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TilK OMAHA KirXDAV IJKK: Dl'X KMHKIt 31. 1011.
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ELEVENS SELECTING LEADERS j
Torly-rour of Kinety-Six Teams
Have Chosen Captains.
BACKIUXD MEJ FREITKEED
Ilalfhark rrrdnmliiitr, thirty
Vui tf Tkrm Ilavlaa Dffi
(dftif li mm leader of
Trimi.
NEW TORK, Ieo. 10. About every col
lege foot ball tram of any Importance
In the country ha decided uton a cap.
tain for next season. Of the ninety-six
(Mm listed below fifty-two have selected
men In bark field position! for leaders In
1J!. with the remaining forty-four coming
from positions In the, line.
Halfback, a unual. predominate. Thirty-seven
of them have received this honor
at th banda of their mate. Of the re
maining fifty-two eight are fullback and
even work from quarterback.
In the Una It I an even thing between
t!ie tacklci and ends, seventeen men from
each of theas positions being listed aa
new leader. Seven guard are elated for
Icaderxhlp, while only three of the ninety
Fix teama have chosen center aa cap
tain. '
The following captain havo been choaen:
Adrian (Mtrb.) college, Kfton James,
end.
Athlon (Mich.) college, William Punk,
halfback.
Alma (Mich ) college, Ephralm Johnson,
half hack.
Amherst (Ms.) college,
Bartholomew
J. Connolly, halfback.
' Auburn tUa.) college,
Jobs P. Major,
halfback. ,
AiiKiin (Tex.) college, John T. Adamaon,
tackle.
Haker (Kan.) unlverilly, Murl Capps,
end.
Hellrvu (Neb.) college, Chris Bonder-
you. ak!
Itflolt (Wis.) college, George A. Lalil-
Ercn. tackle,
itowdoin (Me.) college, I'hlllp S. Wood,
'nrown lit. I.) university, Runsell O.
A-hhaiiKh, end.
to.) university. FJmer Francy. end.
.'n i llxla (Pa.) Indian school, James
Thorite, halfback.
City (Md college, John ltelre, end.
Connecticut Aggies, Alvan IL Howard,
halfback.
:ieiiiiM (N. C.) college, 'William B.
UrHt. tackle.
Colgate (N. T.) university, Rosco C.
Cook, guard.
Cornell (N. T.) university, Edward W.
Iiutler, halfback.
Crelghtnn (Neb.) college, Harry Hop
kin, tackle.
Dartmouth (N. H.) college. Hay L. Ben
nett, guard.
iJelaware (Del.) collegt, James Huston,
(junrtrrback,
l Pauw (Ind.) university, Lawrence
Tnrker. halfback. '
IXcklnmm (ra.) college, Francis A.
lurin. halfback.
)rakn da.) college, Harold Lansing,
quarterback.
Frank Ha and Marshall, Tobias Jaeger,
' lialfliark.
Uallamlct (D. C.) college, Henry Bat
tlste, end.
Omirgetown university, John Ilcgarty,
end.
Hamilton (S. Y.) college, Donald. E.
Stone, guard.
Ilaverford (Pa.) college, W. C Long
Mretili, halfback.
Holy Cro iiu.) college, Fred B.
OMlergren, tackle.
Johns Hopkins (Mi.) university, George
lllllot, end.
Km nun State Normal, W, P. White,
halfback.'
Kentucky State University, W, C. Har
rison, end.
Kenyon frt.) college, F, Lan Ithora
batigh, tm'kle. -
Knox (ill.) college, Frank Itartman,
halfback.
Iowa Teachers' college, Thomas Andtf-
eon. end.
Lafayette (Pa.) college, Ales F. Mar
shall, halfback.
Ixtulelana Mute University, Scott Vic
Clwiuit. tackle.
Mnryland Aggies, . Frank Hoffecker,
hulfhaik.
Maryland Polytechnic, Clarence D.
Knight, end.
McCalHe (Tenn.) college, Eugene Sim
mons, end.
Mercer (Ga.) university, Frank Norman,
fulllmck.
Michigan Aggies, William R. lUblet,
tackle.
Monmouth (III.) college, George Ojg,
hulfback.
Jlount 8t. Mary's (Md.) college, W. R.
Fiftnnei-y, fullback.
Mount Union (O.) college, Frank Car
son. end.
Northwetern (III.) university, Andrew
Johnion, end.
Occidental (Cal.) college, Duffy Seay,
quarterback.
(ierlln lO.) college, Louis A. Bltmson.
halfback.
Ohio university, Clyde Gibson, halt
back. ' Ohio Wenleyan college, Byron M. Hitch
ismn. tackle.
Olivet (Mich) college, George Webber,
halfbark.
Omaha (Nob.) university, David Lar
son, halfback.
I'enniiylvmi'a State college,.!. Lester
.Tin ii i tie, TuunacK.
Princeton (N, J.) university, T. T. I'sn
fllfton. fiuarterback.
llandnlili-Macon (Va.) college, . Faul
ive, naiinncK.
lilnon (Wis.) college, Albert Choate,
fnllbark.
l)r (Ind.) polytechnic, Marlon Stoma,
naiioara.
Houih weatern (Kan.) college, Carl
rw onvnr. nuarternacK.
SnrtnrPeid (Man.) training, Daniel 3.
jviit natritarK.
Tufl M.) college, Ilary WoLer,
hal't-ack.
Trinity rronn.) college, Charles II.
v.oneit. naiiniti'H.
St. txioin (Mo.) unlveralty, Tony Btrad
herr halfback.
Union (v. T.) college, James Dewey,
X nlveri(r of Alabama, Farley Moody,
qtmi-e-bk.
University of Chicago. Lawrence Whlt
ln r"tr.
t'Kverilty of Cincinnati, Robert Heuck
11,1'
I'nlvr.'tv of Denver, R. R. J. Rchrne
: de cWle.
; University of Georgia, Daniel Peacock
. Un'vemlt of Illinois. William If.
- ,voiin luiinacK
University of Indiana, Floyd Fleming.
(Rckle.
.- I'nivemity of Iowa, If. r. Hanson.
Tlirn.
University of Kansas. Harold Brownlee,
er'i.
1 nivritv r Mlchlsan, George C
Tlmmtmiin fullbaok.
: Urilveri'tv of Minnesota, Clifford Mor-
7el center. s
I'ntver' of ' MIourl, Clarence P.
Un'ver.ttv of Nebraska, 1 G. 'Warner
iliehrlt.
. 1ntverity of Oregon, Dean II. Walker
-liu'eKiiek.
Unlvertv of Pennsylvania, Iroy Mer
rce" oafk.
:r T piv..v f KViuth Carolina, Alfred
vnn cin!i, piTMirii,
Tnt-eei re ,th. ,TrV n'ltem end
University of Syracuse, Rudolph Probst
. . Untvera'tv cf Vermont. Frank F.uck
,lpne rVIe.
. Hrvrd unlveralty, Percy L. Wendell,
. JiailljACK.
Fewer Home Runs on
I the Denver Diamond
- If Jimmy McGlll carries out a plan
; -which be bas In mind, there will be fdwer
Lome, runs made on the Denver irouqds
ihna In the iat. In Denver the gtound
Is so hard that If a ball voce gets away
. from fielder It la usually good for
home run, aa it keeps on bouncing and
- yolng at good rate of speed. There I
motorcycle track around the pi k and It
Is McGlH'a plan to build a low vail on
(lie inner side of the track and mak a
j.rovi3luu that a clean homer must be
bit over the wall.
There wero more bom run made
in
I't-nvrr leat kr, (or the slse of the
thdii In any other minor league ball
i"t iu tciiu'.iy
By MO.TV.
.N"!;V VORK. Deo. W.-If It wasn't sur.
pii-Md In lull; It was at leant approached
ro c!o.ely that It trrmblcj with fr of
antilhlllatlon, and thi applies to every
Fiwrtlng n-cord In the book. '
It ha been an unusual ear, the one
that comes to a close at midnight tomor
rowa most unusual year. It was a ban
ner one In every line of sport. Through
out the entire gamut of competitive
events, from boxing to billiards, be He ball
to wrestling, golf to auto racing, there
wer noteworthy performances recorded.
!ae ball being considered generally
as the particular hobby of Uncle Bam s
children. Is entitled to first consideration.
And there Is nobody who can deny it was
sn eventful year for the "most uncertain
of all games." F.xcltlng pennant races
were fought out In both big leagues, and
this was also true of practically all the
minors. The world's series, while tainted
with more or less scandal, was neverthe
less a memorable one. and Connie Mack
deserves all the credit that be receives
for the great battle his legions put up
against the Giants: The world's aeries of
1911 Is rendered all the more important
by (he fact that it may be the "last of
the Mohicans," the squabble between the
two league appearing Just now to 4iave
sounded Its death knell.
Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers can Justly
lay claim to the supremacy as an Indi
vidual all-around valuable diamond star.
The men who voted him tba automobile
knew what they were doing. Without con
sidering those most elusive of ail things
figures the premiership of the pitchers
must go to Chief Albert Bender of the
Athletics, whose cunning was the great
est factor In the overthrow of the Giants,
aylng all due respect to the prowess of
one J. Franklin Baker and his home-run
stick.
Passing along from the diamond' to the
roped arena, we find dusky Jack John
son still holding the fort against the
heavies In popular opinion, although he
didn't really put oa the glovee during the
entire year. Ad Wolgaat poor, unlucky
little man ha not lost his right to .the
lightweight sovereignty and, although the
close of the year finds hlra In an incapaci
tated condition, It seem certain that he
wll( sweep away the many disputes to
his crown when ha Is able again to go
after them. Johnny Coulon has defended
successfully the bantam title and Abe
Attel is still supreme among the feathers.
Two champions were toppled, however.
In the persona of Billy Papke and Willie
Lewi, In ' tba welterweight and middle
weight divisions, respectively. The hon
or that were wrested from Papk are
In dispute and could be claimed by any
one of a , dosen men, including ttfclor
Burke, Australian Dave Smith. Hugo
Kelley, Eddie ' McOoorty and. Frank
Klaus. Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul won
der, who flattened Willie Lewis, seifm to
possess about th beft clutch on the lat
ter' title, but it Is not very tight on
at that. Should Packey McFariand and
Matt Well declare themselves welurs
which they really are MonMeur Gibbon
would mora than ha v hi hand full.
So W find real ohamDlona . In
four cltisss heavyweights, lightweights,
featherweight and bantamwelghts-and
Jumble In twomiddleweight and wslter.
weight And the "white- heavyweight"
championship Is undoubtedly Jim Flynn's
M th hew year roll In. .
AMERICA WELL REPRESENTED
Biff Delegation, of Athletes Will
Journey to Stockholm.
COMPETITION GETTING KEENER
Old World Athlete BtrlrlaK Hard
Baal Aaaerleaa Reeerd and
Tal Is Realised a This
Id of th Water. ''
I
Nw YORK, Deo. S0.-Th plana of
th American Olympic) committee for the
representation of this country at Stock
holm) next summer by th largest ath-
letlo and amateur sport team ever as
sembled have evidently mad a strong
Impression atfroad, and not without
reason.
The record mado by the American ath
letes In the Olympiads of th past 1 too
well known to require repetition, Yet
th very excellence of these performances
requires that the standard be maintained
In W13, and this task grows harder at
each . international meeting, since the
other competing conn trie are constantly
striving to equal th record of th ath-
leies irora mis country, tnus forcing a
faster and higher standard of competi
tion on tracg and field.
That th American committee reirtlies
this is proved by th preparations being
mad for next summer. According to the
latest plan th United Bute track and
field team will compris close to 125 ath
letes, representing the best performer on
their respective specialties throughout the
country. In addition fully as many com
petitor will travel to Stockholm to rep
resent thi country In th shooting, skat
ing, wrestling, bicycling and other forms
of .snort not decided upon the running
track and turf Infield.
A member of .th commute In dis
cussing th situation recently' said that
he expected th American team would
number close to IU) and that the IMl.ouo
now being raided to defray-the expenses
of this team would be none too large fur
the purpose. Steamship and hotel accom
modation have already been tentatively
engaged for an athlctla team of more
than KW. Th tryout tests will be held
late. In May or early In June and the
final selection will b announced on Man
day, June S, and the squad will sail about
Jun W.
Th business-Ilk manner in which t.s
American committee 1 going about it
work haa evidently aroused some anilely
In England If the following editorial from
the Ixindon Truth can be taken as an
Index:
Activity la Uld World.
"At the forthcoming Olympic games the
question Is: 'How will the United King
dom dor Lat season's championships,
held In London, were a revelation as to
what the foreigner can do. We have mar
velled at the powers of America in field
events. But then we found French. Bel
gian and UsrmaA doing performances that
Aicerii-aa th!ct inlgnt envy. In Swe
des; th London athleiio team bad a tour.
Th Swede are cuming on by leap and
bound. In hammsr throwing, weight
putting, discus and Javsllu hurling their
men ar in the flist flight, la the high
Jump several touch lx feet and even
ever. Only on of our men did anything
regularly good In tbslj- field events, and
that wa Abrahams, th long Jumper. The
eld Cambridge Blue bad to clear some
thing like ZJ feet inch to win every
time. The Swede are being regularly
organised ad trained by HJertberg an
American Swede and what he doe not
know about field athletic la not woTih
A Dozen 1911 Champions
s. ' y - &.'-t!r
Frank Gotch I so far ahead of all other
wrestlers, not forgetting Zybesxko, Ralce
vich and the twice-defeated and twlce
allbylng Iackenschmldt, that he needs
no comment. -
Harold Hilton, th young Englishman,
I th undubltabl leader of the golfers,
by virtue of hi triumph In the American
championship at Apawomls, and old
Billy Lamed la also easily th "latest
thing" in tennis, although he ha been
in names many years.
Since the Grand Prise race at Savannah
proved a bigger affair than the Vander
bllt Cup this year, It winner, Ralph
Mulford,' deserves the laurels as the
premier auto race driver. Likewise, he
obliterated the world' record for the
entire distance and many intermediate
one, so he ha a well substantiated
Claim, ,
lfl th cu world ' th champion are
clearly defined. Alfredo DeOro, th vet
eran Cuban, 1 tlll without an equal at
th pool game, while hi conqueror at
three-cushion - billiard, Johnny Duly, is
th leadec In that style, Willie Hoppe
was not vn extended at balk line d ur
ine th year and It as much champion
knowing. Well, among the London Ath
letlo club team were thinking men Hen
derson, th old Oxford Blue; Abraham
and Flaxman, th hammer thrower. They
noticed, they Inquired and they acquired
knowledge which they ar only too willing
to impart. '
"In si month w hav to mak up
for th lethargy of th last four years.
Surely It la not Impossible to hope that
th eervtoe of the men will be utilised.
Of course, outside th American there Is
no one who la an all-round trainer for
field events. They' have created this class
of man because they have specialised In
sport and have been ready to spend
money in order to lick creation. They
pick a number of likely men, tney raise
the standard all round 'and then out of
these men they produce a champion. ' So
keen are teacher and taught about th
Championship business that they never
give away their secrete! There is an air
of trade secrecy about the business that
In as amusing as It I irritating to the
Britisher. The consequence la that we
shall have to utilize such teachers as we
have. But whether th Amateur Athletic
association is capable of turning to ac
count such teacher a we hav la an
other story. The power that be of the
Amateur Athletic association know noth
ing and car less about field events. The
Cs. Ja
Rosier , the old warhorse, hind the honor
of having traveled the fastest official mo
torcycle mils in'the'United States during
the year. ,
D Rosier' record , was 4 made at I.o
Angelea. Cl. J-'tbruary 7' ln-a ninety-mile
dash around pie board track. Ills txt
mil was hi last one, negotiated In
seconds. Ills time for ninety miles was
1:06 OK. In one . hour - his distance wa
13 mllea and 135 yard.
Many attempts to break motorcycle rec
ords were made by daring riders during
th year, but among tb professional rid
er the records made by Do Rosier were
the only new one to. pass muster before
J. p. Thornley. chairman of th compe
tition committee of the Federation - of
AmerlcansMotorrycllst. ' De Roster's rec
ords for. ntnet -flvn and UO miles, made
October ' 2v I'HU, were net surpassed dur
ing lfll. Three records are, respectively,
1:11:33' and MS:.
Aiaong the amuteufs lUiyniond and Sey
mour' mile record of 411 svcondi, nitido
at Ixs , Angele October- 33, 1910, still
stand. - It was not ' buttered officially
during 1911. v
Beginning, however. .with two mllea awl
up to and Including twenty, Don Johns
ran away with ail amateur records In a
wonderful burst of speed' on the board
track at Los Angeles April 4. 1S11. Johns'
time for two mile was 1:2JS- He made
the twentyi miles In H S1V D Rosier
time for th earn distance was H it) flat.
Johns' records ar cfficlal, having been
allowed oy. Chairman Tbornley.t Amateur
records beyond twenty miles remain un
changed. 1
At Buffalo, in July, durlngathe national
meet of th Federation of American Mo
torcyclists, the following records were
made: Ftvc-mll professional champion
ship, M, J. Graves, -in 4. S; ten-mile
professional. 'E. A. Haaha, h 17; flfteeu
mile professional, limha. 1J 4JH; ten-mile
amateur, J. V. Constant, t:!9; one hour
rare, amateur championship, Frank Hart,
distance, DO mllea
Motorcycle Records in 1911
; srfH w. 4 ii
Left to right, top row, Ty Cobb, base
ball; Ad Wolgaat. lightweight fighter;
Connie Mack, premier base ball leader.
Second row. Matt McGrath, hammer
thrower; Jack Johnson, heavyweight
king; Harold II. Hilton, golf champion.
Third row. Frank Gotch, daddy of all
wrestlers. R. C. Craig of Michigan, fastest
sprinter; Alfredo DeOro, greatest pool
player,; W. A. Larncd, tennis champion.
Below, Willie Hoppe. balk-line billiard
champion, and Ralph Mulford, leading
auto race driver.-
. . , ? .
aa ever, despite th fact that he la now
a "benedict."
In track athletics there are several gen
uine champions. R. C. Craig of Michigan,
who equalled Barney Wafers' ancient 230
yard mark, I the first and last word In
all-powerful sporting press ignore them
and the public takes no Interest In them,
for the simple reason that It know that
the Britishers' performance are, com
pared with those of other nations, bumble-puppy."
Wichita Likely to Get
Back Into Western
According to reports, Wichita is going
to be represented in the Western league
again next year. Intense Interest is
being manifested by the business men of
the city and tbey are said to have agreed
to provide the necessary funds with which
to purchase, a f ranchls. - In all proba
bility a stock company . will be formed
with the shares selling low enough to
allow any one Interested to get a chaj.ee
to buy.
A downtown park is claiming the atten
tion of all the booster, and It is aald
that if one. can be secured Wichita will
be one of the , best ball town in the
Western league. There is also a number
of influential men who favor all the busi
ness houses of the city, both retail, and
wholesale, '- closing Friday afternoons,
making this a base ball day.
JAKE DK ROSIER.
DON JoUNSi.
Among th "near records" record that
were throat) out for various reasons by
Chairman Thomlry, those of Jo Wolters
on the board .track at Oakland, Cel., are
Interesting.
Wolters' time, as claimed, for fiv miles
wa ITT. De hosier's for th asm dis
tance ii 3:Jav Wolters' time for ten
miles was t:6; De Roster's was 7:01.
the year in sprinter. John Paul Jones
of Cornell, who demolished Tomjny Con
nefr mile record, is the greatest in his
specialty. George Bbnhag- of New York
Is the best at the abbreviated Jong dis
tances, as he ha been for several years,
and Lewis Tewanlma, the Indian, Is the
peer of them all over the more extended
course. Matt McGrath, who mashel
the hammer throw record, also Is a shin
ing light
The champion foot ball player of th
year could be designated as Sammy White
of Princeton, who beat both Harvard and
Tale by hi individual brilliant plays.
The four husky American gentlemen
who won the polo cup from England
should not be forgotten. They are Mont
and Larry Waterbury, Dave Mil burn and
Harry Payne Whitney.
During the year there was no Jeffries
Johnson fight and there were no Olym
pic games. But that did not cause It to
be an "off year. Decidedly the con
trary. There are many things to he re
membered and, aa sport lover say good
bye to the old year they can part on
good term, declaring that the many lea
'son taught will be productive of greater
things in th future.
M9YE TO RESTRICT INSIGNIA
Much Can Be Said in Favor of Limit
ing Varsity Emblems.
NEW SCHEME IS SUGGESTED
la the West It 1 th Desire to' Pat
Letter WKbla Reach of the
Athlete With All 'Rossi
abilities.
NEW YORK, Deo. 30. There seem to
be a general movement among th col-
lego to tighten up on the regulations
governing the awarding of atbetla in
signia, and in particular of th varsity
letter. To avoid a close Investigation of
the origin of this movement it seems best
to ay that it was begun at Cornell, when
th athletlo council voted In favor of
granting th varsity letter to the man
ager, of th varloua major sports, and It
has already spread, in a mor or lesa ad
vanced degree, to WUlllams. Columbia,
Chicago and Rutgers. For tb last few
years ther has been' a very strict en
forcement of insignia regulation at Wis
consin, so that that Institution, too, may
be counted in the reaction.
There Is a great deal that can be said
In favor both of limiting the number of
those honored with the varsity emblem
and also of allowing a freer use of It. As
an Incentive by, which-to draw out can
dldates for the various varsity teams the
restricted privileges of the letter can well
be seen, and. It .Was on this score that
the most serious objections were raised
at Cornell. There It was claimed that If
the managers were permitted to. wear the
"C" It would mean that more men would
go out for the business of running the
teams rather than for the teams them
selves. The W cetera Idea.
On the other hand, putting abide ail
thought of teams and an Incentive to gei
candidates, one of the most logical argu
ments In favor of letting tuo letter come
within the rang 'of all Is that which has
been suggested in the west. Let the man
who is proficient In some one branch of
athletics go out for his team, but grant
the letter to the man who makes the
most all-around Improvement In bis ath
Ittlq work throughout the year or who Is
able to go through with creditable "per
formances a scries of athletlo trials tiiat
would tend to show all-around ability.
11 the standards as established wore too
low It would be a simple enough matter
to readjust them so that only the men
of ability a little above the average would
receive the letter, There would be no re
striction as to the'' number of men getting
it each year, aiul the men who would
got it would be good all-around ath'.etes
and not good in one branch only, such
as rowing, track athletics, buse ball, tuu(
ball, rocKey or swimming. In a modified
way such a plan of awarding the "Y"
was 'in. vogue at Yale for many years.
Each fall a university gymnastlo com
petition wa held, open to all the trtudenls
in th university, and' the man who won
the all-around championship also received
a varsity "Y," for his efforts.
It Is' pot likely, ho ever,- that a plan
surli a thi will find favor at th pres
ent time. Ths Cornell Idea that the man
ager ar not deserving of th varsity
letter, and this is the same notion that
has got Into the heads of some of the
Sthlctlc people at Columbia, is selfish in
tbe extreme. It Is all'rlght to' aay thai
the athletes ate the ones who get out
Australian Comes to America
Bf W. W. IVAtGIITOX.
BAM FRANCISCO, Dec. n.-"At the
conclusion of the present Australlsn sea
ncin at tho invitation of well known box
ing supporters In America,' I hav de
cided to proceed to New York for the
purpofo of conducting a big season. 1
will ltt oti know more detailed particu
lars later on.
The following I an extract from a let
ter received by the' writer from Hugh
Mcintosh, the Australian promoter, who
Is at present haudilr.g pugilistic event
In Sydney:
"It w'.il Le news to a erreat tn:j, no
doubt, lo ln-ar that Mclntorh purposes
to invade America, although he gave
some hint of his intentions when he
Mated in an Interview before leaving
England, that his main ambition was to
establish a chain of boxing clubs around
the world. " '
" 'Mac' Is certainly an enterprising fel
low. According to his letterheads. Hong
Kong and Yokohama are about the only
two places In which he ha not estab
lished agencies and banking connections
and the reason, I Judge, can be found
In the fact that the game of the glove
haa not taken root as yet In China and
Japan. Even Colombo and Suva boast
Mcintosh representatives.
"Although Mac doesn't aay so, he prob
ably expects to carry his pugilistic doll
with him when he descends upon New-
York. At present he Is making a deter
mined effort -to corner the market. He
has with him in Sydney, .Jack Lester,
Sam Lengford, Jimmy C tabby. Cyclone
Thompson, 8am McVea, -Terry Kelleher,
Porky Flynn and Bandsman Rice. lie
has lines out for Joe Jeanette, Jim. Flynn,
Al Kaufman, " Willie Lewi and several
other and will Induce some of them, no
doubt, to hit the 'out trail' for Australia.
"The season in Australia close in
April, when the winter month begin.
Boxing Is conducted after that In email
halls and theaters, but there are no big
open air affair such as Mcintosh makes
a specialty of.
This mean that he will be due In New
York some time in -June that la if he
adheres'1' to hi resolve.
Just what ' kind ' of a proposition haa
been made to Mcintosh will not be known
until he send "mor detailed particular"
along. He can hardly expect to receive
a hearty welcome from the New York
promoters, but a he claim to be taking
the step "at the Invitation of well known
boxing supporter in America," he should
not find himself friendless and alone
when he set foot in the big- eastern
cities. 1
He will certainly cause a sensation If
he arrive there with th string of sea-,
soned flf tic campaigner at present under
on th field and fight for the glory of
their Institution, but that gam or row
ing race, or whatever it may be, may
have taken not more' than four or five
month of preparation, and then there
come the day when th athlete can get
out and hear the plaudits of th crowd,
which is really one of the most Important
elements In the process of getting the
man to come out for tbe sport in th first
place. The varsity letter follows as a
matter of course.
What Of the ttasma-erf
But what of tb manager? His Job be
gins in a great many Institution when he
Is a freshman, and from being a "heoler"
he gradually runs through . th various
grades to th assistant managership and
finally to ths managership. Then It
means getting down to work th day one
1 elected. Ther 1 no letup for th sum
mer vacation, for the affair of the team
go oa a usual. Expenses of on ssrt
or another com up continually;, tbe staff
In th permanent employ of th team haa
to be looked after; meeting upon meeting
has to be held with th graduate man
ager, tbe gradual director, th coach,
the captain, the faoulty committees of
this, that and thi other; and then last,
and perhaps least of all, th aatual tame
or contests have to be booked and ar
ranged for. To be a manager means to
devote long hour to a long task, and
when th final big day doe arrive the
manager doe not march proudly across
th field or chug chug down the river
In a. speed boat. Ills part Is to remain
unseen; to be the prompter, In other
word, to stand . In th wing and see
that everything goes as it should. In the
final analysis the manager has to work
all the time and in -the end haa to sacrl
flc hi degree In many Instances, while
th athlete can break training and pack
up and go home when hi two or three or
four months training la done and th big
day Is past. It is only matter of justice
that the manager receive 1 some tangible
recognition for hi services. If the amount
of work done Is any standard, then he is
probably entitled to two or three varsity
letters to the on that ths athlete wins.
Berth for Decay Uolsae.
Dean Wilde In the Sioux City Journal
say that Ducky Holme ha received
offers to manage either one of two teams
In the Western league next season.' But
as yet the former Sioux City player has
not decided what he will do In the 1913
season. Holmes in an Interview said he
had a chance to scout for a team in the
major league, and has also several prom
iHing offer in team throughout the coun
try; There Is a bsre possibility that
Holmes may be at(the head of the Lin
coln team next season.
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his control. Maybe, If hi reception lack
cordiality, he will move en to London,
Paris or some other fight-fostering center
and carry the wandering star of the
arena with him.
As a rule Mcintosh goea through with
any plan h map out and now that he
has declared himself In connection with
a "big season" in New York, he I not
likely to abandon th idea. It wa
deemed foolish for bucking "th fight
trust," a the National Sporting club of
London Is called, but he worked hi way
into the big English metropolis and han
dled some of th most Important boxing
matches ever held there. Whether he
mad money or not Is a mooted question.
The point I am making la that he 1 not
eaally thrust aside.
vJust how he expects to conduct a "bis;
season" In New York does not appear,
and it almost looks as though the Aus
tralian fight handler Is not conversant
with conditions In the east. With Mad
ison Square Garden closed to promoter
by order of the commission, and with
open air boxing and picture taking barred,
it docs not seem as though New York
offer much to the Antipodean sports
man, unless It la that he Intends to build
a roofed arena of his own.
Mcintosh, if ha cares, will surely bring
some of the beat of the Australian ring;
men with him In addition to any Ameri
cas that may return with htm. Among)
th Australians, no doubt, will be Hugla
Mebgan' and Dave Smith. The first
named is the lightweight champion of
kangaroo land, and according to all ac
counts he 1 the best that country haa
produced since the day of George Daw
son and Shadow Maber.
Mehgan, it is said, can make 133 pounds
without trouble, so that If he come he
will be In line for a championship go with,
Ad Wolgast or who ever happens to be
the custodian of the lightweight laurel
at that time.
A glance at Mehgan's record, by the
way, reveals the fact that he lost once
to Rudle Unhols in two round, while the)
latter was doing; the best he 00 uld for
himself out Sidney way. But, then tho
explanation la forthcoming that Ifehgaa
broke hi arm and wa forced to deeist.
th damage to th crack Australian' rep
utation doe not seem to be so disastrous.
Dave Smith I th middleweight who de
feated Billy Papke and wa' defeated In
turn by the Kewanee slugger. He la
well spoken of by th Australian critics
and he 1 evidently a fighter who could
be depended upon to give a good account
of himself with auch men aa Klaus, Mc
Goorty, Moha and Hugo Kelly.
Athletics Claim ;
Championship of '
Their Class Here
Undefeated In two years by a local
amateur team, the Athletics for the sec
ond successive season lay claim to the
Junior, or 140-pound, foot ball champion
ship of the city.
Last season this husky bunch of young
sters went through the season without
being scored upon, while they totaled up
142 points on their opponents. -
Thi season they were not so fortunate,
Whll still undefeated by a local team,
they were scored on twice, once fry ths
Sherman Avenue Merchant and once by
the Monmouth Park Reserves. Several
out of town games were played, but in
each of these the Athletics were so heav
ily outweighed that the-showing they
mad was credited more as a victory
than as a reverse.
Next season the Athletics will be In the
field again with a stronger lineup than
ever. Under the captainship of John
Haien they expect to return victors in
their class for th third successive
season.
The record of the Athletics against)
local teams this season is as follows:
Athletics, 10; Elrawood Parks, 0.
Athletics, 0; Monmouth Park Re
serves, 0. -
Athletics, 14; Kennedy Stars, 0.
Athletics, 10; Continentals, 0.
Athletics, 6; Monmouth Park He
serves, 6.
Athletics. 1; Stag Athletlo Club, . (forfeit-),
. ,
Athletics, I; Sherman Avenue Wert
chants, &
Athletics, ; South Omaha Ramblers, a
Athletics, 0; South Omaha Ramblers, U.
(Note: After the second tie game be
tween the Athletics and the South Omaha
Ramblers, the Ramblers announced them
selves contestants in the 150-pound class,
thus losing all claim to the Junior title, ,
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