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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 19, 1916.
COMING YOUNGSTER
8CARESVETERANS
Nineteen-Year-Old Kid Comes
Up to Dispute Claims of Gib
bona, Moha and Others.
AL M'COY HITS FOE HILLS
- 1 B RINGSIDE.
New York, Nov. 18. Two divisions
have commandeered all the attention
ofthe boxing community since the
inauguration of the fall campaign two
months ago. inese arc mc
i i k...vurMoht classes.
Never before in the history of the
game, has there been sucn a sur.t.i
of formidable combatants in any two
divisions of pugilism. As a result of
this state of affairs, interest has been
diminishing space in the five other
classes bantam, feather, light, welter
and heavy. , , ;
' The old regime of middleweights is
rapidly dying out. Les Darcy, the
.Australian prototype of Bob ritzsim
mons, accounted for the elimination
of the four real veterans of the mtd
dlcweight clan. His decisive victories
over Eddie McGoorty, George Chip,
Jimmy Clabby and Duck CroriiC p'jt
those gentlemen out of the consid
eration for championship honors.
Among the. hardy battlers who re
main , to dispute the championship
' claims of Al McCoy, the self-styled
champion, and Les Darcy, who is
champion by acclamation in Austra
lia, are Bob Moha, Mike Gibbons and
a newcomer to the division, Jimmy
O'Hagen. Of the last named, more
anon.
Kid Cornea to Front.
Both Moha and Gibbons have prov
ed their worth, but it remains for
O'Hagen, 19-year-old boy, to es
tablish his claim to recognition as a
championship contender. If willing
ness and fearlessness, combined with
ability, mean championship, qualifica
tions, than O'Hagen must be given
due consideration, '
O'Hagen, who is a native of Al
bany, bases his claims for recognition
on his work in the last few months.
In a brief space of time he defeated
Mike Glover, Marty Cross, K.O.
Sweeny, Silent Martin. Frank Car
bone and "Kid" Alberts. Then O
. Hagen's manager set about a match
with "Champion" Al McCoy. It was
proposed that the bout go fifteen
rounds to a decision at Providence,
R. I.
Not for McCoy. ,
. "McCoy, who has seldom received
more than $1,000 a fight-even after
his one-round knockout of George
Chip was offered the tidy sum of
$10,000 to battle O'Hagen fifteen
rounds, with a decision attached.
This would involve whatever tit le
McCoy possessed. McCoy promptly
turned down the offer, making strena
out objections to the clause referring
to a decision being rendered. -
With that clause obliterated McCoy
would be quite grateful to accept
$2,500 for his services extending over
fifteen rounds or less. For O'Hagen
.thinks he can stop McCoy if the lat
ter makes any pretense at fighting,
which he hasn't since the night he
stretched Chip's length on the canvas
in Brooklyn. ' ;.
Which gives a fair line on the high
esteem in which Mr. McCoy holds
Jimmy O'Hagen. The latter'a man
ager decries McCoy's flat refusal to
fight, calling upon the shades of Jack
Dempsey, and the good sense of Bob
Fitisimmons and Tommy Ryan to ac
count for such an action by a pre
tender to the middleweight throne.
Would Meet Moha.
Failing to ensnare McCoy in a
match, O'Hagen is willing to try his
hand with Bob Moha or Mike 'Gib
bons. Michael also has refused to
fight O'Hagen; so it is up to Moha or
i Darcy to consent to battle O'Hagen
i and determine for the public the stuff
i Jimmy is made of. .
S With McGoorty, Chip, Clabby and
i weight scramble narrows down to
Lt Darcy, Mona, mccoy, u nagen
and Mike Gibbons. O'Hagen has al-
I hxiIu JuUnil It i uilliMfynakssi rs imtr.
s Kiu; ucvuitu ( willing ivd w jwm
i ney to Australia if Darcy will agre
I to a ring encounter over mc iwcuijr
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The light heavyweight division also
presents some interesting fodder for
thought. Up to a few weeks ago
J Jack Dillon's claim to this chamoion-
2 ship was undisputed. Then along
I came Battling Levinsky and trounced
J the giant destroyer in a twelve-round
3 decision bout, which logically made
I Levinsky the champion. A few days
j later Levinsky submitted to a ten-
I round mumping at tne nanas ot one
Billy Miske of St. Paul.
! There are two others in, the hunt
i for. the light heavyweight bauble
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IIMCV VVCUICIfc BIIU UIC MII1C A, T,
4 Bob Moha, whose "meat" is any one
; weighing from 160 pounds to Wil-
i lard's heft. The only way to reach
a settlement of the dispute in this di-
) vision is for these five men to engage
? ill fVUIIU'lWIU OC1 IvS. caul UliC
I must fight two or more times, as not
! one stands 'out in bold enough relief
; from ,the other four to warrant his
; .standing aside and then meeting the
i uuimaic winner,
i Seek $150,000 to Improve
S Cornell Athletic Field
In order to have suitable base ball
! ' accommodations on the Alumni field.
I Ithaca, for ;the semi-centennial m
191 R, the Cornell Alumni field trustees
i will endeavor to raise a fund of $150.
j 000 ' by next June. Besides a big
grandstand, it is proposed to erect
I an administration hall, where Offices
j for all the college athletic interests
1 will center. In the new structure it
i is mtendedto have quarters for train
i ing and for entertaining visiting ath
i letes as well as facilities for winter
I training for members of the crew and
i quarters for the coaches and care.
( ' taker of the various teams in all field
sports. A covered running board
' track is also contemplated, fifteen
feet in width with ten laps to the mile.
Jess Willard Will Go
Into Real Estate Gajne
less Willard. the her
ayywrigln
cjiampion, jaxonsideriflg entering the
leal estate business in Chicago, ac
cording to information received by
Ins associates. His contract with a
circus has. expired and he plans, to
"vitor ' from For Worth,' Tex, to
micago, arriving about November 27.
He is reported to be much heavier
than when he started out with the
circus. " He weighs m the neighbor
hood ot ii3 pounds, it is said.
WOULD-BE "CAMPS"
HAVE TOUGH TIME
Chaps Who Pick All-American
Toot Ball Elevens Have Their
Jobs Cut Out This Year.
SCORE 07 BACKFIELD MEN
By FRANK G. MENKE.
Say you guys what's gonna do
these here All-American toot hall
nickin this here year well, you've
got a job carved out for you, that's
all I gotta say.
Ol King Foot Ball paused to help
himself to the "makin's," rolled his
own, applied a torch, and then went
on:
There s a paucity of line material
and a plethora of backfield stars and
"What what?
01' King grinned.
"Ha! I thought I'd surprise youse
guys," he exclaimed. "Large words,
heyr And tancy ones? Well, they
ain't mine. I nipped 'em from Walt
Camp. I hats what he says when hes
spouting about them foot bailers. I
didn't just know what he meant, so
I goes to Mister Webster and he sets
me straight.
Plethora explained Or King.
"means a lot of 'em and paucity means
just the other way. And that's how
she lays. So you see' you guys got
a job tryin' to pick out a few back
fielders from a big buncha great birds,
while, on the other mitt, you're gonna
have quite a job pickin' out linesmen
who II match up with your back-
fielders. Get me?"
Two From West.
Now Ic's see. There's Harlev. of
Ohio slate. He's a whale. One of
the best little foot ball players they've
uncovered out in the west for years
and years, uo anything. Couldn t
keep him off, could you? And then
there's Cofall, of Notre Dame. Great
est halfback Notre Dame has had in
many, many moons. He oughta get
on, oughtent he?
"Hubbell. of Co'srate. o aved Ya e
off its feet; ripped through the Yale
me every time he hit it. didn t he?
Hastings, of Pittsburg, is a wonder
too. Sprafka. - of Minnesota, is an
other one of those who belong. Le-gore-
of Yale, he got to going great
early in the year and then slipped
off. But he's a wonder, ain't lie?
Mum leg may lose him lob on Al -
American, but if leg mends for jiext
two games and he clays like he can
play, he must be given the up-and-down.
And Oliphant, Too.
'And Oliphant of Armv. Well.
there ain't no use discussin' him. He
belongs that's all. Greatest half
back in America today. Forward
passer, punter, end runner, line
buster. Another one of those guys
that's able to do anything.
"Maubetach of Michigan, Casey of
Harvard, Horween of Harvard, Ger
tish of Dartmouth, Thielscher of
Dartmouth, McLaren of Pittsburgh
they're all entitled to jobs, ain't they?
But some of that bunch has got to
be disappointed, because only four
backfield men can play on a team.
'When it comes to quarterbackers,
Long of Minnesota and Anderson of
Colgate look like the toppers right
now. Great boys, both of 'em. Lots
ot other good ones that been playin
good enough to get pn. But only
one can get there. . ..!
Feck Hat the Call .
"Linesmen? Well. Peck of Pitts
burgh ain't got no equal at center:
McEwan of Army, Rdyiewski of
Notre Dame, Hanson of Minnesota.
they're good at passin,' too, but Peck's
got em blocked. At guardin you
gotta figure in about two dozen fel
lows. None of 'em stand out as truly
greats like some of the old timers,
out tots ot pretty good fellows at the
business just now. Black of Yale,
he's a pretty nifty tackle. Lots of
others, too, but none that you could
call outstandin' right now.
fcndsf Uh. there s ouite a bunch
of 'em. Baston of Minnesota
awfully good: Harte of Harvard,
'nother good one. Herron of Pitt is
a bird. Colgate's a mighty good
endsman, too. Yale's ends ain't very
good; neither are the Tiger wings.
But there'll be about a dozen before
the end of the season that II be in
line for jobs.
Whatcha gonna do with 'em all.
hey? And whatcha gonna do about
them halfbackers? About fiftv buvs
that oughta get on that first team
and only eleven can do it. - Nope, I
ain't envyin' the guys what's gonna
do the pickin' this vear. Thev'll
hafta burn lots of midnight oil and
oil is doggone costly right now.
Omaha Uni Girls
Will Hold Basket
Ball Tournament
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Basket ball at the Universitv nf
Omaha has made an early and flour
ishing start this year. Already all
the classes -Have two teams, one of
boys and one of girls. The boys are
practicing twice a week, ' while the
girls are going them one better. This
enthusiastic attitude, together with
the coming of the two new coaches,
narry ut Lamatre and Miss E. M.
Beaty. promises that the university
will see its first season of active bas
ket ball playing.'
A number of games have been ar
ranged between the boys and girls of
each class. Thursday the seniors will
play a team chosen Irom the rest of
the school the university srvmna
sium. The stars for the former will
be Edgar Ernst and William Thomp
son and those of the latter will be
Leach, Korbmaker and Allerton.
As a whole the coeds have shown
more interest, so far. than the bovs.
They have been working ever since
school started and each class has had
as many as two teams out. The only
crippled class is the junior class. Miss
tstlter Nnapp is the only basket ball
enthusiast in It. bhe is not down
hearted, however. . She is convincing
the rest of the girls in her class that
basket ball is the onlv thins. .
Each class has its stars. In the
freshman class Miss Mabel Norris is
tne neroine. Missts-fcrrtert. 'Eddv
ami fttiyi
'noids make the sophomores
shine. With Misses Jean Berger and
May ueacn it looks as though the
senior girls will take everything.
At the present time the girls are
having practice games with each
other and latter they, will stage a
tournament. Each class will have, its
icam. in tne ring.
The school basket ball team will
not start practice until after the foot
ball season.
ONE OF THE NEW OWNERS OF THE RED SOX The sale
is announced of the Boston Red Sox to Harry H. Frazee and
Hugh' Ward, theatrical magnates of New York. Frazee is
prominent in the world of drama. Ward is an Australian and
spends most of his time in the United States, making his home
in Philadelphia.
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HARRY H.
BRANDEIS ARE TOO
. FAST FOR LEAGUE
Basket Ball Quints Aver Isaac
son's Crew Is Too Swift
for Tri-City League,
TOWNSENDS NOT TO ENTER
Basket ball managers are un acrainst
it this vear. After limner un their
favorite flippers and getting every
thing ready to start off in a ship-shape
manner they find that after all they
might not all take a part in the sea
son's activities.. And this -is the
reason:
For some time the Brandeis Stores
quintet, under the manaeershin of
Jako-lsaacson, has been collecting the
fastest bunch of basket ball passers
in me cny. Among ine list are Virgil
KCCtor ot Dartmouth, Leslie burken-r-oad.
Bob Koran, Ernie Adams and
Warren . Ritchie. Other prospective
members of the Tri-City league point
out that they would have no show
against such a stellar aggregation and
rather than play second fiddle feel that
it would be to their interests not to
enter: the league. They would much
rather have the Brandeis stay out, but
to that Jake Isaacson has given. a
very strong negative. "Why should
we stay out," Jake says. "They have
the same opportunity of collecting a
bunch of stars and if they don't do so
it s tneir own lookout. We intend to
go into the league." And, anyway.
Isaacson points out. that instead of
lowering the standards of the organi
zation, his team wilt set such a high
mark that the other quintets will have
something to shoot at.
Townsenda Drop Out.
As a cousenuence of the acitatinn
the Townsend Gun team, managed by
Walter Gartner, will not enter the
league and several other fives have
decided to do likewise. Just how the
matter will be threshed out will be
decided at the basket ball meeting to
be held at the Youiig Men's Christian
association Tuesday evening.
Coach Mills of (freighton has defi
nitely decided not te enter his team in
the tri-City league regardless of
whether the Brandeis are members or
not. I he blue and white mentor has
lined up all the college contests his
flippers can handle and he does not
propose to let them take on more
work.
Harmony in Other Loops.
WViile there is considerable agita
tion in the old Tri-tity league, all is
harmony in the
Commercial and
Church. Ttcams
both organiza
tions have been gqtting in weekly
workouts at the "Y
and are ready to
jump into the fray at
the first honk of
tne reteree s whistle,
What is expected
to work for the
benefit of the two Gass B organiza
tions is the fact that
pnore floor space
has been added. In
addition to the
Young Mens Chri:
courts of both Om;
tian association
ha and Council
Bluffs and the University of Omaha
floor, the Woodmen r)f the World hall
in the South Side hjas been secured
and is now being marked off.
All persons interested in loinine anv
of the three leagues are invited to be
present at the big basket ball meeting
to be held in the physical director's
room of the Youne Men's Christian
association Tuesday evening at 7:30.
This Basket Ball Event
Starts at 8:30 in Morn
Eight-thirty in the morning is pret
ty early in the day to play basket ball,
but that is the time set for the basket
hall tourney, which will be staged at
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion Thanksgiving day. .The entire
event will be played during the morn
ing. '
The annual "Y" cross-country run
will start at 11 o'clock Thanksgiving
mowing. A score of athletes have al
ready entered this event and about fif
teen of the runners have been work
ing outdoors of late despite the cold
weather.
School for Deaf to Play
West Point Thanksgiving
The Nebraska School for the Deaf
has signed up for a game Thanksgiv
ing day with the West Point High
schooUThe local eleven will journey
to West roiut for the combat.
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MULLIGAN IS LAD
WHO TURNED TRICK
Central High Mentor Surprises
Lincoln With New Style of
Open Foot Ball.
MAKES TIE GAME POSSIBLE
By KARL LEE.
Harold Mulligan--strategist.
A lesser title would not do. In the
game with Lincoln, Mully demonstrat
ed beyond doubt that he was the
goods and that he could make foot
ball out o anything that, resembled
foot ball.
There is no question but what
Coach Mulligan is a great mentor.
Just seven weeks ago Central met
Ccmmerce High in the first game of
the season. It is just seven weeks
ago that the wise ones shook-their
head and smiled as best they could
when some overly enthusiastic Cen
tral rooter burst forth with predic
tions of a brilliant season. - Yet in
that seven veeks Mully gradually
built up a defense that prove impene
trable and an offense that remained
all-powerful to the, last.
Central rooters religiously believed
that their team would wallop Lincoln
roundly. But Mulligan knew and he
sensed the peril of his team, i Beatrice
had broken through that power ul de
fense and the Link mentors already
had had a two weeks' squint at the
play.
Teaches New Foot Ball.
So the week-before the Lincoln
sinashup Mully helt) private confer
ences with his men. He taught them
some new foot ball. A more brilliant
assemblage of line shifts, forward
passes and backfield formations prob
ably was never given at one time to a
high school team as by Mully to his
Omaha eleven. "If we can't beat Lin
coln one way, we will beat it an
other," was the byword on the hill all
that week. And the wise ones saw-
again. '
The gatrte opened. Central made a
dash to striking distance. Lincoln
held and took the ball. Then the
slaughter started. The great Griffen
pounded the line. At first it held, but)
soon Dcgan to talter. Central held
twice next its own goal that period be
fore the sensational intercepted pass
oy i aynier m mia-neia. umaha had
I about given up. at least for the half,
wncii inis Driinant, run came to be
deck tnem with glory. But Lincoln
came back again and the powerful
backs pounded the line again, Griflen,
despite his lame leg, leading in every
smash. A forward pass, Griflen to
Lamb, well known as the touchdown
play of the Links, netted the fatal
score.
Mully talked to his men between
halves. He told them to open up.
And they did. Perhaps on Nebraska
field few such brilliant exhibitions in
the art of olavina- foot hall
performed as by Central High during
that period. The line shifted, the back
field wormed this way and that, and
mc Dan eased Its way sideways and
forward. The maze of the formations,
called in rapid-fire form, baffled the
Links. They forgot themselves and
played in a frenzy. And they failed
to recover that ball before too late.
Mulligan had turned the trick.
No Longer Do They
Say "Hurry Up Yost"
nurry up lost ot the Michigan
foot ball squad finally has failed to
live up to his nickname.
Yost recently was watching the
first eleven in practice. Quarterback
Sparks was tearing through his sig
nals.
"He hurries his team too much
shouted Yost, and then he told
spams to ease up a Dit.
"You can't slam down the field the
way you could in the old game," said
the Michigan toot ball wizard. With
ten yards to gain you have to take
your time."
And so, the Yost nickname, won in
1900, received its first setback.
Lee Fohl is On Lookout
v For a Young Outfielder
President Dunn ot the Cleveland
Americans has announced that he has
one or two possible trades in view
and that he also hopes to buy. at least
one young outfielder.
MOGULS CONSIDER
THIRD BIG LEAGUE
Ban Johnson and Others Behind
Move to Stimulate Lagging
Interest in Base Ball.,
OMAHA IN CLASS AA LOOP
That the Dowers that be in base
ball are giving serious consideration
to a suggestion that a third major
league be' organized, to be known as
the American association; that the
International league be changed -and
that the Western league be raised to
AA classification, is news that Joe
Vila, a New York base ball scribe,
who probably knos more about the
inner workings of the big base ball
men than any outsider in the country,
makes known. I he scheme is this:
Form an eight-club major league,
free from draft rule, to comprise
Toronto, Buffalo. Newark and Balti
more in the east, with Indianapolis.
Milwaukee, Toledo and Louisville in
the west. The name of the new league
shall be the American, association.
The International is to' be retained,
with Providence. Rochester, Mon
treal, Syracuse, Albany, Utica, Bing
hamton. and perhaps Jersey City.
1 he Western league is to he raised
to Class AA, with the circuit includ
ing St. Paul, Minneapolis, Columbus,
Kansas City, Omaha, Denver, , JJes
Moines, and one other city, perhaps
St. Joseph or Sioux City.
Johnson Favors It.
It is said this suggestion has al
ready been discussed by members of
the National commission, club own
ers and others interested. It is said
that Ban Johnson is a strong advocate
of the idea and that promises well,
lor Johnson can do more in a minute
than all the rest of the base ball men
in a year.
i he big men of Organized Base
Ball have come to the conclusion
that something must be done to stim
ulate interest in the panic. The majors
had a prosperous season this year,
but there was an unmistakable re
vival of enthusiasm in the big cir
cuits due to the decease of the Feds.
Whether this revival of enthusiasm
will be permanent or was merely tem
porary cannot be told. But the minors
arc in a bad way. They have all lost
money, the big minors and the little
minors, and some old and strons;
leagues are going to blow up unless
a remedy is found. Take, for in
stance, the Western league. It is
the oldest league in this part of the
country. Jt has weathered seventeen
campaigns. And prosnrrts right now
are for a return to a six-league club
and three of those six clubs don't
promise much.
International in Trouble.
The International league had a most
disastrous season.. All of the clubs,
with the possible exception of To
ronto, lost money. The American as
sociation was nothing to brag about
and seemed to be boiling with inter
nal dissension.
And it things continue the Ameri
can association, the Internationalind
the Western, three of the five: bie
minor leaguesf the country, are
going to have more and more trouble
and there is no foretelling what the
end will be.
It is believed the cities suggested
for the third major league are real
major league cities. Newark, Buf
falo, Baltimore and Indianapolis had
the Federals and didn't get enthusi
stic over the return of minor league
ball. That they would support ma
jor league. clubs is the belief of most
base ball men. Milwaukee and Louis
ville have had previous experience in
fast company and it is believed are
ripe for a return.
I hat the proposed shift in the In
ternational league cities Would be a
benefit is also the belief.
Omaha in its Class.
And we know it would helo the
Western league. Omaha and Denver
are out of their class in the Western
league as it is made up today. They
belong in a league with such cities
as St. Paul, Minneapolis and Kan
sas City and that is just the kind of
league they would be in if this plan
goes through.
It is not likely the plan can be put
through this year, the time is too
short, but the big moguls are giving
it serious consideration, Ban Johnson
is pulling the wires diligently to bring
it about and there is an .exce ent
chance that it will be consummated
before 1918.
Caddock Rivals
Great Gotch for
Speed in Action
"The Boy With a Thousand HolJs"
is the title wrestling fans have tacked
onto Earl Caddock, the Anita, la.,
flash who will tangle with Yousiff
Hussane, the Terrible Turk, at Coun
cil Bluffs November 29.
Caddock is probably acquainted
wrtn more holds than any other wres
tler. He is a thorough student of
the game in addition to having the
wrestling instinct, and in the course
of one match he will use more holds
than the ordinary wrestler will in a
dozen bouts.
Frank Gotch always was considered
the fastest thinking, quickest acting
wrestler in the business, but Caddock
is giving Frank a race for his laurels
and the wise boys believe that ulti
mately he will prove himself superior
to the Humboldt wizard.
Caddock is now in Omaha training
for his bout with Hussane. The event
is another ten days distant, but Earl
is working diligently, for he has high
hopes of vanquishing the Turk in
rapid fashion.
Pitcher Ed Kelpfer
Has Tonsils Removed
Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleveland
Americans is of the opinion that
Pitcher Edward Klepfer will be much
more efficient next season for the
reason that Klepfer has undergone
an operation for the removal of his
tonsils.
"Klepfer's throat bothered him last
season," Fohl said, "and' I am cer
tain that if he had submitted to an
operation last spring he would have
been a dinerent pitcher.
Omaha Ski and Skat Club
Will Meet Monday Night
The Omaha Ski and Skat club, re
cently organized, will hold a meeting
tomorrow mgnt in room 4ij uee
building. All members of the club and
anybody interested in winter sports
are urged to be present '
By FRED
A hundred men in uniform
swarmed out onto the playing
field.
The foot ball practice was on.
A 'Casual observer watched
them for an hour.
"How many men are there on a
foot ball team?" he asked a" scribe
standing nearby.
"Eleven," answer the said
scribe.
"Well, then, who are the rest of
those chaps?" asked, the c. o.
"Coaches."
Clarence Rowland has been
fired again. 1
So has Joe Tinker.
Rill Carrigan is still retiring.
Charley Ebbets is still selling
out.
Fritz Maiscl is still being
traded.
Showing that spring is still a
long way off.
POLITICAL NOTE.
We do not like you Charlie
Hughes,
The reason is you had to lose, ,
And we had down a bet on youse,
We do not like you Charlie
Hughes, 1
Wc see a guy threatens to sue
a newspaper man for $50,000,
which is funny if you are a news
paper man.
If a month ago somebody had
predicted Ohio and Northwestern
would fight it out for the Big
Nine championship, he would
have been advised to cut out
drinking wood alcohol.
Some day a foot ball game will
result according to the dope. And
on that day they'll sing Tipperary
on a U-boat and drink a toast in
Moylan and Stangel
To Get Trials With
Eourkes in Spring
Jim Moylan, star hurler for the
Ramblers, and Carl Stangel, four
eyed outfielder on the Omaha Gas
companys, will get trials with the
Rourkcs next spring. Recently Pa
Rourkc announced he would give two
local amateurs trials with his profes
sional club in the spring and Moylan
and Stangel were the fortunatcs
chosen.
Basket Ball Men Will
Meet at "Y" on Tuesday
A big booster meeting of Omaha
basket ball enthusiasts will be held
at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion in the office of Physical Director
W. A. Kearns Tuesday. It is planned
to start the ball rolling for the coming
Gossip Heard on
the Sandlots
Of coarse, and foot ball team can have
a percentage of 1.000 In the Radiator league
The 'Nonpareil will wade across 'the
creek and bump up again the C. B. Lxnge
waya next Sunday.
Those Dundee Woolen Mills have changed
thetr appellation. Hereafter they will be
known as the Ben Kennedy Colts,
Orvllle Crabtree, associated with the C. B.
Midgets. Is about as hard aa a pretzel. He
bumps 'em all, regardless of stae.
Louie Camero. left half for the Webster
Street Merchants, la a terrific line plunger
and alao a speed demon on his pedals.
Dunlap, la., d where the Monmouth Parks
will perform oh Turkey day. They will re
ceive f 25 and rations for said offense.
Tommy Graham's Tigers went to the wall.
They were unusually fleire as long as they
stuck, but they used punk mucilage.
A team called the Toung Pharmacy drop
ped Into the limelight for one offense, but
was splintered after tho initial fracas.
The German Shamrocks sure have a mushy
place to practice. They practice on the
pavement at Ninth and Bancroft streets.
In Harry Penny the Monmouth Parks have
a halfback that is hard to check and he
also plays a wonderful game on the defense.
At loft end Arthur Chapman la a marvel
for the C. B. Midgets. He ts speedy and
ean side-step and dodge like a flrst-claas
pug.
Since Frank Golden assumed the respon
sibility of coaching the Fontenelle Reserve
they have climbed up the ladder at a rapid
pace.
That Thiry-thlrd and' Parker street team
waa swallowed up m one gulp. They played
one game and then went via the the balloon
route. t
Since the Nourse OH team changed their
name to the Marquette Club they have failed
to register a point on the debit side of the
ledger.
Jacobergcr, the new gent hitched to the
Nonpareils, has overly made good. His
noodle plays a conspicuous part In every
tangle.
Next Sunday the C. B. Midgets and the
Nonpareil Reserves will demonstrate their
wares at Athletic park, Council Bluffs, at
3 p. m.
Wagoner, the ch'lef of the German Sham
rocks, Is rather dubious about their squad
since the recent accident to one of their good
players.
Tommle Boyne. a star of repute. Is now tied
to the C. B. Widgets. He will play at left
half and should strengthen tho team con
siderably. During scrimmage practice last week
Anton Munch of the German Shamrocks
sltpped while circling the end and broke his
right arm.
About thlrty-Hve teams were organised
this season and only eighteen are still In
the ring. Inability to secure capable leaders
tells the story.
Those Monmouth Parka Reserve caught
cold feet during the recent cold snap, and
from present Indication they will thaw out
some time next season.
It seem as though the California Street
Merchants need California weather Jo put
them In condition. They have not chalked
up many victories this season.
Several Omaha squads have already con
summated arrangements to gobble up
turkey and Incidentally play foot ball out
of town on Thanksgiving s day.
The Monmouth Parka could use a good
lineman during their game booked with
Dunlap for Thanksgiving day. For further
Information call Thoma Kelly over Colfax
SOI.
Madam Rumor hea It that Wiener will
organise especially to put a crimp in the
Nonpareils. All tha foot ball buga In this
community would welcome a match between
these two aggregation.
That famous heady leader, Thomas Moore,
will be back on the Job to lead the Non
pareils on (he field today. Thomas ought
to know a few things about foot ball, for
he has played the game twenty years.
Phil Lynch, boss of the championship Non
pareils, foreclosed a mortgage on the inde
pendence of a vision of loveliness some time
ago. but him team mates were kept In the
dark until rtiil got ready to pop. He ex
ploded and a real party for tha team and
their friend waa the outcome
S. HUNTER
grape juice to Bill Bryan in Mil
waukee. The eight-hour day may b o.
t. for Mr. Adamson, but per
sonally we would prefer a one
hour day.
Levinsky and Morris fought last
Thursday night in Kansas City,
but it would have been more ap
propriate for them to have waited
until April 1.
Tris Speaker.Jt is said, is wear
ing a wrist watch. Conclusively
proving what fame will do to a
man.
If Tris can wear a wrist watch
we can expect shortly to learn
that Heine Zim is wearing spats.
By JESS WILLARD.
The price of coal is going up,
And meat has hit the sky,
Sugar's selling by the cup.
And flour is more than high.
The demos are in power again,
And winter's in its might,
The circus has run out of yen.
And I can't get a fight.
Mr. Jones, in behalf of Mr. Vil
lard, says Mr. Willard cannot get
a fight, proving that "you can fool
some of the pub etc, etc." i
A Mere Trifle.
Now, after meeting Iowa next
Saturday, all Nebraska has-to do
is to play Notre Dame.
It is said Willard and Levinsky
will not fight. As a result of
which we lose no interest for the
simple reason that we were not
interested before.
' Bill Carrigan says he is going
to quit base ball, but Connie Mack
beat him to it two years ago.
OMAHANS BACK OF
NEW BOXING BILL
Law Permitting Ten-Round
Scraps to Be .Presented
to Legislature.
WAS TURNED DOWN BEFORE
' That Nebraska ' will soon fjve a
state boxing law similar to Wiscon
sin, New York, Minnesota and other
states is the belief of local box fight
enthusiasts who intend to draft such
a law and present it to the legislature
when that body meets.
An effort was made to put a box
ing law through the last legislature,
but the bill was defeated. The com
plexion of the new legislature, how
ever, has led the Omaha fans to be
lieve that the bill would be passed
this time. Gene Melady was sponsor
for. the bill previously introduced to
the state dads and he may put his
shoulder to the wheel again.
The bill the , Omaha fight fans in
tend to present to the legislature
would provide for ten-round, no-decision
boxing matches such as are held
in Wisconsin, New York and Minne
sota. It provides for a state boxing
commission, which will possess un
limited and irrevocable jurisdicition
over all bouts. A percentage of the
receipts will go to the state through
this commission. The law covers
practically everything connected with
a bout and any violation by fighter or
club is punishable by suspension.
The local men expect to start a
campaign to put the bill over within
a week or so. They have been wait
ing to see what kind of a legislature
would be elected to serve Nebraska
and they are now confident that a
legislature which will be friendly to
ward the bill has been placed in
power.
Plestina Declares,
War on E. Caddock
Marin Plestina has resumed his war
against Earl Caddock.
The big Omaha grappler suspended
diplomatic relations with Caddock
last spring, but no fatalities resulted,
as the two gladiators did not get to
gether. Learning that Caddock had agreed
to meet Yousiff Hussane in Council
Bluffs November 29, Plestina imme
diately began plans to resume hostil
ities against the fast Iowan.
Plestina says he'll wrestle Caddock
in public or private, any time, any
place, and has $100 to post as a for
feit. Rifle Club Will Hold
Turkey Shoot Sunday
The Greater Omaha Rifle and Re
volver club will hold a big turkey
shoot on the East Omaha range next
Sunday. Each event will be five shots
at 200 yards. A hot dinner will be
served at the range, so the marksmen
can prepare for an all-day shoot.
The scattcrgun marksmen will also
hold a turkey shoot next Sunday,
probably at the Carter Lake club.
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