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43 LITTLE FELLOWS MUCHTOO HEAVY rchh, Leonard, White, All Are Unable to Hake the Pre scribed 133 Pounds. ALL FIXED FOB FULTON By RINGSIDE. New York, Nor. 11. Where once there was surfeit of legitimste lightweights, there now it a dearth of then. Look ove the lilt of boxers pretending to be 133-poundcrt, tnd it will be found that the number of thoie capable of attaining that poundage can be counted on the fingert of Miner Brown's right hand and that once miglitjr pitching paw contains jut three fingers. There are just three men hovering around that figure who can make it without the occasion demanding it. Thev are Johnny Dundee, Joe Well ing and Irish Patsy Cline, each a lead 1 ing contender for Freddy Welsh's coronet. Give any one of these three a day's notice and he will make the desired notch without the least diffi culty. Each can make 133 pounds ringside without amputating' a limb. Which is more than can he said for a host of others masquerading as light weights. - Take Benny Leonard, for a notable example. It has been the general be lief that Benjamin can make 133 ()ounds ringside without drawing a ong breath. However, such is not the case. Benny would have a hard time making 135 pounds ringside we have it o;i reliable information. The best Leonard can do it 135 pounds at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of an impor tant battle. Hit weight demands for recent fights bear this out' He steadfastly refuses to consider any weight arrangement other than 135 pounds at 3 o cloek. ., Figures Which Fabricate. , Another instance, Mr Frederick Welsh, the champion of the- light weight domain, whose duty it should be to fisht at 133 pounds at the ring side, or several hours before the fight. But Fred it content to saunter into the ring tipping 137 or 138 pounds; for then his title is not at stake. Just be fore his last fight with Charley White at Denver, Welsh had a picture taken of himself on the scales, with the indi cator registering 129 pounds. Figures do not He, they say, but here was one instance where they were made to fabricate. Of course, someone tam- f.ered with the scales, for it is four or ive years Since Freddie saw the day he tipped 129 pounds. - , . . On the afternoon of the fight Welsh and White weighed in under 135 pounds not too much under,, but un der, nevertheless. Assuredly Welsh did not train to take on weight, for he was drawn fine to go the twenty rounds with White. Now we are cer tain Welsh cannot make 133 pounds at any time of the day. JXUL-M next dtIuul-Wrtrrfe trail be a7U5 "pounds at 3 o'clock. ...I Whit It Out. White cannot make 133; so that eliminates him from consideration with Welling, Dundee and Cline. The Qncensbury rules place the light weight limit at 133 pounds; yet in the wide expanse of these United States we have but three men who can make that weight, and in this list the champion is not included. ' battling Neiton won the champion ship from Joe Gans at 133 pounds as matter of fact, Gans had to weigh in at 133 pounds with his fightini toes. Ad Wotgatt had to make lJo pounds when he relieved Nelson of the title in that memorable Port Rich- . mond struggle of forty-one rounds, and Wolgast, in turn, made Wille Ritchie do 133 pounds before he hand ed over the title on a foul in the six teenth round. Ritchie, however, per mitted Welsh to inveigle him into a championship match at 135 pounds at 3 o'clock, and sage Freddie relieved the California of the title after twenty rouds of left-jabbing. What is the matter with our light weights? Just what is ailing this division when only three men can be found, to live up to the requirements? There is not even an overgrown featherweight of class who might invade the lightweight division, out tide of Featherweight Champion Johnny Kilbane, and he it biding his time for a battle with Welsh alone of all the lightweights. ' There it nothing left for Welling, Dundee and Cline to do but arrange a triangular aeriet of matches, and have the ultimate winner force Welsh into a titular match. Welsh may not approve of the idea, but public de mand will bring about tuch a meeting and then we may have a new light weight champion; a fighting cham pion, for a change. ' All Fixed tor Fulton. It hat been ordained that Fred Fulton should be Jest Willard's first opponent upon the champion't return to the ring. Such a match wat vir tually clinched for Labor day, but circumstances interceded and taved Fulton from aubjecting himtelf to un told punishment. But Fulton is not content; he it once more on the trail of our Gargantuan champion. , . Fulton's last "fight wit with Andre Anderson, whose reputation as a canvass decorator, is surpassed only by Fred McKay. Anderson did the expected, but at that he sur prised the folks. It wat figured he would begin diving about -the. third or fourth round. He surprised them to the extent of "quitting in the first round, Andre feigned the "knock out" so well that it wat teveral min utet before he "came to" and col lected his share of the proceeds. So another campaign it under way to match Willard with the fee-rocious Fred Fulton. At that, a few thousand dollars for quitting to Willard in a tew rounds it lest trying then actu ally fifch'mg several ten-round bat tics with men who might not be at gentle as Willard w delivering the sleep potion. - - , Ad Wolgast Signs To Battle Welsh Ad Wolfrast, former world's light- . weight champion, announced that he hat signed with Tia Juana promoters for a twenty-round bout-with Freddie Welsh on New Year's day. i . Wolgast stated that he would re ceive $10,000 for his end of the purse, ' and bis lip didn't tremble a bit when he said it v , ' All that remain! to make the match a certainty is for Welsh to sign articles,'' added Ad, naively. YOST DIGS HP REAL WONDERATQDARTER Clifford Sparks of Michigan Looks Like Reincarnation ' of Walter Eckersall. KNOWS HOW TO USE HEAD By FRANK 0. MENKE. The Wolverines have uncovered a quarterback Clifford Sparks whose brilliant work this hit firtt varsity season ranks him among the most sensational performers tn the western foot ball world. Sparks has a cha'n-lightnlng brain, one that recognixet every oppor tunity in the minutett flish.- And he has legs and arms that work in harmony. He hat "pulled" playt re peatedly that have disconcerted the Ann Arbor foet, put them to utter rout and brought gasps 'of astonish ment from the stands because of their audacity and their remarkable execu tion. Just to illustrate; The Wolverines, pitted against the powerful Michigan Aggies, had car ried the ball into Aggie territory. And then the Aggie, lint stiffened and threw back the plunges of the heavy Wolverine backs. So Sparks called upon Johnny Maulbetsch for a try for goal from placement Sparks lay on the ground waiting for the pass, to that he could hold the ball for the Maulbetsch boot. But tin center threw the ball too high. Even as it left his hands. Sparks taw that he couldn't make the catch while lying on the ground or while half raited by his kneet. , What Sparks Did. . And then seemingly with a tingle movement, Sptrkt jumped to- nit feet grabbed the ball at it wat about to clear his head, whirled to face the goal postt and drop kicked the ball over the Aggie bar for a count of three points which then and there cinched the game for the Wolverines. "It was the greatest individual play I ever saw in my whole -career as coach or player," wat "Hurry Up" Yost't comment after the game. And every peraon in that crowd who taw Sparks plan and execute that play in something less than two teconds chanted "Amen I" But it isn't only in braininess that Sparkt ttandt out. He it one of the greatest all-round gridironert that at flashed into view in many years. In that Aggie game, the entire Wolverine team gained a total of 200 yards by rushing and Sparkt alone' accumulated 107 yards of it. He crumpled the Aggie line almost every time he crashed into it and circled ends with eate, and wat eel-like in running back punts. , -Punts Liks Pat O'Dea. Sparkt i rankt right now in hit first year at a Michigan regular at the greatett quarterback Michigan cannot do and do fn a way that thrills. Even in punting he it a wiz ard and hit method it reminiscent of Pat O Dea, the great Wisconsin booter. Sparks, like O'Dea, hat mastered that difficult trick of punting after throwing the ball, with force at the uprising boot Almost all other punt ers in the game play safe by dropping the ball on the. boot. They realize that to throw it hard at the thoe will give greater height and diatance to the kick, but they know full well that the throwing is dangerous as the ball and the foot are likely to meet at an angle, thua "slicing" the kick. But Sparks can do it and therein lies one of the main causes for Mich igan's success this season. His kicks are long and high and give almost his entire team plenty of time to get down the field, "cover" the man who is set for the catch and then dump him at once. During that Aggie game not one of the Wolverine's foemen made more than two yards on any of Sparks punts a record that may stand for years. Memoriet of EckersalL One of the peculiar features of that drop kick Sparks made against the Aggies was that not until then no one, not even Yost, knew that he had skill In that line. The kid never had been called upon before to dis play his wares in that drop-kicking, and wat too modest to tell Yost that he could do a bit of it in pinches. When Sparks made that extraor dinary play, ,tne Aggies thought it was a new trick of .Yost's. And so they watched for similar ones after that. ' Sparks knew they were watch ing and recognised the opportunity for "crossing" the Aggies. Several times after that he signaled for a kick formation. The Aggiet let themselves for a duplication of the unplanned play. And always Sparks did something else to the utter be wilderment of the Aggies. And now the west is asking: ' "Hat Walter Eckersall been rein carnated in Clifford Sparks?" Seats On Sale in Omaha for Kansas Game on Saturday A block of 350 teata for the Nebraska-Kansas foot ball game at Lin coln next Saturday have been placed on tale at the Beaton Drug .company. So good was the " attendance of Omaha foot ball fans at the Husker Amet attraction a week ago that Guy Reed, director of athletict at the uni versity, sent 350 seats in one block in the very tenter of the grand stand to the Omaha alumni for the Kansas game. Next Saturday will be home coming day at the university and it is expected that fully half a thousand Omahana will go to Lincoln for . the event Former Fighter Dies in Battle ' Percy Cove, a tall, alim feather weight who fought from coast to coast a few yeara ago and was noted for hit gameneat in the ring, has proved his gameness in a greater field of battle. He is dead at the Somme picked up when the fighting was ending for the day, the foremost in the fallen ranka, and with forty-six bullets in his riddled frame. Accord ing to a report from the regimental surgeon, Cove's vitality must have been excelled only by his courage, as he had dragged himself forward many yardt after receiving enough bullets to kill thrtt or four ordinary men. LES DARCY, THE EVER-SMILING CHAMPION Here is shown Les Darcy, the Austra lian, and some of his victims from all parts of the world. Every Australian will, admit it, anr1 Let Darcy will concede the pom himself if you put it to him. What Why, the fact that Les Darcy it the greatest middleweight since Bob Fitz simmont. In the land of the Bush man and the Kangaroo they call Les the "Ever Smiling Champion," and it it a fact that he doea smile most of the time, whether fighting or not, Darcy hat' a great record back of him, and yet, to this day, he has never had a "black eye." He lays NORTH PLATTE IS -mmwmm WTMTi Western School Upsets Dope and May Be In Running for State Championship. VALLEY ' BATTLE STARTS , By KARL LEE. An upset in the eleventh hour of the state high school foot ball campaign has placed North Platte in a position ... .AMan I,rihin Ru feating Lexington by a score of 37 to 7 the western team becomes one of the powerful teams of the state. Loacn unsxin nat improved nis etcven from a weak combination into one of the dangerout competitori for the title. , The 13 to 12 score against the Cur tis Aggies and a corresponding small victory over Cozad, by a score of 13 to 0, indicated that Baskin did not have a strong team. Late develop ments, however, have shown a turn ing point in the prospects and there is a fair possibility that this team will defeat Lincoln when they meet No vember 25. If such-occurs North Platte will either be the ttate cham-i pions or on a par with Central High for first honors. The team boasts of two stars of all-state caliber in Baker at tackle and Christ at half back. . . . k;:,1 ".ntt-al.T.inr-nln frame gone, this North Platte-Lincoln game it the only big one of the conference for the rest ot the season, ine game will be played at Lincoln. ' Fight for Valley Title. The contest for the Missouri val- 1... k-n.ninn.hin tvtll AftAtl he in force. Lincoln opened the deck with a aecisive victury ?wm -South Dakota's ieading team. Cen- . i u:h nl-ua fh epi-imH crame with Sioux City next Saturday. The Iowans are toutea as tne oesr. in ine it-.. .n . Trtah fn11ifran hat his vamjr , u "" " lj - work mapped out to win. The fol lowing weeK 'cenirai khi iwjr valley game with Sioux Falls, which will undoubtedly result in an easy vic- 'Thanksgiving day will find Lincoln, Beatrice and Central High competing : ..ll.u Rm rVntral meets St. Hi vaucj ; . t 1 Joseph on Missouri ground, Lincoln meets Sioux v.ity on iu giuu.iu, ...i.:l. T) .. .... nlav, t awrenre. the WlllK.UWtift. I"- " ' leading Kansas contender, on Gage county SOU. soum mgn iiiokcj trip to Denison, la., where an un even battle against the local team is expected to be staged. Old St. Louis Browns Carried Only Twelve Men Talk about player limit, remember the old St. Louis Browns when they were winning championships with such regularity it became tiresome? The club at that time only carried twelve men, and its three pitchers were Fouti, Carruthers and Hudson, the firs' mentioned two playing right field when not twirling, and Car ruthera also led the American asso ciation in hitting at the time. Anson had only twelve players when he was winning cnampionsnips wim ma cago White Stockings, i This carrying two dozen men is habit, nothing more. Sixteen real ball players are as good as sixty toward the success of the team. , ' ' ". New Pitcher Arrives in - "Reb" Russell's Family . There's a new pitcher in the family of "Reb" Russell, star left-hander of the Chicago .American league club. The newcomer ia a sot), weighing nine and a quarter pounds. "Reb" says the youngster, who has been named Billy, is going to be a south THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 12. 1916. ' ' ' DAJROC. that none of hit opponents were ever ible to hit him hard enough to even five him a headache. Above you tee tome of Let Darcy's victims. Here are tome othert that ne hat put finishing touches to, or Ifas Bill Murray lasted 20 rounds once and later knocked out in 6. Mick King, knocked jbut in 10 rounds. Frank ' Loughrey ..was' slammed around the ring for' 20 rounds. Oeorge cnip.e American, wno Eachdjmp a Style laim to Boost Ther was a time when the world was surlposed to hate an umpire. In those dbys the arbiter of base ball would slink from the ball yards and hie himself to some incon sequential, obscure hotel, and there remain Isequestered until his next ap pearance on the diamond. In travel ing he ; would studiously avoid the trains used by ball players. There are many fans who think that condition still exists. But it doesn't That moth-eaten cry of "kill the umpire" is passed. The umpire of today is almost as much a bart of the game, almost as spectacular a figure as the player him self. He las done it by a development of individuality, in style, in color. . The waitintr lists in the learnie of fices are fluttered with the names of. hundreds kit men anxious for the job. On thelposter advertising an exhi bition gaaie in Daytona, Fla., last spring between Brooklyn and the Athletics, appeared this in bold, black type; I , , "William) Klem. ' celebrated Na tional league umpire, will act as ar biter." T Klem wan considered an attraction or drawing-power equal to that of the diamond stars. And he proved it. Within the last six months Lord Byron, a Comparatively newcomer in big league umpiring circlet, hat fur nished the scribes with as much hu morous copy as any player in the game. Silk O'Loughlin, by his drsmatic actions, waa ajlwayt good for a laugh, when he begah calling striket. Umpire Brennan, now out of big league tervice would draw a chuckle from an immense crowd at any time by his pugilistic manner of calling a runner out or (safe at a bag. These individual mannerisms of the umpires hold the secret of their grow ing popularity! provided, of course, that they have! genuine ability. That is imperative. ! The founder of the school of style in umpiring is Silk O'Loughlin, who will never be forgotten on account of his long drawn-out call of "S-t-r-i-k-et-uh-h-hl" The intonation of the last word is the trick. He holds it for fully a second, and then cuts it off by a quick upraising of the hand, held perpendicularlyi with the first finger. For years Silk held a niche of his own. Other umpires came and went without notice. The average fan would not know their names. But Silk's one mannerism made him a figure known throughout the country. He had indi vidualism, color. The next to adopt a style all his own was Bill Klem, and there are those who say it came to him through his inordinate love for golf. Having reached a itage of efficiency in ttraight umpiring, Klem gradually de veloped a motion, in calling-a strike that irritated the players at much as it amused the fans, i He does a perfect "follow through" the envy of all golfers. As the ball comes over the plate Klem lifts his right hand, with the white celluloid indicator in hit fingers, and then, after a dramatic pause, swings hit ex tended arm across his body until, in a straight line, it points directly at the third base seats. Moreover, he never moves his left foot, but pulls his body around on it as a pivot true golfer style. Also, when he reaches the end of the "strike" his back is to the batter and his face to the stand. He does not have to see the look in the player's face. This it extremely irritating to a batter, because- he feels that Klem has made too much' show of his bad judgment i "Yes," said Larry Doyle, one day as Klem remained in this dramatic iEoior-.s? (KQ)&ROWM. gave Dacy the worst scrap of all, George Marchand, of France, ti nut in ;5 rounds. 'Dave Smith, knocked out in 12 rounds. Henri Semlen, Belgian middle weight, knocked out in 5 rounds. When Darcy boxed McGoorty, the Oshkosh terror swung his deadly left hook flush on the Australian s jaw six times in one round; ' each time it landed Darcy smiled. The entire au dience finally caught the smile le- His Own Doth Himself Into Fam e pose. "I guess it does you a lot of gapd to call a fellow out that way." You' had better keep quiet, M-i-s-t-e-r D-o-y-l-e," the umpire cried in warning. "Get out with that stuff," retorted Doyle. "They tell me you are driving off tees with your iron are you scared of the woods r "Get off the grounds 1" screamed Klem, unable to stand this reflection on his golf game. (For the non-golfer it might be explained that the use of an iron instead of a driver is a sign of lost confidence a golf weakness). To refer to it is an insult Next came the inimitable Lord Byron, whose eccentricities are per haps the most amusing of all. In call ing a strike he adopted a motion that is a perfect imitation of a man crank ing an auto. With a sharp turn he calls "Strike," and his arm makes a half circle and stops, as if awaiting the start of the motor. Another of Byron's amusing man nerisms is singing while the players are protesting over his decisions. When they become too obstreperous he hums a little ditty running like this: "To the club house you must go, to the club house you must go oh, fair lady." It is to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down." And he keeps perfect time with his whisk broom as he brushes off the plate, the final flip emphasizing the late note. Byron is already famous for a line he pulled off on Fred Merkle one day when the latter had been called out on strikes without making any swing at the ball. "You'll never get them base hits with that bat on your shoulder," said Byron in reply to Merkle's glare, and there was nothing to do but laugh and walk away. Now comes Quigley with a new mo tion that is a wonder. Overnight he hat ttepped in the limelight. Ai he calls off the fatal "strike" Quigley shoots his right arm straight up in the air, and when it has reached the height limit he starts it off at right angles, lifting his body on his right foot. Umpires of the old school like Bob Emslie and Hank O'Day merely lift their right hands shoulder high in calling a strike. Billy Evans is the Adonis of all the arbiters. Every move he makes is one of grace. He has no spectacular motions, but the mere grace of his body has made him known through out the country. Hit pleasant tmile wards off many a scowl from the players. , . White Sox Lead Cubs in The City Series Debates The Chicago city series was started in 1903. The two Windy City teams did not meet in 1907, 1908 and 1910 because in those years the Cubs were in the world's series, while the 1906 teriet between them wat a world's seriet as well. In all the two Chicago teams have met in sixty-five games. Of these the White Sox have won thirty-seven and the Cubs twenty eight. The 1903 series wat a draw, the Cubs won in 1905, 1909 and 1912 and in the other years, including 1906, the White Sox were victors. Buechner Made Acting . Captain of Purdue Team . Buechner, left tackle on the Purdue university foot ball eleven, has been named acting captain of the team, re placing "Red" Hake, who was injured in the game against Illinois. Hake is in a hospital suffering with a broken collar bone, and it may be two or three weeks before he will be able to leave hi bed - AMERICAN LEAS IN . RING JSDISPDTED Supremacy of United States is Threatened by Welsh, Wilde, Darcy and Others. WILLARD HOLS U. S. UP New York, Nov. 11. American su premacy in boxing is being seriously threatened these days by Messrs. Welsh, Darcy and Wilde. Welsh is the acknowledged kinr of- the light weight division, while Les Darcy haa made a show ot many top notchers in the middleweight ranks. Then, in little Johnny Wilde, England has a strong contender for the bantam weight crown. Johnny is fighting in the flyweight division at present, but a short period should bring him to the bantam ranks. Darcy is standing all his oppon ents in Australia on their heads, whi! Wilde is knocking them dead in Eng land. When the present war ends however, there is every reason to be lieve both will journey to this coun try. Darcy is acknowledged a top notcher in the middleweight divis ion, but Wilde's claims to bantam supremacy are not considered serious ly because of his weight. The English flyweight and bantam champion does not weigh more than 105 pounds, but is credited with 108 knockouts in 187 battles. The Young Zulu Kid will fight Wilde in England shortly and that bout should furnish a more accurate line on the Briton's ability. If he is able to concede ten or twelve pounds to the Young Zulu Kid, and win decisively, then his claim to the world's bantam crown must be considered seriously. Thus in Welsh, Darcy and Wilde old John Bull has a trio of the most promising fighters in the world, in their respective age divisions. Northwestern Looks for New Coach for Linemen XT.M.:.4;nnai art tinfW W9V tO brill IT an eastern foot ball star to North- trt Teniae Line wcaici ii Ltmvi.1 on, j -i Coach McDevitt, who recently wai called to the border lor military ser vice. McDevitt is a captain in the u: ... XTotlnnsI Hnarrl. and his JMUllicauL ----- absence at Northwestern is being felt. Gossip Heard on the Sandlots it H 1 queauon wwi, - - ul.a batwaan tba Vasa and Thirtieth Streat Merchant! will be played. The manale ra ... . i .a .LI. A-talnav ainii it ttlAV TSS.11 win asjcia iiiwni...n -- ----- to MTe th fm will be cancelled. Harelock, Nb.. iu two foot ball au&ds, one averaging 16(1 pounds that would like to tie up wltn tne wonparwu . , in. ti, vj.ulAAlr fiihn writ to J". Tithe, manager ot Haveloclc Cuba, Have- locltv Neb. . .a. j mr Beverai weil-uuetieu tuccesf fullr negotiated during, the Have- loott-iNonpareit iquauuif. i . n m w-.l.a. Villa onnamanraitfnn Tne j-unue tv iwi -- effectually etopped the ehlef ground gainere tauonea ai narian, a. The defeat of the Council Bluff Mldgeti a vj.- il. DsMnrsui wmild tint haVVA Ejy Laav a? Ull unim v - w . been ao bad If they were able to fathom the alr-ltne aiiaoa 01 -r Now the Nourae OH troupe has chances Its monlcher. Heraattar It will be knows aa the Marquette ciun. their neat battle with the Ducky Kolmea troupe. bunlap, la., haa offered the Monmouth Parke twenty-five rtnsera and expeneee to Quarrel with them at Ounlap on Turkey day When the Athletlee and Ducky Holmee collide aialn the Jamboree will be ataged on the municipal lot at Thirty-second and Dewey avenue. Next Sunday a terse Catherine of foot ball fana will undoubtedly turn out to aee the argument wiwwn vu. .v. Parka and the Nonpareils. Tnoae t;ouncii diwii. sot frtfhtened towards the end of their ... ,.k .... TCMMrvna. be- cauae, durlnc the tint part of the fracaa they lookea sweet. uumep, .. w -' " Tney win vJ - -" " " " For further Information, write to Fred L. Mlahler, Duniap. Ja. Skybumper Arthur Koran, who went on . . I. - n fl . t. 1B f . . ment that he waa throush with foot ball, has proved una t-i ""l',1-" he la now playlnc with the Athletics. . . .w. Tt. V. Mtr.a, Uh. chanta cleaned houee with the Monmouth Park Reaervea to tne tune ot i. to i. . . . k ... ,u TM.H-.t, Ana urom. hihimi ---- - , Street Merchanta, aklrted the end for thirty yaraa ana wmv up , Sunday. That team named the Vats haa failed to date to bef tor mercy from any of Ite opponents. They are Just vats, not betsara. H.pw Wlllluu. coach of the Nonparella, . . i . - . . . - that. imwMIni to na .a.v.iuwu " . . .... follow. of the equad, la the beet bet thla corn belt naa ever awn. Although Duniap, la., has offered the . i. n. t9K AO .nil .vn.n.MM to Play tn.r. on i, w " . ' - - . . . n- . . A --haw rnii M u. a few mora Dioa. tii .owum Colfax KISS. Today the Council Bluffa Mldireta have . , r-huiti nf th.lr manaaer to ae- oure a game tells the atory. Several of the old Fontenellea have rung in wltn tne ronicii"- - with tne ronton.ii. wk, .. them can be louno wnon .,m v old Foatenelle atrongholde. Crook Hanlon and Smith are two gente to be feared by opponents of the nonpareil Reaervea. Bill Maher ll now the Chief gent of the nhi.tlra For mlxea with thla troupe call Harney ittt. Thoae Maadaa cancelled a game booked with the Nonpareil Reaervea ae the our-taln-ralaer at Luxul park laat Sunday. They have a team over at Highland park which would like to combat with an Omaha herd. Addreaa manager of foot ball team. Highland Park, la. For next Sunday the Ducky Holmee gang haa a game billed at Harlan, la. nomine .". i .-, lands here ot late. Probably the obeequles are in ontor iu, ,... After struggling with that fearful maladv known aa coldfeetlua the Council Bluffs away to the happy hunting grounds. . ... . . . O -It A tnmow On on. I.r. in - Reeervee proved dlaaatroua when Clarence liinaemon 01 on. iow.. picked up the egg and planted same behind we aoai. Allaood of the Monmouth Parke Is aa rood aa hla monicker denotee. He plsya and and It It a difficult matter to evade him. BUllam Llndemler oame back to earth the other day and decided to handle the Oral again. He will aa aeeociaiea witn one Monmouth Parka. LEYINSKY WANTS TO FIGHTWILIARD Dan Moran Says Champion is Circus Freak and Really a Poor Fighter. "WHATEVER MORGAN SATS" New York, Nov. 1 1. There are not many people inclined to credit Bat tling Levinsky with a chance in any kind of a boxing contest with Jess Willard. That, however, does not deter Manager Dan Moran from hav ing the world know that he believes his tireless worker the one and only man capable of giving the Kansan a fight. More than that, Dan says that Levinsky is willing to concede all kinds of weight, height, reach and even money to prove his contention. Since Levinsky set Jack Dillon ack with the "also rans" of the challenging class. Dan's enthusiasm jiows no bounds. He would let the attler fight Jess one round, ten ounds or to a finish. Willard No Wonder. "Say, Willard isn't such a wonder," is the way loquacious Dan puts it What did he ever do? He whipped a dilapidated champion in Johnson, and didn't do so very much with Frank Moran, whom the battler can whip every day in the week. Weight and bulk doesn't count very much when a man with the scientific qualities that Levinsky has is lined up with a slow-moving, unscientific person like Willard. Why Barney would just let that big one whip -himself. He wouldn't hit him in a week, and all the while Levinsky would be whipping boxing gloves into his anatomy with such a regularity as to make Jess think a boxing glove factory had fallen in on him. "Some people are laughing at me because I am insisting on getting the first match with Willard," continued Dan. "Let them laugh. I'll get the match with that circus cIov.tr, if only money stands in the way. Levinsky will not be without backers if the match is made. : The first -promoter who comes to me with a proposition to make the match, I'm going to do something to insure him -against a loss. . , . Levinsky Fast "I know that Levinsky has enough believers in his ability to at least give a good account of himself in a battle with Willard to warrent a . $50,000 house. By that I mean that Levin sky's friends will buy tickets to that figure. Let the promoter give Willard what he thinks is right and we will not take a cent for our share until Willard is paid and all other expenses are met. If there is a profit then, we are willing to divide it or take a rea sonable percentage of it Surely Champion Jess wouldn't want the mint to fight such a little fellow as Levinsky, would he?, if he demands such a thing it would only be his waving of the 'white feather.' I'm going to keep after that circus freak until I get him, and when we do get him all he'll get is the finest trim ming he ever got in his life, and you know Tom McMahon, another little fellow, trimmed him well once." (Morgan's sincerity is apparent in his willingness to pass up any mone tary gain in order to get a match. He likes Levinsky as a brother, and would not offer him as a sacrifice if he didn't believe his man is Willard's master. Thereois no telling just yet what Willard wants for a ten-round bout, but if it's a bit reasonable there appears no reason why the match should not be one of the season's fistic entertainments. "Whatever Morgan says," is Levin sky's answer to the proposal of the Willard match. It was just that sort of trust that made Knockout Brown the successful fighter he was, and later I the fairly rich young man he is. J Annual Luxus Feed WiU Be Held Today At the Paxton Hotel The annual Luxus banquet, the event par excellence in amateur base ball social circles, will be- held Sun day evening at the Paxtori hotel. Johnny Dennisan, who manages banquets just as well as he does ball clubs, promises the 1916 spread will surpass even the one last year, and those who attended the 1915 feed will admit that is going some. Johnny declares the eats will beat anything any gilded Broadway palace turned out for an extravagant millionaire and that Harry Lauder, Gaby Deslys, Weber and Field and Mrs. Castle have nothing on the entertainers he has arranged to turn loose for the amusement of his athletes. The 1917 Harley-Davidson, with Its 16-horse power motor, is a "Regular Lil' Brown Bear," is the way the experienced riders de scribe it after taking a ride. Write for catalog or have a salesman call on you. VICTOR H. ROOS "THE CYCLE MAN" 27th and Leavenworth Sts., Omaha I lla - I I II -I