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THE OMAHA SUNDAY KEE: APRIL 11, 1920.
LURE OF BOXING
APPEALS TO ALL
SPORT PATRONS
.Novice Usually ' Becomes
Steady Fan After
,s: Witnessing His 7
7 -; First Bout. ' , , ;
By RAY PEARSON.
. . Boxing is one sport that gains its
patronage and support from people
in all walks of life. The glove sport
in this respect differs from other
sports such as foot ball, track and
-Held athletics, automobile racing
'and; the turf. Just, what makes fans
of the business, man, is a question
not easily nswered, unless one
, vyants to. refor' to' that . time-worn
.saying that it "takes red-blooded
men for. a red-blooded sport."
vHGwver, the intention of : this
"story" was not to explain what makes
a boxing fan, but to inject 3 few
words, into public print, telling- of
,some of those who would rather' sit
at a ringside thali. at a dinner table.
There is a saying That one hears
-v,hen a discussion is held, for the
benefit of a fan newly born to fisti
ana. and that is that a fan once ini
tiated to ringside doings always is a
fan. . The game "gets" 'em and they
stay got. ....'. '
College Coach Becomes fan.
i Perhaps as good an example of
Jiow a boxing fan strings with the
' game after once being "cnlik'itencd"
is that of a chap named Lewis
Omer, Wherever-college sports are
known Omer also is- known, for be-;
fore the world war he. was athletic
director at Northwestern university
at Evanstori, 111. Before the war
Other didn't know anything .about
vioxing. He was "well up" on track
athletics, foot ball aiul other sports
iV which the college " student in-t
dulges. He could tell oj without
consulting a record book how fast
this or that athlete could gp pver the!
sticks in the sixty; he. could -tell
you whether John Smith was a bet
ter gridiron player than Bob Jones,
and cit facts to prove his conten-
"Jion and wisdom. .
r But that had hothing to do with
boxing and Omer had notanig tQ dp
with the glove sport, either, until he,
.decided to do his bit by goinaf.into
serviceHe became athletic director
"at Camp Grant and there rose to the
title of captain. It was while at this
camp that he received his initiation
into-.! the mysteries of' the glove
Spott... . - .'. , '.
..'.' As , boxing .was'' the biggest' sport
'II MT IIII1V I UIIII. Mt WM.S KCLCSSdl v
rttap tain. Omer i& delve 'ifttp,, it itl
w -vi nay. iiir a u v ilii tuu i-v a u
that he became more than'a .ciinyert.
In fact, a fewtnonths' work witli
boxers actually made him " a rabid
fan) and if one asks him today what
he1 thinks about the ring staff he'll
tflj you it's the. greatest spprt,;everj
snNow here's arhtlierixaiW-Thd
writct walked . into7 the ofnc.eVot a
dentist recently. The object: of the
visit to have a bum tooth fixed, a
(Visit that under purely business con-!
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thing like perhaps 20 or 2S minutes;
But it took something like an. hour
and a half to Complete the job, and
tall because this particular tooth
physician- had seen his fir?t ring
bout. .He had been invited by a
friendly dentist who' already had ac
quired membership in fandom. to at:
tend the scrap' between Jimmy
i Wilde and Jack Sharkey at MiUvau-i
kce. : : .- , ' ;
- ; Tongue Wags; Work Lags.- !
: ; Now this dentist, -whose job was
to fix, the troublesome molar, knew
a lot about other sports, principally
tfeflie in which the collegians-take
part, tor in his college days he him-;
self had engaged in athletics. But
he didn't know anything about. box-
ing itntil he saw Sharkey swat the
Britisher, Now to hear him discuss
JacTc Dempsey, Wilde and all the
other "big timers" in the ganie, one
would think he knew all about it;
He gave us 20 minutes of his dental
time and more than an hour of con
versation on pugdonv Good thing
,he didn't charge for time work. It's
a saft bet. that when anything worth,
while in a fistic way is pulled iclose
to Chicago thus tooth: . expert " will
have his nose close to tlie' ropes.
-There are thousands of others
who have been stung by the boxing
bug just the same as those men
tioned. . They get it and 'don't get
over-it. It seems there is a pretty
close reiationsnip between the base
ball and boxing Jans. ".We ' have
found that a lot of base ball fans are
-boxing fans as well and that a lot
of ring fans also can be discovered
in the grandstand at the ball parks.
A considerable nunjber of college
men are boxing fans, but one does
not see the fan of college sports in
great number at the ringsdie, '.
O'Dowd Only title-Holder
Who Has Never Taken' Count
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Bareback Gown Movement
I.
Is Killed by Queeh Mary
; London, April 10. Queen; Mary
has killed the bareback gown move-;
meat in England.' . ' , . '
The bodicele'ssv gown:- js hot. ap--
; proved in the Court, of "James,
and dressmakers report the1 Eng
lishwomen have consequently ri-
fused to adopt the , style 1tti the
same abandon as displayed by the
women of France.' . " ' ;
The 'power of the 'royal edict is
far reaching. Even (orTday wear,
leading dressmakers report, the de-
"mandis for dresses less, open than
; last year. 't-:f..i v.
Only Baby Escapes.
Springfield, 111.,- April 10. When
an automobile drivea byrLpuis Ste
phens trashed into a horse and
buggy in which Mr. i and Mrs.
Charles Jones and their 'four chil
irta jwere riding, all.but.itJie . young
fit child, an infant itcstrms, : were
thrown to- the street n4-serious)y
injured. The baby picketf irom the
bottom of the wreckagy.'. cooed in--cessantly
while being Wteji , out un
injured The mother, " who was
holding the child to her breast, was
rendered .unconscious. The auto
taobile driver was arrested.
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Drinks Embalming Fluid
Rockford. 111.. Aoril 10. Craving
for-drink led Harry Gustafson to
.try' a concoction; of embalming
fluid. The ootlon, consisting of al
cohol and formaldehyde, left Gus
tafson with "no pulse for several
' minutes, -physicians who attended
him aid. Nevertheless, Gustafson
M icsoverlng.
' .Perusal of the rccordsrevcals the
fact that very few . performers' in
the ring today have escaped a knock
out during' - thsir , career... , Mike
-0'Dowd,.-niiddlewcight champion,
is thconly existing titlehoJder who
has not taken thereout in his, climb
to the champion-ship. "
Heavyweight- Champior) Jack
Dempsey has ojily one. black mark
against him. Just before .he. began
the remarkable run cf: victories that
culminated in the 'defeat' of Jess
Willard for the. title, Etmpsey was
stopped in one round by the veteran
Jim Flynn. ' .'"' ; ' "' ;
Battling Leviiisky;'vho claims the
light heavyweight title,, wis able to
stall off decisive defeat ,in all his
bouts until he met; Dempsey at
Philadelphia in 1918. Levinsky was
nd"t in the best ,of shape, at the time,
and the bout had not gone a round
before -he was sorry that he had
made the match. For two rounds
he. tincanned,'." with 'Dempsey., after,
him, and ' in the third Dempsey
caught up and; hung, the battler on
the ropeS as limp as a wet rag.
A ' Jack BrittoH, tbo.
' Even- Jack" Brittou, -with hisere-
markable defense, waj stopped" at
one time. Hack in 1VU5, when Jack
as 'a novice,'' he: rati-into'oiie Steve
Kinney, and was rocked to sleep in
the first round.- It was' a case of
bad. matchmaking,, as Britton 'was
riot 'ready to' meet such an experii
enced opponent.- ' ' r; :.
When Benny Leonard was in the
early stages of his ring career he
twice took the full coOiit.. Ijv 1912
Young Shugrue then' looked- upon
as a-leading contender fOT. fhp'.Jight
w.eight. title.." polished off '.Leonard
in four, rounds. Shngrue .w"as a com
paratively light litter, but Jie landed
i so" often brt the tioyicc that Leonard
was battered, to' 'the floor. In the
following year Leonard "once more
took the. full, count; Frankie Flem
ing, the Canadian featherweight,
put him down anjl out in ;thc fifth
round.. ..-.' " - - -
There is no record of Johnny Kil
bane taking the full count until-he
encountered Leonard over in Phila
delphia shortly after the lightweight
champion had Won the tirle from
Freddie Welsh.'
Pete Herman, who now holds "the
bantamweight title, met his Water
loo back in; 1914 at the bauds of
Frankie Burns of Jersejr City, Burns
beat a' tatoo on ,the southern mid
get's ribs for ISNrounds and then,
when .his ' opponent had been worn
down, the Jersey veteran crossed
his right to.the jaw, ending the bat
tled ' ' : ; '- v ; .
i : Carpentier Often.
Jimmy Wilde, the .flyweight cham
pion of .the world, was put to sleep
on; -one occasion.. .In-1915 Taney
Lee, stopped him, in the, 17th round
ef a battle for the flyweight cham
pionship of England. Later Wilde
had the satisfaction of turning the
tables on : his , .conqueror, stopping
him in 11' rounds. -
.Georges. Carpentier, heavyweight
champion-, of. Europe, was stopped
several times during the early part
of his ring .career. Gloria, one of
the Frenchman's 1 own countrymen,
stopped him 'in six rounds back in
1909. The Dixie Kid, an American
negro,, flattened Georges in 1911,
taking five rounds to do tljie trick.
Bjlly Papke made' him : quit - in 17
rounds ..and,: Frank . Klaus in 19
founds, during' 1912. ; But since Car
pentier attained his full growth no
one . has been .able; to--do anything
with him. ' ' .
Americk Has Fine Crop of
c jGrack Ail-Around Athletes
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Entrants -Plentiful for Decathlon and Pentathlon
; Events in Olympic Games Despite Loss of Legen
ldre CoastContributesStars.. . .
? ,: By JACK VEOICK; ;;.
Juternational Jew iSportlnr Editor,
:N"ew York. April 10. -f One of
America's ' most, brilliant, athletes.
was. . 'counted ' -out. as a possible
Olympic point winner recently when.
Robert Legendre,"' .national pentathi
Ion champion . ;and winner- of; that
event- ifi . the Inter-Allied games in
Paris, - broke his' leg in,, training at
Georgetown university'. - '
As a 'reshlt of hjs unfortunate ac
cident Legendre will be unable to
compete in the pentathlon and; dec
athlon finals at Harvard in-July and
his lossjs'., keenly -'felt,' for;he.hs
been 'generally regarded as one of
the'; hrightest prospects' 'since ;the
day-of Jim Thorpe. v - -
fortunately this country is able to
boast of no less than a dozen all
around atnletes.aside from- Legeridre
who may be counted on to offe the
best foreign performers the; hottest
kind of competition in the decathlon
and pentathlon events at Antwerp
next summer. So the loss of Legen
dre, ifhougH regrettable,. is 'by , no
means a-crushing-blow'tb th? hopes
of America."; '. ,vV.' ;
, The foremost aiU-ar-oUnd -athletes
ho wilt vie with one, another for
Archaeological Curator
Says Fitch, Not Fulton
Invented Steam Engine
' Columbus, O., April lO.rr-No., Rob
ert v ulton- dldn t 'it
engine.
invent the steam
Despite the ' nooular impression
crediting Fulton with' thys invention,
William C, Mills, curator ' at. the
Ohio Archaeological and historical
society's museum, on. the Ohio State
university, campus here; , says ' that
the steam engine was 'invented by
John" Fitch. . - ; -:- : .,
' A steam, engine made by Fitch
was operated , successfully in a
steamboat 21 years before Fulton's
Clermont plied' the .Hudson river,
according-to Mills. The ' original
working- model 'of Fitch's boat, 'in
vented in 1786, is nbw in the custody
of Curator Mills. . Recently ' it was
gfven to the Ohio Achaeotogical so
ciety by A. N.. Whiting of -this city,
great grandson of Fitch.- ' " "
- The engine, machinists "say, con
tains the principles which have- been
reproduced in all steamboats. It is
three feet long with solid wheels
nd upright cylinder of steam con
veyances. ". -,.. ....
. Fitch's 'first boat was successfully
tested July 26, 1786.. His second
b6at, the Perseverance, launched
tworyear,s. later, carried passengers
between Philadelphia and' Burling
ton.' The" company whose organiza
tion was ' promoted by Patrick
Henry. then! governor of .Virginia,
and-which-provided the money for
building the boat, failed, however,
and the boat went to. pieces. ;
. Fitch became a bankrupt and a
heartbroken, man. -
Philadelphia to Have
v Huge Indoor Ice Rink
The construction of the immense
ice .palace at Philadelphia will af
ford Quaker City skating enthusists
their first opportunity for. indoor
skating in 18 yei
the honor of representing- America
in the stellar individual events in the
Olympic games are. S. Harrison
Thomson, the Princeton university
star; Sol Butler of Dubuque college;
C. L., Lewis of Missouri university;
Arthur Tuck, Multnomah" A. C,
Portland, Ore.; Lauri Karimo,
Jfoung Men's Order, Detroit; Ber
nard Lichtman, Pastime A. C, New
York; Earl Thomson, '- Dartmouth
university; Carl Johnson, University
of Michigan; Jack Fritts, New York
Athletic club; E. L. Vidal, U. S.
Military academy; AV. F. Bartels,
University of Pennsylvania, and
William Yount, Redlalids university,
California.
Here is a brilliant constellation.
Out of this even dozen stars the
Olympic committee expects to find
several sure point winners for the
American team in both the modern
pentathlon and the decathlon events.
Six entrants wilj be made in each
event, four to compete, and there is
promise' that the final trials at Cam
bridge between these great athletes
will develop the greatest competition
America has ever seen.
According to athletic experts on
the ;Pacifio coast,-Bill Yount is one
of the': most' brilliant athletes" ever
developed. Robert Weaver, president
of the Southern Pacific association
of the A. A. U;, said . recently that.
Yount is a remarkable performer. He
is a stockily built athlete weighing
about 175 potfiids, and has "marvelous
endurance. ' Weaver his seen him
win the 100, 220, 440-yard dashes, the
high and low hurdles, the pole vault
and the high jump, finish second in
the shotput and run a quarter mile
cn the relay team at Redlands Uni
versity, all in one 'afternoon, f
Yount's best records are 10 sec
onds for the hundred, 23 feet for the
running broad jump, 11 feet 8 inches
for the pole vault. S feet 8 inches in
the: high jump, 50 seconds in the
quarter, mile, 25 seconds in the 220
yard; low hurdles and 42 feet with
the 16-pound shot. '
This remarkable Californian was
eager -to' get into the-national all
around championship in the east last
year, but was disappointed at the
last mdrrient, as he had never trained
for 'the' hammer throw or the 56
tfound weight. . After eight weeks'
practice he threvif the hammer 135
feet and tosseyd the" 56-pound weight
25 feet.
Another westerner whose praises
are being sung by experts from be
yond the Rocky mountains is Artie
Tuck, from Portland. Tuck won the
national junior .. javelin throwing
championship at Philadelphia last
September with a throw of 178 feet
and is going to make a strong bid
for a place on the Olympic team in
this event. His best throyy with the
javelin is 205 feel, made in practice.
He has hurfed the discus 145 feet,
has . made 23 feet in the running
broad jump ahd has run 200 meters
in 22 seconds. He can also run a
strong mile. If he is able to come
close. to these performances in the
Olympic trials he is s,ure of a place
cn the team. ,
Thompson of Princeton, the inter
collegiate all-around champion, is a
wonderfully brilliant man. So is
Johnson,- of Michigan, and ' BarteH,
of Pennsylvania. All ef the other
men . named here are highly com
petent athletes in at east three
events.
Telegraph Operator in Omaha Plays Checkers With His
v Brother in Sioux City Over News Wire on "Quiet" Nights
Others Gamble By Wire"
On Results From Chi
( cago to San
Click! Click!
"Your move!"
"Jump, you got'ta jump that man."
"Ha, Jiar There goes your king!"
"Gee, hope the president doesn't
fire another member of the cabinet
till we finish this game!"
"I've got five bucks on yu
Omaha. Watch your moves.".
Click! Click! 7 . . ' ,
"It's, all over, he's got that king
cornered.".
In tne wee hours of the night,
when;ijnews isn't "breaking," the
foregoing - 'conversation keeps the
staid, sedate Associated Press wire,
whicl extends from Chicago to San
Francisco,' fairly hunting.'
Rivals Since Youth.
And its all over a checker game,
played by C. D. Johnson, Associated
Press operator at the Bee office,
and his brother', T. P. Johnson, oper
ator on the same wire at the Sioux
City-Tribune office. v --
The . two brothers have been
checker rivals - since their earliest
youth. It was only recently, how
ever, that they devised the plan ot
numbering checker boards and play
ing by long distance telegraphy.
""It sort of livens up the evening
and seems to remind us, of old
times," said C. D. Johnson. "If we
could just pull each other's 'hair once
in a while, like we used to m -the
. ' ' : . v ,:- ''.. .. . ,.- - ..-
C. D. Johnson, Associated Press operator, at his key intthe editorial rooms of The Omaha Bee, -with his
checker board handy, ready for a game with his brother in Sioux City when the wire jets "cold." Other
Associated .Press operators, all the way from Chicago to San Francisco, chip in and bet on the games as they
progress. ' . ' -.;,"
and is willing to bet at least 25 cents
on either brother any tjmc.
Of course, Miss Oakcs and Mr.
Bartlett would rather bet on C D.
in a nunc, iiftt wc ustu iu 111 -iiiv , , , . , . 4. ,
old days, everything would be fine." LJohnson, because he taughr them
r,,t,u vfhow to be operators, but it isnt
everyday one has a chance to pet on
a real championship checker game,
and watch or rather listen to it
played, move by move, and jump
by jump. So they bet either way. 1
Many Eavesdroppers.
T. P. Johnson has a large gallery
.with him every night, according to
reports, that is willing to back him
to the limit Of course there is a
Gamble from Afar,
, But if the hair-pulling part of the
game is lacking it isn't missed by
Operator Bartlett at Lincoln, who
only two nights ago bet and won
well,- the amount doesn't matter
money from A. A. McDonnell, operat
or at Denver; and it doesn't spoil the
fun for Miss Charlotte Oakes, oper
ator at Mitchell, S. D who thinks
"checkers is just the grandest game"
limit, as the gallery is made up
principally of reporters and ' other
newspaper men, sprinkled with a
flavoring of Sioux City checker fans.
The Omaha brother has a slight
majority of "wins" to his credit,
thus far, much to the discomfort of
the Sioux City gallery, and to the
joy of San Francisco and Chicago
operators, who have been backing
hiin. ...
He admits that his brother is
"some checker 'player, however,
and has warned his backers to go
easy.
"Hopes Germany Behaves.
"We came , from a family of
checker, players, explained Mr.
Johnson. "That is, checkers was a
favorite game with them, but our
uncle, Thomaa J. Johnson, was the
only -wie who really distinguished
himself. He was once champion of
Indiana. My brother andI "
He was interrupted t by a loud
''click, click" from his instrument.
"Little brother wants to play a
game while the wire's quiet," he
smiled grimly. '-I'll clean him good
tonight unless a German revolution
or a shipwreck in the ; China sea
stops the game.
'Click, click it's "your move,
brother."
Splinters off Sport
Columbus, Ohio, April 10. A
school for quarterbacks.
This is the recommendation made
to Ohio state university athletic of
ficials by a local sports enthusiast.
He points out "that the firqt and
last requisite of an efficient quarter
back is good generalship and that
it can be taught just the same as
business management.
"After all, a quarterback is noth
ing more than the'business manager
of the foot ball team," says the local
enthusiast. "He directs the play
and he must call the right play at
the right time or he isn't a good
quarterback. A team is no stronger
than its quarterback's generalship."
Co-eds Watch Wrestlers.
Boulder, Col., April 10. Fair co
eds of the University of Colorado
are permitted to witness intercol
legiate wrestling bouts betweeij
male students, under an order is
sued by college" authorities. The re
strictions against girls attending the
bouts were removed upon the rec
ommendation of the dean of wo
men to President Norlin that the
matches involved, no " objectionable
features.
! Real Boxing "Bugs."
Pueblo, ' Colo., April 10. Boxing
as a means of- curing insanity has
met with sucVsuccess at the Colo
l ado State Hospital for the Insane
that James Tillman, director of the
institution, plans to inaugurate an
extensive program of athletics for
the inmates. . ' .
Tillman believes rugged physical
exercise is highly valuable in restor
ing the mentality of defectives. Up
to date he has only used boxing in
his efforts to strengthen the minds
of his derelict charges, but expects
to have many inmates indulging in
all branches of outdoor sports dur
ing the coming summer.
Inmates of the state institution
here who are physically sound have
been permitted to don fifteen-ounce
boxing gloves and, under Tillman's
close supervision,, "go" two and
three rounds. As a result, Tillman
claims,, six patients already show
marked mental improvement.
Midget Pugs Want Bouts.
Pueblo, Colo., April 10, A new
class in pugilism the midgetweight
may be established if boxing pro
moters succeed in rinding suitable
opponents for Frank and Philip
Alwood, five-year-old twin mitt
wonders" of this ciy.
The twins have been performing
in exhibition bouts here, and their
father, who acts as manager and
trainer for the pair, is anxious to
match either of the boys with some
aspirant for the "midgetweight title
of the world.
Frank and Philip fight at exactly
thirty-six , pounds and have been
going four and two-minute rounds
at top speed. , .
Wife Pitched Pennies
With Bellboy for Kisses
' Trenton, N. J., April 10. That
his wife and a bellboy in a hotel at
Utica, N. Y.. "pitched pennies for
kisses" was one of the charges made
by Harry Wright, of New York, in
his suit for divorce trom Veronica
Wright, of Atlantic City." Testimony
was heard by Vice-Chancellor Bu-
channan here, and he granted the
divorce without leaving the .bench.
In addition to telling about the
bellboy, Wright said that for twelve
years he had been taking his wife
from questionable places - late ' at
night and early in the morning.
Hard Hit Golf Ball
Takes Off Robin's Head
Winsted, Conn., April 10. A
freak accident of the golf links that
has aroused the Interest of local
golfers resulted when Eddie Fitz
gerald drove a ball that decapitated
a robin. The bird was about 100
yards from the ftee, and the ball
which skimmed 'the fairway, took
off the robin's head as cleanly as
with a knife.
"BOLSHEVISTIC"
GOLF IS PLAYED
ON COAST LINKS
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Del nonte Fans Forge)
Time Honored Tradition
And Yell and Hoot at
' Golf Match.
Del Monte, Cat, April 10. In
golf it is a time-honored tradition
that you mustn't talk, you mustn't
move and you mustn't even whisper
vbile a man isshooting.
Well. Del Monte, the golf mecca
of the far west, where the California
championships are staged on the
two courses, they hold every year
a competition known as the "Bleth
erin' contest" This year a big field
started and ten brave players
qualified. On a Sunday afternoon the
entire ten drove off in- turn and
there was .a gallery of several
hundred that showed up with cow
hells, horns, and other noise produc
ing instruments.
From the fiijst to the ninth, whrre
the elimination contest ended, the
links was transformed until it was a
rooting section. Everything went
with the exception of actually touch
ing a player or his ball. The yelling
and rooting which resulted made
yon think of the scenes attending a
college foot ball or base hall game.
Through all this noise some
creditable golf was displayed. C. A
Stonehill, a visiting player from
Glencoe, 111., turned up the winner.
George Carpenter of Medford, Ore.,
was the last to go out and he made
the creditable medal score of 41 for
th first nine. M. A. McLaughlin,
Colorado state champion, lasted
until the next io the last hole.
The'Bleth'.-rin' contest" can right
fully be labeled a howling success.
The event, which is an annual Del
Mcnte feature, has been criticised in
some circles &s being bolshevistic in
character, but it is popular with par
ticipants, who claim that it is a
wonderful cure for nervousness.
Hoppe May Play De Oro.
Balkline Billiard Champion Will
iam F. Hoppe may conclude his sea
son's activity with a match at three
cushion billiards against Alfredo de
Oro in New York city.
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in with the report that it ran 22,000
miles on a truck. .
A Boston dealer reports that Miller
. Cords, with many owners of big cars,
have increased the
former mileage 50
to 75 per cent
Consider - what
a saving such -added
mileage
means.
Tread Patented
Center tread imeotk
with auction cup, for
firm held on wet u
phalt Camrfl-ttk
vmd sMe tree ill i
like cegsia dirt.
Think how' uniform
Think how. uniform these new-day
tires are running. ' . ' '
Not one tire in a hundred, in the
Miller records proves m ztiy way de
fective."' '';'
A Matchless Tire
Samuel L-Barrabee, of Boston,
says: "In my 14 years of hand
ling all makes of tires I have yet
to find a tire which gives the
universal satisfaction of Millers. '
' Every user, is a booster."
Not all users get the rnaximum mile
age. That depends largely on size and
care, on load and road. .
But users, under all conditions, get
longer mileage than before. And they
find that Miller Tires are uniform. The
tires of the old days were not.
, How it happened
One reason fics in the fabric and the
cords. New standards have been fixei
In the Miller factory we spend $300
daily just to test the cords and fabric.
Another lies in selecting rubber to
'.. fit each requirement. , v
Each Miller Tire is signed by two
men -the maker and the inspector.
And these men are penalized if a tire
comes back. ,
,We wear out a thousand tires yearly
in proving tire endurance. And every
tire's record teaches us some lespon.
Far better treadi
. In the past few years, Miller treads
have doubled in endurance.
,We have attained a tread which, on
the average, excels rival treads by 25
per cent - . ,
Every day we vulcanize in our labo
ratory samples of this tread stock.
Then we test it. So the Miller treads
don't vary.
Not a single tire built with this new
tread has ever come back with the
tread gone.
Save still more
All good tires are better than they
used to "be. But learn which tire is
'best. -
Compare the service of a Miller whh
-any tire youJcnow. Watch the mile
age. Miller lire records have become
the sensation. Try one, and see what
mileage a new-day tire can give.
When you buy a new car insist on
Miller Tires. Twenty car makers now.
supply them and there is no extra
charge.
The MILLER RUBBER CO., Akron, Oh
10.
Now the Topic of Tiredom
Cords or Fabrics
Geared-to-the-Road
Bmmi V. 3. FaUnt OH
Miller Rubber Co.
2220 Farnam St.
Omaha Branch
Phone Douglas 8924.
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