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- V Kabibble Kabaret mmiM. ut. tniamttcMi rtaM santaa, im. niiix a. a. Ft fllTfe 7Hg TSMSg FOR HJU- lTSHQlflD 8S3MT BASE BALL, GOLF, BOXING, WRESTLING, SHOOTING, TENNIS wm THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 20, 1919. 13 A All the Latest Sport NeVs All the Time I DEMPSEY DID NOT SEE BLOW WHICH GAINEDJCTORY Felt Sorry for Willard, He Says, So Copked Right, Closed Eyes, and Let Go. By HERBERT N. BERG, International News Service Staff Corre spondent. B New-York, July 19. "I had to hit him, for there, before me, stood the only person in the world between me tnd the heavyweight champion ship. So I cocked my right, took one look at that battered face, closed my eyes and then let go. 1 Wouldn't bear to see that blow land." That is how Jack Dempsey brought to a dramatic conclusion his story of the fight in which he won the heavyweight championship at Toledo, O., from Jess Willard. iack was not bragging, neither was e playing foreffect. He was mere ly telling how he won his laurels. To the writer, who watched the challenger prove his superiority over Willard, the foregoing remarks prove a splendid and uncolored in sight to the new champion. Demp- aey not only has an exceptionality winning personality, but his every word carries the full weight of con viction. He is an entertaining chap, one who actually likes to play, but when it comes to fighting Ye Gods! what a wallop "I was pretty nervous when I went into the ring," admitted the Salt Lake mauler, "and it seemed to me that, my nervousness in creased as the time dragged before the first round. As I stepped up to Willard I had in mind his re ported abality to hit and hit hard. That is why I showed so much respect for his punches at the be ginning. "You remember that I ran away from Jess's first lead, a straight left. You may also recall how I stepped back when he led the sec ond time. And then we mixed and Jess landed on me twice. Right then and there my confidence re turned and my nervousness disap peared. . "I figured to myself that if he could not hit any handed than those two blows it was up to me wade into him and swap punches. didn't even have to swap, for Jess ' seemed to lose his steam, and all of the boxing ability when I landed that first one which upset him. "As I looked down at that big -man on the canvas I quickly made up my mind that this fight was all mine and all that I had to do was to go out and win it. From then on I just plastered him until, at the end of the first round, I was sure i had "done enough. In fact, I started to leave theing. But when they called me back there was nothing for me to do but to go in and fin ish the job. " "It was the toughest job I ever had in my life. I never felt so sorry for anyone in my life and that is why I closed my eyes when I let go with the final wallop that Drought me the championship." 4 ft- Best Women Swimmers of Australia Invade the U. S. Effort Will Be Made to Bring Mermaids to Omaha Athletic Club All Are Title Holders and Cham pions In Their Own Country. iCw 54 as 17 X"v (P Australia has sent five of her best women swimmers to the United States to meet all comers. All are title holders and medalNwinners. They have just arived in San Fran cisco and will tour the country. An effort will be made to bring them to the Omaha Athletic club. The Australian mermaids shown in the picture are: Jessie Evans, Fan ny Durack, champion woman swim mer of the world; Ella Gormley, Mina Wylie and Hilda Robertson. Champions Actions Have Bearing On Boxing Future Recent Past Potentates of Ring Have Neglected Physical Condition, Fooling Patrons of the Sport; in Titular Contests, All Tending to Discredit of the Game; Money Apparently Only Objective. ft Carpentier Knocks Out Former English r Heavyweight Champ Paris, July 19. Georges Carpen v tier, the French champion, knocked out Dick Smith, former English ; champion, in the eigth round of a twenty-round bout tonight. It was Carpentier's fight all the way. Smith was offered as the victim to Parisian fight fans in celebrating Carpentier's return to the ring after a five years' absence. He was com pletely outclassed, Carpentier domi nating the situation throughout. ' : The fourth round was about even. " Smith was down for a count of seven in the third and took a count of eight in the fifth. Carpentier finished his work in the eighth with a left and right to the jaw. Tlie Frenchman seemed anxious for a prompt knockout. He fought fiercely, leaving openings which might have been taken advantage f by more clever opponents. Car- ' pcnlier appeared a little short of condition and some lines was ob tained on this evening's showing re garding his chances in a gruelling . -battle. - Hed Fulton challenged the win ner. The assembly was more spectacu- 1ar than the fight itself, beautiful women in gorgeous gowns and men in evening dress cheering Carpen tier and Fonck and Nungesser, the t aviators. swhen "they were intro- duced. It was more like a social V " function than a prize fight and the : crowds went home happy that the French itiol had not been dethroned. V i i :Fohl Resigns and Speaker : Is Made Manager of Team Cleveland, July 19. Lee Fohl, manager of the Cleveland American ' League Base Ball club for the past three years, resigned as manager of . the team today. The resignation . was accepted by President James- C Dunn, who appointed Tris Speaker, outfielder, manager for the rest of the season. Fohl's resigna tion, it is said, was because of dis , satisfaction of the public with his management. Dan O'Leary Starts 100-Mile Walk to Celebrate Birthday . Chicago, July 19. Dan O'Leary, etersa pedestrian celebrated his 78th birthday,by starting a 100-mile walk at four o'clock this afternoon. In $ hours and 34 minutes he had . covered IS miles. He expects to tinisa tomorrow evening New York, July 19. A boxing expert says that unless pugilistic champions give more consideration to the defense of their laurels in the future boxing is not going to win its way back into the good graces of the people. Three successive heavyweight titleholders have been coaxed into the ring by a jingle, of hard coins, only to make the sor riest show of themselves. While, the gullibles continue to pay there is a growing demand that future cham pionship fights shall be between men fit for battle and not between a young, virile, highly conditioned ath lete for instance, and a brokn down sport. The ignoble defeat of-Jess Willard should be an example to all athlets that nature must assert itself. Those engaged in strenuous sports or any activity that calls forth unusual ef fort should be convinced that to flirt with" idleness means rapid de cline of the muscles trained for hard work. No part of the human makeup deteriorates so quickly as the mus cles. And idleness will burn up strength more quickly than the hard est labor. Trained On Whskey. For 10 vears John L. Sullivan still remembered as the greatest of all heavyweights, trained on whisky and wines and thought he could climb into the ring perfectly able to defend his title against the y6ung, well-prepared Jim Corbett. Sullivan did not train tor' nis Dattie witn Corbettt He plays at his work much as Willard did. It was a shock to the great John L. when he was knocked stiff. " Sullivan tried to outdo nature and whipped himself: He was always a heavy drinker. Bill Bradburn, who chummed witn Sullivan, said a few days ago that he drank with John L. possibly 500 times and never once did Sullivan order beer. It was fire water that Sullivan wanted and the poison that cut short his ring title rule. After five years as owner of a prosperous saloon Jim Jeffries was dragged back into the ring to meet a powerfully builC perfectly trained negro, and Jeffries tumbled into ob livion quickly. It was said bf Jef fries that he was his own best cus tomer in his Los Angeles cafe. That was not the greatest fault of Jef fries, however He was like Sulli van in the, belief that he still was able to command his dulled mus cles. He was warned by many per sons that he should train more per sistently if he' cared at all for vic tory, but the lure of gold through the theatrical field was too much for Jeffries and the public was foiled again. Negro L.ved High. When Johnsoh was coaxed back from Europe to meet Willard in Havana the negro was living a riot ous life in Paris, fie had burned up much of his vitality. He watched the big, clumsy Willard work and decided that he need not train to knock out Willard. Had it been the Johnson who met Jeffries, he undoubtedly would have fought well after a playful preparation, but the Johnson at Havana was a fat broken "down negro with no strength left. Johnson did have a clumsy gawk in front of him, but Johnson had no strength to match against that possessed by the inexperienced boxer who won. It was Johnson's condition that beat him in Havanna -and not any prearranged plan for fake fight. Any authority on human frame would have laughed at the suggestion of a fake after one look at Johnson, who even carried a big roll of stomach fat into the ring with him the day he was felled by Willard. Like Sullivan, Jeffries and John son, Willard refused to take the ad vice of friends and experts, who openly charged him with neglecting his work. Willard tried to laugh away all doubts with the statement that he never was more fit for battle in his life. And he never was less ready to meet such a test as Demp sey offered. While Willard undoubt edly fooled himself to a certaiA ex tent, he led a host of friends into a more sorry mess. Willard's Wind Bad. Willard's wind was bad. His legs went out from under him with the first punch he got On the chin. His arms were weary. His massive form collapsed. All of these things were directly responsible to his refusal to even make an attempt to get into condition. Another fight authority says that if George Carpentier, the French heavyweight boxer, should get into line for a match with Jack Dempsey he would prove an easy mark. Car pentier is nearly 30 years old and hasn't participated in a real' glove fight since the summer of 1914. He won on a foul from Gunboat Smith in ix rounds on July 16 of that year at a London club and 10 days later he beat one Kid Jackson on a foul in four rounds at Bordeaux. Then the French champion enlisted to fight for his country. Carpentier is matched to fight Jim Beckett, now champion heavyweight of Great Britain, and a London club has offered a purse of $125,000 for a battle between the winner and Dempsey. But should Carpentier defeat Beckitt, Dempsey doubtless would try to induce the Frenchman to box for the big title in this coun try. In fact, Promoter Thatcher -of Toledo, already has opened nego tiations with Carpentier to meet Dempsey in a world's championship bout in that city within the next nine months. Carpentiere Long Absent The French champion's best fighting weight is 175 pounds, and he is five feet 11J4 inches tall. But he never has shown sufficient quality to stand a chance with the wonder ful slugger who made a punching bag of Willard. A study of Car pentier's ring record shows that he began his ring career in 1907; than in 1911, when he had begun to at tract some attention, he was beats)! in five rounds by Dixie Kid, an American negro; that a year i later, after defeating Willie Lewis, a sec ond rater, on ponts in 20 rounds, he was stopped by Billy Papke in 17 rounds, and lost on a foul to Frank Klaus in nineteen rounds. Papke and Klaus being first-class American middleweight. Carpentier" gained renown by twice knocking out Bombardier" Wells in 1913, but the next year he was outpointed in 15 rounds by Joe Jeannette in Paris. The French man's fight with Gunboat Smith was a queer affair. The referee declared that Smith had committed a foul by striking Carpentier when he .was half down. This ruling, in the opin ion of Americans at the ringside, prevented Smith from scoring a dead sure knockout, as Carpentier at that moment was badly beaten. Having been absent from the ring for five years, therefore, Carpentier would be greatly handicapped if he should attenjpt to trait for Demp sey. -While Jack Dempsey is receiving many offers from fight promoters all over the country for bouts, the latest is one of a guarantee of $25, 000, with an option of 45 per cent "Ten Seconds Flat". Is Very Nearly Impossible With Good Stop Watch New York, July 19. "He can run 100 yards in ten seconds easily" is a remark frequently heard in athletic circles. Ten seconds for one hundred yards makes the runner average two hundred yards for each fifth of a second, a fact that shows how ridic ulous it is to assume that any man can run one hundred yards easily in ten seconds. . Although many runners have been credited with even itme, there are few who could show sound figures for the distance. A fifth of a second stop watch in the hands of an ex pert clocker recording even 'time does not signify that the runner did a sound performance. A man could show in his running fully three feet worse than ten sec onds and the stop of the watch might fall in the nick which would give him the benefit in time. The English and Scotch , profes sional timers and trainers use the Williams stop" watch, which regis ters one-sixteenth of a second. The! stop arangement does nxt fall into a nick. It acts directly On a wheel, which prevents a performer getting any better or worse of his running. With the sixteenth divided timer the actal performance of a sprinter can be figure'd very close, providing the timepiece is in capable hands. There are very few expert dock ers on foot racing ,in the amateur ranks and possibly' the fifth split watches are close enough, Still they would not never do to clock a man with for his try-out for a powder ball handicap, on which thousands of dollars are always at stake. American Association. Louisville, July 19. Score: R. H. E. Milwaukee 4 9 0 Louisville 8 I 1 Batteries: Howard, Northrop and Lees, Huhn: Anderson and Meyer. Indianapolis, July 19. Score: R. H. E. St. Paul 4 12 0 Indianapolis 1 5 0 Batteries: Nlehaus and Hargrave; Steele, Rogge and Leary. Toledo, July 19. Score: First game: R. H. E. Minneapolis 7 11 1 Toledo ,....5 6 3 Batteries: Schauer and Owens; Brady, Adams and Murphy. Second game: R. H. E. Minneapolis 1 5 2 Toledo 2 6 2 Batteries: Robertson and Henry; Miljus and Kelly. Columbus, O., July 19. Score: First game: R. H. E. Ka'nsas City t 0 3 2 Columbus 1 4 2 Batteries: Evans and LaLonge; Sher man and Stumpf. Second game: R. H. E. Kansas City 0 4 2 Columbus 5 5 1 Batteries: Graham, Johnson and Mon roe; Lamberth and Wagner. Muny League Games Today Greater Omaha League. Thirty-second and Dewey avenue Holmes against Murphy-Dld-Its, 3:30 p. m. ('No other games scheudled.) City League. Rivervlew Park McCaffrey Co. against Willard Storage Baattery, 3:30 p. m. Miller Park Union Outfitting Co. against Bowen Furniture Co., 3:30 p. m. (No other games scheduled.) American League. Fontenelle Park Riggs Optical Co. against Universal Motor Co., 3:30 p. m. (No other game scheduled.) Booster League. Elmwood Park East, Ramblers against Bnson Merchants, 1:30 p. m. ; World-Herald against Benson Merchants, 3:30 p. m. Luxus Park Trimble Brothers against Leavenworth Merchants, 3:30 p. m. Gate City League. Thirty-second and Dewey Avenue Town sends against McKenney Dentists, 1:30 p. m. ( Fontenelle Park Omaha Printing Co. Juniors against Reno Billard Parlors, 1:30 p. m. Rivervlew Fak Beselini against Her mansky Pharmacy, 1:30 p. m. Inter-City League. Miller Park Beddeos against Harley Davidsons, 1:30 p. m. Luxus Park Harding Creamery Co. against Curo Mineral Springs. (No other games cheduled. ) With The Bee Juniors Fast and snappy playing la promised the local followers of amateur base ball this morning, when the teams of the three divisions, representing the Omaha Bee Junior Base Bail association, are seen in action, fighting it out for the cham pionship of their respective divisions. The teams are all staging an Interesting race for the championship of their divi sions and at the present time It is un certain as to who .the pennant winners will be. Six games are on the program this morning. In division 1, the West Dodge Dairy, who are tied with the Suburbas for first honors, will clash with the Fort Omaha Merchants, at Thirty-first sand Ames avenue, while the Suburbas battle the Locust street Merchants, at Elmwood park, east diamonds. The Woodman of the World will again lock horns with the Kalman Insurance Co. at Fontenelle park. Only one contest will be played in divi sion 2. that being between the Farnam Candy Co., and the Omaha Taxi. Said contest will be played at Elmwood park, west diamond. The other two games are of the, forfeit order, the Dorcas Street Stars winning one from the Slogr Juniors and the Leavenworth Merchants, likewise from The Omaha Bee. Luxus park will be the scene of the Meyer Bearcats, leaders of division 3, and the Deer Park Ramblers. Considerable rivalry exists between these two aggre gations, ao a battle for blood is looked for. The Rivervlew Cubs, will mix with the Lake Street Merchants, -at the high school grounds. The game between the Deer Park-Ramblers-Walnut Hill Merchants, w.hich was reported postponed last week, has been awarded to the Ramblers, on account of the Merchants falling to appear. The Walnut Hill Merchants have been awarded a forfeit game from the Krug Park Sluggers. Following la where the Warns play this morning: DIVISION 1. Fontenelle Pat- Woodmen of the World against Kalman Insurance company, 10 a. m. Elmwood Park East Locust Street Merchants against Suburbas, 10 a. m. Thirty-first and Ames Avenue Fort Omaha Merchants against West Dodge Dairy, 10 a. m. DIVISION 2. Elmwood Park West Farnam Candy company against Omaha Taxi, 10 a. m. DIVISION 3. Luxus Park Meyer's Bearcat against Deer Park Ramblers, 10 a. m. High School Grounds Lake Street Merchants against Rivervlew Cubs. 10 a, m. NEXT GNC OVER" WITirDUfiSTHEft 3sr Lawrence, Kansas. WHITE hopes were as stylish as sealskins when Jack Johnson was top-kicker in the blimp department of knucklism. Willard knocked Jack into the land of Ferdinand and Isabella. The dons were glad to see anybody from America, as they bun us that they are still waiting for Christopher Colombo to bring that jewelry back. Then Jack Dempsey blazed up like a trick set of Kris Kringle's whiskers in an Xmas fire and jostled Willard back into the egg and hamlet of Lawrence, Kan. Jess used to flatwheel around Lawrence feeling like a frog among tadpoles, but there ain't much doubt that Dempsey knocked him right back to the size of the town. Another thing is that the milkman, butcher, grocer, baker and so forth of Lawrence, Kan., all laid a little bet smack on Willard's nose to win. Something else was laid smack on Jess' beezer and all the Lawrence (Kan.) wagers busted loose from their moorings. Now, what is Jess going to moan when he paddles up the main stem of Lawrence, Kan.? Will he look the butcher in the eye while the butch weighs him out a pound of catmeat? If he does, he's nuts. The place to look a butcher when he is weighing dogmeat is right in the hands. He can't put his eye on the scale. Will Jess dare to stare the deluded grocer in the mush when the old groce is hopping up the sugar with a few shots of sand? That honest old groce staked his last seventeen dollars on Jess, and what did Jess do? Threw 'em down like a hot plate. Can Jess grasp the baker's mitt, brother to brdther, considering that the sterling honest old eleven-to-the-dozen bake staked his wife's last 52 smackers on Jess to cop the bacon? Can Jess shake that sauare old bake's paws? Notta chance. The last thing that Jess remembers about the Dempsey tight is shaking hands. And he doesn t want it to happen again. ' When the milkman ladles out the powdered pump-water in the young hours of the morning will Jess poke, his skull out of the "window ' and wish him howdy? Nope. That honest milkman stayed up all night pump ing in order to snitch enough velvet to plaster nine berries on his fellow townsman to grab the cookies. And Jess betrayed nine washers' worth of trust by diving to the mezzanine floor of the ring and repeating the performance until he looked like a stuttering Steve Brodie. Every time he flopped nine bills' worth of the milkman's darb flopped with him. And when Jess got up and stayed up the nine green flags stayed down. The towel that flapped into4he ring wasn't made of muslin.-It wasn't made of crash, although that would have been appropriate. It was made of 2,800 certificates of Lawrence, Kan. All that Lawrence, Kan. we're still buzzing about the same town could steal, beg or borrow in the order named; all that Lawrence, Kan., could gyp. hype or earn in alphabetical order; all that Lawrence, Kan., could short-change, quick count or bilk reading from left to right; all that, we repeat, went down on Jess. And it stayed there when Jess got up. Don'orget that the Lawrence (Kan.) barber had four bills on Jess to repeat. You may forget it, but the barber won't. Those four bills represented many a twirl with the top-heavy bones. And when Jess flat dogs it into the Lawrence (Kan.) barber works to grab a shave we hope that all the chairs ate busier than John D. trying, to blow out the- candles on his birthday cake. If Jess has any health left after that Toledo thing, we advise him to shave himself until that barber forgets. Lawrence, Kan., got an awful trimming, gents, and takes its place in history right alongside of Johnstown, Pa., and that town at the foot of Vesuvius. And in later years no doubt that the wax-works of Coffey Is land will have a sister-piece to the Johnstown tableau showing Lawrence, Kan., slumbering in the moonlight right before the big blow. How does that Johnstown spiel travel? Oh, ches! To the right we have the ill-fated city of Johnstown. The people are preparing to retire for the night. To the left we have the automatic rail way taking the people to and from their occupations. What is that on the horizon coming on the wings of the wind? It's a messenger riding to warn the people of their impending doom. Good heavens! The dam has bust! So is Lawrence, Kan. Cryptograms of Sport By KARL LEE. We acted as golf "expert" this week. Principally acted. Golf is some sport. The moneyed have selected it as a pastime. Presi dents play it. That's why you see so many varieties of people follow ing it. Moths follow the light. Savvy? And the rubber bounds on. , "Kid" Mulligan, Central High's resourceful advisor in athletics, made up a considerable part of the "gallery" that followed the Rey-nolds-Shepard match Friday. Mully says golf is funny. Righto. It greatly suggests pin pong. Mulilgan, by the way, took occa sion to announce that the Blue and White would clean up the state this fall in foot ball, basket ball and track. As usual he thinks fast. Covers sesons quickly. The w. k. salesman at the local Spaulding shop, Harry Reeu, told us this week that more athletic goods had been sold to high school and secondary colleges of Nebraska than in any preivous year. Which augers well for hot, cool days. It is to be noted that Nebraska golfers as well as Nebraska basket ' bailers are strong for consolations. The state golf tourney commands seven. , Basketers boasted 8 in 1918. But do they console? Or just kid? When Lester Davis, "pro" golf champion of Nebraska, hits' a ball on a drive, it "cracks." And the score crumbles. But Les don't. . "Gus" Miller, former coach at Creighton University, has resigned his effice as "chief probation officer of the juvenile court of Omaha." Says $2,000 per isn't enough. Coaching doesn't payi Mulligan-Patton-Drummond and company is going to make Omaha high school-fall and winter athletics a live thing this year, we reckon. The three "vacationed" this sum mer. Mully is finishing his sixth year studying at the Nebraska Medical college to add what he calls an "M. D." to his moniker. He's now "interned" at the county hospital. Don't get worried. He's not German, Hungarian or Austrian or Turk. Just plain Scotch-American. Mostly American. 4 Sandlot Base Ball Gossip f of the gross receipts, to meet Bat tling Levinsky, the Hebrew light heavyweight champion, in a 12 round no-decision bout, to be fought at an open-air boxing show to be staged by the McKinney Athletic club of Canton, O:, on the afternoon of Labor day. Promoter McKinney says he will post the entire guar antee with a bank in Canton the moment that Dempsey signs . the articles of agreement Left Fielder Coleman Is playing a nifty game for the McCaffrey Motor Co.team. At the first station, Tolllver Is playing In big league style. He Is connected with the McCaffrey Motor team. Some one said, "Johnny Shields talked the Sample-Harts out of the game last Sunday." Ask Frank Hubatka. Ebby Anderson Is playing In "big league style at the first sack for the Universal Motor team. Chuck Langer twirled a nifty game for tho Holmes against the Nebraska City crew last Sunday. In Moore. Langer, Smith and O'Keefe the Holmes' White 'Sox have a quintet of hurlers hard to beat. Ray Maxwell will be on the firing line for the McCaffrey against the Willard Storage Battery this fternoona. Eddie Dygest Is playing' the best base ball of his career and holding down the center garden In great style. Behind the bat for the McCaffrey Motor team, "Buddy" Pates ia sure catching a great game this season. He is also hit ting the pill hard. The Holmes are without a game for next Sunday and would like to secure one with pprne fast out-of-town aggregation. Call Ernie Holmes' billiard parlor. Atkins, who pitched for the Universal Motor team against the Sample-Harts last Surtday, was In great form and also hit one on the nose for a round trip circuit, with two men on. "Butch" Hay, who has received many offers from teams In South Dakota, has leclded to stay in Omaha and twirl th" rest of the season (or the iluri-lij -UiU-Its. Champion Dempsey Declares ; Foreigners Must Come flerfe Newly Crowned King of Heavies Says the European ; Challengers Must uome to America lor a uracK ai - , His Title Jack Tiring of Theatrical Life. . ?. 1 By WILLIAM HILLMAN, Universal Service Staff Corres pondent. New York. July 17. "I am the champion and I am an American. If any of those foreigners want a crack at the title they will have to come to America." This was Jack Dempsey s answer today to the query as to whether he would meet Carpentier, the French champion, or Joe Beckett, the latest London sensation in heavyweight maulers. Let the foreign invasion begin 1 America needs no pugilistic Mon roe doctrine. For if Carpentier and Beckett are the best burope can do in the way of contenders for heavy weight honors let 'em all come. John Bull is all excited about his latest champion, Beckett, whom he considers the logically opponent of Dempsey. Two weeks ago Beckett gave Frank Goddard, the soldier giant, a cruel beating in less than five minutes of sensational fighting. Goddard Not Boxer. But Goddard was never con sidered a real boxer. Although he never met defeat until his fight with Beckett, he was considered a big, awkward fighter,- depending more upon his bulk and brute strength than upon skill to keep him on his feet. He was always leaving him self wide open and forever flirting with a knockout. - Along came Beckett, aggressive and clever and. tap, tap the lights went out. But if Beckett partisans think this knockout of Goddard makes him a dangerous opponent of Dempsey, what a nightmare they have ahead of them. The man that is going to make Dempsey take the count has got to be more than a clever fist manipu lator who can slip through a hole as big as a cavern and land on the jaw of a man who has as much pep as a wooden horse. , Let Beckett try Carpentier first' Maybe something might come of it - to interest Dempsey. In the meantime the home talent is being combed for a rival for the champion. The latest fad among the fight fans is asking each other "who can lick Dempsey?" Some say Billy Meehan. Another v suggests Battling Levinsky. Here a voice pipes up and says BilKBren- i nan. Candidates are springing up over night like wings on a rumor. Martin to Challenge. Bob Martin, heavyweight cham- pion of the American expedition. ary forces and winner of the inter allied championship at the Pershing stadium, is thinking of challenging Dempsey. He has already issued a challenge to the winner of the Car-pentier-Dick Smith fight. A sinister tale emanating from Mexico has it that Jack Johnson, -erstwhile champion, is grooming Capt. Bob Roper, American ama teur heavyweight champion, to de pose Jack. Roper is a rather clever boxer, and this same tale has it that he is becoming a fit contender for the title under the watchful eye of Johnson. ' Well, since there's so big a bang, I guess Jack will have to fight some one. 1 Dempsey is already tiring of the atrical life. He is being- mobbed daily by representatives of thea ters, movies, wild west shows, cir cuses and what not to devote a lit tle of his terrestrial presence under their direction for a few badly need ed ducats, which aren't so numerous these days of grace of 1919. , Dempsey, on his way today to , Los Angeles from Chicago, said he . would rather fight than act. He's bored. He wants action. "Well, where's his rival?" Major League Averages Hay Is regarded the best amateur hurler In Omaha. He has not lost a game this sea son and has seven shut-outs to his credit. He will be on the tiring line this afternoon against the Holmes White Sox at Thirty second and Dewey avenue. " Harold Price played a stellar game at the short corner for the Universal Motor crew last Sunday, and was responsible for the Motor's victory, as he drove- In the winning tally In the eleventh frame. "Clink" Clair refused an offer of 1300 per month to manage a team In South Dakota. "Clink" la through with managing clubs and says that he will continue to play the Initial sack for the Murphy's. Johnny Devlne, who recently returned from France, has signed up with the Holmes White Sox and will assist Billy Holbrook behind the bat. Johnny caught for the Holmes against Nebraska City last Sunday and nabbed four men stealing. The Fox Film corporation base bah sluggers tightened their lead In the cham pionship race in the Film Exchange league by winning from the Triangle aggregation by a 3-to-0 score. The pitching of Dazeil and the hitting of Phil Monsky featured. Following will be the Holmes White Sox lineup against the Mnrphy-Dld-Its this afternoon: J. SuteJ, first: McAndrews, sec ond: King, short; G. SuteJ. third; O'Keefe. Langer, Martin and Boguem, outfielders: Holbrook and Devlne. catchers; Moore and Smith, pitchers. Bert Murphy la becoming a regular base ball fan and he la always on the bench with his team. Bert claims to have the beet amateur team In the west land Kays his aggregation will win the I ;reat-r Omaha league pennant and the I midnetit auialtur chainpiunahlp. j - .Western League. Team Batting. G. AB. R. H. 2B.3B.HR.Pct. Wichita 70 2294 342 630 125 32 23 .274 Sioux City.. 66 2279 339 61S 119 19 S .271 Dea Moines. 68 2317 28 621 89 26 .268 St. Joseph.. 65 2085 292 645 93 28 8 .262 Joplln 60 2278 302 592 115 28 28 .260 Tulaa 73 2455 294 629 106 17 11 256 Omaha 70 2251 307 570 87 1 6 .253 Okla. City.. 67 2214 285 554 106 28 6 .256 Team Fielding. XV. L. PO. A. K. Pet. Dps Moines 32 36 1845 837 110 .961 Wichita 32 38 1844 907 117 .959 Tulsa 38 35 1938 966 124 .959 St. JoseDh 34 31 17.15 778 122 .954 Omaha 35 35 1842 944 147 .950 Oklahoma City 37 30 1778 877 142 .949 Joplln 33 36 1799 888 151 .947 SIOUX City 3i 34 17(7 SUB lii .9U Individual Batting. (Twenty or More Games.) G. AB. R. H.2b.3b.hr.Pet. Wilholt. Wichita.. 58 233 61 93 15 4 2 .401 East. Wichita 28 74 17 29 9 5 1 .392 Ewoldt. Des M 22 73 9 27 4 1 0 .370 Bowman, Wich...22 48 5 17 3 1 0 .354 E. Walker. S. C...54 202 36 71 22 3 1 .851 Dlltz, Tulsa 40 160 29 66 12 4 1 .360 Burwell, Joplln... 36 99 V 33 8 1 2 .333 Spellman, Omaha. 24 63 12 21 6 2 1 .333 Collins, Joplln 60 187 28 61 13 5 6 .326 Donica. Omaha. . .61 213 33 69 8 S 0 .324 Boehler, Joplln... 40 150 23 48 9 2 3 .320 Adams, Okla. C..60 239 29 74 18 2 0 .310 Lindlmore, O. Z3U 41 71 I l .us Shinkle, Omaha... 26 68 9 21 .3,1 1 .309 Hasbrook, Des M.70 267 30 82 15 4 3 .308 Mueller, Wichita.. 66 247 47 76 20 2 2 .308 McBrlde. Wich 70 274 34 84 6 6 0 .307 Thomason, Tulsa.. 68 205 SO 63 10 0 0 .307 Hall, Joplln 17 (T2 6 19 6 0 1 .306 Klrby, Omaha.... 68 240 30 73 18 4 2 .304 Cass, Dee Molnes:70 277 42 83 10 4 0 .300 Robinson. S. C 64 223 30 67 14 0 4 .300 Dolan. St. Joe 45 147 32 44 13 "S 1 .299 Glslason, Omaha. .70 246 41 73 11 1 0 .297 Griggs, Okla. C...67 273 38 79 30 7 1 .289 Brokaw, S. C 72 253 33 72 11 3 0 .285 Breen. Des M 48 172 22 49 6 0 0 .285 jtf)avls, Tulsa 73 257 37 73 13 0 6 .284 Moran, Sioux C...68 278 56 n I! J .s Refate, Sioux C...68 243 60 69 17 2 2 .284 Hulswitt, Joplln.. 62 226 37 64 12 3 S .2S3 F. Thompson, Jop.6 238 33 67 7 3 1 .282 Kelleher. St. J. ..59 217 43 61 10 4 2 .281 Smith, Joplln.... .46 157 21 41 5 3 2 .279 Milan, Des M.....20 79 16 22 2 0 0 .278 Musser, Des M 37 101 14 28 6 1 S .277 Butcher, St. Joe. .64 221 37 61 13 S 2 .276 Griffith, Okla. C..68 185 26 51 10 1 1 .276 Marks, Joplln 21 58 4 16 1 2 0.276 Pitchers' Records. G. W. L. Pet. H. R.BB.SO. Sparks, Tulsa... 9 6 0 1000 42 24 18 20 VanGilder, Tul. S S 0 1000 19 8 6 20 Liston. Wichita. 2 1 0 1000 13 7 8 Yonkman. O. C. 1 X 0 1000 6 2 2 1 Burke, Omaha.. 1 1 0 1000 8 8 3 2 Braham, Tulsa. 9 6 1 .833 53 21 23 23 Hoffman, S. J.. 8 4 1 .800 49 21 22 27 Bowman. Wlch.13 7 2 .778 78 36 43 41 Applegate, O. C.20 10 4 .714 112 60 63 63 Williams, St. J. 18 10 4 .714 110 42 32 74 Sehatzman, O.. 6 2 1 .667 30 14 10 4 Lynch. Wich... 19 5 .643 133 59 40 65 Rasm'sen, S. C.21 10 6 .625 105 54 44 66 McL'ghlin, S. J. 15 8 4 .600 96 38 28 32 Bayne. Tulsa... 19 7 6 .583 86 62 66 61 Burwell, Joplin.14 7 5 .583 111 56 36 29 Fletcher. S. C..17 7 6 .533 101 75 37 31 Kopp, Omaha.. 22 11 8 .679 133 64 29 61 Towneend, 0...17 8 8 .671 113 62 22 41 Salisbury, Tul.. 21 9 7 .563 126 67 45 40 Marks, Joplln.. .21 10 8. 656 154 81 45 63 Smith. Joplln... 14 5 4 .666 87 63 47 29 Musser. Des M.23 11 .650 136 63 78 111 PUlette, D. M..15 6 5 .546 80 56 41 63 North, St. Joe. .14 7 8 .538 82 35 39 72 Stoner. O. C....26 9 7 .629 106 40 10 50 Lyons, S. C 21 7 7 .600 111 67 60 (,2 Boyd, Des M...18 6 6 .500 105 66 33 51 Shinkle. Oma...l6 6 6 .600 105 66 33 35 Rose, St. Joe... 12 6 5 .500 100 37 23 33 Men. Omaha... 15 5 5 .500 85 48 20 37 Meadows, O. C. 3 3 .500 60 21 34 14 Shackelford. Tul 6 2 2 .500 38 16 10 19 Friday. St. Joe. 2 1 1 .500 17 11 4 3 Carman. O. C. 6 1 1 .500 11 11 15 10 National League y Team Batting. G. AB. R. H. 2B.3B.HR.Pct. New York .69 2336 359 640 104 36 28 .274 Brooklyn ..78 2524 288 880 87 35 15 .269 Cincinnati .74 2381 311 636 72 47 10 .267 St. Loula ..73 2427 267 630 93 S7 .260 Boston ....70 2360 230 606 88 87 IS .267 Phlladel. ..68 2349 280 699 110 17 28 .255 Pittsburgh 74 2379 262 697 66 41 10 .251 Chicago ...75 2458 257 614 97 81 IS .250 Team Fielding. , W. L. PO. A. E. Pet Cincinnati 49 25 2090 944 76 .976 Pittsburgh, 88 86 1947 866 90 .969 Chicago 42 33 2033 1093 105 .968 Boaton ....26 44 2001 986 104 .966 Brooklyn 37 85 2006 1009 116 .963 New York 46 23 1881 1013 110 .963 Philadelphia ....20 47 1818 926 110 .961 St, Loula 29 44 190S 1100 126 .960 Individual Batting. (Twenty or More Games.) v O. AB. R. H.2b.3b.hr.Pc. Thome," Bos 31 75 8 28 4 1 1 .873 Cruvath. Phlla. ..61 189 81 87 18 5 .354 Mvers. Brkln. ...68 25S 35 87 11 7 8 .337 McHenry. St. L...47 137 18 45 10 B 1 .328 Young. N. Y. ...67 265 41 86 17 4 1 325 tWllllamp. Phllr....4.", 181 21 C: 12 0 6 S20 Z. Whlat. 13rKln..73 ! 41 92 12 6 4 .317 Wlngo. Cln 33 K-R IK 40 f, 5 0 ..117 Burnn. N. Y 69 27il 4) 84 1 3 2 .311 Kauff. N. Y M 2.18 SO 19 5 8 .310 Mornsby. St. I,. ..73 269 38 8.1 t 1 I ,0!) Konetchy. Brkln.. 71 256 24 79 14 4 1 .S Koush. fin 257 87 79 10 5 2 .307 Doylee, N. Y. ...63 !38 43 73 10 8 7 .307 Mrus-l, Phlla. ...64 242 38 74 13 1 3 .306 !eal, Chi 60 t9 2J 64 10 8 0 .306 Holke, Bos 70 259 26 79 9 4 0 .305 Stengel, Pitts. ...70 260 33 79 9 9 3 .804 Clemona. St. I,... 36 8G 7 26 5 1 1 .302 Griff-th. B-kln. ..r.s 29 39 81 15 3 2 .301 Daubtrt, Cm. ...74 :75 J3 82 5 10 1.29s Cutshaw. Pitts. ..74 269 85 80 12 8 8 .297 Jv , Oreh, Cln -..72 259 46 77 U 8 8 .297 Shotton, St. L. ..60 224 80 66 11 .6 1 .293 Olson Brkln. ...73 310 43 91 4 2 1 .294 Stock! St. L 72 259 34 7 11 2 0 .293 Heathcote, St. L..55 181 17 63 4 2 0 .398 . G. Smith, Phlla. .20 24 1 7 1 0 0.298 Rawlings. Bos. .. 28 86 11 25 8 0 1291 Southworth, Pitts.57 203 28 69 6 6 2 .290 , . KUlefer, Chi 63 160 8 46 8 2 0 .288 Gowdy, Bos 24 73 6 21 5 1 0 .288 Sherdel, St. L. ..19 21 ' 1 8 1 0 0 .286 " . McCarty, N.. Y. .. 55 162 16 46 4 2 2 .284 Eller, Cln. 21 63 6 16 3 1 0 .2h8 t R. L. Fisher, Cln.17 39 7 11 1 0 0 .282 Blgbee, Pitta, ...68 259 32 72 6 2 0 .278 Flack, Chi. 76 311 48 86 13 1 4 .277 . ' Henog, Bos 58 224 22 82 7 6 1 .277 , ,.. RIggert. Bos. ...62 239 33 66 85 5 4 .278 Luderus, Phila. ..88 258 31 71 12 1 8 .376X. ' Pltcherf' Records. 1 a. w. l. Pet. hH.bb so. Dubuc. N. Y. ...IS 4 0 1.000 73 24 1'5 If - Carter, Chi 9 3 0 1.000 26 7 18 2 t Reuther. Cln. ..17 10 2 .838 80 26 ST 38 C. Mitchell. Brn. 8 4 1 .800 44 17 10 19 , Causey, N. Y. .,.17 10 3 .769 91 47 -88 iO Sallee. Cln. .12 3 .750 90 25 14 t Barnes. N. Y. ..17 11 4 .733 119 47 23 42 . Adams, Pitts. ...18 10 4 .714 111 85 14 41 Eller, Cin '21 12 6 .706 118 60 32 71 Luoue, Cin 17 7 8 .700 72 80 29 24 ,. Ton'cv, N. Y. ...10 6 8 .667 74 18 U 1 Bailey, Chi 10 2 1 .667 20 8 11 S : ... Benton, N. Y. ..is 9 6 .643 88 z zi Cadore, Brkln. .ip 7 4 .636 104 36 22 26 Mayer, Pitts. 6 8 Mi 93 47 12 If Douglas. Chi. ..'23 9 6 .600 127 6L S3 68 Goodwin. Jit. L. ..20 6 4 .600 107 47 IS 24 - R. L. Flaher, Cln.17 7 6 .588 98 46 28 23 Vaughn, Chi. ...21 12 9 .671 154 43 81 68 5;" I i Grimes, Brkln. .16 7 6 .638 104 48 3 65 - Cooper. Pitts. ...17 8 7 .633 114 67 35 60 Pfeffer. Brkln. .17 9 8 .529 1 37 38 i Rudolph. Bos. ..17 8 8 .600 140 45" 27 55 ?' Doak. St. L. ...17 7 7 .500 97 49 22 35 Tuero, St. L. ...29 5 6 .500 104 64 83 83 Alexander, Chi. .13 6 5 .500 77 26 20 3T : y Mamaux. Brkln. .15 4 4 .500 69 33 29 48 Marquard, Brkln. 8 3 8 .500 63 17 10 28 . Martin. Chi. ...18 3 2 .600 51 21 21 22 Ring, Cln 15 3 3 .500 64 28 It 22 Scott, Bos 10 3 3 .500 47 23 IS It-, Carlson, Pitts. .. 9 8 3 .500 30 11 IS 15 Tyler. Chi 6 2 2 .500 19 1 II I Perritt, N. Y. ...10 1 1 .500 23 IS , I . American League Team Batting. O. AB. R. H. 2B.SB.HR.Pct Chicago ...76 2439 343 679 104 40 14 .378 Detroit 742402 807 644 Hi 47 11 .368 Cleveland .76 2500 302 667 138 St 10 .26S ' St. Louis ..74 2380 272 630 lot 33 18 .26. New York ..74 2473 284 643 98 23 26 .261 - . Washington TS 2604 291 663 89 84 14 .26S l , Boston 73 2353 276 585 83 24 IS .248 . Fhlladelp'a 72 2465 250 611 96 45 20 .148 ., Team Fielding. ' W. t,. PO. A. B. Pet.- - . Boston 31 41 1925 963 85 971 Chicago 48 27 -2009 912 96 90S St. Louis' S9 34 1969 987 106 .96 " New York 42 30 1993 997 111 .964 . . Detroit 40 34 1957 929 117 .961 ' Cleveland 43 S3 2047 981 124 .961 V Washington 33 43 2099 938 1,33 .158 . -.. Philadelphia 19 53 1937 1032 143 .954 , Individual Batting. (Twenty or More Games.) G. AB. R. H. 2b..1b.Kr.Pct. Jackson Chi. ..75 20 42 99 18 8 3 .354 Veath Detroit 7.1 273 42 95 21 10 1 .14- . , - Cobb Detroit ..69 233 43 81 17 8 6 .848 Pecki'h N. Y. .67 239 62 82 T 0 f ,341 " ' Flagstend Det. 64 177 25 60 13 1 S .339 " " Sisler St. L 72 273 49 92 21 6 4 .337 McMullln Chi. .10 78 19 26 6 3 0 .33.1 Ruth Boston ..66 216 61 71 16 8 11 ,32 K. Wire St. L. 28 93 14 30 8 1 3 .328 , Tobin St. ..74 282 34 89 13 4 -J .316 Gandtl Ch1. ...70 255 31 80 10'. 7 1 .31 4 ' Heilman Det. 74 275 36 86 18 7 3 .81 Roth Boston ..55 211 34 66 13 8 S' .311 Rice Wish. ...77 30 40 95 11 5 2 .809 Kinney Phlla. 3 ) 42 4 IS 3 8 0 .80 E. Collins Chi. 75 274 45 K 9 2 3 .317 Milan Wash. .49 177 XI 64 8 3 8 .305 ' Johnston Clev. 74 25r 89 78 12 1 1 .30 ' . Bronkie St. L. 39 T32 15 40 6 1 0 .S0:l O'Neill Cleve. 69r 218 28 65 20 4 1 .301 . Weaver Chi. ..75 300 60 89 18 6 2 .27 Gharrity Was. 64 200 24 69 12 4 3 JS ' Gedeon St. U .64 826 31 66 7 2 0 .293 - . Chapman Cle. 63 195 27 57 13 1 1 .293 . Smith Cleve. ..62 223 31 65 16 4 3 .293 Bodle N. Y. ..74 262 27 76 21 6 S .29'l -Shorten Det. ..46 121 16 35 4 2 0 .28f Agnew Wash. 22 45 5 13 2 0 0 .28 Wamb's Clev. 75 290 33 83 10 4 1 .UK Walker Phila. 65 238 23 68 13 2 6 288 Fewster N. Y. 24 49 8 14 0 1 0 .2f8 Bagby Cleve. .20 49 3 14 2 0 0 ,2S f Cunnln'm Det. 18 14 3 4 0 6 0 .2f Lewis N. Y. ...74 2S4 3S 81 14 1 4 .185 -Gardner Cleve. 76 289 29 82 17 8 1 .284 . Burns Phlla. ..68 257 20 73 16 6 t .284 f Schang Boston 62 170 17 48 6 1 8 .233 , Scott Boston ..73 266 22 75 7 8 0 .2sS ' Menosky Was. 62 175 33 49 4 1 3 .? Leibold Chi. ..66 234 38 65 8 0 0 .277 FlteherV Records. G. V. L. Pet. H. R.BB.SO ' Nelson N. Y. . . 8 3 0 1,000 25 11 10 10 ' Coumbs Cle. . 8 1 0 1.000 30 14 f 7 Cicotte Chi. ,.23 17 4 .810 144 37 2t 84 -Sotho'n St. L. ,19 11 4 .733 98 30 29 33 I C. Willi's Chi. .22 15 6 .714 146 61 29 71 CovelcsklB Cle. 22 12 5 .706 147 49 32 4 Thorm'n N. Y. 16 7 3 .700 84 31 33 ii , ulnn N. Y. ..20 11 6 .688 114 34 36 44, Kil'h IN-nrnn ..HI 6 3 .667 77 37 43 IS " r 'nkey X. T 2., i.i 7 .650 108 42 55 JS Canby Cl-ve. ..!s 11 6 .647 141 6526 98 ' Sl.ocker St. L. 17 9 5 .643 100 33 21 48 ' Shaw Wash. ..22 12 7 .ti32 152 62 38 78 t Johnson Vt. 2:! in 8 .619 141 41 14 84 Wellm'n St. L. 16 8 5 .615 108 39 34 36 Ehmke Det ..19 11 7 H 152 67 67 85 " - Dau..i Det. ...17 8 6 .600 126 60 26 :) Phillips Cleve. 19 3 2 .Olio 61 27 32 17 - - Love Det 10 3 2 .600 62 21 tf t Jasper Cleve. .6 3 2 .600 47 20 13 13 Faber Chi 16 6 .571 105 61 28 29 v Ker- Ch! 19 4 3 .571 89 33 51 ia Caldwell Boa. .16 i I .Hi 61 48 ft $5