI.PF.RS.
I arrell, Palward *. It It I nlrei*lt) of Prttn*i lianla No Keeord.
1’ilerh. Irani. I'. Itolli It (.iant* I.M :tt4 47 1
Droll. Henry K ....... It It f.ianu | •:« "in 575
• •lark*nn. Trail*. It K (Ianf* *0 *75 041
Kelly. Deorae I, . It It i.iant* |I5 in? fMi.8
l.lnd*tmm Fred 4’ .. It It Toledo, Xmeilran \**n 147 770 05ft
Mat ulre. Fred »( It (.ianf* II 774 KM I
Terry, William II I- I. DlnnU and 1 141 | Dim
Toledo, X merle.1 n \**n 100 57 7 00.1
1 on rip 1 hi its
1 lame*. Waller K It » r.*e Xitent. No Keeord
Well* el P'.m 11 F .It It l.ianu I In »0 7 ftlft
(Ft oiinell. Janie* \ I It Dlanl* 4 7 150 040
«iinthnorth. William A I It Itrair* I.M lift oil
W IImoii, leal* K It It D in of * and 1 1 HA 7
Pori *nui nth. Xiiiinla 115 8> a 041
101)118. Rom I It l.ienl* |57 050
( h trie* V Stoneharr.. President. John .1 MrDran. Manater nil X ii e
Jayne* Tierney, Merrrtari. Preahlenl
P'rattel* \. Metpiade. Treasurer. Iluah .leiiulnc* and (•**» Dolan, C oar he*
Haeaaota. Ma Training 1 amp
1ft* 8 K eeoril — P’l »d*|i eil flr*4 for third *ueer**lie time In National lea cue. win
itlng 05 and lu*lna 55 aante* for 11 pereentage of 471.
t’upvriglit, 1974, by AI Muiiiu pin*
. v
Kearns Considers
Hu^e Offers for
Champ’s Services
—
I Promoter Coffrotli Renews
Bid for Title Bout Between
Dempsey and ills at
Tiajuana.
Hr AmwH*lated Prf»».
• YORK, March 2t.
—Jack Dempsey
ha* a *1,000,000
inoiion picture of
fer and two Cham
pion*hip fight bid*
from which to
select In mapping
out his 1924 pro
gram of action.
This was dis
closed Monday by
• the heavyweight
title holder « man
ager, Jack Kearns, who said he would
leave Tuesday for Los Angeles for a
final conference with motion picture
interests and also with James J. Cof*
froth, California promoter, who has
renewed his bid to Dempsey for a title
hout with Harry Wills at Tiajuana,
Mex., in September. The motion pic
ture offer came from Carl Laemmle,
head of a large producing company,
Kearns said.
The other fight bid was made by
Tex Itickard for a title match In or
near New York in September with the
"best available contender.” Rickard
indicated he preferred to stage a re
turn hout between Dempsey and Luis
Kirpo, but if the Argentine held to his
present intention to retire, the pro
moter would seek an opponent from
other contenders, including Wills,
.Tack Renault, Quinton Romero Rojas
of Chile and Ermir.io Spalla, Euro
pean heavyweight champion. Rojas
and Spalla both are on their way to
the United State* to fight under Rick
ard s direction.
Kearns declared he had given no
definite answer to any of these propo
sitlons. hut expressed a hope that he
could combine the screen offer with
one of the fight proposals, adding that
he would not sn< riflee Dempsey’s fistic
activity this year for movie work if
he could avoid it.
The offers of both Rickard and Cof
froth, it was understood, involved in
excels of $500,000 for Dempsey, so
that by accepting one of these and a
movie contract, the champion’s 1924
earnings would approximate $1,500..
000. more than he has made from all
of his ring engagements since becom
ing title holder.
Municipal Golf in Oinaha.
i: recent announcement that the
Omaha Municipal GoK associa
tion plans to make the present
nine h( le course at Fontenelle Into
an 18 hole llnka does not meet with
the approval of the golfers your hum
ble talked to yesterday.
The non-club golfers; one* who
I day on the municipal ronrsea of
our city, are of the opinion tlist the
Fontenelle course aa It now stands
is tin- best in Oinaha and to make
the present tract into an 18-hole
course without adding more acre
age would make playing more dan
gerous Ilian it now if.
As every Omaha golfer knows. Fon
tenelle Is the beet course In the city.
It requires more real golf skill to
'urn in s good score at Fontenelle
than at any other of the municipal
links. Why? Because the tees are
further apart and the course as a
whole represents more than any other
muny courses, Field club. Happy Hol
low and Omaha Country club, where
the big tournament* see held.
To make Fontenelle into an 18-hole
course It would be necessary to bring
the lee* nearer and shorten the fair
ways A lot of the natural hazard*
would be eliminated In the reconstruc
tion of the course
Prominent Oinaha golfers behind
the movement to make Fontenelle
into an 18-hole course have an
iiounred that work will not start un
til next year.
Commissioner Joe lluinnirl of the
park department lias endorsed the
Fontenelle reconstruction program
along with the Improvement* that
will hi' made at the Klniwood and
Miller park rourses.
Flection is not far off and It would
be a good plan to repair Kim wood
park and Miller park links as soon
as weather i<ermt(s
An annual fee of 8?.Ml Is chsrged
each municipal golfer. If you hold
no annual ticket It cost* you ?S cents
a game. Fast year the cllv realized
more than $10 00(1 from the three
"muny" courses. The city hna agreed
to spend $17,000 each year on tha
links aside from ths amount of
money derived from the golfers each
year. There should be, judging from
the above, more than $’.’7 000 In ths
golf treasury Tills money should go
a mighty long way to hslp improve
the munlrlpal courses
No Improvement* that amounted
to mm h were made last year at
cither Fontenelle, Fltimood. or Mil
ler parks.
Tile Omaha Municipal Golf asso
elation lias proposed a lot of fine
iinprnvrinents for the three
courses. The members of the asso
ciation lire to be congratulated.
Commissioner Hummel lias ap
pointed Jack Shearman, profession
al golfer, in charge of the three
courses and Hie repairing ot the
links will be marie under Shear
innii's direction.
Ml the Omaha "muny" golfers
a*k Is a little action on these pro
posed changes.
It's the park department and lack
Shearman's move
A- tlon l* what we want
N'iti lliego.—Tile William llaniel
entry. Master Charlie, and Socratew,
ran otic two In the Tijuana futurity.
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TITLES OF FIVE FISTIC KINGS
ARE DEEMED TO BE IN IMMEDIATE
DANGER-DEMPSETS CROWN SAFE
r
SAT CAHILL, manager of the Mr
Kenny Dentists, wants the read
ers to know shout a little incl
dent that happened to “Doc” Carr, one
of the McKenny players, about a week
ago
"Dor” and a friend were driving
front Lincoln to Omaha on a very
cold day. When they arrived at Ash
land, which is about half way be
tween Lincoln and Omaha, they
found that their Momnrh* craved
food. So, parking their trusted tin
sleed in front of what appeared to
be a good rating house, they went in.
After satisfying themselves they
went outside and jumped into the
19!0 model and started the engine
roaring. But alas, the ear evidently
must have been hungry, too, for it
wouldn't move.
The two travelers then got out and
discovered that the ear was frozen
to the ground, and they had nothing
to pry It loose with. "Doc,” who
possesses a pair of No. 16 brogans,
soon put them Into play and started
kicking at the wheels. The heavy
kicks from Carr soon freed the car
from the ice, and “Doc” and his friend
were then able to proceed on the way
to Omaha.
Wichita Buys
m
New First Sacker
With the purchase yesterday of
Chesbro, first sacker last year with
Salina in the Southwestern league,
Frank Isbell, owner of the Wichita
club, thinks he has solved one of his
problems for his 1914 team. Chesbro
is a hard hitting youngster, 13 years
old. who has showed plenty of talent
to justify his playing Western league
baseball. Fast year with Salina he
bit .Ml.
Chesbro was sought by several
Class A clubs and Isbell snapped him
up when he learned that he could
buy the player from Salina. His
three years' experience in organized
baseball will be valuable to h.m and
the club.
Chesbro will compete with Fenton,
the Oakland semi-pro., for the first
s ick job. Isbell isn t so sure which
will get the call and says that Fen
ton will give him plenty of opposition
Isbell Is also willing to pick up a
veteran first sacker if he can land
one and still has strings out for
one, and a too for a shortstop.
Isbell also received word yesterday
that Outfielder O'Brien Is on his way
nere. O'Brien at first threatened to
be a holdout, but changed his mind
and wired for transportation.
Buffaloes Buv
j
Pitcher Stanton
Word was received from Barney
Burch, owner of the Omaha Buffaloes,
now at the club's spring training
camp at Shreveport, Fa., Monday
morning, that he had purchased
Pitcher Stanton from the San Fran
cisco dub of the Pacific Coast league.
Stanton pitched for the Fairbury
.club of the Nebraska State league last
year, hut was recalled by the San
Francisco club In the fall. He rank
ed well tir among the state league
hurlers in lltS.
Coach Patton of South
Will Start Baseball Practice
Coach James Patton of South High
will hold his first outdoor base hall
practice this afternoon. The South
coach expects to have a good turn
out of diamond athletes
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EW YORK, March
24.—Having tak
en a poll of con
jecture and opin
ion p mong the
great minds jjath
erc^i at the Na
tlonal Sports alii
. ante dinner Sun
day night, the
writer is in a po
- sition to state
- that the title* of
. at least five fistic
" champ Ions are
deemed to be in
» immediate dan
ger. The common
thought is that Joe Lynch* passing
at the behest of one Abe Goldstein
on Friday night last was merely the
forerunner of a stamjade. Goldstein
himself being Included in the doubt
ful list.
Of the champions now holding forth
only Jack Dempsey, Harry Greh and
Benny Leonard are thought to be
fully capable of surviving
Starting from the bottom and
working up, a la Horatio Alger,
the belief is common that Pancho
Villa might be divorced from his
world's flyweight title the first time
lie steps out with Frankie Irenarn.
The latter holds three decisions
over Panrho.
Goldstein does not face much com
petition, oft hand, in the bantam
weight division, but the writer be
lieves he has at lea«t one candidate
who figures to unfrock Abe if given
the change. He Is Bud Taylor, the
Terre Haute bantam. Carl Tremaine
is also dangerous.
Johnny Dundee is away out in
front of the featherweight field at
this immature moment but John is
old and several times of late, ha*
given evidence of physical decadence
We failed to include the name of
Mickey Walker in the la*t of those
virtually Immune from danger, but
not because be is threatened by
any man In his division. Walker
stands supreme there hut if he so
far forgets himself as to tie up
with la-onard we are not prepared
to answer for the consequence*.
Greb probably will be challenged
by Jack Delaney, conqueror of Paul
Berlenbacb, but Harry- should sur
vive under a pull.
In the light heavyweight division
Mike McTlgue reigns by the grace of
expedient side-stepping. He Is to
meet Young Stribling In Xewark,
next week, and is a 15 to 1 shot to
retain his title because under the no
decision system Stribling cannot w:n
unless he scores a knockout. Gene
Tunnev is belieej to be better than
either man. Tom Gibbons can beat
all three. That s how McTigue
stands.
Bueno* Airc».—Luis Angel Firpo
again asserted he had quit the prize
ring, but said he would return to
the T'nited States if a $210,000 mo
tion picture contract once offered turn
still held good.
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believing.
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