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Gotham Had Its
Dish of Grid
Sport on Nov. 2
Nebraska Rutgers Intersec
tional Dattle Election Day
Kept Pace With Prevail- x
ing Foot Ball Styles.
New York. Nov. 13. A foot ball
expert says that New York had its
dish of intcrsectional foot ball on
election day, thus keeping pace with
the prevailing gridiron styles. The
fall brand coming out of the corn
belt was expected to be of a rather
modish style, as displayed by Miss
Nebraska, but those who saw the
demonstration are rather of . the f
opinion that the designs followed the i
cubist school. The crowd which
went tn the Polo grounds had high
hopes that there would be a dazzling
display of the ultra modern in the
art of the gridiron, but the exhibi
tion was dizzying instead of daz
zling. The foot ball public which comes
to a game of this sort is a peculiar
one. It is the same type that goes
to see a base ball game, .and niere
is not the glamor or color that is at-
of the bi? institutions where the an
nual battles have been waged so of-
ten that tradition makes the meeting
a "classic" in sport. . There were
.'i probably 15.000 in at the finish of the
'fi game, and of this number not more
than one-third bore allegiance to
either college. Few of the major
v ity cared particularly which side
won. They were just foot ball hun
gry and curious to see a demonstra
,1 " ( , tion of the methods of the west
Jgaiiist those of the east.
j N Easterns in Slump.
r.i It l a pity that (he Cornhunkira
happened nlonr in a yeiti' when the But-
- ger elevm had fallen Into a alump, for.
in George Foster Sanfo-d's team atanda
today. It represent anything but first-
, Plnaa caatern foot ball. The Nebraska
'am. It was wild, had t-Y.rrthlns; In Its
reiVjrtolro to make up a really great
' tenitL but as fur as one tould observe tho
old t 111 nu uf this aort In It possession waa
3." a lot of very husky young citizens who
Murely had the physical foundations for
the
Whether the material thht the westerners
mnmuiiis oi a i:rai-cias tram.
snowed is tne rignt sort lot the strictly
up-to-date name or not la a question.
Ortainly Its bpefy players would have been
Ideal for the dnya of tho old juggernaut
of three downs In five yards and when a
neutral (one was a thing unknown.
For a few minutes at the beginning of
- the gn me th A westerners looked as If they
were going to duplicate the feat of Centra
In Its meeting with Harvn'd. They lost
Xjo time In unleashing a wide open attack
and In a thrice they were within striking
, , .distance of a tally, twice the Nebraskarm
whirled up to tho Rutgera' goal posts, but
It was not so much because of their su
perior attack as It was the inferior He
fenae of Itutgerx, which played as if In
a trance. If the Nebraska backs had
been as good as they were touted thevl
would have made two sure touchdown?
nt least in the first quarter, but their
hurl line waa too alow and they were
held at bay. i
' Hartley Smashes Over.
The Cornhuskersj did manage to. show
an effective bit of line pftnging at the
opening of the .second p-rlod when Hart
ley smashed through for a 10-yard gain
and a touchdown. Nebraska was lucky
to get Its second touchdown in this period.
There waa only about a minute' of play
when Hwanson took Uie forward pass
which resulted In the score. He could not
bave Ihpch in bounds more than a couple
of inches. Nebraska's lack of punch was
very apparent In this quarter, too. for tho
hall waa constantly in Rutger's danger
r.one. If braska has any capable goal
dickers thaf were not seen.
There wasno coherence to the defense,
no consistency to the attack. It was oil
, Just a hnppy-o-lueky medley of nl-up
on both sides. The last two touchUowhs
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right down to the, final analysis Nebraska 4
was fortunate to score at all. Hao. u nnei
one of tho really faat eastern elevens, l'.kn
Cornell or Wesleyan. the result would
probably have been different. There may
bo some excuse made for Nebraska In the
fact that they had Just emerged from a
long trip and that they needed a couple
of days to recuperate,
Jim Barnes Signs
With N. Y. Club'
Well Known "Pro"
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Associates Himself With
Pelham Organization.
New York, Nov. 13. Jim Barnes
has at last associated himself with a
New York golf club. The announce
ment was made recently by the Pel
ham Country club that they had en
gaged ; the services of the well
tnnwn "nro" for their new links at
Pelham. The news caused a greaU
deal of surprise in golfing circles.
Litfltj by little Jim has worked
his way to the metropolitan district.
When he came over here IS years
' ago the best he could do was land
a job jn the far west. At. first he
was only an assistant, as "Long
Jim" was only 18 then. He finally
landed a berth with v the Tacoma
' Country club.
Then Jim began to hit the ball far
and straight and the result was that
he annexed a western champioti
- ship and finished fourth at Brook
line in the open in 1913. He got an
offer to come east find took it. He
got as far as Philadelphia, where he
became "pro"' at Whitemarsh Val
ley. After a year or so there he
went to Broadmore, Colo.; then a
year later worked as far back east
as St. Louis, where he identified
himself nuth the Sunset Hilt Coun
try club, which club he leaves to
-dnake his present jump to Pe'ham.
This will bea gain for the east in
professional circles. The west made
a big effort to corral anumber of
the best "pros" and did succeed in
getting a lot of them Hutchison,
McDonald. Brady. Eagen, Loos,
Barnes. Dicgel. MacDonald. Smith
and others. Trre last open tourna
ment at Toledo showed that the
west had a big 'call on the winners.
Only one or two eastern "pros" got
into the money at all.
a McGraw May Retire.
New York. Nov. 13. Reports are
Vrv strong here that John McGraw
probah'v will retire as. playing man
ager of the Giants ard devote him
self to the club's business affairs.
McGraw's personal escapades have
lost him a lot of friends during the
last few months.
500 Matches at Quoita.
Beddington, Eng., Nov. 13.
Quoits are so popular among miners
in Northumberland that 10 matches
for $500 a side have been scheduled
for this fall. '
Compulsory Athletics Success.
West Point, N. Y, Nov. 13. Mili
tary authorities are highly pleased
by the results of compulsory athletics
here. Every cadet now has 6 par
ticipate daily in some branch of
spor
Local Pii Tumblers in
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Top row, Omaha National
Anton Jellicluu Bottom row, Beddeoti Frank Jaroth, Harry Eidion
mnA Jim jArA.il- s
The Omaha National barik and Beddeo Bowling team- will leave Omaha Thanksgiving day for St
Louis, wher' the local maple smashers are scheduled to bowl the following day in the annual mid-western
Nine teams will represent this
England Also IJas
Bribery Scandal
Sporting Circles and Public
Upset by Revelations About
Foot Ball Players.
New York, Nov. 13. Other, folks
have their troubles, too. Just as we
were amazed and shocked by the
revelations that certain base ball
players had accepted bribes to
''throw" the 1919 world's series, the
sporting circfes and public in Eng;J
land have been amazed Dy tne dis
covery that famous foot ball players
there were indulging in similiar. prac
tices.
Foot ball is a close rival of cricket
in British popular favor. It is, in
fact, one of the British national
games. Our British brothers are now
conducting some "mopping up" op
erations that are expected to over
come the suspicions cast upon the
sport by the exposure of famous4
players. '
Clergy Demand Reform.
In the universal demand that was
heard on every hand for a "clean up"
the British clergy took a prominent
part, according to a tetter which I
have just received from a prominent
British sportsman. Hi informs me
that Bishop Wellden, the dean of
Durham, led in , the campaign for a
i foot ball regeneration and quotes the
dean as saying:
"Foot ball is the most democratic
of games; yet it better not be played
at all if it cannot be played in the
spirit of true sport.
'"The bribing of foot ball players
and the buying and selling of foot
ball matches are absolutely fatal to
sport. This is a matter of life or
death to British sport."
, Managers Heed Outcry.
The dean is to be commended for
his attitude. In this country too
many of those who might be leaders
in influencing a better sporting spir
it are . inclined to ( shrug their
shoulders and say, "Well, what
could j'ou expect?" ,
As a resuh f the demand of the
dean and the public support given
him, all the managers of the leading
foot ball teams'are doing everything
possible to eliminate every dishonest,
player. Not one has attempted to dis-
. pute the tacts presented as to dis-
I honorable practices.
K I wonder what would, haonen if
any of the lead'ng churches in
America should call for reforma'ion
in any branch of sport. Would they
be hooted at from one end ofthe
country to the other? Think it 'over.
New Boathouse for Yale
, Along Ideal River (bourse
Yale will constructs new boat
house on the Housatonie river
course above Derby, Conn. It will
be the Blues' home course. It is
an ideal stretch of water and has a
railroad on one sidt of the bank
and a fine automobile road on the
other, which will aid spectators in
following races.
Grand Circuit Season
Pays $552,75J in Races
During the recent Grand 'Circuit
season, a total of $552,749.85 was
distributed in various races (or light
harness stars. The winning trotters
received $363,915.87 and the pacers
$188,832,98.
Active Soccer Player.
Although Tommy Fleming, outside
left forward of the Befijlchem Steel
company's soccer team.js one of the
eldest' and most active players in
America soccer, he shows much of
his ola-time speed and shooting abil
ity. He is the Dniy forward retained
by the ex-cup winners in their re
organized team jthis year.
Perfect Rifle Record. N
Bisleyi Eng., Nov. 13. Scoring
105 points out of a possible 105
Charles Hill, aged 6
Wecord in 'te con
Vity Rifle clfb. H
M0 and 600 yards,
record.
Charles Hill, aced 66. rharle a nerfert
Word in 'te competition of the
e fired from 200.
600 lards. This is' a world's
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'We're Off Base Ball for Good,"
Says Chicago Tribune "But"
JFrom the Chicago Tribune.)
Instead of 'trying to reorganize
commercial base ball, why not bust
it while it is feeble? Here is an
amusement played by a lot of circus
performers who, because they swat
the pill instead of jumping through
hoops and flying from the trapeze
because they slide on clay instead of
sawdust, get money "which would
make a hootch thjef willing to quit
his profession for theirs .
If Ringlings had to' pay such
money to their sawclust athletes they
would go broke, and if one man in
the spangles sold out the rest of the
team there would be a spill for
which some one would be hanged,
but the circus thrives on physical
hardihood, agility, skill, and honesty
and why have base ball as a com
petitor? '
. Why get Landis in to resurrect a
game which couldnot stay straight
when its turnstiles were clicking
with ready money day after day and
when half the populace was so loony
as to have expert knowledge only
irr batting averages?
When Babe Ruth was the only
man in the country better kown
than Jack Dempsey, the players,
making ten, fifteen and twenty
thousand dollars a year. when they
were worth about $1.80 in the stock
yards, made fish out of all the popu
lace which thought they were on e
square. v
A game which could not stay
honest when it-was in its greatest
prosperity, and hwto be honest to
O. A. C. Splashes
A daily SWIM means more VIM.
Learn to SWIM and enjoy your
work.
, J. C. Kinsler is not so slow. Fast
getting into the shark class.
Herman Aye get in the old taalc
sevetal times a. week. Ask Henrran
why it is the only exercise he in
dulges in.
K. W. Jones, a regular WHALE
in the water, but swims like a
SHARK.
L. N. Olmsted is ,doiti some real
corkscrews - and hit nips are sure
showing perfection.
Elmer Kosengren sure makes it
snappy when he hits the old hickory
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BiH'Schall has just about decided
the tank is the place to get the best
exercise. He iays the beauty of
-swimming is tliat it leaves one com
fortable and refreshed.
Douglas Melcher is showing some
form on his high dives. Tho flying
Dutchman, one and one-half somer
sault and full twists are coming easy
now.
Dr. S. E. Isacson is a real water
polo fan. He is out for practice
every- Tuesday and Thursday and
swims in between for exercise. He
says it is the one game and that has
all the' excitement of foot ball and
basket ball combined. J
Watch E. Ar Thomann, jr., swim
a furlong. Getting faster every day.
Scofield DeLong, the young O. A.
C. swimming star, is sure going
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continue to be" prosperous, ought
not to be saved. It ought to be
scrapped. 1
We have deluded ourselves that
it was a good, wholesome thing for
the Am,ericn 'people. It was a
waste of tme. It developed the
worst-sportsmanship of whidh the
American people are capable. It
was vicarious exercise and skill for
thousands of soft, idle citizens who
ought to have been hoeing beans
and picking potato bugs.
If the men who took their base
ball on a bench were scattered on
a million lots and a made to play
the game themselves a thing not
one in a thousand could do there
might have been some national ad
vantage in it. There would be more
advantage if the citzenry were made
toskip rope and barred out of base
ball parks.
Before base ball developed into a
circus, without the virtues of a
circus, there were base ball teams
which actually represented the
towns whose names they bore.
There was some sense in that game.
The butcher might be pitchen and
the undertaker, catcher and the
coroner umpire. It, was local en
terprise, but now it is a commercial
ized hippodrome which g'ves the
citizenry only one kind of exercise,
and that kind it needs least, max
iliary. We're off base ball. We swear
rever to go to another game until
the vCubs or the Sox open n the
spring of next year. ,
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that swimming is the best all-around !
developer.
Allan Tukcy, just getting back into
the swim. 1 Another real swimmer
who knows the value of swimming.
h-d Aloorc is regular m attendance.
A steam or electric bath a swim
a massage that is whsjt keeps a man
in trim.
Sam Rees quit practicing diving
last week. Getting to be an expert.
Harold Thompson x insisted that
act as a private tutor. Now they are
both doing the mud stroke in per
fect unison.
New York, Nov. 13. Willie
Ritchie, former lightweight cham
pion, has become a golf player. He
competed recently in a big tourna
ment, but did not win it.
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International
Flavor Given
Billiardists
Coming of John Horemans,
Famous Belgian, ' to Givc
Zest to Game in' This
Country.
New York, Nov. 13. The billiard
season of 1920-1921 got into full
swing quietly, but a sensational cli
max may be expend if the reputa
tion of John Hotemans, the famous
Belgian cue star, is upheld by his
performances in this country.
Horemans comes with a record of
having made runs of 200, 300 400 and
even 500 at 18.2 balkline under prac
tically championship conditions. For
several years he has been the Euro
pean sensation In view of the fact
that Willie Hoppe has reigned su
preme 50 long in the balkline world,
a match or series cf matches between
the two should be tremendously in
teresting. '
s Hoppe Is Ready.
When we told Hoppe that Hore
mans was coming and asked the
American "champ'" if he would conj
pete with the Belgian, we go a
characteristic reply:
"I am ready af.d willing to meet
any balkline player in the world. I
certainly will be glad to meet Hore
mans, for he certainly has a great
reputation."
Horemans defeated Louis Cure,
the French wizard, last year in a
series of 1,800-poittt matches. In one
of the contests he averaged more
than 60. If he can do that "against
Hoppe he will tfive the- American
champion a sensational test. .
Cutler Doirtg Fine Work.
Albert Cutler is making a great
"comeback" as a billiardist, and in
some of his exhibition work against
David McAndless. former Class A
chamoion of the National Associa
tion of Amateur Billiard Players, he
has made runs of more than 100
On one occasion he clicked off 216
Cutler has had a long career as a
billiardist and bel.eves that this year
he will be able to take Hoppe's
measure in the championship tour
nament. So between Cutler and
Horemans Hoooe is Mkely to have
plenty to do to hold onto the title.
It is a good tning ior Diiuaras mat
Horemans is going to compete 4iere
this vdar. Efforts, are now being
made to elevate billiards to the posi
tion which the n-imber of its play
ers entitles it to hold in the world
of sports. ' More than 30.000 players
have already been enrolled m one
state association. The international
flavor to the coming contests will
add great interest.
' Civic Welcome for Ray.
Oxhey, England, Nov. 13. Ted
Pty, who won the Unitetr- States
open golt cnampionsnip, wm dc
piven an official welcome !v the lo
cal authorities when-he returns here
He is the proiessional of the Uxhey
club.
Earl Haig a Golfer. j
London, Nov. 13. Earl ITaifff
England's war leader, has been
ejected captain of the Royal and
Ancient Club of St. Andrews, one
of the most famous golf organiza
tions of the United Kingdom.
Does Everybody Attend Races
Melbourne, Nov. 13. The Jsew
Soutli Wales legislative assembly
has Axed a tax on admissioiv tickets
to all race tracks within 40 miles of
Sydney. It, is expected to yield
$1,200,000 annually.
Yale Drops Hot Potato.
New Haven, Conn., Nov, 13.
Boston college, which defeated
Yale's foot ball team on October
16 for the second time in two years,
probably will not appear on the Yale
schedule in V)i.
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Miss Alexa Stirling Best Woman
Golfer Has Not Lost Match Since
National Championship In 1915
New York, Nov. 13. Thee is con
siderable difference of opinion
among golfers as to whether Francis
Ouimet or "Chick" Evans is the best
amateur in America, and there is
some question as to whether Jim j
Barnes, Walter Hagen, or Jack
Hutchinson is the, leader among the
professionals, but there is no doubt
in anyone's mind as the best player
among the women. Miss Alexa Stir
ling of "Atlanta, who has not lost a
match since the naiional champion
ship in 1915, when she was beaten
by Mrs. Clarence II. Vandcrbeck
after four extra holes, has won the
national title three times since then,
the southern championship the same
number of times and the Can.idian
title this year, a remarkable record,
considering that -tlie auburn haired
girl is only 24 years old.
Unlike most leaders in the golfing
world Miss Stirling, takes part, in
few competitions during the year.
For instance, after the southern
championship at New Orleans, Miss
Sterling will not touch her golf
clubs until next summer. She does
not play during he winter months.
Last year,,after the southern meet
ing, in May, she did not play again
Dempsey to Meet
Brennan Nov. 27
First of Three Contests Sched-
uled for Champ Before,
Carpentier Mix.
New York, Nov. 13. As tuncups
for the bout with Georges Carpen
tire, Jack Dempsey, world's heavy
weight champion, probably will en-
. gage in two and possibly three other
contests. The first will be with Bill
Brennan and is likely to be staged
in Madison Square Garden on" No
vember 27. Dempsey will take on
Jess Willard as his second opponent.
: The champion and former champion
(will come together in Madison
'Square Garden on St. Patricks day.
I Carpentier will appear in one bout
! in Europe prior to the Dempsey con
, test. It vwill be in Monte Carlo
against an opponent to be an
nounced later. ,
Though the plans now call for the
Dempsey-Brennan bout to be staged
on November 27, it may be set for
ward into December to permit Bren
nan getting a prior bout with Bob
Martin, the A. E. F. champion. On
account of the hard training Demp
sey and Brennan have beep indulg
ing in it is apparent that their bout
is not far off. Brennan has been
working Ijke a beaver at his train
ing quarters at Diamond Hill. R. I.
Dempsey has been training daily at
his home, on the roads around Cen
tral park and the gymnasium on
board the Granite State. The fact
that ack has his. nose down to the
training grindstone would "indicate
he plans to engage in an active ring
combat within the next few weeks.
Carpentier is anxious to get back to
France, where an anticipated family
event awaits him.
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until five, weeks before the national,
hut this year she started a bit earlier.
She has a regular routine in getting
into condition and the most im
portant thing is that she does some
thing every day, usually devoting 2
hours daily to practice. Some days
it is with wooden clubs, others with
the iron and still others on the put
ting greens. She varies this with
work in traps, playing out of the
rough and on other days combines
the two.
One of the noticeable features of
Miss Stirling's game is the fact that
she plays all her shots with the
same stance, the only variation be
ing when she plays an intentional
slice. Of all the women Miss
Stirling has played against, 'she con
siders Mrs. Clarence Vandcrbeck the
best golfer. In 1916 the southern
girl was beaten in a 22 hole match
in the national. In 1916 Miss Stirling
got revenge by winning 2 to 1 in
the Berthellyp cup tournament; last
year Mrs. Vandcrbeck carried Miss
Stirling to the home green in the
national championship before the last
named eventually won, and this year
in the semi-final at Cleveland Miss
Stirling won 2 to 1.
Canada to Give U.S.
Test In Big Sports
Great Era of Competition Has
Already X)pened In Some
Branches, Is Report.
,New York, Nov. 13. We have got
to look to our laurels in sports. The
Canadians are after us. Two im
portant events have occurred which
indicate very strongly that our
northern neighbors are going to be
formidable sporting contenders.
- The first was the. challenge for the
America cup, which reached this
country after Sir Thomas Lipton
tried to lift the famous yachting
trophy and had again failed.
The Second Avas the offering of a
$75,000 purse for the recent match
race between Man o' War and Sir
Barton
Both these things are significant of
the trend of the thought and times
in Canada. Until very recently the
Canadians had given most of their
thought to devtloping their country.
New they are going in to develop
sports from a great big international
standpoint.
It Will Take Time.
The Canadians who participated
in the Olympic games did well.
Those who take part next year prob
ably will do better. Every year they
ore going to give the athletes repre
senting the United Stales a harder
tussle. '
Don't picture me as saying that
the Canadians are going to capture
the Olympic games championship
next year, or in 1922, or by 1925, for
tnat matter, but you can write it
down in your mental tablet fight
now that every year the Canadians
are going to better their previous
records.
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Fancy Divers Will
Be ar 0. A. Club
Tom Hirschfielil of New Yq..
and Roland Caupel of St
Louis to Exhibit.
As a feature event of the Omaha
Athletic , club's big tankfest next
Thursday evening in the club nata-
toriiim. Swimming Director PeU
Wendell has succeeded in bringing
to Omaha two of the best hitrh and
(.pring-board divers in the country,
in Tom Hirscfiold of New York and
Roland Gaupel of St. Louis -
Hirschfield, a member of the New
York City Athletic club acquatic
team, who holds the national high
diving championship, was chosen as
a member of the Olympic diving
team, but did nqt represent America
in the meet because of business.
Roland Gaupel, a Missouri Ath
letic club star and holder "of the
Western A. A. U. diving champion,
ships, will- perform along with
Hirschfield.
Besides the exhibitions, Wendell
will stage the state high school re
lays and club 100-yard handicap
tree style, swimming championship,
Ftries include E. Wtllace McGilli.
viray of the Chi:ago Athletic club,
E. A. Thomann, Scofield DeLong,
D. L. Dimond and Arthur Klatischie.
The girls championship 25-yard
swim promises to be a thriller, with
17 of the club's best mermaids en
tered. Betty Blakwell. Betty Rob
ison, Janet Nolen. Blanche Bush,
Rebecca Moore, and Helen Moore
will make a hard fight for first hon
ors. Boxing toiBe Included
In Australian School '
Australia should develop soma
great boxers in the future. The
educational, Vlepartment of New
South Wales, Australia, has decided
to include boxing in the syllabus of
education for very boy throughout
the state schools.
'It is expected to be taken up also
by Victoria. Queensland and South
and West Australia, so that every
boy throughout the country will be
taught boxing. The scheme origin
ated during the war. Mr. Baker at
that time organized all the young
men in the schools into squads and
taught them boxing.
He had thousands of boys under
his guidance end the plan met with
such general approval that it was
finally adopted in the schools of
New South Wales. With these
school boys learning the art of box-
inir in early life, it is expected that
many of them will become experts
and join the professional ranks later
on." Tournaments will be held by the
various schools nd in this manner
competition will become keen among
the boys. -
At a recent boxing tourney in
Sydney, conducted by Tack Munro, .
of the Stadium, there were over 500
entries for just three classes, which
goes to prove that the interest in
the mitt game in Australia is strong
er than ever before.
Wrestlers Headed for U.
New York, Nov. 13. Wrestling
promoters here announce that sev- s
era grapplers famous in their re
spective countries are coming to the
United States this winter from Eu
rope and South America.
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