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10 . -, j THEBEE; OMAHA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920.
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'Big Ten Champ js
Pass Through
Omalia Enroute
; "We're', Out to Win If Pos
ailile" Says Coach Wilce
"Hope" Workman Will
' Do Kicking New Year's. ,
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The Ohio special, consisting of
'seven coaches and with 85 happy
Buckeyes on board, rumbled Jnto the
Union station severk niywtcs be
fore 5 o'clock yesterday afternaou'
and after a brief stop, pulled out,
bound for the Pacific- coast and the
Kame with the tlnlversity of Cali
fornia at Tasadena on New Year's
cay.
-Dr. J. W. Wilce, coach of the Ohio
State eleven, and his squad, of grid
warriors, together, with friend of
i Buckeye officials 'and pigskin per
formers, were scheduled, to arrive in
1 the city at 3:30 yesterday aftcmKn.
From all appearances, the squad
locks ready to tackle the California
aggregation. The special will pull
into, Denver sometime tqday, where
the squad will spend a day for "lim
ber up" drills. From the 'Mile High"
; cfty the party will proceed westward
t by way of Cheyentie, Ogden, and
Sacramento to San Francisco where
the University of California will be
.1 visited and a part of a day given to
ighteeing. On the following day
the team will practice at Palo Alto.
After the workout there the next
itop will be the big trees and from
that point on there will beno in
terruptiiis until Pasadena is reached
at noon December 24, with just a
week remaining . before the big
clash. ' ' V :' .
. Going to Win. .
. "We're going to the West. Coast
ta wm, it posstoie, but to offer no
alibis ifwe lose," said Coacji Wilce
yesterday. "The men are 'm good
condition, and all feel confident pf
. trimming the Cahfornians. We vill
invade Pasadena to give the coast
.champs the battle of their life."
Nine defeats -in' eight years is the
enviable record (held by the Ohio
State team?' during which time they
have been,coaphea' by Dr. Wilce.
These defeats cwerfc.. received ,.!" 57
contests, three -f VKicn :were te('
1 so that rhejgrani average stands at
.833 .Mr;
Bill ; Brennari Describes
Blow Which Cost Him Ring
Championship oft America
Short Left Chop to Floating Ribs on Rfght Side Was
Punch Which, Retained Title for Jack
. . Dempsey, Defeated Challenger ' ' s
. Declares in Statement. -
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CD. Cobum HigR Gun
Among Ariiateur Shots;
Nebraskan Leads "Pros"
Doubies, or shooting v at targets
thrown in jtfiirs,' was officially rec
ognized by the American Trap
shooting association in 1920, and
averages were compiled with 75
pairs (150 targets) (s .the minimum
number at which a gunner should
hoot to get an officjal average. C
D.- Coburn, the veteran trapshot of
Mechanicsbui g. O., was the only
Amateur to average better than 90
per cent. He shot at 150 tatgets and
missed 13, his average 'being, .9 133.
Another Ohioan, M. Orr of Picjua
was second, with .8950 per. cent on
200 targets. Frank Troeh shot at
700 targets (350 pairs) and turned in
the very creditable average of .8742.
Rush Razee, the Nebraska expert,
gained the big honors hocfing at
doubles. He averaged S4t6 at 75
pairs which is a remarkable record
'andjwhich landed him on the-high
average among the professionals.
The averages of the leading ten
amateurs and professionals. for 1920
follow: , -
Amateur. , )
Nam City and State Sh. at Broke Pet.
Coburn, Mechanlcaburr, O....160 137 .1)133
M. B. Orr, Plqua. 0 200 17 .8960
Seattle, Hamilton, Ont., Can. 250 223 .8920
F. Troeh, Vancouver,! Wash.700 61i .8743
W. G. Warren, Terlngton, Nev.lSO 139 .866
R. A. King, Delta. Colo 350 SOS .8657
V. Hughes. Mobrtdge, S. D..800 36 .86SS
Fred Ktohen. CoffeyvIUe, Kan. 360 802 .8628
R. Wheeler, Pawnuska, Okl.2R0 211. .8600
J. S. Day, Vlckburg-, Miss... '400 814.8600
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1 Rush Rasee. Curtle, Neb..... 150 142 ,4W
1. S. German. Clarendon, Vk.200 180 .S000
Phil Miller, Dallaa, Tex. .....150 131 .8866
3. R. Crah&m, Ingleslde, 111.300 264 .8800
3. R. .Tahn, Lone Grove. Ia...25'21 .8760
" OuV Ward, E. Alton, Ilf . ..... SS0 06 .8742
C. a. Spencer, 6t Louis, Mo.. 80 S01 .8600
Morris, 'Montreal, que., Can.150 127 ,846
C. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wis. 2 50 20S .8320
Bart tewia, Bprlngtlild, III. .100 14., 8800
Boxing Bouts on
- This Week's Schedule
Tuesday.
New York Billy Stearns against
Bobby Lyons; . Irving . Jampole
against Artie' Rose. I
New York Billy Defoe against
"Fredy Jacki Spider Roach against
Johnny Drurnmie; 'Frankie . Jerome
against Frankie Curry. "
. ' ' Wednesday.
' New York, Madison Square Gar
denPete Herman againsf Joe
I Lynch against Madget Smith.
v- k - Saturday. ' ' ; '
New YorkWillie Brown. against
Billy Douglas; Johnny Hart against
Joe Lewis ; "Sammy Vogel against
ed Monroe; Sammy ,'. Mosberg
against Paul Edwards; Packy Hom
mey against Bobby North. . . ;
Dick Rudolph, Pitching Ace
Of Braves, May Leave Team
Boston, Dec. 20. Dick Rudolph,
the little master," who was-one pf
the trio that pitched the' Bttves out
of the ruck to a league and fyofld
' cham)ionshipvjn;l9l4,1 wdl probably
leave the .team. .It .is. understood
that he. seeks to join the Detroit
Tigers , because of a desire in the
closing years of his pitching career
to take a fling at American : league
batsmen. ' , '
BASKETBALL
brd 89 ft. Toiil College S3.
Ord." Neh., ec (Apeolal. The Ord
hlgb Chool baaket hall quintet defeated
the SC Paul Business colics here In a
herd-fought game by -a score of J9 to 33.
The Winner was In 4oubt until .the last
three tninutea of. pla when Jensen oinrhed
the same br alnklssV three field goals.
Beaver Croatlnc t'tlca, 0,
Beaver Crosslna-, Nelv." TWO. 20. (Spe
Oial.) TtevBearer Crosslns hlh school
basket ball team , added anbther victory
to its Browing list, here" when It defeated
the Ullca team by a score ,of 22 to 0.
It wa th fourth straight victory for
the local five. At no time during- the
same was the Beaver Crossing basketeers
In dancer or Being scored ttrinn. At the
By BILL BRENNAN.
(As Told to Dninou Runyon.)
(Copyright. 1920, by Star Company.)
New York, 'Dec. 20i Now I'll tell
you.' ' . "'.t
You've had everybody's side but
mine; listen tothe loser. ,
That bunch to the belly in the 12th
round of my fight with Jack Demp
sey at Madison Square Garden Tues
day night rudn t bother me.
I hear .a lot of talk about it, but
the sock; that finished me Was a shofj
left chop ta my floating ribs on my
right side. I ought tcknow, I was
the one that got it. 1
It was delivered after the, punch
to the stomach. It . paralyzed ray
legs. 'It's not .a new punch, but it's
about the, most , damaging smash a
man 4an get.' I've ''also 'heard much
talk abqtit the. lick Dempsey hit me
on the top of the head, some people
calling it the' rabbit punch. .
V , Warned of Fatal Blow.
I remember 'that very well. It
didn't, phase me. My , legs had al-readyf-quit
working under me, and
the smash to the ribs did the busi
ness.'! Furthermore, the thing that
stopped me was exactly what Pan
ama Joe Gans, the colored middle
weight champion, and one of my
sparring partners, had warned , mc
againt at the fast minute.
Panama couldn't work-in my cor
ner during . the fight . because he
.didn't1 have a second's license, but he
was at the ringside, and at the last
minute "he hopped into my corner
and buzzed in my ear:
."Look out when he turns you
around, Bill," Joe said. "He'll cop
you with a left body punch. Watch
yourself."- ,
I'll .bet no man ever heard as
tnfcny warnings as I did while I was
training. Panama Joe and Kid Nor
folk, the colored heavy who also
worked with me, were saying from
mornhig till night, "Don't do this,'
BilI,,,u'Don't do that, Bill," "Look
out!" "Watch out!"
I could hear fhem from the ring
side the 'other night. It ' sounded
like my training quarters; but, of
course, they meant the best in the
Wbrld. They worked hard with me.
t Thbught dount -Only Nine.
I'll always believe it was a sort of
dying effort on Dempsey's part when
he finally stabbed, me with that body
chop. If you saw the fight you'll
bear me out when I say he was so
dazed himself he didn't know he had
me for a minute.
I thought I was up on my feet at
the count of nine. That's what I
said to Leo Flynn, .my, ' manager,
when I went back to my corner
after the referee pushed me aside.
"I thought I was up at nine, Leo," I
said.
"No Bill," he said. "I don't think
you were." i "
' Sq..J guess I wasniL.
There mav be 'a lot of fellows,
who carJ lick me, but I've thought
ever since my fight with Dempsey
In Milwaukee that I had a good
chance to beat him. I hit him so
hard then that I know no man
.could' ever forget St. '
When we (WereX weighing, in the
othef afternoon I said to him:
Taunt Affects. Champ.
'"Well, I socked you pretty hard at
Milwaukee, and it looks as if I'm
going to finish you up tonight."
He turned on me like , a fellow
who suddenly decides to take a
punch at a man arid then suddenly
changes 1 his mind. His ' mouth
pepped open, but he only mumbled a
few words that 1 didn't catch.
That's the only time I spoke to
him before or during the fight, ex
cept hello when we first came into
the ring. Pretty soon we went over
to a neutral comer to pose for the
cameras, and then I saw that hi'
legs were shaking. Anybody .who
saw the fight will tell you this.
I went back to my corner and I
said to Flynn: . . r :
r First Real Money.
"Leofrn a pretty unlucky' fellow
if I'm not the champion tonight.
He's trembling like a leaf."
I don't say I wasn't nervous my
self, but I certainly wasn't shaking.
There I was getting my first real
money after seven years of hard
work in the ring1 and with my first
chance at ihe title. Who" wouldn't
be a little worked up? '
Well, just before the'Tell rang
Flynnjsaid to me: - v ,
"What are you going to do?"
' I said, "I'm going to walk out
there and hit him as hard as I can
with a left, that's what I'm going
to do."
And that's exactly what I tried
to do, ' - . -; :
When I came back to my corner
after, the first round I said to
Flynn: . ' ' '
. Leo,' I'm the unluckiest fellow in
the vyorld if I don't win."
After the second round, and I
think Dempsey will remember that
second round a l6ng, long.tinje, I
said to Flynn:
. ;' ; v Decides to Try Right.
JTy got him. I can nail him any
time';I want to with my left, and I
think I'll try with my right for his
Ibelly'-
"AJl, yight," Flynn said. "Go
Harry Reed and Leahy
Matched for Another
'Rant at O'Neill, Neb.
Harry Reed, Charlie .- Schnell's
fighting welterweight, and Jack
Leahy, Winner, S. D.y scrapper, will
swap punches in a scheduled ten
round milt at O'Neijl, Neb., Ney
Year's 'night. Leahy and Reed fought
at O'Neill severay weeks ago, the
former whining the battle by the
knock crlit route in the fifth stanza.
"Yankee" 'Sullivan, another mem
ber of Schnell's stable, is after
bouts. Sullivan is training every day
and 'exceeds to be ready for ring
duty' before -the end of the week. ,
Charlie Hrndrlrkoon likes to swim. The
real tun marls when he sturU diving
fur the rlnffs In the bottom of the tank.
He etnyeri down two inmut-a tryliit; to
nd of the first rulf the eount stood plrk up th drain rut of the detp enJ,
to 0,' but in the final half, the locals I lief ore ho woke up tu tho fact that he
uncorked good teamwork and, passing, I waa trying to bring up the bottom of tat
aaUy -acorlu baskets, . Jtank,
ahead. You're gambling for a mil
lion and you've got nothing to lose."
"This fellow isn't fighting his fight
at all. .He's fighting like a mug."
Which 'was true. I'll leave it to
anyone who saw. the fight.
After the fourth Flynn said to mc:
"Why don't you take a shot with
your right?"
I said: '
'"I can't. He's turning and run
ning away from me. I don't get a
chance at him."
And I'll leave that to anyone who
saw the fight.
After tne ninth I remarked to
Flynn:
"This fellow is tireder than I am.
He's pretty tired." ,
Almost the instant got that
punch in the short ribs in the twelfth
it flashed across my mind what Pana
ma Joe Gans said but it was too late.
. I'm art -.unlucky fellow all right,
to Leo afterward. . '
I notice they say Dempsey was
drawn too fine, and overtrained. I
didn't intend to sjick in any alibis
here but I want to tell you that
about a week before the fight I iell
off pretty much myself. ' ',
I wasn't boxing with any pep, find
Kid Norfolk was the first to notice.
He told Flynn. '
"That fellow is all wrong," Nor
folk said. ' - "There's something th?
matter with him. He can't do any
thing right."
I dropped off in weight and Leo
was pretty much worried. Tom
O'Rourke, the. old manager, who
handled George Dixon and Joe Wal
cott in the days when you had to
know something about weight, was
up at the 'gymnasium one day, and
Leo talked, my condition over with
him. . ',;..
J Dry Law, Bothers, ,
, "You'd better pack on everything
you can," said O'Rourke. "Can you
get any bass ale?"
Well, Leo didn't know? Bass ale
is pretty hard to get these prohjbi
tion days, but he said he'd try, He
sent somebody down to the 'docks
and they got a lot of bass ale off one
of the liners somehow sfcd I filled
up on it. , . ,
I pulled right out again. ' In fact,
I took on so much that they had
to take some of it .off again. So
you see I had my training troubles,'
too, and prohibition came near put
ting me out of business entirely be
cause if we hadn't got the ale I don't
know how I could have built up so
rapidly.
I think if I had had a couple of
fights under my belt I would have
gne better, but with the money and
the chance involved I was afraid to
take any risks beforehand. "
Making No Kick.
I was a little surprised and hurt
that I didn't get more credit for my
showing, especially in view of the
fact that Dgmpsey is ithe only man
to ever knock me out in a long ca
reer ot hghting, and that 1 gave,
him the best right he ever had; but
I'm not kicking.
I still think I can beat him. That's
the old cry of the loser, of course,
but think back to that second round
will you? .
Im an unlucky fellow all right.
How do I feel?
Well, how woifld you feel if you
had the world by the coat tails and
a downhill pull and suddenly stubbed
your toe? -
Elected Head of League
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John Conway Toole of New York,
former National league attoniey,
was elected president of the Inter
national league at a meeting of the
league magnates in New York. Toole
succeeds David Fultz, who has been
president of the league for four
years. At the meeting it was also
voted to change the 'name of the
league, and it will henceforth be
known as the National association
to cofrespond in title with the
American association, which is rlso
a Class A base ball 'organization.
Basket Ball One of
"Big College Sports
Indoor Court Game Becoming
Popular in Eastern 'Schools .
Harvard Has Team.
New York, Dec. 20. College bas
ket ball is becoming one pf the
major sports. More attention is be
ing paid by the university athletic
authorities td 'the court game this
year than ever before, several new
coaches having been secured to see
that the five representing the various
colleges are thoroughly drilled in
this growing' indoor winter game.
Thirty college games are to be
played this fall and winter. The In
tercollegiate Basket Ball league has
on file the application of Harvard
and Syracuse for admission. The at
tempt of the former to gain admis
sion into the league shows to what
extent the game is" growing ns col
leges, as Harvard has been inactive
on the court for the past five years.
In several of, the western colleges
the sport has been classed as major,
and some of the eastern colleges, it
is expected, will follow suit this
fall.
This year's schedule i3 the best
in years, and the teams of the league
are stronger in many places than
last year. Penn has its championship
team back and Cplumbia has four.of
the veterans in college. Princeton
hopes to spring a surprise, 'as Doc
Sugarman, the -well-known coach,
will drill the Tiger five.
Minden High School
Learning Wrestling Game
.Minden, Neb., Dec. 20. (Special.)
The Minden high school boys are
going to learn the art of wrestling.
Owen Daily,' grappler, has charge
of the young mat artists and from
all indications, several promising
wrestlers . are among the classes
which work out every week.
SailtaniS Ready ! University of Omaha
For Title Bout
Pete Herman and Joe Lynch
Eager to Start 15-Round
ilill at the Madison
Square Arena.
(.'hlciigit Triliiine-Omalm He I.eal Wire.
New York, Dec. 20. Pete Her
man, bantain weight c'liampion,-and
Joe Lynch, a local candidate, will
clash for fifteen rounds at Madison
Square Garden Wednesday night.
On the result of the proceedings
depends whether Herman shall make
tlie trip across the big drink to meet
jimmy Wilde, the sensational fly
weight boss. Should Herman falter
in tlie jam with Lynch, it is not un
likely the modest Joe would be
chosen in place of Peter to make the
;rip to engage the sprightly British
er. Lynch has waited for many years
to get a chance at the bantam crown,
;,nd now that it is here the west side
l)6y has advised his friends that here
is the spot for them to string along
with him. Eddie Meade, who pilots
joe's alfairs, is most confident.
From the headquarters of Herman
come the most assuring reports.
Herman has been in daily prepar
ation at Billy Gruppc's gym and
can't .see that Joe Lynch has a
chance in the world.
McLean Ready to
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Defend His Title
Speed Skating Giampion pf
America Wants Matches
With JBaplie and Osickey.
New York, Pec. 20. Bobby Mc
Lean, speed skating .-champion of
America, stands ready to .defend his
title against any one who challenges
him, his manager states. This would
seem to indicate that the ice skat
ing fans of the country are about to
be treated to a choice tidbit, as both
Norval Baptie, who retired undefeat
ed in 1918, and Ben Os'key, former
international amateur champion,
have already declared themselves
ready and anxious to meet McLean.
McLean is well known in New
York among the speed skaters and
the general public as he has appear
ed several times in speed skating
contests in the St, Nicholas Rink,
where he annexed the international
amateur indoor title in 1912.
Bobby has a style alt his own on
the indoor rinks taking the corners
in a manner that reminds one of a
sprinter of the cinder paths, going
into the straightaway with a long,
graceful stroke which eats up dis
tance wjth great speed.
McLean states that he. is ready to
post $2,500 as a forfeit for appear
ance money to bind the match and
hopes to come to some agreement
with his rivals shortly.
Organize Ski Company.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 20. Incor
poration of the Canadian Amateur
Ski association, to promote amateur
skiing throughout v Canada and to
foster the formation of local clubs,
was announced Sunday.
Wagner Would Lead Phillies.
Philadelphia Hans Wagner, for
mer star shortstop ot tne nr-
ates and slugger of the National
league, wants a chance at man
aging a team. He is willing to take
care of the Phillies now that Mike
Kelly , has declined the offer to lead
the team. 1 . , : ; :
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Basketeers Practice
At O. A. C. for Game
With the first .basket ball game
January- 7 in Omaha, Coach Ernie
Adams ' of the University of Ma
roon tossers is working his . bas
keteers hard every afternoonat
the Omaha Athletic club so that
his quin(et will be in top-top con
dition when the time conies with
Trinity college of Sioux City.
Thus far Adam has games
Midland, Western Union, Waynes,
Kearney and possibly Cotner and
Grand Island.
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