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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1915)
"Now We May Find Out Whether the Coach Made the Team GOTHAM GETS INFO "ON ONE UTECHER Jack Curley and Yousiff Hussane HE Will. COACH THE OMAHA UNI SUGGEST FOUR MEN TO SUCCEED JUMBO Bill Roper, Jess Harper, Oil Dobie and Bennie Owen Names Before Nebraska Athletic Board. SPORTS SECTION ,f The Omaha HITTING IT ALONG ' THE BASEBALL RUN BASKET BALL TEAM. Western League Will Return to tha Return to New York and Spill Newi to Damon Runyan. Longer FiTe-Month Schedule Next Season. ANY ONE WOULD MAKE GOOD AND DAMON PUTS IT IN PAPER TIP O'NEILL GOES TO THE COAST L. When Jack Curley and Youalff Hussane returned to New York frllowlng llus Hne'i trimming at the lift ids of Joa Stechar at IJncoln on T. an a Ivlng, Damon Runyon, one of the clever -st sport writers In the metropolis, drop led In on Curley and the Turk anl the fol teeher ome rrttirr. Yousouf Hussane, the Turk wrestler, and Jack Curley, hia manager, have re turned from Lincoln. Neb., where Hus sane waa beaten on Thanksgiving day by Joe Stecher, the new western mat marvel. Stecher won in two straight falls, devot ing about four minutes to the subject of the sultan the first time and slightly more taan that for the second fall. When Interrogated about the matter up In Curley'a office. Hussane walked the floor, flailing the air above his head with tils arms. "Oh-o-o-o, I am bo nervous!" he said. "Oh-o-o-o yes, yes! Somedtngs It hap pens. I do not know. No! I am so nervous! IIURsane, he ia defeat' In nine mlnyutes. What a business is this! It better waa that I be drunk. I could not have done worser. Nine mlnyutes! Hus as.net Oh-o-o-o I I am so nervous!" "He hasn't quite recovered yet," said Curley. "Stecher got him with a scissors hold for the first fall that hold with the two legs around the body which the Ne braskan has perfected to murderous effi ciency. The second time Hussane got behind him, and waa working on him, when suddenly one of Stecher's ham-like nands ahot out, grasping Humane around the wrist, and threw him around in the' air. It was all over ao quickly that I could acarcely realize what had hap pened. Aa for Hussane well, you see him." "I am so nervous," said Hussane, walk ing the floor. "Hussane Is a good wrestler, and had you told me any man In the world could throw him twice In nine minutes I'd have laughed at you," continued Curley. "This Stecher la the greatest wrestler I've ever seen. In my opinion, he Is the greatest anybody has ever seen. If ever lie meets Gotch, and he probably will within the next year, out around Omaha, I'm going to bet all I can borrow or beg n Stecher." "I should ahoost aa well be drunk; I n 31 rould not have done worser," Insisted JIussane. Jo la a Farmer. "Stecher la 23 year old, and waa born and reared In the little town of Dodge, Neb.," resumed Curley. "I never heard cf Dodge before In my life until I heard of Stecher, but I am told that another cf our American great wrestlers. Clarence Whistler, came from there. I always thought he originated In Baltimore, but It seems not. "Stecher never had a wrestling lessen In his life. All he knows about the game lie has picked up hlmsolf, and It he can beat Gotch, as I think he can,. It will be one of the most wonderful accomplish ment In the history of wrestling. "Stecher la not an exceedingly big fel low, being of medium height and weigh ing about 190 pounds, but hals amas Ingly strong and faat on the mat. All his preliminary wrestling was done with his brother and sister out on the farm. They tell me his sister can easily throw the average wrestler. "The scissors hold apparently came natural to Stecher, but he has perfected It In many ways. When he trains he 'takes a aack stuffed full of wheat and straddles It, bringing the pressure of his legs to bear upon It until the bag burats. I've heard it said, too, that he used to straddle cows and horses, and crumple them up by the terrific pressure of h's limbs; but this story sounds a bit far fetched. uon. wnen ne steps on the mat no is out to win, and he wins so quickly that it really isn't much of a show. He has thrown eight men In seventy-eight min utes in his last eight matchessixteen falls. Why, any man in this wrestling tournament that Is going on here ' now would be a mark for him, in my opinion." "I am so nervous," remarked Hussane. Carley Shows Mow. "Here!" said Curley, suddenly grab bing Bill Farnsworth, who wandered into the office at that luckless moment, -I'll show you how Stecher took Hussane on the second fall." And before the astounded Bill knew what was coming off ha was down on the floor and the indus trious Jack was using him as a lay figure to illustrate his lecture. Wa have seen and heard "Hurry-Up" Yost reel off one of his movie scenarios of a foot ball game, and we have ob served George Stallinga at full speed in a base ball converaasione, but they have nothing on Jack Curley when the topic is wrestling. Jack Herman, a Chicago wrestling promoter, who ia now bringing the original Zbyszko back to this country, came in and added to Prof. Curley's audi ence. "He's thrown such men ss Cutler and Westergaard and Americus without tha slightest trouble," said Curley, meaning btecher. "" hen he wrestled Cutler a ig chunk of money went out of Chicago to bet on Cutler. I know of over I-V.OOO from one source that was gathered in by the Nebraska farmers. At that time the wis lads in the wrestling game thought he was a sucker, but they've chinked their minds. Gotch had a bet on Cutler." "He's pretty good, that Stecher." af firmed Herman. "I've seen him work. Still, it seems to me that most of the fellows he has wrestled were made to order for that scissors rather thin fel lows, mostly. I don't see haw he could get bis legs around Zbyszko, he's such an abnormally big man." (aa Beat 'Km All. "Mark what I tell you," taid Curley. Stecher will beat him sure. And you can take half a million dollars out there and they'll cover it for you. After 6techer had beaten a couple of chaps, a telegram came from Minneapolis, the horn of Henry Ordeman to a man in Nebraska asking If there waa a chance to get a match for Ordeman under an assumed name. " 'We don't care anything about the gate, as we'll win enough on the aide,' said the telegram. "They thought up In Minneapolis that Ordeman'a reputation would frighten Stecher people, but the fellow who gut it ahowed it to Btecher, and he aald: ' 'Send them an anawtr telling them f to bring Ordeman along under hla right name and we'll wrestle xhlm.' They never heard any more of the matter. "Wa had an argument before tha Lin coln match." Jack went on. 'Hussane (Continued on Page Tao, Column Four.) I SAl. I - Williams. Kbr3. TOSSERS OF HIGH : HAYE LARGE TASK Basket Ball Schedule Ahead of Mul ligan's Men Calls for Much Work. ' fTARS ARE OUT FOR PRACTICE All the basket ball aspirants of the Central High school will use the week end to recuperate from , the week of strenuous training, given by Coach Mulli gan, who Is quickly weeding out his material, and picking promising men out of a squad of more than thirty-five men. The big "dark horse," so far lias been Georgo Yardley. who came her this year from Oak Park High, Chicago. Ha la showing up In fine form and will prob ably be used at either center or forward. In case he proves good at center, Payn ter will be shifted to a forward. Clyde Smith. . who came from Fort Dodge, la., and proved a star at right end on the foot ball team la also show ing up well In practice. Eugene Maxwell, who played last year on the Beatrice High basket ball five at guard, la the third new man to make a good Impression. - Besides these men the coach has Grove, Patty, Logan. Welrich. Fullaway, Crow ley, Nichols, Macfarland and Geialer, first string substitutes and second team men left over from last year to pick from. One of the strongest schedules that could be made has been lined up for this year. Lincoln and Sioux City will be played twice. Besides these, Kanaaa City (Mo.) Manual High, St. Joseph, Council Bluffs, South Omaha, Beatrice, Unlveraity Place, Fort Dodge (la.), Ne braaka City and York, will be on tha schedule.. . . ' The game with Kansas City -Manual High Is considered one of the biggest games of the year. They will play here on January IS. Both Omaha High and the Kansas . City teama play the night before, Kansas City play.ng LlncOin at Llncolri. and Omaha playing Lnivereity Place Hifc-h at University Place. Besides thtse games the high school will enter their first' team in the Tri-Clty league, and a second team In the commercial league. No- games will be scheduled after the state tournament at Lincoln in March, on account of the lack of Interest shown so late in the season. Reason for Taking Money from Horse Not Yet Learned Tom Dennison. present owner of Hal McKinney, well known pacing stallion. Is still awaiting Information as to wny the board of appeals of the American Trottlna: association decided that the money which the horse won at Beatrice last June must be redistributed. Pending receipt of such information further negotiations relating to match races be tween Hal McKinney and Columbia Fire have been postponed. At the time of the Beatrice race Hal McKinney was owned by Clark ' and Sebastian of Hemet, Cal. Why the board of appeals held that the horse's winnings there are illegal has not yet been re vealed. If press dispatches are correct tha amount of hia Beatrice wlnninga must be paid to the association before tha horse can be started again. Can't Shoot Ducks From a Motorb TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. ll.-The Kansas aupreme court today held that the state law forbidding ahootlng of wild ducks from a motor boat is valid Aerclae of the police power of the state, nothwlth ttanding that the state and federal laws regarding the shooting of birds conflict, nl regard to the federal statute the court held: "Congress has no power ta prescribe regulations or the protection of migratory Dlrds while within the boundary of the Ktate. Tbe natural flight of wild fowl from point to point doea not constitute commerce." FORMER HUSKEfi STAR MARRIES IN ILLINOIS Harry R. Minor, atar halfback on the Comhusker elevena of 1W7, "C8 and "1J and alFO member of the Nebraska basket ball and track teams, will be married totiay to Miss Jessie Marguerite Rlncr at Mason City, 111. Minor, who is a former Lincoln boy and a crack athlete at the Lincoln High school,' has been assistant manager of the Redpath-Horner Chautauqua at Kan sas City for the last five years, but after his wedding will go to California as man ager for the Reduath circuit in tuat slate. Minor graduated from Nebraska in 1911. Ha was a member of tbe Delta Upeilon fraternity. Btval at Newark. A dispatch from San Francisco says that Uorg tUovall expects to manage the Neaark f eds in ma. it.' By J A MR K. I.AWRKSt K. IJNCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 11. tUpecial.) Flve years of successful foot ball and the 1'nlverslty of Nebraska la back again where It atarted In lylO. Alumn. and undergraduates of the Comhusker Institution have not recovered their breath yet from the shock of Jumbo 8tlehm's sudden jump to the University of Indiana. The athletlo board la bravely going about the task, and a very difficult task It is, of filling the shoes of the most successful coach the state uni versity ever had. The faculty mernbera f the board realise they have b.un dered In letting Stiehm transfer hia af fections to the Hoosler Institution, lut there Is an aggressive move on fo.t to secure a competent man to fill the piece and there are admittedly many comic- lent "men who can. turn out wonderful elevens with the splendid material which Nebraska has on hand and which will be coming to the university in the next few years. The first conference of tha athletic board haa been called for next Monday noon when preliminary steps will be taken to fill the vacancy without any delay. There are four namea before the athletlo board, any one of which would be very acceptable at Nebraska, but it la not known whether their services are available or not. Bill 'Roper Mentioned. 'Bill" Roper, ex-Princeton atar, who coached Missouri into her only Missouri valley championship the year he was at the helm of athletics at the Tiger In stitution and who gave Princeton an eastern championship the only year ho waa there, would be a very desirable man.' Koper retirea to practice law anor developing two championship elevena. It Is now understood he Is anxioua to get back Into the coaching game and Ne braska would furnish a most desirable opening for him. Benny Owen, the one-armed wlzara. who has keen working wonders at Okla homa; Jess Harper, the old Chicago star, who has turned out such Wonderful elevens at Notre Dame, and the miracle man of the coast, Gllmore Dobie, are the other three namea which will likely go before The athletlo board at Its Mon day'a conference. Any one of these four men, it la ten. could fill Stlehm's shoes most acceptably and maintain the high standard which Nebraska has set in the last five years under the regime of Jumbo. Bender Also 8neted. There are other suggestions, smong them Johnny Bender, but these are likely to receive second consideration. There ia no disposition to criticise Stiehm for accepting tha Indiana affer among the undergraduate body, and hla close friends anaund town. There ia a feeling of keen regret, however, that the Nebraska mentor acted so hastily and without giving hla friends an opportunity to see what could be done to retain hlin. It la this sentiment which waa expressed by Dr. Avery. It seemed the cards were atacked for an immediate reply, however, and Stiehm waa lost because of the un willingness of faculty members to over look their petty Jealouules. Indignation la being freely expresed by the students against the members of the faculty, who were not willing to grant the salary Increase. It was pointed out that athletica have paid and have paid well under Stiehm, and none of the fa culty mernbera were Buffering In salary because the athletic coach waa paid a salary of 13,500 a year. But to the narrow-minded mernbera of the faculty, a aalary of 14.500 for an athletic coach was out of the question when they were draw ing but from 11.800 to 12,000 a year. It was to be regretted thst the athletlo board did not possess the courage to turn a cold shoulder to auch peanut policies and vote a salary increase sufficient to keep Stiehm. Hast Boast Salary. Tha alumni and citizens of the state will have to rebuke the professors' pro testing on paying an athletlo coach his full worth if they are going to get a man big enough to fill Stlehm's shoes. ' Any one of the four men who have been sug gested to tha athletic board as desirable will cost mora money than Nebraska haa been paying, in fact, the Cornhuaker In stitution will get off lucky if they can get them for the figure which Indiana gave Stiehm. All athletics ' of the university have beon lost sight of in the excitement over Stlehm's departure. A partial basket ball achedule has been drafted for the (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Doane Basket Ball Squad Is Lining Up CRETE, Neb., Dec. 11. (Kpeclat.)-The Doane college basket ball team Is work Ing hard under the coaching of Paul Bchlssler, and there are a number of men who ahow remarkable promisee Among them are Whltehouae. Klein, Haylel. Belka, Kdmunds, Conrsd, An drew. Mlckle and Bayer. They have received an offer o fa game with the Townsenu team or Omaha, which won the championship of the metropolis last year as well aa defeating the Wesleyan aggregation. It has not been decided definitely whether the two teams will meet in a practice game or not, ai the college men would rather wait till they get into their new quartera before play ing any games. "Jumbo" Stiehm Is Grateful in Farewell to Cornhuskers LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. ll.-Speclal Tel egram.) In response to a request "Jumbo" Btlehm Issued the following farewell statement to the Cornhuskers: "In compliance with you request for a farewell statement, I take thla meana of expresalng my sentiments and reason for my departure. "I cannot sever my relations without expressing my sincere appreciation and gratitude for tha pleaaant relations and hearty co-operation with which loyal Cornhuskera hava assisted me ao ma terially. It la. Indeed, with deep feel tnga of regret that I am obliged to leave. "To tha personnel of tha Nebraska RED CLOUD'S HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAJtf, while it did not win the champion ship of Southwestern Nebraska, is one of the best-looking teams in the state. From left to right tho players are: Top row Pope, right half; Baker, right end; W. P. Medlar, coach; Ryan, left half. Second row Overleese, quarterback; Sladen,: left tackle; Fey, left guard. Third row Pitchier, center; Zeiss, right guard; Kidd, left end; Wilson, right tackle. Bottom row Polnicky, full back; Fetty, substitute. BASKET-TOSSERS READYFOR PLAY Tri-City Loop Will Open Season Sat urday,, with Other Leagues to Follow Shortly. ALL-STARS HERE DECEMBER 21 Local basket ball tossera will start tha ball rolling next Saturday when the Tii- Clty league la scheduled to commence hostilities for the season. Tha Clasa A teama are to be followed by the Commer cial toasers who will open up the flrat Tuesday in January. The Church leaguers will decide their opening data at a spe cial meeting that is to take place Decem ber 17. Though tha Tri-City loop will open up Saturday several of the qulteta will not be ready for soma time to come. Among these are Crelghton college and the Unl veraity of Omaha. In order that play can atart on tbe date decided upon, tha schedule la ao being arranged that the two schools will not play their first con test until after the first of the year. That basket ball fans will witness a most active season Is evidenced from the fact that over thirty-five quintets have organised. Tha teama hava been grouped according to their ability into three leagues, the Class A fives comprising the Tri-City league, Class B teama tha Com mercial loop and-tha Class C teams tha Church organization. So that this dis tinction will be conatant throughout the season no player from a higher league will be allowed to participate in contests of a lower organization. All Trams Meet Twice. The schedule as outlined by the vari ous offlc'ala calls for the meeting of all quintets twice. In all it haa been esti mated that there will be a total of over 300 league contests and In order that the schedules do not become congested it will be necessary to play at least fifteen of these each wek. While the number of teams In the Trl City and Commercial leagues has been (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) foot bait teams I am especially in debted. They have teen persevering, loyal and invincible. The aplrlt has been excellent and tha playera hava put forth their best efforts for Nebraska "Hsd the unlveraity deemed It advis able to meet the terms ofered me else where I should have gladly remained. But the conditions apparently wore auch that thla waa an Impossibility. "I hava only tbe kindest feeling toward tha faculty, atudents, athletic board, alumni and Cornhuskers in gen eral. "It Is my sincere wish that Nebraska may hava many successful years." unb ay Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1915. I w RUMORS OF DEALS IN BALLPLAYERS Trades in Ball Players Invoking Well Known Start Feature of American Legne Meet. SCRAMBLE FOR FRANK BAKER CHICAGO, Dec. 1L Trades Involving well known ball players and possible disposition of the problem of tha Cels land club, will be features of the Ameri can league's annual meeting here next Wednesday, It la predicted. The program for the meeting contains nothing but routine business, according to a league official, but the trades suggested and settlement of Charles W. Homers, af faire so far as they are concerned, the Cleveland team and the team generally, remain to offer Interest. Klvala for tha services of Frank Baker, now under contract to tha Philadelphia club will furnish the main excitement in the trading line. President Comlskey Is openly after Baker, the New York Americana. It Is aaid, still hope to get him and reports today from Kt. Louis In dicate that the Browns will be among the bidders. President Johnson waa quoted today as saying the league would not In any way Interfere with tho disposal of Baker. Tha organization will leave the matter en tirely to Connie Mack of the Athletics and to Baker himself. It was rumored when the Chicago club bid for the third baseman last summer that President Johnson opposed the ideal. Baker la understood to be demanding a high pries for hla services. Election of a vice president to succeed Mr. Homers Is on ths program. There Is not much sentiment in favor of a change In the opening or closing dates of tha season, according to a statement made to President Johnson. Johnny Hazen Will Play with Luxus Johnny Hazen, second sacker on the Alamlto nine last year, has signed up to hold down tha keystone station on Johnny Dennlson'a championship Liuua crew. Hasen was pronounced tha bast second tone man In Omaha by amateur fans last year. Ha will succeed lip Couka, who haa decided to quit base bail. TEN TRAP SHOOTS HELD IOEBRASKA Records of Interstate Association Show Arerag-e of Forty'Fm At ' tended Tournaments. ' SPORT MAKES GAINS ALL OVER Ten registered trap shoots were held during tha current year In Nebraska, ac cording to ths report of - Secretary Bhaner of tha Interstate association, under tha auspices of which all regis tered shoots are held. Tha average atendancs of amateur ahots at Nebraska tournaments was forty-five and one-fifth, which Is a very high average, figuring that in some state the average attendance waa less than twenty. In the ten tournaments held, a total of lit. 75 targets were trapped. Tha moneys contributed to Nebraska tourneya by tha Interstate as sociation totaled S02S. Secretary Bhaner'a annual report is very gratifying to followers ot the blue rock' game, aa It shows a big Increase In the sport thla year. Tha number of different contestants In registered tournaments was 8.140 thla year, as compared to 7.S49 last year. Tha total number of tournamenta held was S33, as compared to 814 a year ago. This is despite tha fact that thla year seventy-six applications four tourna ments were refused, as compared to only fifteen refusals of appllcatlone In 111 There were forty-two registered state tournaments this year as against thirty nine a year ago. Tha above record la really a splendid one. While base ball and other popular sports suffered from ths Industrial lull which perveatad the land during tha greated part of the year, trap ahootlng waa In no way afected. And tha records ef the Interstate as sociation, it must te remembered, do not Include any data with regard to unreg istered tournaments, and thera were scores of such held throughout tha United States this year. Thera are far mora unregtatered tournamenta held than registered ones. Illller Is Kid. Scout Bob Connery thinks tha St. Ixiuls critics are overlooking something If they do not figure on Third Baseman Hlller. drafted from Durham. N. C Use Tha Baa's "Swapper ' columa. Tha Western league will return to th five-month schedule next year. Tha magnatea were dissatisfied with the 140-game card this season, gel It Is practically assured they will draft a 1M game achedule when the committee mrpH In February. It so happened last spring that the weather man turned loose two weeks of awell weather Just before the opening of the season on April 23. At 3 o'clock on April 13, it began to rain and kept .- the rest of the season. As a result, this year, the magnates Intend to get In on those two early weeks, and the open In; game Will probably occur about April M thin season, within a day or two of the data of major league openings. Tha. season, with 1M games, will then run to about September 15. Tla O'Neill aa the Coast. According to reports from both Oak land and Chicago Tip CNelll, ousted as president of the Western loop. Is dick ering for the ownership of the Oakland Parllfo Coast league franchise. Tip feels that ha would like to round out hla base ball career as a magnate in the rlty where he formerly played and where he owna large real estate holdtngn. Ha haa atarted negotiations with Leavltt ft Cook, owners of the club, but these chapa do not think much of Tlp'a terms. Tip contenda the price should be based on last year's aomewhat disastrous sea son, but tha Oakland owners Insist Tip will have to come up In hla figure, and Oakland fans believe he will do so. Tsaaealll at Tnprks. It has been gossiped about that Iee Tannehlli, thlrd-sacker for the Rourkes this year, will be made manager of the Topeka club, which ia without a pilot at Its helm. . When Wichita captured Jimmy Jackson It left the Kawa with out a boas. Now tha talk la that Tan nehlli will be algned aa Tannehlli would cost Ravage no purchase price. When I ee signed with Omaha It waa with tha promise that he be made a free agent at the end of the year. He la now at liberty to go where he rhooaea and prob ably would accept the Topeka manage ment if it were offered to him. Reda Ray Mitchell. Clarence Mitchell, atar southpaw on the Denver Grliilles this year, haa been, sold to tha Cincinnati Reds. Mitch-II was over-looked by major league e'uhn last summer, both during tha purchana and draft seasons. Then he Joined tha All-Americane on Bancroft's all-star tour and he pitched a few four and flve- l lt games against the Nationals. Th result was that the attention of Charley Hersog waa called to Mitchell and Her tog promptly purchaaed him. And for a guess Mitchell will make good with th- ' Reds,' for he Is a pretty nifty port elder. Pattemna Acts as eoat. Reports from tha Pacific coast Indicate that Ham Patterson, newly appointed manager of tha Vernon Club, is actln? aa a scout for tha Wichita team of which ha was manager the latter part of laat year. - It is said Patterson has already made arrangements to ship Honus Mitie, who worked In this loop a number ot years' ago, Jos Berger. also a former Western leaguer, and Dick Bayless to tha Kansas team. On the coast It was said Mltae would be manager, but this it, bunk as Jimmy Jackson already has that Job. Gilllaan Tnrned Bark. Jack Gllligan, normal pitcher, haa been returned to Des Molnea by Bait Lake City, where Ollilgan went last fall on somi sort of option. Mr. Ollilgan. It la said,, was decorated with tha tinkling tlnwaro because tha Mormons are beginning to cut down to conform with tha new coast salary and player limits. Former Trotting King Now Draws a Wagon in Russia, Cresceus, 1:594, whose crown as king, of tha trottlna world waa wrested from him In IOT1, Is today drawing a commJs- sary wagon In Russia. This Information reached Toledo horse men, who revered tha name of Cresoeus a few years ago. His former owner, Oeorga B. Ketcham, who made a fortune off him. says ha understands tha great trot ting king Is now a humble army horse off thera in tha Baltlo provinces. Ketcham sold Cresceus to tha Russian government a few years ago. Agents from tha czar's army arrived with a huge offer. Cresceus was needed for breeding purposes, said tha agents. Ketcham took the offer. In tha meantime Cresceus, who deteriorated rapidly after hla defeat by Tha Harvester, waa of no se to the rac ing world. lie was a failure also as a breeder. " ' Blnca his arrival In the czar's domain there haa been an occasional word about Creaceus received by Toledo horsemen.' This word always told of failure of tha ona time trotting king. Creaceua la now) about SO years qld, say those who hava followed hla career. SOPHS AND SENIORS - WIN IN BASKET BALL Tha second game ot tha Inter-class series of the Council Bluffa High achool basket ball was played at S o'clock at tha Young Men's Christian association gymnasium yesterday afternoon. The Una' ups war aa follows: QOPHOMORE8. JUNIORS. Rain Forward... Chrttften! Haunders... Forward D. McNitt B. Joseph Center U. I'outuu Oowena Guard K. Barrett Cook Guard J. Morrison BKNIORd. FRKSI1MKN. J.Joseph Forward K. I.ar.oiv H. t-tiepard Forward.. Deffenoauxiv Bullock Center T. bupernoi Ibertl Guard Menzcl brka Guard C. Chrlstennoii The finals were' Sophomores, St; Juniors, ; benlors, M; Freshmen, li Thn games were fast from tha start ani every man did hia beat. Maaaaea Jaeta Uilloa. Stave Hartor, tha former Indianapolis, and Newark assistant secretary, la now emanaglng Jack Llllon, tha challenger ot Ju.a Willard. II a Pleas l' Ffada. Manager Hugglna of the Cardinals h.a picked up two promising recruits in Ou' flelder mllh and Hiurutop Hornaliy. Tasks Drop Waa. Jo Vila, who Is In a position to knew, says that tha New York I oat w to operating espenaee last saaaoav