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2 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SEPTEMBER 19, 1920. i Tough Sledding For Heavies Who Aspire to Title All Tliey Hate to Do Is Knock Out Dempsey and That's Such An-Un pleasant, if ' Not Hazardous Job. By RAY PEAPON. What a lovely outlook exists for "these fellows who are aspirants for the world's heavyweight chanlpio'rj ship. True, there ar&tjrery many of them, but we might mention Bill Breruian, JIarry 'Wills, Bat Levin sky, "Georges Otrpentier, Bob Mar tin, and perhaps a few others. It might be advisable for one and all ,of these so-called aspirants for the '' crown worn by Jack Dempsey to in tcxiew Mr. Billy Miske, home ad rlrpsa St. Paul. Minn. Mkkewas a mcmbef of the aspi rants class until he attempted to minele in, Demosey society at Ben ton Harbor, Mich., a few Jays ago. Now we don't ever expect to hear of Billy ever trying to repeat his bold effort. Poor Bill, as dandy a fellow as one would like to meet, snH 9 follow MLf all must admit is a , good fighter, drops out .of the con- tentton and it even is hinted out ot ; pugilism entirely, just because there is a man named Dempsey who holds the title and won't let go of it. Miske Logical Challenger. Miske was rated the Jogical man to give Dempsey a battle worthy of the name, and because he had been able to last the limit in a couple of no-decision contests of 10 and six , rounds, retpectively, it was thouafot he might fist his way so that there would be a new. champion. Now to get down to what we started to say. Appreciating ithe fact that Miske isVa gobd figHter, what has that gotfto do with Jack Dempsey. Jack isn't a good fighter (don't get excited)Mie is better by a long, long way, than good. He is marvelous, and you can't get away from that. AsK Billy Misker and he'll tell you. v x ; When Dempsey knocked Miske to the floor by one of; his most select rieht hooks in the third round of their "battle the St. Paul man war tirarticallv cuckoo for six or seven minutes It took him seVeral min-J utes longer than that to regain ins normal mentality,, but after six min utes of the resuscitation business Bill, hazy ofnoodle, opened his mouth and feebly remarked: 'Oh, what a wonderful fighter that fel low isl" . i Take a Tip From Miske.. Bill ought to ' know,' we admit. Talking with him some four hours after henad baen knocked out, one gleans far more convincing evidence of just what a sad time is coming to other aspirants in the field. We'll let Bill tell it himself, so here goes: "I never knew there was such a iightcr as this man Dempsey.' It was hard to believe that thera could he s5"Buch difference between a fighter of my caliber and Dempsey, but I surely had my eyes opened and closed temporarily, too. Itiave beaten a lot of good fighters, and so I believed that 1 was able to cope successfully with the champion. But I realize now that I wasn't after the pain of a three-round knockout. "Greatest Two-Fisted Hitter." "I am not trying to boost Jack Dempsey wherr I say he is a Wonder ful ring map. For airy one who can fiarht as he can needs no boosting. a laricis me naruesi Jiuicr uiai x.cvci 1 met in trie ring, ana i n go a mue better tere by" saying iat 1 think he. is thfc greatest two-fisted hitter that-ver pulled on a pair of padded jnitts. "No fighter I ever faced, until I met Dempsey at Benton Harbor, was" able to jolt me off my feet. They weren't even able to damage me to any serious extent, so natur ally I didn't believe that Dempsey could do what no other scrapperl 1 had done. "But what did Dempsey do? He pegged me under the heart with a Straight right hand wallop in the Second round of our bout and raised --"trie completely off my feet Vhen I came to the end of the ride mat , punch had started me on I was sit ' ting on "the floor of the ring. 'The first knockdown of my career from a punch on the body. It was hard to understand. . Never Knew What Hit Him. .' "But thatiwasn't all, by a long fway. ' When he popped me on the xchin with that, right-cross in the third round that- knocked me out and' ended ah unpleasant afternoon. I never knew what hit me, it came so hard. I hare even to think how how hard it was. Can he punch? .Well, tatet it from me, no one ever punched so hard?" v ( , Those folks familiar with pugi lism who had an idea that Dempsfy wasn't in his best condition when ' he fought Miske, needn't worrv. A maivSrith tha punching ability that Dempsey possesses doesn't need'to be in tiptop form. He could trim mostf them with one, hand tied be hind him. . f i ; " ... Yes. it is a njost unpleasant situa- ' tioif that confronts" jthese ' fellows who would lik to take the title f away from Jack Dempsey. I Fiual Rounds of Women's Tennis Tourney Set Today v Philadelphia. Sept. ;" 18. Final rounds in both singles and -doubles as well as ii the junior champion ship singles, were played today in th. ' iunmti'c national lawnf tennis tournament at the Philadelphiaxnot the, proper food. Cricket cluu. ; In the singles, Mrs. Molla Bjur stedt Mallory of New YorK; former national champion, met Miss Marion Zinderstem of Boston in: ' : .i .. ; . Miss Zinderstem and Miss El eanor Goss, New York, the title holdeTs, met Miss Helen Baker arfd Miss Eleanor Tennant of California in the final round of doubles. Ex-Major League Pitcher, Now Railroad Man, Dies Cincinnati. Sept. 18. Charles M. vEden, veteran railroad conductor, and who formerly was a base ball pitcher in the National and other i feagnes; died Friday. ;He fcad been k conductor on the Big Four rail road 18 yeajf. v Eden one of the first pitchers on the Pittsburgh National base ball team, These Two Sluggers Lead All Major League Batsmen' " , ' ' ' fJJm fea3i George Sisler of the St., Louis American league base ball team, and Roger Hornsby of the St. Louis Na- "Ted" Meredith Explains Why Olympic Team Failed Famous Athlete Says Training and Sleeping Accom modations on Boards Transport Were Un satisfactory And t Antwerp Were Worse, Poor Food Included. ! r i By JAMES E. "TED" MEREDITH Olympic Champion and Universal Service Staff Correspondent. The first question asked the re turning American Olympic team was, "What was the trouble?" The askers knew that the team that went to Antwerp won the greatest number of points in the track and field sports, but they do not feel that the men who went over gave the best account of themselves judging from their past perform ances and the wonderful showing maa"e by them in the final tryouts in Boston just before sailing. The" asking of the first question brought out many others. The poor showing made by many of the ath letes cannot be placed on one single cause. The conditions under which the- team members made the ' trip were dead against their doing what was expected of them. These bad conditions Started as early as the week, following the final tryouts in Boston. The men who were select ed to make tee trip and wno ma not live in or near New York had to be kept over to await the sailing. Needed the Best. They were billeted at Camp .Slo cum, where they were given the best that the. camp had. But this proved to be very po6r for a crowd of men in the best of physical con dition and needing the -best as to sleeping quarters and food. It has Inner been an acceded fact among teachers who have made the con- onioning oi'meii mcir mc mai training tables- and comfortable beds are very necessary in order to get the best a man has out of hjm. In this case this was not thought as necessary, nor was it on the entire tria ' ' The conditions at Fort Slocum were-not good, but on boarding the Princess Matoika, the army trans port, supposedly given over to the exclnsive use of the Olympic team, th men found things in a much warse muddle and enough to dis gust ansr one. An attempt had been made to fix things so the men could do their daily training. A cork track was laid on one side of the deck. This will explain why ouf sprinters were the only runners in shape to show anything. Mats were furnished for the, boxers and wrestlers. These things were sufficient for a team which would not have to depend upon them Vor more than five hr six days, but after that time the coaches found the men getting sore legs from pounding the hard decks, and were, forced to call a halt in the training to a large degree. The result of this was that on their arrival in Antwerp the men did notiave enough work. There were other causes for complaint. As was supposed, the transport was for the use of the Olympic team, and the captain of the ship practically did turn it over to the members. But the team was put down in the holds far below deck, with a great num ber in each hatch. The bunks, were vetyuncomfortable and the ventila tion was insufficient i Had this condition been remedied withadequate accommodations and food in Antwerp I do not believe That there would have been any kiqks coming, but the disagreeable conditions loomed up, again in the form of poor sleeping quarters and A team could not be expected to be in the best of shape under such treatment. The team arrived on the 12th of August and the games started e-n the 15th,. which gave but three days to shake off the effects of the lang journey on the sea.; Thi? was net enough, as was shown in the firtt final in the longer races. We had in the 800-meter race three men whoJiad done under 1:54. but in the fin?r only one could stand up to the pace in 1 :53 2-S. He was Karl Eby, who before sailing was believed to be a better man than the one that beat him out for first place. Scott and Campbell, both having credit for 1:54 4-5 in former races, did not do 1:57 in the final They were both exhausted, Campbell fall ing in his tracks and taking several irrnutes to recuperate. , This showed but one thing, and tional league, team, and leading their respective leagues in batting. Sisler is the first player in either league to make 1200 hits this season. . that was the lack of work under the conditions obtaining for the'race. The .track was slow and heavy much dfferent from the pnes we are used to running uipon. It would lave required two weeks' hard work iq order to get the men's legs ready to carry them through such going. Curtiss Shut Out. ' v ' The same trouble, only worse, showed itself in all the longer races. Curtiss of the navy, who easily ran miles in 4:20 prior tp his going to Antwerp, was badly shut out in his heat in stow time. ' Had the race, been a .full mile it would not have been faster than 4.:25. Joie Ray, whom we thought would be the sur est winner, coutl not get better than sixth. This, I believe, was due to iack of work. It domes down to the fact that a team jeoing abroad to compete in athletic events must be sent over on the best and fastest boat!, anci must be givetva reasonable ime in order to become acclimated. We won only nine first places. That record was tied by Finland with a much smaller team. We were beaten in events in which we felt full confidence that we would win. But those men who should have done the winning were off form. It would be a different story if onp or 'two men fell down. When practically every member of the team does worse than his own rec ord it can onlyx be as I have said. This means mismanagement Nhtoughout. The returning team is a greatly disappointed one ajid feels that noor management has done more to kill interest in track ath letics than anything that has ever happened. 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"It is tinVe that our young boxers developed an ap preciation of the power of the punch. 'For many years it has been a g6spel in British boxing circles that it is cleverness which wins. In a measure that is true, but there re mains the fact that one punch that is hard enough and delivered sin the right place will by its effective ness more than counterbalance all the scientific scoring of points which might have been accomplished by the receiver of that big hit in the preceding rounds." Thus writes "Corinthian," a well known English sporting writer in the Daily Chronicle. The same sentiment is being echoed by other sporting writers in London newspapers, fcven the good old conservative, straight-laced pa pers which are read by commuters in first-class fftilroad compartments on their way-to London have taken this subject. g- ,. Their style in dealing with boxing is somewhat heavy, but it suits the mentality of the upper crust of Eng lisn society who take the manly art of self-defense quite seriously. The general opinion gleaned from the London newspapers isthat the'Engr lish are waking ujjto the fact that in developing their scientific and clever scrappers they have ovet looked the fact that an EnglislTpug has to pack a haymaker to get away with any of the titles which; are held by Americans. i Freddy Welsh is an example ot this school of British boxers. It is to be remembered that Freddy could teo backward around the ring about twice as fast as the average fighter could step forward. . N A certain London newspaper con sidered quite "low brow declares that the English boxers are too "ladylike" for the American and French bruisers. Ihe trouble lies, this paper urges, in the English sys tem of scoring on points and not on the damage done unless there is a knockout. As soon as this is changed there will be a new generation of Englishmen in the squared circle who will fieht and not box. I This statement is substantiated by a number of international bouts held during this, past year in which Eng' lish scrappers have been walloped into dreamland. Joe Beckett says that he was just Reeling Georges Carpentier out when the Frenchman hit him. Maybe so, but Georges didn t try to score point. He iust hit I'll say he did, Johnny Basham, the British wel terweight champion, is a clever leather pusher, but he did not stand a chance with Kid Lewis with his experience in the American ring, Lewis probably lost on points in the majority of rounds, but he damaged Johnny so badly that his seconds had to Jhrow the towel in to save their man from being cut to ribbons. Basham has plenty of stamina also, but he hasn't a kayo wallop in his makeup. Charles Ledoux, the French ban tamweight champion, made short work of Timmv Higgins. the British rhamn. vet Toe - Lynch beat the Frenchman in America. Arthur Wvns. the Belgian feather wpiffht rhamnion. made such a mess nf. Mike Honevman. the British chanmjthat they had to stop the contest to save the use of a putty knife and blotter for removing the Englishman from the ring. Wyns never bothesed about boxing, but went after hitman in good old one- round style that was surprising, enfninir as it were from a bruiser from Belgium. . Removing Cylinders In removing or mounting cyl inders one person should handle the cylinder and another take care to see that no injury, is done 'to the pistons or rods. The rods can easily be" sprung out of true if the cylinder is not lifted ott straight, Lompany Griiron;Games This Fall' Promise Fans Rare Sport W " V ' y Carefully Arranged Schedules WhiclrOpen September 25 Indicate That 120 Season Will Be Successful ' . Harvard Meets Princeton November 6. IMPORTANT FOOT $ ALL DATES FOR 1920) October '9 Pittsburgh against .Virginia at Pittsburgh. (tober 16 Princeton against Washington and, Lee at Prince ton; Syracuse against Pittsburgh at Syracuse. - October 23 Chicago" against Iowa at Chicago; Harvard against Center at Cambridge; Pittsburgh against Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh; Yale against West Virginia at New Haven; Prince ton against Navy at Princeton. October 30 Chicago against Ohio State at Chicago; Georgia Tech against Center at Atlanta; v Illinois against Minnesota at Ur bana; Pennsylvania against Penn State at Philadelphia", Princeton against West Virginia at Prince ton; Yale against Colgate at New Haven; Army against Notre Dame at West Point By H. C. HAMILTON, International Newa Scrvloa Staff "! j Corrnpondcnt. New. Vork, Sept. 18. Foot ball will be a delectable morsel for fol lowers of that great college sport this fall andlndications point to the most successful season the game ever saw, notwithstanding the fact that records reaching high into the thousands already have been estab lished at classic games. The enor mous crowds which have witnessed base ball battles during the summer only foretell what may happen when Yale and Harvard, Ohio State and Illinois, Princeton and Harvard, Columbia and Pennsylvania, Pitts burgh and West Virginia and Center college and Harvard meet this year. Chances are-that the great crowd which saw the Yale-Harvard con test three years ago in the Yale bowl will be pressed to the limit by enthusiasts this fall. Schedule makers have outdone themselves in arranging .games for the public benefit. Of course, that was farthest from their minds when they agreed ta-contests, for the pub lic has been told time almost with out plumber that foot bill is played, not for pecuniary ain,Ibut for the benefit of college athlefics. v Open September; 25. J However, when the first whistle blows September 25 we will have with us a carefully arranged bunch of games, designed to lead elevens which command respect into certain victories that will only blaze the trail into harekr ground. Harvard takes on Holy Cross at Cambridge on 'that day, while,. West Virginia will go into training for its heavier games through a battle at Morgan town with West Virginia Wesleyan. mcuncr laic nor jrrmccion will send their elevens on the field on Neither Yale nor Princeton will the opening day unless some changes are made in the schedules of those universities. October 2 will see the real open ing for the more important schools. Vale will have a rather hard argut ment in taking on Carnegie Tech at New Haven, if present indications' the hew raige. P A I G E "PET R O IT MOTOR C A COMPANY, DETROIT uttll 1824 V November 2 Rutgers against Nebraska at New York. November 6 Chicago against Illinois at Chicago; Harvard against Prihceton at Cambridge; Pennsylvania against Pittsburgh at Philadelphia: Penn State against Nebraska at State Col lege; Yale Jigafnst Brown at New Haven. November 13 Harvard against Brown at Cambridge; Kentucky against Center at Lexington; Pennsylvania against Larts mouth at Philadelphia; Pitts burgh against Washington and Jefferson at Pittsburgh; Prince ton against Yale at Princeton. - November 20 Yale against Harvard at New Haven; Syra cuse against Colgate at Syracuse; Illinois against Ohio State at Ur bana. ' ' i November 27 Army against Navy at New York. point to the strength; of the Pitts burgh outfit. Penn State meets Gettysburg, Princeton battles Swarthmore, Pennsylvania tackles Bucknelf, Army is scheduled with Union and the Navy with North Carolina. Harvard will go into its second struggle with Maines, its op ponent at Cambridge. Those games are merely feeling out affairs, for the most part, and probably will amount to just that, but foot ball has proven itself to be souncertain in the past that it will behoove the public o refrain from crowning any team a champion until these earlier games have been dis posed of. Center college, the dynamite stick of the last season, will have things tougher this year, without doubt, for there will "be plenty of preparation for the eleven that was unbeatable a year 'ago. Likewise there will be more digging of a mountainous kind at Center itself, for the little college will send Tfs famous team east this yearto play the haughty Harvard combination at Cambridge. That game falls on October 23, far enough along in the schedule of each school to make certain that regular foot ball will be the result. Eyes of the nation will be turned flfi Cambridge, that .day, for there re many followers of Charley Mo ran's boys who believe the little school will take the measure of what has come. to be1 regarded as the na tion's foremost exponent of foot ball. Center is regarded highly because of the fact that most of its very fine eleven will return to school this-fall. Westerners at Yale. On the same day that Harvard is struggling with the little school's representatives Yale will be enter taining a western visitor at New Ha ' ,v. " "a""" """" U?airl the west, found a place on ven. West Virginia, another miracle the Yale schedule t fule this year and will of it. West Virginia's make the most team does not figure so strong as it did a year ago, but the -eleven is, nevertheless," a powerful one and destined to . worry the Yale men. The following Saturday Princeton will entertain the Mountaineers at 1 ; new Paige is arousjng the keenest .most appreciative of the 7 motoring public attending our ""Open House" thi, week. They are C re(fogni2;ing(the fact that we but stated the ' bare truth when we declared , this) new triumph of Paige engineering and, designing lis a c&r without a legitimate competitor. - r , ' On the basis of cost they find it iathe popu' lar priced field, yetthey find no other staiid' ards of comparison than those of the most luxurious and expensive motor vehicles. We suggest that ydu reach these conclu sions for yourself by personally inspecting Nebraska Paige Company DISTRIBUTORS Douglas Street Princeton, where they were uncere moniously drubbed by the West Vir ginians last fall. The first of the ever-interesting struggles between the so-called "Big Three" Harvard, Yale and Prince ton comes on November 6, when Harvard takes pn Princeton at Cam bridge. The following Saturday Princeton and Yale will lock horns at Princeton. As usual, Harvard and Yale are scheduled for the.Saturday preceding Thanksgiving day', and this year the scene will be set in-the Yale bowl the largest athletic amphitheater on this side of the Atlantic. That all records for attendance will be smashed is practically a foregone conclusion. Army and Navy, as in former years, wind-up the season's impor tant contests with their annual srrug gle at the Polo grounds, New York, on November27. , ; U. S. Olympic Star Leave Vessel Due to Conditions London, Sept. 18. America ath letes ljound home from Antwerp on the army transport Antigone left that vessel when it arrived at Liv eroool in nrotest against conditions on board and tok pasage on the,, steamer juoduc, says inc iaiiy Base Ball Notes Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Ieaaed Wire. Chtcaro. SDt IS. Jack Smith, the Car dinals' hard-hitting outfielder, twisted his, ..1.1. 1- I U u. TlhllllM I f ll week and Is out of the game for an un known period. Joe Schulta Is filling the position. Eddie Collins ha been hlttthg over .500 on the eastern pilgrimage f the White Sox, having made over 20 hits In eight games. Oleason hss moved him hsck to his old place as third man In the batting order, because of his clouting. The Giants made a clean sweep of their Isst series In Cincinnati and pulled the Reds down to a' 'few points lead. Vlc Oraw's men have taken seven of their 10 games In Redland this season and Cin cinnati scribes think if Moran's team loses the pennant It will be because of their In effectiveness against the New Torkers. Seattle's club of the Paclflo Coast league, which was at the bottom 'of the, heap seven week ago, haa net )ost a series since the. 1st of July and its rise has been 'the sensation of ht present race. Th? team Is made up of seasoned ball nltyers who have just ftarted to get In iotion together. - Quality Notwithstanding that ferent kindsof hose supporterswe believe ' none hat won such an enviable reputa tion for quality tad service or given so much SjUisfdctton to mothers and children m too HOSE SUPPORTER Why ) Because the webbing of fresh live rubber feels better and wears longer. Because ' it is the only hose supporter equipped with that exclusive feature the All Rubber Oblong Button The All Rubber i Oblong Button i v rrcTenU supping I and KuthleM t Ripping. HotdeUke interest on the part Omahar Neb, Foot Ball Schedules Bloomlngton, Ind., Sept. IS The Indiana unlvernlty foot ball achadula for H20. revised by Head Coach Ew14 O. Stlehm, follows: Snptomber It. Franklin at Ploomtnstoa. October S. Iowa unlvernity at Blooming ton. , , October . University of Mississippi at Bloomlngtoa. October l.---Mlnnsota at , Minnea polis. , October St. Northweatem at Indian apolis. x l November JS. Notra Dafia at Indian apolis. November 10. Purdua at Lafayetta. Lafayatte, Ind.lt. II. Only on Western conference foot ball game will He played on tho home grounds by Purdue university this season and that Is with Indiana university on November SO. The schedule follows: y October i. Pe Pauw at Ijifayefte. October . Chicago at Chicago.! - October 1. Ohio State at Coluknbos. October 80. Wshssh at LafaytttV. November (.Notre Dame at South Bend. , November 13. Northwestern, at Evan ston. South j Bend, Ind., Sept H. The Notre Dame foot ball team will meet three Western conference elevens during the 1920 seaeon. according to the erhedule air? nounced M Coach Rockne. Thty are In diana and Purdue, who are contestant! for state honors, and Northwestern, a new comer on the Notre Dame schedule. Other major games are with West Point and Ne braska, The schedule follows: October 2. Kalamasoo college at Notre Came. October I. Western State Normal at Notre Dame, . , October IS. Nebraska at Lincoln. Ocjfober 28. Valparaiso at Notre Dame. Oiflober so. Army at West Point. November t. ruraue at Notre Dame. November 1!. Indiana at Bloomlne-ton. November 20. Northwestern at Evans. ton. November 1!. Michigan Agglea at East Lansing. ' Cincinnati, O., Sept IS. The Unlversl'y of Cincinnati foot ball squad will begin ac tive practice on September It. Ten leM ter men will return to the University andt these, with 11 high-class men from the HIS squad, will be reinforced by 14 of the best freshmen, Coach Boyd Chambers said, that ever entered the unlvesslty. The schedule for the coming season follows: October 2. Kenyon at Cincinnati. October 9. Ohio University at Cincin nati. October K. Denlson at Cincinnati. October 23. Carnegie Tech at Pitts burgh. October 3. W(ttenberg at Cincinnati. November 6. Kentucky at Lexington, Ky. November IS. Marietta, at Cincinnati. November 25. Mlamat Cincinnati University of Michigan schedule follows: October 9. Case at Ann Arbor. v Octobsc 16. M. A. 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