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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.
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"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
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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.
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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..