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2 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE (5. 1D20. f. 1 hi 4 t II it f If IS .M V--, I- v I. COLLEGES E N D RECORD SEASON FOR ALLSPORTS Big Ten Meet Yesterday ' Marked Close of Most Suc cessful Season of Athletics. i By WALTER ECKERSALL., The curtain on one of the most successful college athletic years of the last decade was rung down yes terday with the staging of the an nual western conference track and field meet at Ann Arbor. The east- rrn season closed a week' ago. when ihe intercollegiate was decided al Philadelphia ; It has been many years since j there was such keen competition in i all branches of college sports. In terest was kept at a high pitch until i near the close of each sport, as no team had a strangle-hold on the title in midseason, which has been generally the case in former years. Last Grid Games Climax. In the central west, where the Big Ten institutions attract most atten- j lion, the season will go down in history-as one of the greatest, both ; from the caliber of oerformances ; ?nd the interest shown. The latter was manifested by the large crowds which attended all events. i The foot ball season probably was ! one of the most interesting of any. i . . j. t i : .1 .. , a:aaj i ?l'uiis. jl lie uui was uui ucciu.u until the last batch of games on the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving-. I'revious to this date Ohio state had met and defeated its opponents with such apparent ease that it looked like a certain winner. over Illinois. Illinois Title Clean Cut. On the other hand, the Orange and Blue eleven had played incon sistent football. After narrowly es caping defeat at the hands of Iowa, Illinois was beaten by Wisconsin. The Badgers in turn were, defeated by Minnesota, which lost to Illinois. Iowa, which was a strong factor, lost to Chicago in an important clash, while the other Big Ten elev ens had been put out of the cham pionship race earlier in the season. Under the conditions the title hinged on the result of the Illinois Ohio State game at Columbus. The winner was entitled to a clean-cut claim and Illinois was the victor in a great uphill struggle. The Buck eyes led by one point until near the close of the contest, when a drop kick turned the tide in Illinois' favor. Best Foot Ball in Years. The caliber of foot ball played by all-conference teams was much bet ter than that displayed in many sea sons. The elevens had been given complex attacks in which the for ward pass was an important factor. The running game was resorted to more than generally, the teams ap parently being willing to take chances. Most of the colleges will tie fortified with a wealth of material this fall and another successful sea son should result. Following the foot ball season the basket ball teams went into action and experienced a great year. The desire of the coaches to preserve the game by doing away with rough tac tics had its results in that the games were better played and -not marreer by continual fouling. Maroon Five a Smooth Machine. Chicago won the title by pjayin" consistent basket ball, although a midseason defeat by Iowa threatened to ruin the Maroons' chances. The te?m got together, however, after the Hawkeye setback and led in the race until the finish. Following the Big Ten season a series of three games was arranged with Pennsylvania, eastern college champions, for the national, title. The first game was played at Chi cago and resulted in a victory for the Midway quintet Penn took the second clash on its own floor and won the third and deciding contest on Princeton's court. While the basket ball teams were struggling for supremacy, the track and field coaches were busily en gaged in grooming their men for the annual indoor conference at Patten gymnasium, Northwestern univer sity. Illini Takes Indoor Meet. The meet resolved itself into a battle between Illinois and Michi gan, the former winning by scoring heavily in the half mile. Coach GiU has developed a great batch of mid- Advance Announcement! The Greatest Sale of "t Men's Neckwear in the History of This Store 1 8, 1 97 Silk Four-in-Hand Ties Selling Regularly From $1.25 to $3.00 On Sale Wednesday At 9 o'clock Sharp At Hawaiiarf Swimmers to Compete in Olympiads K V I i IKPillllilil The great water carnival recently held in Honolulu gave evidence that llawaiians were not wrong in pre dicting that three of, the island swimmers at least would represent Uncle Sam in the swimming events at Antwtrp this summer. The per formances of Duke Kahanamoku, Harold Krugar and Warren Kea loha seem to assure them a place on the American team. Kahana- Olympic Trials to Be Biggest Aquatic Meet Ever Held in Chicago (Following the action of the Ameri can executive Olympic committee in moving the national swimming trials ahead one week, officials of the Chi cago Athletic association, which will conduct the tryouts at the Lincoln park lagoon on July 10 and 11, hope to make the event the greatest water fete ever held in Chicago. These tests will be the feature of the Cherry Circle club's third annual public water carnival and were moved ahead one week on request of die distance runners at Illinois, and their abilitv to score in their spe cialties made Illinois' victory pos sible. College indoor athletic activity did not cease with track and bas ket ball. The swimming coaches started to develop teams early for the annual conference meet. Re sults, of dual meets indicated a bat tle between Chicago and North western and such proved the case. Coach Tom Robinson of the pur ple team with more material had developed a better balanced squad than Coach White of Chicago, and Northwestern narrowly captured the honors. Michigan Nine Isv Champion. Base ball took a firmer hold on the conference institutions than pre vious years. Michigan, with Carl Lundgren at the helm, was repre sented by a strong team which won eight straight conference games, enough to give the Wolverines the undisputed championship. Goach Lundgren, a product of George Huff's coaching at Illinois, has had wonderful success with Michigan bases ball teams and apparently knows how to teach base ball to the collegiates. Michigan took the tennis title in singles and Chicago the doubles. There was more than the usual ac ticity in other sports, such as wrest ling and gymnastics, which makes it reasonable, to presume that more students took part in sports this year than ever before. 69c " ' j I moku romped away with the classic ! JUU-yard sprint in M o-o second, the f.istest time made for the distance this season. Kealoha won the MK3 yard backstroke in 1 minute and 8 seconds, clipping one-fifth of a sec ond from the world's record. Kruger, although lie was defeated by Kealoha in the backstroke hun dred, is a consistent performer at the distance and will also Ijc a strong man in the middle distances. the Cherry Circle club, as the final tryouts in track and field will be held at the Harvard stadium July 17. Over Meter Distances. Physical Director Martin Delaney of the C. A. A., who will have charge of making all arrangements for the trials, will send entry blanks to every college, athletic club, and in dividual of note. The regular Olympic events will be held over meter disatnees. The course will be 100 meters in length and the inlets to the lagoon will be blocked with scows to do away with currents. Aside from the Olympic events ofher water contests will be staged for the entertainment of the spec tators. Everett C. Brown, Olympic committeeman in the district, will be referee, while other officials will be men well known in aquatics. 1 Field Tryouts June 26. While preparations are being made for the swimming tests arrange ments are rapidly being completed for the track and' field layouts on Stagg field June 26. These trials are expected to bring together some of the leading athletes in the country, including joie Kay of the I. A. C, national half and mile champion; Murphy of Notre Dame, national high jump champion; Bill Hayes of Notre Dame, holder of the national title in the 100-yard dash; Arlie Mucks of hte C. A. A., national dis cus champion; Frank Foss of the C. A. A., national title holder in the pole vauit; Floyd Smart of the C. A. A., winner of the 440-yard hurdles and running broad jump at the na tional championships last year, and Sherman Landers of the University of Pennsylvania and C. A. A., na tional Tunning hop, step and jump champion. Added to this galaxy of stars will be the cream of the central west col lege world. With the holding of every dual meet new Olympic tim ber is unearthed, and when the east ern intercollegiate is decided at Cambridge next Saturday and the western conference at Ann Arbor on the Saturday following the athletes will settle down to training with a vengeance for the Olympic tests. Four U. S. Polo Players Handicapped at 10 Goals The Polo association has 1,700 players on its handicap list, of which 588 belong to the Army asso ciation. The only men listed at ten goals are international veterans such as Harry Payne Whitney, Devereux Milburn, Lawrence Wa terbury and Foxhall Keene. The limit among army experts is three goals. Marvin Quits Coast Lawn Tennis Association Posts Dr. Sidney R. Marvin, one of the pioneers of lawn tennis in San Fran cisco, has resigned as treasurer and director of the California associa tion. Many of the famous players of the Pacific coast were developed un der Dr. Marvin's tutelage at Golden Gate park, San Francisco. Brown U. Buys New Plot Near Campus for Sports Brown university has purchased a tract of ground adjacent to its campus, which will be used for ath letic purposes. English Pick Squad for Olympic Soccer Eleven The English Football association (soccer) has chosen 38 players to pick its Olympic team from. $12,000 for Princeton Trip. Princeton's trip to England to compete against the Oxford-Cambridge athletes in July at the Queen's club, London, may cost $12,000. Philadelphia is a grdat base ball town. The Phillies are in last place nd the only thing that is keeping the Athletics out -tif the cellar is (he Tigers, who seem to be able to lose games faster than any team ever played in cither league. BENNY LEONARD THINKS BOXING IS COMING BACK Lightweight Champion Says Legalizing Boxing In New York Is Big Boost to Ring Game. v BY BENNY LEONARD. P.ox'ing is coming back! That's kind of a startling state ment to make, but it's the truth, nevertheless. The good old Mat quis of Queens bury pastime which was a bit in disfavor before the war, is winning friends every day and I believe that within the next five years every state will have a boxing law with a commission in charge. Just recently New Jersey legisla tors voted to increase the1 number of rounds in their state law from eight to 12, which is a good thing for the boxing game,. In 12 rounds it is easy for the spectators to determine the victor. Eight rounds was a bit too short a distance for this. Just recently the New York law makers passed the Walker bill, which legalizes boxing in New York. Fifteen round bouts to a decision are to be allowed. The return of boxing in New York state is the biggest boost the game has received in some time. It means that there will be numerous championship battles; that the game will be put in a high plane, due to the Army and Navy Civilian Boxing Brard of Control, which is to as sist in the handling of the sport, and many boxers will be developed due to the new interest. this law will cre ate. New friends for the game will be made, ;or the sport is sure to be conducted in a manner satisfactory to all. When Uncle Sam decreed that boxing should be a part of the train ing for all men in the service, he gave the sport a big boost. The good accomplished by this training can never be estimated, and it played an important part in jriaking the war riors of this nation physically fit and abie to conquer the foe. As a result it made thousands upon thousands of new followers for the fisticuff pastime and these boost ers are the ones who arc now bring ing the sport back. I look forward to the time when every state in the Union will have its boxing law, under a commission. And that time is not far distant. Richie Mitchell Will Attempt to Do What Brother Failed In Richie Mitchell, the Milwaukee lightweight, will attempt to do what his brother, Pinkey, failed to accom plish when he claslcs witji Lew Tendler, the Philadelphia southpaw, in a 10-round contest here June Tendler shaded Vinkey Mitchell in a recent match, but the margin was close. Richie Mitchell, with a quick knockout to his credit over the hardy Jimmy Hanlon of Denver, hopes to be able to stop the flashy Philadelphian. Richie is declared by critics to be a snappier puncher than his brother and a better boxer, al though Pinkey is said to be the hard er hitter. Tendler is one of Ihe "freaks" of the ring, facing a foe with his right hand extended instead of his left. The matr-h is expected to draw be tween $35,000 and $40,000. Tendlrr has been guaranteed $10,000, while Mitchell will draw down the same amount or more as he has accepted percentage privilege. Stanford U. to .Install Woman's. Athletic Field Stanford university is about to add an exclusive athletic field for women students. The section will include tennis, base ball, basket ball and hand ball courts in addition to hockey fields and other athletic ac tivities. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. it AUJK Standard Motor Car Co. CARL CHANGSTROM, President and Gen. Mgr. aiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniHiii Many Major Have 'Seen Upper left hand corner, Eddie Collins. Center, Zach Wheat. Be low, Ty Cobb. Larry Sutton, veteran scout of the Brooklyn Superbas, while discuss ing the class of talent in the majors and the prospects of filling the ranls of fading stars with young players lamented the fact that "they dog't grow brilliant youngsters as fast as they nsea to." If you will glance over the rosters of the 16 major league clubs and note the number of'A years that most of the established stars have spent in the big show you will probably agree that Sutton is right, at least in part, for the great est of major league stars today are players of long experience. The old and often proven adage that youth will be served docs not apply to such players as Cobb, Col lins, Wheat, Alexander, ijohnson, Jackson, Speaker. Carey, Ownie Bush, Fletcher, Milan, Hooper and a lot of others. It has often been argued that after a man passes the age of 30 he begins to go back as an active par ticipant in athletic sports, yet in the cases of the players already named here and many others who stand out as major league stars today, the' ar gument doesn't hold water, for at least 75 per cent of these 'stars are still so active of limb, so clear of eye and strong of arm that the chances of the youngsters to oust them from the limelight is far from encouraging, codd, coiims, vvnear, Umpires of Rochester . Band in Association Base ball umpires in Rochester, N V,, have formed an umpires associa tion. In addition to perfecting their work in the great national sport, the members will instruct young a-, pirants in the way to win success as arbitrators. II. S. Replaces Germany in International Skate Union This country has secured Ger many's place as a member of the In ternational Skating union. America will send contestants to oext year's championship at Stockholm. Tulane Eleven to Play At Ann Arbor Oct. 30 Tulane university foot ball team of New Orleans plays Michigan at Ann Arbor Oct. 3l Lowell Man Will 'Try to ' Swim English Channel Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell wit: try to swim the Englisji channel this summer. He will sail for London on July 3. n fiiim ukuiiumw r I a A look under the hood, a ride through traffic, a spin over country roads and you have actually learned very little about a motor car! Yet with only this much acquaintance, , you cannot help feeling a certain confidence in the Westcott. Its quality "sells itself to youl A year's acquaintance only confirms your judgment of this unusual car. , " AM TOOT League Stars Long Service Alexander, Cicotte, Carey, Milan, Hooper and you can go a lot far ther have stalked well past the 30 year mark and are still going strong. There is a select group of players still starring todajt'who have played major league ball for five or more years and who have not changed uniforms. Here is the list: No. of Name and Club. Seasons Ty Cobb. Detroit (A) 15 Walter Johnson. Washington (A) 13 Owen nush. Detroit (A) 12 Clyde Milan. Washington (A) 12 Art Fletcher, New Tork (N) 11 Zach Wheat. Brooklyn N) 11 Harry Hooper. Boston (K ,...11 Otto Miller. Brooklyn N) ,1 ... 10 John Collins, Chicago fA) la leorge Barns, New York (X) 9 Max Carey. Pittsburgh (X) 9 Hi Myers. Brooklyn (N) Rnv Chapman, Cleveland (A) 8 Rav Schalk, Chicago (A) Bob Veach. Detroit (A) 8 George Dauss, Detroit (A) K Walter Mnranville. Boston N) 1 Kppa Rixey. Philadelphia (N) 7 Kvcrett Scott, Boston (A) 6 James Shaw, Washington (A) ti Note: These figures on Maranvllle and Rixey do not Include 1918, where these players were In some branch of the serv ice.) U. of Philippines Nine , , To Tour U. S. Next Year University of the Philippines will send a base ball nine to tour this country next year. Thorpe to Be Nonplaying Head of Canton Eleven Jim Thorpe will manage the Can ton Bulldog professional foot ball eleven next fall, but may not par ticipate in the games. Woman Net Star to Tourney. Miss Corrinp Gould of this city, national women clay courts cham pion, will represent the St. Louis Eitrict Tennis association in the rational tennis championship tourna ment, of Philadelphia, , beginning September 13. One Yank Rower in Henley. Jack Kelly of Vesper Boat club, Philadelphia, champion single sculler, will be this country's only repre sentative in the Royal English Hen ley regatta on the Thames, June 30 to July 3., Of a total of twenty-six entries from this country in the his tory of the rowing classic, only three have won races. Carpentier is fighting hard to get a draw at the box office. v " two" V' 2020 Farnam Street, Omaha Quality dealing. Inquisitive Fans Q. Omaha. .Tun J. To ha Fpnrtlnn Editor, Omaha Hot: In Iho i-onrt game of th Momorlal ilay 1oublrhader at Rourke park, what Omaha rltchur wn rhargrd with a defeat? l'lcai, rxplaln In neit Sunday'a I3e aa this will dcld n h-t. H. H. W. A. Fuhr la charged wllh drfral. When Fuhr left the box th arore waa I to 0 analnst Omaha. Had Omaha won Knpp would hava gotten erodlt for th victory. Hid the aroro neon tlod when Kuhr left th Kama Kopp would be charged wllh tho defeat. Had Omaha been ahead when Kuhr left the guntc, Kopp would hava been churged with defeat. Q. Tlooper. Neb, May 58. To th Sporting K.dltor of the Omaha Hee: A player htta a hnll along third ba line It rolled out before It got to third and rolled Into the crowd. Ja there a rulo covering that? ( A. There la a rule covering that Uv. The rule eaya It's a foul ball no matter whether it rolled Into the crowd or Into a aewer. Q Seottshluff, Neb.. June 3. To the Sporting Editor Omaha Hee: C'ollver a Eye, a weekly aport magazine, says Stan islaus Zbyszko and Karl Cadriock are matched to wrestle In Pes Moines. Ja.. July 4. la that right? MAT FAN A.I Gene Melarty. manacer of Kurl Cad dork says that Is the first he has heard or such a match. Offers Pet Snake to Act as Watch Dog; Will Scare Burglars San Francisco, June 5. E. H. Rosemont of Mill Valley, Marin county, is in communication with a number of pet stock fanciers around San Francisco Bay district, asking about the market for 'pet" snakes. Koseniont has a riet gonhcr snake, which ought to be valuaol.', but isn t. He has named his pet Tiz. Ti was picked up in the hills on the trail to Muir Woods. On arrival home T;z began displaying a strong tendency toward domestication. It became jealous of the dogs and chased tl'.epi off the porches. The latest prank of Tiz was to pick oat a sunny spot on the kitchen door and stop the delivery of home supplies. Tiz is considered by its owner as entirely too intelligent and compan ionable to be turned adrift, and he suggests that someone take it to ?-:rve in the place of a watchdog. As a recommendation for Tiz over the dog, its owner says it is less expen sive to mantain. Are there any applications? Soldier Painters Depict War's Horror, Not Glory Taris. June 5. For the first time in history war is painted as it is. The varnish, the glory, has been taken off. It stands out in all its sodden horror. The opening of the Salon des Artistes Francais. tilled for the most part with canvases of men who have been in the trenches, show an astonishing absence of battle scenes. Most of the painters have sought inspiration elsewhere. Those who have found it in the war have ren dered only the dull misery of life at the front. They show no clash of armies, these painters who have been through the war, no flourish of trumpets, not even tragnients ol general fights. But war as it is. A soldier, limping towards the lines, exhausted, despairing, holding tip to his mouth a handkerchief, dark as a clot of blood, is what Scott sees. The face is wrought with suffering, and the uniform is of that undescrib able color which comes only from continual exposure to the elements. Garry paints a blinded soldier gmd ed towards a relief station. Michel and Potizargucs show watei flooded trenches. Women of India Appeal to U. S. for Better Understanding London, June 5. 'The appeal of the women of India to the women Qf America is for a better under standing of our conditions and our needs." Such was the statement made by Miss Mithibia Andcshia Tata, the first Parsee woman to enter as a law student at Lincoln's Inn. Mis Tata is already a B. A., having grad uated with honors at Bombay uni versity. She aho received the Cob den club medal for economics at the same seat of learning. cars and square Our sixth year. ' i i inn m xmsv w-iviH a is- BENTON HARBOR f lUDEMCbbHrun nPEN-nin PifiHTs aui iiii a ; . vi kii mil i ivii v Base Ball Parks Being Utilized For Boxing Bouts Through out the East With Great Success. By RAY PEARSON. Judging by recent activity and th talk one hears, the boxing fansi hereabouts are going to find the present year one in which they will be enabled to witness summer box ing as well as bouts during the cold' weather. Summer boxing in the; cast has proved mighty successful in the last few years, especially in Philadelphia, also Jersey state, since the. passage of the bill which made the sport legal. Base ball parks have been utilized lor the bouts, which have been profit able, principally because it was un necessary for the promoters to go toi the expense of building their own arenas for the warm weather con- tests. ihe Quaker City fans ail summer enjoy the privilege of wit nessing bouts at Shihe field, home of the Athletics of ttie American league. Over in New Jersey, at Newark ami Jersey City, the ball parks also are used. Indiana Harbor to Try. Promoter"; in this tieek of i n,T woods for a long time have been aware that opportunities were --lip ping away from them. They knew they weren't displaying enough ac tivity during what has been termej the "off season" in pugilism, to reaj the shekels which the fans are dead willing to cough up to see a good scrap, regardless of weather condn tions.' A couple of promoters in Indiana1 ' one of them George Oswego, wind has found his winter shows at East Chicago and Indiana Harbor profit nblc in the last couple of years have made several efforts to popu larize summer boxing, but with onl fair success. Conditions in thel Hoosier state are not of the best, inasmuch as the sport does not en joy the distinction of legalizations City control enables Oswego toi operate, and since Oswego always has given the fans a good ride for; the money, the sport has been toi crated. Benton Harbor on Map. The Indiana promoter is busy fig- uring out ways and means by whicfj he can hold bouts during the sum mer which will interest the fans; but in this respect he is not so hap' pi ly situated as Moyd bitzsun mons. the Benton Harbor promoter, Fitzsimmons has been operating in hase ball as well as pugilism in the Michigan summer resort for several years, and has staged several good contests 'in summers past, but of course this has nothing to do with the present summer. It won't be long now until Filz rppear in the limelight as a regu lar "big time" promoter, for he's not going to allow the summer of 1020 to pass without doing son. thing th.it will make his name well known from one er.d of the country to the other. In talking with Fifz the. other day ve learned a few things about his pbns for this sum-" mer, next summer and summers ta follow. Town May Be Big Center. In the first plare. Fit own the basi ball park in Benton Harbor, and has held outdoor bouts within, that inclosure before. .But the Michn rran promoter is not going to corn t'ntir his fistic op?t8tlons in futurel in his ball park, for the good and sufficient reason that he is plan ning to make the ,! ichigan summer1 resort one of the greatest boxing centers in the country. ire fVtroubles end when you use gharr) object are prevented from II reaching the inner fube thus eliminating' 90" of all punc tures INRGARDS are guar anteed to be blowout proof They are composed of three pliee of gen uine tire fabric actually vulcan ized toother adding that nuch to ihe backbone of the tire casing If Because Hupmobile car ries the four cylinder prin ciple far beyond its usual development largely" ac counts for its uncommon faithfulness and endurance. VICTOR MOTOR CO. 2523-25 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. i hii m -mi g 1 McCord-Brady Co. I H 1 Omaha, Nebraska I I 1 E3 m m m m n ? m (