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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 26, 1916
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Judgments
SOME rather severe criticism of
Dr. E. J. Stewart, the new
Cornhusker coach, have been
heard from Nebraska sup
porters who were disappointed
became their favorites were given a
sound trouncing by Kansas. It is
Dr. Stewart's system, new to the Mis
souri valley, that caused the criti
cism. That Is only natural, though.
Stewart's system had never before
teen seen in the valley and the sim-
le deduction of the lay mind would
t that it Is a failure because it didn't
beat the Jayhawk. But the foot ball
student is not criticising Stewart, or
his system. Foot ball experts all over
the country almost agree that Glenn
Warner of Pittsburgh is the great
est coach in the country, even su-
?ertof to Percy Haughtort, Stagg,
ost, Folwetl and others of the great.
It was Warner who made the Car
lisle Indians Such great players.
When he left the Indian school the
redskins quit playing foot ball. A
year ago Warner went to Pittsburgh
and turned out the best eleven in
the east, and he had to make a team
to do it, as his material wasn't overly
promising. This year Pittsburgh re
peated its 1915 success; it hasn t lost
a gam and is believed by many to
be the best eleven in the country.
And Warner is a coach who, like
Stewart, uses no quarterback. He
uses a system, while different in a
few details, that is fundamentally the
same as employed by the Cornbusker
coach. So the system must be all
right; if it wasn t Warner wouldn't
use it. It Wasn't the Stewart system
that won for Kansas. The fault was
with the Nebraska team. The Corn
husket backneld is weak; ft hasn't any
driving power, it hasn't any quick
thinkers, it hasn't any performers de
pendable in a pinch; in other words
it hasnt any Chamberlain, any Ruth
erford, any Halligan, any Frank, any
Potter, any Towle. Those were the
boys who made Stiehm's teams great
Do you suppose those fellows would
have failed to beat Kansas with the
Stewart system or any other system?
That" a the answer.
Percy Haughton may not be the
greatest coach in the world, but he
certainly is the king of the alibiers.
A week before the game with Brown
Percy broke into scare-head type
with an announcement that he in
tended to take his entire first eleven
to visit the Yale-Princeton game, leav
ing a string of scrubs and subs to
battle the Brunoniafts. And Percy did
just that thing. And , Brown wal
loped Harvard, 21 to 0. Which would
lead one to suspect that Percy had a
hunch Brown would take even his
varsity warriors to a trimming, so he
prepared the neat and nifty advance
alibi. Which is a very keen piece of
work from a Harvard standpoint, but
it docs look a little bit like bush
league stuff to the unprejudiced. ;
There are brobablv a lot of base
ball magnates who haven't been
earning the regulation 6 per cent the
last few years, but Phil Ball and
Charley Weeghmann, ex-Feds, are
probably the two leading mourners
in the big show. Ball and Weegh
mann have both sunk well over half
a million dollars in base ball, and so
far as can be learned haven't drawn,
much out yet Base ball is more than
a pastime and a business; it's a gam
bling venture, too, and a man has to
watch his step and be pretty lucky
to earn dividends. And if conditions
continue in their present state they'll
have to watch their steps closer and
be still luckier as the years come.
' We have heard a tot of predictions
that Notre Dame will walk all over
Nebraska. We may be wrong, but
our guess is that Harper's men are
going to run up against some stub
born opposition. The Nebraska line
is a good one. It can be counted upon
to hold its own with the forwards
of the Hoosiers. Notre Dame may
beat Nebraska, but it wilt be only be
cause of the superiority in its back
. field, and with that Cornhusker line
fighting for every inch we don't ex
pect to see Notre Dame run up any
overwhelming score.
Not content to arouse Mr. Fultz
to the boiling point, the big league
ma mates evidently want to see Daw
go into a fit They are talking of
introducing the twelve-month con
tract, thus binding the players serv
ices for the entire year. Davy would
only have about seventeen hemor
rhages simultaneously if the put the
plan over, and we can see where Mr.
Adamson wilt be called upon to save
the world from another strike.
There is little likelihood that the
majors will cdnsent to the minors'
request for a new scheme of control
in base ball Under the present sys
tem th major! are the "works." They
have their own court of final appeal,
and they are not likely to grant the
little fellows any power if it is possi
ble. So, for a guess, the minors can
keep on making resolutions until
both Paris and Berlin fall, and about
all they'll get is the "utmost consid
eration.
We are pleased to see that the
Western league has paid $400 to
Jimmy Kane. The Kane case was a
peculiar bit of work and Jimmy, it
seems, was a victim. He was kept
out of a job, and work like that
doesn t art well with the average fan,
The Western league made friends
by giving Jimmy what he had com
ing to bun.
TBI base ball public saw some
startling trades last year, but if re
ports now circulating are true it is
likely to see still more startling: ones
this year. According to the reports
every club In the two major leagues
except the Giants, Red Sox and Ath
letics are willing to make swaps of
players.
The National league has decided to
overtook John McGraw's charges
against his players. But we have a
hunch McGraw won't overlook them,
and a couple of big league athletes,
for guess, will bt jammed back into
the bash belore spring.
RESTA WIHS TITLE
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Italian Who Captured Omaha
Race la Declared Champion
Driver of the World.
AITKEX NEXT, KICK THIRD
For the second consecutive year
Dario Resta has captured the title of
champion motor driver of the world;
Dafio won the honor by a narrow
margin over Eddie Rickenbacher in
1915 and this year he led Johnny
Aitketi by just as narrow a margin.
Resta won the championship when
he piloted his blue Peugeot into first
place in the Vanderbilt cup race while
Johnny Aitken broke up in both the
Vanderbilt and the grand prix.
Johnny would still have a chance to
beat Resta if he would compete in
the Ascot park race Thanksgiving,
but it is the narrowest kind of a
chance, and Johnny didn't think it
worth while, so he did not enter the
event.
Resta has 4,100 points. Aitken has
3,440. The winner of the Ascot park
race will get 700 points. If Aitken
should win this race he would raise
his point total to 4,140. But if Resta
should earn a place in the Ascot park
classic, he would beat Johnny. And
as the prise money is not much of
an inducement Johnny packed his car
and beat it back for Indianapolis.
When Johnnny failed to enter at As
cot Resta withdrew, which leaves a
rather light field, with only Ricken
bacher and the Mercer drivers, Pullen
and Ruckstell, to provide any class.
Wins Five Races.
One peculiar thing about Resta's
victory is that he earned all his points
by capturing first places. He was
first at Indianapolis, Chicago, Omaha,
the second Chicago race and the Van
derbilt. He did not win a point in
any other race. So in every race Resta
finished he finished first. He either
won the raceor broke down enroute.
Aitken won four races and finished
second in two others. He also pi
loted Howdy Wilcox's car home in
first place in the grand prix, but this
was after Wilcox had driven the ma
chine into that position and Howdy
got the credit for the race.
Rick is Third.
Eddie Rlckeftbachef has third place
cinched. Eddie earned 2,210 points
and may add a few more at Ascot
park. Eddie was first at New York
and Tacoma, second in Chicago's sec
ond race, third at New York's second
race and third at Des Moines. Eddie
also captured some more money in
races that were not championship
events, such as second place in the
fifty-mile race in Omaha and first
in the fifty-mile race at Des Moines.
A prize of $13,500 will be split up
between Resta. Aitken and Ricken
bacher for- their seasons achieve
ments, and Resta will get a trophy
cup.
Ralph De r alma ranked fourth wrtn
1,790 points and Wilbur D'Alene was
fifth with 1,120. Howdy swept into
sixth place by the grand prix victory.
His total is 1,080. Earl Cooper is
seventh with 995 and Tommy Milton
eighth with 690. Baby Pete Hender
son is ninth with 667 points and Frank
Galvin tenth with 645. ,
Class of Omaha.
The class of the field in the Omaha
classic July 15 is shown by the re
sults of the championship race. Of
the drivers who finished among the
first ten six took part in the Umaha
event. Resta, who won the champion
ship, won the race. Rickenbacher,
who was third, took part as am ue
Palma. who was fourth, and u Alene,
who was fifth. Tommy Milton, who
was eighth, and Baby Pete Hender
son, who was ninth, were the other
two. Johnny Aitken, Howdy Wilcox,
Earl Cooper and Frank Galvin did not
race here. Cooper was signed up, but
his car wet cuckoo just before the lo
cal classic.
This year there were fifteen cham
pionship races held. Next year only
eight will be held. The eight speed
ways will only he allowed one cnam-
pionship race each. This year Chi
cago and Indianapolis held two and
New York three, xney can noin as
many events as they want to, Dut
only one will count for the champion
ship. ;
Ban, Johnson Catches
Moose for Cincy Zoo
B. B. Johnson, president of the
American league and a former Cin
cinnatian. has contributed a bull
moose to the collection of animals in
the Cincinnati zoological gardens. Au
gust Herrmann, chairman of the Na
tional Base Ball commission and also
chairman of the zoo commission, in
announcing the gift, said that some
time ago Mr. Johnson promised to
contribute $500 to the zoo fund, but
instead spent that amount in captur
ing the bull moose. The moose will
be the first specimen of that family
the zoo has had in fifteen years. It
was caught in the wooded preserves
of the Jerome Hunting and Fishing
club near Mercer, Wis.
Promoters Not in
LoveWithMoran
Francis Moran la noised for a
spring at the frontispiece of Carl
Morns, or any other battler of the
dreadnought class, bnt none of the
iromoters is taking any feverish
Merest in It Moran no longer la
the drawing card of six or eight
months ago. That flivver show
ing against Jack Dillon sort of
"cooked" him.
The Pittsburgher, however,
hasn't forgotten the lesson that
fracas taught him. , He isn't in
strict training now, bnt he is in
good condition; in such shape that
a few weeks of gruelling will put
trim into tip-top shape. 1 And
never again will Moran take any
chances of being beaten by walk
ing into a ring considerably over
plus in all para of his frame. ,
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GRIDIRON WARRIORS, WHO MADE GREAT RECORD Bot
tom row, left to right I Arno Harper, Lyman Phillips, Oscar Iversen, Arnold Krogh, Richard
Haller, Floyd Paynter. Top row, left to right) Donald Shepherd, John Peterson, Clyde
Smith, Eugene Maxwell, "Chuck" Morearty, Owen Corap and Harold Pearson, Myron Hia
chey, right guard, i not in the picture.
mk . c' I
IMS WANT NONE
OF OMAHA'S GAME
Local Gridiron Fans Believe
Lincoln Feels it Best to
Stay at Home.
MAKING ABSURD CLAIMS
That Lincoln has a hunch it would
be advisable not to play a post-season
game with Omaha Central High is
the belief of local foot ball enthusi
asts. Central challenged Lincoln to a
post-season game to be played in
Omaha preferably December 9 in or
der to settle the dispute over the
state interscholastic championship
which is now deadlocked because of a
tie between the two schools played at
Lincoln November 11. Lincoln was
offered a guarantee of $150 and Omaha
offered to play the 1917igame in Lin
coln, when it is due in Omaha.
But Lincoln came back with a de
mand of 50 per cent of the gate re
ceipts. I
That reply led local fans to venture
that Lincoln was just frying to find
a way to escape a post-season game
without being accused of quitting.
The guarantee offered, $150, is un
usually large for High school games,
and if Lincoln was at all willing to
take a second chance with Mulligan's
men, it is believed it would readily
agree to it. '
Lincoln Claims Absurd.
Also Lincoln is making some rather
absurd claims to the state title, as
serting that an additional four-point
margin in Lincoln's 1 victory over
Beatrice over Omaha's and a dozen
point's more on Sioux Falls entitles
Lincoln to the honor.
Which, to Omaha, and it would
seem also to an unbiased judge, is
about as ridiculous as a claim the
Cornhuskers might make for the Mis
souri Valley title on the grounds that
Nebraska onlv lost one same while
I Kansas, Ames and Missouri all lost
one and tied one game.
A post-season game between Omaha
and Lincoln would be a big attraction.
It would bring out a good crowd and
would be a boon to Nebraska high
school foot bait. Local gridiron fans
hope it can be played, but they aren t
very confident
Billy Earle (Joes
To New Orleans in
Style This Time
Pa Rourke wasn't the only repre
sentative Omaha had at the minor
league meeting at New Orleans. Far
be it from such. Billy Earle was
there, don't forget that.
Ever since the minors have been
meeting Billy has been an attendant.
A minor league meeting without Billy
Earle would be like a horse race with
out a bookmaker.
Minor league magnates have al
ways known that Billy would be on
hand if he had to ride the bumpers
or take refuge in a side-door Pull
man. But Billy fooled 'cm this time
by breezing into New Orleans in
grand style on the special train from
Chicago.
Earle came to Omaha in 1914 for
the minor league meeting here. He
didn't come on any special train. And
he stayed here to toil for Jack Has
kell. As Omaha is a prosperous town,
Billy has been prospering and was
able to journey to New Orleans in
style.
Silver Creek Coming to
Omaha for Caddock Bout
Silver Creek wrestling fans plan
to swoop down on Omaha en masse
for the Earl Caddock-Mort Hender
son match at Council Bluffs next
Wednesday night. Al Hastings, the
big noise in Silver Creek wrestling
circles, has purchased ten ringside
tickets for his party and informs Dan
Reardon that at least 100 will come
down for the event. They are all
Caddock friends.
Notre Dame Eleven to Be
Entertained in Omaha
The Notre Dame foot ball team has
been given sn invitation to stop over
in Omaha aftter the game with Ne
braska at Lincoln Thanksgiviong day,
and it is believed the invitation will be
accepted. Harold McConnell and C.
Langdon are making preparations to
entertain the athletes for the Notre
Dame alumni in Omaha.
Creighton Basket
Ball Five to Make
Long Trip to East
Creighton university will make its
debut at the sport of basket ball this
winter. And Creighton promises to
have a quintet that will be able to hold
its own with the fastest in the coun
try despite the fact that It wilt be a
green five.
Tommy Mills, be it remembered, is
something of a basket ball coach. He
turned out good fives at the high
school. And he has some good ma
terial. Dutch Platz, former high
school and Brandeis star, will be one
of Tommy's floor warriors. Carl
Lutes, another high school and crack,
is one more. Eddie Mulliotland, end
on the foot ball squad, is something
of a basket flipper and there are
George Parrlsh and Kenneth Klepser,
local cracks of renown.
These five athletes are enough to
make a first class team and there may
be other talent hidden among the
university students.
A schedule of games is now being
arranaed. A two weeks' trip on the
road has alresdy been carded. Notre
Dame, Indiana, Beloit, Drake and sev
eral other bis schools will be met on
this journey. Some big games will
also be brought to umaha to be
played in the new Creighton gym,
which has a regulation court and room
for 3,000 spectators.
Cross-Country and
Basket Ball at the -
"Y" on Turkey Day
Big doings sre planned for Thanks
giving day at the Young Mens uins
tian association.
The annual cross-country run will
be the feature event. In former years
it has been the policy to have this
run open to all amateur contestants,
but this years the first will be limited
strictly to Omaha amateurs, in order
to arouse more local interest in the
event. The run starts at 11 o'clock.
It will be about three miles.
At 8:30 in the morning a basket
ball tourney will start. A number of
quintets have entered, and Bob Hagar
who is in charge of the event, ex
pects an exciting two hours.
Caledonians Have Lead .........
In Omaha Soccer League
The Caledonians have a lead that
they threaten to maintain in the
Omaha and District Soccer league.
Only two more games are to be
played, today and Thanksgiving, and
the Caledonians have only lost one
game, while the Townsends, their
closest rivals, have lost two. Both
elevens have won six. The standing
of the teams is as follows:
P. W. L. Dr. P. A. Fta.
Cal-donlana I 1 1 7 18
TnwnaondR 9 R Z 0 34 14 1
Nonpnritlli I 1 t 0 14 It
Chechlo S 7 1 9 18 1
Score of Marksmen Are
Entered in Turkey Shoot
Over a score of rifle marksmen are
entered in, the big turkey shoot which
will be held today by the Greater
Omaha Rifle and Revolver club on
the club's range at East Omaha.
Events will be of five targets each at
200 yards. A choice collection of
fowl will be awarded to the prize win
ners. Lunch will be served on the
grounds so the shooters can attend
prepared to make a day of it.
Mr. Yost Is Just
Crazy OverHarley
Every time Coach "Hurry Up"
Yost sees anything in print about
Chuck Harley, the Ohio state mar
vel, it makes him peevish. Harley,
who is considered one of the great
est half backs of the year in
the big nine conference, was
scheduled to go to Michigan,
but switched and entered Ohio
State. Now the Ohio State team,
which is one of the leading fac
tors in the conference champion
ship, virtually owes its marvelous
showing to Harley. Harley, who
is a Chicago lad, has done the
miraculous all season.
Harley is also a base ball star,
and only a year ago had an offer
from an American Association
team, but turned it down in order
to continue college work.
NEW YORK REARS AN
ASPIRAJTTO TITLE
Gotham Believes Patty CHn Is
Lad to Shear Freddie Welsh
of Laurels.
IS MAKING GOOD RECORD
New York. Nov. ' 18. Patrick Jo
seph Cline of County Longford, Ire
land, and the Bronx, mew lorn, is
the latest local asoirant to the light
weight crown that is resting unstead
ily nn the brow of Freddv Welsh.
joe bnugrue, Benny Leonard,
Young Brown. Willie Beecher and
Johnny Lustig are local boys who
have had a crack at f red's title out
Fred didn't crack. No doubt "Irish
Patsy" will soon hive his chance, al
though the event has been delayed.
While training for a acehduled bout
with Packey Hommey at the Empire
Athletic club he broke his hand. This
will lav him un for several weeks.
Strana-elvi New York, despite Its
immense size, has never produced a
world's champion. Terry MeGovern
of Johnstown, Pa., and Brooklyn was
the nearest However, the old town
has slwavs been there with strong
contenders particularly in the light
weight division, teacn urcss, i ommy
Murphy, K. O. Brown, Benny rin
ger and 'Elbows" McFadden all
climbed cjose to the top. J anger
and "Elbows" both knocked out
championsbut never while they held
a title. Yanater K. O.'d Abe Attell.
Young Corbett and Harry Forbes, and
won oven ueorge uixon. Mcfadden
knocked out Joe Gans and George La
vigne. K. O. Brown won newspaper
decisions over Ad Wolgast and Abe
Attell. Leach Cross gave Ritchie a
wonderful fight and Tommy Murphy
nearing the end of his career
fought valiently against the youthful
Ritchie slso. Benny Leonard, catch
ing Welsh out of condition, gave him
a bad' scare in their first battle, but
was handled rather easily by the Eng
lishman in their second contest,
Knocked Out Mack.
"Irish Patsy" Cline has just de
manded attention by knocking out
Allle Mack, the former amateur cham
pion and one of the best of the local
class. Previous to this the little fel
low had proven himself as fast and
clever as any of the boys. He held
Benny Leonard to a no-dectsion drsw
and beat the colored phenom, Leo
Johnson. He also claims to have had
the better of the following men In
no-decision and decision matches: K.
O. Mars, Harry Donahue, Bryan
Downey, Eddie Morgan, Pal Moore,
Johnny Nelson, Buck Fleming, New
York Jimmy Duffy and Arrousaz, the
Mexican.
Cline's only defeat was at the hands
of Johnny Kilbane. The featherweight
champion knocked him out in three
rounds over in Philadelphia some
months ago, but that was before he
attained his present sensational form.
Art Nehf, Boston Hurler,
Marries Indiana Lassie
Art Nehf, the Boston Braves'
at her home in Washington, lnd. The
bride taught in the terre Haute
schools for the last two years.
Caddock vs. Henderson
Earl Caddock
14 Us.
Earl Caddock, the wrestler with a thousand holds, and Mort Henderson
of Altoona, Pa., champion of the International Tournament at Madison Square
Garden, where he appeared as the "Masked Marvel." A draw will not be
permitted.
First-Class Preliminaries. Ladies Invited.
Reserved Seats, $1.00 and $1.50. Ringside, $2.00
On sale at Merchants' Hotel, Omaha, Neb., and Clark's Drug Store, C. Bluffs.
DAN B. REARDON, Promoter.
PUGS ACROSS THE
WATER ARE HAPPY
American Glore Wl elders Are
Having an Interesting Time
Over in Australia.
CLABBY BOYS &AC2 HOUSE
Way, way over in Australia, where
the boxing game is flourishing under
the hand of Snowy Baker, the man
who succeeded Hugh Mcintosh as im
presario, the American band of glove
wielders Is having an interesting time
outside as well as in the ring.
Snowy Baker has atadioms in Syd
ney, Brisbane and Melbourne, and,
naturally, has many fans in all these
places. ' One of his friends, who is a
shopkeeper and a rabid boxing fan In
Sydney, approached him with a tale
of woe recently.
"What's the matter r Baker in
quired.
"Why, some one stole a large ther
mometer I had placed in front of my
store."
"Well." replied Baker, "the thief
probably will return it before long,
for it won't be of much use to him
where he's going, for 1 understand it
registered only 125 degrees."
Jimmy Gabby, the Hammond (lnd.)
middleweight wasn't in Australia long
before he learned there was horse
racing there, which meant that James
just had to string his binoculars over
his shoulders, hike to the races, and
filace a little bet to make it intcrest
ng. That was the start, and now
Cubby is going so strong on the turt
that he is a real horse owner and
sports his own colors. The American
scraoner Dnrchased the nasr a short
time ago, but we haven't heard of any
wonderful victories by the Clabby
one-horse stable.
Among other things that Snowy
Baker doe is get out weekly book'
let containing news of the boxers.
In a recent issue be has something to
say about the censoring of news due
to the world war. If this censoring
business goes much farther, says the
booklet, we may expect to tea reports
in the sporting paper something like
this:
Last Saturday at the , Bill
- beat Fatty in a twenty-round
clash. Th former is native of
and has gained repeated victories over
at . in nis last contest
against he received a kick in the
which resulted la his be rag car
k. 4k. kM:i .. rI
One of the features of s boxing card
recently at the stadium was blind
fold match. Two glove wielders ap
peared In the ring, were blindfolded,
and answered th clang of the gong.
If some of the promoters in this conn
try pulled this stmt it might be a
good thing, for we hav a few scrap
pers in the "perfesh" who can't find
their opponents even with their eye
wide open.
Of coarse we have funny thing
happen In our own ring in this coun
try. For instance, at a recent show
in Colorado the announcer, a gent
with a large voice, actually had the
nerve to emit this before big crowd
of fans:
"John Sweeney, the local under
taker, wishes to issue s challenge. He
i willing to box anybody, and doesn't
care what they weigh."
Johnny Couloo, former bantam
weight champion of the world, recent
ly made a tour of the coast states,
contesting in half dozen bouts. In
the various cities they have different
laws. For instance, In Los Angeles
Johnny found that to box in the four
round bouts it was necessary for him
to swear before a judge that he was
an amateur. So when it came his
turn Coulon had made up his mind
that he was going to take a chance
on "being an amateur." ;
He was ordered to raise hjs right
hsnd skyward, and as he did so he
got a peek at the judge, who smiled
a knowing look at him. Johnny saw
the stuff was off and threw up the
sponge right then and there, admit
ting that he was a "pro." "Do you
know, I think I ssw that judge at my
contest with Kid Williams, and he
was some ringside, too," Johnny com
mented. Fohl Counts On Gould
To be Hurling Mainstay
Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleve
land Americans is counting on Albert
Gould, a diminutive ipitball pitcher,
to be one of his leading slabmen next
season. Fohl simed Gould before the
close of last season after several big
league clubs had passed him up be
cause of his size. Gould has plenty
of nerve, which is one thing Fohl be
lieves will make him a winning
pitcher.
Finish Wrestling .latch
Council Bluffs la., Auditorium.
Thanksgiving Eve.,
Wednesday. Nov. 29, 8:30 P.M.
ARM PARALYZED,
RIYAL0F HOPPE
Leonard Howison Regains Use
of Member and Is Eipected
to Give Champion Tussle.
WAS USELESS TWO YEARS
New York, Nov. 25. In going ovcf
the entry list for the professional
handicap billiard tournament for the
championship of the world, to ho
played within the next few montSis,
experts ran across the name of Leon
ard Howison.
"They ought to take that name
off," suggested one of the party. "It's
not right to make the poor fellow
feel badly."
"Take it off?" a member of the
committee asked in surprise.
"Why, yes; poor Howison's arm
has been paralyzed for a year or two."
"If you think so," came a rather
tart response, "I'll take a little of that
5 to 3 money that he wins the tourna
ment. I saw him play some billiards
the other night that was mightly close
to Hoppe."
From' a man widely bemoaned as a
paralytic to a secondaVy favorite for
th championship, is quite a jump,
and therein hangs story, one that
might mak athletes in other lines
of endeavor ponder.
Two or three years ago, while play
ing a match gam in Paris with Louis
D'Armon Baratelle, the one-time
French cueist, Howison, the Ameri
can favorite, was about to make a
difficult shot He slid the cue up
and down his fingers, preparatory to
hitting the ball, and then suddenly
wavered and staggered back front
the table, th cue dropping from hi
hand.
Arm I Paralysed.
The match was forfeited, and a doc
tor summoned immediately. It was
found that Howison's right arm had
been paralyzed. . As a professional '
billiard player, apparently, his career
was done.
The arm hang at his side, limp and
useless for months, but Howison did
not give up. Expert , after expert,
Ehysician and masseur, were tried,
at it seemed that there would be
no relief. It was all the more re
gretable because Mr. Howison was
beginning to show signs of becom
ing an international champion. He
has played successfully with Vignaux,
Baratelle and outer frenchmen, be-
sides the American
experts back
home.
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Finally, m despair, the billialdist
came back to America and consulted
specialists here. For months he had
not thought of attempting to use a
cue at all Then on day he found
that there was a little life in the arm.
He redoubled hit efforts at getting
a good masseur, and then, as if bv
hi own effort, th arm began to
take on real strength. For months
he kept at it and finally announced
to his billiard friends and followers
that he was going to try again. -
They were inclined to humor him,
but no one seriously thought there
was a chance.
With the arm coming back slowly,
he tackled one amateur after another,
and then tried himself out against
the shortstop a good billiard play
er just short of being in the cham
pionship class, but too good for an
amateur. After a week of practice
Howison took or) Tom , Gallagher,
and beat him, 1,500 to 726.
Next he played a friendly match
with Ora Morningstar, who has par
ticipated in all the championship
tournaments, and Morningstar was
amazed at the new form different
from his old style ptsyed by Howi
son. Moreover, Morningstar was de
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