NO FURLOUGHS
TO BE GIVEN TO
PLAYER-YEOMEN
And Even If They Should, Say
Stallings and Frazee, i
. They Will Not Be
Wanted.
Any . idea that ball players who j
have "enlisted as yeomen in the navy i
with the idea that they not only i
could escape active service, but that
next spring they 'also might secure .
furloughs after acting as navy yard ,
clerks all winter and again play ball I
for big money is exploded, Inese
players are enlisted for the period of
the war, according to reports that
seem ,to be authentic, and while the
yeomen-players may never smell gun
powder or feel the agonies of sea
sickness, they will be kept doing
something or other in the service.
One suggestion that conies is that
they be organized into a hall team
to lour the country next year as a
recruiting squad, though just how
and when they would play ball games
in this connection is not clear. But
this much seems to be possible, the
brave yeomen will not be found (
playing professional base ball next
year on furloughs. George Stallings
says he would not have a sailor on
furlough with his team, because the
idea would be repugnant to the pub
lic. Harry Frazee of the Red Sox
says the same thing and puts it this
way;
Fans Wouldn't Stand for It.
"There is nothing in worse taste,
nothing more foolish, than to talk
these days of obtaining exemption
or furloughs for professional base
ball plavers. A number of Ked Sox
players have entered the service, but
I want to tell you right now that the
country can have as many more, and
can have me, too, if it wants me and
I can be of any service. As for
furloughs for my ball players who
have entered the navy, I never
dreamed of such a thing. Make that
as strong as you can. How ex
tremely nonsensical it is at this time
to even talk about such things.
"What does base ball amount to in
this crisis? Do you want to live in
this country if we do not win this
war,' Everything is secondary to,
infinitely less important .than this
fight for democracy.
."Imagine, what the attitude of the
fans . would be toward professional
base ball if it were played next sea
son by men who had asked (or spe
cial favors who had asked for leave
of absence from the army or the navy
just to make money playing base
ball.
just As an Illustration.
"My brother-in-law is in Franco
driving an ammunition truck. Cai
vou imagine my wife going to my
base ball park and watching men
play the game, who, (for some reason
or other, were considered too good
for the business of war? She would
not have the slightest regard or re
spect for them, and what American
would? '
"If this war continues, do you sup
pose you will see many chorus men
on the. stage, many young fellows
in the juvenile parts? I should say
not. Why, the audience would throw
things, at them. Then why be so
craiy as to even hint at special privi
leges for base ball players? There
has been some very foolish talk heard
, these last few' weeks on the subject,
some things said which never should
have been said, some things which
were so outrageous that they never
should have been printed."
HERZOgTn FAVOR
OP ELIMINATING
WINDUPSINB. B.
CaDtain Charley llerzog of the
Giants suggests that the pitchers be
prohibited from using a windup be
fore throwing to the batter. He says
that if this practice of preliminary
gymnastics. by the pitchers was abol
ished,' the. battinfe would immediately
improve. - He says that he knows any
number of players who arc normally
good hitters, whose value is annulled
because they become rattled when a
pitcher whirls his arm around his
head two or three times before throw
ing the ball, i
The' American league took no ac
tion on the moist ball last reason,
while the National league referred it
to the rules committee. The rules
committee, which includes members
of both, leagues, did not meet, so no
action was taken on the question. At
bdth major league meetings, how
ever, the-ubject will come up
again, and it is likely that radical ac
tion may be taken against this style
nf ttitrhtnfr
Amnnff the MiH-oestions which will
be made to the rules committee will
hm nn frnm President Tener to re
duce the size of the plate. By shav
ing Off both sides of the plate rresi
A,n Tfner believes that the batsmen
would be given a far greater advant
age thanH.e now has. The home plat j
'is now 17 inches wide, and by
cutting it down an inch or two the
!t,Kr umilH have a more difficult
mark to shoot at than the plate in
its present size.
'Amateurs Are Big Winners
On Western Half-Mile Loop
The hiirerest winning stable on the
eastern half mile tracks this year was
that of Stout Brothers, uai.-ourg,
w v, Th. stnnt: are amateurs.
racing only their own horses, most of
which thev bred, but occasionally they
buy a likely prospect. Harness racing
is the only sport in which profession
als and amateurs compete on even
terms and. the amateur brigade is
growing every year.
. Mack Rookie Enlists.
Walter Anderson, a pitcher who got
a trial with Connie Mack last season
and who was slated for trial next
vear. has joined the naval reserve's at
the Great Lakes training station' near
Chicago. His home is in Grand Rap
ids and 'he -was with South Bend in
fhe. Central league when Connie
Mack found him.- ,
" " Less Mail Now.
The advance in "postage rates is ex
pected to materially decrease the base
ball magnates' mail. Letters from in
digent tossers" asking for advance
money will be : less numerous than
New Yank-Leader Car eth
Not for Big Reputations
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WAITER
JJPJP.
Walter Tipp, Yankee first sacker,
led the American league in home runs
last year. Nine times Walter clouted
the pill for four bases.
And what ditl Miller Huggins, new
manager of the New Yorkers, do?
Oh, nothing, merely offered to swap
Pipp along with Pcckinpaugh, another
HIPPO VAUGHN HAS
ODD NO-HIT RECORD
Chicago Hurler Turns In One
Such Game Every Pour
Years, So Look Out for
1921. '
A good bet to make ?s that if Jim
Vaughn is pitching four years hence
he will hurl a no-hit game. The Chi
cago southpaw has been a no-hit hero
three times, each of his box master
pieces being four years apart and
each coming; in a year in which a
president was inaugurated.
The first no-htt game Vaughn
pitched was, for Macon of the Sally
league, against Columbia on May 22,
1909. Only one man got on, Jim
franking one of his opponents in the
ninth. The score was 5 to 0.
On June 23. 1913, Vaughn, hurling
for Kansas City, turned the Toledo
Mudhens back without hit or run, win
ning 2 to 0.
This year, on May 2, Jim abated the
Reds for nine frames without blow or
tally, but Fred Toncy did just as well
and in the 10th Cincinnati got both a
hit and a run, Vaughn losing 1 to 0.
Some of the men who have made
great records in the minors as no-hit
heroes have been distinguished flivvers
when they departed from the hinter
land. One of these youths was Carl
Ray, once on Connie Mack s staff. Ray
never let a' season go by without
emitting a no-hit game, pitching one
against Durham in 1913, one against
Charlotte in 1914 and one atainst
Raleiifh in 1915. Mack tried him in
the fag end of 1915 and in the front
part of 1916, Ray being canned be
cause of his wildness.
He heloed lack Nabors and Harry
Weaver set an American league record
for gratuities on May 9, 1916, when
he doled out a dozen passes to the
Tigers in seven sessions. Nabors dead
headed three men in one inning and
so did Weaver in one a total of 18
for the day.
The last heard of Mr. Ray-he sti"
was engaged in the "no-hit business,
for he denied the Norfolk team a
safety on September 2, 1916, and in
stead of passing a dozen, men whined
to ot tnem.
Watch out for Jim aughn s no-hit
game in 1921.
Francis Ouimet
To Be Reinstated
As Golf Amateur
It is reoorted that Francis Ouimet,
the well-known golfer, may shortly
be reinstated to full amateur standing
by the United States Golf associa
tion. Now that the former national
amateur and open champion is serv
ing his country, there is a teeiing
that the parent organization could,
without loss of prestige or dignity,
restore Ounnets original status, it
would, in the opinion of many, be a
fitting recognition for devotion to
his country.
The report also has it that the as
sociation is likely to receive an ap
plication for reinstatement from the
Woodland golfer. There's a para
graph in Section 7 of the by-laws
which reads: ,
"Any person who becomes inelig
ible by reason of this by-law may be
reinstated by giving to the executive
committee of this association satis
factory evidence of meriting such re
instatement." Thi committee, it is understood.
has ever been and still feels, most
kindly disposed toward , Ouimet. It
is also a thoroughly patriotic body,
ac ; hown bv its oolicy of frowning
on championship tournaments during
the past season. ....
It is said Ouimet m making his ap
plication for reinstatement will out
line a future policy that will enable
the association to reserve its decision
in his caje. . .
Th Rnctnn Braves may land
Heraog if George Stallings is willing
' ' . , '
,to hand over onfc ot nis gooa jucnw,
THE JMAHA
Yankee Star favorite, in a deal he
proposed with the St. Louis Browns.
Huggins has been called the David
Harum of base ball, and his trades al
ways turn out well, but Gotham fans
were considerably shocked when they
learned the former Cardinal was will
ing to exchange their home run artist
and flashy shortstop. .
CHANGE AHEAD IN
COLLEGE SPORTS
Sentiment in Favor of Recon
struction After War is
Sounded Among East
ern Universities.
Sentiment in favor of a reconstruc
tion of college athletics after -the war
upon what has been termed a safe
and sane basis, is said to be increas
ing at eastern educational institutions
and is likely to be the subject of
consideration at the coming annual
meeting of the National Collegiate
Athletic association. An idea of the
attitude, in this direction as the result
of what might be considered experi
ments conducted' during the foo . ball
season just closed can be gained from
two statements from prominent east
ern universities touching upon the
subject.
l'resident Faunce of Brown univers
ity, in a recent address upon college
athletics at the Providence institu
tion, said: v
"We ar: well pleased with the re
sult of keeping up intercollegiate
sports on a simple and inexpensive
basis in war time. Out of our last
year's foot ball squad of 50 men, 39
entered the service. This seems to
show that wholesome outdoor sports,
kept within bounds, are a good prep
aration for the soldier's life. If our
camps cannot go without outdoor
games, our colleges need not fear to
encourage them. Let us hope that
the enforced absence of training ta
bles in all our colleges, and huge ex
penditures and flaring publicity for in
dividuals means the introduction of
saner policies when the war is ended,
and that the overgrown business of
securing gate receipts may give way
to the genuine play of college boys,
who, through such play become finer
and stronger men."
Almost simultaneously, the Yale
Alumni Weekly, in reviewing the
foot ball season at New Haven, print
ed the following commentary:
Pure Amateurism.
"A look ahead suggests at least one
formidable need. Foot ball will be
resumed at Yale, as at Harvard and
Princeton, just as scon as conditions
at present beyond the control
of any individual permit. The
Yale freshman foot ball team, every
one of the eleven and substitutes be
ing members of the university train
ing units and subject to their exact
ing schedules, gave an account of it
self which should not be overlooked.
Good material but better spirit
brought it through a season in which
the score boards told an interesting
story and in which the character of
the team and its training amounted to
an inspiration.
"Will Yale, then, have the courage
to resume varsity foot ball next year
or the vear after, whenever it becomes
a possibility, upon a basis similar to
that which has proved so salutary for
the freshman team? Will iaie be
willing at least to help lead the way
to nurer amateurism and less of the
spirit fjf professionalism, to more of
sensible economy in keeping with the
purposes of the universtty and less ot
extravagance smacking or commer
cialism. to less of tin trumped-up pub
lie spectacle wun us nero-worsinp
and other inevitable evils and more
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of the college sport for the sake ot
college sport as such? ,
C. Morris Passes Quietly
Out the Prize Ring Door
Carl Morris, Oklahoma heavy
weight, has given up the ring sport.
He announced that in the future he
would devote his tim; to knocking
cows off the streets in Oklahoma.
Pitcher Enlists.
A. O. Lindstrom, a pitcher with the
Worcester team of the Eastern
league last season, has enlisted in the
navy as-a seaman and will enter ac
tive service at once. He makes the
third member of last season's Wor
cester team to enter the service, the
otWM being. Murray and Wilder,
SuNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 23, 1917.
LEVIS INSISTS
HE IS RIGHTFUL
CHAMPION OF MAT
So Saying, Strangler Starts on
Trail of Earl Caddock; But
He May Skid on a
Curve.
j Ed "Strangler'' Lewis, well remem
i bcred in Omaha, oh, very well re
i membered, has started on the trail of
! Earl Caddock.
i Billy Sandow, Lewis' manager, has
! issued the following communication
i on the subject:
! "In behalf of Ed 'Strangler' Lewis,
i who is under my management, I de
sire to make a brief statement, giving
our side of the argument in the dis
puted wrestling champion title.
"Earl Caddock claims the title by
virtue of defeating Joe Stecher. But
he does not state what title Stecher
hadto lose at that time. Stecher was
conceded the title by defeating a lot
of wrestlers. But he never defeated
'Sirangler' Lewis, despite the fact that
he had Levis on the mat at Evans
ville, Ind., and at Omaha, Neb. The
Kvansville match ended in a two
hour draw, and the Omaha match
was finished by darkness in five and
one-half hours, and also called a
draw. Ed Smith, the Chicago expert,
referced the match, and his decision
j was the only one he could render.
I Stecher was defeated by John Olin at
Springfield, Mass., in two hours and
five minutes. It is true that Olin did
not pin him for a fall, but Stecher
met defeat in that match in a much
worse manner than to lose falls. He
quit the mat like a rank quitter, and
refused to return for further battle.
His excuse was that he injured him
self, but he went right on to Boston,
where the next night he defeated Cy
clone Burns, rated a fair wrestler.
Five weeks after Olin defeated Stech
er. 'Strangler' Lewis pinned him for a
fall, and won the match at the Coli
seum, Chicago. If Stecher was ever
champion, then Olin surely succeeded
him, and in turn Lewis won the title
by winning from him.
Says Lewis is Champ.
"Therefore, it is plain that Lewis,
and not Caddock is the champion, and
I will wager $1,000 and give $500 ad
ditional to charity if any 'five sport
editors fail to decide in my favor in
this argument.
"Lewis is willing to wrestle Cad
dock any place on earth.
"I want to make it plain that Lewis
does not concede the title to Caddock
or anyone else and anyone versed in
sport can realize how it must hurt
Lewis' feelings to have Caddock
called champion of the world. Lewis
has challenged Caddock on several
occasions, and it is through no fault of
ours that the meeting was never ar
ranged. "It is strictly up to Caddock."
Thus has" Lewis started on his pur
suit of the champion, llow far be
yond the start he will get, however,
is problematical. Charlie Peters,
Mann Plestina and Charley Cutler are
ready to testify that occasionally
Lewis begins to skid soon after he
starts.
Rirmer Eulefor
New York Yankees,
Says Col. Ruppert
While President Ruppert of the
New York Yankees has made it clear
that he does not mean to interfere
with Manager Miller Huggins in the
handling of his team, he does in an
interview telling "where he thinks the
great fault with the Yankees last sea
son, suggest that he will expect Hug
gins to pursue different methods next
year.
Discipline, says Colonel Kuppert,
"was what the team needed more than
players, and discipline is something
we are going to have next season, or
I will know the reason why.
Base ball scribes who followed the
Yanks throughout the summer ex
pressed the opinion on several oc
casions that a lack of discipline was
hurting the chances of the club, and
while they did not Jay the blame en
tirely at Bill Donovan's door, they
left the base ball reading public with
the impression that Bill could have
been a whole lot better disciplinarian
than he proved to be this year.
It is a matter of history that a joy
club" never gets anywhere in a pen
nant race, usually the tail-end teams
are inclined to play slipshod base ball.
they play to get the game over and
hustle to the showers, and after that
the bright lights attract them. That
the Yanks were this kind of a team is
not the point being made here, for
Donovan's players really tried hard to
win a first-division berth, and it would
be unfair to say that they played hap
py-go-lucky base ball. But discipline
on a base ball club does not have to
do wjth the habits of players off the
balrTield alone.. There is discipline
on the field to be considered as well,
and the belief that the Yanks were
lacking in this was strengthened when
Frank Baker was fined and suspended
late in the season for disobeying or
ders. So Colonel Ruppert has deter
mined to turn the old order of things
inside out, and the Yanks will enter
their next pennant race under strict
orders.
Penn State Basket Team
To Meet Big Colleges
The Pennsylvania State college
basket ball team expects . to play
games with Pittsburgh,' Lehigh, Car-
nesrie Tech. Syracuse, Georgetown
and West Virginia during the coming
season.
Severeid Hears Call.
Among the letters received from
ball players by President Ban John
son regarding their intentions for
next year was one from Catcher
Hank Severeid of the St. Louis
Browns declaring that he means to
enlist in the army. Hank has been
the first strinc catcher of the Browns
for two years. In fact he is about 90
per cent of their catching staff.
Dent Gets Commission.
Elliott Dent, whos. last service as
a pitcher was with the Atlanta team
of the Southern league, has been com
missioned a first lieutenant in the ar
tillery service. He took training for a
.commission at the camp at Leon
Springs, Tex., and passed with
high average
REMEMBER THIS CHAP, YOU OMAHA MAT FANS? It's
none other than our old comrade Strangler Lewis, who
showed us how to make a wrestling match consume five
hours, and now, having won the New York wrestling tourna
ment, is trying to get a match with Caddock.
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9
RIYALS SCREECH
AT JESS WILLARD
Fred Fultqp and Bill Brennan
Both Threaten to Claim the
Heavyweight Title Unless
Champion Will Fight.
The backwardness of Jess Willard
n defending his title has started an
avalanche of claims by aspiring con
tenders. First and foremost is Fred
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ruuon, xne Minnesota piasicicr, wnu
has served notice on the circus cham
pion that unless he accepts a chal
lenge by December 20 and covers a
$1,000 forfeit, he will consider that
Willard has forfeited his champion
ship.
Hardly had Fulton ceased mega
phoning when Bill Brennan announc-
ea mat as maru nau ldiicu iu an
swer a thousand or more challenges
he had lost his title by default. Bren
nan therefore claimed it. -
Many others have intimated that
the heavyweight crown would not
have to be altered to fit their domes,
and each of the claimants thinks he
he has gained some glory by reason
of the claim. It may interest these
eager heavyweights to know that
since the. Queensberry rules came
into force no champion haj ever lost
title because of failure to accept a
rhallenze. Tohn L. Sullivan, i c
first heavyweight champion of Ameri
ca under yueensberry rules, set tne
style by ignoring all challenges that
did not meet with his approval, and
all the Other title holders in every
class of pugilism have followed in
Sullivan's footsteps.
Therefore it is idle chatter for any
of Willard's challengers to lay claim
to the title, for there is not ;t possible
chance to win the championship ex
cept by defeating the holder.
If Willard should formally an
nounce his retirement from the ring.
then the other heavyweights could
fight for the championship among
themselves.
The only man in sight with a
chance against Willard is Fulton, and
unless he beats the circus man the
others may as well rest easy till Jess
steps off the heavyweight throne ot
his own free will.
Muir Skips Rink to Win
Over Rink Led by Gait
A rirAr skinned bv Tohn Muir tri
umphed oer a rink skipped by Bob
Gait in a curling clash at Miller park
yesterday, 21 to 19. The game was
concluded in the dark. Muir's aids
were, Ed Tracy, W Dryden, Clyde
Hernandez, and Gait's assistants were
E. Higgms, J. Fmlayson ana w. j.
Hislop.
Three St. Paui Players
Find Way Into the Army
Three ntavers with the St. Paul as
sociation team last season have en
listed in service. They are Dick Nie
haus, Fred Smith and Bert Ellison.
Ellison was supposed to return to the
Detroit Tigers for another trial. Nie
haus and Smith formerly were with
the St. Louis Cardinals.
Hugh Duffy Re-Engaged as
Harvard Base Ball Coach
Hugh Duffy, base ball veteran, has
been re-engaged as coach for the
Harvard university base bail squau.
He will be in charge ot the tresnmen
and "informal" teams next spring, ac
cording to the announcement
Stock in St. Louis Browns
Begins to Hit the Chutes
Stock in the St. Louis American
league base ball club is worth about
50 cents on the dollar under the pres
ent conditions, according to Phil Ball,
president and chief stockholder of the
club.
Joe Judge Done.
Report comes from Portland, Me.,
that First Baseman Joe Judge of the
Washington team, who recently had
his broken ankle reset, is not making
the expected recovery and fiat his
days as a base ball player probably
are done.
Carey Gets Ready.
Max Carey writes from Los An
geles that he likes it so well that he
means to stay in California all win
ter, that he plans to spend most ot
the time roughing it and thus report
to the Pirates in the sprin in shape
for I big year.
HUG PREPARES TO
REBUILDYANKEES
Reputations Mean Nothing to
New New York Leader
and He Offers to Swap
Anybody.
.Vow that Miller Huggins has ac
tually buckled down to the job of
managing the Yankees almost any
thing may be expected to happen to
the Ruppert-Huston roster at almost
any moment. That the new leader has
certain very definite ideas as to what
he wants to do was made sufficiently
clear when he offered to trade six
Yankees for half as many Browns.
National leaguers will bear witness to
the Tact that when Huggins starts
out to do a little swapping he most
generally swaps.
He failed in his effort to win Sis
ler, Pratt, and Lavan from the
Brownies, but sooner or later he will
catch some rival outfit napping and
steal away the athletes he needs to
round out his own combination. He
was a chronic as well as a skilful
trader as a National leaguer, and he
dealt with as shrewd an opposition
in the old field as he will ever encoun
ter m the new. Huggins has the trad
ing faculty developed to an amazing
degree, and reckons not the advan
tage to the other fellow if he feels
that he is benefiiting himself ,
There is considerable significance to
the fact that the Yankee infield was
chosen by Huggins as the object of
his earliest attentions. Barring the sec
ond base sector, this department was
believed to be proof against any
managerial attack. Yet Huggins' first
act upon assuming his new command
was to offer Pipp and Peckinpaugh,
as well as Gedeon and Maisel, in
trade, thereby indicating in no un
certain fashion that no reputation is
sacred in his eyes, and no player ab
solutely assured of his position.
Too strong a faith in the ability of
some of their players to make good
on undeserved reputations has long
been one of the Yankees' most seri
ous afflictions. Players who never
did amount to a very great deal, or
who had long since outlived their use
fulness hereabouts, were clung to and
cuddled in the hope that some time,
somehow, they would show a return
to their old-time form. They never
did. but many chances to engineer
good trades were passed up in the
fatuous hope that they would.
One Match Stands Between
Miss Pilling and Pin Cup
Miss Verda Pilling will make an
effort to win permanent ownership
of the bowling trophy offered by the
Omaha alleys Tuesday night.
Miss Pilling has cleared the first
two hurdles in the race for this
trophy and but one match stands be
tween her and possession of the cup.
That match will be rolled Tuesday
night with Mrs. T. R. Jamison as
her opponent
Frank Allen of Braves to
Stay at Home With Parents
Pitcher Frank Allen of the Boston
Braves has let it be known that he
will not play ball next year. Allen's
brother recently joined the army avia-
tion corps. Thi left their father, who
is growing old, with no one at home,
so Allen has decided to pass up the
game and look after Allen family af
fairs in Alabama.
Veteran Shoot Official
Presented With Diamond
Elmer E. Shaner of Pittsburgh is
starting on his twenty-sixth year as
treasurer and manager of the Inter
state Association for the Encourage
ment of trapshooting. In recogni
tion of his faithful services he was
presented a diamond pin.
Captain of Michigan Ags
Joins Naval Reserves
Sherman Coryell, captain of the 1917
Michigan Agricultural college foot
ball team, has enlisted in the naval re
serves at Camp Logan, 111. He was
assigned as a second class seaman.
Harmony in A. A.? Wot?
In the meantime, has any one heard
anything more definite about that
compromise that had been reached
by American association magnates
that would insure harmony in the
1 association for the future
BIO TEN FLOOH
MEN GET READY '
TO ANSWER GUN
Return of Michigan to Confer
ence Adds Interest in Race
and Lively Contest is
Anticipated.
Chicago, Dec. 22 Although the
war will undoubtedly affect the play
ing strength of some of the teams,
the "Big Ten" championship basket
ball season will get under way on
January 5, with every indication of
producing as interesting a race as did
the 1917 foot ball season.
The return of the Ijivsrsity of
Michigan to the Westerf conference
has added a new interest to the winter
sport. The Wolverines will clash with
practically all of the conference fives.
The Northwestern-Wisconsin game to
be played at Evanston will be the
opening contest of the season. From
then until March 13, when Wisconsin
meets Purdue at Lafayette, the race
for the championship will be in full
swing.
Enlistments and graduations have
wrecked the championship , teams of
Illinois and Minnesota, which tied
for the title last season. Nearly every
coach in the conference, in fact, faces
the task of building a new machine.
Purdue, however, appears to have
been the most fortunate of all "Big
Ten" schools. Practically every mem
ber of last season's team will be in
the lineup and critics believe the
Boilermakers have the edge on the
championship.
Purple h Strong.
Northwestern has a strong team
of veterans that is expected to put up
a strong fight, rimilar to the one it
staged two years ago when it tied
Illinois for second place. Underhill, a
snappy forward, will pilot the team
for the second time.
Wisconsin's showing will be
watched with interest, as the Badgers
have always been regarded as a power
in the winter game. The team, how
ever, will be without the services
of Dr. Meaningwell, long a prominent
figure in western conference basket
ball, who has left Wisconsin in order
to become athletic director at the
University pf Missouri. Coach Law
man, who directed the Indian team
last season, will have charge of this
year's Badgers.
The schedule follows:
January 6. Wisconsin against Northwest
ern at Evanston.
January 9. Purdue against Illinois at t'r
bana; Michigan against Ohio Slate at Ann
Arbor; Northwestern against Minnesota at
Evanston.
January 14. Illinois against Slinnesota
at L'rbana.
January 18. Michigan against Indiana at
Ann Arbor.
January 19. Chicago against Michigan
at Chicago; Purdue against Indiana at
Lafayette; Illinois against Wisconsin at Ur.
bana; Minnesota against Iowa at Minnea
polis; Northwestern against Ohio State at
Evanston.
January 25. Minnesota against Michigan
at Ann Arbor.
January 26. Michigan against North
western at Ann Arbor; Wisconsin against
Purdue at Madison; Chicago against Min
nesota at Chicago.
January 28. Iowa against Purdue at Iowa
City.
February 1. ftidlana against Ohio Stat
at Bloomington.
February 2. Wisconsin against Minnesota
at Madison; Chicago against Illinois at
Chicago.
February i. Purdue against Ohio State
at Lafayette; Iowa against Minnesota at
Iowa City.
February 9. Illinois against Northwest
ern at Urbana; Chicago against Purdue at
Lafayette; Indiana against Ohio State at
Columbus.
February 11. Illinois against Ohio State
at Urbana.
February 15. Wisconsin against Chicago
at Chicago.
February 16. Michigan against Min
nesota at Minneapolis; Illinois against Pur
due at Lafayette; Northwestern against Wis
consin at Madison; Indiana against Iowa
at Iowa City.
February 18. Ohio State against Illinois
at Columbus.
February 22. Michigan against Indiana
at Bloomington; Purdue against Ohio State
at Columbus; Chicago against Minnesota at
Minneapolis.
February 23. Michigan against North
western at Evanston; Illinois against Wis
consin at Madison.
February 25. Illinois against Minnesota
at Minneapolis; Northwestern against Ohio
State at Columbus.
March 1. Chicago against Michigan at
Ann Arbor; Indiana against Purdue at
Bloomington.
March 2. -Wisconsin against Minnesota
at Minneapolis; Illinois against Northwest
ern at Evanston.
March 6. Chicago against Illinois at Ur
bana. March 8. Iowa against Indiana at Bloom
ington. March 9. Ohio State against Michigan
at Columbus; Iowa against Purdue at
Lafayette; Northwestern against Minnesota
at Minneapolis.
March 13. Wisconsin against Purdue .it
Lafayette.
Cinder Path and Field
Events at Buenos Aires
The first intercollegiate athletic
sports were recently held in Buenos
Aires under auspices pf the Federa
cion Universitaria de La Plata. The
games included the customary run
ning events up to 1,600 meters, the
high jump, shotput, hammer throw
ing, discus throw, relay racing, a horse
race and a run between a motor car
and an airplane over a track 2,000
meters per lap.
Jess Willard to Reside
In the Sunny Southland
Chicago has received word from
Florida that Heavyweight Champion
Jess Willard will make his home in
that state in the future, forsaking Chi
cago. It is understood that he will
come to Chicago to straighten ,out his
affairs and will then move his family
south. The big fellow, so the story
goes, intends to start a business of
some sort.
Pirates Burn Up Players,
But Still It 'Does No Good
The Pirates used more players than
any club in the National league last
season. Which means that next year
they will either have to reduce the
squad or enlarge the cellar.
The Buccaneers used as many as
17 infietders and 10 outfielders trying
to keep the opposition from hitting
'em "where thev ain't."
,
Call on Foster.
Secretary John B. Foster of the
New York Giants, who for several
years has acted as a sort of a coach
to those in England who would in
troduce base ball into that country
has been asked for advice in the mat
ter of introducing the sport into cer
tain schools of England, where it can
grow with iie school boys and lc
spread by their. This is beginning at
the bottom and if the plan is adopted
will be the greatest boost that can u
given the ganK.
fteretotore, - - .