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4 S THK OMAHA SUNDAY BEK: DECEMBER 17, 1916. WILLIAMS SIGNS DP FOR BATTLES Bantamweight Champion Will Stage His Own Elimination Tourney This Winter. Broke Four World's Records GRID SPORT HAKES CHANGES MADE IN FLOOR GAME RULES Revisions Give Centers Chanco to Get Into Play at Start of the Game. 0. K. ON PERSONAL FOUL COIN FOR BUSKERS Nebraska Closes Foot Ball Sea- ' son with Net Profit of Over Five Thousand Dollars. AD AND BIVEES COME BACK RECEIPTS OVER $30,000 i.':" CONNIE SWITCHES ; HIS TACTICS AGAIN ; Announces He is Through Ex perimenting: with Uncer tain Talent from Bushes. " FEELS THE CRITICISMS By JACK VEIOCK. New York, Dec. 16. Has Connie Mck decided to switch his tactics and go after another American league pennant? Or is the lengthy bench manager merely kidding us? Mack is reported to have announced himself through experimenting with so much college talent. He is going to spend more of his time hereafter in trying to land players who will be capable of stepping into berths on his club and delivering the goods, .instead of the college brand who need several years in the bushes and at least a year on a big league bench before they are ready for regular service. Perhaps Mack felt the criticisms that were directed at his misfits of 1916 more keenly than he would per mit anyone to think. Perhaps he has decided that his "rep" as a manager should be stimulated by a winning ball club. Every base ball fan who has fol lowed the fortunes of the Athletics for the last six or seven years kndws what Mack can do with real ball play ers. Any time he surrounds himself with a regular ball club he is as hard to beat to the wire as the proverbial streak of slicked up lightning. And for the good of the box office in Phila delphia it behooves Mack to build up another winner. Other Than Money. When Mack broke up his famous combination that wonderful old in field he probably had other than pe cuniary reasons for it. lie almost admitted as much some mouths after ward, when rumor said he was about to sell "Stuffy" Mclnnis. At that time Mack remarked that he would not think of selling Mclnnis, even though 'Stuffy" was slumping, and he gave as the reason that any player who worked ill perfect harmony with the managerial ideas was sure of his berth. So it must have been internal dissension that caused Mack to tear down his wonderful combination. ' Connie says he has picked up some excellent material from the minor leagues; that he is through with ex periments. During the recent season Mack worked -with quite a squad of newcomers, and he believes he has de veloped some regular ball players, who, with players he has selected from the ivory fields, will give him a winner next year. Two New Onei. The 1917 infield of the Athletics will probably be composed of Mc lnnis, Grover, Witt and Bates. Bodie, Strunk and Thrasher will probably figure as the regular outfielder! With Schang, Meyer, Haley and Picinich to do the backstopping Mack v has a quartet of young catchera; for, although Schang can be called a vet eran of the Mackian machine nqw, he is still a young fellow. In addition to Sheehan, "Jing" John son and Nabors, who were with the Athletics last season, Mack has landed Noyes from Portland and Hill from . Waco, in addition to several promis ing minor league slabsters. According to reports from Ameri can league headquarters in Chicago, the Athletics alone , were financial losers last season, and figuring that Ban Johnson's pojicy of seeing to it that the weaker sisters of his league get all the assistance he can lend them, the 1917 Athletics will probably deserve watching next summer. Iron Man of Gridiron. Base ball had "Iron Man" McGin nity, and a number of other iron men, if we remember correctly, but not to be outdone by the diamond pastime, foot ball has come to the front with , an iron man who is more or less of a bear. . This exceedingly husky young iron man is none other than Heinie Miller, of Pennsylvania. Miller has been playing foot ball for some seven or eight years, including, of course, his years in high school and at Mercers berg academy. In all that time he has never been lifted from a game on account of injuries. Miller is an end, and the duty of an end has to do with cVackinn interference by head long dives at the ankles of opposing athletics. At this game Miller is a Dast master, and yet he refuses to wear a head ear. because, he says. - headgears are too hot, and he isn't alraid ot .getting hurt anyway. Poultry Shoot at Omaha Rifle Club An All-Day Event Greater Omaha Rifle and Revolver club will hold its second poultry shoot of the season on the club's range in East Omaha today. The shoot starts at 9 o'clock and will continue all day. Lunch will be served on the range at noon. The shoot today will be a handicap ' affair, the handicaps to be based on scores made at the last poultry shoot held just prior to Thanksgiving. Ten i men will shoot in eacn event. Next Sunday the annual shoot for - the medal presented by the National Rifle association will be held. It is expected at least 150 rifle marksmen will compete for the medal and title. Equipment Arrives For Bellevue Gym With the arrival on the college hill of the $800 worth of equipment pur chased for the Bellevue college gym nasium, the work of installing the ap paratus is being rapidly pushed. Workmen are busy erecting the new basket ball goals, which will hang " from the ceiling instead of resting on the floor as heretofore, thus allowing the players to run under the goals instead of off to one side. As soon as the goals ire op, within a day or two, the work of installing the re mainder of the equipment will begin The 'new apparatus consists of springboards, parallel and horizontal bars, rope ladders, horses, mats, dumb bells, Indian clubs, standards, punch ing bags, medicine balls, and all the standard gymnasium equipment. With the swimming pool, the showers and the new apparatus, it is expected that the Bellevue gymnasium will be equipped as well as that of any col : lege in the state. . Bv RINGSIDE. Chicago, Dec. 16. Kid Williams. bantamweight champion, has taken the jump on those promoters who have been urging an elimination tournament for all contenders in his division by staging one himself. With two minor fight? scheduled for dates between now and the new year. Williams has also signed to meet Pete Herman, the soulheru champion, at New Orleans, on Jan uary 8, and Frankie Burns of New Jersey one week later. Herman has met the champion before, holding him lo a draw in twenty rounds last win ter. This time they are on about even terms, and the Kid will .find Herman a tough nut to crack. Hums also has been a tourh propo sition for Williams, and if the latter comes through both battles unscathed he will luxe gone a long way toward nullifying the claim on the crown of Johnny (Kewpie) Krtle of St. Panl, who technically won iLwhen'he was given the decision over William" by virtue of. a foul in their combat a year ago. Williams is not unwilling to meet Krtle again hut h? wants the same conditions which prevailed in their olher fight. 118 pounds ringside. Er nes manager is holding out lor 116 pounds, which would be almost im possible tor Williams. Meanwhile. Colonel lohn Rentier. the Gotham promoter and manager. is demanding a whack at Williams for Young Solzherg of Brooklyn. Solzberg is 22 years old and has been fighting for six years, in which time he has met Williams three times, Ertle twice and Johnny Coulon, when the latter was champion.-' Seconds Toss Sponge. He has a technical knockout -at the hands of Williams to mar his .record, as a result of his seconds tossing the sponge into the ring in his last en counter with the champion. Solz berg says he was able to continue and that his seconds acted unwisely. if Reisler really is Willing to nut up that $10,000 he offers to bet that Solberg can beat both Williams and Krtle he ought not to find the cham pion turning a deaf ear to him. Wil liams has shown a decided willing ness to stake his title on a referee a decision over the marathon route since he won it from Coulon in June, I si 14. Witness bis fights with Burns, Herman aid Eddie Campi. Johnny Coulon. the former title holder, is averse to being left out of any elimination affairs. He insists that since he returned from Canada. cured of stomach trouble as a result of nine weeks of roBghing it in the wilds, he is as good as ever and pro poses to try and fight his way back to the top ranks. His three private bouts here have convinced some of the experts that he is far from "has been in bantam ranks. -. Two Come-Backs. Notable among the come-backs of the season may be mentioned Ad Wol- gast, former lightweight champion and Joe Rivers, the Mexican who came within an ace of grabbing the laurel a few years back. Rivers, after a year or two of in-and-out milling, seems to have recov ered his lost efficiency and is hitting as hard and fast as he did in the days when he was the sensation of the Pacific coast. His punching nearly got him into trouble the other night at New Orleans when he knocked out Joe Thomas with a ter rific wallop that almost jarred his head off his shoulders. Rivera is getting many nice offers from all over the county, and if he maintains his present pace is quite likely to again become a factor in lightweight circles. The secret lies in the fact that Joe is behaving him self beautifully now and the things that once lured him to numerous beatings no longer attract him. Wolgast has the fans whooping it up for him down south, and he has several matches in sight as a result of his terrific twenty-round go to a draw with Frankie- Russell at New Orleans. Wolgast is back in Chicago training for his next fight and his headquarters are the mecca of many of the fans. Experts say he is in the best shape he has shown since the memorable operation for appen dicitis, which was a factor in passing on his crown to Willie Ritchie. White Loses Popularity. Charlie White no longer is the idol of Chicago fight fans. Hia place in the sun has been taken by Joe Well ing, who has been .forging to the front so rapidly in lightweight ranks recently. Welling;, who really hails from Broadway, is being touted as the man Freddie Welsh will have to fight for the title sooner or later, and to that end Welling and his manager, Jimmy Johnston, will start a cam oaien as soon as they get back east, following several matches in this part of the country. Welling is confident that he will be selected for the first long distance bout in which Welsh engages. Well ing says he is one of the few of the present crop of lightweights who can make M3 pounds ringside without trouble. That is the lowest weight Welsh can possibly demand, says Welling, so why should he not be the one to fight the Britisher for the title? This bird Frankie Whitney, whom Welling fought in Keosha the other night, is one of the few fighters who mixes things with his right hand ex tended. Most of the time he has both stuck out, and the result is his jaw is constantly protected and the other fellow has a hard time getting inside his guard. Whitney can t do much along the knockout line by fighting that way, but his short-arm punches can cause a lot of damage to an op ponent's face. In addition he uses a peculiar twist to his blows, which are very painful and not only bruise, out cui xne sKin wnen they land. Some Ancient History, Boxing followers came near get- iing mc jim 01 tncir uvea and a new lightweight champion on the night of October 25, 1912, with Quincy, 111., as the source ot the eruption, accord- ing to -a piece of ancient history wnicn nas just come to light. Ad Wolgast.'the bearcat of Cadillac. Mich., and then the king bee in the lightweight ranks, was the champion ISlitlfIM8ii 111! wills ! - . j imi iiiSiiiiiBiiiiiisii I 13 MEREDITH Fred J. V. Delany, chairman of J the record committee of the Ama teur Athletic union of the United States, has made public his report on the application for records made by athletes on track and field and in the1 water, which will be submitted at the annual convention of the Amateur Athletic union in New York City. who came so close to losing his crown. It was only a short time after his operation for appendicitis, and Wolgast was picking supposedly easy ones for his tryouts- before meeting Willie Ritchie in the bout which wrested the title from him. To begin a little bit earlier, after the four-round bout on the coast in which Ritchie poked the champion so vigorously in the face as to make him the logical contender for the crown, Wolgast was making his way east for some other short round encoun ters. As a mark of gratitude toward a St. Joseph (Mo.) man, Bert Espey, who had staked him in the days when he was a preliminary fighter, Wol gast stopped over in St. Joseph for an exhibition bout. It was left up to the local sports to pick his opponent and they chose one Freddie Daniels, who had been making a good showing- In the record books you will find Wolgast credited with a victory over Daniels. In reality, it was stipulated that there was to be only a boxing match with two-minute rounds and that both men were to pull their punches, lest Wolgast's already bat tered countenance should be further mutilated. The public so understood it and so did Daniels. As a result, the pair put on a rapid tapping con test, in which the local youngster was not worsted to any considerable extent. The match between Wolgast ana Daniels at Quincy followed. Wolgast was out for blood that night, pan iels saw a chance, to win fame and glory for himself, and with the ar ticles calling for a no-decision six round affair; went in to get a knock out if possible, He got his chance near the end of the fight. He had been recalling to Wolgast that back in the champion's Eork-and-bean days he and Daniels ad often boxed together while train ing. ( Made Ad Had. "Do you remember that day I knocked you down and you wouldn't box with me any more?" asked Dan iels, as he let drive with his right. Now, it is not on record that he had ever done that, but it made Wolgast mad. Daniels noticed it and he kept on repeating his query at every chance. It had the desired effect at last, and Wolgast lost his head mo mentarily. He came bolting in like a streak of lightning and wide open. Daniels swung with his right: and it connected flush with the champion's jaw. Wolgast staggered back, badly be fuddled. The' crown lay within the grasp of Daniels, but his second, who had been looking somewhere else when the blow landed, believed that Wolgast was merely stalling. "Keep away, keep away," he shrieked above the pandemonium. "Ad is just trying to draw you on. Keep away." Daniels, taught to obey, backed away for a moment, then, realizing that he was unwise, shot back to finish what he had started. But he was too late. Wolgast. badly dazed, still knew enough to clinch and he did it for the rest of the round. Thus Opportunity knocked at the door of a virtual unknown and he did not open. Wolgast, after the fight, admitted he did not know just what did happen after that blow. "He had me dead to rights if he had just followed it up," he said. Perhaps that crack on the jaw was one reason why Daniels never got a chance to try it again. Mullin and Sullivan Want to Manage Team George Mullin, former pitcher with the Detroit Americans,- and- Denny Sullivan, last year manager for part of the season of the St. Joseph West ern League club, are candidates to succeed the late Konert ungiauo as manager of the Fargo-Moorehead team of the Northwestern league. S: . ' i Six world and three American rec ords were broken on track and field and six world marks were equalled. Five world's and twelve American swimming records were swamped and twelve American swimming records established by women. James E. (Ted) Meredith and WE HEREWITH SUBMIT OUR ALL-WORLD FOOT BALL ELEVEN FOR 1916, " IT'S A PEACH. Billy Sunday, right erfd. Bill Bryan, left end. Joe Stecher, right tackle. Jim O'Shea, left tackle. Jack Curley, right guard. , Ham and Eggs, left guard. Benny Kauff, center. Shakespeare, quarterback. Freddie Welsh, right half. H. C. L left half. Kitty Gordon, full back. This All-World eleven, we believe, is the strongest that could be assem bled, not even' excepting an All Limberger eleven, and we defy Walter Camp, Wally Eckcrsall, Cy Sherman, Sandy Griswold, Ring Lardner or Gus Tylee to pick one that can touch it. In making up this All-World eleven we first selected the ends. Bill Sun day and Bill Bryan are the logical men for these positions. In this day of the open game ability to receive the forward pass is an essential for an end. Sunday is without an equal as a reception' committee, he's a bear at receiving either trail-hitters or dol lar bills. All the coach would have to do is convince him that a forward pass j coming toward him consisted of three ' trail hitters and six bucks. Bryan is given the other end, because throwing j the forward pass is as important as j receiving it. Bryan has had a lot of . experience at throwing. He has I thrown it from the White House to ! the Chautauqua circuit, from Lincoln j to Berlin and back again. ; Joe Stecher and Jim O'Shea arc the ! tackles. Joe has tackled the wrestling game and matrimony and a guy that will tackle that combination will tackle anything. Jim O'Shea is also some tackier. He has tackled trot ting and pacing and breaking and jumping and Jim Ronin and. accord ing to Fred Myers, before he gets through will be tackling a milk wagon. It is with pride that we point to our guards,' Jack Curley and Ham and Eggs. Jack Curley 'has been guarding Jess Willard for three years and the wrestling game for ten. No body has broken through into either one of them. Ham and Eggs have withstood onslaughts of appetite and purse wtihout a quiver. This com bination, Curley and Ham and Eggs, could guard anything against any body. Benny Kauff is put at center. Benny is the greatest all-around performer in captivity, lie admits it. Bill Shakespeare is at quarter. It is the business of the quarter to call signals so that the opposing tram cannot understand 'em. With Bill calling the signals the best little Three Creighton Men Given Places On All-Star Team Three Creighton men were given positions on an All-Westem Catholic college root ball team selected by a Dubuque (la.) sport writer. The all star eleven were chosen from players on every Catholic institution in the west except Notre Dame. The three Creiahton men who were honored with positions are Plata at left half, Long at quarter and "Gross at center. By FRED S. HUNTER ROBERT SIMPSON. Robert Simpson ask to be credited with four world's records. The Pcnn flyer seeks recognition for making a. new world's mark for the qua'rter and half mile.' Simpson asks that his name be inscribed on the honor roll for shattering the world mark for the 120 high and 220-yard low hur dles. cipher statistician in the world couldn't unravel 'em. Freddie Welsh is put at right half. He should make a great open field runner because of his. ability to es cape without being downed. . He has escaped all the lighweight pugs in the world, their managers, the pro moters and the public without being downed once, and he makes a touch- I down every time he starts. H. C. L. is placed at the other halt because of his proven ability to out-distance any person in I he world excepting, perhaps, the czar of Russia and John D. Rockefeller.,- Kitty Gordon is unquestionably the class at fullback. She has the fullest back and is willing toshow it but no more need be said here. With Woody Wilson as coach to keep this team out of defeat, as he has the country out of war, nothing could touch it. $60,000 Foot ball is an ancient game. As ancient as the hills, And once it was a game of deeds. Which furnished rapid thrills. Its players used to play with will And play with all their might. To win the game that was the hope Be victor in the fight. But now when teams make "battle, Ah, how 'tis changed of late, They care not of the winner, But the coin that's at the gate. George Chip is a lucky cuss. He had a bout with Lcs Darcy and Darcy failed to show up. The ball players will not strike, we are given to presume by reading the sporting pages. We are somewhat disappointed, not to say chagrined, at this information. Nothing would please us more than to see the under paid, underfed, overworked, mis treated, maligned, overburdened slaves of the diamond walk out on their Simon Legree employers. They are going to hold a big box fight in New York this winter for the championship of the world. Thus proving the old adage that a sucker and his bank roll are soon parted and that Mr. Barnum lived in the right town. ' Mr. Carpentier, we read, is the gentleman who will fight Mr. Willard. And with whose help, pray? t'rmccss Kawananakoa wants one of the new battleships named after Hawaii. If not Hawaii at least Wicky Wacky Woo or Yicka Hicky Doo. The National commission is bound to be changed from the present order of Johnson, Tener and Herrman. The new order will probably be Herrmann, Tener and Johnson. FOR CHARITY AND $65,000. We wish we lived in Gotham, Where all is light and gay, We wish we lived in Uotham, Where thev have the great jay way. We wish we lived in Gotham, Where Jess Willard'a going to fight. We wish we Uvea in Lrotnam, And could be there on that night We wish we lived in Gotham, Life out here is far too tame. I We wish we lived in Gotham, For we run an army game, By JAMES E. LAWRENCE. Lincoln, Dec. 16. (Special.). Ne braska closed Ihc 1916 foot ball sea son wilh a net profit of $5,544.62, ac cording to the annual report of Ath letic Manager Guy h. Reed, which he will submit to the Cornhusker ath letic board. The season just closed was the most profitable in the history of Htiskrr athletic in the point of re ceipts, but was also the most ex pensive. The athletic board took in $37,649.42 from all sources during the loot ball season and expended $32, 105.30. During the last year of Jumbo Stiehm's regime the total re ceipts were a trifle over $35,000. hollowing were the receipts: student ncaon tlrktt (SO per cent applied In fool ball) S S.IOfi.OO Cltlaens' season tickets 420. 7t 92.3J Prako game . . .. Kansas Aggies' gamp I. 37t.no 1.521 64 332.(0 4. M9.H0 7.302.00 3. GOO. on 12.9U.2S Ml .OS- Oregon Aggie' game at. 'Portland.. ttesleyan university game Ames Aggies game Kanaaa university game Iowa game, (not reported, estima ted by guarantee) Notre name game .. mid benellt (to Bend band Co J'orllandl ,. . . Total receipts $37. 41.42 The expenditures have been listed as follows: Shares of visiting tcams.v. $14,462.32 Equipment 3. 419.il Officiate 1.107.10 Managing 1.199.00 fondling 1,250.00 Transportation H.7I4.0S 73,20 .".12.711 4113.09 313.30 nS.SS 3b4.01 2M.91 rtislng Scouting Training Labor on athletic Sold... Telephone and telegraph. Printing Miscellaneous Tolsl 132.106.4! From the sale of student season tickets Manager Reed has still $2,- 700.40 on hand, or 40 per cent, to meet the expense of other branches of athletics at the state university. It is estimated that with the addi tional receipts from basket ball and track, which are always practically self-supporting, that all of the other sports at Nebraska can be main tained without having to touch a single cent of the big surplus piled up during the foot ball season. Add to Field Fund. ' Reed's report to the board will show a balance in the treasury from the preceding seasons of $6,354.33 a part of the permanent fuqd for the new athletic field. Of this amount $1, 810.10 still remains from the season of 1914-15, and the remander, $4. 544,25, is from the season of 1915-16. Added to this permanent fund for the new athletic field will be the $5,544.62 clear from foot ball for the 1916-17 season, boosting it well over the $10.- 000 mark. It is the first time that such a care ful division oT funds between the dif ferent branches of sport have been kept, Manager Reed declares, and it shows that the 1916-17 season was the most prosperous in the history of the university. In only a few instances did the in dividual receipts for the games fall below those of the preceding year. The Notre Dame game on Thanks giving day (and the Huskers have the same date for 1917) set a new mark in finances, with receipts of nearly $13,000. Coach Jess Harper of Notre Dame was delighted along with the Nebraska management and . was pleased to close negotiations for a Turkey day battle next fall. The Ames game in Lincoln also proved to be a splendid money maker. With the game at Ames last season the Huskers had . to be con tent with a trifle under $2,000. Last fall the gate netted over $4,500. The Drake game yielded practically the same as in 1915, but the Kansas Aggies more than overstepped the mark and bested the 1915 record eas ily. The long trip which the Huskers made to the coast was not financially attractive and was not expected to Srovc so. The management felt it id well to break even. Kansas Falls Down. The annual Jayhawkcr battle was a surprise ill point of receipts, fall ing considerably below those of for mer years. Heretofore the Kansas Nebraska games have brought in be tween $8,000 and $9,000 on Nebraska field, but last fall dropped to slightly over $7,000. At Lawrence in 1915 the total gate receipts set a new high water mark for Missouri Valley con ference games, with a $11,500 crowd on hand. Reed has not heard from the Iowa game yet, but' is confident that Ne braska will get no more than the guarantee of $3,500. The Hawkeycs drew slightly better than that in 1915, when the game was played in Lin coln. Nebraska athletic authorities con sider the showing a splendid one and an assurance that athletics are on a solid basis at the Cornhusker insti tution. Immediately following the Christ mas vacation basket ball practice will start in earnest. The first dates for the Comhuskcrs come the middle of J nuary. Stiehm is Wrathy Over Schedule of Big Nine Schools Ewald O. Stiehm, director of ath letics at Indiana, is not pleased over the "Big Nine" foot ball schedule for 1917. and has let it be known he is looking for suitable schools to meet to fill out the Indiana schedule for next season. The fact that Coach Stagg of Chicago declined to meet the Indiana coach on any terms isH being discussed freely at Indiana. Re lations with Chicago may not be re- newed, it is said. Stiehm asserts he does not intend to consider games with schools which will not alternate dates in their re spective territories. He may attempt to get games next year wilh Minne sota at Minneapolis, with an under standing that in 1918 Minneapolis will come to Indianapolis to meet the In diana team. Games with Northwest ern, Ohio State and Iowa also will be sought. Coach Stiehm has not an nounced just where he will look for suitable teams to play for the remain der of the season. An eastern game may be arranged, however. By KARL LEE. Basket ball underwent a slight, but nevertheless important, change this year. The rules governing the so called "jump ball" have been revised to eliminate the reversals that are said by many to have interfered with the progress, of many good centers on local teams. The present rules permit the pivot man to face any direction, provided "both feet are inside his own half of the center circle." ' Atop of this change it is ruled that the jumper may catch the ball after it has been tapped by either himself or his opposite. The old rule making it a foul for either of the jumpers to catch the ball or even touch it until it has later been touched by other of the "ten players" has caused sreat confusion. The instinct of the player is ro orivc into tne game with all possible speed as soon as the ball is in action and this restriction checked the speed and alacrity of at least two men tor tne moment. The rules otherwise are practically the same as last vear. The national committees of the three great divi sions oi tne game couegiate, Ama teur Athletic union, and the Young Men's Christian association have decided that the game has about reached perfection. A questionaire has been sent about the country to the officials and coaches offering fur. ther suggestions, the principal one be ing that the ball should be put in play from the side lines rather than thrown up at center, but it is probable that this will not prove popular. 0. K. Personal 'Foul. The personal foul was sanctioned by a majority of the officials, coaches and players quizzed in a national questions immediately after the last season closed. It was the con census of opinion that any player, young or old, who persisted in "roughing it" to the extent of com mitting four personal fouls should be ruled out of the contest for good. One other minor change effected by the committee is the refusal to recognize a player who has been dis missed from the game by the coach earlier in the fray. The player can not again obtain admittance to the play. Captains of the teams were given increased powers of arbitration with officials and authority over the men engaged in the play. Play started generally throughout the state in the last week. Norfolk and Fremont both have entered town leagues of eight teams each and have started well on the way to a success ful season. In Lincoln the City league is again in full swing, with Temple, Lincoln, Havelock and University Place high schools all en tering the first rounds. The local Tri-City league has started, and, with the dropping of the Brandeis quintet, should leave a big hole open tor the championship to the Central squad. Central Looks Good. Coach Mulligan- has a champ squad practically made to order. The splen did coaching of the last season will show well this year and looking over the schedule there is little chance for the team to go stale. South High school will come much stronger than anticipated. Coach Patton has two splendid fighting men in Etter and Hunter, two new recruits from the foot ball field. Commerce High school will also have a fast team in the field. Coach Drummond has about the same men lo work with as he had last year. The team will prob ably gain entrance into the second division at the state tournament this year. Last year it was listed in the third and played well up into the semi-finals. The schedules of the three local teams include about every team of prominence or ability in the state. The South schedule is especially promising, bringing to Omaha most of the fast teams in the state. Cen tral claims the cream of games in the Missouri valley, and Commerce High intends to clean up some of the hefty Iowa fives, so Omaha will hardly be left out of the swim. . Second teams will be recognized about Omaha this year. A league of second-class teams has been started in Council Bluffs, which will include the South High seconds, Papillion, the- School for the Deaf, Creighton. high schools, the Bellevue academy and others. The league will begin business the first week after the Christmas vacation. Jack Reynolds Has Grip on Title, But Will Not Claim It "A wrestler who claims no title but is willing to wrestle anyone who does." is the unusual and unique way jack Reynolds, Omaha's welterweight champ, describes himself. ' Local students of the wrestling game . believe Reynolds is the best welterweight grappler in the country, and Reynolds has a glowing record of victories to which they can point in backing up their belief. Reynolds is fast as lightning, is a thorough stu dent of the game and bars no one within his immediate weight. Reynolds, Omahans believe, could rightfully lay claim to the welter weight championship of the world. "But what's the use," says Reynolds, "everybody's claiming championships nowadays. 1 don't claim any but I'll wrestle any man that does." And a lot nf these bovs who claim titles are giving Reynolds a wide berth. Stout to Referee Fights for Baker Harry Stout. Milwaukee boxing referee, who has officiated in approxi mately 1,500 bouts in Milwaukee, New Orleans and other boxing centers, has announced his intentions of ac cepting the offer of "Snowy" Baker, Australian promoter, to officiate bt fore the latter's club next season. Stout will sail . for Australia in February. V