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.J The Bee's Special Sunday Sport Page o The Omaha Sunday All the Latest Sport News All the Time 10 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : MARCH 2, 1919. Bee Gibbons-O'Dowd Title Match In Prospect as Champion Returns from Army Service Middleweight Champion Is With Army of Occupation. Earl Caddock, Wrestling Title Holder, Is Also "Over There". Sport World Must Await Their Return. JACKSON HERE: PREDICTS FLAG FOR OMAHA CLU University of Nebraska Freshman Basket Ball Team By "KID" GRAVES. Vhile Tex Rickard is holding the pugilistic spotlight on his nimble form just at present, there are other pugilistic matters clamoring for at tention and the ( wrestling game is hovering around the stage entrance. The heavyweight championship bat tle of July 4 will continue to hold the attention of the sport world - until it has passed into history, but -.when the squabble is over and Jack Jiempspy has had his try for the title, the afore-mentioned subjects will come in for their share of the glory. The main events of both wrest ling and boxing, outside of the heavyweight affair, of course, must await the return of the champions from France. Earl Caddock. the mat champion, and MikeXO'Dowd, the middleweight boxing title holder, are still in France, and nothing definite is known as to the date of their re turn. Gene Melady is certain that Caddock will consent to continue in the wrestling game and defend his title against any and all the worthy challengers. 'If he does, a heavy weight champion wrestling match will hold the interest of sport lovers for a time, though just who Cad dock's opponent will be, no one knows just yet. Middleweight Title Bout Next. Following the Willard-Dempsey match, the next big pugilistic affair will probably be a middleweight championship scrap between O'Dowd and his fampus fellow townsman. Mike Gibbons. Mike has signified his willingness to meet O'Dowd in a long bout for the title and it is likely that when champion Mike gets back from the land of the lilies, such a match will be arranged. A bout between the two Mikes would arouse world-wide interest and probably draw almost as well as the Willard- Dempsey bout. Realizing this, it is unlikely that O'Dowd would over look a chance for grabbing o'j the coin he could get out of such bout as this, for he has never been a great money-maker in the boxing game. Before the war, O'Dowd never had a wonderful reputatiou, at least not so wonderful that he could get any large purses-, for his scraps. Even in the affair in which he won the title, he didn't get any more than any ordinary wind-up fighter would get. The war broke out before he was able to get a start after any big money, consequently, jQ'Dowd is the poorest, financially, of all cham pions. Mike has evidently seen an S opportunity to make his champion ship title pay him something, for he has issued a challenge to meet Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight champion. Even if he lost a decision to the Frenchman, it is unlikely that he would lose the title, for Carpentier, though a small man for a heavyweight title holder, is still considerably over a middle ( wejght poundage. O'Dowd Good Attraction. Winning or losing in a bout with Carpentier, O'Dowd would still be a great attraction in a bout with Gib- ix . . .... . V "I IKE G1BB0N5 bons. In a limited affair, it would result in Gibbons' favor, but over a long route, 20 rounds or to a fin ish, the result cannot be forecasted, for Gibbons has never been tested over a route longer than 10 rounds, over which distance he easily out classes the world. If Gibbons can travel over 20 rounds in the same manner that he does in a 10-rotind canter, there is little doubt but that he would wear the middleweight crown after an O'Dowd meeting. But whether he can or not is the question that would draw the fans to see such a bout. Admittedly a ' harder hitter, O'Dowd's chances of winning would be brighter, the longer the bout went. At that. Gibbons cannot be said to have no punch at all. He had spilled the beans for such fel lows as Frank Mantell, Young Mike Donovan, Young A'Hearn. Jimmy Howard, Kid Ferns and Bob Mc Allister. Elusive Mike might again surprise everyone' and tonole the champion from his throne to listen to the fateful 10-second toll. You can't tell a thing about this fellow Gibbons. He might uncork a wal lop when it is least expected. Basket Ball Commercial Iengu Standing. W. L. Commercial Hiirh S 1 Omaha Nationals 8 3 Nakena S 4 Central Furnitures 4 5 Hetldeoa 4 5 Independents 0 9 Church League Mantling. P.C. SS9 sn7 .444 .444 .000 P.O. 1.000 .25 .625 .439 .000 First Christian. Pearl Memorial! Hanaoom Parks 5 I'alvary Baptists 3 Senson Methodists 1 Trinity Itaptlst 0 - With the pennant safely cinched by the Commerce High quintet the Commercial basket ball league will wind up its ieason Thursday. The Church league plays its next to the last set of games Tuesday night and the Central High flippers will stage their last encounters (on the home floor this week end. Creighton university quintet will embark on its 10-game invasiqn of Iowa, returning March 13 to play the final encounter of the season with Trinity here. ""Since prospects for a defeatless trip are bright the Blue and White men expect to finish their hard and long season with a perfect record. Ctntral High has two hard games on its hands this week both of which will be played on the home floor. Council Bluffs, who defeated Central on the small Bluffs floor in Central's initial game, will come here Friday to repeat the perform ance and pluck the local champion ship from Mulligan's men. From the performance of the boys from the big school in the South High game the proud Bluffers should go home championshipless. St. Joseph will send a strong dele gation here Saturday to avenge its Turkey day defeat on the gridiron. The Omaha quintet will close its Season March IS by paying a visit to the wet town. Contests in the Church and Com mercial leagues this week are ex pected to be close, but should not change tie comparative standings appreciably. On Thursday, March 15, players from both leagues with their lady friends will have a party at the "Y" at which time the champs and medal winners will be decorated "and the shields presented to the winning teams. Community Cantor League. T.aa( waak'a results: Castelar, 14; Dundaa. I. Clifton Rill. 1: South High, I. Central Park. 68; Miller Park, II. Thla week's tames: Tuesday Dundaa at Central Park. Wednesday South High at Caatelar. Thursday Miller Park at Clifton Hilt. Team Standing, W. U Vet central Park ...I a i.coo oath Etgn 4 i ,7 Osatalar S g ,100 Clifton Kill t I .too Euaa.a u.,uu.Ujj.M..a tale. Basket Ball Games This Week. Tuesday Trinity Baptluts against Culvary Baptists, Hanscom Parks against Benson Methodists and First Christians against Pesrl Memorials In Church league on "Y" floor; Dundee at Central Park center. Wednesday South High at Castelar center. Thursday Omaha Nationals ngalnst Independents, Beddeo against Ceneral Furnitures and Nakens against Com merce High in lust set of Commercial league games on '1"" floor; Miller Park at Clifton Hill center. Friday Camp Grant against CralBh ton here. Council Bluffs High against Central High here. Saturday Camp Grant against Creighton here. St. Joseph High against Central High here. Aimer Park o 8 .000 Defeat of the strong South High Community Center team by Clifton Hill Thursday night was one of the biggest surprises of the season in the Municipal Basket "B 11 league. Weakened by the absence of several of their best players, the South Side lads were vanquished for the second time this season, and as a result the undefeated Central Park five is now a little closer to the championship. Castelar's victory over Dundee was another surprise, as the Dundee team is accounted one of the strong est in the league. The Castelar team is develooinir one of the best forwards in the city in Alfred El- sasser, who is playing his second year of basket ball. Elsasser made 10 of the 14 points scored by his team last Wednesday, .tossing five field goals. Shenandoah, la., March 1. Supe rior team work and basket tossing cincned a 41 to dl basket ball game here Thursday night in the first half for Clarinda High school five, which the Shenandoah High team was unable to win back in a whirl wind finish. Shenandoah plays its next contest with Emerson Thurs day. McAndless Wins His Third Straight in Billiard Tourney Chicago, March 1. David Mc Andless of Chicago won his third straight game, 300 to 240, in today's play in the National Amateur Balk Line Billiard tournament, defeating Robert M. Lord, also of Chicago. High runs: McAndless, 77; Lord, 51. Champion Corwin Huston of De troit, defeated Percy P. Trump of Pittsburg, 300 to 232. High runs: Huston, 35; Trump, 22. Double Umpiring Retained. Chicago, March. 1. The double umpiring system will be retained in the American association this sea son, President Hickev announced to night. George H. Johnson of Chicago Rourke's Manager Arrived Friday; Trades Pending for New Infielders; Has Three Young Catchers Signed. Manager Bill Jackson of " the Rourkes was a caller in The Bee sports department yesterday and gave an outline of his early plans for the Western league base ball season. Jackson says he expects (o have tf!e best team in the league for Omaha. Ke predicts the flying of the 1919 pennant from the Rourke flag pole and games that will bring the Omaha fans out in great num bers. While the other Western league clubs are building up fine ag gregations, Bill thinks the team he will have will be just a "leetle" bit better than the rest. The Rourke manager is trying to land a couple of young pitchers for his team for. this year, all of whom show great promise. Cy Lingle, the old backstop of the Omaha club, is with the arnty in France and may not be able to get here for the open ing of the season, and Jackson ex pects to have one of these new etchers hold 'em while they wait for Lingle to get home. George Baker of Peoria, 111., is one of the new ones, and though he has had no great former experience, Jackson says he has the goods and can de liver. Another youngster he is angling for is Paul Zahniser, with the Columbus club of the Amercan assocation last year. He has an other last year catcher in Ralnh Corderman that conies highly recommended. New Infield. With the exception of Jackson at first base, the Omaha club will have an entire new infield. Jackson is taking no chances with raw material in the infield and has a couple of trades pending for some experienced infielders and a pitcher or two. The announcement of the consummation of these trades may be expected within a few days. In the outfield Shag Thompson will be seen cavorting around again. Thomson xlidn't report last year, but he has seen the error of his wavs and he's out of a job in the ship yards anyway, so he will be on hand to grab off the long ones this season. Al Bashand will be in the outer garden again and some new outfielder will be secured to fill the other outfield hole. Manager Jackson announces that any of the local semi-pro players that want to work with the Western league club will be welcome, and if they show the proper ability some of them may land jobs with the Omaha team. I . Av-"i L'" .-rSM I Apr . 'i ) : ii ; - . ' . 4 r...f.A..rf..... ......Jk , n -n , .V - . Ml, -1 ' - -1 L 4m Front row, left to right: Cypreasen, guard; Smith, forward; Paynter, guajrd; Russell, guard. Top row, left to right: Kline, coach; Costello, sub; Munn, centet; Jungmeyere, forward. Notes From Sport -World i ty Championship Series for St. Louis St. Louis, March 1. Although the major league season will not set un der way until April 23, St. Louis base ball fans will get a glimpse of their favorites on April 12, the date agreed upon for opening the annual spring series between the St. Louis clubs of the American and National leagues. -- Hexathlon Meet Results. Forty-one athletes took part in the contest this year. Omaha scored 3,209 points. Last year we scored 3,657 points; the lower record is ac counted for by the fact that all of our best athletes entered the army last year, and only one of the last year's champions has returned, namely, Julius Festner. Julius Fest ner is the all-around Hexathlon champion this year having scored a total of 377 points. The second highest was .Howard Dennis, 337 points, and the third highest, D. Schobidisky, 271 points. The following were the records in each event: 60-yd.' potato race, Howard Dennid, 16 seconds; 220-yd. potato race, Curtic Gault, 1:04; run ning high jump, Ray Bruner, 5 feet 3 inches; fence vault, Julius Festner, 9 feet 11 inches; 12-pound shot put, Julius Festner, 34 feet 5 inches. C. Drew, last year's Hexathlon diam with 4jJ6 poinls is still in the army. The local semi-pro base ball situ ation is in as chaotic condition now as when first mentioned, in fact, if any different, worse. Earl Higgins, president of the Greater Omaha league, declares he is disgusted with the attitude of some of the manag ers, who appeared to favor a semi-pro league at first and have now turned around and want strictly amateur base ball. Earl says the Bluffs teams are the only ones in favor of the semi-pro organization now, but he has evidently forgotten that the Ar mours have announced that they will play semi-pro ball whether a league is formed or not. lhe formation of-a semi-pro league would benefit the Class A players and also the Ama teur Association and it is to be hoped the managers can get together on it. It has been rumored that James J. Corbett, former heavyweight cham pion, would be selected to referee the W'illard-Dempsey boxing match, on July 4. Corbett should make an excellent referee, as he has kept in a touch with pugilistic affairs during his travels as an actor and lecturei and he has a thorough knowledge of the rules of the game. The for mer champion would make an ad ditional attraction to an already wonderful drawing card. Tames let- fries was mentioned at one time as a referee, but his time is taken up with his business to such an ex- tent that he has been out of touch with ring affairs for some time, hav ing taken no interest in them since his dismal failure against Jack John son. scrapper of a decade ago, who has one glass eye, takes Johnson on every once in a while and takes a lacing, to the delight of the Span iards, who think jt is great sport. The commission form of govern ing boxing and other athletic events has proved satisfactory in most places, but the city of Detroit goes this method one better. They have a board of censors in Detroit whose duty it is to censor all boxing shows, burlesque shows and movie films. The censors are two detectives, and they certainly have their hands full. One or both of them must attend every boxing show held in the city and see the first night performance of every burlesque troupe, and no moving picture film may be seen in Detroit until the censors pass upon it. It is seemingly a good plan, for no one complains about it. Ex hibitors, players, boxers, . managers and promoters all act upon the sug gestions of the censors and there is no friction, consequently there is nothing rotten in Detroit During the warm spell of January the local golfers had plenty of prac tice, but of late have had to stick pretty close to the fireside, some times at home and sometimes at the J club. This story was told at one of me goit clubs. An irascible goiter, while playing with a clergyman on a very warm day last summer, was considerably annoyed by fleas, and at length got desperate and vented his feelings m a burst of decidedly blasphemous language. The clergy man remonstrated and pointed out the advantages of self-control. "See," he said, calmly, "there is a fly on my forehead, but it does not trouble me. By the exercise of my self-control I can play my shot without giving that fly a thought. You see. it is now on the bridce of my nose, but oh, h t It's a wasp! When Barney Reilly gave up the base ball spangles to go on the oper atic stage, his friends thought he was foolish, but the success he has attained has shown them that he knew what he was about Barney has a beautiful baritone voice and promises to rival McCormack in popularity with the music lovers of this country. He sings Italian and Spanish ballads, but the sweet Irish songs are the ones he makes his hit with. Barney will sing at the Brandeis theater this afternoon at 3 m. A series of six games before the regular opening of the season is planned by Mayor lorn Fainveather of Des Moines, owner of the Des Moines, Western league club. He is negotiiting with Pa Rourke for the series, three games in Des Moines and three in Omaha. This series, .'f arranged wil'. give the fans of the respective cities a line on the play ing strength of the two teams be fore the league season opens. KERS TRIM NEBRASKA UNI FRESHMEN FIVE Fast Game, Marred by Fistic Encounter of Rival Play ers When Locals Go Ahead. : ft 'POTTINfiTHE- next mm wiTiTDircsmm THIS stuff they label fashion is a queer bird. Ladies are now cavvinp, bjjlygoats around as pe:i. A Wilhelin goat is just as good as extract of violets and you don't have to bother about pulling the cork out. A billiamgoat makes a fine four-legged lorgnette. Sweet cookies! You can't tell what the trails lire going to do next. They wrap steam radiators around their necks fn summer and rattle around in bliezards with nothing on but a couple of red heels and three or four yards of' talcum powder. And they're entitled to vote. This billygoat business is only the start of the zoo junk. When th shrills start wearing porcupines for sofa cushions, that's when the com mittee will award 'cm the brown derby. They'll be using zebras for English tea tables and throwing soprano, fits because they won't be able to teach giraffes to canter under Fords like carriage dogs. Wow! That last one may sound kerfoolish, but you can't tell what a girl will do when she decides to have the most stylish chin in the works. Last few jears, they were satisfied to swindle a walrus's wife out of her hide, but this season they want to skin the poor animals and use the remains as a household pet. Can't tell where this animal craze will stop. Destination is an uncer tain as a freight train on a downgrade with the engineer full of stew per cent alcohol. - They'll be training fleas to be beauty spots next. Can vou pipe th village ciueeii searching for a thousand-legged beauty spot that was sup posed to be behind her car. but suddenly switched its fleaish mind and decided to travel for the winter? When the war was on. every chicken in the country wanted to be s Joan ot Arc. Now with this billygoat bunk swinging the blond vote, every flapper wants to be a Joan of Noah's Ark. You said it. Fashionable chirping will limp something like this: Dumbburg, Nebraska: While waiting for a new war to knit for the Dumbliurg Knitting club, which has been knitting left sox for soldiers! decided to hold their annual whale hunt. First prize was won by the wife of the village cut-up, who led the grand march exactly two jumps ahead of a wild Belgian ingrown hare. The affair was a wonderful suc cess. Dinner consisted of oats, bran mash and cracked corn cobs. Torpid, Iowa: Mrs. Sappington Sapp, th dean of the Veteran De butantes of America, is m the Torpid garage with a sprained lap. Mrs Sapp was trying to break in an elephant as a lap dog. After her chassis "msiiiuicu vui mrs. oapp win scratcn elephants oit her visiting list. Society will remember that our beautiful dean is the pioneer who intro duced snapping turtles into cotillions. Her husband is a well-known trav eling man. We don't blame him. ! nary rid Sioux City Basket Ball Fiv6 Loses to Central High Sioux City, la.. March 1. (Soecial Telegram.) Ability at basket shoot ing and advantage in speed resulted in a 22 to 13 yctory for the Central Omaha High school basket ball team in a game played wjth the Sioux City High school squad here tonight. The Omaha five scored at the beginning of the contest and had marked up enough points in the first half to put them in the clear. The first period of play ended with the score 17 to 6 in favor of Omaha. The Nebraskans took things easy in the second haJf and made only two field baskets, but holding the home team in check. Burman carried off the honors for the Omaha team. He made six field goals. Konechy at guard displayed a good bit of speed and proved a star on long shots. He made Omaha's first two points on a field goal from the center of the floor. Omaha Nat, 14; Uni. Freshmen, 13. Two men had to be taken off the floor for staging a one-round pugi listic encounter before the husky Omaha National Bank five could register a 14 to 13 victory over the lanky University of Nebraska fresh ies last night in a slow game on the "Y" floor that ended with a cyclonic finish. Coming from behind and handicapped by a six-point lead the freshmen staged a last-minute rally that threatened to tie the score. Austin Smith and Jungmeyer were the mainstays of the visitors while the money men formed a solid com bination around the invincible Klep ser-Parrish duet. When Bud Smith of the Lincoln crew saw the floor honors going to the locals he at tempted to stage a ringed-circle en gagement with himself and Bob Koran as the principals. Both men were taken out of the game after referee Verne Moore called 'em naughty boys. Lineup and summaries: I'nl Freshmen, j Omaha Sat. Banka. FO.FTP.I FG.FT. P 0! Parrlsh.rf 3 0 6 Klepser.lf 5 Kector.c 2 Ritchle.ra: 0' Koran.lg OjStryker.rf Useless, Wyoming: The semi-annual hop of the Sweet Thine em. was one of the most successful stampedes ever Dulled off here Whilo mi a Rantuiuu in wic V irginia repi. r ne mivn rnnsta i n ir,ifAi mi . .. traffic rules, by dancing north on the left-hand side of the street By the time the vehicles were straightened out Mrs. Gink discovered that some slicker had speared her lavalliere of white mice. All the dancing partners were returned to their cages in thezoo and will be searched tomorrow. East Junk. Illinois: The wedding of the Van Gappers attracted great interest in society circles here. It will be remembered that Mrs Van Gapper nee Boneskull, created the charming custom of having six chimpanzee bridesmaids at weddings. The bridegroom startled the assem bled guests by placing the wedding ring on a chimpanzee's left foot He apologized by saying that he was very nearsighted. He had better get his 2 per cent optics recruited up to full war strength before Mrs. Van Gapper comes out of her rye highball swoon. The Van Gappers will leave for a wedding trip on the eehawken ferryboat. The Van Gappers have lived longer m East Junk and paid less rent than anybody now in society Russell, rf 0 A.Smlth.lf S Jungmeyer.o 2 j R.Kmlth.rg 1 F Paynter.ir 0 Munn.rf 0 Cypr'a'n.rg 0 Totala ( 1 0i Barrett.Itr 13! Totala 0 14 John Officials Verne Moore, referee; Reel, scorer: Flxa, timekeeper. Time of halves 20 minutes. The Central Furniture quintet humbled the doughty Council Bluffs High combination, 46 to 21, in a fast but one-sided preliminary. Eddie McGoorty Matched to Fight Seaman Townley London, March 1. Eddie Mc Goorty, American light heavyweight, now in the American army, was matched today to box Seaman Ar thur Townley, on March 13. At the same time a bout was arranged between Augie Ratner of the Ameri can army and winner in the middle weight division in the recent army and navy boxing tournameSit, and "Boy" MacCormick for March 27. INDOOR SPORTS Copyright. 191. Internatlon'l News Service Drawn for The Bee by Tad fAfkAG TO I n TVAC" 05fc7 ACjOOOajTT" . A-r- AAli k-TMAjM PA I'AA AMTH Bit, a. A OrW AT M'AiGRvr Acer . -A6 tTttlt - Of -.r 'A AVAJ&tf VMlH IT-j DlONr-oseoN pW e.p6 - B.I f . . . . . r-V f T TT Yiur-r- v-i y I - . k HEwWPf' Stuff 4 A. JMQST - . r lf-.L- IVU I 1 - y I w m - - r I 1 I Wilt lUJV- t ft 1 1 -N - kf I 11 J.-'s O; I P if .(ill ail (vjHtArVe kajovum ro'me g-a-wo V -J . 7ue MA(L out mere $wvtur JMEEtT! vrfj y - SOTTON BEATEN BY HOPPE HERE IN EXHIBITION Former Champion and Title Holder Give Wonder ful Display of Their Skill. Willie Hoppe, champion of the world at 18.2 balkline billiards, and George Sutton, former title holder, entertained at the Omaha Athletic club with exhibitions at billiards at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and 8 o'clock last night. Ater each game, Hoppe gave an additional exhibition of his prowess in the way of fancy and difficult shots. The exhibitions were held in the upstairs dining hall and a number of ladies were present at DOtn games. In the afternoon game Hoppe won the bank and took first shot. The balls took some bad breaks in the early part of the game and Hoppe was away in the rear for six innings. Sutton started with a creat lead of 45 in his first inning and 81 in the second, but fell off after that. Hoppe missed cleanly on his sixth inning, but in the seventh he made a high run of 119. His opponent only scored Ihree on his spot and it proved his last, for Hoppe needed 118 to eo out and hemade them and the game was over. Score by innings of the after noon game was: Mopps ....112116123 0110118 Total 174 Sutton ...46 81 22 81 14 3... Total 300 In the evening game Hopne aeain won the bank, but failed to make a billiard on his shot. Sutton scored 20 on his first effort, but this was Ins best of the game. The champion then stepped out with a run of 160. Sutton's first shot came to an eud when he failed to bring the balls out of balk and Hoppe lost his second turn on the 16lst billiard the same way. The score by innings of the evening game: HPP 0 160 81 53 81 2S Total 30lt Sutton 26 j. 6 j Tl ...37 Hoppe executed the following shots after each gam: Force drive around the table. A three-cushion masse on one rail. A three-cushion masse around the table. A four cushion masse in a corner. A four cushion follow shot in a corner. A three-cushion follow shot with re verse english. A follow masse around the table. A three-cushion follow shot. A time masse shot in which the white ball touched seven cushions before the billiard was made. A time kiss shot, the white ball touching seven cushions and kissing the ojher cue ball. The last shot was a long masse shot along the rail. The dining, room was crowded at both performances and at times the applause was - positively deafening. Hoppe made a wonderful impression on every o;e present by his non chalance while playing, together with his easy grace and beautiful control of cue and balls. Fremont High Loses. Fremont, Neb., March 1. The Fremont high school basket ball team lost the last game of the sea son on the local floor, for the Arlington flippers scored 21 to 20, victory over the home boys here. Saturday evening. It was the second defeat the Fremont team has suf fered at the hands of the Arlington squad this season. Fremont winds up the season at University Place next Friday evening. 7' ' " Another Carload Harley Davidsons Just Received It's the motorcycle they all want because it has stood the acid test for years by satisfying the big majority of experienced motorcycle riders. It lacks nothing you could wish for in a motorcycle. Ask the men who have been in the service. They Know. Victor H. Roos "The Cycle Man" 2701-03-05 Leavenworth St. Omaha ri'i