iER 24 A 1916
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'THE OMATlA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER
. SYRACUSE SIGNS
V ' H0LLE1ACK AGAIN
Brooklyn Expects Fabrique,
Rookie Shortstop, to Fill
Olson's Shoes Next Tear.
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EVERS THREATENS TO QUIT
By JACK VELOCK.
New York, Dec. 23. "Big Bill"
; Hollenback has been retained for an
j.; other foot ball season by Syracuse
, :'( university, and he has already pre
' pared the foundation for hia 1917
! gridiron team. Joe DuMot, who
. played good foot ball all of last sea
i'v son at end for the big Orange team,
t.t has been elected captain, and reports
')'. from the up-state town say that the
' prospects tor a winner next fall are
'"' bright. r
J . Du Moe comes from Duluth, where
,4J Syracuse gets many of its stellar oars-
men. For four years Du Moe played
' liiglt school foot ball, and figured as
a star. For the last two seasons he'
1:as been a member of the 'varsity at
.. Syracuse, and he is Considered one of
.., the most potent factors in the build
,. nig of a winning combination for the
i, coming season.
Although Syracuse will not have
many of its first string men of this
. year when the season of 1917 opens,
;. it will have plenty of substitute talent,
it. and, according to reports, some mem
1'ers of the freshman ,team of 1916
will surprise followers Of the Orange
next fall. ,
V White and Schlachter, the two big
; guards of the Hollenbeck machine,
will not return to the lineup next
" (all, nor will Twig and Boutin, whose
work during the season just closed
" ' wis of a high class order.
Veterans who still have another
year with the team are Meehan, Ma
' lone. If. Brown, E. Brown, Wright,
' Newbury, Planck, Lunn, Cobb, Gil
mrire and few lesser lights.
Foot ball critics in the east believe
that Hollenback will turn out a, win
ning combination if he is given the
chance, and it is said that a reorgan
ization of the team will help matters
along, as harmony among some of
the players this year was lacking..
New Cadger Shortstop..
Shortstop Fabrique. who will get
his fling with the' Brooklyn Dodgers
: nc,xt spring, and who is being touted
as a successor to Ivan Olson, was
, 'wanted by a number of clubs that
t were willing to bid high for him.
-Washington, in particular,' was anx-
inns to land the Providence star and
Clark Griffith thought he was going
high when the offered around $6,000
for him. But the Providence manage-
ment turned down that offer and took
a chance on some one going higher.
' They had Fabrique figured as a $7,000
-.asset and they wanted that much cash,
A hut the watchful waiting policy re
sulted in Brooklyn getting him in the
'draft for about one-third of what Grif
fith had offered. Jack Eagan, who
j formerly umped in the American
league, predicts that Fabrique will
make good as a National leaguer.
'j Frahk Galvin, the auto race driver
" who met hit death at Uniontown, Pa.,
L a short time ago, got his start in the
speed business as a bike rider,
. Around New York, where he was
well known, he started out as an
'jamateur rider and final'v u.mrA n
.the professional side of the ' game,
- ,r where he made good. Later he be
came a manager of boxers, and finally,
-.when the auto race game began to
flak firm null in tUm i:l.t L
? . .. . . . '. v "twingm, lie
decided to cast his lot with the space-
7iung iraicrimy. ,'
ijaivin, wno was somewhat of a
,2 soldier of fortune, was born at New
jMilford, Conn., and it was there that
he first entered the athletic field. He
sfwaa a bicycle racer lor some twelve
y years in all, and he teamed ' with
tf Wiley. The pair was known as the
( Messenger Boy team, i
V Fighlin' Johnny Evers tells us that
lie is figuring on doing the retirement
jtrick at the close of the coming sea
f'son. ; 4 "Jawn" figures that he has had" al
jmost his share of base ball, and, al
w though he sava he will renort to th
'Braves in the spring, 1917 is to be his
jlast year as a player. J
'. Evers has been resting up since the
f base ball season closed and he is look
ing as hard as nails. By the time
f spring arrives he will be ready for a
r uai u campaign, ne says.
J Dooin at Rochester.
, V "Brick-Tooned Charlev" Dooin.
.who was released by the Giants to
(Ttne Rochester club early last season,
- vhas been made manager of that team
succeeding Tommy Leach, who failed
to come up to expectations as a pilot
- during tne iyio season.
Regarding: the outlook for 1917
Dooin says he will have a remodelling
f task on his hands which is going to
jicuirc mucn Dealing anoui in tne
rbase ball market for talent.
"I understand from President
.Crispin that the stockholders of. the
fclub want the team reorganized,
r said Dooin: "and I hope to succeed ii
landing some capable men to bolster
y up weak positions." '
r Dooin's Jong experience as a maior
league player and manager augurs
ii well for his success as leader of the
' ( Rochester team, and his rivals in th
f International league may well expect
to rind him in there fighting when
,tne pennant race gets under way.
Shag Thompson is
t Going to Quit the
? . Game of Base Ball
.- "Shag" Thompson, the little cen
, terfielder for the "Rourke tribe last
' year, is going to quite base ball. In
fact, Shag says he's quit already,
f Thompson, who hails from Carolina
and don't like the country north of
the Mason-Dixon line, is wintering in
Richmond, Va. , He has a good job
, there and says sticking to that is bct-
ten than playing base ball. But Shag
-""says he's going back to Carolina and
, go . into business for himself, and all
r the money in the world won't get
him back into base ball. -
A Thompson is the property of the
f Philadelphia Athletics and will go to
that club if he changes his mind be-
ftore spring. ''. ,
'McGrawWill Hold House
i, , Party for His Rookies
Manager John McGraw announces
that his rookies will gather at Marlin I
'late in February for a "house party"
iand start actual training on March 1.
. The regulars will report one week
later. .'
Skating in the Air a New ' York Fad) ; '
VI'" s&r) ' Hl 7" t-:
Jp I S" - ii S?AT1KS IN THE AIR. e,m.fMsa '-o
' There is no doubt that the skating;,
craze ihaa seized New York. Ice-skat-ng
teas have become popular in social
circles, and girl hockey teams have been
formed in all parts of the city. This
picture shows the ice-skating rink on the.
TALK OF BIG BOOT
SHADESALL TOPICS
Plans of All Heavies Knocked
Sky High by Willard-Oarpen-
tier Oo for Charity.
CUKLE7S HAND IN DOINGS
By RINGSIDE.
Chicago, Dec. 23. Plans of all the
heavies have been knocked sky high
pending the result of the effort to
bring Georges Carpentier, the French
champion, across the pond to battle
for the French War Relief society's
benefit.
If Willard 'fights anybody within
the next few ntanths it will be someJ
one of Jack Curley's selection. Curley
has signed the champion' to a set of
Articles by which Willard agrees to
meet anyone Cufley mav select for
the "small' sum of, $60,000. If there
are any higher bidders Curley has the
option of meeting their price or go
ing mem Deiier, . , i
ired Fulton, the Rochester. Minn.,
giant, is not going to press Willard
for a match, in view of the champion's
declaration that he proposes to re
cuperate from his strenuous summer
with the circus before entering the
ring. f ulton figures that Uarpcn-
tier s arrival in this country would
take all the glamor off a Fulton-Wil-lard
match, and ie won't insist on a
battle until Carpentier has met the
champion or it has definitely been de
cided that Carpentier is not coming
across the water.
. Willard himself does not believe he
wilt be called upon to, meet the
Frenchman. Unless Carpentier is over
the 200-pound mark Willard believes
a fight between them would be a joke.
If, however, the public demands it,
Willard will meet him, because it will
mean more money than a inatchwith
Fulton,' which would -scarcely bring
more than $40,000 into the Willard
coffers,
"We don't consider Fultbn a real
contender at this time," said Tom
Jones, Willard's manager. "Let him
go out and lick Frank Moran and-do
it soundly and he can have a fight,"
Mitchell to Front
The handy way in which Richie
Mitchell of Milwaukee disposed of
Joe Rivers in their ten-round encoun
ter the other night stamps the Beer
City fighter ' as more than a paper
contender for the lightweight laurels.
It is probable that the way to a
battle with Welsh will be paved for
Mitchell in New Orleans, frorl which
city Promoter Dominick Tortorich
has sent him ah-offer to aooear in a
twenty-round bout with Ad Wolgast,
former champion, on New Year's day.
If Mitchell can successfully hurdle the
Cadillac Dutchman, he likelv will be
named to oppose Welsh during Mardi
Gras week in the southern city.
Welsh, it is said, has. tentatively
agreed to battle for his crown then.
Mitchell is a superlatively clever
boy with a rather indifferent punch,
but seems to be improving along the
swat line, as his bout with Rivers
demonstrated. He has marvelous
speed and skill and impressed the
ring experts who saw htm mix it with
the Mexican that he has improved
wonderfully in the last few months.
"He looks every inch a champion,"
said Jess Willard. ' , ' .
Nate Lewis, manager for Charlie
White, was enthusiastic oer. Mitch
ell, but inclined to believe a fighter
along the style of Irish Patsy Cline
of New York would be troublesome
for him. , '
"White told me Mitchell was a good
boy after he had tried for ten rounds
to hang his left hook on him," said
Lewis. "Cline, though, ought to
make things interesting (or him if
they get together. It would be a
splendid match. I predict that both
these boys will be causing havoc in
the lightweight ranks before another
year rolls around." .. .
Tom Jones After Him.
Perhaps the best indication of the
Milwaukeean's prowess is the fact
that Tom Jones, who has picked the
managership of quite a number of
headliners in his day, is angling for a
chance to pilot Mitchell. Reports are
he stands a good chance, too1.
There are prospects that Mitchell
and Joe Welling will get together in
Racine shortly. , If they do, put it
down that there is going to be one
bear of a fight in the Wisconsin town.
roof of a fashionable hotel, which has their heart's content. Those shown in
opened for the season. Society folk thepicture" are two professional skaters,
may now drop in at the hostel for after- who entertain the visitors to the ice-roof
noon tea, and, if they desire, leave the in just the same way that professional
comfortable tea table.1 pass through the performers entertain visitors to the cab
glass doors onto the
Welling is some, little championship
challenger himself.
Mitchells left hand ts uncanny in
its ability to find the mark and dam
age tt. He used it repeatedly on Riv
ers and he had the Mexican wild try
ing to get away from its' merciless
jabbing. That blow . alone would
have been sufficient" to have beaten
Rivers, to say nothing of Mitchells
right cross, with wltich he . floored
mvers lor me count oi seven m mc
fourth round after a series of left
jabs had the Mexican befuddled.
Ihere was one thing peculiar aDout
that fight Mitchell's legs seemed- to i
crumple under him when ne toon a
solid blow. Jte declared after the
fight, however, that it was because of
a slippery, floor that he, fell down in
trying -to sidestep Rivers' punches,
and not because of any effect he felt
from the blows themselves, f
Wallace Has Edge.,;
While the liEhtweights are under
discussion mention is coming to Ed
die Wallace Of Brooklyn, who was
credited by Canadian' experts with
having the edge on Freddie Welsh in
their repent set-to. t Montreal. .
'' Britt hi Africa. 1
" Do you remember Jimmy Brltt,
once the kingdom lightweight? Well,
he is doing a vaudeville act over in
South Africa and he is training for
a twenty-round contest witn rat
Clancy, .champion of that land, .so
writes Charlcv Edenberg, . former
sparring partner of Battling Nelson.
tucliDerg says ne, too, is Ruing iu
box some there, as-there , is good
money for the boxers, seeing that
most of the native pugs are m the
trenches. Reports that Britt had
joined the army apparently were not
well lounited.
White and Leonard. '
.That Charlie White-Benny Leonard
match, which has been on again and
off again so much of late, may be on
airaui before the JNew Year.
Nate Lewis, .who pilots White, is j
so eager tor a crack at Leonard mat
he virtually has decided to accent a
match for the New Amsterdam the
ater in New York. Of course, it seats
only 2,000, more or less, but Bill Gib-'
son seems to think White and Leonard-
would pack it at $20 and $30 a
throw, and Lewis is considering it. ;
'' Has Seven Bouts. ;
Christmas day will see White in
action in the first ohseven bouts for
which he has been signed. Walter
Moh'r, the Brooklyn boy, will be
his opponent. On New Year's , day
White will tackle his old rival, Harry
Donahue of Pekin, 111., at Rochester1,
NiY. . ..
For the rest of January White is
slated to start five times. Bouts with
Otto Wallace at St. Louis and Johnny
Tillman at Minneapolis and a return
meeting with Richie Mitchell at MiU
waukee are among the cards. Oppo
nents for the oher, two bouts have
not been fully decided, but one of
them probably will be in Kansas City
and the other in the east,
Kilbane la Eager.
Johnny Kilbane's ambition td knock
Freddie Welsh's crown off and thus
earn a double title himself may .be.
realized now that -they have got to
gether on the weitrht question and
agreed to meet in a terf-round go at
New York.
The promoter who grabs this fight
ought not to have any trouble coming
to terms with Kilbane. and if he can
get Welsh without pawning the fam
ily plate he ought to make little
monev out ot it.
welcome tor uarcy.
Mike Gibbons is londlv calling for
first crack atLes Darcy, if that clever ;
Australian really is on his way to
this country, bven it Mike himseit
is not making such a fuss personally,
Harry Sherman of Minneapolis, who
holds the boxing club contracts in
Minnesota and 'also is acting in a
managerial capacity for Gibbons, is
doing double duty along the ballyhoo
line.
Not only does Sherman call for the
initial battle, but he demands it as
Mike's right. i
"Mike doesn't care very much' for
the ordinary battle," said Sherman,
"but we were considering an offer to
fight in Australia, mainly with the idea
ot meeting Uarcy. it tne latter is com
ing to America so much the better
for us. Mike will be at the dock with
a 'welcome' sign when Darcy's ship
sails in."
Boost Bransfield for
, , Umps Job in National
Kitty Bransfield, for years a star
first aacker in the National league, is
being strongly touted as ready for a
chance to deliver in the capacity of
a major league umpire, i Bransfield
had a most successful season in the
International league in 1916,
ice and skate to aret-dance
FOUR FIYES STAND
OUTIHSTATE ROW
Omaha, Lincoln, Columbus and
Newman Grove Have Edge
On Early Season Dope.
OTHER TEAMS LOSE VETS
By KARL LEE.
. Visionary as the process seems at
this early moment four leaders in the
state field of basket ball stand out
Central High and Lincoln have al
most, undisputed leadership, accord
ing to the dope. Both are in the
game with three first team veterans as
well as' a corps of able seconds. Cp
lumbus 'bids fair to shine with three
men back, while the new entrant into
the "big four" Is the doughty New
man Grove ;five, which recently de
feated the 'Columbus quintet by a
score of 20 to 16,
iThe loss of star veterans has served
to hamper the championship aspira
tions oi a half dozen other teams.
Still, there is always a fighting chance
that the odds will be.turned, Schools
that liave suffered from such condt;
tious are: Beatricerete, Geneva,
Fremont, Sutton and South High.
Reports from these camps Indicate
that the new material is excellent,
however, , . ,
Ten other teams perhaps wilt claim
local if, not state-wide honors, Uni
versity Place and Commerce High of
Omaha are the foremost of these.
The Omaha five, always a fighting
machine, starts the season without a
man. missing and in splendid condi
tion. The On I prospects are still in
tlit dark, .f airmont, Nebraska Ag
gies, West Point, Norfolk, Kearney,
Wilbur, Hastings and Nebraska City
can "be touted as possible leaders. .
Pre-Toumey Scrap.
i ne pre-iournament scrap,, no mat
ter now me learns line up, win oe a
close one. With such stars as Jesse
Patty of Omaha, Lyman ; Corr of
South High, Ed Albrecht of Lincoln.
Clarence Fruiulell of Crete, Seyniore
Martin of Geneva, Clarence Newman
of Columbus, Maurice Gardiner. of
Fremont, Glen Warren of Sutton and
Alb Panck of Kearney in the contests
it is quite improbable that the Cham
pionship race wilt go stale. Atop this
fine list comes the information that
"Turk Logan, premier of guards, is
expected back from the border.
There will be plenty of points to
argue over among the teams.- For
example, the way Beatrice "watloped
its way through the state tournament
to a championship last March proved
Nebraska Challenges Kentucky
As Home of Big Breeding Farms
"She was bred in old Kentucky" is
an old-established and popular chant
and residents of the moonshine state
will insist that the only thorough
thoroughbred in the world Tfiust .be
bred on the bluegrass of Kentucky,
but the commonwealth of colonels,
Genuine and osrudo. can't cast any
slurs or aver any superiority over Ne
braska when it comes to breeding
standard bred light harpess horses.
ror while Kentucky can point witn
pcide to its Walnut Hill, its Patchen
Wilkes and its Castleton, and Ohio,
California, Indiana, Iowa and Texas
can join in the chorus, little old Ne
braska can raise a lusty lung and take
its place right along side any of them.
Nebraska has never been greatly
advertised as a state of breeding
farms, but there are several of them
in the state and they turn out trotters
and pacers that make their mark in
competition with the best of them.
The largest breeding farm in Ne
braska is owned by E. D. Gould. It is
Midway farm. located at Kearney. AIM
Midway farm is one ot the largest ot Bingen silk -id, i.VlYt,, then a year
its kind in the country and no farm ling. This colt is the son of Bingen,
caa boast of a more select band of
broodmares.
Back, in the eighties -Mr. Gould
came to Nebraska, to'f ullerton, and
gave the breeding industry its start in
this state. Shadeland Onward, 2:18,
and Woodline, 2:19, were his sires,
and from them came shell noted per
formers al Online, 2:04, who for sev
enteen years held the 4-year-old pac-,
ing championship; Belle Acton, 2:20,
who held the world's yearling- pacing
record for sixteen years and today
still holds the world s race record for
Lthat age and gait -
an awful dose to the teams that had
been touted as leaders. The Queen
City, despite the encouraging reports
that are emanating thence, will find it
mighty hard sledding when the team
enters on its outside schedufe. More
so will this be- true when Captain
Jess Patty and his purple and white
warriors hit the Beatrice trail. Crete
also has it in for the Gage county
lads, seeing that Beatrice took the
state championship from them at the
state tournament after suffering two
defeats in midseason.
Fremont After Crete.
Fremont, on the other hand, will be
afterthe Crete scalp. The opening
round ot the state tournament found
the Dodge lads competing with
Coach Squire's proteges in the closest
game of the tournamnt. ' That night
the Dodge delegation left for home
trying hard to swallow a 18 to 15 de
feat. The two teams are scheduled
to meet durirrg the season thij year.
Geneva can be counted on for a little
revenge, too. Again Beatrice is the
defending -culprit. In the second
round of the tourney last year Bea
trice defeated Coach Thieson's Jast
five by a score of 11 to 9. Geneva
has two veterans back, which would
mean that the odds, are against the
Queen City again.
What effect the dropping of many
stars from the lineups of the leading
teams will have is looked forward to
with interest Apparently South High
has the makings ol a wonderful five
with but one veteran back. Beatrice
will be compelled to fill in all but one
man, Stevens. ; Mcrwin Kyle, all
state quarterback in the last foot ball
season, has beerielected captain. '
Lincoln s nopes are not near as
bright as Central s. Captain Br an.
star center last year, has announced
that he .will leave school for good at
the close ot the present ' term.
Cypreanson and Albrecht forwards.
are the veterans who will survive.
Albrecht won't be back in school
until the opening of the second term.
Columbus has its three veterans in
Captain Newman, Weaver and Miller,
guards. Newman Grove has J. Peter-
son, forward; Johnson, guard, and
Eckstrom, center, as recruits from
the lasteam of 1915. - ,
Kid Koutsky Don't Care ;
; Who it is; He Will Fight
Kid Koutskv. Omaha bantam.
weight, is a game guy. He has gone
to Danville, III., to fight a bantam
of whom he knows nothing, not even
his name. "
Harry Thomas wrote to Paul Mur
ray of Omaha asking him to send him
a bantam to tight a Greek lad in Dan
ville, offering a guarantee of $100 and
expenses. So Murray put it up to
Koutsky and Koutsky said "sure"
without even inquiring as to whom
the Greek might be. ,
That high-class trotters and pacers
could be bred, raised and developed in
Nebraska, Mr. Gould demonstrated
beyond all doubt, and his success gave
an impetus to breeding in Nebraska
which made this state one of the most
prominent in the country.
Mr. Gould abandoned the breeding
business for several vears. but in 1914
returned to it and started his present
csiauusnmeiu ai eaney. ne- re
lieves that the demand for Nebraska
bred light horses is-going to be enor
mous because of the discovery that the
light horse is the most valuable utility
animal in existence. The European
war has taken 800,000 horses from
I America," says Mr. Gould, "and they
were practically all trotters, because
drafters cannot be used for military
TL. a : . ....
Ki pwaca. iiv rwiicriiAii (roller 15
the most popular harness horse in
Europe and when the. war is over we
will be flooded with buyers and prices
will soar."
Among the first of Mr. Gould's
I purchases was the now famous colt
2:06, who sired Uhlan, 1:58, 'the
: world s chamoion trotter, and the dam
, of Lee Axworthy, 1 :58;4, the first trot-
tinir slallirtn in rtfh J-tV
Mr. Gould bought Bingen Silk wheoT'
he was a yearling with undeveloped
speed. Gould now values Bingen Silk
at $30,000. Gould also ha Robert
Bingen, 2:11 Ji, and Judge yMaxey,
2-MX.
There are other breeding farms in
Nebraska possessing noted sires and
select brood mares and some new turf
champions are going to come from
this state in the future.
xgl v Kyi
By FRED S.
A TOUCHING LITTLE BIT
ENTITLED. "AND THE
s PUBLIC FOOTS
THE BILL."
Scene: Office of wrestling pro
moter. Time: Any day.
Cast of characters: Promoter
and two managers. ' ' '
Enter first manager: "I got a
' wrestler who is one coming baby.
Strong as a bull, gentle as a
' grandpa tiger, foxy as a fox,
t knows all the tricks, chock full of
science, game to the core, will
' fight to the last and will not lay
down to any man in the world.
I wanta get a match for this boy
with the champion. It'll make a
great match."
Promoter: "Nothin" doin'.
Enter secorid manager: "I got
a wrestler who couldn't throw a
fit. He ain't strong enough to
lift a pint of feathers, is about
as ferocious as a two-day old
squab, has about as many
brains as a concrete fence post,
don't know the difference between
a half nelson and a box car, has
streak of yellow up his back as
wide as the Amazon river, will
quit if the other guy takes a long
breath and will fake six different
ways at the same time I wanta
get a match with the champion."
Promoter: "Fine, we'll call him
the champion of Ahfganistan and
draw a 10,000 house.
Moral: What a grand time
Barnum could have were he liv
ing now. .
BY JESS WILLARD.
I love the thrills of battle,
' The excitement of the strife,
I like to be where danger lurks,
And risk both limb and life,
I love to hear the cry of charge,
And lead the chargers on,
And manufacture history,
That's told when I am gone. .
And fear to me is quite unknown.
No thought of being shot '
Occurs to me as I step in, -
I'll battle on the spot.
But I prefer that it's before
A bank roll I shall fall,
And not by bullets or by shell
Or up against a wall. ,
In other words, Mr. WillSrd
HARRY FRAZEE ONCE
BELLHOPJN PEORIA
Then Became a BiUpostqr and
Made His Money, in' the V
Theatrical Game.
WANTED TO OWN BALL CLUB
Harry Frazee, new . owner of the
Boston Red Sox, world's champion
base'iball club, got hisstart to fame
much the same as did Joseph J.
Lannin, late owner, of the club. It
was in Peoria, III., years and years
ago, that Frazee, ; as a boy, worked
in an old Peoria hotel as a bellhop.
Frazee was ' a good bellhop, and a
reputation that clings to him to this I
day was established among the
patrons.
Hopping bells in the Peoria hotel,
fiowever, didn't last very long, for
Frazee jumped his job and went over
to a billpostinfc company, where he
also became expert. His billposting
made him a habitue of local theaters,
and ambition just naturally pushed
him along until he finally landed a
job with a burlesque' company as a
"banner man," one of the billposters
who is second in advance work.
Made Money in Theatricals.
Frazee's climb to fortune started
soon after that. He saved his money
until he had enough to procure an
interest in "Maloney's Wedding Day,"
and promoted himself shortly after
ward to fame when he became con
nected with "Uncle Josh Spruceby"
and "Uncle Josh Simpkins."
further running around the coun
try, with an occasional venture in
uncertain theatrical productions, fin
ally landed him in Chicago, where he
opened a booking office and the way
to easy sailing at the same time. One
of his best known successes was
The Isle of Spice. ' Another was
The Time, the Place, and the Girl,"
Interested in Big Fights. '
It has been Frazee's ambition, he
recently declared to a Peoria friend,
to own a base ball club. He always
has been interested more or less in
sports, and was largely responsible
for the fact that Jess Willard won
the world's heavyweight championship
from Jack Johnson. He invested heav
ily in the promotion of the bout, after
ward saying he did it solely to bring
the championship back to a white
man.
Frazee also finaaced the world tour,
ot lames J. Jettries and frank botch
leveral years ago. '
Connie, Mack Banks
On Young Thrasher
-
Connie Mack is banking on a husky
youngster by the name of Thrasher
to come through with some wallops
next summer which will make the
fans at Shibe park recall the days
o Frank Baker and his big stick.
Incidentally Mack is of the belief
that in Thrasher, Mclnnes, Bodie,
Witt, Strunk and Schang he will have
six Dlavers in his lineup able to make
considerable trouble for the opposing
pitchers.
1
Dodgers Will Abandon
- Daytona for Springs
President Ebbeta of Brooklvn an
nounces that his club probably will
abandon its training site at Daytona,
Fla.,' in favor of -Hot Springs, Ark.
The Dodgers' spring jaunt north from
training quarters will include games
Kansas City, St Joseph, Mo.; Daven
port, la.; Peoria, Indianapolis, Wash
HUNTER
prefer to be shot by a 42-ent-meter
millionaire than by a 42
centimeter Krupp. . -
And the trenches that sell at
- tweijty-five bucks a seat appeal to
him- more strongly than the
trenches that pay, thirteen' a
month.
And on which preferences Mr.
Willard has no monopoly. Les
Darcy, who is now trying to
evade the recruiting officers, ap- -pears
to use the same line of reas- .
soning. ,
Tomorrow's Christmas.
Today's your last chance, boys,
to pick a quarrel with your best
girl. . ' '
Bill Shakespeare once made the re
mark, '
There's nothing in a name,
It's not the clothes that make the
man,
Nor talk that wins the game."
And yet we pause to say a word,
In reeling off this lap,
The Cuba have got a manager,
Whose name is Frederick Yapp.
If Diogenes should start out to
find an honest man in the wres
tling game, he'd have to discard
his lantern for a high-powered
searchlight-
- A guy in Brooklyn has offered
Jess Willard $30,000 to fight
Gunboat Smith. He must have a
grudge against Gunboat
Bob Fitzsimmons thinks his son
is the coming champion. It doesn't
cost anything to think and this is
a free country. Or at least it
was free until the old H. C. L.
horned in.
George Chip says he'll meet
Les Darcy at the pier when he
comes in. A bunch of pthers will
probably pass Darcy on the same
pier on their way to Australia. . ,
POEM OF JOY. -
Tomorrow will be Christmas,
And we are blithe and gay,
We won't get any presents, .
But we will sleep all day. . ,
MANY LEAGUES ARE
FORMED BY GUNMEN
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Twenty - Seven Trapshooting
Circuits Are Organized in -United
States. -
SCATTERED OVER COUNTS'?
By PETER P. CARNEY. '
In this great and, glorious country
of ours the land of the free and the
home of the brave there are twenty
seven trapshooting leagues, and the
trapshooters connected with these
organizations could be massed intq,
quite an army and trapshooters are
pretty fair shots.
However, the idea of this article
was to deal with trapshooting
leagues not with war or its pros
pects. We arc not strong for1 that
battlefield stuff. It is all right in the
movies, but not' m real life. There
are some people more or less inter
ested in "sporting events who thought
that the only sport in which there
were leagues was base ball. 1
Such is not the case, fair reader.
Trapshooting leagues arc all the
rage these days, bo back a dozen
vears and there was only one league
the misnamed Philadelphia Trap
shooters organization. Ten years
ago there were a couple and today
we have twenty-seven and additions
every year. There are no failures in
trapshooting.
In these twenty-seven trapshoot
ing' leagues there are at least 25,000
trapshooters. That is a conserva
tive estimate. The Philadelphia
Trapshooters'. league has ten clubs
in and about Philadelphia on its rolls
and a membership of more than
2,000. These leagues are to be found
all over the country from New York
to Oregon.
- Pennsylvania Leads.
Pennsylvania has more gun clubs
than any other state, and naturally
has more leagues seven. Illinois
has six. Little New Jersey has four.
The time is .coming when there will
be as many trap-shooting leagues as
there are base ball leagues. This
sounds big, and is. But an assertion
five yars ago that there would be
more than 600,000 trapshooters and
4,000 gun clubs today would have
brought a smile at that time, yet they
are here with us and the fraternity is
being augmented every day.
Here isNhe roster of the trap
shooting leagues:
Arkansas Valley Trapshooters' leamis.
Ayor-Croton-Cllnton-Leoralnater (Mass.)
league.
Berks county (Pa.) Trapshooters' league.
Central Illinois Trapshooters' league.
Central Ohio Trapshooters' learue.
Central Pennsylvania Trapsffootcrs' league.
Chicago (III.) Interurban league.
Clinton County (111.) Tfapshooters league.
Cambria . County (Pa.) Trapshooters
leaguo. .
Connecticut Trapshooters' league.
Kastorn Illinois Trapshooters' league.
Gloucester. County (N. J.) Trapshooters
league.
Intercollegiate Trapshooting assoclat'on.
Intertown (Mass.) Trapshooters' league.
lll'nots Valley Trapshooting league.
Middlesex County (N. J.) Trapshootera
league. -
Monmouth County (N. J.) Trapshsotens
association.
Northeast Kansaa Trapshooters1 league.
Northwestern (Portland, Ore.) Trapshoot
lnrlague. Philadelphia Trapshooters league. -
Rockfort - Belolt - Janesvllle-Caproa (Ilt
Federation-of Gun Clubs.
Southeaat Missouri Trapshooting leas-. '
Schuyktll County (Pa.) . Trapshooters
league.
Susequehanns (Pa.) Trapshooters' league.
The Interlake League or. Trapahootens,
Geneva. N. V.
West Jersey Trapshooting league.
Western Pennsylvania . TisiisIisiIisj
league.
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