Ban and Davy Are Hustling Like Heroes to Hold the Stage Just Now
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MOGULS MEET IN
OMAHATHIS WEEK:
Western League Owners to
Gather Thursday to Draft
Schedule for Year.
ROURKE SIGNS ONE MAN
Western league magnates will
Bather inOmaha Thursday for their
second meeting of the year in this
city.
The 1917 schedule is the issue re--ponsible
for the calling of this meet
ing by President Zehrung. Jack
Holland of St. Joseph and John Sav
age, formerly of Topeka and now
probably of Joplin. constitute the
schedule committee and they will sub
mit to their brother moguls a sched
ule for the current year. Then the
magnates will furiously fuss, fume and
fight over holiday dates, opening
dates, closing dates, and in between
dates until the nearest solution of the
problem of giving four possible July
4 dates to eight cities is discovered.
It is expected the transferal of the
Topeka franchise to Joplin will be
formally ratified, as will '.he sale of
the Isbell holdlings in Des Moines to
Tom Fairweather. No other business,
so far as is known, is due to come up.
Rourke Delays Again.
Pa Rourke will not send out any
players' contracts until after the
meeting. Pa originally was determined
to send them out the first part of
(his month, but thought lie would de
lay the move a bit so as to give the
athletes less time to throw fits about
the lack of size of figures contained
within said contracts.
No matter what Davy FulU docs
Pa has one athlete signed. He is
Johnny Watkins, the Kansas City
semi-pro Nig Pcrrine dug up for the
Omaha owner. Nig also obtained
Watkins' signature to a contract. So
tio matter how much war Davy de
clares Pa will have one athlete to rep
resent him.
No Bother to Omaha.
The new rulings of the league that
each club must carry six young play
ers will not bother Rourke. The new
rulings provides that each club must
carry at least six players who are of
I! classification or less. In the case of
inlielders or outfielders this means
players who have not played in over
thirty games in Class A or better. In
the case of catchers it is fifteen games
and in the case of pitchers ten games.
Of the players belonging to Rourke,
Pitchers Benton, Currie and Barham,
Inlielders Holderman and Watkins.
Outfielders Brokaw and Smith and
Catcher Brottem will be classified as
young players under this ruling. All
of the other Rourkes are veteran,
having seen service in Class A or
better.
Rourke has booked four exhibition
games for his charges before the sea
son opens. Two games will be played
with Kansas City and two with Mil
waukee the first part of April.
Omahans Win Large
Sums When Peters
Stays 30 Minutes
Ifumluds of iloliars, it was learned!
.'(terdii:'. changed hands on the
Sleelicr-Pclers match Friday night at
tin- Auditorium. Inquiries at various
places where the sporting gentleman
who has n propensity for risking a
little coin 'in athletic events in order
to add to h.is interest in them revealed
the fact that many large wagers had
been made uu the time it would take
Steelier to throw Peters.
Most of the bets were made on
twenty and thirty minutes. The fa
vorite bets were that Stecher would
throw Peters once in twenty minutes
or that he would throw him twice in
thirty minutes. There was also con
siderable betting on thirty minutes for
a single fall and some on forty min
utes for both falls. The betting
stopped at forty minutes.
Peters men reaped a veritable har-
a m..;,c :a i,.,.-
$1,200. Pete Loch, one report says, !
won $500, and others make the sum
even larger. Peters' brother and a
number of Papillion friends are known
to have won considerable change,
while scores of other Omahans won
sums varying from $25 to $500. Prac
tically all of those who took the
Peters end were from Omaha or
Sarpy county, while those who had
the odds on Stecher were from up
state. Two years ago a bunch of Oma
hans went to Fremont and put a lot
of money on Adolph Ernst against
Stecher. Quite a wad of Omaha
money was dropped. But the Oma
hans more than got their revenge Fri
day night.
Columbus Gun Club Is
After the Rees Trophy
The Omaha Gun club is going to
have to fight to retain possession of
the Rees trophy which it recaptured
from the Valley Gun club in a bitter
battle staged in a blizzard a few
weeks ago. The Columbus Gun club
has challenged the local marksmen
for the cup. and it is up to the
Omaha men to defend it. The shoot
will probably be held in Omaha
February 17.
Tom Leuchars
Golf Pro at Bluffs Club
Tom Leuchars, formerly assistant
to George Simpson at the Country
club, and more recently professional
it Paducah, Ky,, has been made golf
professional at the Council Bluffs
Rowing association. Leuchars is al
ready in Omaha and is beginning to
make his plans for the coming
Physical Department of
Y. M. C. A. Makes Report
The physical department committee
of the Youni Men's Christian asso
ciation will meet Tuesday evening at
5 o'clock to hear a report on the de
partment's activities. A total enroll
ment of 1,164 is now registered in
the "Y" physical department, includ
ing 500 seniors, 514 boys, and 150
boys on the South Side.
Huperior DefntH PMgmr.
KdKBr. Nri., Ft. 10. (i-DeMal.) Th
lt;i.liPt batl team or lb Superior H1h suhool
defeated th" EdaarHlffh school tftm her"
Friday night, 22 to 18. It van a fairly
liood g-amo and quite even, although the.
Superior boya nhowod hotter teamwork.
Hvlcrees: Lehman. Haperlor, Sconc, Edgar.
Cincy Sells Out
For First Game
Every reserved seat has been
sold for the opening game of the
season in Cincinnati. The Rotary
club alone took a block of 500 seats
and will be on hand with a band
of its own. Another organization of
Cincinnati business men took 300
seats, an automobile company took
160 in one block, and so it went
Oh, Cincinnati is some town on
opening day, and this will be about
the biggest it ever has had.
PLEST1NA SIGNS
FOR TWOMATGHES
Meets Sorensen Here February
22 and Fred Pilakoff
on March 8.
MAY ALSO MEET CUTLEE
Two wrestling matches to be held
in Omaha within the next six weeks
were scheduled for Marin Plcstina,
the big Omaha grappler, yesterday.
The first match will be with a
Hoosier husky named Sorenson, who
hails from Indianapolis, and stood
Joe Stecher off thirty-five minutes be
fore the Dodge phenom could pin
his shoulders to the mat. This match
will be held February 22, probably
at the Brandcis theater.
The second match will be with
Fred Pilakoff; the giant Cossack, on
March 8, at one of the local show
shops.
Neither Sorenson or Pilakoff have
wrestled in the west before, but both
are widely heraled as first-class men.
Sorensen first gained fame by hold
ing Stecher off the thirty-five minutes
before he finally succumbed to the
scissors. That was over a year ago
and Sorenson is said to be a much
improved wrestler now. He weighs
over 200 pounds.
Pilakoff is from Brooklyn. He is
described as the most perfect man
physically now engaged in athletics
in America. He is six feet four
inches tall and weighs 246. lie is
said to be as fast as lighning and
stronger than a weight lifter.
Taylor Or Butler.
A couple of weeks ago Plestina
was matched with Charlie Cutler of
Chicago, but now he gets word from
Cutler that the Chicago man intends
to wrestle Jack Taylor at Lincoln,
February 22. So Plestina has an
nounced he- will challenge the win
ner of that clash for a match in
Omaha. Cutler says he will wrestle
the Omaha man after the Lincoln
go and Taylor, who is now living in
Lincoln and is under the manage
ment of Ray Page, it is believed will
take a chance with anybody, even as
tough a bird as Plestina. Thus it is
accepted that Plestina's challenge of
the winner will be answered by
either grappler, so that Omaha will
see Marin in a third go a couple of
weeks after his tangle with Pilakoff.
Plestina also has an outstanding
challenge to Earl Caddoek, which
Caddock might accent, which would
make a fourth bout with Plestina, one
of the principals.
Another match prospective for
Omaha is one between John Pesek.
the Buffalo county mat marvel, and
Jim Londos, who wrestled such a
thrilling twenty-minute preliminary
before the Stecher-Peters go Friday
night.
Hastings Has Cash. .
Al Hastings, manager of Londos,
yesterday put up $1,000 cash that his
man could beat Pesek in a finish go.
Mart Slattery, Pcsek's manager, was
interviewed, but Slattery said he
didn't care to talk wrestling at that
time. Hastings waved his $1,000 in
the air and offered to pit his man
against Pesek anytime, any place,
with any referee, under any condi
tions, for anv amount of money from
$1,000 to $2,500. Slattery said he
could not talk business for six weeks
yet and Hastings told him any time
Pesek was ready to put up some
money and it would be rovered-
Londos is a green, Silver Creek
blacksmith Hastings picked up a
while ago and has had him train
ing under Farmer Burns. He weighs
several pounds less than Pesek, but
he's a rough and ready mixer. Wrest
ling experts declare he is a coming
phenom. Londos and Pesek wrestled
twenty minutes without a fall Friday
night.
Caddock Is Next.
Gossip was current yesterday in
wrestling circles that Joe Stecher and
Earl Caddock would be matched to
wrestle in Omaha in about six weeks.
Gene Melady, it is said, intends to
promote the bout.
This match has been in the making
for sometime. The time is believed
to be ripe for the bout now, as the
Stecher-Peters match Friday might
put the wrestling game back on its
feet in Omaha. Stecher goes to the
Pacific coast for a bout with Adolph
Ernst, who is now wrestling under
the monicker of Ad Santel, February
22, and it is said he will return to
Nebraska immediately afterward for
the tangle with Caddock.
Jack Reynolds to Meet
Clyde Ross at Falls City
Jack Reynolds, Omaha's crack wel
terweight wrestler, will invade Falls
City Thursday night for a finish clash
at that point with Clyde Ross, who
hails from Junction City, Kan. Ross
is reported to be a tough customer,
but Omaha fans are confident Reyn
olds will bring home the bacon.
Farmer Burns will referee the tangle.
This Athlete Prefers
Minors to Big League
Fred McMullin hasn't been a hold
out exactly on the White Sox, it is
stated. He sought a transfer to Los
Angeles because of his desire to play
close to home. He has a young
wife and baby and they are the influ
ences that led him to seek a return
to the minors.
Srhajler Wlm Hard Oamr.
Schuyler. Nfb.. Fh. 10. (Special Telc
ffram.) Mchurlcr won again tn a hard ramtt
with Albion. 36 to 12. Schuyler hai won
even out of eight gajnoa.
TEIIS CLUB FOR .
OMAHAISPLANNED
Local Eacquet Weilders Want
Club Exclusively for the
Court Game.
WOULD HOLD TOUENEYS
A club to be formed exclusively
for the promulgation of tennis, with
a view to making Omaha the tourna
ment city of the Missouri valley, is
to be organized this spring by local .
devotees of the racquet game, it i ,
enough local players with sufficient i
enthusiasm can be found to start the
ball rolling. i "
A few years ago tennis ".as
leading amateur sport in Omaha. The!
Field club annually held a big tounia-'
ment, including such well known j
events as the Midwest and the Na-j
tional Clay Court tournaments. Km 1
tennis has deteriorated in Omaha the
last three years and the nearest thing i
to a tournament has been the city 1
event. Many tennis players have '
turned to golf for their recreation
and the field game has advanced in
leaps and hounds, while tennis ha?
staged a perceptible retreat.
And those racquet wielders who
refuse to discard their old loc for
the slower sport intend to make a
determined effort to bring tennis back
to its former high standard and wide
I popularity.
All Endorse Plan.
I The sentiment of the local players
j has been sounded out and practically
I all of them have endorsed the scheme.
The plan is to incorporate at least,
a $5,000 club. If money is easily
raised and memberships easily ob
tained the ante may be advanced. A
location not too far out in the city
will be secured and a, temporary club
house of sufficient sire to contain
locker anil dressing rooms and shower
baths and the like erected until the
size of the club justifies more pre
tentious fuarters.
Half a dozen clay courts would be
installed right away in such position
that additional courts could be
mapped out as the club grows.
If plans for this exclusively ten
nis club materialize a campaign to
bring at least three tournaments a
year to Omaha will be started. Kan
sas City held half a dozen tourna
ments last year and all were big suc
cesses. Omaha didn't have a tourna
ment and its players had to invade for
eign fields. Will Adams, for instance,
captured the Iowa state championship
at Des Moines and Ralph Powell won
the interstate title at Sioux City. With
such players as Adams and Powell
in the field Omaha need not fear to
lock horns with the other cities of
the Missouri valley, and if these two
local youngsters were given more op
portunity to play real tennis sharks,
such as would be attracted to this
city if tourneys were held here, ten
nis followers are confident they
would become among the very best
in the country and fast enough for
any kind of competition.
Many Tennis Clubs.
Omaha is the hub of a network
of tennis clubs. Scores of cities of
close proximity to Omaha boast ten
nis clubs, and they would all send
representatives to local tournaments.
When the suggestion of forming a
local tennis club was made to local
cracks theiy heartily endorsed the
idea. Even Harry Koch, former state
champ, w'ho has turned to golf, got
so excited he began to swing the
golf club he carried in his hand like
he would the old fat-gut racquet. Art
Scribner became enthusiastic when it
was mentioned. Joe Adams, Will
Adams, Ralph Powell. Cleary Han
nighen, Sam Caldwell, Spike Kennedy,
Johnny Madden, Con Young, Ned
Aitchison, John Rayley, Clarke Pow
ell, Herb Kohn. Mosier Colpetzer and
many other well known local tennis
sharks have put their O. K. on the
proposed new club and it is believed
an organization will be effected before
the summer season opens.
Curley Says Jess
Will Meet Fulton;
Jones Says "Nix"
.New Wk. Feb. 10. -J
who is associated with'Tc
10.--Jack Curlev.
lorn Jones in
the management of less Willard
world's heavyweight champion pugi
list, today confirmed the announce
ment from Albany that a ten-round
boxing bout between Willard and
Fred Fulton had been arranged for
March 26 at Madison Square Garden.
The announcement from Albany
said that the Willard-Fulton bout was
conditional on Fulton's winning from
Charley W'einert in their bout next
Monday night.
Chicago, Feb. 10. Jess Willard as
serted here today that the announce
ment that he had been matched with
Fred Fulton for a ten-round bout in
New York on March 26 was news to
him. Willard added, however, that he
understood such a match was a possi
bility, but he had not been informed
that it was a certainty.
Tom Jones, Willard's manager, re
iterated his statement last night in
which he said that Willard would not
meet Fulton or any other fighter in
New York on March 26.
Nebraska Wrestling Champ
Won Title 30 Years Ago Today
Just thirty years ago today a
wrestling match for the champion
ship of the world was staged in
Omaha.
Thirty years ago Graeco-Roman
was the recognized style of wrestling.
The catch-as-catch-can style, preva
lent in these modern days, was then
considered to be rough-and-tumble
grappling, permissible in a barroom,
but not in a ring.
Charles Moth was the champion
Graeco-Roman wrestler of the world.
He wandered out to Omaha in search
of a little easy money. Upon his ar
rival here he presented himself to a
number of local sport enthusiasts and
invited them to find an opponent for
him. They agreed and the match was
arranged.
Moth did not know who his op
ponent would be. Neither did the pub
SPORTS SECTION of
The Omaha
Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1917.
Why Alexander Holds Out The Salaries of Others
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Why Grover Alexander is holding out
is puzzling President Baker of the Phillies.
President Baker thinks that $8,000 is sal
ary enough, but Alexander doesn't agree
with him, especially in view of the pay en
velopes drawn by some of the base ball
stars shown herewith.
Grover Alexander thinks he ought to
receive at least $15,000. President Baker
MANY NEW RACING
CARSARE BUILT
Fred Duesenberg Said to Be
Constructing Fifteen Mo
. tors On Orders.
HUDSON IS BUILDING FIVE
That at least a score of brand new
racing automobiles will campaign the
American speedways this year is the
gist of joyful tidings for speed enthu
siasts brought to Omaha by Phil Mc
Shane, director of contests of the
Omaha speedway. McShane picked up
his information while in Chicago at
tending the annual banquet of the Chi
cago Auto club.
Fred Duesenberg is building the
largest number of cars. It is said
Duesenberg is constructing fifteen
racing motors and cars on orders.
These are all said to be of the latest
sixteen-valve type, capable of a speed
of well over 100 miles an hour.
The Hudson company is laying the
foundation for one of the most ex
tensive racing campaigns ever at
tempted by an American factory. Five
cars, it is said, and twelve motors are
in the course of construction. Arthur
Hill, who in 1915 and 1916 was mana
ger of Dario Resta. and, as a member
of the Peugeot Importing company
was one of the owners of Dario's
mount, has been made contest director
and will have charge of the Hudson
campaign. Ralph Mulford and Ira
Vail, yho drove Hudsons last year,
have been re-engaged to drive this
year. Three other drivers, one of
whom it is expected will be A. H. Pat
terson, will be signed.
It is said the twelve new Hudson
motors are much faster than those
campaigned last year and the wise
ones declare this decision of the Hud
son people to conduct such an ex
tensive racing campaign means they
have built a motor which will hit
around the 1 10 mark.
Hoosiers are Busy.
Three new cars are being built by
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lic. Moth's foe was advertised as an
"unknown." When the night of the
match came, just thirty years ago this
evening, Moth's opponent was identi
fied as Adolph Boyce, an Omaha
photographer. Moth thought he would
win in a walk. Boyce was really an
Omaha photographer, not a ringer,
and it looked pretty soft for the
champ.
But Boyce upset all the dope and
pinned Moth's shoulders to the mat
and won the world's championship.
The Omaha sports collected a lot of
coin, too.
George Barnes was referee of the
match. Jack Prince, who used to pro
mole bicycle races in the Coliseum
and recently built the Omaha auto
speedway, was the timekeeper.
So Joe Stecher isn't the first
wrestling champion of whom Ne
braska could boast.
Seventy-Five Nags
Entered for the
Kentucky Derby
Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 10. Entries to
the forty-third Kentucky derby, the
feature of the spring meeting at
Churchill Downs Park. Louisville,
made public today, number seventy
five, which is in excess of any re
cent previous year. The stake is for
3-year-olds, at a distance of one mile
and a quarter, and carries an added
money value of $15,000. It probably
will be the richest turf prize of the
season.
The nominators embrace represen
tative stable owners of the country.
A. K. Macomber leads the list with
seven, of which five are imported.
Corrigan and McKinney. Billins and
Johnson and John W. Schoor, have
five each. Harry Payne Whitney has
four, and James R. Butler and W. R.
Coe. three entries each.
The list embraces practically all of
the crack 2-year-olds of last year.
Twenty-five arr foreign-born and in
clude such horses as North Star III,
Jack Mount, Hollistcr and Mar
Kbayyama. Four have raced in the
United States. Their presence will
give the contest an international
flavor, and according to horsemen,
will make the outcome more uncer
tain than it has been for several years.
Among the American-bred horses are
John W. Schoor's Harry Kelly, last
year's undisputed champion, 2-year-old,
old Kentucky; J. O. Whitlow's
Westy Hogan, and James Mutler's
Ivory Black. Other widely known
probable contenders are Green Jones,
Acabado, Bufford. Starmaster, Ticket,
Midawy, Koh-I-Nor, Kudgcl, Bell
Ringer, Rickety and Berlin.
Rowdy Elliott Signs
Contract With.Cubs
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 10. Harold
(Rowdy) Flliott has come to terms
with the Chicago Nationals, it was an
nounced today, following receipt of a
second contract calling for ui increase
in salary. The amount was not made
public. Elliott said today he expected
to join the Cubs in Pasadena, Cal., to
take part in the spring training. El
liott joined the Chicago Cubs late last
season, formerally having been a
catcher with the Oakland team of the
Pacific Coast league.
Winston Wins Squash
Tourney for Second Time
New York, Feb. 10. Erie S. Win
ston of the Harvard club defeated his
clubmate, Anderson Dana in three
straight games in the final round of
the National Squash Tennis associ
ation tournament at the Yale club
here today. When Winston won the
title last year, Dana was the other
finalist and by today's victory Winston
obtained permanent possession of the
championship trophy. The scores
were 18-14, 15-6. 15-8.
Michigan Students to
Organize Boxing Club
Students of the University of Michi
gan have formed a boxing club. They
hope to have several exhibition con
tests this winter, under university
supervision.
protests both a lack of desire to pay such
a sum for Alexander's services and a lack
of funds.
Here is what some of the other play
ers get:
"Home Run" Frank Baker $ 9,000
Walter Johnson 12,500
Tris Speaker 15,000
Ty Cobb 20,000
OMAHA SEALS BOLD
APTICTOORNEY
First Monthly Swimming: Tour
nament to Be Held at T. M.
0. A. Thursday.
FANCY STUNTS PLANNED
The Omaha Seals, an organization
of local aquatic sharks, will hold its
first monthly swimming meet at the
Young Men's Christian association
natatorium Thursday evening at 8
o'clock.
The feature of the meet will be a
forty-yard swim, which is to be the
first of a series of four championship
events for the all-around swimming
championship of Omaha. Entered in
this event are Swede Anderson, Ne
braska state champion; Lloyd Neff,
formerly of the Chicago Athletic club
swimming team; Hart Jenks, E. E.
Benson and other local cracks.
There will also be a twenty-two-yard
swim, forty-yard back stroke
swim and a plunge for distance, all
events to he run in three classes,
namely, championship, secondary and
novice. This system of classification
was originated by Pete Wendell,
coach of the Seals, who is in charge
of the meet.
Among the swimmers entered in
the various events are Raymond Tal
bot, E. P. Woodcock, E. T. Noel,
Basil Cummins, Jack Yates, Douglas
Melcher, E. H. Eiberger. R. J. Bru
ner, Eugene Field, C. W. Wolfe, C. H.
Gustason and Bill Bechtel.
Some novelty stunts will also be
held. Coach Wendell has originated
some stunts which are said to be
great "laugh getters." Douglas Melch
er, Neptune's clown, will be be on
hand with his trained "Funiduk." A
water tug-of-war will also be held,
and the diving team will perform
some thrillers.
Jake Isaacson, recreation director,
will referee; Gus Miller will be start
er, Arthur Palmer will be announcer
and M. J. Hedetund clerk of course.
Judges and timers will consist of Carl
Weigle, George Whitmore, F. H. Gar
vin and John Hedelund.
Gun Club Raising Fund
To Pay Off Indebtedness
To raise funds to cover an indebt
edness of $1,400, the Omaha Gun club
has divided the membership into two
calsses, namely, nonparticipating
memberships of $5, thesum of the
regular dues and participating mem
berships of $20. When t(je club sells
enough participating memberships to
cover the indebtedness, the excess,
which is $15, will be returned with in
terest just as soon as there is enough
money in the treasury to do so. Over
thirty marksmen have taken out par
ticipating memberships, so it is be
lieved the indebtedness will soon be
liquidated.
Church League Managers
Will Meet Monday Night
A meeting of the managers of
Church league basket ball teams will
be held at the Young Men's Chris
tian association Monday night at 7:30.
Some eligibility squabbles are sched
uled to come before the meeting.
HUSKER FLIPPERS
TO JODRNET SOUTH
Dr. Stewart Has High Hopes of
Annexing a Basket Ball
Championship.
OTHER SPORT ACTIVITIES
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Nebraska's chances for a Missouri
Valley conference basket ball cham
pionship will be largely determined
next week when the Huskers invade
the Jayhawker state for a string of
four games two against the Kansas
Aggies at Manhattan and two against
the Jayhawkers at Lawrence.
Both the Kansas Aggies and the
University of Kansas squads are lead
ers in Missouri Valley conference
basket ball. The two Kansas teams
split even in their games. The Aggies
will be played at Manhattan, Febru
ary 14 and 15, and the Jayhawkers
at Lawrence, February 16. and 17.
Nebraska's live has been coming
on fast during the last three weeks
and Dr. Stewart is hopeful of annex
ing a basket ball championship. The
loss of Jimmy Gardiner, who left to
attend school at Cornell, seriously
handicapped the squad for a few
days, since Gardiner developed into
the most sensational guard seen on
Nebraska floor. The Nebraska men
tor has made several shifts and be
lieves he will be able to fill the place.
Should the Huskers win the majority
of games on the southern trip, they
will come back in a position to
seriously contest the claims of any of
the Missouri Valley schools.
Wrestling Tourney.
Under the tutelege of Assistlnt
Coach Dick Rutherford, the mat game
has gained a tremendous foothold at
Nebraska. Rutherford this week gave
notice of an interclass wrestling
tournament. Tryouts for the tourna
ment to pick class representatives
will be held February 12. 13 and 14,
and the finals will be staged February
22, 23 and 24. All of the classes at
the university have shown a lot of
interest and the wrestling squad num
bers over fifty.
Final tryouts for the varsity wrest
ling team are to be held February 15,
1o and 17. The team will be made up
of six men for the" following classes:
Featherweight, 125 pounds; light
weight, 135 pounds; welterweight, 145
pounds; middleweight, 158 pounds:
light heavyweight, 175 pounds, heavy
weight, over 175 pounds.
Captain Only Veteran.
Rutherford says the outlook for a
strong varsity squad is not so bright
with Captain Otouaplik the only vet
eran on the squad. Otoupalik will be
able to take care of the light heavy
weight class in good shape, and Bryan,
a promising wrestler last year, has
just returned from the border to enter
school. Bryan, who is a lightweight,
with Kelly, an Omaha High school
boy, are the most promising men lor
the lightweight division. In the mid
dleweight, Fuchs is a good man, while
Scott and Burgess are also doing good
work in the light heavyweight. In
the heavyweight class Dale and Ma
loney are the best
The Huskers have wrestling tourn
aments with Ames and Iowa the
Ames meet coming during the high
school basket ball tournament
In addition to his wrestling squad,
Rutherford has also organized a big
swimming class at the university.
Through an arrangement with the city
Young Men's Christian association
permission has been given for the nse
of the association pool, and swimming
promises to develop into one of the
popular sports. Rutherford is an ex
pert swimmer and served as a mem
ber of the coast guards while at San
Diego last summer.
Track Squad Busy.
Coach Reed of the track squad has
been keeping his men busy in spite
of the cold, with most of the work
outdoors. Reed yesterday received an
invitation from the Kansas City Ath
letic club to send a team to the big
indoor meet at Kansas City, which is
to be held March 3. The Kansas Citv
meet is one of the biggest in the
country and will bring together ath
letes from all sections of the coun
try. All of the Missouri Valley con
ference schools have men entered, a
large number of high school athletes
will take part, and some of the east
ern and Big Nine conference mem
bers will have their crack track men.
Reed will send a team of eight or ten
men. It will be the first meet of the
season and will give the Husker coach
a line on his material.
Reed and Director Stewart are busv
gathering up the loose ends before
inaugurating base ball practice. It will
probably be several weeks before
Coach Stewart attempts to get the
base ball men together.
Basket Ball Tourney.
There are now 148 high schools in
Nebraska which have indicated' their
intention of taking part in the big
high school basket ball tournament
to be held under the auspices of the
state university, March 8, 9, 10 and
II. Reed has sent out notices to all
of the schools requesting that formal
entries and records of the teams be in
by not later than February 20. Actual
closing of the entry list, however,
does not take place until February 26.
There will be no attempt to classify
the teams until the judges and officials
get together the week of the tourn
ament. Reed is especially anxious
that every entrant remember the
team's record must be enclosed along
with for formal request for entry.
Omaha Volley Ball Team
Enters State Tournament
Omaha will be represented at the
first annual state volley ball tourna
ment which will be held at York,
starting Thursday. The paper men
and printers' team of the Young Men's
Christian association will be the Gate
City representatives, and according to
local followers of the game, have an
excellent chance to cop the state title.
In addition, Omaha volley ball teams
have scheduled conflicts with Council
Bluffs and Fremont snnarf.
and next
Omaha Gun Club Holds
Another Hercules Shoot
Unless the weather turns suddenly
severe the Omaha Gun club will hold
another Hercules trophy shoot to
day. The event starts at 1 o'clock,
will be of twenty-five targets and is
open to all shooters.
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