Nebraska Newspapers

    Yankee Stadium and June 5 Is Place and Date for Dempsey-Gibbons Bout
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RICKARD WOULD MATCH WINNER
WITH HARRY WILLS FOR BATTLE IN
SEPTEMBER KEARNS IN EAST SOON
Long Island City Promoter Also Says He Has Assurance
From Champ's Manager That Jack Is Not Obligated to
Rickard—Wants to Match Dempsey and Wills for Early
Bout.
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i| By DAVIS 4. WALSH.
K\V YORK, Fell. 0.
—Professing to
have implicit ron
. fidenee in Jack
■ Dempsey's readi
f ' ness to indulge in
a busy summer,
’ Tex Rickard to
' day named the
Yankee stadium ns
the locality and
June 5 ns the
tentative date of
tho ch a m p i o n's
proposed meeting
with Tom Gib
bons for the
heavyweight championship.
Aft>rovision in the articles of agree
ment, the promoter added, would call
for the W’lnner to frolic with Harry
Wills next September, thus indicat
ing that that is our Mr. Rickard’s
story and he is going to stick to it.
It Is no star chamber secret that
Will* may not be permitted to box j
lor the title in this section now or
at any future date, but Rickard is
one who covers all bets. He merely
wants to have the Wills bout in
Ills hag In the event that the negro
is officially tolerafpd , as a cham
pionship principal here. Further
more the dangling of Wills in the
background of a Dempsey-Gibbons
match is not expected to injure its
attendance.
Rickard, therefore, is concentrating
all of his attention upon the Gib
bons meeting while Charles L
Henderson, who is making some mo
tions about building a stadium at
Hong Island City, is frankly in the
field for a Dempsey-Willa match only.
In addition to deciding upon a tenta
tive date and site, Rickard ajso has
decided that Dempsey and Gibbons
will box at night and that both must
bo on the ground at least a month
before the actual proceedings.
He says lie has the champion's as
surance, given through his man of
business, .Tack Kearns, that all will
be as our Mr. Rickard wishes,
Henderson also declares that he
tias been in converse with Mr.
Kearns via the long distance tele
phone, and that he has Jack’s
heartening assurance that he Is not
yet obligated to any promoter,
Rickard included, to deliver Demp
sey at ringside at any given time or
fnr any given bout. Henderson’s
reaction to this was to proceed with
the construction of his stadium,
present plans which call for a seat
ing capacity of 110,000,
Kearns is expected to arrive In
New York about March 1, and then
the real bidding will begin.
Johnson Back
11
: - With Senators
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Steno, Feb. 9.—Walter Johnson has
gltjen up any hope of enquiring a Pa
cific Coast league baseball club and
will pitch for the Washington Amer
ind league team again this season,
hwennounced today. He will join the
teaan in Florida in twro weeks.
(J.T be with (Washington this
sprtng,” he said. “I do not know
whether I will sign a contract for
onjf year or for two years, hut there
is <Bo chance of getting a Coast league
i litis. The chance to buy the Vernon
Cl ft, was good, but it seems that
William Wrigley wanted his friend,
H. W. Rane of Salt Rake, to run It,
anfl the deal fell through. I'll be in
Florida for two weeks to train with
' thg team. As for my salary, I osn
only say that it will not be $30,000 a
v oar.”
Johnson said he had had a tenta
tive ,<*iier to buy the Sacramento
clip,, but that his mind had been set
on- getting Oakland or Vernon, and
noil- he had given up the idea, of l,uy
in^ Into a Coast league club this j
year.
^'ashlngton, Feb. 9.—Walter John
soil, who announced today at Reno
11,at. he would pitch again for the
Senators, is tinder orders to report
Suhday to Manager Harris ot Hot
Springs, Ark., to begin training Mon
* ini' .with other veterans of the team.
DE PALMA WINS
SPEED CLASSIC
j| By Ini,cnutl Service.
JH Paso, Tex.. Feb. S.—Ralph Be
I’frlma. won the 501ap feature rare at
the Juarez race track today. Be
l’4lma made the Bfiki milns In 49 min
utes nnd 50 seconds, after Frank
l.cirkart took th» lead away from Be
I’ljlma In the 30th lap, only to go
thtough the fence on a turn In the
40th lap due to a broken axle.
Rockart was not Injured. Eddie
Hsarne and Tony Morasco were
pushed In too close to the rail and
Mbrasco went through the fence but
suffered no injuries. Hearne was out
wtJh a. faulty steering gear. Wade
MVirtnn Jn a Miller Special., took sec.
orid.-place, and Phil (Red) Shafer in
another Miller Special, took third
place.
COYOTE STUDENTS
STRONG FOR SPORT
Vermilion, 8. D,, Feb. 8.—Approx
imately 400 men out of ari estimated
male enrollment of 500, are partici
pating In athletic* at the t'nlverslty
of South Dakota, according to figures
prepared by h. It. Allison, director
of athletics at I he university.
A. table kept by Coach Allison dur
Ing the spring and fall of 1024 shows
i Ijat. the various sports attracted the
men students as follows; Football,
100; Intramural basket ball, 100; fresh
man and varsity basket hall, 100;
baseball, 192; spring football, 70; In
door and spring track, 70. The total
Is *32, and Coach Allison believes that
In saying that 400 different men par
tlclpate he Is disposing of all dupli
cation.
Sportsmen Against
Game Refuge Bill
BltroC.EPnRT. Neb,, Feb. 9~
With nearly 250 members, and
a campaign to Increase the
number to ovejr 500, the North 1’latte
fajjey Sportsmen's association, with
headquarters In Bridgeport, and tnk
Ing Yn all the counties form the con
IJuence of the North and South Platte
rivers to the Wyoming line, 1ms start
ed an active campaign against the
4111 In the slate legislature proposing
to make a game refuge of .ml for
two rods on each side of the North
Putfta river which was Introduced by
fcepresentatlva Ben Coulter of this
County.
T» F. Neighbors ts president, C. O
perry secretary and Fred Berwick
treasurer of the new organization
The object, ss outlined by the pro
meters, is to preserve and protect
game In the North PIstte valley, and
personal letters suggesting sorn»
changes In the game laws of the
state have been sent to each legislator
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Basket Ball Game
Lands Player in
Court
I.inrohi, Feb. 8.—111 feeling en
gendered in Ihe basket ball game last
night at l Diversity I’laee between
l Diversity Flare-Hasting* High
school teams, which I'niverslty Place
won by a score of 25 to 17, had its
aftermath in a late session of police
court at I'niverslty Flare, when Tlnir
lo McCrady, Hastings player, was ar
raigned on a charge of assault and
battery and was allowed to dppart
when the amount of the fine and costs
was paid to the court. Similar
charges against Alonzo X. Stiner,
1 niversity of Nebraska student and
Hastings supporter, were annulled
when (lie complainant agreed to dis
miss the charges. Stiner paid the
costs wf the rase.
Tlie game had been rough and two
Of the opposing players rame to
blows during its progress. They were
ordered from the floor and the latter
encounter then took place. Olliers
became involved in Ihe fracas, and
Inn of the combatants required the
attention of a physician. Coaches of
the two teams today declined to com
ment on the affray.
Quatrain Favored
in Ken tuck v Derby
T-ouisville, Ky,, Feb. 9—Since the
winning of the $25,000 New Orleans
handicap last Saturday, Quatrain has
become one of the favorites here for
tile Kentuck Derby because bis suc
cess at New Orleans follows the his
toric palh to victory of Black Gold.
if Quatrain ran retain his present
form .and carry off ihe Kentucky
Derby at Churchill Dotvns next May,
ho will be the second horse, son of
a previous derby winner to finish in
front. Omar Khayyam his sire won
the derby in 1917. Frederick John
son of New York is the owner of both
horses.
Turf experts point to the hard cam
paign of Black Gold as having condi
tioned him to score a narrow margin
over the rest of the field In the derby
and look to Quatrain to follow the
same trail. The only sire and son to
win tho derby were Haima in 1895
and Alan A Dale In 1902.
PAAVO NURMI MAY
ANSWER RAY DEFI
NEW YORK. Feb. 9.—Joie Ray’s
deft to Paavo Nurmi for a meet
ing at on© mile may be an
Hwered at the New York A. C. gnmes
next Saturday night, It wan Indicated
today. Nurmi either will enter the
Hunter mile, one of the classic races
of the indoor season, or a two mile
-pedal in an attempt to further lower
Ray's former record for that distance.
FLOWERS TO BOX
JACKIE CLARK
“Tiger" Flowers, Atlanta (Ga.)
negro, meet. Jackie Clark of Allen
town, Pa , In a 12-round match at the
Commonwealth A. C. Saturday night.
Flowers Is fighting his way to th»
top again after his disastrous two
round bout at the hands of Jack De
laney, the Brld, eport mauler.
Trarnry File* Motion for
New Trial rn Lincoln Claae
I.i/ifpln, Feb. 8—A. ft. Tearney,
president of the Western Rassball
league, judgment, debtor for $2,000 se
cured by the Lincoln Rapebn.ll asso
ciation In u recent suit in connection
with alleged failure to carry out «
contract for the purchase of Lincoln
players, has filed a motion for a new
trial In the district court here'
.Judge Wheeler has taken the case
under advisement for a week before
making n ruling. The players figur
ing in the deal were Pitcher Stoke*
and Outfielder Purdy, at the time the
Lincoln association sold its Interest*
to the Western league.
Centra! Collrg** Caper* Win.
Chlllleothe, Mo.. Feb. 7.—A final
spurt hy Central college of Fayette.
Mo., overcame a four point lead and
defeated Chlllleothe Business college
here, 39 to 33. At half time Central
led, 19 to 17. ——
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Cage Team Composed of Diamond Stars
Here is a basket ball team composed of professional baseball players, whose reronl this season is '.*1 games
won and four lost. As an added attraction they have Nick Altroek and Al Nchact, of tlip world champion Wash
ington baseball club, who do their famous comedy stunts On the basket ball court. From left to right are Pewey
Steffen of York, Pa.; "Snooks" Dowd of Jersey City, Nat Hickey of Williamsport, Pa.; f. E.“Holly, “Yankee scout"
and manager of the team; Genero of the Penn R. R. league, Admiral Martin of the White Sox and Al Kellett of the
Red Sox. Altroek and Sohaet ari< seated in front.
BowtonaqftstetbaU
ifEd.Matber
1f-«-«*- .
un2verat7<ADCQi9&n
Basketball Coach
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SPECIAL PASSES.
THE bounce pass is a development
of scientific basket ball. It Is
being used more and more and
In some instances, it is being used
to excess. It is a very useful pass and
every member of the team should
be thoroughly versed In Its execution.
There are five contingencies in
which the bounce pass should be used
intelligently.
1. When closely guarded from behind,
where it is impossible to raise the ball.
2 When out of hound* with an Op
posing player guarding < loan After a
feint to pa** high the ball can easily
he bounced inf*, play and it i* almoPt
impossible to block a pass under aurh
circumstances
3. When there !• a scramble for the
hall during a mixup, the ball may be
bounced out of the melee and into a
teammate’* hands before the opposing
player* realize what has happened.
t When a pass is to be made ahead
of a teammate coming toward the passer
and in the direction of ills own goal, tne
pursuing guard finds It hard to break
up such a low pass, for he is thrown
off hi* stride and off hi* balance.
5 When a player wishes to pass to
a teammate with opposing players inhe
tween. The hall can he passed close to the
feet of the opposition, so that it will
pas* by them before they can reach over
to block it. Tim pass should he speedi
ly executed and should he low* and skim
ming so that momentum will not he
lost. The bounce pass is useful to get
»h« ball past an opponent after a feint
has been made to pass high. On short
passes, the ball should descend at an
angle of approximately 4fi degrees to the
floor to reach the teammate about waist
high The bounce pass is most effective
In short passe*
Two hand* are ordinarily used and the
ball is usually pushed, though In « a***s
where speed and distance a r» necessary
It may be forcibly thrown.
EASTERN CAGERS
TIED FOR LEAD
Hr AimmIkIH Prf*«,
Now York, Fob. H.—Dartmouth and
Princeton although Mle for the last
two weeks, continue to lend In the
eastern intercollegiate basket hall
league with three victories each In as
many starts. Pennsylvania ranks
third and Columbia fourth. The
quakers have won three out of five
games while Columbia has broken
even In four starts.
Deadlocked at the base of the heap,
hopelessly out of the running, stands
Cornell, 1924, titleholder and Tale,
winner In 1923. Cornell has lost all
of its three starts while Yale has met
like fate In four games.
Standing of teams:
W, r. TVf
Dartmouth . *.,«.1 ft l.ftftft
I’rlnrton . 1 ft 1 ftftft
P#nn*yl van I* .1 2 .*ftft
f'olumhta . 2 2 .Rftft
«*ornrll • . . ft 2 . ‘‘"ft
Yaln .ft 4 .000
Former New York Ski Champ
Adds to Honor at Slate Meet
North Tarry town, N. Y.t Feb. 8.—
Harold Holdahlen, of the Noftw-rnen’*
Ski Hub of Brooklyn, and 1924 *kl
rhamplon of New York State, added
to hi* honor* today at the Mate
chaniplon*bip* held here.
Holdahlen displayed all of hi* tin
eanny r«k111 of former year*, taking
two flritg in major event* of the *f
fernoon. He won the Jump for com
hlned form and dl*Unoe by a margin
of two feet, but received mor* dogged
opposition from Ole Jansen of the
Swedish Ski club. In the standing
Jump.
Chicago Skiirr Wins.
Minneapolis, Feb. 9.—Barney Kll»y
of the Forest Preserve Ski club of
Chicago, took the honor* of the class
"A" division of the annual northwest
ski tournament here Sunday, but
Walter Hllden of Minneapolis, per
forming In class *'TV’ furnished the
feature work of the program.
llllden successfully negotiated the
longest standing Jump of the meeting,
123 feet.
Eddie Dooley Leaves School.
Kdvlte Dooley, Dartmouth quarter
hark, will not return to Hanover to
captain tile football team next fall
The Clreen athlete, wln> almost single
handed defeated Cornell on the grid
Iron here last fall, has left college he
cause of the Injuries suffered from a
fall from a horse.
Shoe! Wins Ski Event
Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. R - ole
blind of Oratid Forks, took first
place In class "A” of the Interna
tlonal ski tournament here today,
with a total of 2«3 310 points. A1
fred iJiwonn of this city was hl«h
man in the Junior eventa
Peru Normals, Nebraska Wesleyans
Setting Pace in State Conference
1NCOLN, Feb. 9.—Peru Nor
mal. 1924 cham
Jpions, and Coach
Dow's Nebraska
Wesleyan tossers,
are setting the
pace In the Ne
braska conference
cage race with a
record of four vic
tories and no de
feats. Midland
slipped down to
fourth place while
Wayne stepped
up a notch by tak
log a 39 to 1ft win
from C h a d r o n
Normal.
Lon Graff’s Bobcats added a pair of
wins by defeating Doane and Cotner
last week. Doane fell easily, but
"Pid” Parmlnter's proteges forced
the Peru sharks to extend them
selves to take the long end of a 15
to 12 count.
Wesleyan kept In the running hy
nosing out Cotner, 1* to 15 and by
walloping ('hadron, 25 to 14. The
Methodists are getting better all
the time and Nebraska cage fans
are looking forward to the game
on February 27 when Peru and ,
Wesleyan meet on the l niverslty
Place floor. The battle will prob
ably settle the state championship.
Wayne played but one game,
lianding ( hadron's cage reprcsenta- I
five* a neat 39 to 10 trimming.
Hastings grabbed off a pair of
wins but lost a 32 to 26 skirmish
will* Bob Russell’s York tossers.
Hofste’s men defeated Midland, 33
to 15, and ( hadron, 19 to 8.
Coach Wills’ Chadron Normals In
vaded the east and came out with
only one win^n five starts. Chadron
nosed out York, 20 to 18, but lost to
Wesleyan, Doane, Hastings and
Wayne.
Doane dropped games to Peru and
Midland but took a bath night en
gagement from Chadron. 26 to 16.
Grand Island walloped York, 24 to
11, and advanced to sixth position in
the standings. Omaha university was
idle.
Conference Standing*.
4.. W. I.. PH.
Patu Normal . 4 4 " 1
N>hraak* Wesley an .... 4 4 •* 1 on.i
Wayne Normal . 4 3 1 .750
Midland colic* . 5 3 2 .<00
Kearney Normal . 7 4 3 .571
• ’.rand Inland . * 4 4 .500
rotnAr University . 7 4 4.9
Doane CnllAge .10 4 < .4fto
York College .S 3 5 .37%
Ha at Inga > nl’opA . < 3 5 .375
• hadron Normal . < 1 4 o0
Omaha University . 2 0 2 .00®
Score* I .a at Week.
Peru Normal 10, college <
Peru Normal 1%. Coiner university 12.
Wesleyan 17. •’otnAr university 12.
Wesleyan 25. Chadron 14
Wayne Normal 79 ^hadron Normal 10
Chadron Normal 20. Vork college 15.
Hasting* 19, Chadron Normal 5.
Hasting* 33, Midland 15.
Kearney 34, Midland 24.
Midland 21. Doane 1<
York enllegA Il .«irng* 2<.
Grand Island 24, York 11.
Doane 26. 4’hadron 1C.
Pittsburgh Pirates Lead National
League in Securing 1925 Recruits
By THOM All Ij. n M MISHKA',
TORK, Fab. *
I I —A total of 75 re
I I rrulta, a a against
about loo a year
ago, have been
obtained by the
eight National
league clubs for
spring training ob
servations and as
long after as they
merit. This in
formation cornea
from Cullen Cain.
I of the league's
I service bureau.
A score made
the grade last year and 12 of these
a remarkable number, flashed as
stars. In the last three seasons the
heating* In the hushes by the scouts
have given the National league more
promising material than In 20 years,
In the opinion of Mr. Cain.
Another such haul of good men
and stars will give the circuit much
to crow over and a strong founda
tion for the seasons from 1928 to
1930.
Pittsburgh has 11 newcomers this
season. Then comes Chicago and
Host on with It each. The Mill
lie* liaie nine. SI. laiuls, Cincin
nati and Brooklyn, seven each,
and New Aork, six. Forty one of
the whole array are budding pitch
ers.
The Texas league was fhe most
-<
productive in pi!< hers with 1? com
ing up. Tile Southern league
produced eight, tlie Pacific Coast
circuit, seven; Virginia league, five;
colleges, four; Western league
four, and Ilia International league,
one.
Perhaps the most press agentert
of the lot Is .lames D. Welsh, the
Seattle elnuting and fine throwing
outfielder, for whom the Braves
claim to have givrn SMI.BOfl in
cash and players. Big priced play
ers are deridedly few in this year's
crop. Welsh standing out.
The Cuba are expecting much
from Charles Root, who won II and
lost 18 with Kos Angeles, and have
obtained three likely looking hitting
outfielders in Clarke Plttlnger, from
Salt Irftke: Ed Kearns, from Beau
month, and Ralph Michaels, from
Kittle Rock.
Huggins Leaves for St. Louis.
Ed Barrow, hti*lnr*H manager of the
New York VUnkee-a, and Manager
Miller Hoggin* left here ye*terday
fqr Sf. IrfHjift lo attend the *« hedflle
meeting of the American league Both;
denied a )K>**ible trade with the White
Sox.
Powers \\ ins Rarquets Title.
Montreal, Kc’v * K. A. power*
of Bouton, defeated S. P. Clark, of
Philadelphia. In the final round of th^
Canadian amateur pqua*h rarquet*
rhampion*htp*, 15-10, J.V9, 1RR.
Tearney Relinquishes Head
of Three-Eye League Today
Chicago, Fab *—A R Tearnev of
Chicago, head of tha Thraa Eva league
for tha last 12 years will relinquish
th* presidency tomorrow whan the
club owners meat hara to expand the
circuit froiji six to eleht clubs Pres!
dent Tearney, who resigned two
month* ago will he succeeded by 1,
J. Wylie, retiring president of th* De
ratur (111.) club.
Th* league will ha expanded to In
rind* Springfield suit Quincy, 111,,
both former member* of the rlrrult.
Two Basket Hall Came*
Scheduled in Bin Three
||« .\«hih lutril |’r«*k»
PonnnvlvnnlA moot* Cniumhi.i nt
Now York Thurmlay anil Cornell
faro* Dartmouth In llnnnvor, N, H.
Baturd/iy In th* onlj two gum**
*oh*dul*d for thin work III th* • art
•rn Intorcolloglat* l*t*kot ImiII long no
Prlnrotnn *nd Dartmouth hi** now
tl*d for first plnro with thro* vi»
tori** **rh In throo mart*.
Columbia Athlete Pie*.
Now York, Fob. 9—Irving li
Cnopor. thro* tlniei * monihor of Co
lumbia 'varsity ersws, dl*d Sunday of
^pneumonia. He rowed in th* varsity
boat at number stx In 1921. at num
her four the next year and number
S again In 1923.
KAPLAN WINDS UP
TRAINING FOR BOUT
Los Angeles, Feb. 9 —"Kid" l»ap
Ian, featherweight champion, wound
up his training today for hla 12 round
no-declalnn battle here Tuesday night
at .Tnok Uoyle'a Vernon arena, against
Mud Midler of Seattle. It will be the
first 12 round no decision fight In Fall
fornla since the new long bout law
was put Into effect.
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One-Armed Cue
Shark Runs 214
Balls Without Break
Am hi it t. it hi \ mi 11. i.
Knglish oue-grmed billiard
•tar, achieved a imlahle am
billon last rrenlr when he ran ''ll
billiards without a break lie has
been practicing for seven .rears In
bleak the 2nd mark. He lost his
left hand and a part of his forearm
at \prrs during the wnrld war
V ->
Busy Week for
Missouri Valley
Basket Teams
MISSOIH! VAV.LKY STAXlHNIiS.
(Including ganiM of Baturday, Febru
fry 7.)
G. W. Ta. Pts. Of’ Pet
Ivanna* . 6 5 1 1*7 110* .831
Wash in at on . 6 5 1 1*2 119 .31*
.Vo lira ska . 5 4 1 *1 17 79 .*on
Kansas Aggie*.... * 5 3 226 191 .625
<Jtinnoll . 5 3 2 1 26 120 .ROo
Oklahoma . 8 4 4 195 207 .500
Missouri . * 4 4 173 1 70 .500
jMHko . 9 2 7 157 244 .222
Ames . 9 0 9 155 256 .000
I8SOURI VAL
LEY basket ball
teams this week
will plunge Into
1 the ‘heaviest
' week’* schedule of
/£v»-—''s'*-* the season, with
" KanniA and Wash
ington running
neck and neck in
front of the field
,as the week
starts. Kvery team
in the conference
will be in action
and games will be
played every day
during the week.
When the fog of battle lifts from
over the valley Saturday, Kansas,
barring an unexepeeted reversal of
dope, will be more firmly entrenched
in the lead which the Jayhawks now
share equally with Washington.
Nebraska, barely a step behind the
leaders, should temporarily make it
a triple tie by winning from Grinnell
tonight.
The present week will see Kan
sas playing 4 games, Grinnell 4,
Oklahoma 4, Missouri 4, Kansas Ag
gies .4, Ames 2. Nebraska 3, Wash
ington 1 amt Drake 1.
If Kansas plays true to form, the
Jayhawks should increase their per
centage w ith victories over Grinnell,
Washington, Ames anti Missouri.
Washington will prove the hardest
assignment for Kansas and a Piker
Victory is not an impossibility, hut,
since Coach F. C. Allen's team
i learned its hitter lesson from the !
Kansas Aggies, the Jayhawks have
been a different team and are ex
pected to win their games tIlls week.
Oklahoma, too, has a chance to
score a dean sweep this week In Its
games with Missouri, Drake, Grinnell
and Ames The Sooner* undoubtedly
will meet their toughest opposition at
Grinnell Friday.
Grinnell faces a stiff program. The
Pioneers are now on a southern trip,
on which they play Nebraska at I.in
f-oln Monday, Kansas Aggies at Man
hattan Tuesday and Kansas at Igvw
rence Wednesday. Coach Charley
Black's men will then return to play
Oklahoma at Grinnell Friday.
The Kansas Aggies will be hosts
to Missouri Monday and to Grin
ned Tuesday, and the Wildcats have '
a good chance of winning both
games. However, the Aggies are
expected to take a heating when
; they go to Nebraska Friday.
I nless Missouri Improves greatly,
it appears that the Tigers are in for
two and possibly three trimmings
this week. They play the Kansas
\ggies at Manhattan Monday, and
Oklahoma at Norman Tuesday, re
turning to Columbia for a game
with Kansas on Friday.
Nebraska is expected to lorn in a
pair of victories, at the expense of
Grinnell and the Kansas Aggies,
while Ames seems doomed to two
more defeats, since I lie Cyclones
meet Kansas at latwrence Monday
and Oklahoma at \iues Saturday. ,
Drake’* only game this week will |
be with Oklahoma at the Bulldog ,
gymnasium on Thursday. Washing
ton's only engagement will tie the|l
important battle at St. I,ouis on Frl-H
day.
ELKS ORGANIZE
‘TOLEDO’ PIN CLUB
Omilhi Elks formed s Toledo" club
nt a meeting of the Elks howling en- ,
thtislasts held immediately following
the City association meeting at the
Elks club Sunday afternoon.
Thirty men have already joined and
paid their initiation fee of 50 cents.
The purpose of the club is to send
one or more teams to Toledo March .
77 to represent Omaha Elks In the
national Elks tourney.
The club will sponsor a series of
head pin tourneys In order to raise
the necessary funds to send the
teams to Toledo.
The first tourney will start next
Sundav. Competition will he from
noon until midnight.
A membership committee composed
of Charles Belt man, Ji>e Barker and ,
K. Green will recruit members.
KASPAR LEADS IN
PIN SWEEPSTAKES:
J. J. Kasitar, sided hv a handicap
of 70. carried off first honors In the
handicap s\veepalake« staged at the
Recreation Parlor alleys Punday
Kaspar * score was 1044
Rudy Zadina and P. TValthlus tied
for second and third places with a
score of 103.1. Zadina s handicap was
15 while Walthlus’ was 35.
C. \j Jensen rolled Into fourth
place with a total score of 1015
Others to finish In ths mon*\ were
Brarkenhury. 1009; Hause. 1007, and
Cone, 1004.
Zadina rolled the high game with
a srore of 7.15 and Walthlus had the
high scratch total of 99V
Noted Sportsmen Will
\tteml Scribes* “Feed"
Walter Camp of Yale; Hugo Be*
dek, Bonn State athletic coach; l’»p
i tin .1 JlMcKwitn, West Point ath
letic director, a ml Jimmy 1 Won e*t,
\eteri\n trainer, in addition to Com
mlaaloner l.andia, will be among
those prenent at the annual dinner of
the Netv York chapter of the Baseball
Wi Iters' A Hsnrt.it ton of America at
the lintel Jtooaevelt next Sunday
ntght. Among the baeel n|| men will
ho Kddte Collin*, newly appointed
manager of the Chicago Whit a Sox.
Churl!# TrtmVl* m r*«ar' ef th# AW
f**r n*ti ra< # mMMnci ha* r*e#i\*a
« rr<1 tha* i we *%pr*aa car* ef thereuxh
hrada ^tll h# ah m'*»1 4tr*ctb te Omaha
a* th* -’e#* of th* winter tar* m**Hn*
at Havana Mat h *.' a' ethar
•taM»a new a* Hft' ana will rem* te
('maha hut b*fQ£* arriving bar# wtU atop
At Cltv*lAn4 tel a Abort matting.
IK DAN CUPID knocks .lark Demp
sey out of the ring the little
fellow will be in the same class
with Luis Firpo.
The annual spring crop of Cobbs
anti Mathewsons usually proves to
be mostly ".Seconds.’’
These are the days when the “pen
nant" won last fall Is called anything
from the gonfalon to the bunting.
"Consistency is a big factor in
winning titles," says a noted golf
evpert and ex-champion. Quite so.
Another factor that help*, however,
is catching the champion when he
is off form or old and decrepid.
Jack's seconds have never had tb
toss the sponge In for Dempsey. Will
the champ ever have to toss his hat
In first after he gets married?
Now Fred Fulton, according to testi
mony presented in court, agreed to
"take a dive" for Tony Fuente, al
leged Mexican champion, for some
$5,000. The joke is on the promoters
who figured they had to bribe Fulton
to make the fight a sure thing for
Tony. Anybody with a mean look
and a meaner sock can make Fulton
lay down adroitly and permanently.
Twenty-five years from now when
Fulton's name is recalled the visions
that will rome liefore the old fans
will not be of Fred fighting but of
Fred flopping or cowling out of the
ring.
Figures regarding the income
from athletics at lale for 1923 have
just been issued. The 1921 statistics
aren't available as yet. dale must
have an efficiency tnan in its ac
counting department.
IN ANY SPORT.
The road to fame is dusty,
of bumps.
Long and
and full
' hard
But the roadway baCk Is like this
When
the
old
boy
slu nips'
After trying to ket-p a jump ahead
of the sheriff another month we pray*
for the speed of Paavo Nurmi in out
distancing the bill collectors.
HAGEN, KIRKWOOD
WIN IN PRO MEET
St. Petersburg. Fla . Feb. S —
Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, the
Pasadena team, climbed out of last
place in the Florida professional golf
ers' league when they won a close
game from Fill Mehlhern and Tom
my Armour, Miami team, by one up
here today.
It was Hagen and Kirkwood's first
win in four league games and they
had to play a best ball of a* to do it.
Miami had a best ball of 67. Hagen
and Kirkwood had individual stores
of 70. Armour was 71 and Mehl
hern, 73.
LA COSTE WINS
FRENCH NET TITLE
Paris, Feb. S.—In the finals of tht
French covered court lawn tennis
championship today, Rene La Coste
defeated Andre Oobert in the men s
singles and Mme. Rillout won from
Mile. Conquet in the singles event
for women. The score in the 1*a
Coete Oobert match was 3 6, €1, $1
3d and * 4 That in the women s
match was 4 6, 6 3, 6 l.
The veteran Oobert swamped his
youthful opponent tn the first set
but he tired in the second and third,
which La Costs took in easy fashion
In these two get? Gobert hit most
of hi* hall* out of bounds.
Drnirs Kipkc Report.
Ann Arbor, Mich.. Feb. 9 —Reports
that Harry Kipke had been offered
the position of head football rcoaoh a’
the t*n1vertlt> of Michigan In sucres
slon to George Little were denied b'
Fielding M Yost, dire '-m of athletes
It) titled l’rc%»
< hlrago. Frk W *ipriH|fli>lil and
Qulmt. lit, were »x% aided iiicml-fvlrp
In ihe Three Kye league tod*' in ruf
tnr th** circuit from *>* to .• ghi . un
Houroeent at tx e* »»f the»e mo c it lex pouted
• IJ.Oi'fl fumt guaranteeing to finish the
t??& ii'M.'n and agreed to olher term*
of the ftanchtee.
Loutxt tile. K» Kch S—-left* ttendeo
first ha*e »un, «ho formerly played
tr, the Mlaelealppt Valiev and the Mon.
tana Pepper league* ha* trtgned * bout*
villa Imert.'tn »**o *tion haaehall roe
tract It trii announced todas Me ' ex
peete.t t.» fight h out with \f t'ottei
pt.tobaaed from Chw ago, fot the initial
»*<*k t'Ptiihn
'hr*V#p»H. F>h. I* MevtnU Hum* x
p>t. her recently gem to ih* I'-’ttl**,!
i luh of th* raelftr Coatt league hx th*
rh ade’rh * Athletic* -n * trade an ,
M'm Porrti Clark daughte- of v
Clark huraar of Centenary ccUete * ||
ha mamed her# tomofftw, 13*. n* bom#
it 4i Tift Cur. Uj.
Western Open
Golf Tourjiey
to Youngstown
Amateur Meet Awarded to De
troit \\ liile Freneh Lick
Draws Senior Contests;
Junior Dates Open.
CYGO, Kch. 9.—Tin*
western open golf
championship to
day was awarded
lo the Youngs
t o w n Country
rlub by the execu
tive committee of
llie Western Golf
association and
tile dates were
set for August 20
22. It was defi
nitely decided to
hold the amateur
meet at the Lochrfioor club, Detroit.
•Inly 19-18, and the senior contests
at Frrncli Kick Springs club, Septem
ber 9-10.
There had been considerable effort
to obtain the open tournament by
several clubs. The most active bid
ders were the Tacoma Country club,
the Indianapolis Country rlub and
Youngstown. Tacoma was eliminated
as too far west for this year.
It was finally decided to take the
event as far east as possible and
Youngstown won the event. It is
planned to Suart some -50 seniors
over the French Link links, which
was the scene of the professional
championship last year, when Walter
Hagen defeated Jim Barxies in the
finals.
Chick Evans, who dropped the
western amateur title last year after
holding it eight times, expects to go
to the Loehmoor club to try to re
claim it in July, and a large field of
stars have already indicated their in
tention of contesting this endeavor.
Among the contestants will be Har
rison R. Johnston of St. Paul, who
now wears the crown.
The dates for the junior champion
ship were not decided today, but the
event, which As for golfers under 21,
will he held at a Chicago club, prob
ably early in August.
Madden Si^ns
- C
to Meet Gibbons
New T«rk. Feb. 9.—BartHv Madden,
Irish heavyweight, who staved the
limit with Harry Wills last year,
signed today to me»t Tom Gibbons of
St Paul in a 15-round match, featur
ing the opening outdoor show of the
2ueen«horo A. C. early In May.
Madden signed for the match feaa
ihrough his manager. Charley P.ose,
according to announcement by Lew
Raymond. Queens boro matchmaker,
ivho said hg.had wired terms to Eddie
Kane, Gibbons' manager, at Chicago.
WATROUS, SMITH
IN TEXAS TOURNEY
San Antonio, Tex . Feb. 8—Mac
Donald Smith, of San Francisco,
runner-up in the south central open
golf tournament at Hot Springs,
Ark . lust week, today wired officials
In charge of the Texas open that he
would enter the tournament which
will begin Thursday and continue
three day-1. There has been doubt as
to whether Smith would come here.
A1 AVatrous of Clrand Rapids. Mich,
winner of the south central tourney
has already entered, as have virtual
ly all those who competed at Hot
Springs. The tournament will pay
*8.500 in prize money.
Corpus Christy is preparing, to en
tertain the golfers with a }2 ft00
tournament at the close of the
Texas open.
BROTHER CAGERS
TO PLAY TUESDAY
HEBRON. Neb.. Feb. 8.—Cramer
Brothers’ basket ball team of
Chester mill play Cunningham
Brothers of AA'ahoo at the Euther
hall gymnasium at Hebron academy
here next Tuesday night, February
10. The game ts attracting great at
tention the Cramer V' nhers ate j
well known in this country. Three
of the Cramers played on the Chester
town team that defeated the strong
Nark in iK.m.l tossers in the Ameri*
can l.ecion tourney here Friday night,
Chester's lanky goal sheiks taking a
2 to 1 victory.
Cramers were defeated by the Cun
ninghams at Fremont last week, but
locals believe that luck will be with
the Cramers Tuesday. \
CITY PIN BODY
TO SUPPORT MEET
The City Row ling assoolatlong. Sun
day after; at us monthly meeting
at the Elks club, tendered Its support
to the Nebraska State Bowling tour
nament w v.oh will open on the
Recreation Parlor alleys next month.
The asso-- s-. '-i also instructed the
Midwest Tou rev association t« se
cure adequate preliminary publicity
for the Omaha bowlers who will com
pote in the I. B. A, Railroad, an!
A. B. C. national tournaments.
plans were also made U'r the for
me I ion of industrial leagues next
>ear.
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