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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916. BRINGING UP FATHER Copyrfsht, 11 . Drawn for The Bee by George McManus ' 71 I I BUSINESS BOYS LOSE TO INTERMEDIATES Anderson and Moore Star for Team That Chalks Up Fif teen Connts to Nine. MIDGETS DEFEAT CENTERS The Intermediates defeated the Business Boys' A class at the Young Men's Christian association Thursday evening, by a score of IS to 9. Ander son and Moore starred for the Busi ness Boys and Klepser and Art Payn ter for the Intermediates. The lineup: INTERMEDIATES. B. B. A. Greene rl.FR.F Anderson Klepser L.F.1L.F Moore A. Paynter C. Cj Slden Potter ....... ...R.Q.R.Q Soslow . Getsler . .L.O. L.G... Logan Substitutes: Miles for Gelsler. Dross (or Anderson, Brown for Moore, Reeves for Sogtow, Nelson for Reeves. Oosls from field: Oreene Klepser (, Fayoter (2), Moore (2), Anderson. Goats from foul: Klepser (2), Moore, Sedln, Logan. Referee: P. Konecky. Time of halves: Fifteen minutes. ' ' . . Midgets Are Winners. .' "Bob" Hager's Midgets defeated Verne Moore's Dundee Social Center team at the Young Men's Christian association last night, 47 to 2. The inexperienced Dundee vc could not cope with the well trained Midgets. The Hastings team which the Mid gets were scheduled to meet failed, to appear and the Dundee team was sub stituted. Hastings will play here dur ing the latter part of January.' The lineup: MIDOETS. DUNDEE. Oreene ..4 L.F.' Smith R.F. Comp ,C. Macfarlanit T. .:.tff Usher. R.O. R.F... C L. .'.. R.O... . . Russum . . , . Moore . . Hooson DePrance Substitutes! Oilier for Oreene, Dodds foe Moore. Klepser for Dodds, O'Brien for De France, Logan for Deams. Goals from field: Greens (2), Gliler (2), Bralth (I), Comp (2, Maefarland (7), Ruesum. Goals from four. Maefarland. Referee: E. Paynter. Time of halves: Fifteen minutes. Kid Herman of Omaha Loses Wrestling Bout " ,. , . Burlington, la., Dec. 22. Harry Hartman of Burlington defeated "Kid" Herman of Omaha here to1 night in a wrestling match. Hartman secured the first fall on a double wristlock in thirty minutes, hurting Herman's arms so that he was unable to go on with the bout. The men are light heavy weights. ' ' Nebraska City Five Wallops Towhsends Nebraska ' City, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.) The Townsend Gun com pany five of Omaha went down to defeat before the Nebraska City Ath letic club team in a basket ball game here last evening. The score was 33 ' to 8. The Omaha players did not get a single field goal. Good defen sive work by both teams featured the game. ; ' Fourth Nekaskans Lose' Gridiron Game Corpus Christi, Tex., Dec. 22. by a score of 63 to 0 the foot ball team of the Second Texas infantry today de feated the eleven of the Fourth Ne braska infantry, stationed at Llano Grande, and thus continued its claim of an uncrossed goal during this season. , ' ; European Welterweight " Outfights Marty Cross New York, Dec. 22. Albert Ba doud, European welterweight cham pion, outfought Marty Cross of this city tonight in six rounds of a ten round bout. Badoud scored all his points by body blows, inflicting se vere punishment. In the fifth round Badoud's left xeye was severely cut and after that he fought more vicious ly than before. Cross tried several times to land his right swing, but failed. In a recent match Cross scored a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fighting to save Badoud from fur ther punishment. . "Terrible Turk" Loses . To Samson in Dakota Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 22. Bob Magonoff, known as the "Terrible Turk," lost to Jimmie Samson here tonight in a wrestling match in which he contracted to throw Samson twice in an hour. The Turk was unable to secure fait and gave up the contest in forty-nine minutes, when Samson secured an arm-breaking hold. Neuralgia neat 14 hooting Pains. ' Hloan's Liniment Is a wonderful medicine for neuralgia end sharp, 'shooting pains, ap plied to painful spot U stops ths ache. Only See, AJ1 druggists. Advertisement. f Sport Calendar Today Cyclluf t CIom of the trix-day nm In Madison Hqoore tirdonv Now York. Banket Boll: Yolo ocotnit CroMont Ath letlo oooociaUoOj ftt Brooklyn. RMn: Homob of the Collodion too roe ing circuit open ot Toronto. Running t Tonkon marotkon race, at Tonkoro, ji. "Y. , ' ' Boxing t Jack B lit ton agalnat Billy Kram er, ix ronnds, at Philadelphia. Matt Brook gwlnat Bar Maywurn,, six ronnds, at Phil adelphia. Dlek Wells 'against Bennjr Garcia, fifteen rounds, at Wallaoo, Idaho. Nebraska Makes 3-Year Contract With Syracuse Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special Telegram.) Nebraska university this morning closed the contract to play Syracuse university in Lincoln for the next three years oh Thanksgiving day, with an option of a five-year con tract The Nebraska coach, pr. E. J. Stewart, sent the telegram of ac ceptance to Walter Smith, graduate manager of Syracuse, The telegram follows: "Walter Smith, Graduate Manager Syracuse , University, New York: Athletic committee has approved three-year contract, five-year- option western conference rules. Five thou sand guaranty, 50 per cent net op tion. Will see you in New York next week and draw contract. "E. J. STEWART, "Director pf Athletics." Dr. Stewart leaves tonight for the national collegiate conference in New York, where he expects to meet Mr. Smith and sign the contract. ' Guy E. Reed, manager of Nebraska uni versity athletics, is in Chicago new trying to sign Notre Dame to play Nebraska; in Lincoln next October 27. lie's Darcy Working . Way Hither from Chile as a Stoker New York, Dec 22. Les Darcy, the Australian boxer, prominently J mentioned as a possible opponent of Georges Carpenter the French charm pion, is Dcuevea to oe worxing ins way from Chile as a stoker on the oil ship Cushing of the Standard Oil company, due here today or tomor row. According to a Standard Oil official the company received a de scription of a fireman shipped at Chile which responds with the de scription of Darcy.1 ( ' "He shipped under an' assumed name, but according to the dispatch sent to the company, the fireman is none other than Darcy," the official said. Meeting of New Floor League at Y, M, OA. Tonight Final organization of the Inter-city Basket Ball league, the new tri-city circuit, will be consummated at the Young Men's Christian association this evening. All teams awarded fran chises at the meeting last Tuesday must be represented at the meeting tonight Election of officers and addition of a schedule will be the main business before the" meeting. Hal Linahan of Creighton and Claude S. Sparks of Council Bluffs are the temporary of ficers. The schedule calls for the opening of the league about Janu ary 9. Lloyd George Sells For $700-He's Horse Chicago, Dec 22. Average prices were lower today at the annual auction of horses at the stock yards. The show horse Lloyd George brought the highest price, $700. He was sold to D. Schilling of Chicago. The sale will end tomorrow with the disposal of the pacing stallion Don Densmore, 2.02J4; Deputy Sheriff, 2:045 and others campaigners. National Commission to Meet in Cincinnati Jan. 1 Cincinnati, O., Dec. 22. It was an nounced here today that the National Base Ball commission would meet in this city on January 2, 1917. At this time the class AA draft question will be brought up by the minor leagues. The uniform players' contract will be taken up and the election of officers will take place. Omaha General Iron Works is New Company i George Mesershmidt, Tom Cockin I and E. B. .Van Every are the incor porators of the Omaha General Iron ! Works. Articles of incorporations i filed with the county clerk give the capital as $25,000. , CITY DADS ALLOW . ENGLISH TO QUIT Accept Resignation of the Su perintendent of Recreation1 Became of No Funds. HOT FIGHTS SCHEDULED The city council, by a vote of six to one, accepted the resignation of Superintendent English of the Re creation board, after a spirited dis cussion over the prospective "budget crisis." Commissioner Butler, origin ally against the establishment of the recreation , department,' voted against taking snap judgment on the resigna tion, believing that when the council shall sit as a board a way might be found to allow the recreation fund an increase over the 1916 appropriation of $20,000. Addressing the commissioners, Mr. English said: "The understanding be ing general that the council will have to retrench on some of the funds for 1917, and that the recreation fund would not be increased, I have re signed in the best of spirit and with a feeling that I -could not continue the work with justice to myself and the city without sufficient funds to ex tend the work already started." 1 ; Not Forced Out. Questioned regarding rumors that he had been forced to resign, Mr. English denied the rumors. He ex plained, however, that he and Com missioner Hummel discussed the situation Thursday afternoon and reached an understanding. - Commissioner Hummel explained that he would insist that the park fund be fixed at the full maximum of $100, 000 for 1917, instead of $90,000, the appropriation for this year. He con tended that the budget board should make some allowance for a recreation fund for 1917, that .the park depart ment might continue the recreation activities without a regular superin tendent I May Abolish Board. ' Acceptance of the resignation of Mr. English carries with it the prob ability that the city council will repeal the ordinance creating the recreation board and superintendent of recrea tion, with the result that Commission er Hummel, as superintendent of parks, will be left to, maintain such recreation activities as his funds will permit Mr. Hummel made no de fense for an increase of the recrea tion fund. Mr. English explained that if the budget board should find a way to increase the recreation fund he would be glad to remain as 'superin tendent The gist of sentiment among the commissioners, however, did not spell a bright future for the public recreation department which was es tablished a year and a half ago when Mr. English was engaged. "It's going to be a poor advertise ment for Omaha to have the word go out that' this city had abandoned its public recreation department because of failure to appropriate $20,000 more for the work, ' stated Commissioner Butler. To, Be No Increase. Mayor Dahlman and Commissioner Kugel said they did not believe the fund would be increased. . "I don't propose to stand for any cut in my fund," said Commissioner Parks. The, discussion presaged a struggle which will be experienced when the commissioners get together as a budg et board within the next two weeks. Commissioner Parks stated he in tends to ask for from $10,000 to $15, 000 more for street cleaning and maintenance than he had this year. The city planning commission will ask for $25,000 and that will precipi tate a fight. Council Dumbly Accepts Resignation of Dr. Clark The city council without comment accepted the resignation of Dr. Zoro D. Clark as member of the recrea tion board. -, Why Be Cold? 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