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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 3, . 1916.
TWO BOUTS IN VIEW
FOB "GIANT KILLER"
New Orleans Promoter Wants
Dillon to Fight Gibbons
. and Levinsky.
PROPOSES THE LONG ROUTE
By RINGSIDE.
Chicago, Dec. 2. If plans of Dom-
inick Tortorich, boxing promoter of
I New Orleans, -io not go astray, there
1 will be a big battle in the southern
metropolis in, January to decide dcfi
; nitely the status of Jack Dillon of
Indianapolis.
Tortorich has in mind a twenty
round contest between Dillon and
Mike Gibbons with a referee's de
cision on the end, and a similar bout
' with Battling Levinsky as the mah
killer's opponent., Tortorich believes
Dillon and Gibbons would draw close
to a $40,000 house. But, while it is
believed Dillon would be willing, to
5 book Gibbons would not be as easy.
Tortorich does not expect to have
'any difficulty in lining up Dillon and
Levinsky and he is willing to hang
up for them a belt emblematic of the
I light heavyweight championship.
The crown was awarded Dillon
when the American Boxing Associa
tion met recently in Cleveland. Dil
lon himself seemed little interested
in the honor, but it aroused the ire
' " of a number of others who believed
themselves entitled to consideration.
Dillon, and Levinsky his nearest rival,
have fought several engagements, and
the results have been about even.
Levinsky holds the shade just now,
having been given the verdict in their
latest battle, a twelve-round affair at
Boston.
Fallowing that affahs Levinsky
. traveled down to Brooklyn and
1 hooked up with Billy Miske of St.
Paul. The newspaper scribes gave
Miske thNbest of it. Then Levinsky
, stopped. Tim O'Neil in six rounds,
after O Neil had stayed ten rounds
with Dillon. Now which is the bet
ter, Dillon or Levinsky? s
It would be difficult to convince
those whovhave seen the two men
in action together on more than one
V occasion that Dillon is not Levinsky's
I' master. . Take their Kansas City en
J counter, for instance, Dillon was not
tired out by a long string of en
countersvthat night. Neither was Le
vinsky. Both were trained to the
; minute and both fought savagely,
t . Yet the verdict, given to Dillon, met
- not a single protest,' and he had the
light well in hand. So that more
than passing . interest will be at
tracted if they get together in New
Orleans. 1 '
Dillon, by the way, is one of'the
remarkable men of the ring. He has
been fighting since 1908 eight years
,v and many of his opponents have
, been men much bigger than himself,
v Yet those who have won decisions
over him have never succeeded in
. . knocking him out, and the best they
have won have been point verdicts.
A slight tin ear is the only mark
Dillon bean to-show for his many
battles, and that was received in a
. igymnasium bout before he became a
professional. The high place position
, he holds among promoters is shown
by the fact that until he agreed to
meet Gibbons he never had posted a
f forfeit in all his career. Among
. . sporting men Dillon's word is as good
is his gold. , -
Kilbane to Retire. .
Irrespective of what happens, to
him between 'now and 1918, Johnny
Kilbane, featherweight champion, is
i .. going to retire.
"That is why I am so anxious to
get a crack at Freddie Welsh," said
Kilbane, when he was in Chicagofthe
other day. "I have accumulated
' enough from my fights and invesl-y-
ments to enter business, and I want"
to get into the real estate game. The
day that I announce my retirement
will mean just what it says. I will
not b open to challenge if I still am
:hampion when I quit. I won't try to
come back) and what I say goes.
y There isn't a man left , in my class
capable of giving me a good fight
since I beat George Chbrcy. That is
. why I have to battle lightweights if
I fight at all. -
"1 believe. I im as good as any
Hgitimate lightweight in the ring to-
i day that is, men who can make 133
, 'pounds ringside. Naturally, if I am
' compelled to let them in at 138
' I . pounds I cannot be einrrtril in u,h;n
' them. I have the chest, the legs, th I
. arma and 1 1. - J I ' ,T
. . ... -u uiG Main, mt i OCIieVC I
have the stamina. I want to prove it
on Freddie Welsh." - '
Nebraska in Line. ,,
Nebraska will be addtd to the list
VJfites where boxing is permitted,
if Gene Melady, the Omaha promoter,
. , can work it this winter. Melady al
ready has drafted the bill which he
will ask the state legislature to pass.
Here are some of the salient points:
Fifteen rounds to a, referee's de
j cision. ,
A decision must be given in every
contest; no draws to be permitted.
Vs. ;AIL guarantees to be eliminated.
Al contestants must appear on a
' nerprntAD'e hai mnA K.
I cording to their powers as drawing
A cards. v
A
Meladvbe heves them ft,,r ...:n
be a wonderful help to the game, and
will appeal to the public in such a
way that boxing in Nebraska will
prove a great success.
At least, they are the most daring
that have been proposed seriously in
Coulon Coming Back.
The new that Johnny Coulon. for
.., nier bantamweight championi is to
irv p comeuacK, attracted consider
able attention in Dueilistic i-in-l-. ,i
spite the fact that ex-champions are
iwys irying inese comDack things.
The interest undoubtedly -was stimu
lated bv announcement that v.,.
Lewis, manager of Charley White, is
to pilot Coulon. No one ever accused
Lewis of hooking" up with a "dead
one," and his faith in Coulon's ability
to return is not badlv founded.
Coulon was a sufferer from stom
ach trouble when he met Kid Wil-
. liams the last time. Realizing that he
never could hope to be any good in
v the ring as long is he was affllicted
with that complaint, he recently hiked
to the Canadian woods and for nine
weeks roughed it and lived the simple
life. Coulon never has dissipated and
he returned fit as a fiddle. He is only
. .1 years oia ana now u) well within
uie limit.
Jap and Eddie in
Fight to "Reduce1'
Fur is expected to fly swiftly
and furiously around the Creigh
ton gym shortly. Jap Tamisiea
and Eddie Creighton have started
to "work out."
Jap and Eddie are great athletes
of former days at Creighton.
Since then, living a free and easy
life, they have accumulated a con
siderable quantity of avondupoia.
Creighton decided he would like to
lose about twenty pounds. Jap is
more ambitious. He wants to lose
sixty.
So these two former greats
made a bargain and last week
started training at the Creighton
gym, boxing, wrestling, running,
iLaying hand ball, squash and the
ike.
As the two of them will weigh
close to 500 pounds, it can easily
be seen how the fur is due to fly
swiftly and furiously. ,
By PETER P. CARNEY.
The Portland (Ore.) Gun club has
erected concrete trap houses.-
Pennsylvania has 159 clubs enrolled
in the A. A. T. A.
The membership of the American
Amateur Trapshooters' association is
increasing by leaps and bounds. It is
something that all trapshooters and
trap clubs should affiiliate with.
Canadian trapshooters are looking
forward to tle time when they can
have an organization like the A. A.
T. A. Canadian clubs are joining the
American body; When the time is
ripe they will become affiliated with
the Canadian organization.
Organizers of trapshooting clubs
evidently do not know that the Inter
state association gives trophies to
newly-organized clubs. Of the many
organized in October only two put in.
claims, a hey were the Garrett Gun
club, of Garrett, Ind., and the Oak
Creek Gun club, of Oak Creek, Col.
Gun clubs of Elgin, 'Belvidere,
Marengo. Wheaton. McHenry. Rock-
ford, Maple. Creek and Aurora have
planned a trapshooting leagtfc in
northern Illinois.
In every one of the thirty-three di
visions of the Pennsylvania railroad
east of fittsburgli, fa. there is a
trapshooting club, and in, many of
them more than one.
It would be a good idea for gun
clubs where they i.re having a two or
three-day shoot to fill in the holes dug
by the shooters at the close of each
day's shooting. It isn't ' everyone
that canshoot out of excavations.
Hundreds of mining companies, in
dustrial concerns and athletic asso
ciations have added trapshooting to
their lists of interests during th past
year. Many concerns recommend it
to their employes notably the Penn
sylvania railroad company,"
The Interstate association intends
to have announcers at the big shoot!
next season, also to try and have the
most competent referees and trap
pullers procurable. When the traps
are pulled properly and the, riferees
are keen the trapshooters go home
satisfied. Satisfiedmen-and women
are what make sports successful.
It isn't often that one sees a clergy
man at the traps, but' in, the Pacific
Handicap in Portland the Rev. J. R.
Olson was one of the most interested
shooters. He is ani expert, i
One of the most Important chances
in trapshooting' methods that will take
place next year important .to news
papers as-well as to readers is that
there will be room for the address,
cityand state, of the trapshooters -on
the score sheets. It will be no diffi
culty hereafter to find out where a
shooter is froifi. ,-''
I Statistics iust compiled show that
tliere is $30,000,000 invested in' base
ball and $40,000000 invested in trap
shooting in the United States. Trap
shooting is a vastly bigger sport than
a great many people imagine.
South Michigan Loop
' Will Not Reorganize
It is probable that no attempt will
be made this,, winter to reorganize the
Southern Michigan base ball leaarue.
There have been rumors that the Class
C organization would again be formed
but there seems to be general agree
ment among former club owners that
nothing will be done at least until
11M. v
-FIELD i fcj
Morearty Will Stick to Nebraska;,
Goes to Bit he Xs Creighton or Lincoln
Will Nebraska or Creighton be the
fortunate school that gets Chuck
Morearty, the mercury-footed, scintil
lating halfback' and captain of the
championship Central High school
eleven? ' ' ,
Morearty graduates from Omaha
High next spring and next fall will
enter a university. He expects to enter
either Nebraska university or Creigh
ton.
Morey was one of the most sensa
tional players that' ever donned the
moleskins of Omaha High ajid the
local school has turned out some good
ones. The doughty Gcntral captain 1s
not a husky, in fact, he's rather smalt,
weighing only 145 pounds. But he's
putting on weight; he's getting heav
ier every year and should weigh al
most 160 next fall.
Even that poundage, of course, is
light, but Morey is fast; he's not only
fast on the track, but on the gridiron
and his speed more than makes up for
any lack of weight. He's a good line
plunger for a man of his poundage;
he's a great open field runner and he's
adept at throwing and receiving for
ward passes.
Morev will make a good man for
either Creighton or Nebraska. He'll
be a star on either team. Both
YANKEES TO HAyE NEW HOME New' York base ball
fans were pleased to hear from Ban B. Johnson that the
Yankees are to have a new park. Colonel Ruppert and Cap
tain Huston, the owners of the club, plan that the grandstand
will accommodate 28,000, while bleachers will bring the
capacity to 50,000. '
CAM. HUSTON,
FRESHIES TO MAKE
UP HUSKER LOSSES
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berg arc the trio expected to pro
vide 'material wher Nebraska was
Wefully weak this year. Kellogg is
an old Nebraska City boy, who tips
the scales at 184 pounds, but in sjiite
of the weight is exceedingly fast and
a great runner in the open field. His
work provided sensations for the reg
ular practice. McMahon, the best lit
tle quarterback Lincoln High school
ever turned out, weighs 173 pounds,
but is lightning fast and a superb field
general. He can work the forwardi
pass with unerring precision and
should be a most valuable recruit for
Dr. Stewart. Shellenberg was a foot
hall and basket ball star at the Beat
rice High , school during its balmiest
days. He is a great open field run
ner and line smasher. He tips the
scales at 169 pounds. . Day, a .164
pound backfield man, is the fastest
backfield prospect and is said to pos
sess a most deceptive sidestep, iit
also hails from Beatrice. "Stan"'
Henry, a junior, who reported for
foot ball last fall, is another most
promising man. Henry steps the
100-yard run in 10 3-5, weighs 176
pounds and is a terrific line plunger.
With the wealth of material avail
able next season there is a feeling of
confidence that the Huskers will re
turn to the top of the ladder. Only
one man is lost to the Nebraska line,
Captain Corey, There is certain to
be the liveliest scramble for, positions
in recent years. v
-, Shaw for Captain. ,
Ed Shaw, whose wonderful playing
in the Notre Dame' game was one of
the redeeming features, is being
strongly talked of for captain.' Ted
Riddell is also receiving considerable
attention for the same reason. There
arexseven men eligible for the place
under the custom of electing a third
year- man.- The athletic board meets
next 'week to award letters and the
election of a captain follows immedi
ately afterward. r
The Notre Dame crowd established
a new record for receipts at the Ne
braska institution. Athletic Manager
Reed has already received $12,862.05
from the sale of tickets and there is
enough coming from Omaha to put
it in well above the $13,000 mark. The
Huskers lost $2,000 on the Oregon
Aggies trip and the Notre ' Dame
game will just about recoup it. Man-,
ager Reed thinks the total receipts for'
the Beason will about ejjual last year.
' The work of drafting a schedule for
next year will start at oncerDr. Stew
art and Manager Reed have received
informal advances from Jumbo Stiehin
for a game next season with the
Huskers. "s
Stewart Is Willing.
' pt. Stewart said today he was per
fectly willing to play Indiana uder a
two-year agreement. Inasmuch as
Nebraska must meet Kansas and
Ames away from home, all other
games will have to be played on Ne -
uittan.4 iiciu, tic suiu. uciiui naa sug
gested a game at Indianapolis, but the
Missouri Valley conference rules barley none the statc. Aside from the
this. Dr. Stewart said that ifjndiana usuaI, Kilpatrick was a demon plafe-
was willing to come to Lincoln in
1917,. the Huskers would go to Bloonw
ington in 1918, providing the athletic!
board approved the two-year con
tract.! A game beiween Indiana and Ne
braska, it is pointed out, would bring
in a bunch of money.
schools want him. He says he will
matriculate at one or the other, which
is encouraging to Onfaha gridiron
fans; at least, they know he'll stick
to Nebraska soil.
Nebraska is going to draw a couple
of South High lads who give promise
of being stars on the Cornhusker
eleven. They are Nixon and Corr.
Nixon, who has graduated from
South High, intends to enter Nebraska
next fall. He has been up in South
Dakota putting on a. lot of weight,
and now tips the scales at 180 pounds.
Nixon is a tackle of the Halligan type,
not very heav, but powerful and full
of fight. When on -the South High
eleven he was in every play and if hel wl
doesn't becotne a Cornhusker star hisrhii
friends wijl be completely mystified.
' Core' graduates fiyom South High in
the spring and enters Nebraska in tke
fall. Corr t light, but fast on his feet
and slippery as an eel. He plays end
and his strong point is pulling'for
ward passes put of the air. Corr, like
Morearty, is still putting on weight
and when he becomes a sophomore
should be sufficiently heavy to make
a mighty good varsity end.
If Morearty, Nixon and Corr all
enter Nebraska next fall, the Corn
huskers of '1918 are going to have
three Omaha lads in the lineuo. ,
in ii im .4 8
sir f Haw
COL. RUPPERT.,
PLENTY OF STARS
... AMONG HIGHIADSI
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for a gain of from twenty to fifty
yards. -
A star of perhaps no lesser magni
tude is "Pug" Griffith, Lincoln's sen
sational halfback. Recruited from the
ranks of amateur city foot ball, Grif
fith rapidly outstripped his team
mates in pre-season practice until he
wasgiven a regular berth in the back,
field. When the young maltiff, who
could throw thirty and , forty-yard
passes with case and hit the line like
a battering ram, was turned loose
in the first game with Aurora, it was
a surprised Lincoln that looked on
agasp. Griffith -did not stop until he
had amassed six of the twelve touch
downs and contributed materially in
marking up a score of 82 to 0. It was
then that Lincoln hopes, previously
dark and dismal, sprang into a glor
ious hue and it marched through the
season with a great record.
Halfbacks of scarcely lesser 'fame
are tn be found in hiff Tne DwOrak .
South High's ten-second man, and
"Chip" Christ of North Platte. -The
wonderful plunging power of ,thc
first and the cunningness of the sec
ond in a broken- field are particular
outstanding qualities. Both possess
great speed and having had three
years' experience, follow interference
with the judgment of university stars.
Simpkins of Norfolk, Smith of Cen
tral High, and the Gothenbergj phan
tom, Brestel, are the only other
luminaries in the state. ,
Kyle at Quarter. '
Rounding out the backfield machin
ery, Cypreason, the Lincoln "long
horn," answers the call at fullback,
and Kvle' of Beatrice, at quarter,
Krogh of Central High is the choice'
at center. From a combined view
point of weight, speed and judicial
ability, this trio is hard .to beat. By
a wide margin, Krogh, who possessed
speed and timely judgment both in
charging and passing, outplayed every
opponent this year. It was necessary
to delve into the ranks of secondary
elevens to find a fit oppenent for-rhe
big Omahan. Nelson of-West-Pomt,
lilg. powerful and aggressive, is as
likely a pivot man as could be found.
Hart of Lincolitswas another possible
candidate. KyleS the quick witted
field general at Beatrice, was without
doubt the fastest and best quarter
back in the state. He has several
worthy competitors. , for -executive
ability, Brown of Grand Island, Max
well of Omaha and Jones of North
Platte, rank on even terms with the
Beatrice race horse. Cyprcanson was
well known for his low, hard line
plunging. His principal opponents
were Glasser of York, Jones of Beat
rice, and Panek of Kearney.
Many Good Linemen.
Linemen showed wonderful ability
this vear more especially on the so-
called weaker teams. Captains Baker
of North Platte and Kilpatrick -ot
Beatrice hold hrst honors, witli hardly
's question. Their very weight in
spires confidence, while their records
4 - ,, i,,cmen, whether it be carrying the
ball, breaking through the line or
smamng interference, is paralleled
kicker, Koarpaugri. ol Norfolk, fhil
lips of Omaha and Kugie of South
Omaha are as powerful a trio of
tacklers as can be found anywhere."
Aggressive ability and a willingness
to do their share of the work ire the
principal points in their favor. '
Working spiritedly along with these
four or rive star linemen . are., four
others, who, although their titles sug
gest nothing eloquent, are just as de
serving of honor. Hille of Norfolk,
heavy, well trained nd aggressive,
who is just as.-adept at handling a
wing job as clamping legs, with a
center, is the premier guardsman in
tne i state., iverson, tne umana
handy mah, who fits with ease in al
most any position on the line between
the twoends, is another such. Hood
of North Platte and Titman, the Au
rora giant, both guards of three years'
praiseworthy experience are the other
two men selected to fill out the sec
ond team line;
Corr and Jones.
Last, but far from least, are the
ends. Since the advent of the for
ward pass, ends have come to require
the highest brand of foot ball ma
terial in the eves of the coaches.v It
takes a mighty good foot ball player
to make an end nowadays! and Ly
man Corr, the tall, angular . vouth
whom Coach Patton has had under
s eye for three-odd years, is just
on ot these. Corr is agile as a
monkey and although comparatively
light, is swift on his feet and a power
on interference. He can pick a pass
or a punted ball out of the air as
easily is he can a basket ball in
doors. Jones f Grand Island is an
other such type, not quite so tall and
rangy. Aggressiveness in hitting the
line and running down punts are
points in 'his favor. Lamb of Lincoln,
Smith of Nebraska City and Pearson
of Omaha are others who maintained
unimpeachable . records throughout
the season. "
Marty Kruy is now
Demon Flivver Fiend
Marty Krug, manager oi the
Omaha base ball club, has become
a. flivver fiend. .
When Marty returned to Cleve
land after the season in Omaha,
he immediately purchased a flivver
and according to all reports reach
ing Omaha has been fliwering
around in it ever s;nce,-nly taking
time out to eat and sleep when ab
solutely necessary. "
WESTERN LEAGUE
ATTENDANCE LIGHT
i
Omaha, Leads Loop on Home
Attendance and Still Draws
, Under 100,000.
LINCOLN THIRTY - , LESS
Not a cityNrr'th!' Western league
drew a total', of lOO.OOOattendance
during 1916. '
Omaha easily led 'the league in at
tendance; but fell 'con-siderably below
the 100,000 mark. The total paid at
tendance jn Omaha for the entire
year was about ,0,000. 1
Lincoln, .which followed Omaha,
attracted soVnewlierc around 60,000
through the gate. , Wichita performed
before 55,000 persons' during the time
it was in the league. All tf the other
clubs fell below the 50,000 mark.
Denver played to less than 50.000
persons for the first time in its his
tory, but tins extremely low record
of the mile city is due somewhat to
bad weather. When Omaha was in
Denver in the Rourkcs' second tour
around the circuit, Hugh Jones looked
tor his biggest Saturday and Sunday
of the season. He figured 2,500 to
3,000 on Saturday and 6,000 or 7,000
on Sunday. And it rained both days.
With good weather these two days
and one oT-fwo other day? Denver's
attendance "probably would have
reached 60,000.
Des Moines was close to the 50.000
wnark, but Topeka, .Sioux' City and
pt. Joseph tell tar short. ,
Compared to Southern.
1 How small ,the"se attendance figures
are cmi be-quickly shown by compari
sons wtthv the attendances in the
Southern league. -Memphis led the
Southern with a mark of I74.4P3. And
Memphis finished sixth in the league
race. Nashville, the pennant winner,
played before 111,414 fans at home
and New Orleans, which finished sec
ond, played to 111,387.
Both the Westoj-n and Southern
leagues are Class A circuits and
should draw about the same. The
Southern league cities are, of course,
a little larger and should draw a little
more, but not a great deal.
Omaha is the only club in the
Western which is believed tot have
cleared anyUiing on the season, al
though Lindbln is believed to have
finished about fifty-filty fin the busi
ness end. But Rourke' spent several
thousand dollars for ball players the
first of the year and his stock won't
declare, any war bride dividends. ' If
Smith, Krueger and Kilduff manage
to stick in the big show Rourke will
make a fair profit on the year, but
if they don't they will be turned
back, Rourke will make nothing on
the sales and his profits on the Sea
son won't make any steel magnates
envious. ,
The lot of the minor league mag
nate is toigjh these days of the H.
C. L, , . ' X
., ; Holland Gets Busy?
lack Holland of Stl loseoh is the'
only magnate in the Western league
who is showing any symptoms of pre
paring for ,191?. Jack evidently be
lieves there will be a Western league
in 1917. The others apparently aren't
so sure of it.
Holland is beginning to-assemble
a lineup. He is after two or three
pitchers, a catcher and an outfielder or
two. , -l -
Kirkhani, the leaping outfielder, has
been returned to St. Joseph by'the
White Sox,1 but Holland is planning
to trade Kirk for a couple, of men.
He is also. -getting ready to dispose
of Wrifcht, outfielder, and Beers,
catcher, neither ouje of whom is fast
enough for Class A company. Goldie
Kapps returns to t. Joseph trom
Peoria, and. Holland expects to give
Goldie an infield berth. Holland also
drafteoV a couple of players, one a
shortstop, to take the place of Keat
ing, who has been released. Of this
year's team Holland intends -to hold
onto McLabe. McLleUnd. husner,
Hovlik,; Williams and Sommers. He
believes the White Sox will return
Ted Jourdan, the first sacker, to him.
f Ducky Holmes, ha secured Pitch
East and First 'Baleman Schman
I-J s I m m a Vi rrnm I tsn
dt
again from the St. Louis Browns. East
was with Lincoln all year, wnuc
Holmes had Schmandt ,the first part
of the season. This is the only deal
Holmes has made.
Pa Rourke has not made public a
move yet, but it is believed Pa has
the wires working) ready to turn a
trick or two whenever he believes Jhe
tirne is opportune. Pa generally takes
his time looking'over the -field and
makes no headlong jumps in the fall
because something better may turn
up after the first of the year.
Boiesetter Reese Snaps
Morton's Arm Into Place
i Bonesettcr Reese has snapped Mor
ton')) sarm back into jlace and he's
going to nvake Cleveland a pennant
contender and possible winner in 1917.
This information came from James C.
Dunn, president and owner of the
Cleveland Jndians. in Chicago, as he
chatted . of his club's prospects for
ntxt season. Morton is one of the
slab freaks of base ball and a rival
of Walter Johnson for terrific Speed.
"Few persons nray know it. but Mor
ton pitches with a crooked arm," said
rTJunn. "It seems to be double-jointed
and isabout as straight as the Mis
souri river." r
Stanage Loses Out in '
Two Chances to Collect
Oscar Stan'age, the big Californian,
who has been the catching mainstay
of the Detroit Americans, is a down
hearted athlete this winter. Oscar had
two opportunities to pick up easy
money with barnstorming teams, but
Ban Johnson, president f the Amer
ican league, said "No." The first was
to have been with John Duboc's team
which hoped to tour the Canadian
northwest but didn't. Later Oscar
arranged to make a trip to Honolulu
but called that journey off, also.
By FRED S.
AND BROOKLYN
WON A PENNANT
The Crimson fell three times this
year,
Arid twice the Tiger dropped.
And Yale came back, oh shed a tear,
And to the top Brown popped.
Tufts walloped Harvard to a T,
Then barely beat J. Stiehm,
And then," though how we cannot see,
Lost to a x. M. team,
j
The Gophers lost to Illinois,
men licked tne clan ot Stagg, .
WhUe Sugg's men walloped Illinois,
And oh how they did brag.
Ames triumphed o'er the Jay'hawk, .
The Huskers fell oh Ames, ,
But Kansas licked the Huskers,'
Sweep out the cell, oh James.
The foot ball expert closed his book,
I give it up, he said,1
Call up the undertaker,
' And tell the' casket maker,
That Old Man Dope is dead.
Modest Youth.
Jess ' Willard, says bis jjress
agent, worries for fear Fulton is
not his equal. Yes, just like the
Kaiser worries for fear the Al
lies won't give him a good sijrap.
A New York expert says Fred
die Welsh is a bum fighter.
Well, how can a guy fight and
count the house at the same time?
Gridiron fans don't know
whether Notre Dame is that good
or Nebraska that rotten.
The Sputhern league is talking
of raising salaries, -"but have no
fear, the Western isn't giving it
any consideration.
BY OLD ELI. ,
We licked the bloody Crimson,
threw the Tiger in a ht.
We have the best team in the world,
But we re glad we don t play Pitt
We see the papers are rpaking
CURTAIN DROPS ON
THE SANDLOT LADS
Local Foot Ball Warriors Stage
Their Last Conflicts of
the Tear Today.
DUNLAP HURLS CHALLENGE
By FRANK QUIGLEY.
Today is the day the .asbestos drops
on the Omaha sandloc foot ball sea
son. Next week the Radiator league
will be in session and the various
things that happened in base bai) and
foot ball this season will be molded
Lput by the loquacious dudes, which
will- serve to keep the interest alive
until the athletes emerge front their
i.iA. . !,.:.,..
Foot ball germs wriggled their way
into Jqe Wavrin's frame last week
and lie .decided to Organize a team
from Creighton and Omaha univer
sity players that would annihilate the
champion Nonpareils Joseph aves
that he had able-bodied men picked
from the, aforementioned knowledge
factories that would shuck, the ears
of the Nonpareils," but a package of
dynamite in the shape of one Tom
mie Mills blew in and exploded just
as Joseph was perfecting his plans,
consequently the team was so badly
shattered that Joseph waltzed out of
the limelight. "
Last Sunday over at Harlan, la..
the Harlan foot ball warriors played
Dunlap, la., a tie game. After the
contest was over both managers got
together and agreed to play off the
tie this afternoon on some neutral
field. It .was a difficult matter to get
Harlan to agree on what town neafby
would be considered neutral, and so
the Dunlappers left the matter en
tirely up to Harlan, and they sug
gested Denison, la. Said town sat
isfied the Dunlap troupe anrf imme
diately on receipt of Uhis informa
tion they got out posters advertising
the game. Then Harlan came along
with the cheerful nvs that they
would have to cancel the game. Fred
L. Mishlcr, manager" of the Dunlap,
la., foot ball squad, .asked the writer
to issue the following challenge to
Harlan, la.: That the Dunlap team
will play the Harlan team on next
Sunday on any neutral ground sug
gested by Harlan, but would prefer
to play in Omaha or Council Bluffs.
Winner take all the gate receipts, and
Dunlap will also wager $500 on the
outcome of the contest. Of course
Harlan does not have to take up the
wager unless they so desire.
A post-season game will be on the
bill of fare for next Sunday unless
the C. B. Longeways get cold feet
on or bifore next Sunday, because
they art supposed to buck up against
the champion Nonpareils on that day.
The original agreement jvas that the
Nonpareils wouiu piay in council
Bluffs and the Longeways would play
Omaha the following Sunday.
The Nonpareils kept their part of the
verbal contract, but the Longeways.
refused to olav todav, claiming that
.after staging atrack meet last Thurs
day with Persia, la., they nave not
recuperated sufficiently to warrant
an attack on the Nonpareils, and
they will still probably be in a con
valescent condition by next Sunday,
so this proposed game may never be
plaved.
At Ducky Holrue' pasture, located
at Thirty-first and Ames avenue, this
afternoon the' Fontenelle Reserves
and the Athletics will lock horns.
Some time ago these two teams had
battle oval, but a couple ot dudes
with pugilistic -aspirations got their
lunch hoioks swinging towards the
latter part of the game and the game
broke up before cither s'ide chalked
a point, l nose two teams are outer
anri mk a nnrn v i ma tl v vfnlv
matched, so a torrid tangle is looked
for by the followers of both aggre
gations. Game called at 3 p. m.
VmMk It Or Ui Tiglrlara.
If lh MHIIMn unlvnlty Ioj tialt playcin.
who ara Bald to lirr, won their lime,
ihrnua-h trayer. will "anil Bald prayers to
several big league twlrlers It will be greatly
appreciated.
HUNTER
a great cry because certain ath
letes shy an arm or a leg or a
haijd or an eye are making good.
We fail to see anything startjing
in that, wc know a lot of athletes
who are headless. ,
Oh, No.
Ban Johnson says he is pot
worrying about any players'
strike. We wonder now would
Ban worry if the fans should
strike.
K. 6. Brown says he won't
fight" Les, Darcy because the Aus
tralian government grabs 30 per
cent of the coin for war tax Of
sourse, Mr. Dafrcy's wicked right,
also , left, has nothing to do
with it. - .
We sie that Mr. Lewis pulled
another standup and standoff af
fair in Butte . on. turkey day,
' showing that Onjaha is not the
only-town where hcy grow 'cm.
One would take it Vernon
Castle writes all of Lewis' acts.
The war, in Europe has in
creased the cost of living, but
why, kick, it's also suspended the
importation of foreign wrestlers.
Have you figured out the com
parative scores yet?
FAME.
He sauntered in from the country,
There, was hayseed in his hair,
He wore a rubber collar and
He. was a hick, I swear.
The students looked at him and
' laughed,
And cute remarks they'd poke,
And laugh at him within their
sleeves, .
He was the college joe. ,
And then he joined the foot ball
team,
And was a star, yon bet;
No longer is he called a joke,
He's now the 'campus pet
Pa Rourke Almost
Gets Into a , Joust
With Daniel Cupic
Pa Rourke almost got himself
tangled up in a clash with one D.
Cupid the other day. v
Pa had been tipped off to a young "
ball player back in Ohio. The young
ster is said to have the makings of a
big league star and the Omaha mag
nate immediately began to pull the
wjrev.v ?.
He dropped s line to Marty Krug,
who is wintering in Cleveland, and
askad him to look up the youngster's"
record. Marty's reply didn't say a
word about .the kid's base ball record,
buf reported that he was a .300 in the
love-making league and had just be
come engaged to the town belle.
Also Marty reported that the vision
of loveliness would break the engage
ment if the youngster continued to
play professional base ball. -
."Far be it from me to interrupt the
course of true love," quoth the senti
mental J"a.
And the brilliant youngster won't
come to Omaha.
Gossip Heard
Around the Lots
On Turkey day this Fontanel Re-wsrrea
lost at Shenandoah, la., acore 35 to 4.
Shenandoah outweighed the Omaha troup
about twenty-five pounda per man.
The. AthleHrji wcr hsI mnsmna Than Ira.
giving and gave Hamburg. Ia., nine nolnta.
wh,lle they failed to collect any marker
tnemseives. 1
Thanksgiving day the C B. Loagewaya
rolled up atxty-four points on Persia, la.
while -the Persia scoring machine drew a
blanks - i
After a fierce battle Dunlap, la., succeed
ed in scoring one touchdown against the
Monmouth Parks last Thursday. x
Eighty-six points were rolled op by the
Ducky Holmes aggregation against the
Thirtieth Street Merchants. The game was
somewhat Blmilar to a track meet.
Those Ben Kennedy Colts ure had enough
names this season. They originally started
out the MonMlalr then switched to
Dundee Woolen Mills and finished as the
Kennedy Colts. ,
The German Shamrock Reserves played
excellent foot ball this season. They are a
Classy Class C herd.
Because one of their players broke his
lunch hook the balance of the German
Shamrocks Inoculated void feet and threw
up the sponge.
Out of all the foot ball team organized
this season fifteen teams were on tap when
turkey day arrived. -. .
Out-of,-town foot ball apparently Is not
palatable to the Nonpareils. They played
a miserable gamever In Council Bluffs
against ttfe C longeways.
The C. B, Midgets and the Nonpareil Re
serves played a tie game last Sunday. This
couHd never happen If the row were staged
in Omaha.
When it comes to hooking forward passes,
Kinky Thomas Foran of the Nonpareils Is
a peadterlno and lie" Is still able to ramble
at a 240 clip. J
Dunlap, la., treated the Monmouth Parks
like kings last Thursday. And other team:
have been known to kkk about the Dunlap
gladiators. (
if Wlsnor,, Neb., only had a team this
year. th C B, Longeways or Nonpareils
would give them astlff race for the money.
Those Mazdas have a bunch of tricks
which prove real puizlers to their op-.
ponents. They will . probably register an
Class A next season.
Zelger of the Mazdas is a dependable
man to heave the oval. His passes are ac
curate and well timed.
Those C. B. LongPwavsvmust be stronger
than horseradish and mustard with a bar
rel of red pepper thrown In. At least they
proved it last Sunday.
Now the Athletics claim the Class B
championship. No lasa B team trimmed
them. , j
Because the Athletics played them a tie
game the Durky Holmpg team is kicking
about the Athletics claiming the Class B
ChauiplonBhip.
The Ducky Holmes will play the Athletics
but they will not agree to let Arthur Moran
play. ( V
"The' Nonpareils ought to change their
monicker to "All Nations." Ten different
nationalities are represented by said squad.
Several teams playing Class B foot ball
this veaiton will swing Into Class A next
season. -
,Carl Bachman, wjth the Mazdas. ta'a
bright light. He Winds out conspicuous in
both base ball and foot ball.
Against the heavy Mazdas squad the
Nourse Oil company band put up a strong
game. Another season and the oily, gang
will look sweet.
Leo McCreary, who used to be a star on
the Monmouth Parks, Is now ' In Kansas
City. Mo.H and probably the oriy reanon he
is not playing, foot hall 1 that foot ball
-teams are a scarce article In that towu.
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