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V 4 THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1919. LOCAL FANS ARE BILKED BY EDDIE KETCH ELL'S 1(1 New York Featherweight Falls in Fear of Callahan's ' Right and Stays ' . "' ' Down. Upward of 2,000 Omaha fight fans were handed a raw one by "Fight- Tg" Ed'iie Ketchell at Fort Omaha Monday night. Kctelielt was sched uled to go ten rounds with Frankie Callahan, of Columbus, 0.7 in the , .main event of a soldiers' athletic fund benefit performance, but after two rounds of fast work, in which lie had slightly the worst of it, Cal lahan started a rally that took all the fight out f "Fighting Eddie" and when a left jab staggered him, the New Yorker fell to the floor to .avoid a right swing and "faked" a knockout, pretty as you please. Clean Case of Fake. . rt va:as clear a case of cold emitting" as has been seen iti any tiixing ring. Sam Jordan's hjghty touted featherweight was so badly frightened at-Callahan's swift rally it. the opening-of the third round ihat he feared to attempt to weather mother one and when Frankie's nirlit came conveniently sailing near . t.is head, he took the blow on the l'iiulder, fell to the floor,' rolled over oh his face, so he wouldn't have to lace thf fans near the ring rttui took the count, tolled off by Jimmy Keddy of St.. Paul,vthe ref eree. -" .,, The remainder of the card was a good one, J the four preliminaries and the semi-windup furnishing great entertainment for the fans. Sianley Leese of the 27th company and Frank Cox of the 17th company went four rounds to a draw, Joe Kerzon of the 17th company was given a verdict over John Shiner of the 27th company. Young Bloom of the 27th company , went; four rounds with Young Erickson of Omaha and clearly won the - bout, but Referee Tommy Thomas was evidently badly rattled and gave Erickson the decision. The crowd booed and hooted the verdict and officers at the rigside, acting judges, reversed the decision ... and gave Bloom a victory, .i Fitzgerald Appointed Promoter Deny Ryan and " Athletic Officer Lieut. John Hall, called Thomas ' from the ring and; sent Jack Fitzgerald to cover the posi tion for the next two contests. Young Spellian of Omaha was giv en a decision oVer Battling Garri-. son. also of Omaha, by virtue of a hairline edge, in six ' rounds. The I wo old timers trying "comebacks," Paddy McMahon and Eddie Gillen, both , of the South Side, went on iii a six-rounder in the semi and Gillrn won a slight shade, tbut it W!s declared a daw. ' -Following the- Gillen-McMahrfn bout, the participants in the main "event" too the ring." The result, in the parlance of the sport world., "smells to. high heaven." .It was rumored freely around the ring that it was all a prearranged affair, from start to finish, but that may not be the case. However, it should bar any of Sam Jordan's battlers .from any further participation in this sec tion of the country. . Jimmy Drexel Charges "Fixed." Substantiating the claim that it was a "fixed", affair, Jimmy Drexel. declares that he was approached re garding a return match with the Co lumbus fighter and had accepted, onlv to be told over the phone that Callahan insisted upon, meeting Ketchell. Drexel' charged Callahan with picking his own opponents. St. Louis Offered $70,000 and Four Players for Hornsby fct- Louis, Mo., . Dec. 22. Seventy thousand dollars and four players have been offered to the St. Louis National leajrue base ball club fjor Roger Hornsby, according to Presi dent Branch Rickey of the club in a signed-statement. He added that the offer was refused and that Hornsby is not for sale. President Rickey would not divulge the name of the club that made the offer. Jimmy Wilde, English flyweight champion, believes he got the worst ot the decision in his recent bout with Jack Sharkey at Milwaukee and -yill lllUal- acrw aiiuinvi w. test with the Jew i orK oantani; Skating Champion Accepts $5,000 for Contests Overseas ; tf. ?-:v i ' 1 ''A. Ztf ifW'iii 1 If 3 Bobby McLean of Chicago, for a long time amateur skating champion of 'America, will shortly leave for Sweden to contest for a $50,000 match with Oscar Mathiesen, the champion skater of Sweden.. A se ries of' five races has been arranged. A few years ago Mathiesen visited America and was beaten repeatedly by McLean in match races in Chi cago and elsewhere. . Commerce High Coach Has Nine Games on Tap For Business Flippers ! Coach Drummond of the High School of Commerce gave out his 1919-20 basket ball schedule yester day afternoon. Nine games have been booked for the season. " The first game on the schedule is with. Cre:ghton High on Jan. 16. Coach Tommy Mills will, have charge of the High school team this year, urummonrt expects nis quin tet to have a hard battle with the Blue and White team. Of the nine games booked, four will be 5 played out of the'eity and five in Omaha.;' Most of the games will be played on the "Y" floor. The game with Beatrice High school on Jan. Z4 will be anotner nara Dattie i) the. local quintet; as Beatrice al ways puts a winning team in tne race for the state honors. - ... .Coach Drummond is negotiating with Sioux City and St. Joseph for games. It is probable that these games will be boolce'd by the coach an'd will be played on the locals' floor. r e iiT'.l . learney Lonrers With Dickerson; New Loop - To Be Organized Soon Grand Rapids, Dec. 21 President A. R. Tearnev of the Western and Three-Eye leagues, and E. W. Dick erjson, tormerly head ot tne west ern league held a conference Mon day regarding the claim of Dicker son for $6,000 back salary as presi dent of the Western league. Dickerr son said that he believed an amicable- agreement, would be reached.': Formatiori of a new ' Central league 'and a Michigan State league was also discussed. Tearr.ey pro posed that the Central league re linquish Fort Wayne and Richmond, Ind., territorial rights to his organ ization. Dickerson declined to do this until it can be definitely deter mined that enough Michigan cities will come into the new central league to make it . a strong class B circuit. This is expected to, be Re dded December 20, at a meeting of club owners, from i Saginaw, Bay City, Flint and Battle Creek. Slippers ancl the Old Ami Chair Comfortable, shapeless old slippersdeep cushioned arm-chair, and a smooth smoking Meditation what luxury. Evening is the perfect time to enjoy the skillful blend of fine, mild Havana the delicate taste and aroma that make W Meditations lead in popularity wherever they are introduced. They are reasonable cigars but the quality can't be excelled at any price. M yg After dinner tonight, try a Meditation. N HARLE-HAAS CO., Council Bluffs, la. 8 shapes atlOe 2for25o and 15c straight a i I mm-ur NEXT CtliC POKING AROUND IN THE RAG BAG. SsTILL on the flatfooted trail of the saddest fighter who ever pulled off J a glove. There are plenty. It takes more than one dumbbell to make a gymnasium. SAM WALLACH. ' Leaches Cross' brother, thought he would take a whirl on the resiu and grab a few brass rings. Started as a semi-amateur in a knuckles tournament at the Irish-American club. Opponent ;was a nimble Swede who threw his minches discos stvle. Three waltzes and then let er fly Sam punched him sour for one round. In the second round Von Swanson started one from the club entrance and Sam was still riding it at the exit. In spite of the signs on the wall. Sam beat all his neighbors to the street. When Sam started eating solid food again, he turned aM the family fight ing over to Leach and Marty. . ' . V Sam only made two mistakes. One was thinki"g 'he was a fighter. The second was trying to prove it. He is a lawyer now ana grans an his rough stuff out of a book. Leach Cross piped the fight and held the watch. When the discus tosser hit the bull in the monocle, Leach laughed himself fat. There are two days in Sam's life in which he is not respon- sioie ior aeots coniraciea in nis name, ine ngni was un rauumj, auu vu Tuesday Sam tried to wear a Palm Beach suit down town in a blizzard On Wednesday, he bought a Ouija board and started taking messages from the moon. He was drilling regiments of paper dolls all winter. UP BUFFALO WAY. There is a kid busting around up around Buffalo and Syracuse who holds the record for parrying 'em with the chin. He calls himself Battling Hurley. The original Bat Hurley was a fairly good bomb thrower. This Bat Hurley is a good fighter when he's standing up. He was flattened pancake style three times in four nights. He has two legs on the brown derby. One more victory and the burnt sienna Kelly is his to have and to hold. It takes some influence to get pressed and ironed three times in four nightsi Fred McKay couldn't top this record withost fighting double-headers. If pride goeth before a fall, Bat has his pride looking like the Tumbling Dooleys. Pride had to work quick to get in ahead of Bat's flop. ; Joe Grini's mush was a keyboard on which all the Queensbury Pader eweskies ran the scale and stretched double knuckle octaves. ', But Joe's career is a chirp that should be saved for a spring day, when all the earth is gay and the cuckoos are nesting again in last year's Swiss clock. ' - . .. CHURCH LEAGUE START SEASON S GAMES TONIGHT Four Fast, Snappy Games .t Promised, With All Play ers in the Pink of Condition. Tonight' Game. M. E. Wop agalnit Hanscom Park, 7:31) p. m. Pearl Memorial against Prcibyterlana, 8:10 p. m. Bennon M. . against Trinity Baptists, 8:50 p. m. Calvary Baptists against First M. E 9:80 p. m. Local basket ball shooters, repre senting the . Church league, will in augurate the 1919-1920 amateur bas ket ball season tonight at the Young Men's Christian association, when the above-mentioned quintets will be seen in action fighting it out for championship honors. Four fast, snappy and exciting games are promised, as all of the teams are in the best of condition, having had plenty of practice dur ing the last week. ..'. 1 Old Rivals to Meet The opening and final games of the evening no doubt will be the feature contests, as considerable rivalry exists between them. Dur ing the past few years, whenever these two quintets have met, the battles usually went into extra pe riods. The Calvary Baptist-First Metho dist Episcopal rives- are evenly matched and former teammates will oppose each other on the floor to night. Weiser, a former Drake uni versity star at forward, and Howard, formerly a star at Parson college, will be seen at the center position for the Calvary Baptists. However, the games between the Pearl Methodist Episcopal and the United Presbyterian, Benson' Metho dist Episcopal and Trinity Baptists, should not be missed, as the man agers of these teams state hat a big surprise is in store for the fans. Officials for tonight's contests are: Verne .Moore, referee; Noble, um pire; William O. Blozies, timekeep er, and David Kubby, scorer. A. recent, meeting of the basket ball committee of the Young Men's Christian association, under whose auspices' the various basket ball leagues at the "Y" are conducted, adopted a set of rules and regula tions which' will govern all three leagues, Church, Commercial and Greater Omaha. Following eight rules unanimously adopted by the managers: ." . ' Eight New Ruleu. 1. Each player must be a member of the Y. M. C. A. 2. Every player must sign a contract. A. There is no limit to the number of men a team may have under contract. B. A player is eligible to play Im mediately upon handing in a, bona fide contract. C. No contract will be accepted aftet one-half the schedule has been played. 3. Under certain conditions a player may secure his release from one team and sign up with another even in another league, but such a transfer must be O. K.'d by the basket ball committee. 4. No games will be postponed and they must all be played in the order they appear on the schedule. , 5. Each game will'' start promptly on scheduled time.. In event of both teams not being on the floor ready to play on time,, the time they are late will be taken off the first half. When just one team appears and is ready to play one free throw will be awarded for each minute their opponent Is late. i 6. . The game is forfeited when a team fails to appear within 15 minutes of scheduled time. ' 7. The committee reserves the right to remove from their league any team whose spirit and conduct are continually out of harmony. S. All complaints or protests must be made in writing and handed to the com mittee within 14 hour of the occurrence complained of. MORAN, SHARKEY AND DONLEY WIN; LYNCH-FOX DRAW Pittsburgh Heavyweight Knocks Burke OutGoth am Bantam and English man Rematched. French Champion III and Moore to Meet Eugene Criqui London, Ded. 22. Charles Le doux. bantamweight champion pugil ist of Europe, is suffering from an attack of bronchitis and will be un able to meet Pal Moore, the Ameri can boxer. Friday night. Eugene Criqui, a French bantanweight, was engaged to take Ledoux' place against Moore. . . Today's Calendar of Sports. Racing Winter meeting of f'uba-Ameri-rnn and Jockey club, at Havana. Winter meeting at Jefferson Parish Fair associa tion, at New Orleans. Hoekey Opening of the season at th National Hockey league of Canada. Ches Yale-Harvard-Columhia-Prinec-ton Intercollegiate tournament, at New York. Tennis Jnnlor and boys' national chsm oloosniD tournament, at Kew York, Newark,' N. J., Dec. 22. Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh heavyweight, knocked out Sergeant Jack Burke of Chicago, in the first round of an eight-round match Monday night. Moran weighed 1931-2 pounds and Burke 188. i Is Floored Early. . Burke tried to rush hi? opponent as the contest opened and was sent to the floor for a count of eight aft er receiving three hard rights to the head, He arose .groggy. Moran scored another right to the head and followed it with a right swing which landed behind Burke's ear. Burke went down and although conscious was unable to get up before the count i ten. Micky Donley of Newark, 130 pounds, outfought Joe Benjamin of San Fraricisco, 134, in every round of an eight-round bout. The west erner was unable to evade Donely's left jab' in the first six rounds. Fox and Lynch Rematched. Joey Fox, the' English feather weight, and Joe Lynch of New. York, fought eight rounds at a fast pace. In the final round Fox sent a short right to the jaw that floored Lynch, but he was up immediately. The men were signed up at the jrpnclu sion of the. contest to meet again three weeks hence. " Jack Sharkey of New York, who recently outfought Jimmy Wilde, the English flyweight champw.h, easily outpointed Patsy Johnson of Tren ton in the last eight-round ' Bout. Sharkey weighed 116, one pound less than Johnson. .. Lightweight Champion Wins Press Verdict From Jake Abel Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 227 Benny Leonard, lightweight charhpion of the world, trained a newsbaner de cision over Jake Abel, local welter-. weight in 10 rounds of fast boxing. Leonard gave an exhibition' of speed and cleverness that outdid anything Abel had to offer. '- Omaha Boy, Reported Missing Since. War, Plans Xmas Surprise Concordia, Kan., Dec. 22. (Spe cial Telegram.) There will be an unexpected Christmas gift in the Lanark home in Omaha this week. Duffield Lanark, who has been re ported missing since the Argonne batle, wiil walk in as a surprise on his parents Christmas, if he is able to reach Omaha by that ime. Lanark was here Sunday in a hArd-worked mdtor car ' bound for Omaha. Although reported missing, he got out of the battle with two vounds and was invalided for sev eral weeks in a hospital. His efforts to cable home were futile because his parents had chang ed their address. Upon his discharge he siened uo with a fruit ship and quit the sea at New Orleans, where he purchased his automobile and smarted home. (The name Lanark does not ap- f ear in the Omaha city directory.) Britain and Holland Sign Secret Treaty is Rumor Brussels, Dec. 22. The Nation Beige has fjrinted a rumor that a secret treaty has been signed by Great Britain and Holland by which the integrity of Dutch territory is" guaranteed. Tanker Aground. . Tampico, Dec. 22. The American tank steamer Tolin D. Rockefeller is aground at the shore end of the jetty here. A high sea is running and it will be' impossible to com municate with, the tanker until it mnrierates A in or is rraHv tn nrn- ceed to the Rockefeller when condi- tions permit HARVARD SQUAD STOPS IN OMAHA ENROUTE WEST " 1 - I..,. j Eastern Foot-Ball Team vyill Play On" Pacific Coast Coach Fisher Not Optimistic.- The Harvard university foot ball squad, of 22 men passed through Omaha yesterday afterpoon on their way to Los Angeles, ; Cal., where they will go into training to battle the crack Oregon university, team at Pasadena. Cal., on January '2. With the exception of "Tubby" Clark, star right guard of the team, every man who played on the vic torious eleven during the past sea son, is making the trip. Stars With Eleven. Among the stars who strolled about the- depot platform during the 20-minute layover here were Eddie Casey, famous half back, who punted the Harvard te'am to many victories and is given a position on several All American teams; Billy Murray, diminutive iquarter back and captain of the team, and "Desperate" Des mond, 200-pound right end. Desmond, who is one of the rough est men in eastern foot ball, is a genuine Beau Brummel out of the game, his comrads say, and is quite at home at afternoon teas and ball-! room floors. . . ' j The squad is accompanied by Rob ert Fisher, head coach, and three other coaches. Fisher was not op timistic about the outcome of the western game, pointing out the de feat of Syracuse at the hands of Nebraska as a. horrible example of what sometimes happens to the best of teams. '. ' Graduates Visit Team. ' Syracuse was one. of the strong est team in the east, he said, and its defeat by Nebraska was a great surprise. Although admitting that Nebraska has a "remarkable" team, Coach Fisher attributed Syracuse's decisive defeat to the difference be tween eastern and western foot ball. A number of Harvard men were , at the station to meet the teams, as well as several eastern university graduates. Among them was "Mac" Baldrige, famous . Yale man, who knew and had played against prac tically every man on the Harvard team. An extra step for automobiles. operated from the driver's seat by levers, swings under a running board when not needed.. Carpentier Declares Walking Is Best Form Of Moderate Exercise Paris, Dec. 22. Walking is the best form of exercise for the man wlio wants to keep fit, according to Georges Carpentier, heavyweight champion of Europe, who is expect ed to fight Jack Dempsey some time during the summer of 1920. "I attach the utmost importance to ,'how to walk'," said Carpentier. "Perfect carriage the knowledge that you possess a full share of that poetry of movement which we call deportment has a wonderful effect upon the mind, and as V hold that to be absolutely necessary in the striving after physical fitness I would put deportment down as the beginning of the alphabet of phy sical culture. Having learned to walk correctly the desire for com plete physical proficiency is irresisti ble, for you have mastered one of the hardest and most exacting les sons of your athletic curriculum: you then know all about poise and oaiance; awKwaraness will not seize you. In addition to the movement of the muscles one gets the fresh pure air by walking in the country and the scenery and the songs of the birds gives one a more cheerful outlook. "I have always made it n ooint to shun all exercises that are merely violent, for that wl.ich is physically hard to dp hurts and tires; it is harmful." AMUSEMENTS. MatlUM Dally J TMl MST A a A, tl 1KU Mat y TMl MST I IN VAVOC VILLI ALBERTINA RASCH 4 CO.. WILLIAM IBS. HARRY SREEN. JAMES, J. MORTON, Slassy 4 Tswnlsy. L 4 CruttM. Kaisw Bsy. Mlu RsbM StffM. Totios f th Day. Kl. irsnl.' Coterie of Merchants . In France Victimize Soldiers' Relatives! Taris, Dec. 22. Relatives of sol- j diers whofell at the battle front are ' being victimized by cab drivers, ho-! tel men, dealers in coffins and grave diggers, according to L'Information. j The newspaper says this odious ex ploitation of grief is such that it cannot be passed over in silence." It is charged the worst cases of imposition occur in the Champagne and Somme regions, where unhappy pilgrims are charged from 60 to 65 francs for a six-mile drive. It is said the carriage drivers, in agree ment with the innkeepers, invaria bly manage. to miss the last train out of these regions so that the mourn ers are compelled to stay all night. Coffins of the cheapest grade, it is said, are sold from 300 to 400 francs. rHOTO-PLATS. AMFSEMENTS. TWO SHOWS IN ONE Three Mirano Bro. EJmunds and Roger Orrca and Drew Billv Scott ??i?l!'r' G- wuh ta "THE lEAST;V , ,0Jr,f ChtsUr feature; Paths Weekly A Mack Sennctt comedy. DANCING! PRAIRIE PARK Twenty-sixth and Amn Av. TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS By the Ben Hur Dancing Club Colfax 4923. BOYD Tonight eV Week. Mets. Xmaa S P. M. and Saturday Th Selwyn'a 3erv . Next Sunday, One Week Mat. New Year's and Set. AVERY HOPWOOD'S GALE OF LAUGHTER FAIR AND WARMER in 3 Act and 3 Seme THE COMEDY HIT OF THE AGE SPLENDID NEW YORK CAST NOT A MOTION PICTURE Price 50c to $2; Mats. 50c to $1.50 SE Weavers of Speech Dec. 23rd & 24th at the Comfort Theater 24th and Vinton St. DON'T MISS IT Two Omaha Telephone Opera tors , Playing the Leading Parts A Local Production ' by the Nebraska Telephone Company offers William S. Hart in "John Petticoats" OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" Daily Mat. lS-28-SOc Evngs., 25-50-79c, $1 GALA HOLIDAY BOOKING DAVE (Snuffy) MARION (&) H!sD Own Company BABE LA TOUR, SID COLD, WILL H. WARD. "Snuffy'" Famou Hone; Stun ningly Gowned Chorus. Xmas Mat. at 3:00. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS ant. Mat. as wis: jacK ;oowij Ltlwrt; Glrla Tonight wek Mats: Tbura.-Sat. RALPH DUNBAR Presents THE GREAT COMJC OPERA "The Chocolate Soldier" Nights 50c to $2 Mat 50c to $1.50. Week Dec. 28 "LA LA LUCILLE" 1 Last Day DOROTHY DflLTOII "HIS WIFE'S FRIEND" Tomorrow WALLACE REID GEORGE WALSH, in "HIS WINNING STROKE" Th Great Boat-Racing Romance In Picture Episode No. 5 "Th Black Secret" Comedy "Just Neighbor" Actors' Benefit Show I f ii The Time: Friday 2:30 P. IYI. The Place: BOYD THEATRE It's to Be Some Big Show with talent from the Orpheum, the Boyd, the Brandeis, the Emprei and Doe Waggner' Saxaphones from Ak-Sar-Ben. Proceeds to Goto the Actors' Benefit Fund of North America . PHOTO-PLAYS. 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