FRIENDS OF LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPI BELIEVE BENNY WILL MAKE ONE MORE FIGHT BEFORE RETIREMENT #ii *; - I alk of $200,000 Fistic Quar rel Starts Fight Bug to Buzzing in Leonard’s Bonnet. / T , n W IS J. WALSH. EW YORK. Feb. IP.—Benny Leon ard hat not fought his last fight, regardless of his signed statement in which pathos and mother love ran * along on a high octave. This dec laration was made today by close friends who split no itifinlLives in declaring the re tiring young man win!;] l a local ring next summer for one last shot at the big, iinpi&rtant money. The occasion, they - uj*}’, would bring Leonard and ,'rtciey Walker together in their long deferred battle for the welterweight i ille and that Benjamin would be recompensed thereby to the mafter of $200,000. Parental objection to the sordid engagement, it Is said, will be over come by the sire of the reward, al though it is belieied generally that the Leonard forunes are not in ini mediate tieed of repair. Still, ae eording to Benny’s friends, he is not the rich man that popular fancy would have him. It is intimated flint the Wall street sharpshooters li:ne scored several hulls-eyes and that Benjamin's roll lias afforded ail ex cellent target. "Benny was entirely sincere when he retired from the lightweight title," one of his local intimates declared. "He knows he cannot make the weight and be strong. He knows also that his mother seriously objects to him continuing in the fighting game in definitely. But, she can be won over. Benny has had to do it for other fights and he can do it again. There is entirely too much money for him in a Walker match to he left ly ing around idle,” which is not without a modicum of truth. If Leonard can get $200,000 for his end. and there Is plen ty of loose money- which says he can. it would smack of fistic heresy for him to refuse. For less than an hour's activity In the ring, he can thus make more money than in a year ami a half on the vaudeville stage, provided theatrical audiences continued to evince sufficient interest in his act. NEW LEADERS IN • I. B. A. DOUBLES Minneapolis, Feb, 19.—U. Mueller and c. Wolf o£ Minneapolis went into first- place in the doubles event with j ,278 in the International Bowling as soeiation's tournament today. F. ijrotfv and John Miller of St. Paul, with a score of 1,227, went into third place, and L. Semla and R. Thomp son of Minneapolis roiled into seventh place when they knocked over 1,205 t ms. Iowa anti Illinois Relay Teams to Race Iowa City, la., Feb. 18.—The match between the mile relay teams of the Illinois Athletic club and the Uni versity of Iowa, in a special race on the iowa track May 2, has been def initely scheduled, according to an nouncement of the university athletic department here. The event will be an added attraction of the annual invitation inter-scholastic track and field meet on the same day. 1. ... .1- - TECH SECONDS TO PLAY IN BLUFFS The Tech High second team will meet Thomas Jefferson High second team on the Tech floor Friday after noon at 4. The Tech squad ought to register up another easy victory. They have been working hard all week around and are in the best of condition. Coach McCoy will start the follow ing lineup: Houston and McDermont. forwards; Collins, center; Winston and A. Miller, guards. Eighteen Ball Players Answer Schneider’s Call Eighteen likely looking candidates reported to Emil Schneider's call for players for his Electric, team at a meeting held at the electric works Wednesday night. Schneider was more than pleased with the initial turnout and expects * to have a faster team this season than that which represented the wire men last year. ' .. - . ..| • ! ■; —winning and holding good will I - OAKLAND Product of General Motors i i ■___ ■ _ -II 1 never tasted such rich mellowness as Wellman's method puts in this tobacco [fl)ack«fcM/l8pcifaine>NAfel|iiuii which juft seemed to“go"with^Y| II developed a stent tobacco process a pipe. No one else ever knew I eJ| which won infant and widespread his secret until wc acquired |r ll (avor. ItyieUtJ*Jhlkr-Mied *WfeUmarfsMethod and by Its II U rii/uuff, mltdneuandjragmme means midt'GninscrRpughOit'J) Granger Bough Cut fhl HETAit VO'J % A O- r>VE 3U4W l ^CLtMTTSM- HOW y/\ \nfiiS. iT- s U.EU. THC 5U0^C >A«0 TMAT-V /%; / wcv bE-m£T>V ' ''Mi "y\ »MAu(ME 1,1 PtMeofT ■ bw/YK^^- - ' I wT^VVAf,v"1“' -- EVICT- >fvT <« A ‘5U' ^ / J^l V/SfO-lCO ) I 1*“ . /snl o v5»h ^SH-vhhat' /^L— ^uSr THt. -''• - • -*■ / / TIIIvtSTHC F!F^r onrtTr HA-E '.V- ■•>■) TiMeHt^ > |UKE,; '--'V j ALLOVf/t^ TD >^CUTACU |^F 11 11 I I i 11.'rI ? AIuhT |N *0 11 In' / W> © Y 0 & M s \ I = "“53 i ISi^ (fcmufr ioMt Doper Twe vjuaag-6t \ £Ck> VMHO TVST" CrOT" OFF A .3VP-y . - ' ..!■■■. - e 1»?» »* iht L Tdnvft -—=^— Winston Will Return to Tech Charles Winston, center on the Tech High state championship foot ball team last year, will return to school next year. Winston was to ho graduated in June, but will re main to earn a few mote credits, which will permit him to go to col lege. Winston will probably be switched to the fullback position to fill up Holm's position. He played the fulV back position on the Tech reserve team for two years before he was on the first squad. Besides being a good man of foot ball ability be is also a good basket ball guard. At present be is playing a guard position on the Tech second team. When Swartz quit school he bad a. chance to fill his position, but he was 'declared ineligible. MICKEY WALKER TAKES TO ROAD Los Angeles. Feb. 19.—Mickey Walker, worlds champion welter weight, hit the road today garbed in two big sweaters. In an effort to get down to 147 pounds for his bout here February 24 against Bert Colima, Cali fornia welter. !Kp(l Aim Beats Moore. In the state pocket billiard tourna ment now In progress at the Ernie Holmes recreational parlors Ned Aim last night defeated Moore by tile score of 12.7 to 76. Both players reeled off several spectacular shots, Aim scoring a high run of 34 and Moore *■ hstkvrrr irp a hifirh run of 33. Jack Lacey, Marshalltown Baseball Manager, Suspended for Year by Sexton By Associated Tress. ACIO, Feb. 19 —Two manager* of Mis sissippi Valley league teams were suspended today for a year by M. If. Sexton, presi dent of the Mo tional Association of Professional Il'iseball Leagues, as punishment for entering into se cret side*- • gree ts. Jack Lacey, pilot of the Marshall town (Iowa) club last season, Presi dent Sexton announced, wax found guilty of paying a bonus to a player for signing, promising him a percen tage of his sale or draft price and also secretly giving him release from reservation. Phillip Tanner, the player, was fined $115. The Marshalltown club was not in volved. Cletus Tiixon, manager of the Waterloo club. President Sexton said, was con\ tried of inducing Orville Mc Cracken, who was fined $100, to sign two contracts for the purpose ,uf fraud and deception. It was charged McCracken received money in addi tion to the amount stipulated in his contract and was promised his re leas# at the close of last season. The Waterloo club was fined $500. McCracker^ was sold to Milwaukee and was ordered to report there. The suspensions are dated March X. | Luis Firpo Will Make Bow in European Ring Tonight Against Jack Townsend Monte Carlo. France, Feb. 111.— Luis Angel Firpo will be seen In action tonight for the first time since his visit tr» Europe, wlien he takes on Jack Townsend, American negro, in a six-round contest here. Advance announcement' have not made It clear whether the affair is to be an exhibition or not, but this doubt has served the purpose of in rreasing the preliminary sale of tlcHels. Arrangements for the bout on Klrpn's behalf hair been marie hy Hil liard ( legki of Sioux w York. Feb. 19.—Willie Rltola. middle distance star of the Finnish American A. C., performed brilliant ly Inst night, yet failed to displace existing marks In a three mile race In Newark, N'. J. which he ran in II minutes. 12 2 5 seconds. and a uvomlle event in Brooklyn two hours Inter, his time being 9 minutes. 20 4 j Join Ray of Chicago, w ho aim ap peared in both meets, was defeated l,y George Marsters of Georgetown university tn a 1.000-yard race at Brooklyn, in 2 minutes, IS 2 5 ger unds. Ray 1 lodge of the Illinois A. C. was third. Jimmy Connolly of Washington, former Georgetown star, dropped out. \a\> \\ ants Rovinp Coai’li From Vi H*hingt»n j Senttle. Wash., Feb. IS. — The l nlted States Naval academy Is seek ing a graduate of the t'nlversity of Washington rowing system ns an ns Mutant crew Instructor., Coach Rue sell i allow at Washington, said today. The navy wants to obtain a man who understands and can teach tho stroke that has carried Washington to two championships in tho Inter eullegiiile regatta on the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie and Is said to be dickering with Hob Butler, assistant to Callow. “Dutch” Leonard Sijni». Detroit. Feb. IS.—Hubert (Hutch) laonard lias signed Ills 19!S contract to pitch for the Itetroll Tigers. \T>y I HIIM VIKNT. RUPTURE Permanently cured by our method of sewing up the ruptured opening with a silver thread covered with gold. This Is done without a surgi cal operation, or detention in a ties pita!, and a truss is not worn after ward. Rupture resulting from stir ga-al operations for appendiritle. call stones and other abdominal troubles is also cured Ivy this meth od, and we guarantee our work. These atalemeivls may appear star I ling, hut they are true in every part irtllar. DRS WRAY A KINO. Hernia Specialists. No SOT N. 30th St, Umaha. Nob. j ORGANIZE SPRING SOCCER LEAGUE . The Omaha District Soccer associa tion, at a meeting held at the city hall Wednesday evening, decided to organise a spring soccer league to play each Sunday afternoon at the Douglas Motor field. Wednesday evening the D. Bs., Horaks and Vikings joined the spring league. The Caledonians, city cham pions; Walter <1. Clarks and Kickers have signified their intentions of join ing the new league at the next meets ing. which will be held Wednesday evening at the city hall. The spring soccer league will start play early next March and end late In June. All games will be played at the Douglas Motor field. Next Sunday the D. Bs. and the lloraks will play a practice game at 2:20 at Douglas field. VANCE, PENNOCK, FRISCH HOLDOUTS New York. Feb. 19.—With the local major league clubs ready to sen 1 their first d^nchments to the south land tomorrow, the signed contracts of Frank Frisch. Otant star intielder; "Dazzy ' Vance, Brooklyn pitching a. e, and Herb Pennock, the Yankees' great left-hander, were conspicuously missing loday. Frisch Is understood to be holding out for a $20,000 con tract and Vance fur $18,000. The size of Pennock's demands are not accu rately known. PAT RAGAN TO MANAGE BALL CLUB Pat Ragan, former major and Oma ha Western league pitcher. ha« signed to coach the Martinsburg dub of the Blue Ridge league, according to word received here last night. Ragan was recommended to the Martinsburg club owner by i onnie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics Mack's son, Earl, managed the Mar tinsburg team last year. Karl Mack haa been appointed captain of the Athletics for this season. / Ragan Is coach of the Athletic hurlers. CHAMP MUNN EASY VICTOR Chicago. Feb. 19.—Wayne (Big! Munn. heavyweight wrestling cham pion. used t lie same tactics by which he took the title from Ed (Strangled Kewls, to t hrow Mike Romano, Italian, twice last night. The giant Nebraskan lifted hi* op ponent high above Ids head with a crotch hold and half Nelson and hurled him to the mat, stunning him. The first fall iame after six minute* and three seconds of wrestling anti the second fall lasted 4S seconds Kaplun Forced to Postpone Fight Vngeles, Keb. 19. -Because Kid Kaplan, world's fentherweight champion, bruited bit hands no badl> In his recent fight hero with Bud Ridley of Seattle that he pill be un fit for action In the ring for an nther three weeks, his bout with Johnny Karr, at Oakland, has bern postponed until March 11. it an noumed last night by Scotty Mon teith. Kaplan's manager The tItlcholder's enforced layoff b said also to have upset the program of Vernon arena Jack m»ylc having planned to uee hint against Ted Mor gan of Seattle soon after the Oak la nil scrap. --*-N Baseball Dope V_> clerdon# Cochrane, ratrhei bought from Port tend. Ore »'k*d for noma of 11 • purehnaa money but alined »tp without getting an 11% tMArtatH Perea, f htrsgf. Kt-h If* Tim or# hIia break \ Into the rmtke of professional banebalt under n«AUmed n**n** e’ e not u»n os . ton l»ut tf nnsiftisnl for two $>«• It men to appear on «nhu«iu* <$% th* M issig,ip|v| Aallex lengtie it' "Jai'kjHttt \f!#r th* 1 |f 1 ee*»i>s% he tt|$ rur»’ha**d hv New ur'eana au4 "a* aigu«4 by Ui't land Uat tell. Ily HERBERT REED. r Right Wing' ') Ni;u YORK. Feb. 19.—Golf? Ye Min- rannot get atvay from It I' has been tried, hut without Mi' i i - There is probably no way of i lie kin . up the number of clubs that have been broken and thrown away - no way "f checking up the disgust thai follows the poor round. Nor la there any way of cheeking up tlie enjoyment of a perfectly played shot. That sliot may ho right on the pin, or it may he a recovery. In either ease one is unlikely to hear the last of it. \ while ago there was something said about tlie short holes, the pilch to (lie green. with preferably a single putt. Mwe and more the golf architects are designing this sort of hole. The long holes, even with the “dog-leg'' hasn't seemed to stop, or for that matter even to check, the smashing, lung distance golfer, and it seems that these days the only chance the eourse architect lias is to shut him down. The simplest way, apparently, is to use a low green and a high tee, com pelling the player to drop his shot with an iron and hold it on a small green. Most holes of this description have small, and sometimes lolling greens. Tlie traps, usually, catch an over-approach, because that is the primary fault of the player. Play ing short usually is not so heavily penalized because of the theory that ''safety golf ’ is sound golf. The controversy between those who believe the basic sport of the Scots can he played properly only on seaside courses where the “breeie is in the whins and the furze" and those who prefer tlie inland go ing, (JoiiIiIIpss will never end. The lies are a bit different, to he sure, tlie hillside complications are to lie found more frequently on Hie sea side courses. There Is even, per chance. the opportunity to use a left-hand club, nr some combination of wood and iron that never yet was seen on land or sea. It was just such a situation that developed the liaffy, a club with iron control and wood length, as one of its users put it. It isn't however, always sound, for the cliance-taker has his share of vic tories. Findlay Douglas was one of them, Herbert Harrison another. And tlie list is still in the making. WAlfrS HERMAN TO BOX JACKIE NICHOLS St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 19.—Effort* are being made to match Babe Her man, Pacific coast featherweight title contender, add Jackie Nichols of St. Paul, it was announced here today by Jack Reddy, fight promoter. Reddy wishes to have them box here March 2. Herman meets Bobby Garcia, in New York Friday night and then expects to go to the far west. GEORGE TOPORCER JOINS HOLDOUTS St. Louis. Feb. 19.—Preparing to depart for the Stockton (Cal.) training ■ amp tomorrow night, the St. Louis Cardinals have only one player on their list whom they declare is a "known holdout. He is George Toporeer. Infielder, who, according to Manager Branch Rlfkey. returned his contract unsign ed with the explanation that the terms were ‘not satisfactory. WINNER OF MEET TO WRESTLE MUNN Cleveland. O. FpI>. 19.—Ed i Strap glee'I Lewis meets TonvDraak. and Stanislaus Zbyszko takes on William Demetral here tonight to decide who will meet Wayne Munn, claimant ef Hie heavyweight wrestling champion ship. Munn has agreed to meet the one making tlie best showing in a match for the title here March 6. Plattsmouth \\ in;) Over Deaf Team Plattsmouth. Neb. Feb. 19.—The Nebraska School for the Deaf basket hall team lost to tlie Plattsmouth High quintet in an Interesting game here last night by the score of 29 to 23. The score at the end of the first half was. 17 to 13. in favor of1 the local team Because of tlie Plattsmouth bridge lielng down he Nebraska Deaf play ers were forced to walk several I blocks. They arrived in Plattsmouth late and lii'ed. Plattsmouth was forced t <» lake long shots at the basket, being unable to get through the N B. D. defense. Regal and Buttery starred for the winners, while Flood with nine field goals and one free throw, and Cap tain Rovers played the lies! game for the losers. The Nebraska School for the Deaf had previously defeated Plattsmouth, I'ormrr (iritlslor l)it>. Chicago I-’, i1 I" Andrew J. (Andy) TWlcn. left cud of th* Vnlveifiiy of Southern t'.rltfoi nt.-i He\en* of *19, *20 and *21. died yeMarday in an K\ana ton hoepital of typhoid fevci He waa Tk yatira old and had practiced h" in Kvanaton Mnc* graduation. I tl tmb ll.—tpmmi I »»»•«!» mi of rhtU.UlpM* won a .IrciPlon •*>•* .lack R nr I'nkUnil in 1» ioi.mli* |v«iI .mishi An VA* V r#r th* thml n h»n Kw«mi WftnrHr*! him .*f< f#*t In th* |***nlh I ouihitn tn tfln** 1 i a ku koui Loufiuau i l\t?' 111, i Creighton Prep Cagers Defeat Bluffs Quintet Junior Bliiejays Stage Hard Battle to ^ in 15*11 Con* lest; Bluffs tirew Weak on Basket Shooting. KFIf.HTON Pri|F sler* had to max* a real battle to de feat Thomas Jeffer son High school eager*. 15 to 11. on the ( ounril Bluffs court Thursday aft ernoon. Fighting pluckily all along the way, the Orange and Whiter* put up a determined front against the Oma — liana, and had Coat'll Thompson but a single man on the team who could rage the leather from beneath the hoop, the score woul dhaio been much different. The junior Bluejays, like flsli out of water, w ere plainly liandirapped by thn small gymnasium, and the pass ing perfection which has marked their play throughout the seaeon could not swing Into motion In the rram|>ed quarters. However, Halpine managed to find the range on a pair of side tosses, and adding to this five free tosses, tho Hillioppers contrived to keep to the front all the way. Hoth teams played remarkable de fensive ball. The barricading ma chines of both quintets were built around a paid of huskies, Sam Ca niglia for Creighton and Acting Cap. tain i avett fVir Thomas Jefferson, and both men held their positions with Gibraltar like firmnee*. W'hilc Creighton had few under basket shots. Thomas Jefferson had a great many, but the forwards were unable to cage the ball from under th# net. Fyxa tallied hi* regular long tog*, while Cavett and Walker sank long ringers for Thomas Jefferson, Leahy. Fuia and Caniglia plaved good ball for Frep. while Cavett, " alker and Gordon starred for tha losers. The lineup: CREIGHTOM PREP H„>n. rf . S? * r:>s " l : -t l i c .t l : s z • ■riKiia rg .n i. » « 4 Is ■ .1 0-0 r, J ' Gould (r). o.-f .(1 fl.n j # s.tArrylr. if . n o_o „ # Drmpsej. r* . o o-O 0 o Total, 5 -1 * ~~7 77 THOMAS JEFFERSON ,, . Fu FT F naik*r, rf .. b .o 2 <* Larned. If .1 — 3 4 Andereon. r .1 2 Gordon. rg-rf n ^4 X 3 C’a»«l, f nr fi 7 AT 3 Copeland rg n r> n * o Drak*. if . a i t a 0 Total* 4 * 7 *11 Refer** T7ri • Adam*. Grr.aha urjver ? Time, of duart*r» * minute*. PRATT SCHOOL BEATS ST. CECILIA In their first official basket hall same of th# H'ason. the camera from the Pratt School for Individual In struction won an 18 to 14 game from the St. Cecilia quintet Wedneaday afternoon at the First Central Con gregational gymnasium. Marshall Magee, forward for tha winners, was tho bright light of the same. His floor work was good and hi# eagle eye found the hoop with the greatest of ease. i \ u«t ralian tlmihlfi t*im« played a r«< arkabl* irnn-i :n»tch in th* Victorian t hnnxp'or.»htt>* »? Melbourne rtctntlr w h*n 1.* K Raker and J demerger of \f" >ou?h 3V*Im defrayed R. Werthe— ard 37 V 5>h.f*!nR of Victor a by ©core* of * 4 *■ $ 4 f3-2t. The con to* ’*<4U.red four hour* and 10 minutes and th* fn* I e-'t of :*-t1 probahiy consti tutes a^rtcord m doublea play. Thu** N*ha «ltn*«»ff ■*b- ;*>*-! at Me 1 bourn# T:,d*n ai.IT' NV.11 *m* defeated Anderson and Ha»ke* **o:ee of 17 Ic 11-11. 2-k. 4 3 %» *:t* bat: * whi h occupied x tr Bad the enure afternoon. Hohln W tlllwur. Jr.. and \ rewrite >t’cn» • era h round • d*t. ha'# bee t*;i. i for the March six morle ra m .M .iliaon S«iuar* rarden W althcur " -m the tr. cm e at n t hlofe n;th Hock V N.n i* a> a rartner T* © U .*. out ©i th' arxa ev.rT wit be to gether n the grant. Dick Schneider and * line Finn. I lahtccn major and i lu« •* \ V* miner ieagu* viub* mil I n \ a d .* Kiorid* for tb r,c t aintog season Th* n#t IttcledH L'c *< h f ont the N'auona! and Amer: . *i* >«|ii*». b#*: r nortd - ndoor record of t 43 & fc: too th 4>« of * mil* neat Tuee •lo «• ' •>- m*et at Magtecn > ,iui* f - the bf f t of the tathed^aj of m iohn the l*extne t'onnollv «iU be of > t to defend hit record taure.e. ' ' - i i llabn t co l.arrt%ee and W * <• odhin . c al*o l^-nt aousht a#y*t*. tc.xnt«. ^ % kltrtaewl Mwtrr. r*Mi«h and reed- eat • ■ c' • r | uv> •' the 1“ '* »i a ‘ c .loaeu.* k'#rter*v,er after 't^r> n t'tofe«* onal ba*rbal». tieerv* THaxee **'d tj the l nl«*r«ltr t*f IN mm ' «• -a f-'-'tbe'i Iset •♦* • •• l'*« 7". r or cff t he I** a "W ir5-< b' l' Charles tBsokx Wharton, "he feared the atren of bH N* #nt of tbe ns f*' a lo'teb acas'rdin* to VAd-a Kan* h »nat'**e bc.auaa of a nulled ■ uc • <•* h * !*ft eheulger Mmdeil re • f i the ui' " hiie h.'t‘7'i tn. 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