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4 S s HIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: .JANUARY 24, 1915. "Tacks" Hardwick, America's Greatest All-Around Athlete of taking ) per cent of fhe receipt, or the IS.000 guarantee. It appears aa If rffrrhl will have to taJca up the $S,O0O flat or pass up the match, aa Jlnmy Johnston declares ha win not concede any percentage privilege to tha erstwhile lightweight champion. TVel.ea I,xe A (rata. Oscar Matthew (Battling Nelson) sim ply will not hearken to reason. For over two yesrs the once Iurabe Dana has been Informed that he la no longer "there" aa a ring atar, hut the Mayor of Hagowlsch believes otherwlae and la quite ready to prove It wfth a practical demonstaratlon. ' - . For over a year Nelson haa smothered Tbee phOtogTapnt rtow "Tt?n" Herd wlck'a pleasing countenarce and the great Crtmaon athlete speeding down tha field1 with, the pigskin and lacing out a homo run. Hardwick la without a peer aa an all around athlete In America today.' He haa an enviable record at Harvard. En taring unheralded, he faitt roae to the top of the list of prima athletes which Cam. bride-, haa produced In recent years. He la the only man 'to get four gold foot balls, the reward given by Harvard to the man who plays on baae ball or foot ball team that beats Tale. Hard, wick haa three gold foot balls for foot ball and one for baae ball, and he will receive a fifth If Harvard beata Yale at bum ball' thla spring. He's equally great at foot ball, baaa ball and track athletic; In fact, Hanrard men are sure he could make good In grand style In crew, baaket ball or any thing elae he had a mind to tackle. Iat fall Hardwick was selected as All-Amerlcan foot ball end. He could get a chance In one of tha big profes sional base ball leagues, when he leaves college If he wished, but he la deter mined to buck the line In business Instead. HARDWICK ALL ROUND STAR Menke Declares Harvard Star the Greatest in the Country Today, if Not of All Time. 13 PROFICIENT IN ALL SPOSTS B FRA1SK (1. MKMtH. NEW . TOIIK, Jan. 33,-Huntlngton (''Tacks") Hardwick of Harvard ranka to day aa tiie fcreateat all-around athlete In America, If not the groateat all-around athlete of ell time. Tha sporting world knows . Hardwick bent because of his foot ball achievements. They Inow that he was the unanimous selection lent full or one of the All Amerlcan ends; they know that there never waa a man who strode on the grid iron who waa a more versatile player than Hardwick. But the world generally docs not know a few otltr things) about Hardwick and his greatness. Hardwick is a ball player of such caliber that if he yearned for it he could get a chance In the big leagues this year. He 1st fleet of loot, covers a great amount of ground in the outfield, Is an unerring judge of fly build, a fine base stealer and a altigxer at the bat. Hardwick 1m Harvard's strong man. In strength texts early last fall ha scored 1.3M points. Ills showing astounded the! athletic world. Tho most remarkable fea ture of Hurdwli-k'a work In the strength teats Is that. he tahes but little gvrruiesHuin practice. He did but Utile training for the test. "H.iw did you do ttV' the amaxed physi cal directors aeked Hardwick. And Hard wkk, rnodent nntf nut inclined to talk about himself or his deeds, simply re- , piled; "By doing Itthat's the only explana tion X can make," Hardwick, who la the only four gold ball tUiWe that Harvard aver haa had, loeen't look overly powerful. He's yours I'M, weighs 174 pounds and Is about an inch tiny of being siis foet tall. Uut It jiceina tint every ounce cf Hardwlck's frame la composed of bone and muscle t.nd every muscle Is developed to Its full Imit Hurvaid athletic officials usually go Into spasms of delight hn soma won iierful "prep" school athlete enrolls at Harvard. That meant that Harvard has MiibrcJ another athlete who probably wilt ' lo much to keep tho Crimson a'andurd no man aver played It before. He was about two-thirds of the Harvard eleven. Ill playing overshadowed that of all the others. Hardwick seemed to be here, there and everywhere, Itarely did Hardwick fall to catch a forward pass when it was aimed at him. No Una seemed too hard for Hardwick to smash. It was Hardwick who scored the only touchdown that was - made against lllchlgnn. It waa Hardwick who scored all the points that Harvard made against Washington and Jefferson. Hard wick and Hardwick alone saved Har vard from beatlnga In both of those games. . Hardwick waa the star of the Tale game; he waa the star of the Prince tun, game. He was the star In every game. Offensively and defensively, Hard wick outshone every man agulnst whom he was pitted. ' I tlaa Foar Gold Bulla. , Hardwick haa won his letters In base bull, foot ball and on the track. The men who play on base ball or foot ball teams that beat Yale get a gold ball. Hardwick has four of them. He Is the only man who ever played at Harvard who won four gold balls during his college career. Hard wick bus' three gold foot balls and one gold base ball. And he has a cbanca of getting a fifth provided Harvard beata Yale at base ball this spring. Hardwick pasties his summer In the J 0HNS0N-W1LLARD IN SPOT Hig Smoke and White Hope Occupy Calcium Glare in Fight World These Day. NELSON BEEAKS LOOSE AGAIN By nix;iDE. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The Jack John- svn-Jess Willard battle for the heavy weight championship of the world will be soon a reality. The doubtful stage haa been passed, for during the last week ail details were completed and the ma chinery set In motion for the probable transfer of the title from Ethiopian to Caucasian. Tha date definitely decided upon It Sat urday afternoon, March the place, juares not the bull ring, 'but the race track, and the distance, forty round. The herculean WMaart sincerely believe that he will relieve Jdhnsoa of all cham pionship responsibility on the aforesaid date. Bo firm In bis conviction Is Willard that he has cancelled all but one -of his theatrical engagements before getting out for his training quarters at Ei Paso. Kansas City and Omaha were honored with Millard's presence last week, the depths of the Maine woods. Boon after giant paselrnT up Dallas, Peoria, Okla- college closes ho hies himself away to Maine and lives the primitive life until time cAnes for him to' resume his studies. "I guess) It's the outdoor life that gives me what strength I have," says Hard wick. Hardwick Is one of the most popular fellows who ever entered Harvard.-. A doxrn colleges and prep schools have offered Hardwick a job aa fall, but he has turned down all the offers, "I'm through with foot ball," he said. "After I graduate I am going Into busi ness, and I'm golnc into the game of bual ncee the way I have gone Into athletics with my whole heart and soul." Virg Rector, Omaha Boy, on Dartmouth Basket Ball Team Virgil Kector, son of E. T. Rector, W31 Hawthorne avenue, Is making a name for himself In eastern athletiu circles by his hotna City, Des Moines and St. Joseph, at which townships he waa booked to appear In stag exhibitions. , Carley Eaplalaa. Tom Jones, a member of the gyndicate promoting the bout on behalf of Willard. accompanied Jess to El Paso, Which' Is across the border from Juares. Jaok coach ncxU Curley, who concocted the match and the i piny on tn Dartmouth basket ball team, j floating from the topmost peak In athietlc world. But wtn-n llaMlcl en- l.aBt year Kector attracted considerable tered Harvard there wasn't any wild ac- attention playing at guard, but this year Uim. Hardwick entered almont unno- j ,n.e he has played at center he la c.red tt.td. He hadn't made any wonderful j ud by eastern critlce aa the best center homin In his hiKh school days and there n the eastern conference. was nothing to Indicate that be would rt to greatness. i la Mauni'kvHlll Lit. Hatdwick'a home i In Qulncy, Mas. He waa prepared for Harvard at Oroton vJiool. Ho v?ii'J three years on the foot t-ull team met three yeais on the baae ball team there. Then he went to Mar rti, ei.tcihiii In UU. JUroHk tot uiii wl'h a bunch of fretilimcn and made a try for the team. Hi; li.:u!rj a Jiti, in.l the way that Hard- t"H plyd on tl.Kl f reeimiitii eleven lontte Mill a marked man ut Hurvard I'ioru an ahoobt unnoticed "Ireehie'' ho t onto liecame among t lie iuot prom inent ISrlckley, I'ciinoik and Urttdiee erq anion,; thoe l,u cuUuJ Harvuid den IlnrdwicX did, and It was that 'itiart-t itiai. at uuxti i, it kpti to lauk Siti.o-. the Bleat alhJ.liH al llufvard. in iLd bill lug of !,:: f." aiin.art year. i.iiiiwitk nt lii f...r bo . bull. ' He "nitt'le" the iiih and iih ease. He b- bum a Hiemhtr cf the Harvard freshmen i ar,J f!r!j team and scored t.otnts in the shot put urul broad Jump. Hatd i W t,Kk the btreiijfih testa tnat year "ii rejs!i.-!r-l 1 v.l a tine sihowing. ' f:i l is i- '.n 1 year at lUrurd the imy lurt la!,evi on the 'varmty elsven. l-hej t.aifback' and kharrd honors im l;ncRly fur the i;rat shoeing f I 'in iii d i . ea of that year. :i the 'Spring Hvideb k "maiJe" the -. Iiutf trol l and p avf j tht outllcid .- In u. J it the fuorte.ian innliig of the a Mm', ilutmg hts teewttd year al ittd. ilar-il'k bioahi-d out a home iii.ii, t; Harvard a 4 to S-victory la ft the iiK.fct t'u-li:lng Yale-Hat vard Id Hector Is a graduate of the Omaha High school, class of IMS, He waa prominent In foot ball, basket ball and track during lil siitlro lour yesrs. 1U. porta from Hartmouth also testify Umt Rector will prove to be one of the beet pole vaultera In the country next year and the Ureen Is de)ieniling upon I'lm to earn several point- in the big meets. V.,.i li.il I tvtr tolliKed. in 1 Ci HardwP'k alternated hvtK-en erci and kahbai k in the eieven. l;ut ii iv.i k ati.iiy as a f'n.thalli-r O.J.rt ' ii. vie. lit ui l ,ae piuyej al uuar ! t k in 'arny myle. If be hud n. m i i 1 linie. l'e ci ll iaii ptayed on i l.i.e as .1 a he played k of ii. '.' i.. le Wan t a pur ttia on tbe eleven ; .'. ii'.'lwh k toui:n't play ar.J play in Thorpeians Ejnoy Second Birthday The Thoiuctan Athletic club, held Ita second aimlveratry cehtiatlon last week, retrltterlnr the iulng tif the second year of Its exis'ance. tHflcers were elected for the ensuing term. Hen Alfahetnaniv was re -elm led preaUleiit;., Robert Colin Is the new vice president, Jake Uaventuan, kvcrtitary-treaaurer. aud Joke Zaxer, sergeant-al-ai nia The Thorlan club started two years sko with sit boys as ineniiHvs and orKwnlneia and It was two months before they could even rent a club houee. Then tli structure al Twenty-sixth and lat rlck streets was procured and has been the club house ever since. . Jim Thorpe, famous rrdnkln who Is now a iiHinbor of John Mcduw'i tiiunla. Is a charter memlwr of the eijti. that distinction being bestowed upon IJn for permission kiai.tl to use -his name in tlm title of the elub. Sam Crawford Fired Vy Great Ambition r-am Craw ford, the well known User slcii(jer. ha become fir.d with a drier .nine I anihitlun. 8aiiiui-l would make 3.'fV baae hits before he is eent back to atiiio tu oin'e inore ply the barber trade. f-min.1 now has l.ysl hits to his ci-iit ami he Ueclurea he will maUa the d.-.lied ,..t fU HiiJUk Ji.yed loot LtU as ' cord or bunt In the ailempL gained Johnson's consent to the meeting, left the metropolis last Tuesday, bound direct for Kl Paso. Before departing Curley explained why he selected the Juares race course as the site for hostili ties. , "The main reason I decided on the mexican town was because it la mora centrally located than the other places under consideration," said curley-haired Curley. "Then, again, the accommodations, ho tel and public, and the facilities , for transportation at Juares excel those of the other cities that bid for the ' match. Also the officials of the track will not conduct a race meeting on the day of the fight. From the owners of the course we have aleu received many con cessions, as well aa from the town of El Paso. A body of cltlsens there baa given us a suite of offices and has contributed 5,O0O toward promoting the mill. ' Ho It can teadlly be seen that, there ere reasons aplenty for favoring Juares," concluded Curley. Johasou la Tralniag. If dispatches from Vera Crua are to be believed, Johnaon la In strict training for the clash with Willard. Before ar riving at that place Johnson was said to have worked conscientiously at Buenos Ayres. where he was encamped for sev eral weeks. Tho Maduro champion haa three sparring partnera with him, and In a day Or so Idlka Donaldson, the Haver- straw middleweight, will leave, this port for Juares to serve as Johnson's .fourth aide. Johnson has already received 13.000 for transportation and expenses, and la to receive $30,000 for his end, regardless Of the outcome. It le said that Willard will have the service of Jim Jeffries and Tom Hliarkey in 1 the capacity of trainers during the final days of the training alege. Of what value these two old-timers will be to the cow puncher remains to be seen. Both Jeffries and Sharkey bear strong animos ity toward Johnson, and they would teach Jeas every trick of the trade If they thought It would help InNaccomplishlng the downtai; of the haughty black. ' thaaea for Ritchie. . Willie Ritchie may yet be given a chancv to regain the lightweight title he relinquished, to Freddie WelBh last July. llut the Calllornlan will have to aoore aa unadulterated knockout In order to win back his lost laurels, whereas Welah and Ritchie Is In the Incubator atage Juet at present, but It is expected to be definitely settled In a day or two. ; It Is proposed to bring thla -pair tav- gether for ten rounds at Medisgn jui Harden on the 'ev-.nlng of Febiuary t. ein pas eaxenreu 10 a return engage ment, and It remains only fur Ritchie to ood acceptance to clinch tho match. Jimmy Johiiaton, the demon toy man aKer. who la arranging the bouts for the Hiow ' association, which hohta forth la the famous Hhorl Temple Madison equate Garden has wired Ritchie an l-ffer of f.,MI to lltht Velh. Ritchie however. Is liolJlng vut for the privilege within him tha desire for battle. But the spark was fanned Into a flame when, I ait week, he acted aa chief second to Iieach Cross in Ms tilt with young .Bhugrue... , Nelson actually fought a battle by him self while directing Crosa' plan of cam paign. The old battler thought he waa In his glory once more; that ie was still the wprli'a ' lightweight charXplon. and that the plaudits were all for him. . It .was a strongly reminiscent ; scWne when Bat went Into the comer occupied by Cross. It revived memories of a Thanksgiving afternoon two years ago, when the same Cross administered an unmerciful beating to the venerable fighting machine. Bat tling Nelson. Now they are tha closed of friends. In these times of uncertainty It would not be surprising to hear of Nelson breaking out once again and Insisting that he ts the logical contender for the world s lightweight title. Omaha Bowlers to Meet Again Today Omaha bowlers will hold another meet Ins; this afternoon at the Paxton hotel to . make plans for the 1911 Mid-west tournsment which will be held in Omaha and the approaching city tourney. An orrsnlzatloa for that purpose was per fected two weeks aro and today arrange menta for all details will come up far discussion. Ealsrsr fa I fed rrk. President Weeerhman Is going to en Irirge the bleachers at hla Chicago Nnrtfc Hide rnrk. There will be room for 1I.W0 more 25-cent patrons. The new bleachers) will be erected In deervleft field. It be In the pian to rase the brick boardinsj house which stands directly back gf tha littlo green fence. . Grlf Pleke Trwlntasj Caw. ' The Washington has bad club will train 1n Charlottesville. Va., In 191S. Thla announcement was made by Manager' Clark Griffith last week. doto-11 "-V yy . 1 . ... . -. , -o Ma 8 n 29 eA Stermfeced Youm, In . a ' homely Apmttmen t "Ned sat by the window in the newly dressed quarters, in the rooms June and he had fatted out. They had planned it as their nest, his only companion, now, . was a miniature of his lovely, bride." - v ' 66 r7 ? : : . ; -Lillian Chsstor is a tender story, a heart - interest story a : tale of troubles and love. It's written with all the sympathy that makes us fond of Wallingford; it's 'the best -piece'-of writing he has done. ; 1 , ' It is illustrated with moving pictures produced by the Reliance Motion Picture Corporation by special arrangement for this paper. No expense has been spared to make them magnificent; no effort has been stinted at any point Read the Story '.; ; ; Daily in The Bee v- ; ; 1 ; iSee tho Pictures ,, I .1 . ' - at the Mqviqs ' ' ".. "Runaway June" has never before been published. 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