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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 24, 1916.
Under the spreading chestnut tree the villag smithy rolled;
The meat bill in his brawny hand had knocked the smithy cold
There was an old roan from West Show
Wlio nrver tombed lar or swore.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
SLOWERJAYS TUB
Rotund Catcher Who Came
Back Contends Ban's Loop
Not as Fast Now.
EIGHTH MRS. MOT MIKE DONLIN 'RONS
Mike Donlin Becomes Sporting Promoter
SOUTH ALUMNI
ME SPEEDIEST
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Take Tuck Out of Regulars and
Win Game, Twenty-Seven
to Twenty-One.
FASTEST OF THE SEASON
DARCY WILL SUB
FOR JESSWILLARD
Circumstances Now Indicate
Australian Will Be Opponent
of Georges Carpentier.
SAYSSO LONG KID
Hero of Many a Battle, in Prize
Ring and Home, Must
Start Over Again.
ONE WIFE AFTER ANOTHER
A BOXJFTGHT CLUB
Former Base Ball ' Star Is
Matchmaker for New Club
in Havana, Cuba.
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IS IN POSITION TO KNOW
HE WANTS WELSH-KILBANE
WOULD BE A GBEAT BOUT
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Tabby Spencer, '"the man who
came back," contends that the Amer
ican league ii not as fast today as it
was in 1905, when he first broke in as
a catcher (or the St. Louis Browns.
Spencer, who staged a remarkable
"comeback" with the Detroit Tigers
last season, bases his argument on
the difference in pitching and quotes
no less an authority than Umpire Bill
Dineen in support of his contention.
If this is treason Ban Johnson may
be depended upon to make the most of
it. Undoubtedly Ban is not overjoyed
to learn that one of his own hired
men is advertising the fact that the
American league has lost some speed.
Spencer's opinion is mildly shock
ing, coming as it does just after a sea
son of American league triumphs. By
comparison with the National league
last season, the American stood out
as the one major league. Tub's rating,
therefore makes an awful "bum" of
the National. Maybe that will gain
Johnson's forgiveness.
Is Position to Know.1
Spencer surely is in a position to
back op his arguments. He was a
fine catcher and hitter when he first
joined the Browns, but the primrose
path led downward for him. Tub ac
quired a reputation as the American
league's greatest packer of liquid re
freshment He gained so much weight
that the nickname he bears was af
fixed to him and became so slow that
he passed into the minors, where he
spent several years in different
leagues. ,
Two years ago Tub clambered on
the wagons for keeps and made soch a
fine record in the Pacific Coast league
last summer that the Detroit club
grabbed him in midseason. Spencer
caught twenty-four games for the
Tigers and hit over .300. Because of
the fact that he was out of touch with
American league ball for so many
years, Tub it eminently qualified at a
critic Had he remained in the league
continuously he might not have noted
gradual changes, but coming back
. after a long absence he was struck
with the difference in the pitching.
, Improves With Age. .
i The average ball player,, after ten
years, would be inclined to overrate
the company because of his own fad
ing ability. Many critics believe
Spencer is a better man today than
he was in 1905, and some explain his
views by assuming that he finds the
league slower because he Is faster
himself than in 1905. ., ,
' Tub winds up and delivers at fol
lows:' ' '
"I know you'll tfiink I'm stringing
you, but I'm convinced that the nail
played there now it not as good nor
at fast as that played when I broke
in with St: Louis in 1905.
"I started an argument with Cobb
about this same thing one day this
fall and he told me that I was catch
ing better ball now than when I
broke in, and naturally I would think
that the class of ball had deteriorated,
since it was easier to get by now than
it was in 1905.
"Then 1 ran across Bill Dinean, now
an umpire in the big show, but who
was a pitcher with the Red Sox in
1905. I asked Bill what he thought
about my side, of the argument, and
he told me there wasn't a doubt
in his mind that the ball of (hit day
was faster than that of today. Now,
his opinion most count for something,
doesn' it?
Look Over Old Pitchera.
"Take the pitching of 1905. No mat
ter what dub you Hacked up against,
you met a good pitcher every day,
and a mighty good onet that. Pick
up one of the old guides and tee for
yourself. The Athletics had Wad
dell, Coakley. Bender and Plank; the
Yanks had Chesbro, Orth, Griffith and
Hogg: Detroit had Donovan, Mullin
and Killian; Boston had Cy Young,
Tannehill and Dineen. Then there
were Joss, Altrock, Rhoades, Smith,
Doc White, Owen, Moore, Otto Hess,
hi Walsh, Tom Hughes and a dozen
others. . .... .
"What have you now? Outside of
the Red Sox there isn't a team in
the American league that can show
you a top-liner every day."
Appraisal Board v
Has Record Year
During the year the annraisal com.
mittee of the Omaha Real Estate
board has become popular.
For years the board has had an an
praisement committee, but it did only
a small business. During this year
the committee decided to do some
business worth while. Letters were
sent to the banks, the business con
cerna and corporations. The result
was that the committee was called
upon to make appraisements this year
more than ever before and did a
volume of business much greater than
any similar committee of the board
has done in the past.
The public is beginning to realize
that it can get service out of this
committee and is learning to know
wnere to look tor an appraisal com.
mittee. The Real Estate board hopes
to continue to build up this appraisal
business trom year to year.
Courts in Omaha have durinir the
last year come to make use of this
committee to some extent in getting
appraisals, and administrators of es
tates have taken advantage of its
services. The committee consists of
E. R. Benson, J. T. Tebbins, C. A.
Grimmel, J. W. Rasp and Ed Garvin.
Pi Way, Late of Yale,
Wants an Early Start
Pi Way. late of Yale, has asked to
go. south with McGraw's first rook
squad for the benefit to be derived
from the training school. ,
Persistence, is tlx Cardinal VirtM la
Advertising, .
Kid McCoy's eighth marriage hat
failed to take. The ex-pugilist, who is
known as Norman Selby in private
life", was sued in the supreme court
for a divorce by Mrs. Edna Valentine
Selby, who has found the going too
fast for her in McCoy's latest bout
with Kid Cupid. '
McCoy, who was once welterweight
champion of the world, is now con
ceded to hold the divorce champion
ship at any weight. Altogether seven
matrimonal training partners have
caused him to take the count in the
courts. One woman came back for a
return match twice after she had won
decisions over the Kid, but finally left
the prize fighter to go on with hit
record as an intermittent husband.
According to Emil Fuchs, counsel
for the current Mrs. Selby, who was
the daughter of one of the Valentine
brothers, wealthy mining men of
South America, McCoy's recent du
ties aa orderly with a National Guard
regiment from New York un the bor
der stimulated hit desire to keep on
the move constantly. When he re
turned last September, the lawyer's
story went on, the Kid kept moving
everywhere except toward hit own
home, and Mrt. Selby, putting scouts
on hit trial, became concinved hit er
rand! were not concerned with saving
hit country.
Took Trunks and Punch.
lhe detectivei teamed that the
Kid had taken hit trunks and the
famous "corkscrew punch" to the !
Hotel Seville, and they waited, to tee
what else the Kid might install in hit
tuite. Two days ago they were re
warded, according to their reports,
by observing "a doll-faced blonde with
saucer-like eyes of blue" enter, and
the detectives, breaking in, found
tome evidence.
The name of the co-respondent was
not made known' and unless this di
vorce it added to the Kid's other
trophies and the identity of the sau
cer eyes is made known congratula
tions for any one would be decidedly
bad form.
In the Order of Appearance.
Mrt. Selby met the expert on ringt
prize and wedding when the was
Mrt. Hein, wife of the vice contul for
Honduras in this city, with whom
she lived until the Kid's celebrated
right tatooed her husband't eye.
The- Heint were dining at an up
town restaurant one evening in 1909
when McCoy passed and, to the hut
band averred, hit athletic', figure
drew a bow trom Mrt, ilein.
Later, when Hein came back to
the table after having stepped out
few moments, be found he had made
tactical blunder, for the Kid.
executing a flank movement, was
now in possession of hit chair and ac
companying the orchestra on the
celery. Afterward the Kid, not relish
ing the husband t linking of his name
with Mrs. Hein, dropped his fist into
Mem t eye.
Mrt. Hein obtained a divorce and
in the summer of 1911 she became the
pugilist's latest bride. Before her
temporary liens on his affections were
hold by but the Kid't "tcrapped"
romances must be taken up in chro
nological order to avoid confusion.
He started out unpretentiously
enough in 1894 wMi Lottie Piehler as
bit bnde, but the drooped him the
next year. Then came Charlotte
braltn in 1897, whose romance wore
out even more quickly. ' In the tame
year he made a determined effort to
?et used to married life, taking Mrs.
ulia Crotselman for hit bride, but he
couldn't stand the strain, more than
inree years. 1 1
III 1901, however, they had man
aged to live down the memories of
their marriage and to took a fresh
start The: second marriage ' rubbed
off in the fall, but after a pleasant
little vacation from each other's com
pany they decided in the following
tpnng to come back for more,
Links Into Past,
By thia time thev wen orAwin
really tired of revamped honeymoons,
nu uuauy in jwo Mrs. crotselman
Selby obtained the third divorce that
converted her married life with the
fighter into a past performance. Then
Indianola Arnold, an actress, filled a
bne.'J!-l,f!l"ement " 'he Kid't wife.
In 1905 Mrs. Edward C. Ellis, widow
2. .F tTrandsoti of the founder of the
tint Locomotive Works, was starred
in the role starred in it because her
marriage with the Kid luted fur th.
unprecedented run of five years.
Firm of A. P. Tukey & Son
Is First in New Building
The first firm tn tnnv Int the
'First National bank building at Six-
irenm ana rarnam streets was that
of A. P. Tukey & Son. It has taken
space on the sixth floor of the build
ing just in front of the elevator. The
Tukeys believe in moving in the dead
of winter. In Februarv. 1QI5, thi.
firm moved at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing of a cold day. There was a
reason. Fire .was eating the heart
out of the old Board of Trade build
ing at Sixteenth and Farnam streets,
where their office was located. They
saved what they could at 6 o'clock
in the morning and by 9 o'clock had
started negotiations to sell the ruins
and the ground to the First National
bank for a location for a new bank
building. The deal
bank built, and now this real estate
nrm is moving back to the old loca
tion where it spent a happy twenty
cars.
Prune Orchard Pays
Dividends to Dutch
When "Dutch" Leonard, star
souinpaw 01 tne Boston Ked Sox, is
through as a pitcher, it won't be
necessary to play any benefits for the
native Californian. He has invested
in prune orchards. From some of
his earlier investments he is already
ui awing wwn a nice dividend.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
New York, Dec. 23. "Mike" Don
lin, one-time leading slugger of the
Giants, is filling a new role. He is a
boxing promoter and he is trying to
match "Freddie" Welsh and "Johnny"
Kilbane for a forty-round bout at Ha
vana, to be held some time in Febru
ary. However, there is little chance
of the match being made, for Welsh
demands $50,000, win, lose or draw.
Donlin is associated with Hugh
Grant Browne and Charles Henshall,
who, according to Donlin, are building
a big athletic arena in Havana, ten
minutes' ride from the heart of the
city. He says it is a $3,000,000 propo
sition and will be the scene of horse
racing, automobile racing, boxing and
base ball, Donlin further declares that
the arena is rapidly nearing comple
tion, and that the promoters have
been promised that it will be com
pleted early in January. . .
"We expect to start playing base
ball there about January 10, said
"Mike." "We will have two Cuban
teams and one American team'. We
discussed this phase of the sporting
program with 'Mike' Cantillon, and he
thinks that his brother Joe will favor
sending the Minneapolis team to
Cuba to train for the American as
sociation. The - Minneapolis club
could engage in games with the two
Cuban teams on Saturdays, Sundays
and Mondays, the three days that will
be devoted to base ball, until about
April 1, when the players could start
for home, arriving in time to open .the
American association season about
April 15."
Donlin had a long conference with
Harry Pollok, Welsh's manager. Pol
lok demanded $50,000 for Welsh's lend.
Donlin declared this was prohibitive.
"However, I intend to have another
talk with Pollok," said Donlin, "and
we mav be able to agree UDon terms
for a forty-round championship bouf
witn Kilbane. In the meantime 1 al
ready have opened negotiations for a
forty-round bout between Frank
Moran and Fred Fulton; in fact, I
have Morsn't verbal agreement to go
to Havana to fight Fulton."
Michigan Aggies'to
Play Huskers, Notre
Dame.'Northwestern
East Lansing, Mich., Dec 23.
Northwestern university and Syracuse
university are on the foot ball sched
ule of the Michigan Agricultural col
lege ior 1917, which was completed
today. The game with the' University
of Michigan has been set for October
20, with the place of playing it to be
decided later.
The schedule follows:
Ootober I Aim oollc At But Lanslns;.
October is Kalamstoo college at East
Lansing,
October IS Ut.lven.tr of Michigan. Plan
not decided.
October 11 University of Nebraska at
Bast Lansing. 1
November s University of South Dakota
at Baat Lancing.
November i Northwestern vnlverstty at
Bvanston, III
November 17 Notre Dame at Routh Bend.
November 14 Syracuse university at East
Lansing. ';
Christmas Shoot
For Turkeys for
Omaha Marksmen
Scattertran marksmen who have
palates adjusted to the delicious taste
of choice turkey plan on capturing
enough to provide Christmas dinner
at the poultry shoot at the Omaha
Gun club this afternoon, starting at
1MU.
A number of choice turkeys, with
an accompanying number of geese and
oocks, will oe ottered at prixet to tne
winning marksmen. The turkeys are
the choice birds and Kav Kingsley,
Henry McDonald, Bert Dixon, Doc
Frye, Frank Ellison, Art Keeline and
the rest of the sharks are going to
have tome tough competition.
It costs your weight in gold to
buy turkeyt nowadays," quoth one
merry marksman, as he cleaned up the
old shotgun," and watch me collect."
Benefit Card for
John Gilsey Friday
A benefit, at which most of the box
ers and wrestlers living in Omaha will
appear, will be held at Washington
halt Friday for Johnny Gilsey, former
western welterweight champion, who
is down and out in Omaha owing to
illness.
Gilsey has been in Omaha eight
months. During a large part of this
time he has been confined to a hos
pital with heart and nervous troubles.
Gilsey was one of the best pugilists
in the business before he became ill.
He fought such top notchera aa Stan
ley Ketchell. His last fight was With
Art Magirl four years ago. He
knocked Magirl out in the third
round.
George Medlock will be master of
ceremonies at the benefit.
Matrimnnv is Favorite
Sport for Detroit Lads
) Three Detroit athletes who have
achieved nation-wide fame are soon
to marry.
"limmy" Craig, one of the greatest
halfbacks the University of Michi
gan ever produced, is to wed .Miss
Ruth Thrasher, a Cincinnati de
butante. Neil "Shortv" MacMillan. former
Michigan quarterback, soon will marry
miss junana wooaoridge Moring,
daughter of Guatav Zanger, of the ex
clusive Grosse Pointe colony.
James D. Standish, jr., the golfer,
is to be married on January 20, to
Miss Isabel Stroh of Detroit.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Mire
Mike Donlin, former idol of the
base ball diamond, has become a
sure enough promoter. He has be
come identified with a combination
which plans to produce base ball,
boxing matches and horse racing in
Havana, Cuba. It it said that a sta
dium is now under construction in
TINKER AND WILSON
BUY COLUMBUS CLUB
Former Cub Manager Arranges
to Purchase Ohio City Asso
ciation -Franchise.
DEAL COMPLETED SOON
.Columbus, O iDec 23. Joseph
Tinker, formier manager of tiie Chi
cago National league club, tonight ar
ranged tp " buy the franchise -of
the Columbus American . association
league team for himself and Thomas
Wilson of Chicago. ' :
Tinker i announced that a partial
fiayment had been made for the Co
umbus franchise and that the deal
would be completed before June 3. ,
Confers With Hickey.
Immediately after completing the
arrangements to buy the club Tinker
left for Chicago, accompanied by
Thomas Hickey, president of the
American association, who attended
the meeting here between Tinker and
the Columbus owners.
Tinker and Wilson will pay $65,000
to the Columbus magnates, it was an
nounced. This will give Tinker the
former Chicago manager and his as
sociates control of 75 per cent of the
club's stock. Thevother 25 per cent
will be retained by the present own
ers. ; ' ' . ',. :.
There Are Batteries in
Base Ball and in Autos
When Joe Cantillon attended the
American association meeting in In
dianapolis recently, he was the guest
of Jack Hendricks at the latter't
home. Hendricks planned to take Can
tillon for an early morning ride in his
auto and sent his vounu son out to
warm up the machine. The lad came in
to the breakfast table and said:
"Papa, the batteries are ready."
"What's the idea?" asked Cantillon,
"are we going to play a morning
game?"
Lee Magee is Keeping
Himself in Good Shape
Lee Magee, who is wintering in
Cinrinnati ic lrpaftinor in fan, l,4nt
and looks for a big season next year.
Lee suffered a great deal from in-
lliri last (Minn at rnm tim kiiin
laid up with an injured leg for more
man mrcc wccks. nc is noping ior
better luck in 1917. ,
Th Hon 1b War. .
W ro forward on foot Into a ration
whtrt tho only vehicle aro tho lone lines
of artillery caliiaoiM. oblong steel boieb
filled with shells, which are hone draw,
and the water oarta which are horse drawt,
also. Tor the horse still has his part In
war a bold one as It ever was. As he
nan pass ovV rouirh around he Roes into
areas where no motor vehicles exoept the
armored motor cam called "tanks" may to.
In the machinery of kllllnf he la still man's
friend. He brines a touch ot life other than
human Into that - dead world. Frederick
Palmer In Collier's.
DeiiMrtmeat Orders.
Wsshlneton, Dec. 31. 8pec!al Teletram.)
Milton R. Davis has been appointed post
master of Richard, Calhoun county, la., vlco
Robert L. Hott, resigned.
Civil serrle examinations will bo held on
Jsnuary It for rural mall oarrler at Allen
and Dlller, Neb.
The contract for painting1 the Omaha
postorric has been awarded to O. U. Thomp
son of Omaha, at SS.SfiS.
Th following poetnfTlces wlU beoome In
ternational money olflcea on January IS:
Bellovue, Jackson, Marquette and Wallace,
Neb. -
I Lyons Defeats Wayne.
Lyons, iNeb., Pec. SI. Special.) The.
Lyons Aathletlc association team defeated
tho Modern Woodmen of America team of
Wayne here Tuesday night. SB to SI.
Wayne played a busy game at all times,
but the brilliant team work er th
team spelled victory from th flrst minute
ot piay. aia KoDtnn or Lyons led oft with
a total of thirteen goals -
Vera- Losea to Syrmease, '
Syracuse. Neb,, Dec. IS. (Special.) Last
evening the York Young Men's Christian
Assoclstlon basket bell team lost to the
Ryracuee Athletic club, tt to U. Referee:
n 1
bomum.
Havana, which will be ready about
the middle of January, when base ball
will be staTted. Donlin expects to
get some of the big league teams
training in Florida to jump over to
Havana and play exhibition games.
Games with a city league club to be
formed in Havana are also planned.
Bowling Notes
Prenidtrnt Strots and Secretary Locker of
the MlddUwaU Bow l in j amoctation were In
the lineup of the Dei Moinea team which
took tn the recent Kweepatakea. Both were
full of the last tournament newa and con
versation and were bubbllnf over with ad
vance dope on next season'! event, which
will be held In their home burr. They pre
dict an entry of lBO teami, which would
make It aorae tournament.
Bailor, the ralddleweat bowling champ ton
who rolled with the Des Moines team in tfhi
aweeptUakes. rolled a good average game, but
did not do any of the sensational rolling the
large crowd expected of him.
Prank Mtddaugo who did Home sensa
tional match game rolling during . the
ewepata.kes, ' had juat returned from
Ataaka, where he had been alnce last March.
Frank hadn't rolled a ball alnce thia ttm?,
but Omaha, bowlera will testify that It
didn't aeem to make much difference, as
he managed to- be juat wild enough to
chalk up several too total! and carry away
the dough.
Fremont bowlera are boosting for the
I state tournament to ,be held there next
April. The bowling game U lively tnrougo.
out the) atate and the Premontera are pre
dicting a record breaking entry.
The Women's Toggery team in the Metro
politan Women's league should make tt In
teresting for the A, B. Sweetshops this
seaeon. They have a good lineup which has
been practicing steadily since the first of
the season.
By winning the entire aeries while the
Clara Belles were droDDins the odd one to
i the Cory-McKensle team, the Home Res
taurant wrecking crew went into or si place
tn'the Booster league.
Two or three of the weak teams In the
Booster league have been adding players
to bring them up to the league's standard.
Ralph Sclple has been added to the lineup
of th'e Raymond Furniture Co. team.
The women's team representing the
American State hank have three bowling
coaches who ar lending their services with
out compensation on account of their per
sonal Interest lnthe team. They are Scipie,
Eldson and Karlh.
The Columbia knr Insurance team, Rad
ford, 01 II ham, Bowers, Orlffln et al, have
ceased hurling Challenges, which was their
policy until things became too hot for them,
i Ole Johnson tried to do the comeback In
the sweepstakes and succeeded fairly well.
He entered the singles and ciras out Aith
a -'5a total.
Ermle Chrlstensen, who was one of the,
best local bowlers a few years ago, was an
Interested spectator and scorer during the
sweepstakes.
t- The next big tournament to be held la
the International, which will commence
February 11 m Mini, 'apolla.
President "Red" Ratekln of the Booster
league appeared In the lineup Tuesday night.
He rolled in hla old-time form.
The Raymond Furniture and Luxus teams
tied up on their third game in the Omaha
league last week. On the roll-off both teams
tried to donate the game to their op
ponents, but Frank Jarosh accidentally
picked up a spare, and the furniture men
won oat.
Al Krug Is still struggling for that come
back. The sweepstakes live-men event was won
by a Lincoln team, but even at that It was
necessary for an Omaha bowler In their
lineup to do the heavy scoring. However,
the Capital City bowlera won the singles
and all events all by themselves, so we
will have to hang the jewelry on them for
that.
With Don Amadeft out of the lineup, the
Corey-McKenile team won a series and from
the Clara Belles at that. We thought It
couldn't be done.
"Cap" Holllday has discovered that It Is
easy to roll lib with four strikes In a row
for a starter. He did this very thing In
two games last week.
The recent it weeps takes tournament re
sults easily displays the remarkable strides
to the front the bowlers out tn the state
have been making since their start In the
game. At first they were weak and unable
to stand a chance when competing agalnat
their superiors from Omaha. But they stuck
with It, oft times contributing their money
to the pot which Omaha bowlers always
grabbed. Now things have changed. Rome
excellent talent has been developed, espe
cially in T.lncoln, Fremont, Columbus,
Wahoo, Orand Island and Schuyler. Omaha
teams which play these teams on their home
drive now buy round trip tickets, to be sure
of having enough money to get home en,
and the results In the recent sweepstakes
show what the sharks from these burgs can
do away from home, Lincoln won three
first out of four chances with Wahoo bowl
era in their lineup. Schuyler and Fremont
were away up in the prise lists with good
scores. The Improvement of the out In the
atato bowlers will do much toward increas
ing the entry in the coming state tourna
ment. Schuyler boasts of a bowling team having
five brothers In tho- lineup. It is a good one,
too. Thia team was entered In the sweep
stakes, although only three of the Van Dusen
brothers were In the lineup.
Baker was out of the C O. C. Billiard
Parlors lineup Thursday alght, consequently.,
they refused to play for any dough.
With the Huntington league in the field,
several well known B class rollers are again
actively participating In the game.
The Women's league has taken another
step forward In the game and from now
on the foul line rule will be in force. If
a player goes over the Una they will hear
about It. Many will be en hand Monday
night to hear the fowls (fouls 1 called.
With the application of the foul line rule,
seeral of the women will have to shorten
ther run they take, or shorten their delivery.
The Home Restaurants and a Lincoln all
star team will roll a series this afternoon
Alumni, 27; South High, 21.'
Paul Shields, ably assisted by
B. Nixon, came to the rescue of the
Alumni last evening in their annual
game with the South High school.
Captain Lyman Corr and his fast
Packer five had he number of the
?xaduates until Shields entered the
ray in the second half. Shields and
Nixon coupled together in some team
work that netted seven baskets and a
lead for the Alumni of six points at
the finish.
The school team led the fight
through the entire first halt. Better
basket shooting gave them a lead of
U to 8. Corr shot the first basket,
a difficult fling over the shoulder.
Soon after the opening ot the sec
ond hall Shields and Nixon designed
a orand ot team work that was brii
liant. The big former Nebraska cen-
ter began the offense by dribbling
across the floor under his own has
ket. ending the flash of form by foss
mg without effort through the bas
ket. Nixon's aggressiveness, along
with the splendid guarding of Mc
Bride and Cohn, sealed all trouble
that might have come from the high
school.
' Ray Wilson played a tremend&usly
fast game despite his extreme size.
Along with Captain Corr, he was a
tireless worker. Wayne Emigh playod
a splendid game at guard.
The lineup: ,
SOUTH HIGH. ALUMNI.
Graham R. F.lL. O.. Lyman
Wilson L. F. R. G M. Cohn
Corr C. C :. Nixon
Kmlgh R. G. L, F A. Cohn
Etter L. G.R-F McBrlde
Substitutes: Shields for A. Cohn, Hunter
for Kmlgh. Field goals: Graham (2), Wil
son (4), Corr 3, Lyman, Nixon 6), Shields
(, McBrlde (2). Froe throws: Corr (3,
McBrlde (2), A. Cohn. Fouls: Alumni. 10;
South High, 6. Score first half: South High.
13; Alumni, 8. Referee: Ritchie, Omaha.
Time of periods: Twenty minutes. Final
score: South High, 21; Alumni, 27.
President Gives
Turkeys to White .
House Employes
Washington; -Dec. 23. President
Wilson's Christmas celebration be
gan today. Turkeys were distributed
to all married White House employes,
while by express and mail gifts for
the president arrived from all parts
ol the United States.
In addition to presents sent Mr.
Wilson by personal friends, he re
ceived remembrances from admirers
unknown to him personally. There
was holly and mistletoe by the barrel
and books of many descriptions. .
The president has no engagement
before Tuesday and plans to spend to
morrow and Monday .quietly with
members of his family. The large
Christmas tree for the children at
the White House was put in place
today. 1 .
Navy Department Holds on
To Oil Land Reservations
Washington, Dec. 23. Efforts of a
joint congressional committee to
agree on legislation for the relief of
claimants to lands in California naval
oil preserves came to an abrupt end
today when the Navy department,
through Secretary Daniels, refused
to yield to any compromise proposals.
The attitude of the navy imperils
the mineral lands conservation bill
which had been before congress for
several years and in the opinion of
committee members will prevent ac
tion at this session.
The disagreement with the navy
has been over the Phelan amendment,
which would grant relief to private
claimants of California oil lands af
fected by government withdrawals of
1909.
. Two weeks ago a subcommittee of
each house was appointed, with Sena
tor Pittman as chairman, and with
Representatives of the Navy and In
terior departments co-operating. To
day it abandoned its work when it
received from Secretary Daniels flat
rejection of compromise proposals
suggested by the committee and the
general land office.
Important Irrigation
Suit to Be Tried at Lead
Lead, S. D., Dec. 22. (Special.)
Judge James McNanny on January
5 will hear one of the most important
law suits that has come up before
the circuit court in years. The snit j
was brought up a year ago by Joseph ;
look ana otners ana involved Hun
dreds of persons, as well as the
Homestake company. The turning of
the waters of Spearfish out of its true
channel, and the resultant lack of ir
rigation waters to farmers along the
old route, is the complaint in the ac
tion. With many of the parties water
rights have been held for thirty years
and more, and these parties have been
brought into the suit, who will es
tablish in , court title to such claims.
In this respect it is estimated the
case will take up a month or more.
Attorneys Hayes and Heffron of
Deadwood will represent the plaintiffs
and Kellar and Stanley of Lead and
Martin and Mason of Deadwood the
defendants.
New York, Dec. 23 That Les
Darcy will be substituted in place
of Jess Willard against Georges Car
pentier looks highly probable now.
Tex Rickard is fast becoming con
vinced that a match between the gi
gantic young champion and the young
French idol would be a mistake in
every way. Sporting men are prac
tically unanimous in predicting that
the champion would be altogether too
big for Georges, and Rickard. who
always tries to please, is ready to
sign Darcy as soon as the latter
makes his appearance on the scene.
Rickard always consults the public
taete, which is the one reason for his
tremendous success as a promoter.
He listens to the public and then
gives it what it thinks it wants. Other
promoters put on bouts of their own
choosing, and then proceed to try and
make the public like them, which is
! nara ining to oo
Rickard has never been wrong on
the drawing power of a match. The
Nelson-Gans match, his first venture
as a fight promoter, broke the rec
ord for gate receipts for lightweights.
The Jeffries-Johnson affair more than
doubled any previous gate receipts,
and the Willard-Moran bout outdrew
all other ten-round contests. The last
two bouts did not result in great con
tests, but that was not Rickard's
fault. There was a great demand for
the matches, and Rickard merely
gave the public what it asked for.
Disastrous Aftermath..
So far every match Rickard has
staged has broken a record, and if
the Willard-Carpentier affair , goes
through there is no doubt that it will
break all records for no-decision
bouts, but the aftermath is likely to
be disastrous. Since Rickard means
to continue as a promoter of boxing
at the Madison Square Garden it
would be foolish for him to risk los
ing the popularity that materially
helped to make his matches success
ful financially.
Rickard was not scored on account
of. the Jeffries flivver and tne Moran
fiasco, because there was a genuine
demand for those battles. There is
no demand Jor a Willard-Carpenticr
bout. It was never even surmised
that such a match was possible until
a few weeks ago when Rickard first
informed various sporting writers of
his plans after binding them to- se
crecy., '
. Demand for Darcy.
There is a great demand, of course,
to see the famous Frenchman in ac
tion, and there also is a great de
mand to see the equally famous Les
Darcy show his form. Circumstances
have miraculously arisen which make
it possible to stage these two in the
one ring, and it would be flying in
the face of fortune to pass it up in
favor of a match that no one wants, j
, The demands of Willard's man
agers are absurdly high, which is
another reason for substituting Darcy.
The Australian would come much
cheaper and he would be sure to
pack the Garden at the highest prices.
Willard could do no more than that.
It is unfortunate for Willard, but
his great size really is a detriment
in one way. His great bulk spoils
every match that might be arranged,
and for that reason he is not as val
uable to a promoter as a moderate
sized champion would be. For exhi
bition purposes and that is all a
short, no-decision bout can be called
he is not a great success. He proved
to be a great card with Moran. be
cause it was his first bout aa cham
pion and ring followers were curious
to see the man who defeated John
son. Having seen, .they were satis
fied that he is a real champion, and
that no one is likely to beat him,
but there is no particular desire to
see him maul a man almost 100
pounds lighter than himself.
Wyckoff Buys Taxicabs
With World's Series Kale
Weldon Wyckoflf, a member of the
Boston Red Sox pitching staff, is the
owner and .manager of the leading
taxicab service of his home in Will
iamsport, Pa. It is said that since
the close Of the big series the number
of cabs in the service has been ma
terially increased.
K A MPRDV M
XMAS
and
A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
to all is the with of
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