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J. ', 4;n,. 4t i i V i. t" ' ' V ftiif! ""REE? OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920. x" ' tft i ; -. a v ... - Jack IDempsey ana Carp ' ' Si efter to 5gg Today for Title Fight Championship Match To Be Held Next Year Promoters Plan to Stage Bout in Madilon Square Garden-Purse for Battlers Will Approach $500,000 Frenchman to Return. Home Soom . . Comliuskers To : Leave Friday For New York t -i ' . : Coach Schulte .Working His -Men Hard This Week For Games With Rutgers and Penn State Next Month. New York,' Oct. Z6.-Jack uempsey Marquette Coach Working Hard Milwaukee Eleven Has T.nst Ymvs . Cridsters Squad Play Saturday. Six on M il waukee. Wis., Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) In last Saturday's 46 to 7 victory over the Kalamazoo west State iNormais, tne lAiarqueuc um versity eleven exhibited the first real classy foot ball scert on the Milwau kee campus tnu& lar xms scau. 6ach Ryan is working his men hard this week, .however, developing; new plays and emphasizing the forward pass, in preparation for Saturday's battle with Creighton university at Omaha. . , ' ,n,i t Practically all of the 1919 Mar quette men have returned to-the moleskins," and . in addition Ryan i... now men who are giving the veterans, gret. battles, for the respecwe posuious. aiuvs - v" K-1r urhn ctarrcrtat Omaha last veart'are Captain Langhoff f ' f , 1 . T . n In M ..Rat v,n nA Pnrfrll. Emmett Walsh, an A uhn n iM a season witn xnc Blue and Gold throe years ago, has returned and for his accurate drop already, has earned the- title of "Walsh of ithe Golden Toe." He !a -ilcn ctrnncr hri 'nilivts. Marquette lost-to .the University of Detroit early in the 'season, 31 to 14, and has won from Ripon college, Carroll college and Kalamazoo nor mals., The Detroit defeat was. the second lose that Ryan ' has experi enced since he became associated rarnentief were Miju - o-- . ' r , , , :ZaZZ,T, .fternoon for, a fight for the heavyweight champ.onsmp o the wor d The contract will be formally signed tomorrow, uiderW?he 'terms of the contract agreed upon today the pug.hsU vr.l nme time between February 1 and July 1. 1921. Ine conditions SlateTbout beSen 10 anjl ll rounds.for a recortur.e and a per- Tex" RkfiiTaSd hf felloTp'romoters refused to disclose the ,nlntT the puJse to be given the pugilist,, before the form, signing "rthe contract 'tomorrow, it is known that, including certain-percentages, it will approach $500,000. , ' ' " ' . This is tar in excess oi any y V ous putse, the record being neia p Rickard's contract with Jess VViI liard and Jack Dempsey, whereby Willard received $100,000 and Demp tey $27,500 for their fight at Toledo on July4, 1919. The division of the nurse will show World Champion Dempsey receiving more than Car- Rentier, the challenger and holder of the European heavyweight title. Can Shift Contest ' While the promoters , are under ttood to be planning to hold the, bout 1-ere in Madison Square Garden. 4- ' pie provision is made for the shift ing of the contest to another city in rase opposition arises from ' any source. , .... Under the contract it will be pos sible to hold the fight in Canada. Mexico, Cuba or the West Indies. I'K. eif a n( thr rnntcst and the date will not be finally arranged for some tune. i Xfonv m.inaiTria1 and lefral OBSta " cles had to be overcome before the - match could! be made, because of the various contracts which one ot the ether of the pugilists ha previously Carpentier was under an ironclad contract to Charles Cochran ot J-on- T .Inn nnt tn eian with anv other DTO noter before January , 1921. , Rick crd has held Dempsey's signature to fight for- him-for some months and . it became apparent that the national vjieavyweight battle, could not be ar ranged for months to come, unless the two promoters joined forces. This was finally accomplished by Brady, who had acted in the capacity of Cochran's American representar tive until the latter arrived here re cently to complete the details, per ' ionally. Ringside1 eats $200. i , While it it understood that the promoters are counting upon a record gate in order to tarry the burden of the huge purse involved, the motion picture receipts are ex pected to prove the greatest' revenue ' in the long run. It had .been es flmntrH that if the bout is held in Madison Square Garden, box seats around the ringside-'Would' sell for nearly $uu eatu, wuh umci and positions ranging downward in nmnnrttrn ' The total receipts from the motion, ! , rpiptures of the . fight, especially11 , should Carpentier win, will bi worth ' millions abroad, where he is a European hero. While films could be taken of the contesLin. the Gar - Men, the pictures could not be shown throughout the United States unless the present laws are changed. Carpentier will leave for TFrance . . within the next 10 dayi to . spend the Christmas holidays wih his family, but it is part of hisplan to return to America early in the new yeaf and begin training for his con 1 , test with Dempsey. Neither .boxer will be permitted under the contract to compete in the ring previous to the coming battle, although exhibi tions of short duration will not be prohibited. ' - , ' The numbfer of rounds, the place of battle and the exact date are ci.Kir't tn discussion of the oromo- ters, who are to inform the princi pals at least 50 days betore tne con test. Each fighter receives a 25 per r.n riffht in th motion nicture orof- ' - its, the other 50 per cent going to - the promoters. Sign Contract Today. The bout will be conducted by Tex Rickard, Charles Cochran of London and William A. Brady, the tacf namH rMirsentins Cochran's interests. The contract was agreed to after a Ion conference today at nhirh nr nrescnt the ioint nromo ters, Jack Kearns, manager of Tack , Ufmpsey, and francois uesamps, mananer of Carpentier. and four lawyer representing the various in i terests involved. . Sidetracks Dempity-Willard Go. -. Th si'irninir of the asreement will sidetrack, temporarily at least, plans i for a return bout between Dempsey and Willard. This bdut was tenta tively scheduled for about the middle ' of March and Willard was preparing to begin training soon. .At the offices of the New York . Knviiiff rnmmission todav. it was i stated, that no official notice of the arrangements for the Dempsey-Lar-nntir hnut had been received there. Secretary White was unable to say if any immediate action would be taken bv the commissioners in regard to the match. ';' Kreiger and Barackman ToWre6tle at Madison. t ' Madison, Neb., Oct 26. (Special.) A . 1. ' 1. . 1 Aoara xreiger, wciicrwcijni tuaiu nion of Nebraska, and Mervin Barackman of Scottsbluff, will wrestle to at finish, Wednesday, ' urder the auspices of the American Lesion.' Kreicrer' recently defeated SHeiene." Eagle of Iowa, on the Madison mat in a sensational match, winning two fall? out of three. , Barackman is no novice on rthe mat, having been an instructor at ump uoage'tna nas successiuny , net such men as Paul Prehn, ' Womonoff, Hoeffer, Daily and Joe Maxes. . . - . Matt Smith Matched With PhUadelDhia Bov ' Matt Smith, claimant-of the light weight boxing championship of Iowa, who hails from Correction . "villeIa will meet Willie Green of Philadelphia in a scheduled 10-round bout the main event of show to b staged in .Sioax City next-Monday ' cveniiy. - " . .. wittii the "Milwaukee mstitution five year ago. - "V , , Missouri Valley Team Defeated 'Nonpareils .ty' J r- " '- - ' The Missouri Valley la., foot ball eleven, is up hyarrnsThe'rcason is thist " v t It w'.-, - - The Nonpareil team, a local semi- nm oo-orrptrntinn rlaims it has not been .defeated Jonthe. gridiron thus far this season Manager Sorenson of the Missouri Valley squad1, in a letter to the sporting editor .of . The Bee, says that his proteges won over the umana griasters wun a-score oi 7 to 6, and that tney are reaay- xo meet the. Nonpareils m a return con test. . ; '' - ' ' Manager Sorenson's Missouri Val ley tam, has not bfenldcfeated thus far this season ana is anxious to schedule contests. ' ' Western League Club lwners to Meet INov. o "Pa" PmirV. owner nf the Omaha ball club, received word yesterday hat President AT Tearnev of the Western league had called a meet ing of the club owners for Novem her S. at Kansas t-itv the aav be fore the national - convention of Minor league club ewncrs. The meeting will be held for- general discussion of the present base ball situation, ... The nnstoffice-will onen nn n hah erdashery department. Neat but not ormiriv eelt-adrirescen nvprrnats ra?i be purchased, by the three-zone sys tem. Rural, free, delivery neckties and parcel post underwear for sale at the third chute ;trqm tne ictt. t :.,i ' Veh hrt : 26 fSbeciaU Coach Schulte and his Cornhusker warriors went into camp again mis afternoon for another week of stren uous, training in preparation for their games in tne east nexi wcc. Al though the Nebraska' aggregation looked pretty good during the last half of the game with South Da kota, Coach Schulte has considerable coaching for his men before he sends them ' against Rutgers and Penn The Nebraska team, in company, with a party of Nebraska fans, will leave at 4 :30 p.- m. Friday. The train will take the party to; Chicago, where they will spend Saturday. The team will work out in the morning and in the afternoon will see a game at either Chicago or Northwestern uni versity. The team will spend Sun day in Niagara falls-ana arrive -in New York City Monday morning. -Nebraska will meet Kutgers coi lecre on the Polo- grounds Tuesday afternoon, November ' 2. Although Rutgers has b,een deleatea tnis sea son, the team is considered a strong aggregation, and Nebraska. will have to battle hard to get in even break. On Werinecriav the . team Will KO down ' to , State college, Pennsylva- ;o While the rest of the DaftV Will be permitted to stay in tne metropo l.a until . hnflav . The me will Penn State will k,kl,. he tl-ie stifTest ihat Ne braska plays this year. , .ine yuanci State team has been cleaning up on nn..fVi Jnr in-si crht hv wide margins. The Cornhusker party will i.leave Pennsvlvania: immedi ately after the game, arriving in.Ne hfaska Monday morning. . -'"J The Corrthnsker line is the part of the team that heeds the least at intimi, Tke huskv 'Nebraska line men should be able to hold almost any team that 'plays straight foot Kll In the harkfieM-Schulte will have a little 'more tfouble deciding who .he will play.; . , , , . I Prnhahiv in or a . dozen backneld men will make the f rtn. ' inose wno will probably go a.r;wngnt, jwoore, bchoeppel, xsewman, naruey, nan- Va Thttmnsnn. Hnv. Howarth.' Roe- i ui. i.rism this niinrn Tne Husker coach expects to find some ground-gaining combinations TabersldEasfly Wins V Over Omaha Cue btars In. Exhibition Games Omaha wielders of thexue who visited Svmes billiard . parlors yes terday afternoon and Tvening. wit nessed the world's champion pocket billiard player in action when they Were present IO sec l iann. easily win over Harry Shepard and Ralph Stephens, 125 to 35 and 150 to 50. respectively. ' v Taberski, who is traveling from coast to coast, is taking on all comers at pocketybilliards: The world's cbamp clearly demonstrated yesterday, that when it comes to pocketing tje balls from difficult angles, he is n a class by himself. FoMbwing his evening's win over Stephens. Taberski gave exhibitions of trick, shots that demonstrated his wizardry at pocketing balls, i His greert cloth marksmanship was that of a champion all the way through both the afternoon and evening ex hibitions-. . -' '' ' im fonear an3 St. Paul Boxfer to Meet Nov. 29 v . . , -V Ray Long of Joplin, Mo., and Johnny Nichols' of St. Paul, welter- ....irrV.c have neen marcnea io u- near in the main event of an athletic show to be siagea oy rruwuwi Tommy Ryan in Des Moines Fn-j-.. .sat . ... . limmv tasnui oi ai. raui uu Harry Kinear of this city, will box in the semmnai oom. Joe Gedeon Not Implicated in Series Scandal . - V . Cook County Jury Exonerates Brown Player and Roth stein From Complicity in Throwing of Games. Chicasro. Oct 26 Joe Gedeon. St.' Louis American league second base man, and Arnold Rothstein of New York, today gave testimony before the Cook county grand jury, in vestigating the base bal! scandal, which the state's attorney's office afterward announced had exonerated the two men from complicity in the throwing of games in the 1919 world cane, hut hail materially srrencin- ened the eases against some of the men already indicated. -" The iurv today completed the tak ing of testimony in the investiga tion which has lasted more inan a month and resulted in true bills hrinir vnted acaiust 13 men on charges of conspiracy to do , an illegal act, but will hold a final ses airkn p-rilav to finish uo clerical work. The jury will vote no more true bills, acording to state officials who said that Rothstein and Gedton were the onlv men said to have been imelicated in the scandal against whom true bills had not previously been voted and that the jury now was convinced that these two were innocent. , . Gedeon and Rothstein testitiea against Abe At tell Hal Chase, Wil liam Burns and others on whom the jury already had actea. ineir testimony will result in an auempi to have Attell bt ought back here from Canada for trial, officials said, it being believed here that he can be extradited. I Cnntementinii' the. announcement by the state's attorney's office Presi dent Johnson Of, tne American league declared that he "felt Gedeon was entirely innocent" and Alfred Austrian, attorney for the Chicago . T ... 1 . . U lBB,A 4 American x.caguc nuu, statement declaring that "Rothstein in his testimony today had proved himself .guiltless." Sargent and Brady Tied , For First Round of Play West Baden, Ind., Oct. 26. George Sargent oi Columbus, O., and "Mike" Brady of Detroit -were tied for the first 18 holes of play In th nnen nrnfessional firolf tourna ment todav. Each made the 18 holes in 7 ne less stroke than T. C Cordon of Chillicothe. O.. Laurie Ayton of Elvanston, 111, and-fack Hutliinsnn nf Chiraco. Jim Barnes of St Louis turned in a card oi P, James Gullane of Colorado Springs, made the 18 holes in 79. ' ' y . Conrad Wins Match. Decateur City. Ia.. Oct. 26. Earl Omaha Enters Ten Teams in Bowling Meet Annual Mid-West Tourna- ment This Season Expected To Be) Best in History Of Association. , Conrad of Thayer, Ia, defeated p;n Pari nf this ritv in a wrestling match staged here., The Thayer grappler won the first fall in 13 mm utes and tne secona in ou seconusr Omaha will be represented at the annual Midwest Bowling tourna- men.t, which is scheduled to start at St. Louis Novemoer io, ny iu teams, according to an announce ment made last night. The local pin tumblers will roll on Saturday and Sunday, November 27 and 28, returning to the city tne loiigwing day. The entry list will close No vember 10. , According to reports received from other cities, the tournament this season will be one of the larg est ever staged by he. association St. Louis will be represented by not less than 200 teams, while Chicago will lead the visiting entry, with 35 squads. Kansas City comes next with 14, and Peoria will be rep resented by 10. The Twin Cities will send at least five, three from St. Paul and two from Minneapolis, ac cording to reports received from St. Louis. , Milwaukee, Toledo.' Fort Dodge. Ia.; Waterloo. Ia.; Lincoln. Fremont, Neb.; Rock Island, III; Davenport. Bee want ads are business getters. Ia.; Winner and (Aberdeen, 5. L., are expected to crrter teams. rtl. -u.it! .end the Omaha Na- tional bank, Bowen Furniture, Drive- it- X CUirsciI, .ountii uiuiu w.'""" of Commerce, Beau-Brummels, Omaha Alleys. Beddcos and Carl Cain's squad of tumblers. Joe Stangl Concedes Match to Jim Londas . ... Cnii1 t After havinir outclassed Jim 1 Londas for one hour and 3U minutes. Joe Stangl of Iowa, Tues day conceded the fall and match to the Greek wrestler rather than have his arm broke by an arm scissor hold, which Londas had secured. . The men had agreed that if the" was no fall before 90 minutes, one tumble would decide the contest. John Pesek to Wrestle ' Ben Pavelka Saturday John Pesk, heavyweight wrestlei of Nebraska, and Ben. Pavelka of Crookston. Neb., will meet in a match, two falls out of three, at Crookston Saturday evening. Several other good preliminaries are sched uled for the show. "LEAGUE OF NATIONS" From a RapubUcaa Standpoint By Naltoa H. Loomia Mr. C A. Savarane. WEDNESDAY EVENING 8 P.M. UNITARIAN CHURCH Tblrty-fint and tiara? SlrU. ' v ' ' ' ' ' :" 1 ' -V. ' ' ' 1 I - ' ; : - L dwMMSj ahutAM vi&tt'ib -SfoGjMd f- ' ri ITneSportinflVforid? ' Xnwem to irmtordajr' Qnctlsn. . . maw m. ( , Inn... ttian ttll. SO minutes If he thinks there Is a chanca th nta mil stotL and Dlay can b re sumed. .. .. 2. If the umpire cans, an mneia ny, Is an Infield fly no matter who catches It. 3. If first base is '-occupied: and tha catcher drops the third strike the batter cannot run to. first .unless there ara-two out at the time. ! '!".'- . v ' 4. The bat .must, not b long-erthan 4J inches.- .- .. Jtl. .." K. - J. .. 5. Rola-nd Robert ana wims -iavis, fnmt. tnnnia - Rturs. - were runners-UD 'for the national doubles. title. : 6. Q. OrUr. Canadian' champ'on, ahd T. D. Armour of Scotland were thefor- eleners to quality lor tne national teur golf tournament. ;. : ' : 7. Vardon and Ray lost two ajatche on their exhibition tour in 1913. a Mi.Va hid not been-knocked out be fore his kayo by Dempsey. r ' V. Willie JHt.-BUIl ' . uvvm charnnlonihlp fight. ' . . 10. Princeton failed to land a man ion tna All-American eleven: ' . ' ' ' . Kew Qnestln. 1. 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