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10 THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1U20. Hoppe Thought ! ToBeWorldV Best Atjilete Champion Billiard Player , Place in Sporting Fraternity , ; Compels Hini to Do All .- Things Perfectly. Followers of sporting dope when asktd to n.irne the greatest living athlete probably have some trouble in settliin in their own. minds just who is entitled to the crown. On pst performances, Jim Thorpe would generally be accorded the laurel wreath, because the Indian "has shone in foot USIl, base ball and on the track. Base, ball fans might nominate "Babe" Ruth as champion athlete, and lovers of boxing doubtless would select Jack Dempscy. Buf closer students of all sorts of sport, if they stop and think, will give the topmost rung of the ladder of perfection to Willie Hoppe. ' Some Will Object There, will be some who will say that Hoppe isn't an athlete at all because billiards isn't an athletic game. True, it is a far cry from the dcHcate stroke of the cueist .-to the mighty swing of a Ruth cr tt crushing punch of a Dempsey, yet the same qualities enter into the making of each; perfect mental and physical coordination, a sense of time and rythm. When Ruth clouts a home run he times his sWing ,so that he will have the absolute maxi mum of weight and speed behind the bat when it ec ts the bait .. He makes a perfect stroke with full power. When Hoppe hits his cue ball, he doesn't try to see. how hard he can drive it, but in all other par ticulars, such as Timing and "follow ing through," he does very much the same thing as the mighty "Babe." One offers the objecticpi possibly, that Hoppe is hitting a' stajiohary object, while "Babe" is,' forced to meet a fast-moving ball and one whose trajectory is erratic. ' This is offset by the fact that Ruthmust ' simply meet the ball fairly and jvitn lorcc, ivntie itoppe must cue inc ivory in such a manner that it will take english of the desired sort and with just the proper amount 6f force to bring it to a stop in good position for the succeeding hot. Hoppe Makes Many. Ruth creates a furore in the sport ing world by hitting halfi a hundred home runs in 'the course of a sea son. Hoppe makes several times that many shots calling for the maximum of perfection in a single evening. And if Ruth docs not "get hold of the ball" exactly right, he may get a base hit through the in field, or a foul ball Jhat will give htm' another chance. vBut Hoppe, if he doesn't make his shot exactly right every time, gets nothing at all Day anA Swanson of Nebraska Chosen v. On All-American Third Foot Bali Squad Open St$e of Play Was Developed as Never Before and Few Seasons Have Seen ' Such a Brilliant Crop of Backfield Players Three ; Teafms Selected by Jack Veiock. X ,J , 1 Pinkey MitcKell and - Jack Brittop Battle To Ten-Round Draw Milwaukee. Dec' 7. "Pinkey" Mitchell held Jack Britton, welter weight title holder, to a 'Uraw, in a 10-round, no decision contest last night, according to several sport-( ing writers. Some thought Britton had a shade. One newspaper critic gave Mitchell the better of seven, of the ten rounds. , ' ' 1 Britton weighed 144'. pounds and .Mitchell 140 pounds. The title hold er had the better or. tne nrst ana second rounds and in the latter nearly upset the local boxer, w'th a glancing blow to the left side of his face,' unbalancing him. The blow apparently lid no damage, aiiicneii 1 had to hold his opponent in the bal ance of the contest, one writer giv ing him from the third to the ninth rounds, inclusive. One other critic said there was not enough difference to sayjiriything but a draw. Britton playef inost for the ' body and Mitchell directed his blows to the head. . - Brocco and CobunTeam Lead Field in Bike Race . New York, Dec. 7. With 13 team: in the running and Brocco and Coburn, who lapped the field yester day afternoon. stilleretaining their lead, the annual six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden ended its 32d hur at 8 o'clock this morning. At that time the contest was as fol lows: - Nine teams tied at 597 miles, two laps; Brocco and Coburn, 597 "miles, four laps; DeBaet.es and Persy n, 597 miles, three laps; Suter and, Suter, 597 miles, one lap; GrimrrK and Vandivele, 597 miles, oye lap. The ; record for 32 hours was made by Lawson and Root in 1915, with 706 miles, one lap. Rector Training Hard For' Sudenberg feout Columbus, I Neb.. Dec. 7. (Spe cial) Roy Rector, formerly of i Uncle Samuel's navy, but now a land lubber in Columbus, is training hard every day for his 10-round bout with Johnny Sudenberg of Omaha, scheduled to be staged in this city Friday night, under the auspices of the American Legfon. There will be the usual number of prelim inaries. i . To Decide Soccer Title. Philadelphia, Dec. 7. Princeton and Pennsylvania will meet Satur day to decide the intercollegiate soccer chapionship, it was decided tonight. It has not been definitely decided yet where the game will be played. Giants to Train in Texas. New York, Dec. 6. The New York Nationals will train again at San Antonio next spring, it w as de nounced last night. , By JACK VEIOCKJ, ': ' Interaction! New Sporting Editor. (Coprrftnt, mo, by International Mew Servlee.) New Yortc, Dec. 7. Foot ball's greatest year ! Nineteen twenty will sto Mown in gridiron annals as such and without exaggeration. No season i the history of the game has been so colorful. Few sea spns that have gone before have de-. velobed such a brilliant crop of b,ack fiela stars and never before have the crowds at foot ball classics been as large or public interest in the game as keen as it hsbeen this fall. With the fading out of the foot ball sche'dule comes the picking season. The selection of mythical elevens representative of the Country's best talent-is in order. And what a task this year! Foof-ball came back in fairly good shape just after the war, But the sea son of 1919 found its ranks filled with new coaches and dayers. The pe riod given to the coaches to get tal ent. lined up and mold smooth-work ing elevens was all too short, and as a result the quality of the game sut fered. This year it was different. Coach es and players stood on solid ground once again ancLthe gttnd oldgame came back with greater vigor than exer before. The new style, of play The onen same was seen at its best, and the players who carry the ball had a' chance to shine more brightly tharAever. i Difficult ,io Choose. Picking all-American teams is a ticklish task ana the opinions of those who do the picking often vary, yet the selection of one critic or an other, can be honest)y offered -for what it is worth in the way of build ing.up a combination of stars. The elevens herewith presented by the writer have been chosen after careful consideration. Any one of these three teams would undoubtedly be a "Winner, tacli would comoine experience with superbdriving pow er, strong defensive ability, a knowl edge of the new style of play and an bundance of foot ball senSe. Star among the wingnien-and linesmen were scarce this vear. when compared with the abundant crop of backfield men who thrilled crowds all over the counfry with their won derful and spettacular playing. But there" were quite a few good ends, and plcnty-of seasoned. and highly capable linesmen. End Positions. ' Legcndre of Princeton and Kiley of Notre Dame are given the wing positions on the writer's first eleven, with Carney, Illinois, and Belding, Iowa, on the second team, and Wes ton of Wisconsin and Swanson of Nebraska on the third eleven. Legendre and Kiley are speedy, rangy and rugged. Both are great defensive players; both can get down under punts and be there wait ing to tackle the man who catches the ball. Both can handle the for ward pass and have the speed .to go out and grab many a pass that may not be thrown accurately. At breaking up or. sifting through in terference these two wingmenare adepts, and backs who tried to circle their ends this season found that gaining ground, around them was well nigh impossible. Kiley, in particular. is a star in handling passes. The "ends named for the second and third elevens are ncjt far removed from these two in all around ability. . Best of Tackles. Tlt tackles, Keck of Princeton and Gulick of Syracuse, are towers of strength in the line. Keck, in addition to being an all-around lines man, is fast cgi his feet for a big fel low and a hard and sure tackier. He is "also 'an expert place kicker and did most of Princeton's kicking of goals from touchdown. Gulick is a roving tackle of the kind who forces the opposition to give him a wide berth rather than lKnd Mythical All-American Elevens FIR8T TEAM. Irm-odre. l"ctn Knd Kllry. Notre Dime xarkie uiirk, Syracuse Tackle Kerk. Princeton fiuard T. Callahan, Yale fiuard r.rirrithn. I. Mate Center Alexander. &'cue Ouarter Lourle, Prlnreton Halfback ilpp, Notre Dame Jtalflnrk Way. Penn State fullback Horween, H'vard SECOND TEAM. Carney, Illinois Beldlnic. Iowa ScdnOrk. H'vard (oiiKnlin, N. Paine .1. Taylor. O. State Wood. Harvard Cun'ham, IVmouth Boynltin. William Stlnehcomhe, o. State Iavlr, Pittuhurgh Crangle, Illinois THIBH TEAM. , Weston, WlNcontiln Swanson, Nebraska IXrkeaa. Tale i King. Navy Mr4,ulre. tiilrago Mohr. llllnolV. Day, Nebraska McMUIen. Centra Owen, Harvard Flowers, ie. Tecb French, Army ' Player deservinc especial mention In addition to the above: , Ends Kane. Harvard; Harrick. West Virginia; Hopper, Tenn; Brown, Penn State: Snoddy, Centre! Munns, Cornell. Tackles Focelik, Nebraska; Faxon, Harvard; Harman, Pittsburgh; Scott. Wisconsin; Huffman, Ohio State; Slater, Iowa. i tiusrils Tolbcrt, Harvard ; Trott, Ohio State; Brader, Wisconstn'bHellstrom, Illinois. -Centers Callahan, Princeton; Weaver, Centre; Stein, Pittsburgh! Deplerv Illinois. I I Quarterbacks Murrey, Princeton) Fitzgerald and Buell, Harvard; Carey, Cornell; B. Fletcher, Illinois; Workman, Ohio State; Devlne, Iowa; Wray, Penn; Brandy. Notre Dame. ; I Halfbacks Hartley, Nebraska; Haines, PrMi Sttttq;' Kaw, Cornell; Churchill. Harvard; Walqulst, Illinois; Garrlty, Princeton; Mohardt, Notre Dame; Whltnell, Centre; flllroy. Princeton: Beck. West Virginia; Mayer, Cornell; Bar ron. Georgia Tech: Williams. Indiana; B. Fletcher, Illinois; KUiott,. Wisconsin; (i. Devlne. Iowa ; AMrlrh, Yale. , 1 X . , ' Fullbacks Strauss. Penn; Scheerer, Princeton; Hewitt, Pittsburgh; Wjnn, Notre Dame; Hubka, Nebraska; Huberts , Centre; Sundt, Wisconsin; D. Whiting, Marietta. . ' , - j ,- , Nebraska Arranges 1921 Grid Schedule son- Sudenberg and Lamson Will Probably BoN at Ft. Omaha Show Jan. 7 Johnny Sudenberg, Omaha light heavyweight fistic performer, and George Lamson, heavyweight scrap per of Walthilt, NebC, may appear in the main event of a boxing enter tainment to be staged at Fort Omaha', January 7. Lieutenant Hall, who staged .the Schlaifer-Nichols fight, one of the best bouts, ever staged in Omaha, announced last night that the two battlers will be signed up before to night, i -Lamson is planning to invade Utah and another western state this month in search of opponents. . . 1 . Captain's Job at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special) Cal Matthews, one of . the most consistent players on the 1920 BeatriceHigh school foot ball team, is slated for captain. Matthews will succeed "Doug" Myers, who has piloted the squad through a success ful season. Harvard to Train in South. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 7. Har vard's university base ball team will go to Atlanta for sprang training, it was 1 announced tonight. The authorities of "" Georgia Tech have offered ther Harvard team the use of the .base ball diamond and the gymnasium during its stay at At lanta, which will be but four or five days. High School Foot Ball CWambna Bad Good Soaoea. Columbus. Neb.. Pec. 7. (Special.) Al though the local high school toot ball leven failed to grab off the atate grid championship honors, the v local warriors established m. record for the Columbus achool they are ppoud of. .During the arason Just closed the local lads piled tip a tots) of 462 points to fheir op so nant's 47 in tire nine games played. The Columbus team lost but on game. Bigh School Basket Ball Ejpects Goad Team;. Stanton, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special) The Inral high school basket ball athletes are working out- every afternoon ln - the Stanton gymnasium. . preparing for the cotailfig cage season. Several veterans have returned to the fold and a good seatson Is expected. The Stanton Ameri can Legion has organised a quintet and la ready for games. . Islington Tram Wants Games, .Lexington. Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.) The local basket ball team has organised for the season and is anxious to schedule games with teams in Nebraska. The Lex ington tossers guarantee th'V will stage hard name with any teair In the' state. For further Information write Hryiia Nellsen, manager. Lexington. Ksb. end plays against his position. Like Keck, he is also fast on his feet .and truly wonderful player both on of fense and defense. It was Gulick who scooped up a fumbled ball in the Pittsburgh-Syracuse game and" ran half the length of the neUUfor a fron defeat and wound up the contest in a 7 to 7 tie. Other great tackles are Sedgwick of Harvard; Coughlin, th.e great Notre Daina linesman; Dick ens, .Yale's plucky and versatile tackle, and Clyde King of the Navy, who is a fine . kicker as - well as a great tackle in every respect. Guards and Center. With these ends and tackles place Griffiths, of Penn State, and4Cap taiiK Tim Callahan, of Vale, Vt the guards, and inject Alexander, of Sy racuse, into the lines at center, and whata line you would havel It would be a veritable stone wall a forward defense t,hat no set of backs in the country could be expected to puncture for .consistent. gains. Callahan, though he played with a losing team, stands out above1, any guard in the country. He is, xyou might say, in a class by himself be cause of his fighting spirit and ver satility. He knows his position in side out and he has the strength, speed and grit to play it superbly. Griffith, likewise, is a guard of great value, as good a guard as any coach could 'ask for. 'Both men are cap able of breaking through the .enemy defense to block kicks and inl offen sive and defensive play they arc truly a pair of aces. Alexander, cftosen as a guard last -season on many an-Amoricsn icams, yiyrtj i center this year for Syracuse and displayed ability that surpnsea nis closest unui m Ho l a rovinir center, art accurate passer ot the ball and can play In the line as welt, we artves lorwara witii ureal power and makes himself felt on defense because he can help break up plays on either alrtn of the line or break through to block kicks and hip other plays in the bud. There are other fine guards and centers to be considered. Taylor or Ohio State, MrGulre of Chicago. Mohr of Illinois and Woods of Harvard aro wonderfully capable guards. Cunningham. Dartmouth center, has not made a wild pass to his backs In several seasons, has not had time takeo out for him and has played a wonderfully consistent offensive and defensive game. Captain DayyNebraska's stocky pivotal men. Is another great center ar.d he makes up in ability what he lacks in height, for he Is one of the shortest centers on the Western circuit. Quarterback Stars. 1 One of a myriad of great quarterbacks who have flashed across the foot ball ho rizon this season Don Lourie of Prince-, ton is chosen for the first eleven. Here is a payer who has everything a quarter back should have rare judgment in di recting the play of his team, wonderful t08 speed, accuracy In handling the forward pass and natural ability to carry the ball. He is one of the greatest open field runners- in the country and Ills all-around work throughout the season stamps him as a quarter of the calfber who would be the envy of any coach. Lourie had many rivals for the honor. Boynton of Williams, greatest individual point scorer In the country, and McMil lan of , -Centre, last year's all-American quarterback, were close ( to htm In all around efficiency, yell,' Harvard's crack quarter; Fitzgerald, also of Harvard: Mur rev, LourlCs understudy: Bob Fletcher of Illinois and Workman of Ohio State were among the players who pressed the Prlnce- atar closely. , Choice of Halfbacks. George Glpp, Notne Dame, and Charley Way, Penn State, are awarded he half back positions. The wonderful playing of these two speedy, smashing backs can be but poorly described. Both are players of twln-xlx power. Each Is capable of tear ing off long runs or ripping up the line, as the occasion demands. In tearing through' a broken field or picking a hole In an opposing line these sure-footed halfbacks displayed uncanny'&bility and at xhe pass ing gaaie they were a constant menace to the enemy. "T. N. T." in moleskin comes closer to describing the work of this pair than anything we can think at. - vjipt, wiiu is ni5u gie&i mcftrr, biuuii out in bold relief in accounts of nearly tvery gamo played by the unbeaten Notre Dame eleven this year. Late in the sea son he received an injury to one of his shouders that kept him on the klde lines, but he displayed enough in the (games In which he appeared to stamp him us an all-Amertcan star. The same may be said of Charley Way, who. with the exception of the scoreless tie game played between Pitt and Penn State on Thanksgiving day. was good for a touchdown nearly any time renn estate neeaea a score. The 1920 crop of star halfbacks was naturally much larger than the -quarterback crop. Glpp and Way Had many keen competitors for the honor of being placed on the mythical first eleven. Just a few of these are Stlnchcombe, Ohio State: Da vies. Pittsburgh; Flowers', Georgia Techj Owen and Churchill. Harvard; Walqulst, Illinois; Whltnell, Centre; Beck, West Vliginia, and Hartley. Nebraska. Picking the Fullbacks. The fullback job is given to Captain Arnold Horween of Harvard. Here is one of the most consistent full backs, of -many a season. The Crimson leader was a power in Harvard's back field in every big game throughout the season. He ripped up opposing lines, for consistent gains and on defense was a tower of strength in Harvard's-secondarv string. On offense, when he did not carry the ball, he helped the Crimson linemen tear gaping holes In the opposing line, often taking out two men In his diagonal plunges, directed against tackle. He Is exceptionally -fast for a big man and keeps his feet well. Stopping' Horween was a man-sized Job for any line. In addition the Crimson captain is a kicker of great ability, capable of booting tho ball with, power and accuracy from almost any poi- nun iviiimi ion v-yara line. Crangle of Illinois and French of the Army rank close to Horween. Crangle Is a man of gwat strength and endurance, a fullback wV is good for from two to four yards after he hits the secondary line of defense. French, a great line plung er, a speed merchant in yfhe open and a kicker of marked ability,' played with con sistent brilliancy throughout the season. Scheerer of Princeton, Wynn of Notre Dame, Roberts of Centre and Don Whit ing, star of tho Marietta college eleven, were among the ranking fullbacks of the year. fSix Games Assured Next Sea- Huskers to Play Notre Dame and Michigan, Aggies. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special Telegram) Six games are assured oii the Nebraska University foot ball "schedule for 1921, according to the announcement of Athletic Director Fred V. Ltiejiriiig, who returned from Chicago Monday. This list includes four conference games and battles with Notre Dame and Michi gan Aggies. ' Dr. Luehring stated that in order to insure athletic authorities of other vajlley schools that Nebraska was in earliest in its desire to return to the conference he had offered every school in the conference games for ext year. The four teams. mQS, Kansas, Oklahoma and Drake found it advisable to accept. . Coach Rockne of Notre Dame tried to get the game with Nebraska at South Bend, Ind.,, for nefxt year, but Dr. Luehring tholght it would be better to have the game here. It expected that the added attrac tion of Notrjc Dame andT hanks giving day will ' draw the biggest crowd that has ever witnessed a game in Lincoln. There is some possibility that the game with Michigan Aggies will be played in Lincoln again, although it was originally planned that the Corn huskers should 'play at East Lans ing, x v Several eastern propositions are still up in the air. It is probable that the other two or three games on the Nebraska schedule will .be played away from home because of the fact that only one or possibly two .comparatively short trips are planned. ' Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Mar quette and Rutgers have all made liberal offers fot games at their schools'.- Thomas "Tate" Matters, jr., a former Nebraska student, liv ing in New York City, wrote Dr. Luehring recently that there is a chance that Nebraska may be sub-, stitutcd m the Harvard schedule in stead of Ohio State or Virginia, but neither of these proposals ure defi nite. ' The schedule of gmes already ar ranged follows: Oct. 8 Drake at Lincoln. Oct. 22 Michigan Aggies at Cast Lans ing. ct. 29 Oklahoma at Lincoln. Xov. 5 Ames at Ames. Nov. 12 Kansas at Lincoln. (Home coming.) Nov. 24 Notre Dame at Lincoln. Hanlon Ready to Sell St. Joseph Ball Club; Says Team Lost Money St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 7. 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