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Tommy Gibbons to Battle “Kid” Norfolk in 15-Round Bout Tonight - St. Paul Boxer Will Enter Ring Strong Favorite Baltimore Negro Known to Have Power, Punch While Minnesotan Possesses Great Defense. K\V YORK. Dee. S. —T o m Gibbons, St. Paul light heavyweight, and "KM" Norfolk, Baltimore negro, who meet for 15 round* in the fea ture bout of tho annual Christmas fund boxing car nival at Madison Square Garden to morrow night, to il# y were declared by their manag rrHn be fit for tiic fray. Gibbons is a strong favorite, from his record of boxing skill and Iron jawed reception of the best that good men could give. Another interesting argument is seen In the matching of Johnny Wll odn, former middleweight champion, and "Tiger" Flowers, a negro, who has been advancing speedily in the last two years. This bout Is sched uled for 10 round*. Norfolk undoubtedly realizes that this appearance may mean the start ing of a fortune which hag long been denied him. Possibly the Baltimore negro, who has been denied competi tion with the hest of the whites, ie confident of humbling Gibbons, but boxing followers are inclined to be lieve that the same feet and legs which bore Gibbons so gallantly In his meeting with Champion Jack Demp sey at Shelby. Mont., for 15 rounds, will sustain hint tomorrow in the Gar den ring. Norfolk has the power and the punch; Gibbons, the greatest defense of any of the heavyweights, and a heart that never has faltered under fire. Gibbons and Norfolk will enter the arena at the prescribed 176 pounds without great difficulty. The Baltl moran probably will be down to 174. Landis Undecided on Attending Meet Rochester, Minn., Dec. 8.—Judge K. M. Landis, baseball commissioner, told the Associated Press late today that he would not decide whether he could attend the baseball meeting: in New York Thursday until he had lerelved the report of the Mayo clinic on the condition of Mrs. Landis, ■» wh in he brought here today. "Mr*, i^andl* i* here for examina tion at the Mayo clinic," the baseball commissioner said, "and t must await the phyeicians report before deciding definitely whether 1 can go. It I go, I will have to leave here tomor low evening.” . Neither Judge Landis nor the hos pital authorities would give any in formation concerning the nature of Mrs. Ijindls' illness, but a report from the clinic on her case Is expect ed by tomorrow afternoon. If her condition is not serious. Judge Landis will leave for New York. furpleTCheduTes 4TH ‘BIG TEN’ GAME Chicago. Dec. 8.—A fourth confer ence football game for Northwestern v/as announced today, with Indiana for October 13. Three nonconference games were added to the schedule, one of them with Tulane university, only tentatively and suggested for Oc tober 24. The other games, one with South Dakota for October 3 and one with the Michigan Agricultural col lege for October 10, were definitely scheduled. NORTHWESTERN PILOT INELIGIBLE Chicago, Dee. 8.—Alva (Bo) Ora ham, captain of the Northwestern , basket ball team, Is ineligible to play for the Purple this year. Coach Maurre Kent announced today. Ora ham had played two years in Inter collegiate basket ball before coming in Northwestern, making three years in all, and is not eligible to play a fourth year. Coach Kent said a new captain would be elected immediately. NUlKtUAMt1U LEAVE FOR COAST South ' Benrl, Ind., Dec. 8.—The , Notre Dame football team will leave here on Saturday. December 20, for Pasa/lena. Cal., where it will meet Stanford in a New Year * day game, It wore announced today by Coach Itockne. Several atopa will be made enroute weat for ahort practice sea elona, Itockne eald. Clear Your Skin With Cuttcura Soap lo Claanaa Ointment lo Haal Hill’* Caacara Bromide Quinine give* quicker relief than any other cold or la grippe remedy. Theie tableta diain tegrate in 10 aeconda. Effectiveneia proved in million* of catei. Demand red box bearing Mr. Hill'a portrait. All druggiata— *■ »» SOcenta. (c-iti) CASCARA* QUININE W.M.M1LLOO. t^&owrnon. ukh. V ——^—————— i "■ . ' Meets Norfolk in Christmas Fund Go :/ Tommy Gibbons, the only man to stay 15 round* with Champion Jack Dempsey, will meet "Kid" Norfolk In the 15-round main event of the Christ mas Fund Benefit show at Madison Square Garden tonight. In Norfolk, Gib bon* meets an opponent who has scored victories over a number of the better class of aspirants to the heavyweight crown. Both men are reported In the best of physical condition and a gruelling battle la anticipated. Coach McGahan Issues First Call for Bluejay Freshman Cage Material HR first general rail for Creigh f o n university freshmen bas ket ball aspir ants will be made today when Coach Lloyd Metis Its ii assembles h I s frosh rage ma terial on the Bluejay court. MrGahan has some very nromising tim ber with which to build a crack machine to afford opposition to the , varsity five. What seems to he his "best bet" Is the quintet of Creighton rrepstera, Dugan. Moylan, Diesing, O'Brien and Coffey, who in 1!)24 won the city and state championships. These men have played together for some time and teamed together on the "frosh" should put up ft good brand of hall. From Klkton, 8. II., from whence came Johnny Kearney, Jimmy lively and Johnny Trautmaii, all of whom have made Rluejay basket hall his tory, come Leslie Quinn and “Baldy” Hayes. Both lads played the cage sport st Elkton and Quinn, who Is the huskier of the two, played with an Elkton parochial school in the Loyola tour nament at Chicago. Council Bluffs la sending one of ite favorite sons to the Hilltop. He le Hugh Higgins, a rangy hasketeer from 8t. Francis High, who should make a strong bid for the team. Warrant Out for Fuente’s Arresl T-os Angeles, l)ec. *.—A bench war rant was ordered Issued today heri for the arrest of Tony Fuente, MexI can heavyweight fighter, when hi failed to appear for arraignment oi the charge of violating the stale box tng law. following his recent matcl with Fred Fulton, Minneapolis plas terer pugllst. Fuente was heard of last It rimenlx, Arlz . where he paid he ha' severed sll relations with Winsor an' was on his way to Torreon an' Mexico City to fight. Fuente has been at laige on hi! own recognizance, and today th< court, after ordering the bench war rant issued, fixed the Mexicar fighter's ball at $5,000. Winsor, Fulton and .lack Reddy manager for Fulton, all of whom now have been arraigned nnd have plcadet not guilty, are at llbeity on $1,001 ball each. -1-- - - You Should Drive a Six-Cylinder Car For Batter Transportation Service end Satisfaction Buy a FLINT SIX We will make it passible right new by buying your present four-cylinder car at list price up to the amount of *750, 1924 models only, up to and including Dec. 24th. Thousands of Flint cars on the street is the only advertisement we need. Every Flint owner means two more Flint iSieea. ‘ This is an opportunity for the holiday shopper to set himself i(ht with the entire family. Omaha Flint Company Guy L. Smith and Gen. Mg,. Fsraan at 2*tb AT lactic 1944 I _ SENATORS AND GIANTS GIVE WHITE SOX AND BRAVES SLIP IN SCHEDULING PRACTICE GAMES Prince of Wales Loses at Squash By Axorislril Press. London, Dec, 8.—The. prince of Wales, who way among the 55 en trants for the squash racquets ama teur ehnmpionship*. begur. at the Bath club today, was eliminated In the first round by T. Uevan, a well known guardsman tennis player. Hickey Signs Umpire. Chicago, Dec. n.—President Thomas J. Hickey of the American associa tion, Just returned from the minor league meeting in Hartford, Conn., today started lining up his umpiring staff for next season by signing Ted McGrew of San Diego. McGrew worked in the association last season and previously officiated in the Pa cific Coast league. that she did not train from childhood, like moat acrobatic dancer*, but be gan her dancing only a »hort time ago. Local newspaper critic* regard the current World vaudeville bill aa among the beat that theater has pre sented. Especially worthy of note ia the International Revue, a spectacu lar music and dancing offering, with Countess Morlena, Peggy Stewart and cast of 10 artists. The supporting six-act show furnishe* plenty of comedy entertainment. "Way Down East." the famous ruial comedy drama. |s being offered at the Empress this week with music al trimming*. The best of the story has been retained for stage presenta tion and the addition of songs and dances make the show most entertain ing. The play is attracting attend ance of large proportions. Bushels of fun, bunches of pretty girls and seas of sartorial beauty make the "Silk Stocking Revue." at E1V WORK, Dec. S— The Washington world champions and the New York National league champions are go ing to "re enact the world’a serloa," It has just been press agented, this com ing spring In a long series of ex hlhltlon games. The humble Bog. ton Braves who for u merly toured with - 1 * Washington in oth er years before fortune smiled on the capital city team and the lowly Chi cago White' Sox who did the same with the Giants have bsen cast aside. We do not know how Chicagoans feel about it but we did hear a Bos ton newspaper man pay his compll ments to a gentleman who shall be known as Mr. Reynard, as he has long been known as "Box.’’ “Since Mr. Reynard's dub won the diampionshlp," sabl this scribe, “he's puffed up like a horney toad.’’ Yes, It is to laugh, but sarcastic ally. There is no law against it. of course, but dear old fans shouldn't there be a little charity in baseball? Are those fellows who get up and shout “baseball is commercialized,’’ right after all? Is it not like tak ing a megaphone and yelling two and two are four? The point was well taken, it seemed to us. hy tile Boston serihe in saying that Washington and the Giants might have kept on with their old spring training partner ship, both rhainpion outfits having such wide flung fame, to a very nice profit, perhaps as much as uu der the new arrangement. We think It more than probable that a number of other club owners would not have done what Mr. Rey nard and the management of the Giants have done. The rumor* of trade* buzzing around as the baseball men gather here for the national league meeting Tuesday, the American league'* con clave Wednesday and the majors' joint meeting Thursday. This Is to be expected. There is no club in either circuit barring possibly the Philadelphia Athletic*, who have done so hig buying since the season closed snd the Detroit Tigers, but what j i-eein to have gaps to fill. By buying "I-efty” Groves from Baltimore for the reported prlre of 1100,Win, and Catcher Cochrane, for a fancy price from Portland, Connie Mack seemingly Is fairly well aet. The Tigers, however, are not so sure about second base with Haney, O'Rourke and Burke, A rather surprising report Is rnr r#it that Ty Cobb is ready to trade his first baseman. Blue. This fel low has well been called the best In the business, but gossip has had It that he and Cobb have had sev eral ‘‘run Ins." It is Ktrange that Cobh would rare to let him go, however. The A'ankees need a shortstop to replace the veteran Everett Scott at least soon if not im mediately. Manager Huggins is willing to talk turkey with Jack Dunn if the Baltimore boss is "reasonable,” and also wants a light sud left-handed pitcher of class. The Glanla need a catcher; the Beds a first baseman; the Cub* a right handed hitting outfielder; Wash ington may need a *hort*top, and the reat of the clubs a number of players if they hope to get snvwhere. Kid Wolf* will fnr* Kid Virka in a 10 round d*cl»ion hattl* In Mr ran ton. Pa.. ! Dwembfr H. In hi* ln*t two utarta. Wolf* i<oi*d draw* with Emil PhIii*o and “\*wa I hoy" Brown. Al Gordon, th* f)uak#r f*nth*rw*ljrht. w ho *ror*d n»n«* knockout* In la*t 13 hattl**, will far* P*dr«» Cam pom, Fili pino liehtw*l»ht. In a 10-round d**i*ion hattl* Tn l*hflad*lphi« on l>*r*mb*r ft. AT THE THEATERS The latest dancing wonder to as tonish vaudeville with an amazing high kick and acrobatic agility, u Norma Oallo, a young American girl of Italian parentage, who is one of the features of the Pat Rooney and Marion Bent musical comedy at the Orpheum theater this week. ^An ex traordinary thing about this girl is OSTEOPATHY Gives Direct Assistance to Nature ADVERTISEMENT 6 6 6 is a Prescription prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It is the most speedy remedy we know Preventing Pneumonia NOW 2:20 KS; 8:15 Awe impiring—it exceed* ed vance article* on it* grandeur.” —Omaha Bee. Story iyjetnie Micpherson A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION CFurouj Pltyrrg-LaVxy Corp-1 Symphony Orcheitra AND ORIGINAL EFFECTS DIRECT FROM GE0M.C0EAN THEATRE. NY *T'* l__A_ . Matinee*. 50e, 75c. $1.00 llCKeiS. 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(his year, hut" ;in able laugh-getter playing opposite him In Frank Martin. I-adlcs' 25c bargain matinee dally The Drama of a Mother Who Tprred Vamp to Save Har Daughter from Disgrace “The C »y That Never Sleeps*, i with ; ! Ricardo Cortez, Louise Drs,^gf, | Kathlyn Williams, Virgin** Lea Corhin I i ■ NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER5 j LOTHROr.24th erd tothrop Florence Vidor in ’'Welcome Str»»|rr" GRAND ...... 16th end Btnney Viol* Dane in "The Heart R*ndit“ j BOCLEV *RD - • ‘.Jd and L«Nt<Mk ! Vera Rrvno’da in **Feet ef Csnv**« * : HAMILTON .... 4?lh end Hamltnn Lennre Ulrich m "Tiger —I—II I BREAKING RECORDS WEEK \isMmsi this First time in musical comedy. “Way Down East” The stage play itself it sd.l'tfbn to photoplay# C,rk:n/c,rr^; I Continued Effort* hv Bargain Hunter* to Obtain Reasonably Desirable 5eat$ for •SILK STOCKING I EVL-’ !VOU HAVE ONLY UNTIL *A1 Nl r Y ■ h - Na»V S#t e ».*'%> i Lwliri* 25« H»' tain Met . 2:15 Wrch D*' * F55£ iv i ■ "Cyclone Rider" I Roaring Race for Gold and p c,rl | I E T 1 1 t »n«J j i t* J k I L..I I HAROLD LLOYD I In "Hot Water”