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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 27. 1918 11 A DOUBTFU! BRAWL LEADS FIGHTERS TO GROW WARLIKE Downey and Egan Go Ten GRETNA HIGH FLOOR SQUAD The Claw C champion ship of eastern Nebraska is the title these hoop shooters claim., Those in the picture are, top row, left to right: Langdon, Adams, Simmonds. Lower row, left to right: Simon, Knoll, Tirhy. STECHER MEETS TURK IN GOTHAM TUESDAY NIGHT Dodge County Phenom to Tackle Old Friend and Play mate in Mat Joust in New York Tourney. TY COBB'S THREE EXEMPTION CLAIMS Famous De troit outfielder sought deferred classification on account of hit wife and three children, but the exemption board thought differently and Tyrua is in Class 1. PRINCETON WILL RESUME SPORTS Rounds Without a Decision, So Now Each Boy Gets Real Chesty. By RINGSIDER. Chicago, Jan. 26. No battle staged in the middle west in recent months stirred up more discussion than the Bryan Downey-Joe Egan fight at Mil waukee. Critics and fans agree it was one of the roughest tussles ever seen in a Milwaukee ring, but neither the critics, nor the fans are able to agree on the outcome. A majority of writers gave Egan the decision because of a punch in the seventh round that put Downey in distress. The referee, however, thought Downey's lead in the early rounds large enough to justify a draw verdict.. The result of the dispute probably will be another mill between these two rugged scrappers. The bout probably will be staged in Milwaukee at some date in February. Herman, Egan s manager, wnts to bet $2,500 that Egan can beat Downey. Tom Jones is just as sure Downey would win if the boys hooked up again. Downey was overtrained and out of condition when he fought Egan, Jones declares, and would be a more formidable foe for the Boston battler in another encounter. Jim Flynn Speaks. Hark to the voice of James Flynn, Pueblo's fighting fireman. James re fuses, under any circumstances, to remain in obscurity. His latest pro- nuncianiento is directed at the head of Jack Dempsey, who has come out of the west bent upon stirring up the eastern heavyweights. "They're making noise about this fellow Dempsey," says Flynn. "That's all right as far as advertising goes, but Dempsey and his manager must not forget me. I knocked Dempsey out once with a single punch, and he must remove that blot before he can class with the front rank heavy weights. And a search of the records proved the truth of Flynn's assertion. Flynn met Dempsey last February in Salt Lake City and the fight last just 10 seconds. Jim walked out of the corner, clipped Dempsey on the chin with a right swing and they rang down the curtain. Dempsey 5s silent about the battle further than to admit that Flynn put him to sleep. Jack. Kearns has an alibi, however. "Just what came up in the match I cannot say because I did not see it," says Kearns. "But I want to make this plain. Jack is a much different and better man at the present time than he was then." That does not answer Flynn's argu ment, however, that Dempsey must wipe out that knockout before he can move into the front ranks of heavy weight challengers. Smith Tries Again. Homer Smith, Michigan heavy weight, who recently met a setback when he lost to Bill Brennan at Racine, Wis., is going to try again to prove that he is a regular scrapper. He will make his comeback attempt in a few days against Jack Dillon at Fort Wayne, Ind. Willard Still Waits. Jess Willard is still hibernating in Chicago, waiting for someone to take him up on his proposition to fight for the Red Cross. A lot of battlers have sprung up and expressed a willing ness to take Jess on, but no promoter or manager .has agreed to meet the terms Willard imposed. It is unlikely that anything further toward induc ing Jess to enter the ring will e done, until the outcome of the Fred Fulton Frank Moran battle in New Orleans ' in February. Whee! Ski Tourney Will Start Today in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 26. With an entry list of more than 50 contestants, a new world's record for ski jumping is looked for in the national tourna ment to be held under the auspices of the Norge Ski club at Cary, 111., a suburb of Chicago, today. The re cent heavy snow has made conditions perfect for the sport. Eighty per cent of the best ski ex perts in the country will compete. Henry Hall, who won the world's rec ord for long distance jumping with a leap of 203 feet at Steamboat Springs, Colo., last year, will attempt to bet ter this mark. Ragnar Omtvedt, pro fessional national title holder; Fred Bruun, who made the longest jump in the Cary tournament last winter; Barney Reilly of Mount Horeb. Wis., and 10 other professionals have said they will start. Hans Hansen of Minneapolis, the national amateur champion, will de fend his honors. Berherd Olsson and Sigfried Steinwall, two Swedish am ateur stars, also are among the en trants. Steinwall formerly held the amateur championship of Sweden. The three-mile cross-country ski run for women has attracted a big entry list. Ebbets Decides on His Regular Lineup Already President Ebbetts of Brooklyn has let it be known that he will take very few players on the training trip. He and Manager Robinson have decided on what" their regular lineup will be ;or the season and see no need of go ing to the expense of training players who are slated for release, incidentally the lineup- announced hy Ebbets is as follows: Daubert, first base; O'Mara, second base; Olson, shortstop; Ward, third base; Wheat, left field; Myers, center field; Johnston and Hickman, right field; Miller and Krueger, catch ers, and Marquard, Cheney, Coombs, Ma'maux and Grimes, pitchers. St. Louis Cards Cop Two School Room Moundmen The two college pitchers the St. Louis Cardinals are reported as about to sign for trials in the spring are said to be Parker Twombley of Lehigh university and Edward Langdon of Pittsburgh university. It was ru mored early last fall that Langdon had agreed to give the Cardinals first on'.ion on his services if he decided to take up professional base ball. TOUCHES OF HUMOR PICKED UP ALONG THE SPORTING PIKE CARL MARFISI tells a good story on Earl Caddock. A couple of days after Caddock reported at Camp Dodge he was made an orderly on the staff of General Gettys, com mander of the camp. His first day on the new job Caddock was commis sioned by the general to take a mes sage to a certain captain and bring a reply back as quickly as possible. Caddock found the captain, deliv ered his message and obtained the de sired reply. But just as Earl was about to start on the return journey the captain bellowed orders for every body to fall in. Now Earl's knowledge of military affairs was limited, but he was a stick ler for discipline, so he fell in with the rest of the captain's company. After which the company was led upon the parade ground and put through its tricks. For three hours and a half Earl drilled with that com pany while the general waited for his reply. Finally when the company was ex cused Caddock delivered the message. "Where have you been?" was de manded of Earl. He replied that the captain had ordered everybody to fall in, that he had complied and that he had been made to drill for three hours and a half. "Well, if you like to drill so well,' said the general, "you can go out and drill four more hours." Rapid Calculation. Rudy Warner, Omaha heavyweight wrestler, is the rapid calculation mar vel of the age, according' to Jack Lewis. Warner tangled with Joe Stecher recently in a bout at David City. Lewis was one of the specta tors. Following the joust Warner ap proached Lewis and, with his face wreathed in smiles, declared, "I guess I'm not getting good, eh? I was be hind Joe five times tonight." "Rudv. mv boy." grinned Jack. "you're one of the fastest adders I ever saw." "But at that. Lewis continued as he told the story, "the kid got behind Joe three times and that's quite a trick. It Couldn't Be Done. There was a discussion of the mer its of Grover Cleveland Alexander in a recent fanning bee in Chicago and naturally the talk brought up other stars of the oast and present ana lea to the question, "Who was the great est pitcher of all time?" A story often told by Bill Dineen. American league umpire and former pitcher' for Boston and St. Louis, helped in solv ing the question. Dineen's story, sprung in the hot stove league, was about as follows: "Back in 1904. the Boston team was in a hot fight for the pennant, the sea son was nearly over, and we were booked in Philadelphia. It was Rube Waddell's turn on the slab and we needed that srame. Before leaving the hotel we Boston players conspired to get Rube's goat. Big La Chance- was playing first base for us and was the huskiest man on our outfit. We de cided to have La Chance lead Rube into a friendly wrestling bout before the came and oerhaDS tire him enough so we could beat him. "During the batting practice Rube was filling out at first base and La Chance started joshing him about fishing and hunting. When an op portunity presented itself La Chance would give Rube , a friendly shove or a slap on the back. One shove led to another a bit harderand just when La Chance thought he had the big left hander worked up to the point of grappling, he was given the surprise of his 'life. "Without giving warning, Rube vanked off his glove, grabbed La Chance with both hands, raised him clear up above his head .and then, dashed h;m to earth in a heap. , "La Chance was barely able to play first that day, and Rube shut us out with two hits." ' One On the Feds. The Federal league has been but a memory for two years, but little stories which grew out of its exist ence are still in circulation. Joe Tin ker tells one about the announcer at the St. Louis park who watched the crowds dwindle away from day to day with much concern. Finally con ditions at that particular park became so bad that the left field bleichers were empty each day, but two men who lived across the street from the park back of the left field stand viewed the game from the roof of their house every dav. In making his announcements of the batteries for the contests, the man with the megaphone never neglected these lonely watchers, and one day he re marked: "Gee, I hope those guys don't get tired looking at these games. If they fail to show up, my job's gone." Sweet Little Polly. Poll Perritt, now with the New York Giants, once tried to make good as a pitcher in the Northeast Ar kansas leagut, a Class D organiza tion, and failed. And thereby sus pends a tale. Poll's uncle, who went under the same nickname and who claimed to be the original Poll, was a bear in that organization and when the younger Perritt went down to try out, the elder Perritt gave him the hoss laff. He referred to Poll as his "niece," which made him so hot under the collar that burning celluloid could be smelled every time the two came together. The younger Perritt tried out with Paragould, and as he failed to get away, he was cut loose. As he was leaving town, some of the ball play ers were around, and Poll slipped them this as a parting shot: "Well, I can t make good in this bush circuit, but I'm going to the big league just the same, and it won't be long until you log-rollers will be buying cigarets just to get my pic ture out of them." Poll is in the majors today, while the elder Poll, who derided his "niece," is still in the minors. Resurrecting the hoary sneeze as regards the bloke who laughs last be ing one up on the first giggler. MITCH DEFENDS CUBLET INFIELD Chicago Manager Says It's Not So Hopeless With Kilduff, Deal, Hollocher, Et Al. Though admitting that the infield of the Cubs is not what he would like to have, Manager Fred Mitchell has come to its defense and maintains it is not so hopeless as some of the critics would infer. The lineup he now proposes is Deal on first, Kilduff on second, Hollocher on short and McCabe on third. He does not say positively, however, that such selec tion will be made and it is only his first thought. If Vic Saicr had not been lost he could be figured on as the first sacker, but since Pittsburgh has secured him it is up to Mitchell to obtain another man to try for the place along with Fred Merkle. Mitchell recently said he had given the Cub infield a lot of thought and that he had thought of putting Deal at first base because of his ability to field. This was not taken with a great degree of seriousness, but the leader was sincere, and when the Cubs don their togs for the first time in Pasa dena in the spring Deal will be seen at the initial sack wearing a first baseman's mitt. Mitchell Likes Work of Deal. "Deal is a wonderful fielder, espe cially on badly thrown balls," said Mitchell. "He has a strong pair of hands and can come up with a ball better than any fielder I know of in the game today. That does not bar Heinie Zimmerman. Deal also knows how to shift his feet. I tried him out while we were with the Boston club and know that he can take care of the position." It is not necessary to dwell on Kil duff's skill in playing the keystone position. He proved conclusively last summer that he is an expert there and the place at which he plays his best. He is a fixture there and Mitchell is not counting on any one else for the job. Shortstop, of course, still is a prob lem, but reports regarding Hollocher have been so encouraging that Mitch ell and President Weeghman feel confident they will not have to look any farther for a man. As a fielder and i. thrower Hollocher is said to be a whale. His admirers and experts on the coast believe he is as polished a fielder today as Dave Bancroft of the Phillies. If that happens to be correct the Cubs' shortstop position will be capably handled. Hollocher Hit Well on Coast. Hollocher closed the Pacific Coast league schedule with a batting aver age of .278. This fact has given Mitchell and Weeghman confidence that he will do as a hitter as well as a fielder. The coast league had a lot of efficiently effective pitchers in it, aid a .278 average is considered good. If Bill McCabe, who is a product of Chicago and the semi-pro clubs, ever had golden opportunity he will get it this spring, as Manager Mitchell has decided to try him at the far corner in place of Deal. McCabe was signed as an outfielder, at which position he has played for several years Dividing the Receipts If you don't think this new scheme of dividing up the receipts of the various postseason base ball games isn't causing some bewilderment, just audit this telegram received by a base ball wri:r: "Under new commission rules, suppose St. Louis Browns finish sixth and St. Louis Cardinals third, and then play city series. What percentage of the entire players' bit, from all the different series, would go to the Cardinals if fchey won; to the Browns, if they lost; and vice versa; and to the winners of the world's series; and to the losers of the world's series; and to all other clubs involved in the split?" Just to show what bookkeeping there will have to be, we will imagine a world's championship series between Pittsburgh and Detroit, and, mean time, special battles between the Cubs and White Sox; the two Boston clubs; the two New York clubs; the two Philadelphia clubs; the two St. Louis teams, and the Ohio championship struggle between the Reds and the Clevelands, all these bouts, of course, being staged for local interest and without any regard to the posi'ions where the various clubs finished their reglar season. Great Caesar's ghost, but what individual, outside an expert accountant, could figure out the relative allotments? Joe Stetcher, who now is running around, in the east, will clash with an old friend and playmate at New York Tuesday night. The former play mate is none other than Youisff Hus sane, terrible Turk, ferocious Bul garian, et al. and formerly of Omaha. New York, being the spot where i they used to give birth to them at j the rate of one a minute for the spe cial benefit of the late, lamented Mr. ! Barnum, is to be the scene of another wrestling tournament, starting Tues day, and Stetcher has been given a place on the bill. He will wrestle Youisff. The other big match of the evening is a joust between Wladck Zbyszko and John Olin, a couple of title claimants. Stecher has twice met with Mr. Hussane, both times in the state of Nebraska. The first time Youisff is alleged to have sunk his molars in a tender spot of Joe's anatomy. This little manifestation of regard and esteem caused considerable rumpus in Nebraska at the time. Later Joe and Yousiff locked horns at Lincoln and Hussane went dow twice in ten minutes. Joe has informed the easterners that in case he throws Hussane he will challenge the winner of the Zbyszko-Olin event. Insomuch as Hussane tumbled off the wrestling peak sometime ago there is little fear that Joseph will fail to spank the Turkish trophy, so no doubt he will issue the challenge. Whether or not the challenge will get him any place" is something else again, especially since Zbyszko, who is expected to beat Olin, meets Caddock in Des Moines next month and that event is expected to blot Mr. Zbyszko from the map. Cuban Athletes Try to Strong Army Brown; Lose News comes from Cuba that there will be no Winter league in Havana this winter. Last year Curley Brown, the racing man, fitted up a ball park at an expense of $40,000, then he went in with the players on a 50-50 basis in sharing receipts. This year the nlavers waited on him and demanded 5 per cent of the receipts from games as their share. Brown turned them down and said he would close the park before he would be held up. Mike Gonzales, catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, is said to have been the leader of the players in the move ment to get the coin. Mike evidently took some big league ideas back "to Cuba with him. Browns to Take a Whole ' Trainload to Texas Camp The St. Louis Browns will take the maximum limit of players to the Texas training camp, evidently, for it is announced that .14 contracts have been mailed out. The 35th is held by George Sister, who has a hold over document. Except in the case of sev eral players who had contracts hold ing over from Federal league days there were slight cuts if any in sal aries, according to the management. One of those who got the knife in his figures was Lee Magee. Salt Lake City May Pull Chveland Out of Bad Hole The Cleveland club, with all its first base candidates gone to war, may be saved by Salt Lake City. It is re ported that Manager Walter McCrc die of the Mormons has agreed to turn over First Baseman Earl Shecley to the Indians. Sheeley has been rated as a bear in the Coast league and only a bad ankle that makes him slow in running has kept him out ot the majors. Cleveland's embarrass ment may give him the chance he seems entitled to. Portland to Lose Catcher As Chveland Wakes Claim The . Portland club of the North western league is likely to lose the services of Catcher Cliff Lee be cause of the tangle over rights of clubs in suspended leagues to play ers. When the Marshalltown club quit the Portland club took Lee on and paid him his salary for the rest of the season, but now comes the Cleveland American league club and claims that it purchased Lee from Marshalltown. No Early Spring Training For Major League Hurlers Because of the National league re striction on the length of the train ing period there will be no sending of pitchers ahead of the main, team this spring. Most of the National league clubs have notified their pitchers that they will be expected to report in "condition," which means they are ex pected to start their workouts at home a couple of weeks in advance of the training period. Oakland Snares Star Out Of Winter League on Coast The Oakland Coast league club an nounces' the signing of one of the stars of the winter league in Ralph Croll, who has been playing the in field for the Alameda team. He was given a trial by the Oaks a year ago, but lacked experience then. He is said to have developed wonderfully since then. 1 1 far T- y BASEBALLS Players in Service from 52 and from the AMERICAN LEAGUE. flHCAOO. Jtmiw 8ontt Pitcher li Jfnklin Catcher irrK rnync Pitcher Enrl Kclncr 1'ltchxr A. If. Ton Holnlti Third banrman HOSTON. .fuck nrry Srrond brmim Duffy I.rvl OlUflclrtrr Krnlo Mrnro I'ltchcr llnrolil .Innvrln Infieliler Mlkn McNnlly Inflclilcr llcrh l'cnnork I'ltchcr Del (inliirr First ImNcmnn ,11m Cwncy Inflclilcr Chick Miiirtrn Oiitfirlilrr Jnck KrnllcT Flrnt Imncmnn Fred Wilder Catcher CLEVELAND. Elmer 8nlth Outfielder llrrmnn Ie Hrrry Catcher I. oiil tiulnto First bfNeiniin Ked Torkelwin Fltrher Clark Ulckernnn I'ltchcr DETROIT. Howard Flunk Vltclter Frank Fuller Jnflrliler IM linker Cntcher Fred Mcholnon Oiitf'elcler II. N. KllUnn Infleliler Ernest Alton I'tteher L. II. Hollywood Inflelder (ieorirr llurns First biisenmn John Old hum I'ltchcr WASHINGTON. Mike Menonky Outfielder Joe lromtrd Third baseman Horace Milan Outfielder John iJivan Minrtstou Hilly Murray I tlllty Alee Gibson t tlllty PHILADELPHIA. Noye Pitcher Hates Third Imsrmnii Johnson Pitcher Haley Catcher GIBSON CHANGES AS GOAL GOES UP Year Ago George Spurned Giants, But Now He Shows Some Speed in Signing Contract. The alacrity with which George Gibson signed his contract with the Giants for 1918 is in sharp contrast to the manner in which he received the original attempts of the Giants to have him join the club during the summer of 1916. The big backstop had determined to retire from the game and asked the Pittsburgh club, of which he was then a member, for his unconditional release. Barney Dreyfuss apparently was willing to grant the request, but in compliance with base ball law it was necessary for him to ask for waivers on the catcher. When he did so the Giants, who were in sore need of a catcher because of an injury sustained by Bill Rariden, promptly claimed him and ordered him to report in Chicago, as the team was about to leave on the last swing through the west. This Gibson refused to do. He went home and stayed there and was suspended by the Giants. During the winter John McGraw got in touch with the obdurate Can adian and convinced him that it would be to his advantage to join the Giants. Gibson then signed a con tract, his suspension was lifted and he reported at Marlin last spring in better condition than he had been in for five years previous. He needed but very little work at the training camp to tit him tor tne season s grind, and he helped out a lot in the fight that brought the pennant to New York. Not only as a catcher in active service, but as a coach for the pitchers and as a lieutenant to Mc Graw he rendered much valuable aid. Personally Gibby is a most likeable fellow and he is immensely popular, not only with his own teammates, but with every player in the league who enjoys his acquaintance. Young players especially are attracted to him and he has helped many of them, particularly pitchers, in their devel opment. When he was with the Pi rates he handled the temperamental famaux without the slightest trou ble and got more work out of him than anyone with whom the young hurler ever worked. After Gibson left the club Matnaux, who missed hitne sorely, got beyond control, lost interest in his work and was finally suspended. Old Roman's Helpmate is Recovering From Illness The wife of Charles A. Comiskey of the White Sox, after having been desperately ill in a Chicago hospital for several weeks, has so far recov ered that she has been removed to her home. Mrs. Comiskey has not misserj a White Sox training trip for years and Commy still hopes she will be able to go to Mineral Wells, for he says she is the real mascot of his ball team. HONORROLL American League Number National League 23. Slehold Pitcher Nnylor Pitcher Witt . .. Shortstop Anderson Pitcher Kecfe Pitcher lirorer Second bsscmnn Miurinnn Outfielder ST. LOI IS. Jarnhson Outfielder Moan Outfielder NEW YOltK. Wny Fisher Pitcher Walter hmcillnoixl Pitcher Kane Outfielder NATIONAL LEAGUE. CHICAGO. Wlltlnm Kurt Marlott Outfielder A. Lincoln Italley . . . Pitcher HOSTON. Ilnnk Gowdy Catcher George Marnnvllla Shortstop Arthur Itlco Catcher Henry Srhrleher Inflelder PHILADELPHIA. Enpa Rlxey Pitcher Hen Tlnriip I'ltchcr Davie Pitcher PITTS1U 1K.II. Kay Miller First basenmn Hooks Warner Third baseman Willlnm Wehh Second baseman CINCINNATI. Mniirlre Knth Second baseman ST. LOI IS. Jack Miller First baseman l:urrln Goodwin Pitcher NEW l'OKK. Georice Kelly Inflelder A. W. Ililrd Inflelder John Paul Jones Pitcher HUOOKLYN. Ed Pfeffer Pitcher Sherrod Smith Pitcher Leon Cailurav , , Pitcher John Krllcher Shortstop Louis Alulone Second baseman Trap Shots Have Language That h Winner of Medals To the outside, the fellow who perches on the top rail of a fence or lolls in an easy chair on the club house gallery watching the gun bug "bust 'em," trapshooting vocabu lary is limited to "pull," "dead" or "pull," "lost." But among the elect of clay tar get shooters is spoken a gibberish that by comparison makes base ball's "died at first," etc., the sim plest of sporting vernacular. For instance, a shooter might de scribe the results of five shots something after this fashion: "Yes, sir; I toed the firing line, put the iron to my shoulder, drew a hum dinger from the box and killed it. The second saucer was a hazy boy, flying straight away, but I went to sleep and the pigeon nested in the grass. The next mud pie sailed to left-quarter, but the old pea-shooter simply knocked the fuzz off. The fourth dickey bird was smothered as soon as it was hatched. Then a clippie fluttered out and died. Next came a right-wheeling streaker and I pulverized it." The fact that trapshooting is the humane substitute for live-bird shooting probably accounts for some of the "cruel" terms that are included in the language of the in animate target game. Gossip Gathered Among the Mat Men Several Omuha mat fan expect to take thu trip to Dm Moines to sea the Caddock Zbyszko match Kcbruar S. Bert Murphy and Chnrles Unrvln are two who never miss a mutrh ami are sure to be at the ringside at Ds Moines. Cadrlork will (to Into his match with ZbyMzko a top-heavy favorite with Omaha fans. Local mat enthuaiagta believe wrcstler of the Zbyazko tvpe are built to order fur Karl, because the Iowa lad la too smart fur them no matter what may be tha extent of their auperiur etrength. Jack Taylor, who haH been renting on hia mother's farm at Superior for seven months, will wrestle Warren Miller nt Lexington January 30 and John Pesek at Slielton Feb ruary 7. Taylor, weighing 25 pounds more thnri he did when he wrestled Plestlna here last April, says he now is twice the man that he used to be and that he will remove Miller and Pesek forover from the land scape. Miller and Pesek, however, are a couple of touKh nuls to crack and Jack haa hln work cut out for him. Marin Plestlna, Omaha heavyweight, still is tearing around in the east clamborlng for trouble. He managed to get a match with Hnrenson at Detroit, but when he gave that worthy the razz In abort order he found the rest of the bone cruahera pacifio to a marked degree. Marin Is entirely too rough for the brand of grupplcrs they breed In the east. Rudy Warner, Omaha heavyweight, is try ing to land a match with John Peaek. Rudy believes he can throw the Hhelton lad, at leant he Is anxious for a chance to try it. John Peaek, the Buffalo county mat mar vel, has been placed In Class 1 of the draft. That means that Karl Caddock soon may have some competition for the army wrest MriK championship. unui ha mat fans would like to know If Whulek Zbyaxko will hang up the alleged world's championship gold belt given to him hy Jack Curley, his manager, for winning Jack Curlcy's wrestling tournament at New York, when Wladek meets Eurl Caddock. vt couKio ho will nit. DESPITETHE WAR Decision of Athletic Council Sets Precedent Expected to Stimulate Athletics in Other Big Schools. By JACK VEIOCK. New York, Jan. 26. Princeton uni versity has set a precedent that should go a long way toward stimulating in tercollegiate athletics among the bis? universities of the country during-the war. When the athletic council of Prince ton met to decide whether or not it would be best to continue intercol legiate athletic relations this yean-in accordance with the recommendations of the National Collegiate Athlctic'as sociation, athletic mentors at other big institutions, particularly in the east, awaited the verdict with a great deal of interest. ' i And when it was announced tha Princeton would do all in its primer to continue athletics as in past year the news was received with general satisfaction, particularly amqng the student bodies of outside institution where athletics were dropped in 1917. If Princeton could see the way clear to form athletic teams and carry out intercollegiate schedules in the fact of sadly depicted ranks in all branches of sport, why should such big schools as Harvard and Yale hang back? Still Plenty of Vigor. j There is enough athletic material in nearly every school in the countrj to fill up the gaps left vacant by athletes who have entered the ser vice of Uncle Sam. The college ath lete of 1918 will, of course, be much younger than usual, but there is vigor and plenty of it in young blood, and the fact that athletic ranks are in need of much new material will be incen tive to bring out candidates in all branches of sports who would not think of trying to win places on the various teams in normal- times. Princeton is to be congratulated for its stand. It has lost its stars of the gridiron, the diamond and the track, but it is going to delevop new ones. That is the kind of college spirit that savors of patriotism, inasmuch as col lege athletics of all kinds have been recommended by the government as the best means of making the young manhood of the country physically tit to tackle any, emergency that arises. Grif Uses Knife. According to a recent report from Washington, Clark Griffith must have taken an awful wallop at his pay roll when he sent out contracts for 1918. The story goes that Walter John son's salary, which last year was $1S, 000, was almost cut in half by Griff, and if the Old Fox handed Walter that kind of a cut it is a practical cer tainty that no member of the team escaped. Ames to Send Green Mat Team Against Comhusker Ames, la., Jan. 26. (Special.) With the first wrestling meet of the year scheduled for February 8, Coach Mayser of the Ames team is in the dark as to what grapplers he will use against the Nebraska men who come here. Material in this line has been unusually scarce this year and with every veteran out of the running for one reason or another the men tor has had his hands full to train men to be able to make an appear, ance. Not a veteran of last year is on the mats. The new men are all inexperi enced and green at the game. Heavy men on the Cyclone squad are lack ing and recently Lockling, one of the most promising in the 35-pound nffereH an initirv to his rib that will probably eliminate him frornthe running tor tne rest ot tne season; Spokane Pitcher Loses Finger; to Stay in Game Pitcher Lyle Bigbee, last seasofi with Spokane in the Northwestern league, will be a "three-fingered won der" if he pitches any more ball. He lost the second finger of his pitching hand recently while at work in a Seat tle shipyard. He declares it will not bother him in pitching. : KEEP CLOTHES p FREEJJF "ILLS" Highest Mortality Rate in April Just Before Children Aban don Germ-Laden Winter , Garments. Dresher Brothers Clean Clothe So Perfectly That Small c Chance for Germ Life Remains. Fortv two of every ten thousand die each yenr from either whoopincr couch, measles or farM, fever. If we shi'drW at the thought of giving nn a rhiM in bondage. cn we view the death frets with indifference? The morta'!ty rate is highest in Anril. just before the school children "bandon their eerm-laden garments. Here are the U"ted Spates Mnrto'Uy Statistics for 1915. Comnaring Sep tember with Anril, we have: For every 95 deaths in seemoet frrrn Measles. 563 d'e in April. For everv 76 deaths in Setitemrtr frrm Scarlet Fever. 318 die in April. For every 332 deaths in Fentember from Whooping Cough, 546 die in April. Dresher Brothers, dry cleaners and dyers, be'ieve tat thee awful fig ures can be greatly reduced if only the parents would think of sending ch'ldren's garments to be cleaned oftener by a proficient dry cleaner In fact, Dresher Brother t thir im mense nlat at 2211-2217 Famam St., can take all of the "ill health" out of any garment the Dresher system of cleaning is harmlss to f" clothes, but rdays havoc with germ life. Better phone Tyler 345 for a Dresher man, leave your work at the nlant, at Dresher The Tailors, 1515 Farnam St, or at one of the Dresher branches in the Burgess-Nash or Brandeis Stores. Dreshers pay ex press or parcel post charges one way on any sized bundle to any point.