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tro Amaoa STmm ay TRot The Bee's Special Sunday Sport Page All the Latest Sport News All the Time 10 A OMAHA, SUNDAYr MORNING, JANUARY 26, 191. "Pop" Geers in Disguise! Uses Pipe Camouflage Noted Turf Driver Abandons Inseparable Cigar While He is Training Stable on Memphis Track. By H. K. WHITTED. Mystery is ' lurking around the track at Memphis, Tenn., these days; deep, mysterXwhich no one seems able to solve. The accompanying photograph will give the reason: rop Geers has taken to smoking a pipe. Many theories have been advanced as to why he has forsaken cigars, but "The Grand Old Man" smiles and refuses to enlighten the curious. Working or loafing, his cigar was always with him, and some en terprising turf writers have gone so far as to intimate that he slept with one in his mouth. Many of his hardest races have been won with a cigar clamped solidly in his teeth, Birthday Yesterday. Mr. Geers passed his 69th birth day yesterday, January 25. While perhaps not the oldest driver in the country, he is by far the oldest driver on the Grand Circuit and in dications now are that he will he on rand when the bell rings at North Randall next year, with as' good if lot better stable than he had the i;ist season. Probably no driver in lie country has been in more smashes than he, and early in 1917 .he news that he had, been killed when his mount ran into a track har row at Columbus, caused the turf world to mourn his death for a day or so, until the news w-as repudiated. Only those who are personally ac quainted with "The Grand Old Man" can understand just how that name came to be given to him, but once you have shaken his hand and looked 'nto his weather-beaten face, it is ?asy to understand. No Meeting Here. Race fans who have been looking forward to a harness meeting or series of meetings in Omaha this year are domnied to disappointment, for the Omaha Driving dub has an nounced that no attempt will be made to put on a meeting this sum mer. Three years ago, when the :lub was revived, great things were promised. An early June meeting ivas held that year, and another in the Great Western circuit later in the summer. Last year, an early meeting was held, but no late meet ing wks attempted. With Lincoln :ut of the Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota circuit, it was hoped that Omaha and the Capitol City could get together aitd form some sort of u circuit, taking in possibly Nebraska City, Beatrice and Grand Island, but evidently Omaha people do no grow enthusiastic over the light harness horses, for meetings here in the ast have lost the promoters money. " Western Trotter to Pittsburgh. A South Dakota bred trotter that n-.av cet a chance on the Grand cir- cn.next year is May Bell. 2:14!4 recently purchased by J. R. McCune of Pittsburgh, ihe reported price is $5,000, and she has been, placed in the hands of Mr. McCune's train Syr, who will prepare her for the 1919 campaign. Walter Cox is dreaming of the time when he will win all the big futurity events with a colt from Mabel Trask, 2:014, and Lou Princeton for he savs he is going to mate Mabel with this stallion as soon as l;er racnrtr davs are'over. She is by Petter the Great, the greatest speed sire of all time, and her dam is Miss Nutonia by Nutwood Wilkes (a half brother of Maud S) out of Iana by Alcyone by Makbrino Chief. Nut wood proved to be tne most proline sire of the Alexander Abdallah tribe, while Alcyone, who died at the age of 10 years, established the stoutest line tracing to the George Wilkes tribe. Mt. Clemens Ice Meeting. Despite the fact that warm weath er and lack of snow interefered with the ice races at Mt. Clemens, Mich., this year, enough horses were on l and to make fairly interesting rac ing. Last year conditions were just the opposite; so much snow fell that it touk two weeks to clear the track and get it in shape. This year the management had to resort to sprinklers to obtain enough ice to race on and the warm weather pre ceeding the dates causefl a number of men to drop out at the last minute'. Unfavorable conditions last November caused a number of the early closing events to be called off. There is talk of staging another meeting the week of February 3, but nothing definite' has been decided. School tor Deaf Defeat N Wsf Point High, 29 to 9 The School for' the Deaf quintet kept up its winning streak ty eas ily defeating the West Point five last night at West Point, 29 to 9. The first half ended jn the mutes' favor, 20 to 3. and took things easy in the last half. The locals had a keen eye for the basket in spite of the slippery floor. Krohn ami Koitsch starred for the mutes, while Radler was the main stay for West Point. F.G. F.T. P.F. T.F. W. Koltsch, r. t... 0 1 . Turpenlng. If..: " 1 N. Peterson, 1. f. .. n A. "oi c I 0 1 1. Kalina, r. g. ... A. Krohn, 1. g i ' i 0 0 Pts. Total 3 S 1, 2 Went Point. F.G. F.T. P.P. T.F. ' Tts. liartlw. r. f 3 S It. Budwlg. L f. .. IFostopill. C. J Jit-Donald, r. f. ... K.se, U I 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 Total' R,fPrf. Williams; timekeeper. Dr. Kotlar; tima ot halves, i minutes. Iowa Beaten by Purdue in Western Conference Game Lafayette, Intl., Jan. is. ruraue won 'a western conference basket ball game from Iowa tonight, 32 to 1). Markley and Campbell of .the Purdue five each scored five field (foals. - " Madison. Wis., Jan. 25. Illinois defeated Wisconsin, 25 to 15, in a fast and rough basket ball game of the western conference race tonight. Wilson was Illinois' premier player. . 'a " r Tl I i "Jhp' ' Creeps TRAPSHOOTING . ORGANIZATIONS EASY TO START Answer to Queries from Devo tees of Scattergun in Towns Where No Club is Yet N Organized. By PETEI P. CARNEY. Requests from J. N. Snyder of Arapahoe and others for informa tion relative to the starting of i trapshooting club." pnd with the sport rapidly increasing in popular ity, a few helpful h:.nts on this topic no doubt will be appreciated by many who have a desire to "learn to shoot." With the decline m many branches of sport through war con ditions, sporting writers began t look for new fields for material These soorting writers discovered trapshooting was a real sport, and many ot them ydoptucl it. mere fore trapshooting is playing an inv portant part today in the columns of the newspapers ot .Mr.ciica. 1 rapshooting s a snort wita a purpose. It fits men and women to defend their homes and their country. It is not only al'uring. but patriotic. There are more than 4.000 active gun duos in the United States todav. Ihe feeling is tha there will te more than 5,000 bef ti 1919 cashes in. The thousands who learned to shoot so as to be of aid to the United States will not pass up their education they will con tinue to shoot, and it is t iiese ii.cn who will be the most active in the formation of uev trapshooting clubs. Starting a Gun Club. . Gettine down o first principles the start of a trapshooting club is no different from the start of any other kind of a club. -Tin: chief factors are men and equipment. Given a few enthusiastic lovers of the scatter-gun men who are will ing to throw themselves into the spirit of the thingany young club is bound t; Le a winner. Having gotten the "boys" to gether and decided definitely upon a committee to look after things, thefirst step is to locate your shoot ing grounds. This in itself seems exceedingly simple, but a great deal of serious thought should be fciven, for it must be remembered ihat trapshooting demands space, in the first place there should be at least 250 to 300 ards distance between firing line aut'. any signs of habitation. This is considered to be the limits of safety. Next, accowi!:ility should be considercd. ( Have Grounds Within Easy Reach. By all means try to locate your gtounds within easy reach. Be careful about transportation . facili ties, v Many a club has come to grief simply because of lack of foresight on these details. . Having de:idedupon your site, the iiext essential is equipment. If you prefer t start in a small way, you will find that one or two txpert traps,, costing about $4.50 to, $0.50 each, will arTord plenty of amuse ment for quite a lew shooters. If, on the other hand, you feel financi ally strong, the automatic trap is undoubtedly the best. This trap, of which there are two varieties, is officially recognized and used in all of the big shooting tour naments. One style is sold outright at $35. The other is rented on a basis of $30 for the first year and $10 for each succeeding year. A re fund of $15 is given when the trap is returned. Complete instructions for installation accompany each trap. Clay targets for use in any trap cost about $7.50 a thousand. Naturallv, you will need a trap house. This may be constructed of heavy planking, banked with earth, or it may be built of concrete. If you are handy with tools you can knck out a first class trap house yourself. Now we come to the "score" or firing line. This should be located 16 yards back of the trap house. At this mark five pegs should be ar ranged in an arc, and each should be a similar distance1 from the trap. bhooters Should Face Northeast. Right here, perhaps,' it is best to add, that in laying out the "score" it will be wise to arrange it so that the shooters will face the northeast when in position to shoot. This will obviate any trouble from the un during either morning or after noon events. STATE LEAGUE IS AGITATEO BY BEATRICE FANS Nebraska Circuit May Be Re Organized After Going Three Years Without the Na tional Pastime. A reorganization of the Nebraska State league is being agitated by base ball fans in 'Beatrice. A strong sentiment has developed in favor of organized base ball and a brief survey indicates they, will be ab!e to finance, a club. The prosperous indications for all kinds of sports is keenly felt' in the smaller towns of the state and the organization of a league is meeting with favor in many of the cities. Following a meeting in Beatrice plans were made to call a meeting of interested individuals in other cities in the statl to try and com plete arrangements. Fremont, Nor folk, Hastings, Columbus, Grand Island and possibly Fairbury are mentioned as cities in which fran chises would be supported. The disastrous base ball season of 1915 ended the career of the Ne braska organization after a plucky attempt to keep going. Business depression and the" high cost of liv ing in that year caused the aban donment of many minor league clubs in all sections of the country. In Sixth Year. - The league was in its sixth cham pionship race when the blow finally fell. The season started on May 17 and was scheduled to run until August 20. Beatrice,' Norfolk, York, Fairbury, Hastings, Graid Island, and Kearney held franchises at the beginning pf the season. Fairbury was playing league ball for the first season, taking the place of Superior. The first hitch in the orgnization came on June 4, when the Kearney team, occupying next to the cellar position, disbanded. Columbus, running a poor eighth, was dropped and the league continued with six clubs. Grand Island was next to fall by the wayside, and on June 28 with drew. By a telegraphic vote the league then dropped Norfolk and continued as a four-club circuit. Norfolk was leading the league at the time, but was dropped becuse it was not self-supporting. The four-club league lasted until July 18, when it was decided to dis band for the year. From a finan-. cial standpoint the l.ague was never a great success, but was undoubtedly the only successful way of furnish ing the smaller cities the class of base ball to which they are entitled. Abbott Finds Oil City Willing to. Support -Western League Team Tulsa, Okl., Jan. 25. (Special to The Bee)--Delaring that he be lieved that Tulsa, would out-draw any other city in the Western league next year, Spencer Abbott, owner of the Hutchinson franchise departed for Topeka yesterday confident that the directors of the league at their meeting in St. Jos eph next month would ratify the substitution of the oil metropolis for Hutchinson. Abbott found Tulsa sentiment antagonistic to the Western league when he first visited the city two weeks ago. By his promise to keep his club here not Jess than five years, providing the city would fur nish him a place to play he soon conquered the territory and ltas engendered a base ball spirit heri that bids fair to enable him to mak good his attendane boast. Abbott does not expect to quit at the end of five years. He found lulsa a thriving, sporting city of nearly 100,000 inhabitants with a prospect of not less than 125,000 at the end of his five years. He se cured a five-vear lease to a sixacre tract of land within fivfe blocks of the heart of the business section of the city with the privilege of pur chase at the expiration of lease. Not only that, but before" he left he had arranged with local parties to put him up a grandstand and fence costing not less than $15,000. It will have a seating capacity of 5, 000 and be -expected to play to ca pacity stands every Sunday. Un the reserve list ot the Hutchin son dub are Outfielders Nolt, Her ring, Pettigrew, Davis, Roche; In fielders Cloyeland. Wells, Wuffil and Bradlev: Pitchers Wehh. Salishnrv. King. Cantwell, Sparks, Lambrecht and Catchers Manion and Block. Elaborate Program Planned 1 at Athletic Club Smoker The Omaha Athletic club com mittee is arranging for the first smoker of the cjub to be held Janu ary 31. The card will be one of the most complete ever shown in Oma- ma. Leaders in all lines of sport will give exhibitions. John Pesek of Shelton, one of the most accomplished wrestlers now performing, will wrestle with Chi ence Ecklund. Although Pesek is the heavier of the two both men are fast workers and a good bout is assured. , Expert swimmers have been se cured to demonstrate fancy diving and swimming strokesltnd a number of local swimmers will probably participate. In the gymnasium the best of local talent thai can be se cured will demonstrate the various gymnastic exercises. Schaefer Wins Final Block in Match With Cochran New York, Jan. 25. Jake Schaef er of San Francisco defeated Welker Cochran of New Yorlcjn a 3,600- point 18.2 balk line billiard match here. Winning the final block tonight by a score of 300 to 113. The total scores and high runs were:, hchaei er. 3,600,185; Cochran, 3,076,200, Chicago Tribune Advocates Passage of Real Boxing Measure In Illinois Moral Reform Must Be Con-, structive as Well as Elimi ' native, is Opinion of Editorial Writer. The legislature of Illinois, like Ne braska, has for its consideration a boxing measure. Unlike the Nebras ka measure the Illinois sportsmen ask for a sufficient number of rounds to insure a real fight. When drafting one f f the measures to be presented the Illinois lawmakers wrote Mr. GeneMelady, Omaha commission man and advocate of clean sports for the regulations he deemed nec essary for clean boxing which are corporatcd in the measure before the Nebraska legislature. The two bills are practically identical with the exception of the limit on the number of rounds. The Chicago Tribune takes occa ion to advocate the passage of the measure in its editorial columns. Sporting writers have been consist ent advocates of the message of box ing measures but the Tribune is the first paper of note to make a deter mined stand on the editorial page for boxing. The Tribune editorial is as fol lows: THE BOXING BILL AND OUR MORALS. "The Rev. Melbourne P. Bpynton at a meeting of the Baptist ministers' conference said: 'We are not oppos ed to boxing as a game or sport, but we are opposed to its commercialism and we may not oppose the pro posed bill if it is not a box office . . r. iffair, "People who hope that Americans are about to become less afraid of rsome forceful manifestations of life and less afraid of the consequences of them hope that morality will not always be repressive in this country. Morality sometimes fails construc tively. It fails to recognize essential demands of life. It becomes elimi nation and merely elimination. The prevailing idea in the world now. the nrevailing moral and political idea, is one of repression and elimination. It is custodial. From the league of nations to the American constitu tional amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale and use of alcho- hohc beverages, the idea is that some human authority must ride here constantly upon human activi ties. Statutes Regulate Life. "Repression, unmodified, unreflec- tive, and unthinking, always has de feated the aims which it had. There is steam in the pot of life. Screw the lid down tight and the forces will gather beneath it and blow the lid to the ceiling. We have voted the Uniteq States dry. We have subscribed to doctrines of national and international cus tody. The individual must be herd ed to see that his conduct is precise. The nations must be herded to see that their conduct is precise. Some one must watch every one. Life, by statute, by organic law and interna tional agreement, is about "to be come a majestic policeman, able to raise a hand and stop anything or everything. "The difficulty is that, it cannot be done. Repression works for a while. Then it fails to work. It does not change the essehtials of living. It does not make red blood jbr puscles yellow; it does not take youth from youth. Reform Must Be Constructive. "Moral reform must be construc tive as well as eliminative. We hope that the Illinois legislature is about to pass a bill legalizing boxing and we hope that it is not to be a kin dergarten bill. The Rev;" Mr. Boyn ton spoke in censure of commercial ism.' Suppose we cease to erect straw men and loook at facts. "We know, for instance, that no matter how valuable it might be to the moral and physical well being of a great number of'young men in Il linois that there should be legalized boxing in the state, that ifone ama teur, physicially unfit to enter the ring, were killed in the ring, or if a light involving the heavyweight championship of the United States were to be arranged and fought in Chicago, there would be a great protest in the state and a demand for the repeal of the legalization of the sport. Amatuers Not Affected. "If the amateur were killed in a prairie game of base ball, by be ing hiron the head by a ball or bat, there would.. be no such demand. If the professionals were bantam weights and not heavy weights there would be no such demand. Such is the illogicality of human senti ment. ' "The boy may be taken out by the undertow, if he is swimming, and there is no demand for the closing of the bathing beaches. He jnay be killed by a carlessly thrown bat in "base ball aud there is no demand for the forbidding of the playing of base ball. He even may be killed under a mass of players in a foot ball game and there is no successful protest against the game. "Heavyweight prize fighters have no greater ability to hurt each other than have featherweight prize fight ers and yet we could have feather weight championship tontest here in Chicago under a state boxing law, but could not, we know, without vehement protest, have a heavy weight contest. Commercialism Not Responsible. "If Jess Willard and Bombardier Wells were to fight here and if Wells, as we suspect wovld happen quickly, were to be knocked cold, it would strike our moralistic fancy as brutal. Wells probably would be eating several slices of roast beef a half hour later, but our moralistic imagination would be flammergast ed. "The Tribufve sporting pages probably would make the Willard Wells fight ' repulsive morally but not physically by printing much about it in advance. The trou- ble with us is that we deal too much I with nonessentials. Printers' ink does not make a contest, otherwise proper, unclean, or immoral. "Commercialism in itself does no make a sport jinclean. It does not damage a man morally or a sport morally because the man has train ed himself to a high degree of phys ical ability and skill because he can make money by attaining that de gree. "The best base ball players are the highest paid base ball players, file skill of professionalism always is needed for the stimulation of the amateur. We might as well be honest in the effort to promote box ing in Illinois. If the crooked pro moter can be kept out, he ought to be kept out, but boxing is not a kindergarten game, is not intended to be, and would be valueless if it were one. "A proper state commission ad ministering a proper state law can keep it honest. That is what we need and we do need boxing if we are to offer any sort of adventure, phy sical outlet and recreation in a coun try which for the time being is de voting itself extraordinarily to re straint." International Pin Tourney Promises to Break Entry Records As the revival of the great inter national bowling tournament of the American Bowling congress ap proaches, interest is gradually gain ing, and cities from Winnipeg to Mobile, and frm New Haven to Denver, are sending inquiries for choice dates, and accommodations; all of whichpresages a huge entry at Toledo, when the curtain rings down on February 20, and the entries close. No stone has been left unturned to make the tournament a big success. The floor space is ample, being 150x200 feet, and will allow for the building of 16 new, continuous al leys, and with plenty of space to spare. The first Toledo team to enter the tournament was the famous Cham pion Spark Plugs, who created quite a stir by bowling a big score at Grand Rapids two years ago. To show that they were a classy team, they repeated at Cincinnati with a big count of 2,908, finishing third among 650 teams that entered. Erie, Pa., already has 10 teams en tered, and Buffalo promises 20, with western cities like Chicago entering 100 teams; Milwaukee, Indianapolis, St. Louis, South Bend, entering from 15 to 20 teams, it can be readily estimated that a big entry is on the way, and as the tournament is held later than usual this year, many of the boys who have been bowling for Uncle Sam will be on the job to knock the. wooden soldiers down when the big tournament starts on March 8. Wortman Sold to Columbus. : Chicago, Jan. 25. Joe Tinker, president of the Columbus club of the American association, tonight purchased "Chuck" Wortman,- a short stop, from the Chicago Na tionals. Wortman was purchased from Kansas Citv three vears aeo ,for $12,000. , . Catch by Roush Robs Him of Batting Honors. - A v )x ; . ! A wonderful catch of a difficult fly ball deprived Ed Roush, the Cin cinnati star, of the batting cham pionship of the National league. And what is more remarkable is the fact that Ed Roush made the catch himself and did not have the hit taken away from him. It was one of the most freakish happen ings all base ball history. The other day President Heydler awarded the batting honors for the next season to "Zach" Wheat of Brooklyn who hit .335. South worth of Pittsburgh, batted higher than that 341 but only played in 64 games. Roush ranked next with .333, just two points behind Wheat. Bill Phelon, the widely known Cincinnati scribe, points out the un usual play by which Roush robbed himself of the championship. The apparant impossibility of this happening makes the incident re markable. If Roush had muffed the fly or let it drop untouched he would have led a league in batting. Dunne a game against St. Louis with a Cardinal runner on third, Roush . tore in for a short, fast- RiMG MEASURES ADVOCATED BY PPtOllfeniEfj Benefits Shown in Military Camps Turns Popular Tide Toward Regulated Box ing In U. S. By A. K. DONOVAN Boxing has never faced a bright er future than it faces today. Lovers of cleauport after watch ing the wholesome effect of this form of exercise and entertainment in army and navy training camps have been converted to boxing and are leading a campaign to have it legalized in all parts or the coun try. In many California cjties it has been placed m the curriculum ot high school sports and nearly all eastern colleges now conduct box ing classes for students and have boxing teams. Several intercollegi ate boxing bouts will be staged du- mg the winter. Walter Campj veteran mentor of Yale's athletics, has been converted to this branch of sport after years ai opposition. His experiences in assisting in the athletic training of sailors is responsible and he is now a constant advocate of boxing. Whitlock and Pershing. ''Every boy who enters the ranks of Uncle Sam, whether in the army or navy, owes a vote of thanks to boxing," said Brand Whitlock be fore his return to Belgium as Unit ed States minister. "So far as keep ing up the morale tp Its highest standard in the ranks, boxing was better tlfan any sermon that could have been delivered. General Pershing is boxing's leading champion. It was he who realized the benefits of this form of exercise and insisted on its being used to train Yankee soldiers. Abram D. Gillette, in charge of ,Red Cross entertainments for soJil aiers nas requested proiessionai boxers to appear in bouts for sol diers whenever possible, and at least to be present at all bouts in their vicinity. The surgeon general of the Unit ed States army realizes the benefit of boxing as an entertainment and has arranged with the Red Cross to give boxing exhibitions for wounded soldiers. Civilians Urge Boxing. Men prominent in civilian life at tribute much of their success to boxing. The late Theodore Roose velt was undoubtedly the most prominent advocate of boxing as an exercise, after building up a Magnif icent physique in his youth In childhood he was frail and . sickly. Douglas Fairbanks, whose hair raising episodes have entertained thousands in the movies, daily dal lies with the gloves which he says keeps him in conditioif for the strenuous life he lives. dropping fly. He got hold of the ball, but stumbled, went to his knees, and let it go out of his hands. By a marvelous, lightning grab, he got the ball before it touched (Ihe ground, and rising threw to third base, whence the cardinal runner had stared for the plate. Roush claimed a double play on the ground that the runner had left be fore the ball was caught, and Hank O'Day, the umpire, sustained the claim. "But the rules say thaf a runner can start from a base after a fly ball has been momentarily held. Jack Hendricks, manager of the Cardin als, promptly protested' the game on the ground that Roush had momentarily held the ball before he dropped and recovered it. The St. Louis claim was disallowed, the game and all that had been done therein, went off the records. And, as it happened, Roush had made two. hits out of three times at bat that afternoon. He lost those hits, and with those hits he lost the championship and the honor of leading the-'league two years in succession.' CENTRAL E1I0H TEAM'TROUNCES SiOUXJITY FIVE Visitors Beaten, 36 to 17, on Local Floor; Keen Eye for Baskets Win for. . Omaha Boys, t CENTRAL HIGH 36. SIOUX CITY 17. ' v Playing an easy game Central High's basket ball team trounced the Sioux City High five, 36 to 17, last night on the Young Men's Christian association floor. The game was the first of Central's home schedule and the only one in which Coach Mulligan has been able to start all five of his first team players. Although honors for piling up counters were pretty evenly slivid ed, Logan and Konecky played the best game for Central, "raynter and Burnham also showed up well in shooting baskets. Clements, who made his initial appearance last night, played a fair game, but was outclassed by his mates. , At no time did the visitors have prospects of victory. The local flippers took the lead early in the game, increasing it as the Sioux City defense seemed to weaken. TheJfirst half ended 22 to 7. During the first 10 minutes of the second half, the Soo flippers made but one field goal. Taking a sudden spurt later in the game, they boosted their tally to 17. The presence of Paynter and Clements in the lineup forced Coach Mulligan to rearrange his men. Lo gan was shifted from center to guard, replacing Swoboda, while Paynter played in the pivot posi tion. Clements was given a trial at forward in place of Mangold. With victory assured the first string was taken out and the subs given a chance at the Iowa cage crew. Lineup and summaries: Omaha Central Hlgfc. F.O. F.T. P.F. T.F. Pts. i lemcnts, r. r. ....2 0 1 0 Burnham, I. f. .... 4 0 2 0 Paynter, c 4 o 0 1 Logan, r. e 4 0 1 0 P. Konecky, 1. g. ..4 0 1 0 Mangold, c 0 0 2 0 Swoboda. r. f 0 0 0 0 Ij. Konecky, 1. f. . . 0 0 0 0 Ayers, 1. g o o 0 0 Totals 18 0 7 1 Sioux ( Ity High. F.G. F.T. P.F. T.F, Pts. Younger, r. f. Foster. 1. f. ... PeBkln, c Whittner, r. g. Rogero? 1. g. Crana, r. f. . . . . .1 ..3 ..1 ..0 ..1 Totals 6 S 3 1 Officials: Verne Moore, referee: 17 Gene Rfissum. scorer; Kalph Cohn, tlnickeeper. Time of halves, 20 minutes. Complete Program for Second Fite Nite of Soldier Boxers The card events for the second Fort Omaha "Fite" night has been completed and all of the contest ants are working out daily to be in tip-top condition. Circus seats have been built in the garage, the band has secured special music, and the soldiers guarantee ring fans the biggest entertainment ever offered in Omaha. The main event will be a six round bout between Battling Kirby, Fort Omaha welter and former champion of the Canadian army, and Jimmy Drexcl of the South Side, who has recently, been dis charged. Denny Ryan,' K. of C. secretary at the fort, is grooming Kirby for the fight. . Drexel is working out with local talent. Bofi men are well matched and the fight should be a good one. Walsh of Fort Omaha and Erick son, a local boy, will fill the feather weight class. Both are in fine shape and should furnish a good bout. "Denver," the unknown, and "Dutch" Tate will appear in the heavyweight division according to schedule. "Denver" is now nursing a sprained hand but is expected to be in shape for the bout. Two four-round bout are ar ranged for preliminaries. Rosica and Spellman are getting ready for a fast bout and have the backing of hosts of friends at the fort. Hender son and Gates will round 04it the boxinfi card, both being army box ers. Vernon Breedlove, recently dis charged from the army, will wear the Fort Omaha colors in a wrest ling bout with Jack Tolliver Tolli vcr has challenged any man at the fort and has agreed to a match with the former soldier. The seat sales and arrangements are in charge of Lieutenant Finley, who promises 300 ringside seats in the big garage. All the ringside seats will be within five rows of the ring. Blea"chcr seats have been rertrl fnr the peneral admission. Fans who drive to the bouts may park their cars at the garage under the care of the military police. The attendance at the last show num bered 800, but the soldier promoters are making arrangements for 1,000 spectators at this show. Al Koyen Winds Up . With Total of 423 Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 25. (Special Telegrai:) Al Koyen broke 70 of today's 75 and wound up with a total of 423. Koyeir'also took part in the midwinter handicap and broke 89, al though placed way back at the 22 yard line, the maximum distance. Thirty-six guns who broke 90 or better in the midwinter shared in prize booty aggregating $3,065. William Wettleaf of Nichols, la., a 21-yard man, won the midwinter championship at Pinehurst, on the shoot-off of a triple tie. Wettleaf tied at 96 with P. H. Hensler of Aberdeen, Miss., a 16-yard man; Wettleaf broke 20 on the shoot-off. Frank S. Wright of Buffalo won the high amateur average contest with the remarkable total of 441 out of 450 targets. Dr. A. H. Aber of Dravnsburg, Pa., was a close second at 440. SIXTEEN CAGE GAMES CARDED FORTIUS VEEK Basket Ball Quintets Will Have Busy Week; Soldier Teams Disband and New Faces Promised. i.ME9 THIS WEEK. Tuesday Pearl Memorials against First ttirlstluna, Uenson Methodists SKiilnst Hansrom Parks, arvd Calvary Huiitlms against '"Y" dormitory men In Church league at T. M. O. A. Central Parka at Dundee. Wednesday Irak at Orelghton. Cas telur at South High. Crelghton High aguinst Council lllutfs at Council Bluffs Y. M. f. A. Thursday Night Commerce. High against Kakens, First Nationals against I'nknowns. Central Furnitures against Heddeos In Commercial league games at Y. M. ('. A. Friday School for tha Deaf at Mo dnl, la. Council Hluffs at South High. Clifton Hills at Miller Park. Central High at Lincoln. Saturday Crelghton at Nebraska Wealvyan. Central High at Beatrlca. A busy week is ahead for Omalu basket ball fives. Every Omaha team will have at least one encoun ter booked. A total of 15 games will ue played. The big game in the Commercial league, looked forward to almosl since tile first night of play, is book ed for Thursday night when the N. W. Naken quintet will undertake to humble the fast and victorious Com merce High five. Ed. Burdick and Adams have been signed up by the Nakens. Thursday night's game in the Commercial league will complete the schedule for the first round. The second round will be begun the fol lowing Thursday. Add New Teams. Renewed pep will be put into the league when the First National bank five will make its appearance. The bankers will take the place of the Sixty-second balloonists, who occupy the cellar position. The new arrivals have formed their team from sur plus substitute players in the ama teur leagues and have made a for midable combination that should prove a big factor in the games to come. The Fort Omaha five, which has also dropped low in the league, will be dropped to make way for one of the numerous teams that are anxious to get a place in the league. It is rrobable that the Live Stock Nation al Bank of the South Side will back a squad to fill the empty berth. The new five is scheduled to meet the "First Nationals and the Beddeos play the Central Furnitures. Church Games Unique. With a reorganized lineup the "Y" dormitory men of the Church league will strive Tuesday to win their first game this season. They will en counter the Calvary Baptist five, which has alo lost all five of its encounters in the league. The Hart scorn Park five play the Benson Methodists. Both teams are tied for second place. The Pearl Me morials and the First Christians are slated to play the third contest. If the Pearls win, as is expected, the two teams wil lagain be knotted for high honors in the Church league. Tuesday night's set of games is most unique, since each team, in the order of their standing is booked to meet the team next above it. Central High has two contests booked for, this week. Lincoln High wili be played Friday at Lincoln and Beatrice on the Gage county school's floor Satucday. Council Bluffs and South Hign are booked to meet again i-riday. creignton High and Coun cil Jbiutts will play across tne stream Wednesda'y. Creighton Busy.-' Creighton university will tackle the Drake crew here Wednesday and will go to Lincoln Saturday after Nebraska Wesleyan's scalp. In the Community Center league the Central Parks are carded tc meet the Dundee five on tjie Dun dee floor Tuesday. Castelar wil! encounter the South Side five or, the South High floor Wednesday night. Friday the Clifton Hills wil. encounter the Miller1 Park boys or, the Miller Park floor. The school for the Deaf five will play the Modale, la., cage artists Friday night on the hostile floor. The Fort Omaha floor teams havt i.ll disbanded because of the trans fer t f most of the cage artists from the local post. The C'reighton-Fort Omaha fray, booked for last nighr; was declared off late yesterday af ternoon since almost the entire team had left the post. Hendricks Surrenders N Position With Cardinals St. Louis, Jan. 25. Jack Hen dricks, manager of the St. Louis Na tionals last season, has agreed to terminate his contract as manager' at once, according to announcement made this afternoon following a meeting of the board of directors of the club by J. C. Jones, vice presi dent. The contract had one more year to run. Branch Rickey, presi dent of the club, has been offered the position of manager, which he has taken under advisement. A committee was named to confer with the holders of notes against the club lookiny to an extension of the notes with an idea of voidinj an immediate sale of the club undc' the second -deed of truct. Many Entries Received for "Y" Swimming Events Almost 70 entries have been re ceived for the closed swimming meet to be held at the Young Men's Christian association Friday even ing. ' The events include the 100 yard dash, 20-yard dash, 40-yard dash oh back, novelty race, fancy diving, plunge for distance. The big antuial open swimming meet is carded .for February 21. Fancy diving, fancy swimming and dashes comprise the events. Medals will be awarded place men. Entries should be sent to James NoWe, as sistant physical director at the "I..