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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATUKUAY." XNUVEMfSEK, ZZ. 1313. O'DOWD SHAPES MIKE GIBBONS IN BLOODY FIGHT ' St. Paul Phantom Unable to Withstand Terrific Blows - Of Middleweight , Champion. ' ' By KID CRAVES. ; St Paul, Minn., Nov. 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) The middleweight championship of the world is still in the possession of Mike O'Dowd, and he now has the honor of winding- a newspaper verdict over '."Phantom" Mike Gibbons, hereto fore said to be the greatest middle weight in the world. The champion's aggressiveness tnt willingness to trade punches with the challenger won for him. Early-in the third round O'Dowd butted Gibbons under the left eye and landed a right uppercut to the same place. Either the butt or the punch opened Gibbons' eye and he bled freely throughout the battle, the blood causitig him to pass up frequent opportunities to land and 'also preventing his blocking a num ber of blows he otherwise might have stopped. . While O'Dowd is entitled to a verdict his victory was by no large , margin. He won by a shade and fin another bout Gibbons might re verse the decision. It was a great bout and the large audience was well satisfied. Another bout be tween the two would probably draw as big a house as the first one. - The preliminaries were all good and served to keep the huge as semblage on edge and occupied while waiting for tne main bout. Moving pictures were taken of the championship bout. , Y Round One. r The men clinched 'and Gibbons forced O'Dowd to the ropes. O'Dowd landed a right and left to the body. Gibbons made no effort to box the champion but stood toe-to-toe and slugged. , Gibbons made O'Dowd miss and landed- several digbt blows in return. A tame round. . '.. jKouna . x wo. - O'Dowd drove two rights to the jaw. Gibbons landed a light right hitting in clinches. Gf&bons began j i .i-.j i .: i 'r...j 4 missed again and again. Gibbons landed right and left to the jaw and his speed puzzled the otherMike. Gibbon's round. Round ( Three. ' Gibbons landed a left to the jaw and O'Dowd missed one. Gibbons landed the first hard blow, a right t) the kidneys. O'Dowd begatvto break ground but gibbons outboxed him. O'Dowd landed a right on Gibbon's eye'. Gibbons began to .bleed and O'Dowd drove rights and imtr in the hnnir. Irinhnns lannn .,a hard right , cross on O'Dowd's thin. Round even. -. , Round Four. Gibbons bored in and seemingly made ho effort to dodge O'Dowd s swings, in an effort to get close to his opponent. O'Dowd swung a dozen times and landed twice. They traded swings to the body. O'Dowd again opened the cut over Gibbons' left eye" O'Dowd landed - a stiff right to the jaw. Gibbons responded with a right upper cut to the' jaw. Gibbons' round. Round Five. Gibbons "landed right and i left to vthe iaw. O'Dowd niissed. O'Dowd drove a terrific right to Gibbons eye, which staggered the phantom. O'Dowd landed, a. straight left to the head and drove. Gibbons to the "ropes. Gibbons was bleeding badly. O'Dowd drove Gibbons into the lat ter's corner. O'Dowd was outfight ing Qibbns. O'Dowd's round. Round Six. Both fighters took things easy at the start. Gibbons landed a right upper cut tor the .jaw and they clinched O'Dowd began to miss again.'" Gibbons began to outbox the champion. For the first time during the fight Gibbons was ap plauded for his clever ferot work. Gibbons' round.- ;,; . . ' Round Seven. . " O'Dowd began to rough it and Gibbons kept away from his heavy swings. Gibbons stopped O'Dowd's rush with a left to the jaw. Gib bons landed on ' O'Dowd's" neck. O'Dowd landed a left to Gibbons' ear and Gibbons went to the ropes. They clinched. Round about even. Round Eight " v Gibbons eye bothered him con siderably. Gibbons hooked a right to-the jaw., O'Dowd landed two lefts to the jaw." 'O'Dowd landed two more light blows. O'Dowd sank his left into Gibbons' stomach. GiW- tons landed a right squarely on the jaw. O'Dowd battered Gibbons in neutral corner. O'Dowd's round. V. - Round Nine. Refe'rree Ulrich's silk shirt was spattered with Gibbons' blood. Gib bons began td force the fighting1 but O'Dowd again opened Gibbon's left ey and sent him to the ropes. O'Dowd kept on top of Gibbons and kept the phantom busy. O'Dowd crashed a right to Gibbons' jaw. At 'his stage of the battle O'Dowd had f t m. t Is- ri ... J-J ..,.11n. I sngnc ieau. iucjr mutu ""UK , O'Dowd landed two straight lefts. O'Dowd's round. - - Round Ten. They shook Viands for the final round. Gibbons soaked a left to the jaw. ' Gibbons again beat O'Dowd to the punch. O'Dowd spit blood as he backed into Gibbons' corner. O'Dowd missed two blows to the. , body. Gibbons pummeled O'Dowd's stomach. The men seemed tired and clinched. Gibbons landed a left to the jaw.- The men were fighting :; viciously when the final beH rang. Zion Knights Want Game. . ' The young Knights of Zion foot 1 .sail squad will mix with the Omaha Stars Sunday afternoon on the Cen tral High school campus. The Zion varriors have played excellent ball his season only being defeated once y the AK-SarBen Juniors. , The Zionists are looking for games to be played next Sunday or Turkey day. Call Harry; Kneeter, Red 7607. for games. . Are you going to the theater or movies tonight? If so, see Amuse ment page. " Cental High Play$' Sioux Fall? Today On Rourke Park Grid Coach Harold Mulligan, of the Central High school, put his war riort through a anappy. signal drill last night in preparation for the game with Sioux Falls this after noon.. - .' : A preliminary game between the Central reserves and the Deaf and Dumb institute boys will be called at 1:3a The main contest will be played at 2:30. . SYRACUSE GAME CHIEF TOPIC IN HUSKERvGIRCLES Contest on Nebraska Field oh Thanksgiving Day Is Considered Greatest In the West. " Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) The outcome or the Nebraska-Syracuse foot ball battle here on Thanksgiving day perhaps ' the greatest foot ball game ever staged west of the Mississippi river is the chief and only topic in Cornhuskers' sporting circles.. The game wnije played at Nebraska field. V ' The Huskers, according to ad vance speculations .are concede a fighting "chance to Hold the eastern ers to tit despite their reputation as champions of the -Atlantic coast and probably the entire country or even fo win a victory. Outweighed and perhaps "erut-coached," Coach Schulte's eleven is out for a real tussle. . Eyes on Indianapolis. ' Meanwhile all eyes are on the Indianar-Syracuse game at Indiana polis scheduled to take place next Saturday. Coach Jumbo Stiehm of Husker fame is coaching the Indi ana eleven and according to the dope is slated for quite, a setback. Nevertheless comparative scores will be interesting. - Assistant Coach Schissler, who has' acted as Nebraska scout in all important games, will see thegame leaving Lincoln for the Hoosier cap ital Friday evening. Next Mortday and Tuesday will see the Nebraska squad, after a week of comparative rest, driving through drills, with the utmost speed, combating Syracuse formations. " At Syracuse there is an intense interest in the Husker conflicts Most news writers are inclined to view the meeting as an easy victory for the easterners. The "Orange men," as the New Yorkers are nick named, achieved a notable victory over Colgate i last Saturday, making them clearly eastern champions de spite their bow before the Washing tqn and Jefferson grid eleven. OMAHA UNI WILL PLAY TRINITY COLLEGE TODAY Corbett Is New Head Of the Metropolitan Sport Jockey Club Great Interest In Foot Ball Scheduled for Creightbn . ' ,j; Field This After ; ' noon. Kearney Normal Is Defeated By York; Score of 67 to 0 York, Neb., Nov. 21. (Special Telegram.) Kearney normal was defeated by York college team Fri day, 67 to 0. It was a clean game all the way through. , The York team was just a little too fastffor the Kearney team.' -N Referee, Jones; umpire, Osborne; head linesman, Morgan; quarters, York, 34-6-7-20. Columbus Outclasses York And Wins by Sjcore of 34-7 Columfias, Neb., Nov. 21. (Spe classed .Norfolk in the foot, bait classed Norflok in the foot ball game Friday, winning 34 to 7. It wis the home team's game from the start, Columbus having an impene trable line and every mln possessing all kinds of fight and pep on offense. The work of Tyrea and Speicher, halfbacks, was easily the feature of the srame. Both did some wonder ful open field running, sidestepping ijefferson; Detroit at Buffajo. n fsmr 4ft faL-lor n aauapql rime I '' The teams were evenly matched as to weight. As this is the first year of foot ball for Columbus, all the players being green at the game, they deserve a great deal of credit. Bluffs High School to Play South High, Omaha Council Bluffs High school foot" ball fans will be disappointed, as they were anticipating a game between the high school eleven and Glenwood High school today. Failure of the second string men to report for, prac tice consistenly is given as the rea son for cancelling the contest. The first team has no game scheduled this week and will close the season with a game with South High, Omaha, Thanksgiving day on the Bluffs field. The event will be in the form of a homecoming among the Bluffs alumni and a hard con test is expected. Receives Medal Awarded ' , Him In Spanish War San Francisco, Cal Nov. 21. Let all the world war heroes take Consolation in the experience of Capt Claude H. Deitrich of the sig nal corps. If you've been cited for a medal, listen: Deitrich received his award here the other day after waiting 21 years. During the Spanish-American war he was cited for bravery and was told he, would receive a medal. Long ago he forgot all about it, but when he opened his mail the other day- there it was,' all bright and shiny, and the accompanying litter said: . "Please acknowledge promptly the receipt oi this medal." Ex-Premier of France Says Clemenceau to Be President Paris, "Nov. 21c-(Havas.) Inter viewed by a representative of the newspaper, Oeuvre, relative to the political situation, Rene Viviani. former premier, has stated that Premier Clemenceau will remain- in his present office until January and then will become president of the republici M. Viviani is quoted as denying any intention to become a candidate for president of the" Chamber of Deputies in opposition to Paul DeschsneL : Foo ball followers of Iowa and Nebraska will watch with great in terest, the outcome of today's game at Creighton field. The Trinity aggregation arrived in town last night confident of adding another game to their long list of victories, as they have the best team this year that , ever represented Trinity college - Coach Cavanaugh of the Univer sity of Omaha sent his warriors through s their final signal practice last night, behind closed gates, Ue coach having heard that Trinity scouts were planning to witness the workout in hopes of securing some of the pmaha plays. ' All Regulars in Game. , For the first time this yearall regular men will appear in the line up. Captain Peterson announces that Gustafson, who has been ill for the past three weeks, will again be in the lineup today. "Bob" Mor tin, 'star halfback, has been nurs ing a game ankle but will also be in the fray. The rest of the squad is in fine condition and Cavanaugh looks for an Omaha victory. "The game will be close,, but we will give Trhiity all they can . handle," said the coach. . Stan in Game. The coach has announced that M. Pressley last year's all state con ference man, will call signals, with his brother, P. Pressley, and Bea com holding down the wing posi tions. Cleberg and Reeves will play the two tackles with Harman and Gustafson at guards, and Captain Petersen - at the pivot position. "Bob" Mortjn will start the game at left 'half with with Golding in re serve Deutcher at right half and Thomsen at full complete the back field. . . -. ..: Evenly Matched,' Yale And Harvard Meet Jn Foot Ball Classic . New York, Nov. 21. The Harvard-Yale . game in Boston will be Saturday's feature ofthe waning eastern foot ball season. The teams are well matched in some respects, but Harvard tied Princeton and Frinceton defeated Yale. . Harvard's playing against Prince ton was much more impressive than Yale's. Early in the game Harvard rushed more than half the length of the field and nearly got a touch -down. With a great rally late in the game it tied the score by another march down the field and across the Princeton goal line. Nothing like this consistent at tack was shown by Yale in its game with Princeton. Harvard has another advantage in that its reg ulars did not play against Tufts las Saturday but watched the Yale Princetoli battle. This week of rest may be the deciding factor. . There will be no international meetins between Rutgers and Northwestern at Newark, N. J. They seem to be(of equal ability. Le high is a slight favorite in its an nual match with Lafayette. Georgetown meets Washington and Leeand Washington and Jef ferson plays WestKyirginia Wes leyan. Each combination ranks high in its territory. The contest probably will be close ' with the breaks being' the deciding I factor. Several teams will devote, tomorrow to practice forytheir final games on Thanksgiving day. The principal games in the east follow:"-- Yale at Harvard, Lafayette at Le high, Rutgers against Northwest ern at Newark, N. J., Washington and Lee at Georgetown, West Vit-ginia-WesJeyan at Washington and JfcTattlvew aV, JJj FEAR SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN ITALY SOON Entire Personnel of American Embassy in Rome Busy ' Sifting Reports for Government. Owners Declafe Open Warfare on Prexie Of American League .'- : ' Chicago, Nov. 21. Open warfare between President Ban Johnson of the American league and. the factioii composed of Charles A. Comiskeyr owner of the Chicago, clubi, Harry Frazee of Boston and Col. Jacob Ruppert of the . New York club,s flared up when Comiskey issued a statement charging President John Son with endangering the integrity of base ball. . "We 1 have reached the conclu sion," , Comiskey said, "that Mr. Johnson'is endangering not only the value of our properties, but the in tegrity of base ball and we there fore intend to do everything pos sible to rid organized base ball of the impediment which we believe is now attached to.it." "MrJacob Ruppert of New York, Mr. H. H. Frazee of Boston and Mr. James Dunn of Cleveland and myself are the present directors of the league. We are the owners of properties worth at least several million dollars. Mr. Johnson has no property interests in the Amer ican league or in any of the individ ual clubs constituting that league. It is fair to presume, therefore, that we are interested in preserving the integrity of , the league if for no other reason than that we are inter ested in conserving "the properties in which we are vitally interested." Comiskey said the board f di rectors had attempted to inquire into President Johnson's perpetual franchise to act as, president of the league, but that President Johnson at no time appeared before fhe' di rectors. ' The annual meeting of the league, ivhich the board of directors issued a call to be held in New' York De cember 10, was issued, Comiskey said, "because Mr. Johnson had not seefi fit to issue a call for the meet ing. . ' . '-; . " .. y Famous Turf Man Dies Cincinnati, O., Nqv. 21Barney Schreiber, well known turfman, died suddenly here today of apo plexy in his room at a local hotel. Mathew Corbett, tamed through cut the country as a sportsman, was elected president of the Metropoli tan Jockey club, NeiV York, at a recent meeting of the directors. For yeass Mr. Corbett haBeen a lead ing figure in all prominent sporting events, but the sport of kings was his particular hobby. The Metro politan club is the owner of the Ja maica race course, and many im provements on the famous track have already been planned by Mr. Corbett OMAHA LOSES TO BEATRICE HIGH BY SCORE 27-13 Commercial -High Played a Strong Game Beatrice to Met Lincoln Thanks ' . giving Day. I Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Beatrice High won from the Omaha Commercial High school foot ball 'eleven here' Friday afternoon by the score of 27 to 13. Omaha made, its touchdowns in the first quarter and the end of the first half, the last play being made on a fumble by Meyers of Beatrice. Beatrice made a touchdowin the second and third quarters and two in the fourth.x Burgess and Ellis starred for Beatrice and Mahoney f6r Omaha. Omaha played a strong game and made a good showing against the Beatrice team, which meets Lincoln here Thanksgiving day in a state championship con test. . Railroad, Expressmen . To Demand More Money Chicago, Nov. 21. Members 'of the Order of Railway -Expressmen today announced details of their de mands for increased wages and im proved working conditions, which nave been presented to Director General Hines by Grand President A. Bollinger. . ; The. demands are:-. Time and a half for all employes except at stations employing' five men or less. y ' Express messengers to be put on a 240-hour month instead of draw ing time on a monthly wage basis, which means that they will be granted an eight-hour day with time and a half for all overtime, including flrminal time. It was understood there would be no strike until officials of the railway ' administration had been given time to consider tKe question. Last of Stefanssop's Party Arrives In Seattle : Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21. From the land of the Igloo and the parka bearing much information regarding scientfic discoveries made by the Stefansson expedition in the Artie. A. G. Gaumer and Martin Kilian have arrived here, last of the ex ploring party to rXach civilization. For several years these two men travelled with the expedition, hav ing joined it at Victoria Land and Bailey island and remaining with Hhe party until Stefansson became ill and left for the outside, lhey left Barter, island, on the North coast. of Alaska, July Z8 last' , Frencri Socialists Deny v Plans for Drastic Action Paris, Nov. 21. Jean Longuet, leader of the extreme wing of the socialist party denied today that his organization was planning drastic steps as a result of the recent elec tions. ' ' "The socialist party does not in tend to start a revolution," he said to The Associated Press. "The revo lution was a scarecrow by which our adversaries tried to stampede voters." , By The Associated Press. Rome, Nov, 21. The American embassy here is carefully watching the situation in Italy, which, it is as serted, may devefbp seriously from one coast to another as regards, both Italy and the Dalmation coast. Peter A.-Jay, the American charge d'affaires, and the fntire personnel of the embassy, including Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson, was engaged throughout Thursday night sifting from reports received data from which to compile cipher dispatches toy the'-State department at Wash ington and the American delegation at Paris. a Mr. Jay is being aided in his task by personal and cordial intercourse with Premier Nitti and Count Carlo Sforza, under-secretary for foreign affairs. ., " Mr. Jay told The Associated Press that he realized that the Italian gov ernment was doing' all that was "hu manly possible and straining every nerve to prevent trouble, both at home and on the Adriatic, but that complications might arise which it would find beyond its power to con trol and for which it could hardly be considered responsible. ' Petlura to Lay Down Arms' Helsingfors, Nov. 21. The posi tion of Simon Petlura, who recently declared hostilities against General Denikine in southern Russia, is criti cal and he is expected to lay down his arms soon, according to a dis patch from Nikolaiev, a city about 40 miles from Kherson. RUSSIAN GENERAL TO TELL WOES OF n THE EUROPEANS Thirty Milion Dollars From (U. S. Clone and More Money '' Needed Immediately. Maj. Gen. M. H. Azgapetian, late of the Russian army, arrived in Omaha yesterday and will speak at luncheon tpday before the confer ence on relief in the near east athe Hotel Fontenelle. ( GeneraK Azgapetian has been decorated with 27 medals and Crpsses during his 30 years of mili tary and diplomatic service. These include the Order of the Sun and the Lion given him by the Shah of Persia, -wh&se intimate friend lie was. He also has the Cross of Vladimir, a Russian decoration for valor on the battlefield. U. S. Can Save Nations. 'Whole nations of Christians will surely perish unless the American people come to the aid of the Ar menians, Syrians, Greeks and Tews Lin the near east," said the general. Alter tne armistice was signed this work had to be extended to the Greeks and Jews and also to some Mohammedans. "Thirty million dollars contributed by the American people have been used up. The- call comes again for these desperately situated people. The Armenians, Syrians and Greeks are the life of Turkey and the coun tries surrounding it. -They f have been grievously persecuted by the Turks. They are perishing by the thousands." General Azgapetian was once a member of the Seventh New York regiment After he had attained military training the shah of Persia asked him to act as military ' ad visor to the Persian army. He spent 10 years there and attained his rank of major general. When the big war started Russia ottered induce ments to the Armenians to fight the Turks. "I went over then and was given the rark of major general' in .the Russian army conjjfosed of Arme nians," said the general. "There were about 200,000 Armenians alto gether fighting in the Russian arjmies. One of our great achieve ments was in keeping the Turks from capturing the Baku oil swells. Ludendorff, in his book, gives Ger many'aailure to capture these wells as one of the principal reasons why Germany lostthe war." v General Azgapetian was attached to the Persian embassy in Washing ton during part of President Roose velt' administration. Prince of Wales Host of New York ocnooi umaren New York, Nov. 21.-The prince of Wales laid a wreath on the grave of Theodore Roosevelt and later presided over a function which would have had a particular appeal to the former president. For one entire afternoon the prince was host to 1,000 school children on board the Renown. At the prince's re quest the children were left free to wander at will over the warship. The prince's visit to America will be brought to a close Satuiday with the decorating onboard the Renown of more than 100 American soldiers and sailors who won honors on rhe battlefields ofEurope. The Renown is scheduled to . sail for Halifax shortyl after 2 p. m. x Change of Venue Asked By I. W: W. in Washington Chehalis, Wash., Nov. 21. Pleas of not guilty were entered in the superior ourt here by 20 alleged I. W. W. charged with the murder of Lieut. Warren O. Grimm, one of four former American soldiers killed when an Armistice day parade here was fired upon. . Lauren Roberts, the 11th alleged radical arrested, was arraigned and given 24 hours to plead. Ralph S. Pierce. Seattle attorney, represented the defendants. Pierce asked for a change of venue. srrS 1 Tl ' 1 It O CoyH Whip Mexico In Less Than 3 Years Washington. Nov. 21.State de partment officials in discussing the Mexican situation today disclosed tht ihr oa thu irmv pen- eral staff estimated that an army of 450,000 men and three years would 1 : 1 r - AAM.t. inUnan tion in Mexico by the United Statei. Officials did not ay what th . . e .1 1 .t-cf nri,nf ariTTi9r nr inn trrnci 11 iiiu rwas, but it ws (understood to be - less than that prepared oeiore n world war, due to the development of new instruments of warfare and an enormous' increase in American and artillery. - . : Discussing the case of William O. Jenkins, American consular agent at Puebla, who was rearrested last Tuesday on charges in connection with his abduction of bandits, offi cials said because of the Mexican government's laxity in trying to put down the revolution, it had failed ' to give proper protection to Jenkins and that consequently, he might have ground for claim against the Mexican government for the ran som money paid to his captors. Claim That Turkey Will Be' Just as Scarce as Sugar Washington, Nov. 21. Early re ports from production centers of the turkey inaicate that there will be a shortage and a general trend toward record prices. 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