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2-S THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 22, 1917. COURAGE IS THE BIG ASSET IN THE RING Fulton Had the Wallop, He Tell Down on the Nerve. Bat INSTANCES ARE MANY LEADERS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING CLUB AT Y. M. C. A. First in every branch of sport. Back row: Left to right, Ralph Raney, R. C. Furois, Stevenson, W. A. Kearns, athletic director; L. G. Griffith, Verne Moore, George Whitmore. Second row: Left to right, H. D. Frankfurt, C. E. Seeley, Carl Weigel, L. W.Charlesworth, E. Woodcock, J. W. Colton, associate director; J. B. McLean. Bottom row: Left to right, Glen Smith, N. M. Brown, R. H. Hager, associate director; L. D. Erion, C. C. Hughes. New York, April 21. The wallop is a big asset in the ring, but courage is even more necessary. Many fight ers have gained prominence by means of their unusual hitting ability, but very few of those who lacked cour age have been able to sain s title. Fred Fulton, who quit to Carl Mor ris recently, is only one ot many who lacked the determination necessary to make their other good qualities count. Fulton has many advantages in his favor. He has great speed and the most wicked left hand of any fighter to come to the front during the last few years. He is also a good boxer as long as his nerve if not shaken, but when called upon to tight an up hill battle he forgets everything he has learned. Al Reich is another who might have been a champion if he had been gifted with a fighting heart. Reich is more symmetrically built than Ful ton. He has the thick neck and heavy jaw of the born pugilist, and in his case there seems to be no physical reason why he is not able to with stand punishment. Naturally grace ful in action, he cannot help being s good boxer, and his hitting ability is second to none. Yet with all these ad vantages Reich is the rankest kind of a failure, simply because he lacks the fighting spirit. Bombadier Wells is another re markably Rood boxer and exception ally fine hitter who has failed to make good for reasons that are mental rather than physical. Althouah by no means rugged, Wells possesses so much boxing skill that tew ot the aecond-raters now performing; would be able to lsy a glove on him if it were not for the fact that his nerves go all to pieces the moment he en ters the ring. Charley White, the Chicago light weight, undoubtedly would be light weight champion today if he pos sessed as much determination as the average preliminary scrapper. Once when Willie Ritchie held the title White floored him in the first round with one of his famous left hooks to the jaw. Ritchie was barely able to arise at tne count ot nine and then stood swaying on shaking legs, while the crowd yelled for White to land the blow that would bring him the title. But Ritchie was thoroughly game, and White was afraid to press his advantage for fear of running into a chance blow, and so lost his chance. White had a second chance to win the honors last Labor day when he met Freddie Welsh over the twenty round distance at Denver. Although by far the younger of the two and in better condition, .White waa so afraid of becoming tired that he al lowed Welsh to stall through safely. During the progress of the bout prac tically everyone at the ringside thought that White could acore a knockout by pressing the attack with all his might, but the idea never seemed to occur to White. He was the one man who would profit great' ly u me title cnangea hands, and yet he preferred to play safe, al though Welsh's blows were not hard enough to hurt a child. Billy Papke might have been a great champion if he had possessed IHf the courage of Stanley Ketchel, his closest rival. Papke actually did win the middleweight title from Ketchel. although he did not keep it long. These men fought four times and all were hard battles. Ketchel was built to order for Papke, who would have won each time if Ketchel had not outgamed him. Bv hia nut. ness alone Ketchel captured the hon ors in weir first bout, which went the lull ten rounds. The second went to Papke on a knockout, Papke land ing a terrinc Blow between the eyes that blinded Ketchel before the lat ter s gameness had i chance to count in his tavor. A few months later Kt-hl tnnnt Papke in turn. A year later they met again. Ketchel was in poor form and Papke .should have won hands down, but he allowed himself to hr bluffed out of the decision by the lion hearted Ketchel; who waa ao weak that he could hardly stand, while Papke was strong, but afraid to mix. Sailor Burke waa a terrific hittrr who might have gone far had he pos sessed a stouter heart Burke was do ing welt until he was outgamed by .Willie Lewis in one of the hardest tought battles ever seen in New York. dwk never snowed mucn spirit in Ins bouts after that and soon dropped uui 01 sigm. Cyrus Will Soon i Tire of Arizona Loop, Mates Aver That Cy Forsythe will soon get sick of his bargain in jumping to Ray, Aria., is the verdict of the Omaha and JJenver players. Hank Butcher, Denver left fielder, played two days in the Copper league last fall and then took the back door out "My sympathies to Cyrus," laughed Hank, when informed of For syte's leap. A job in the winter at five bucks a day ia the tempting bait held out by the Arizona copper magnates to in duce athletes to desert organised ball. They offer summer salaries about equal to those paid in organized ball and then tack on the winter induce ment. It's the latter that gets them. When the jumping athlete arrives in Arizona, though, he discovers that all may not be so well. He not only . has to play a couple of ball gamea a week, but he has to work in the mines, too. And he can't return to or ganized ball without the permission of the club whose contract ho hrnL. . The Rourkes are laying 8 to 5 that Cyrus pleads forgiveness inside of - tnirry aays. Lee Fohl Expects Wambv To Shine at Second Base Bill Wambsganss, or Wamby for short is one player on whom the Clevelands are banking heavily. He will be the regular second baseman of the Indians this year. Manager fohl decided this imnortant oomt last fall and he has decided to stand pat V', : f j 7 If r " k ViaalgLaasat' . VsSS ' 1 7 L H ' VD I i m tMJ mm TENNIS DOOMED TO SUFFER AN ECLIPSE Officers of National Associa tion Favor Calling Tour nament Off. SPANISH WAS WAS AN AID New York, April 14. There has been considerable discussion as to what effect war will have on sports during the last few days without much regard to the particular branch ot athletic pastime in which those at tempting to cast light on the problem have been interested. A careful and ju dicious estimate of the trend of the arguments undisputably establishes the tact that.it is the opinion ot a :ood hetty majority that sports win ie compelled to suffer an almost total eclipse during the approaching out-of-doors season. Many of the governing organizationa have followed the course ot the United states national Lawn Tennis association in voting to cancel all championship and tourna ment competitions in the eventuality of this nation entering into hostilities with others. 1 Furthermore, the officers of the Na tional association, so far as lawn ten nis is concerned, have moved a step further in requesting its members throughout the country to urge upon their representatives in congress the need and desirability ot voting in favor of the universal compulsory military service bill. Even a move be yond til is surprising action, and it is obviously a moot question as to whether or not the executives of the Lawn lennis association have not Standing of Teams WEST. LEAGUE-. NATL. LIAOUB. W. L. Pot.l W. L. Pet Denysr ....I 1 .lltntaw Tork....S I .100 81. Joph..S t .e7IBoton S 4.100 Joplln 1 0 1.000'St. Louis ...7 S .700 mom City.. I 1 .loo Chicago ....I ,oo Lincoln ..-..I 1 ,600 Cincinnati ...B S .411 Oman ....1 I .131 Philadelphia .1 S .176 Dea Moines. 1 I .111 Pittsburgh .1 I .171 Wichita ...1 S .S60Brooklyn ....I S .160 AMER. LEAOim j AMKR. ASSN. yr. l. pot. Rhleago .. ..I S .771 Hoitim S I .760 New Tork... I .671 Cleveland ...4 I .441 Loul 4 6 .446 Waihlnston .1 6 .176 Detroit ..... ,S S .116 Philadelphia I .111 W. L. Pot Indianapolis I I .811 Kaneaa City .1 I .714 Loulavlllt ...T S .700 Milwaukee Minneapolis ICotumbus , Toledo . . . , SI. Paul.., ..I 1 .1 S ..4 7 S . -J .000 Camas Today far exceeded their authority, they offi cially urge lawn tennis players throughout the country to enlist tor one of the military training camps this summer. Those who have studied the announcements of the lawn tennis body see nothing else on Us fact that there is slight chance of an active season in prospect on the American courts. . Those who have delved into the records of the last time that this na tion waa at war, the time of the Spanish-American atruggle, find that the sport actually benefited rnther than suffered because of hostilities. It ta an interesting commentary and answers the questions. If the usual rank and file of tournament cam paigners are engaged in military duty who will be left to compete? It is clearly ahown that in 1893. when so many of the young players enlisted for service in Cuba, that there was a sufficient number of stay-at-homes, the term of "slacker" had not been invented at that time, to make a very respectable series oi tournaments and championships. As the highly illumi nating account of the achievements of lays stands and reads war provided the foundation upon which Malcolm Whitman reared hia fame and skill as a lawn tennis player. Dwight . Davis, the donor of the world famous international challenge bowl, caught the first breath of championship aspirationa while the nation was ac tively hostile toward Spain. Edwin P. Fischer and the late Leonard E. Ware, then one of the younger and most promising players at Harvard, likewise firmly established their repu tations on the court in a year and season when martial, thinga most oc cupied the attention ol the nation. General Wood Is Staunch Believer In All-Round Sports New York, April 21. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood when asked about the value of athletics in connection with national preparedness the other day at Governor'a island said, "Get into the game." "Athletic training," said the general, "is naturally a part of military train ing and they go hand in hand. Sound military training involves systematic, careful athletic work, work which tends to turn out's well-balanced physical man; one capable of standing the hard strains of military service." General Wood favors all-round snorts, such aa runnintr. walking:. weight throwing, swimming, base ball and foot ball. The general does not consider our schools cover sports as fully as they might, and said valuable as our sports are now to those who engage in them, they are lacking to the extent that they tend ot turn out comparatively few trained athletes, Weetern League Omaha at Wtohlta. Sioux City at Joplln. Daa Moines at Denver, Lincoln at St. Joaeph. National Leasue Chicago at Clnolnnatt, 'Ittibursh at St. Louie. American Leasue St. Louis at Chicago, Detroit at Cleveland. American Aasoclatlon Indlanapolli at Co lumbua. Loulavlllle at Toledo, Milwaukee at Minneapolis, Kaneaa City at St. Paul. Yesterday's Heanlte. WESTERN LBAOIJII. Omaha, 7; Wichita, I. aious City, S; Joplln, It. Dea Molnea, 10; Denver, S. Lincoln, i; St. Joaeph, 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boaton, 0; New York, I. Brooklyn. 4; Philadelphia, 1. Chicago, 1: Plttaburgh, 1. Cincinnati, I; St. Loula, I. AMERICAN LEAOVB. St. Loula, S; Chicago, I. Detroit, 6: Cleveland, 4. Waehlnston, 11; Philadelphia, 1. Boaton, S; New York. 4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Indlanapolla, S; Columbus, 0. Loulavtlle, 7; Toledo, 1. Milwaukee, 4; Minneapolis, I, Kansas City. I; at. Paul, 1. Harvard Adopts System Of Informal "War Sports" New York, April 21. Harvard will ?;o in for a system of informal ath etics. which will take the place of the intercollegiate contests, aban doned as .. result of war. The crew, track and base ball coaches will be retained and will turn their hands to such things as may be done. Not at alt an uncertain nrosnect is the or ganization of teams representing Har vard's joint military units. In a ten tative way s Harvard authority sug gests to one of the Princeton authori ties recently that it might be possible for the arrangement of intercollegiate, or say, rather, intermilitary, gamea on this basis. Southern Aieofllatlon. Memphle, 0; Naehvllle, 1. Little Rock, I; Chattanoogk, i. 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AB.H.O.A.E. ailmore.lt t 1 I 0 ODevore.lf 110 0 0 Coor.or.lb 4 111 0C'rhr'n,3b I 1 1 I 1 C'nol'y.lb Sill ODalton.cr ( I I 0 0 Wat.on.rf 10 10 lHunter.lb 4 1 7 I 010 0 OHoran.rr 4 11 10 0 1 0I,dm'r'e,as 111 4 110 ORoche.lb 10 1 4 14 1 lColline.c 4 14 1 0 0 0 OSmllh.p 10 1 O'MOr'nr 0 0 0 Meta.p Rader.aa Henry.ct Croaby.e Oaepar,p Miller Kelly.p 0 0 1 0 1 OMapel.p Totals. .11 114 S 1 Totale. .IS 16 17 14 1 Batted for Oaapar In fifth. Batted for Smith In elxth. Sioux City 00100100 0 I Joplln 1S0S1104 II Two-baee ntte: Collins, Devore, Dalton. Three-base hlta: Horan, Collins, Devore, Oil more. Home runs: Cochran (2). Sacrifice hit: Horan. Sacrifice flya: Cochran, Roche, Mets. Stolen baeea: Dalton (1). Double play: Llndamore to Roche. Hits and earned rune: Off Gaspar, I and 4 In four Innlnge; off Kelly, 10 and 7 In four Innings; off Smith, S and I In six Innings; off Mapel, 1 and S In three Innlnge. Baaes on balls: Off Oaapar. 1; off Kelly, 1: off Smith, 4: off Mapel, 1. Struck out: By 8mlth, 1; by Ma pel, 1; by Oaapar, 1; by Kelly 1. Left on baaeo: Joplln, S; Sloua City, S. First base on errors: Joplln, 1; Bloux City, 1. Time: Two hours. Umpires: Flllman and Shannon. Tigers Overcome Indians By Score of Five to Four Cleveland, O, April 21. Detroit de feated Cleveland S to 4 today as a result of Cleveland's poor work in the field in the first inning, when Roth turned Veach's pop fly into a three base hit and Bagby's lack of effective ness in the seventh, when, after two were out, three hits produced two runs. Score: CLEVELAND. DETROIT. Alliaon.rf chpmn.ss Speakr.cf WmgH.lb QulKto.lb Hoi h. If Evans, lb Turner.lb O'Neill, o Oould.p Smith.p Kavngh Miller AB.R.O.A.K. 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 2 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OBush.as lYoung,2b OCobb.rf OVeach.lf OHellmn.cf lCrwfd.lb 1 Spencr.o CStanage.o 1 Jones.p OCungm.p 0Nch!son 0 Totals. .31 127 14 AB.H.O.A.E. 6 116 1 4 1111 1110 1 4 18 0 1 o i o a 1 11 0 0 111) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals. .30 117 16 1 Batted for Evans In seventh. Batted for BaKby In eighth. Ran for Spencer In ninth. Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06 Cleveland 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I Two-base hit: Cobb. Three-base hits: Oulsto. Veach. Stolen bases: Allison, Roth. Double play: Bagby to WRmsganss to Chapman to Guisto. Bases on baits: Off BaKby, 2; off Jones. 1; off Cunningham, 6. Hits: Off Bagby, 8 In eight Innings; off Uould, 0 in no Inning; off Jones, 1 In no Inning. Struck out: By Bagby, 4; by Cun ningham, 1. Umpirea: O'Loughlln and Hll-debrttnd. HUSKER ATHLETES HOLD STAGE CENTER All Sorts of Events Scheduled Up to End of the Present Term. ALL SPOSTS ABE ACTIVE By JAMES E. Lincoln, April LAWRENCE 21. (Special) Spring athletics will keep Husker athletes exceeding busy from now on until the end of school unless unfore seen developments in the war situa tion necessitated a readjustment ot plans. It is in track where the greatest activity has been during the last week and unless dope all goes wrong the Huskers are destined to cut more of a figure in this branch of Missouri Valley sport than during recent years. Coaches Reed and Stewart have de veloped the most likely looking squad since 1911, although it is composed in a large measure of new men. The Ames Aggies will give Ne braska its first actual test next Sat urday when the two schools stage a dual meet at Ames. Dr. Stewart does not expect the Huskers to trim the Ames squad, which is made up al most entirely of veterans of two years' experience and is one of the strongest in the Middle West. About all the Huskers hope to do is to spring a few surprises and if they suoeeed in that they will feel well satisfied. Gets Line on Ames. The Drake relay meet this after noon gave Dr. Stewart a line on the Ames squad when Simpson, the Mis souri wonder. Packer, the Ames hurd ler, and Finney met in a high hurdle event. This boy Finney is one of Stewart's strongest cards, it is believed. At the Kansas City meet, Finney ran second to Simpson in a low hurdle event and forced the wonderful Mis sourian to clip off a new world's record. Following the Ames meet the Huskers meet the Gophers at Min neapolis May 2, Wesleyan at Lincoln, May 5 and Kansas at Lincoln, May 19. The Missouri Valley conference meet and the All Western conference meet are the other two events in which Nebraska will participate. In the preliminary practice Captain Overman has bettered the mark which he made last year of 4:42, and appears to be a sure winner. Graf is covering the two-mile run in better than eleven minutes regularly, while Grau has clipped off a few seconds from his mark of 2:04 in the half ipile. Better Diamond Prospect!. Husker base ball prospects received a boost and then a knock this week when Hoadley and Angell, two regu lars on the squad, completed their scholarship requirements and will now be able to play, but at the same time Johnson, one of the regular out fielders, came down with scarlet fever and will probably be missing from the lineup for the rest of the season. The Huskers will have a big run cf games at home during the coming week, when practically all of the Mis souri valley teams are entertained. Then the Huskers will make a swing around the southern end of the cir cuit. Few Out for Foot Ball. In foot ball there has been a rather discouraging turnout of candidates for the spring squad, but so many men are taking part in other branches of sport that Dr. Stewart counts it a fair showing. Captain Shaw is in direct charge of the foot ball men. McMahon, Shell enberg and Day are the new men among backfleld candidates reporting regularly. Kellog, Munn and Teeters are linesmen who were on the fresh men eleven last year. Don Young, a former Lincoln hijh school star, is also reporting regularly. A large number of the Husker ath letes are planning to follow the pre ident's advice on aiding in the farrn work. They plan to be of service to their country during the harvest and in aiding with the production of the corn crop, while at the same time keeping in training for the hardest schedule which a Husker squad ever faced. A good number of them are farm boys and the plan has the heartly approval of the university authorities. 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