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.
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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.
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Buy a
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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
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Omaha Flint Company
Guy L. Smith
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Fsraan at 2*tb AT lactic 1944
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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
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Story iyjetnie Micpherson
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bia Burlesque attraction. Kuth Gtbb«
and Helen Kennedy divide the honor
ha the leading women, and both of
iheni are versatile in their uOcrlJiss
Baoked by adashing chorus, they
present many dazzling numbers.
Frank Hilk. (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**
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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**« *
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Lennre Ulrich m "Tiger
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BREAKING RECORDS
WEEK
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The stage play itself it
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