8 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1919. - LOCAL INDOOR ATHLETICS ARE AT STANDSTILL Basket Ball, Bowling and Other Forms of Sport Shut Down, by Fuel Administration. Winter Indoor sports have been completely stopped in Omaha with the fuel committee's closing order, making it impossible ror bowling alleys, gymnasiums and other places of amusements to be in op eration. Bowling and basket ball, two of the principal indoor sports itt Oma ha, were the hardest hit By the closing order, since bowling was in full swing and the cage -quintets were practicing hard for the open ing of the regular 1919-20 basket ball season at the Young Men's Christian association. Will Resume Play. The Preseason league, which was to have finished its regular sched ule Tuesday night, will .resume as soon as the ban is lifted, according to Verne Moore, chairman of the "Y" basket ball committee. Moore denied the rumors that the Pre season league would not finish its schedule, or that the elimination series for the championship have been called off. "However, in the meantime or ganization of the basket ball leagues, the Commercial, Church, Greater Omaha and Class A, will continue and everything will be in ship-shape for the opening of the season, when the fuel committee allows us to open," continued Moore. The Young Men's Christian as sociation and the Omaha Athletic club have also been ordered to close their gymnasium and swimming pools, while the indoor golf course at the Omaha Athletic club is also closed, The club was about ready to rtnen its indoor course and Ed Murphy, former Field club pro and last summer professional at, the St. Joseph Golf club, had returned to take charge of it. Wrestling Tourney Off. Physical Director N. J. Weston of the local "Y" announced Friday that the championship wrestling tournament scheduled for Decem ber 6 and 13, has been indefinitely called off, but will take place when the coal restrictions are lifted. "Volley ball, hard ball, swimming meet and other events ab the local 'Y' gymnasium have been post poned, but will all be on the pro gram when we are allowed to open," stated Weston. "We will probably have-too rearrange our schedule somewhat in order to pull off these events, but no 4ranch of sports will be- slighted whatsoever," he con tinued. As for the basket ball season, it will be the greatest the "Y" has ever experienced, according to Wes ton. The basket ball committer is arranging a great schedule in all four of the leagues. i, Plans Completed. At a recent meeting of the Y basket ball- committee final plans were completed for the season. The big problem this year- is how to ac commodate the many new teams ap plying for admission to the various leagues ' Last season there were but two ,leafrues. the Commercial and Church, vith six teams in each, while this season four leagues are underway with eight teams-in each, just three times the former number. It is un derstood that at least two more leagues could be organized if suffi cient floor space was available. The committee decided that last season's teams be given first chtfice and the new teams sending in their applications first with the entry and forfeit money will be accepted.. Games will be played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, with the following leagues in action in their respective order: Class AJ Commercial and Church. Saturday nights are open for the Greater Omaha league and also to be re served for the "Y" team. t Following rules were adopted by the committee: No player will be. allowed to play on more than one team. Each minger must turn in a contract for every player. No team will be allowed to enter additional players after the first half of the ..i i , f .j.i. u scncauic. aicucms win uc given iu 77 players. First, second and third place teams in each league will re ceive gold, silver and bronze medals, eight medals to each winning team, and the cleanest player in each' league will receive a gold medal. Neligh Disputes Claim of -Stanton to Foot Ball Title Neligh, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) " Tq the Editor of The Bee: We see by a recent issue of your paper .that the Stanton foot ball team claims the championship of northeast Ne braska. And since the Neligh foot ball team has suffered but one de feat this season we dispute this claim. We hereby challenge Stan ton to a game on neutral grounds, Norfolk preferred, for the champion-, snip of northeast Nebraska. Neligh N. S. Foot Ball Team. . . Beatrice ,Coach Entertains Foot Ball Team at Dinner Beatrice, Neb, Dec. 5. (Special.) Coach H. M. Garrett, pilot of the Orange and Black foot ball team, which tied Lincoln for the state championship here on Thanksgiving day, entertained the squad at a din ner at his home in this city, which proved to be an enjoyable affair. There were 25 present, including Su perintendent Stoddard, Principal Gilbert, Coaches Hughes and Bur dick and Dr. E. W. Fellers of the Board of Education. x Will Render Decision on ' American League Suit later New York, Dec. 5. Decision was reserved at the conclusion of the hearing on the application of the New Yorg American League Base ball club for an order restraining President Ban Johnson from calling the annual meeting of the league at Chicago December 10. After hear ing additional arguments Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum took the papers. . submitted and announced hat he would give his decision later. Beauty, &mplainant in $100,000 Balm Suit, - Now Has Disappeared s , - - HI ':X i c t After bringing suit for $100,000 damages in a breach of promise ac tion against Jesse Metcalf, wealthy clubman and woolen merchant of New York, Miss Beverly Juneau, a titian-haired young woman from Chicago, has strangely disappeared from her luxurious apartment in the Hotel des Artistes, in New York. Inquiries at the hotel where she has made her, home for more than a year revealed that Miss Juneau had sold her furniture before departing. Friends intimate that she may have returned to her home in Chicago. Counsel for Mr. Metcalf, who has been married since 1915, character ize the claims of Miss Juneau as "absolutely false from beginning to end." READY TO SHIP 1.600 CARLOADS KENTUCKY BOOZE Awaitf Expected Decision of Supreme Court That WaV Act Is Unconstitutional. FRENCH TO MAKE STRONG EFFORT FOR TITLE BOOT Members of Parliament Will Arrange for Pershing Stadium if Paris Lands Fight. Paris, Dec. 5. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Parts was overjoyed by the victory of Georges Carpen tier over Joe Beckett in the boxing contest in London Thursday eve ning. From the comment every where heard, It seemed that Paris desires to stage a battle between Jack Dempsey, the American, and Carpentier for the world's heavy weight championship. Cables Dempsey. t M. Decoin, manager of the Won derland Sporting club of Paris, told The Associated Press that he had sent a cablegram to Dempsey ask ing his terms, for a 20-round fight with Carpentier on France's Na tional holiday, July 14. Gaston Vidal and Henri Tate, members of parliament, representing the athletes of France, said they would secure the great Pershing stadium for a battle between' the American and the Frenchman. In France or U. S. "A fight 'between the American champion of the world and the French champion of Europe must take place either in Paris or in the United States," said M Vidal. "It would be a sad reflection on the sporting spirit of France, and also the United States, if the battle were allowed to take place in England. We understand that there are dif ficulties in the way of securing a battleground in America. But this matter can easily be arranged here, and we are going to make a bid for the fight. M. Decoin, who is backed by Prince Murat and other prominent sportsmen, said ,he had telegraphed "Jimmy" Bronson, of Joplin, Mo., who organized the American expedi tionary force bouts, to ask Dempsey for terms, and declared that he was determined to make a strong bid fo a fight between Dempsey and Carpentier in Paris. Fire Scare Empties Garden During Six Day Bicycle Races 'Louisville, Ky., Dec. 5. Approxi mately 1.600 freight cars are assem bled in. Louisville in preparation for immediate shipment, of whisky from Kentucky warehouses,- should the federal supreme court, which is ex pected to convene Monday, declare the wartime prohibition act unconstitutional.- Distillers and officers of the re gional railroad administration held a meeting Friday and are said to have discussed plans for immediate shipment of the whisky. As they would have only until January 16, when permanent prohi bition becomes effective, to dispose of their stocks, if the wartime act is annulled, distillers of the state are said to have arranged for Imme diate sale of their 38,811,160 taxable gallons. ' PARfSIENNES ARE WARNED TO MODIFY INDECENT STYLES Archbishop Threatens to Forbid Them to Enter Church. JO 'all HO ''RirnNGiriiE. ver- wmroiKTDAir w - mm s s, OUR ALL-AMERICAN. Selected from the finest hind-picked tomatoes tnd packed in our day light factories. Contains less than 4 per cent benxoate of soda. , No sec ond team. Beware of substitutes. - AN6THER foot ball season is in the old rag bag. It was successful in, spite of the eighteenth amendment In picking the all-American we do not follow the Harvard system of consulting the Almanac de Gotha, Bradstreet and Dun's Who's Who and Who Was. Each player is picked on his merits. ' The board of pickers consists of Rabid Rudolph, the famous left mitted pathologist. Rabid is a liberakcritic. He is not one of those straight and narrow pathologists. He fought prohibition to the last drop. ' Jim the Penman, the famous handwriting expert, will pick the line men. r Flo Ziegfeld will select the baclcfield. He doesn't know any more about fields than a marine does about retreating, but the lineup of the Follies chorus indicates that he is an authority on backs. The only difficulty occurred when Jim the Penman insisted on raising the number of linemen from 7 to 7,000,000. This is no feeble 1919 team. When we pick an ail-American we pick a team for the ages. One that can fumble with the best. ' Frist we need a good middleman in the center of the line. Who could be better than the guy who keeps eggs in cold storage for 20 years while the bereaved ham on our plates cries mournfully for its playmate? v We pick the guards from the subway. They call out the signals in addition. Nobody will be able to tell what the next play is going to be. Trying to gain a yard against these cuckoos will be like parting your hair against the great wall of China. The tackles are inspectors on the Flatbush street cars. We thought of transferring the inspectors from tackle to end, but the B. R. T. policy permits of no transfers, The ends are important. We don't want ends who allow the opposi tion to rattle around 'em like merry villagers around a May pole. Peary and Shackleton look like the ends. Yon might get between 'em, but never around 'em. " The backs will be Elisa, Sergeant Yorke, the United States senate and the kaiser. The kaiser is a demon behind the line of scrimmage, hind the line he is the better he gets. The further be- Eliza is a wolf on a broken field, eleven for years plus years. She played on Uncle Tom's varsity The senate are grizzlies on interference. Woody ocn bust to that. If you want to advance the old ball, just slip it Jto Yorke and show him a German. If you can pick a better team than that, we'll sell you our old straw hat for $8. And, furthermore, it is a team that no all-American tlsket speculator could make a nickel on. New York, Dec. 5. New York's six-day bicycle race was halted for three-quarters of an hour Friday night , and a crowd of 13,000 spec tators sent out from Madison SquareJ Oarden into the street by an order from the fire department. The order was issued because of fear that the electric lights, which were flicker ing badly after an explosion out side of gas sewers, might go out and I cause a panic among the spectators. 1 When the race was resumed, the riders whirled about the track with nobody to cheer them for their ef forts. 1 he silent performance will continue until 6 o'clock Saturday morning, when the doors will be once more opened to the public. The structure was emptied in six minutes. The 10 leading teams which had teen riding 118 hours and 10 min utes since the race began Monday morning had covered 2,096 miles and two laps, when the in-teruption oc curred. The Belgians, Buysse and Spiessens and the Italians.vBorocco and Verri. were one lap behind, and the Canadian-American team, Spen cer and 'Chapman, and the French Belgian pair, Tiberghein and Char don, two laps. The record for the 118th hour is 2,304 miles and nine laps made by Verri and Egg in 1914. By ROBERT J. PREW. Cnlvei-Ml Service Staff Correspondent. I Special Cable Dispatch. Paris, Dec. S. Deploring the re fusal of the modern woman to heed Pope Benedict's condemnation of indecent dress and erotic dances, Cardinal Amitte, archbishop of Paris, has flatly warned the Paris iennes that they will be forbidden to enter churches unless they obey the dictates of modesty and good taste. The prelate says, in partv "Our repeated warnings have fall en upon deaf ears. Mothers are now even dressing their young chil dren in a manner contradictory to Christian decency. "Women tell me that unless they dress according to the latest fashion they are unable to enter society cir cles, but Christian women must or ganize to purify society, if such is the case. Women must also posi tively cease to indulge in indelicate dances. "An attempt to reconcile immoral dancing with religious practices is deplorable.. The pope has exhorted Catholics to form a league against indecent fashions. Our'blessings haw been given to a similar league inParis. We now urge it to work actively against the banned 'dances also. This warning must be read from the pulpits on the first Sunday cf Advent." T - Shipyard Strike Over. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. S. The steel ship yard of the Todd Dry Dock & Construction corporation, employ 5.600 men, will resume operations Monday after having been closed since October 1, by a strike, accord ing to an announcement today by i. r , ftiarsn, teaerai labor commis sioner. v Missouri Valley Track, Field, Tennis, Meets at Ames in 1920 Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 5. The annual track and field meet and the' tennis championship of the Missouri valley will be held at the Iowa State Agricultural college, Ames, -Iowa, next year, the valley conference de cided. , Eligibility of students, in regard to the three-year term proposed last year was discussed, but no change was made in. the present ruling which requires a student ito attend school a year before being eligible for varsity teams. Valley schools that play Nebraska next year will do so on their own in itiative and without the sanction of the conference, practically every member of which expressed disap proval of continuing to play Ne braska. Kansas, however, will meet Nebraska in foot ball next fall, as it has a two-year contract with the Lincoln school. Oklahoma was admitted to mem bership in the valley conference and will take part in this season's valley basket ball. ' ' The governing board of the" con ference will meet Saturday. Jackson Elected Captain. Chicago, Dec. S. Colvin E. Jack son of Evanston was elected captain of the University of Chicago foot ball team for 1920. Jackson played tackle on this year's team. Beckett Stupid and , . Lost to Better Man, Say London Experts London, Dec.' 5. Experts, in com menting on last night's fight, in wihch George Carpentier of France knocked out Joe Beckett of Eng land in the first round, concur in saying that victory went to the best man because, of speed and clever ness. Beckett's manager says Carpen tier brought pff a million to one chance," but the Daily Mail's critic accused Beckett of "sheer stupidity." "Beckett had by a long way the best of the handicap," this expert writes. "He was superior in height, weight and reach. He is a great fellow physiqally, but the less said about his judgment the better. The blow with which Carpentier won was too simple for words. It could have been easily avoided and the counter to it would have been an extremely dangerous blow, yet Beckett walked right into the danger zone. There is no excuse for him." After Carpentier had been carried around the ring, the prince of Wales cordially shook his hand and congratulated him. The prince also shook Beckett's hand, siying: "Bet ter luck next time." JIMMY WILDE AND SHARKEY FINISH TRAINING GRIND English Flyweight Meets New York Bantam in . Milwaukee Ring Tonight. , .Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 3. Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion boxer of England, and Jack, Sharkey, New York bantamweight, have finished training for their 10-round no-decision contest at Milwaukee auditor ium Saturday night and each boy announces" himself in the best of condition for the encounter. 1 Not since Willie Ritchie and Ad Wolgast met in Milwaukee, several years ago before the largest crowd in the city's history, has interest been so great as in the Wilde-Shar-key meeting. Sharkey is to weight not more than 116 pounds at 7 o'clock three hours prior to entering the ring,' and he has posted a $2,000 forfeit-) . i . rn 1 1 i . i i . T-, ' 1 uiai nc win mane inu weigni. xne Britisher expects to enter the ring at 106 pounds. Many noted followers of pugilism are expected to occupy ringside seats. These include Tex Rickard. Jess Willard and Matt Hinkle. The betting up to tonight favored the Englishman. Detroit Americans And Boston Nationals In Exhibition Series Boston, Dec. 5. The Boston Na tionals and the Detroit Americans will make a spring exhibition trip together in connection with their training for the next base ball sea son. Walter E. Hapgood, business manager of the Braves, announced that the Boston club would train at Columbus, Ga., again. The team will go there about March 1, and will start the series with the Tigers at Columbus on March 24. The inter-club series will consist "of IS games. . Chaney Scores K. O. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 5. George Chaney of Baltimore knocked out John Drummie, a New York light weight, in the fourth round of a scheduled 15-round bout Friday night The deciding blow was a short left hook, landed as the men fell in a clinch. Athletic Heads Meet Today to Draft 1920 Athletic Schedules Chicago, Dec 5. Coaches and athletic directors of the Western conference universities will meet Saturday to draft foot ball, track, base ball and swimming schedules for the 1920 season. ' , Whether Illinois, which won the "big ten" foot ball championship this season, will elect to play an other seven-game schedule with conference elevens next fall could not be learned, but Coach Zuppke is expected to arrange at least five games with "big ten" teams. It was reported that reperesentatives of Nebraska and Notre Dame would attend the meeting in an attempt to arrange grid iron games with con ference elevens. hile the coaches draft the sched ules the faculty members of the con ference will discuss athletic rules. The question of professional foot ball probably will be brought up and a more stringent rule adopted to prevent athletes from playing with professional teams before gradua tion., i The faculty committee is expected to award the conference, indoor track and filed meet to Northwest ern University. t Promoter Announces Carpentier Has Signed For Jack Dempsey Bout London, Dec. 5 C. B. Cochrane, promoter of the Carpentier-Beckett fight, announced that Georges Car pentier has signed an agreement to fight Jack Dempsey, the American heavyweight champion, next year. The purse will be 35,000 pounds, the winner taking 60 per cent and the loser 40. Norwegian and American Skating Champions to Meet Chicago, Dec. 5. An international match skating race between Bobby McLean of Chicago, recognized American champion, and Oscar Mathlesen of Norway will be held in Christiania, Norway, February 7, 8 and 9. The skaters will compete in seven events for a purse of $25,000. Want Games With Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special Telegram.) Telegrams , requesting toot ball dates with the University of Nebraska for the season of 1920 were received here today from West Virginia and Georgetown university authorities. The acceptance of the West Virginia offer is compensated, the game to be staged at Morgan-town. KANSAS ASKS TO PLAY NEBRASKA FOOT BALL TEAM Return of Cornhuskers to Mis souri Valley Conference Ex pected by Action of Jayhawkers. A telegram from Dr. Forrest .. Allen of Kansas university received at Lincoln Thursday by J. T. Lees, director of athletics, of the Univer sity of Nebraska, announced that the Jayhawks, despite severing of athletic relations with the Corn huskers, would play foot ball with Nebraska November 13, 1920. The Huskers will accept. The note from the Kansas author ities is taken here as a forerunner of the Huskers' return to good graces in the Missouri Valley conference. Paul Schisslrr, assistant foot ball coach, will attend the annual session of the valley conference at Kansas City Saturday tot arrange other games. Henry F. Schulte, head foot ball coach, and Dr. James T. Lees, di rector of athletics, left yesterday for, Chicago where they will attend the "Big Ten," western conference meeting. Dr. Lees definitely stated that Nebraska would not apply for admission into the conference but was merely interested in scheduling games with conference teams. "Bill" Day of Beatrice, varsitT center for two years-, was elected captain of the 1920 foot ball teinis. Day is rated as one of the best cen-' ters in the west. Nebraska letter men were announced as follows: Dalem.Dana, Day. Dobson, Howarth, Henry, Hubka, Kellogg Jobes, Ly-. man, McGlasson, W. Munn, M. Munn, Pucelik, Schellenberg, Swan son, Young, Wright and Wilder. ; $25O,000 Purse for Dempsey Carpentier Bout' in Paris Paris, Dec. 5. The Presse de Paris says that a purse of 2,000,000 francs will be posted for a match between Jack Dempsey, the Ameri can pugilist, and Carpentier, to be fought in Paris in July, 1920. Oklahoma University Is r , Admitted to Conference Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 5. The University of Oklahoma was ad mitted to the Missouri Valley Ath- -lctic conference. This action was taken by the board of directors' in session here. Missouri Player Loses First Game in Billiard Tourney Philadelphia, . Dec. 5. John M, Layton, Columbia, Mo., Friday night lost his first game in the na tional American pocket billiards tournament to Louis D. Kreuter, New York, 125 points to 117. The contest was completed in 30 innings. The winner's high run was 19. In defeating Joseph Concannon, New York, 125 td 119, Bennie Allen, Kansas City, showed the same good form that he displayed last night when he set two new world's rec ords. Concannon had a high run of 40. Jerome Keogh, Rochester, N. Y., beat Edward I. 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